ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 23

IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF CHUCK BARRIS, WE'RE BACK WITH MORE STUFF

2022 HERITAGE OZZIE ALBIES

CATEGORY - BRAVES

OZZIE, I LOVE HIM. PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY HERITAGE CARDS I COLLECT ANY MORE ARE BRAVES. I HAVE A BINDER OF HERITAGE BRAVES TEAM SETS BUT I'M NOT TERRIBLY INVESTED IN COMPLETING ANY OF THEM THANKS TO SHORT PRINTS. THESE CARDS LOOK GREAT BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE SP RATRACE ANYMORE SO I WILL APPRECIATE THE COMMON BASE CARDS INSTEAD

1997 METAL UNIVERSE MATT WILLIAMS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

NO SHORTPRINTS IN METAL UNIVERSE! HERE'S ANOTHER COOL LOOKING CARD WITH A BACKGROUND THAT'S HARD TO SEE IN A PHOTO THANKS TO THE TEXTURE ON THE CARD. I FIDDLED AROUND WITH LIGHTING AND ANGLES FOR A BIT AND GOT A PHOTO WHERE YOU CAN KINDA SEE THINGS!

ROCKS! ROCKS FALLING ON MATT WILLIAMS! JUST LIKE THE STRIKE FELL ON HIS CHANCE FOR IMMORTALITY! MATT MIGHT'VE DODGED A BULLET SEEING HOW EVERYONE HATES MCGWIRE AND BONDS' GUTS AFTER BREAKING HALLOWED RECORDS

1996 PINNACLE AFICIONADO REY ORDONEZ GLOBAL REACH

CATEGORY - SHINY, WANTLIST

OH HOW I LOVE THIS GOOFY ASS SET. THE BASE CARDS ARE WILD ENOUGH BUT THE SUBSETS CRANK THE HOLOFOIL AND THICK GLOOPY INK UP TO ELEVEN. THIS CARD LOOKS WILD IN PERSON

THE BACKS AIN'T BAD EITHER, SO MUCH COLOR ON THESE CARDS

2002 UPPER DECK PIECE OF HISTORY ERNIE BANKS

CATEGORY - OOPS, WANTLIST

THIS CARD WAS TECHNICALLY A MISTAKE. I WAS TRYING TO BUY A DICK ALLEN CARD IN A LISTING WITH SEVEN OTHER CARDS BUT IT HAD ALREADY SOLD AND I DIDN'T NOTICE. HOWEVER! I DUG UP THIS SET TO PUT TOGETHER A WANTLIST AND I NEEDED THE CARD! HOORAY! THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, ONLY HAPPY ACCIDENTS

2021-22 PRIZM DRAFT PICKS JALEN JOHNSON

CATEGORY - HAWKS

THE HAWKS ARE A MESS BUT JALEN JOHNSON LOOKS TO BE LEGIT. THE WHOLE TEAM COLLAPSED WHEN HE GOT HURT AT LEAST. I'VE BEEN NABBING JALEN CARDS WHEN I CAN IN CASE HE REALLY DOES BREAK OUT. THESE COLLEGE DRAFT PICK CARDS DON'T SEEM TO BE SUPER POPULAR AMONG NBA COLLECTORS BUT I LIKE HAVING SOME COLLEGE CARDS IN THE COLLECTION

2007-08 PRESS PASS LEGENDS BILL WALTON

CATEGORY - LEGEND

SEE A BILL WALTON CARD, BUY A BILL WALTON CARD. BILL IS VERY POPULAR ON THE SITE, YOU GOTTA BE QUICK TO NAB ONE. THIS PRESS PASS LEGENDS SET IS ACTUALLY REALLY NICE LOOKING AND HAS A GREAT CHECKLIST

1992 ACTION PACKED BOB HORNER

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

THIS CARD WAS IN THAT BIG PILE OF ACTION PACKED CARDS I GOT AT THE FLEA MARKET A WHILE BACK. AND I ALSO THINK I HAD TWO OTHER COPIES OF THE CARD ANYWAY. BUT BOB HORNER ACTION PACKED CARD! IT DOES KIND OF BUM ME OUT THAT HE WAS A LEGENDS-TYPE PLAYER IN 1992 THOUGH, HE SHOULD'VE BEEN HITTING HIS 300TH HOME RUN THAT YEAR IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE EXTENSION HE SIGNED WITH THE BRAVES IN '87

1992 ACTION PACKED AL KALINE

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

KALINE WASN'T IN THAT PILE OF ACTION PACKED CARDS I GOT AT THE FLEA MARKET SO I'M HAPPY TO KNOCK THIS ONE OFF THE WANTLIST. ONE OF THE FIRST CARD-RELATED THINGS I EVER GOT WAS A LITTLE PILE OF VINTAGE KALINE CARDS MY MOM FOUND ON A BUSINESS TRIP. AL SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE UNDERRATED BY COLLECTORS BUT THAT'LL HAPPEN WHEN YOU SPEND YOUR CAREER IN DETROIT

2020-21 DONRUSS OPTIC JOHN COLLINS

CATEGORY - HAWKS

I STILL LOVE JOHN COLLINS BUT I THINK I'VE HIT A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF BASE CARDS I NEED OF HIM. ONLY SHINY CARDS OF COLLINS FOR ME NOW. I DO WONDER IF THE SPORTSBOOK AD IN THE BACKGROUND WILL CAUSE A SCANDAL IN THE FUTURE LIKE THE MARLBORO ADS FROM THE 80S DO NOWADAYS

UP NEXT: THINGS GET REALLY SHINY ALL OF A SUDDEN. LIKE SUPER EXTRA SHINY

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 36: ANOTHER Ö

HERE'S THE FIRST ENTRY IN THE 'GET THE REQUISITE PLAYER COLLECTION PICKUPS' CATEGORY. THIS CARD IS BOTH A FAVORITE PLAYER AND A FAVORITE BRAND!

2016-17 PANINI AFICIONADO MESUT ÖZIL

MESUT OFICIALLY RETIRED IN MARCH, ENDING MY DREAMS OF HIM SIGNING WITH ATLANTA UNITED. PROBABLY FOR THE BEST, THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN A MESS SINCE THEY SOLD OFF ALMIRON ALTHOUGH THEY'VE BEEN WINNING A FEW GAMES RECENTLY. I REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING ÖZIL IN THE WORLD CUP AND WINNING FA CUPS FOR ARSENAL AND I HOPE HE ENJOYS RETIREMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS MEANS THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF NEW ÖZIL CARDS GOING FORWARD, THE MOST RECENT CARD BASE CARD I CAN FIND FROM HIS IS FROM 2020. SOCCER CARDS ARE SCARCE AROUND THESE PARTS THOUGH, SO I HAVE A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO

1996 PINNACLE AFICIONADO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SETS. THERE'S NO OTHER SET REMOTELY LIKE IT, AT LEAST UNTIL PANINI MADE THEIR OWN VERSIONS IN 2016. THEY DID A DECENT JOB RECREATING THE BRAND. WHILE THE CARD STOCK ISN'T AS THICK, THE PRINTING ON TOP OF THE HOLOFOIL IS NOT NEARLY AS GLOOPY AND TEXTURED AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT WONDERFUL CHEMICALLY SMELL THAT THE ORIGINALS HAVE BUT PANINI REALLY DID CAPTURE THE VIBE OF THE SET. I ALMOST PICKED UP AN AL HORFORD AFICIONADO CARD BUT SOMETHING EVEN MORE SHINY CAUGHT MY EYE. THESE ARE GOOD IF YOU LOVE FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL, BUT IF YOU CAN FIND A CARD FROM THE ORIGINAL BASEBALL SET I HIGHLY RECOMMEND PICKING IT UP. NOTHING I CAN SAY ABOUT IT ON HERE CAN REALLY DO IT JUSTICE, YOU REALLY NEED ONE IN HAND TO APPRECIATE IT. MAYBE NEXT TIME I'LL HAVE A WANTLIST READY FOR THE 1996 SET