A MINI POST FOR SOME MINI CARDS. ENJOY THE TINY
1993 HUMPTY DUMPTY RICKEY HENDERSON
CATEGORY: RICKEY, ODDBALL
MINI RICKEY! AWW HELL YEAH. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THIS WAS BUT NABBED IT BECAUSE RICKEY AND I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO JUDGE THE SIZE OF THESE THINGS BY LOOKING AT A PICTURE SO HERE'S A STANDARD SIZED CARD FOR REFERENCE
SORRY LOU. YEAH, THESE ARE TEENSY, AROUND THE SIZE OF THOSE OLD CRACKER JACK CARDS FROM THE EARLY 90S. THERE'S A SURPRISING AMOUNT CRAMMED ON THE BACK THOUGH
HUMTY DUMPTY IS A BRAND OF SNACKS IN CANADA AND NEW ENGLAND AND THESE CARDS WERE INSERTED INTO POTATO CHIP BAGS IN 1993. I HAD HOPED TO FIND A PICTURE OF A BAG ADVERTISING THE CARDS ON THEM BUT MY GOOGLE-FU HAS BEEN WRECKED BY CRUMMY AI SO I STRUCK OUT. THEY ARE NEAT LITTLE CARDS AND WHEN MORE APPEARED ON THE SITE I GOT MYSELF A LITTLE SAMPLE OF THE 51 CARD SET
HERE'S A LITTLE GROUP OF BRAVES AND STARS INSIDE THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING. THEY ARE SUPER NEAT BUT I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW BEST TO SHOW THEM OFF. MAYBE SOME 50'S BOWMAN SHEETS PERHAPS
2014 PANINI WORLD CUP STICKERS JUAN CARLOS PAREDES, LUKAS PODOLSKI, SHERDAN SHAQIRI
CATEGORY: WANTLIST
I GOT CLOSER TO COMPLETING THE 2014 WORLD CUP STICKER ALBUM THAN I HAD ANY PREVIOUS STICKER ALBUM EVER BUT THAT MEANS I WAS STILL MISSING A TON OF STICKERS BECAUSE THESE THINGS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLETE WITHOUT A HUGE BANKROLL. I'M DOWN TO A COUPLE DOZEN NOW I THINK WHICH WOULD BE PRETTY COMPLETABLE IF I HAD THE FOCUS TO KNOCK IT OUT WHICH I DON'T. I'M HAPPY WITH STICKING THESE THREE IN THE ALBUM, ESPECIALLY ARSENAL ALUMNI LUKAS PODOLSKI
1990 UPPER DECK NEW YORK METS HOLOGRAM STICKER
CATEGORY: WANTLIST
SLOOOOOOOOOOOWLY WORKING ON THOSE UPPER DECK HOLOGRAM SETS I SHOULD HAVE FINISHED 30 YEARS AGO IF I DIDN'T DISCARD THE THINGS LIKE A FOOOLISH FOOL. THIS ONE WAS A DEVIL TO TAKE A GOOD PICTURE OF TOO, THE LITTLE METS BRIDGE FLOATS IN FRONT OF THE SKYLINE BASEBALL AND WIGGLES AROUND WHEN YOU MOVE THE STICKER. THIS LOOKS REALLY COOL IN PERSON AND DOESN'T PHOTOGRAPH WORTH SHIT
2019 GOODWIN CHAMPIONS BEN SIMMONS MINI
CATEGORY: MINI
I STOPPED FINDING GOODWIN CHAMPIONS IN GOOD SUPPLY AROUND 2016 OR SO. IT'S A TREAT WHEN I FIND SOME IN A DIME OR QUARTER BOX AND DOUBLY SO WHEN IT'S A MINI CARD. BEN SIMONS WAS A MUCH BIGGER DEAL WHEN THIS CARD WAS ORIGINALLY PULLED FROM A PACK BUT SINCE THEN TRAE YOUNG ENDED THIS MAN'S WHOLE CAREER. AD FAR AS I CAN TELL BEN IS STILL INJURED ON THE NETS' BENCH BUT I'LL STILL HAVE GOOD MEMORIES WHEN I SEE THIS CARD
2011 QYPSY GUEEN GEORGE SISLER MINI
CATEGORY: MINI, BRAVES, SHORT PRINT
I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT THIS SET BUT I LIKE THIS FIRST RELEASE THAT RIPPED OF THE DESIGN FROM THE 1800S. HALL OF FAMER GEORGE SISLER SPENT THE VAST MAJORITY OF HIS CAREER IN ST. LOUIS BUT GOT SHOWN IN A BRAVES UNIFORM ON THIS CARD. EVEN THOUGH HE PLAYED THE TAIL END OF HIS CAREER IN BOSTON HE WAS STILL OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD, HITTING .340 IN 1928. THAT DOESN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO HIS 1922 MVP SEASON WHERE HE HIT A BLAZING .420 BUT STILL WAY BETTER THAN HIS OTHER TEAMMATES NOT NAMED ROGERS HORNSBY. I ALSO LIKED THIS CARD FOR THE BACK
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