2024 ONLINE BLASTER - PART 10: SHINY CHRONICLES DUMP

 I HAVE BEEN MORE SELECTIVE IN MY CHRONICLES PURCHASES LATELY BECAUSE I STEADFASTLY REFUSE TO GET A SOLID LIST OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP. THIS IS MOSTLY BECAUSE THE STUFF I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF IS FROM THE SUBSETS I DON'T LIKE. THE IDEA OF A COMPREHENSIVE CHRONICLES BINDER WITHA PAGE PER DESIGN IS STARTING TO FADE DUE TO MY LAZINESS. THE SHINY CARDS ARE STILL GETTING BOUGHT THOUGH. HOO BOY ARE THEY GETTING BOUGHT. HERE'S A MASSIVE DUMP OF CHRONICLES SHINY BECAUSE I'M WAY BEHIND IN POSTING AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE THIS THREE DIFFERENT POSTS

2022 CHRONICLES BASE CLAYTON KERSHAW

A BASE CARD IS TECHNICALLY NOT SHINY, BUT WE LIVE IN A CENTURY WHERE TWO PITCHERS PER DECADE MAXIMUM ARE ALLOWED TO BE ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME. CLAYTON'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS FOR THE 00S SO THIS GETS HONORABLE SHINY STATUS

2022 CHRONICLES CLEARLY DONRUSS JOSE RAMIREZ

I CONTINUE TO BE HELPLESS IN THE FACE OF CLEAR CARDS

2022 CHRONICLES CERTIFIED FREDDIE FREEMAN

CERTIFIED IS LOW-RENT SHINY TO ME. IT'S THE LIGHT BLUE PROPERTIES ON THE CHRONICLES MONOPOLY BOARD. HOLOFOIL FREDERICK IS CLASSY THOUGH, HE ADDS A HOTEL ON VERMONT AVENUE

2022 CHRONICLES TITAN VIDAL BRUJAN, JAKE MEYERS, JAKE BURGER, CHAS MCCORMICK, COREY SEAGER, HANS CROUSE

THESE WERE MY FIRST TITAN CARDS FROM 2022. WHILE I PREFER THE 2021 DESIGN THESE ONES WITH A SPACEPORT WINDOW MOTIF ARE STILL PRETTY COOL. COREY SEAGER IS THE GEM AMONGST A PILE OF MOSTLY OK ROOKIE CARDS

2022 CHRONICLES SPECTRA CHRISTIAN YELICH, GARY SANCHEZ, BRANDON WOODRUFF

I'VE REALLY COME TO LOVE THE SPECTRA SET SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU CAN FIND A GOOD VARIETY OF ACTUAL GOOD BASEBALL PLAYERS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL CHRONICLES CHECKLIST OF THREE STARS AND EVERY ROOKIE THEY CAN FIND. I KEEP BUYING CHRISTIAN YELICH CARDS EVERY TIME I SEE THEM AND AS A RESULT I THINK I HAVE AT LEAST THREE DOUBLES OF HIS CARDS

2022 CHRONICLES SPECTRA ROBBIE RAY PRIZM

SPECTRA REALLY LOOKS GREAT ON THE PRIZM CARDS. THIS IS TRUE OF PRETTY MUCH EVERY CHROMIUM CARD EVER THOUGH. SEATTLE DONE ROBBIE DIRTY, TRADING HIM WHILE REHABBING TOMMY JOHN SURGERY

2019-20 CHRONICLES HOMETOWN HEROES KAHWI LEONARD

RANDOM HOOPS CARD OUTTA NOWHERE! I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE HOMETOWN HEROES HAS SOMEHOW SURVIVED. A LITTLE LESS HAPPY TO SEE IT ON CHROMIUM CARD STOCK BUT HEY I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET. I DON'T HAVE A TON OF KAWHI CARDS SO IT'S NICE TO GT A FUTURE HALL OF FAMER INTO THE COLLECTION

2022 CHRONICLES CONTENDERS OPTIC JAKE MEYERS

BORING OL CONTENDERS, HO HUM

2022 CHRONICLES CONTENDERS OPTIC PATRICK MAZEIKA PRIZM

SHINY OL CONTENDERS, A LITTLE BETTER

2022 CHRONICLES CONTENDERS OPTIC ALEJO LOPEZ UHH X-FRACTOR?

FLASHY SHINY OL CONTENDERS, NOW THAT'S THE TICKET. I ALSO GOT THE BASE VERSION OF ALEJO LOPEZ'S CARD SINCE HE ENDED UP IN THE BRAVES ORGANIZATION BUT NO ONE NEEDS TO SEE THAT 

2021 CHRONICLES CRUSADE PURPLE SQUARES TREVOR ROGERS

I HOPE YOU LIKE PURPLE SQUARES BECAUSE I MANAGED TO GET TO A BUNCH OF THEM BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE ACTUAL NAME FOR THIS PARALLEL IS BUT I BET IT WAS AN EXCLUSIVE RETAIL INSERT IN FAT PACKS OR BLASTERS. NORMALLY I LIKE THE SHINY STUFF BUT I FEEL LIKE THE CRUSADE DESIGN IS TOO GOOD FOR SUCH FRIVOLITY AND THIS JUST DISTRACTS

2021 CHRONICLES PHOENIX PURPLE SQUARES LOGAN GILBERT, KRIS BRYANT

PHOENIX ISN'T A GREAT DESIGN TO BEGIN WITH SO THE PURPLE SQUARES ADD A BIT OF FLAVOR. I WASN'T EXPECTING LOGAN GILBERT TO BE THE BETTER PLAYER OF THIS PAIR BUT HE IS

2021 CHRONICLES OVERDRIVE PURPLE SQUARES PETE ALONSO, BRENT HONEYWELL, JAVIER BAEZ

PURPLE SQUARES IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT FOR THE VAPORWAVE SET THOUGH. THE WHOLE SET SHOULD BE LIKE THIS. THESE ARE GREAT CARDS TO JUST STARE AT UNTIL YOU COMPLETELY DISSOCIATE. OLD FRIEND JAVIER BAEZ POPS UP AGAIN, I'M PRETTY CERTAIN I HAVE MORE OF HIS CHRONICLES CARDS THAN ANY OTHER PLAYER

2022 CHRONICLES ESSENTIALS NICK LODOLO

I THOUGHT THIS WAS MY FIRST ESSENTIALS CARD UNTIL I SORTED THESE INTO THE CHRONICLES BOX AND DISCOVERED I ALREADY HAD ONE... OF WANDER FRANCO. SO GLAD I FINALLY HAVE A 2022 CHRONICLES ESSENTIALS CARD!

2022 CHRONICLES MARQUEE GLENN OTTO

THIS ACTUALLY IS MY FIRST MARQUEE CARD THOUGH. I ASSOCIATE THIS SET WITH THE CHEAPEST TRAE YOUNG CARDS IN THE HAWKS BOX AT THE LCS SO I'M A BIT CONFUSED SEEING A PITCHER ON THE CARD. IT DOESN'T HELP THAT THE BASEBALL IN THE DESIGN IS BASKETBALL COLORED

2020 CHRONICLES UNPARALLELED BOBBY BRADLEY

THIS IS THE FIRST UNPARALLELED CARD I'VE SEEN AND SINCE IT'S A RETAIL ONLY SUBSET IT'S PROBABLY NOT SUPER EASY TO FIND. IRONICALLY THE UNPARALLELED SET HAS SIX DIFFERENT PARALLELS

2022 CHRONICLES OBSIDIAN CHRISTIAN YELICH, SALVADOR PEREZ

OBSIDIAN IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE CHRONICLES SET AND I SNAP THEM UP IMMEDIATELY WHEN I SEE THEM. TOO QUICKLY IN FACT AS THIS YELICH IS ONE OF THOSE DOUBLES I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. I NEEDED SAL AT LEAST

2020 PANINI CHRONICLES OBSIDIAN JAVIER BAEZ

THE JAVY BAEZ CHRONICLES COUNTER GOES UP BY ONE AGAIN. THE 2020 OBSIDIAN DESIGN LOOKS FRIGGIN FANTASTIC. LOTS OF SHINY STRIPES EVERYWHERE. I'M BUMMED OUT I DIDN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE IN 2020 NOW TO HUNT FOR PACKS OF CHRONICLES AT THE TARGET THAT BANNED TRADING CARDS BECAUSE OF IDIOT FLIPPERS CAUSING RIOTS

2021 OBSIDIAN FOOTBALL MEKHI SARGENT

NOT A CHRONICLES CARD, AND NOT A PLAYER I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, AND NOT A SPORT I EVEN REALLY COLLECT ANYMORE. BUT WHO CARES, OBSIDIAN RULES. THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST DESIGN OF THE BUNCH

2021 CHRONICLES OBSIDIAN CHRISTIAN YELICH

FINISHING UP WITH YET ANOTHER YELICH CARD. THESE 2021 OBSIDIAN CARDS ARE PROBABLY THE ONES THAT KICKSTARTED MY CHRONICLES OBSESSION WHEN I FOUND SOME IN A QUARTER BOX ONE FATEFUL DAY. I STILL THINK THIS IS THE BEST OF THE BASEBALL DESIGNS BUT I'VE ONLY SEEN THREE OF THEM SO FAR

UP NEXT: BACK TO NORMAL WITH SOME CHAOS

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 24

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PREFACE THESE EXTREME CHAOS POSTS ANYMORE. HERE'S SOME CARDS, SOME ARE NICE, OTHERS ARE STRANGE

2001 STUDIO ANDRUW JONES

CATEGORY - BRAVES, WANTLIST

2001 STUDIO LOOKS SO DAMN GOOD AND IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND. DONRUSS RE-ENTERED THE BASEBALL WORLD VERY TENTATIVELY AND THEIR FIRST FEW SETS FROM 2001 DIDN'T SEEM TO BE RECEIVED TERRIBLY WELL SO FINDING ANY OF THEM IS A CHORE NOWADAYS. THESE CARDS WERE ALSO TEN BUCKS FOR A SIX CARD PACK! I LIKE PICKING THESE OFF WHEN I CAN AND AM SUPER HAPPY WITH ANDRUW

2020-21 CHRONICLES PHOENIX ZACH LAVINE

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

ANOTHER RANDOM CHRONICLES CARD TO FEED MY ADDICTION. ZACH LAVINE'S FORTUNES HAVE GONE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF LY LAST PICKUP, SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER AS HIS BULLS ARE FLOPPING AND ZACH HIMSELF IS OUT FOR THE YEAR. THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES SOMETIMES

1992 IMPEL US OLYMPICARDS TERESA EDWARDS

CATEGORY - BULLDOGS

TERESA PLAYED COLLEGE BALL AT GEORGIA SO SHE GOES RIGHT IN THE BULLDOG BINDER. THIS IS HER SECOND CARD AS SHE HAD AN SI FOR KIDS CARD IN 91. HER ACTUAL INDUSTRY ACCEPTED ROOKIE CARD* WAS A DECADE LATER IN A WNBA SET. WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAKES AS MUCH SENSE AS ANYTHING DEALING WITH ROOKIE CARDS NOWADAYS

2021 TOPPS HOLIDAY JASON HEYWARD

CATEGORY - J-HEY

JASON HEYWARD CARDS ARE GETTING HARDER TO FIND NOW THAT HE'S IN THE PLATOON OUTFIELDER STAGE OF HIS CAREER BUT I STILL LOVE FINDING THEM WHEN I CAN. THIS EXTREMELY GOOFY LOOKING HOLIDAY THEMED CARD PUTS MY CARD COUNT UP BY ONE ON TCDB. I'M STILL IN THE TOP TEN OF LUNATICS WHO HAVE ADDED ALL THEIR JASON HEYWARD CARDS TO THE SITE, BUT I DOUBT I WILL EVER PASS ALL THE CUBS COLLECTORS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST

2008 UPPER DECK DOCUMENTARY GAME 69

CATEGORY - BRAVES

HEH HEH, NICE. THIS SET WAS TERRIBLE, IS TERRIBLE AND WILL ALWAYS BE TERRIBLE. EVEN AS A BRAVES COLLECTOR I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH A RECAP OF THE 2007 SEASON. IT STILL HAS SOME SURPRISES THOUGH, I FOUND SOMETHING INTERESTING ON THE BACK:

THIS GAME WAS THE MLB DEBUT OF CHARLIE MORTON WHO BEAT THE ANGELS IN AN INTERLEAGUE MATCHUP. SO DOES THAT MAKE THIS A CHARLIE MORTON ROOKIE CARD?? NO! HE HAD CARDS IN 2002 DRAFT PICK SETS. THIS IS JUST KINDA NEAT

2022-23 HOOPS JOHN COLLINS

CATEGORY - HAWKS

MOAR JOHN COLLINS CARDS. I'LL KEEP BUYING THEM! I DON'T CARE THAT HE'S A JAZZ NOW! I... MIGHT START ONLY GETTING SUPER SHINY INSERT COLLINS NOW THOUGH, I THINK I HAVE PLENTY OF BASE CARDS AT THIS POINT

2022 FINEST BRANDON CRAWFORD

CATEGORY - SHINY

THIS WAS THE FIRST 2022 FINEST CARD I HAD STUMBLED ACROSS AND I WANT AT LEAST A PAGE'S WORTH OF EVERY FINEST BASEBALL SET SO I GOT IT. DEPENDING ON WHEN THIS POST IS FINALLY POOSTED YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SEEN/WILL SEE VERY SOON QUITE A FEW MORE OF THESE THINGS

I ALSO FELT COMPELLED TO GIVE HOOPS BACKS AN APOLOGY FOR CALLING THEM VERY BORING WITH THEIR MONOCHROMATIC DESIGN SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. THAT FINEST BACK BARELY HAS COLOR ON IT AND MOST OF IT IS CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED. NOT TO MENTION THE RATHER MINIMALIST BACKS OF 2024 TOPPS, A SET WHICH I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NONE OF AT TIME OF WRITING BUT WILL BE/HAS BEEN POSTED TO THE BLOG THE VERY NANOSECOND I GET MY GRUBBLY LITTLE HANDS ON A PACK

1995 TOPPS TRADED JEFF BAGWELL AT THE BREAK

CATEGORY - INSERT WANTLIST

I DID IT AGAIN. FOR THE LONGEST TIME I THOUGHT THESE CARDS WERE AN INSERT SET FROM 1996. IT'S NOT MY FAULT! LOOK AT THESE BACKS!

FANCY DESIGN! NUMBER 8! 1995 STAT LINE! 1995 COPYRIGHT DATE! BACK THEN SERIES ONE WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER! IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE SOME ODDBALL INSERT SET THAT WAS RELEASED ONLY IN SPECIALLY MARKED WAL-MART VALUE PACKS OR SOME SHIT! NOPE, IT'S A SUBSET IN THE 1995 TRADED SET. THANKFULLY I HAVE ALMOST NO CARDS FROM THAT SET. WELL, UNTIL NOW AT LEAST, I THINK I'VE BOUGHT A HALF DOZEN OF THESE THINKING THEY WERE INSERTS

1996 STADIUM CLUB JEFF BAGWELL TEAM TSC

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR, SHORT PRINT

I MENTIONED THESE EARLIER IN ONE OF MY 2024 BASEBALLCARDSTORE DOT CA POSTS OF DUDES I CAN'T PASS UP WHEN I SEE THEM. BAGWELL KINDA IS ONE OF THOSE DUDES BUT IN A TIER LOWER THAN RICKEY, BARRY AND JUNIOR. BAGS IS IN THE FRANK THOMAS, GARY SHEFFIELD, LARRY WALKER TYPE TIER. THIS CARD IS ALSO A ONE-PER-PACK SHORT PRINT SO I'M DRAWN TO THEM LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME. THERE ARE 90 CARDS IN THAT SUBSET SO 

1992 SCORE NOLAN RYAN

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

RYAN ONCE AGAIN BEING ONE OF THE LAST CARDS I NEED FOR A SET. THIS CARD KNOCKS ME DOWN TO NEEDING ONLY FIVE CARDS FROM THE SECOND SERIES TO COMPLETE THE 92 SCORE SET. FOUR HALL OF FAMERS AND MIKE GARDINER. I'M 90% CERTAIN THE GARDENIER CARD WILL BE THE SET COMPLETER

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 *THE ONE WITH THE LITTLE RC SYMBOL ON COMC

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 16

MOARER CARDS! POSTS LIKE THIS IS WHY I QUIT PULLING CARDS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX AND STARTED GROUPING THEM INTO THEMES WHEN I COULD. YOU'LL SEE THOSE POSTS IN A FEW MONTHS. FOR NOW, ENJOY THE CHAOS

2019 TOPPS NATIONAL BASEBALL CARD DAY JUSTIN VERLANDER

 CATEGORY - INSERT? ODDBALL? SCREW IT, SUPERSTAR

I REFUSE TO PAY TWENTY BUCKS FOR TOPPS PACKS I DON'T WANT TO GET A FREE PACK OF CARDS SO I HAVE TO GET THESE 'FREE' CARDS OUT OF DIME BOXES AND WHATNOT. VERLANDER'S A GOOD ONE TO GET, HE MIGHT BE THE LAST PITCHER EVER ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME AT THIS RATE. I HAD A BIG HALL OF FAME VOTER RANT WRITTEN IN MY MIND BUT NOW THAT I'M AT A KEYBOARD I JUST DON'T CARE ANYMORE. COOPERSTOWN IS NOW IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS THE ATLANTA FALCONS, THE TRIPLE-A VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY AND THE SENATE AS ORGANIZATIONS SO FUCKED UP IT'S NOT WORTH EVEN GETTING ANGRY AT THEM ANY MORE

2021-22 PANINI CONTENDERS JAMES HARDEN

 CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

NOT GONNA LIE, JAMES SEEMS MUCH LESS OF A SUPERSTAR TWO TEAMS LATER NOW THAT HE'S A CLIPPER. HE STILL HAS THOSE HOUSTON YEARS THOUGH AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE A HARDEN CARD EVENTUALLY

2021-22 PANINI CONTENDERS JOHN COLLINS

 CATEGORY - HAWKS

HERE'S ANOTHER DUDE THAT GOT TRADED SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CARD BUT I STILL LOVE COLLINS EVEN THOUGH HE LOOKS AS OUT OF PLACE IN UTAH AS HE WAS IN ATLANTA LAST YEAR. I THINK JOHN COLLINS HAS BECOME THE NEW JASON TERRY WITH ME. I'LL BE PICKING UP HIS CARDS HERE AND THERE UNTIL I DIE. I'VE PASSED ON A DOZEN DE'ANDRE HUNTER CARDS ON THE SITE BUT PICKED UP COLLINS' SELECT CARD THE WEEK BEFORE THIS GOT WRITTEN

1988 FLEER STICKERS GEORGE BELL

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T MANAGE TO FINISH ANY REGULAR-ASS FLEER SETS FROM THE 80S I STILL INSIST THAT I AM COLLECTING THE STICKER SETS. I ONLY SEE MAYBE A DOZEN OF THESE CARDS IN THE WILD A YEAR AND INEVITABLY I ALREADY HAVE THEM ALL. THIS GEORGE BELL IS A GREAT GET, IT'S BEEN A HOT MINUTE SINCE I'VE PUT A STICKER IN THE 1988 FLEER BINDER. THIS BEING SAID, CIRCUS STARS ON BEIGEY GRAY IS MAYBE THE WORST FLEER DESIGN EVER, AND THEY'VE HAD SOME REAL STINKEROOS

1991 LEAF GOLD ROOKIES ANTHONY YOUNG

 CATEGORY - INSERT

A COUPLE OF THESE LEAF CARDS WEREN'T GROUPED UP WITH THE OTHERS SO THEY GET SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE POSTS FOR FLAVOR. I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR ANTHONY YOUNG. ONE OF THE BEST YOUNG PITCHERS IN THE WORLD AND HE ENDS UP STUCK WITH THE DISMAL METS AND LOSES TWENTY STRAIGHT GAMES. AND THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE. ANTHONY DESERVED BETTER

2022 CHRONICLES CRUSADE COLTON WELKER AND REISS KNEHR

 CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

LIKE I SAID LAST POST, I LOVE THESE CRUSADE CARDS AND I JUST PICK UP WHATEVER ONES THAT SHOW UP REGARDLESS OF PLAYER. COLTON WELKER HURT HIS SHOULDER AND IS NOW IN THE GIANTS' ORGANIZATION. REISS KNEHR WAS THE SPECIAL PINK FLASHY PRISM CARD I PULLED IN MY FIRST CHRONICLES PACK SO NOW I GET MAD WHENEVER I SEE HIS CARDS. I WILL CONTINUE TO RANDOMLY COLLECT PILES OF CHRONICLES CARDS FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE HOWEVER SO GET USED TO IT

20022 CHRONICLES SPECTRA CHARLIE BLACKMON

 CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

I WAS UNSURE ABOUT SPECTRA WHEN I FIRST PULLED THAT LOGAN WEBB CARD OUT OF MY FIRST PACK BUT IT'S BECOME ONE OF MY FAVES. THE CARDS ARE SUPER THICK AND SHINY AND COLORFUL AND HAVE A GREAT VARIETY OF PLAYERS ON THE CHECKLIST SINCE IT'S A HUNDRED CARD SET. SO MANY CHRONICLES SUBSETS ARE FILLED WITH THE SAME COUPLE DOZEN ROOKIE CARDS (GRRR REISS KNEHR) AND IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME ACTUAL MLB PLAYERS FOR A CHANGE. 

1996 SELECT CERTIFIED MANNY RAMIREZ

 CATEGORY - SHINY, SUPERSTAR

SELECT CERTIFIED IS ONE OF THSE SETS I'LL NEVER COLLECT BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH OTHER COOL STUFF FROM THE 90S OUT THERE BUT I'LL HAPPILY PICK UP ONE OF A GREAT PLAYER. MANNY LOOKS SO HAPPY ON THIS CARD, I LIKE HAPPY MANNY

2023 TOPPS NL ERA LEADERS

 CATEGORY - BRAVES

SLOWLY BUT SURELY BUILDING UP THESE TOPPS TEAM SETS INSTEAD OF BUYING THEM ALL AT ONCE LIKE A SANE PERSON. 2023 WAS A PRETTY BRUTAL YEAR FOR ALL THREE OF THESE PITCHERS. I'M HOPING MAX HAS A CY YOUNG CALIBER YEAR FOR THE BRAVES IN 2024 TO JACK UP THE AMOUNT OF DEFERRED SALARY HE GETS FROM THE DODGERS NEXT OFFSEASON

2021 TOPPS A PLAYFUL BOUT OF JUNIORS CHECKLIST

 CATEGORY - RONALD

AT SOME POINT I SEARCHED RONALD ACUÑA ON THE SITE AND BOUGHT EVERY SINGLE ONE I FOUND. THIS ONE COUNTS AS AN ACUÑA CARD. I AM GLAD THIS CONFRONTATION DIDN'T END UP LIKE TIM ANDERSON AND JOSE RAMIREZ. POOR VLAD WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WHAT HIT HIM

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