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Showing posts with label Pinkie Pie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pinkie Pie. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
FIRST TOPPS CARD OF 2015
WHOLLY CARP READABLE MOTHERFLUBBING CARD NUMBERS!!!!1 Ya done good, Topps. Ya done good.
Friday, December 27, 2013
7 year itch
How the heck have I been doing this so long?
The original card scanner is still alive, although the computer used to create the first post recently died.
To be honest, I'm not sure how the blog ain't dead too... bloggery is waning thanks to Tumblrs and Facebooks and Twittahs and Pinterests and probably a few other things I'm not cool enough to know about.
Luckily I'm old and lazy and still feel like talking nonsense about cardboard every so often.
So here's the Frenchy anniversary post. Think I can make it to Yogi?
While you're mulling that over have a completed 1991 Topps Braves team set with traded set and bonus Avery.
And, oh why the hell not. Bonus Pony.
*goes to sleep*
*why was my first post so early in the morning*
The original card scanner is still alive, although the computer used to create the first post recently died.
To be honest, I'm not sure how the blog ain't dead too... bloggery is waning thanks to Tumblrs and Facebooks and Twittahs and Pinterests and probably a few other things I'm not cool enough to know about.
Luckily I'm old and lazy and still feel like talking nonsense about cardboard every so often.
So here's the Frenchy anniversary post. Think I can make it to Yogi?
While you're mulling that over have a completed 1991 Topps Braves team set with traded set and bonus Avery.
And, oh why the hell not. Bonus Pony.
*goes to sleep*
*why was my first post so early in the morning*
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Happy Nightmare Night!
Time to go out and get some candy! But don't let Nightmare Moon get you!
Better dress up in a costume to fool her!
Maybe Batmare or Harrison Foal! I dressed up as a middle age guy trying to keep up with his daughter as she cut through people's yards. I was apparently too pathetic for Nightmare Moon to gobble up.
But make sure you get the candy!!!
And try to get there before Pinkie does! It's a miracle that there's any candy left in the whole town...
And if Pinkie gets there first and there's no more candy? Well, it's time for some tricks, see...
BUT NO TRICKING PRINCESS LUNA. She's nice now and this holiday always makes her a little edgy. Remember, she's as powerful as her sister and she'll send yo ass to the Sun if you aren't careful.
Also, don't bother going to Fluttershy's house. She does NOT like Nightmare night and she does not have any candy. After that assertiveness seminar she took, she'll also kick you in the face if you cross her. She likes Dia de los Muertos though, so invite her over tomorrow for a sugar skull.
Have fun on Nightmare Night everyone!
Better dress up in a costume to fool her!
Maybe Batmare or Harrison Foal! I dressed up as a middle age guy trying to keep up with his daughter as she cut through people's yards. I was apparently too pathetic for Nightmare Moon to gobble up.
But make sure you get the candy!!!
And try to get there before Pinkie does! It's a miracle that there's any candy left in the whole town...
And if Pinkie gets there first and there's no more candy? Well, it's time for some tricks, see...
BUT NO TRICKING PRINCESS LUNA. She's nice now and this holiday always makes her a little edgy. Remember, she's as powerful as her sister and she'll send yo ass to the Sun if you aren't careful.
Also, don't bother going to Fluttershy's house. She does NOT like Nightmare night and she does not have any candy. After that assertiveness seminar she took, she'll also kick you in the face if you cross her. She likes Dia de los Muertos though, so invite her over tomorrow for a sugar skull.
Have fun on Nightmare Night everyone!
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Well played, Topps
Note: I made a really dumb baseball card comic. Go vote for Dayf at Nachos Grande if you want more of these silly things from me.
Apparently Topps has gotten wind of the fact that I have given most of this year's collecting money to Hasbro in exchange for miniature candy colored equines. Hoping to exploit my weakness for
Topps is including a new parallel version in 2013 flagship:
I think they are now just angreen orange parallel away from going full Rainbow Dash. (there's also a shiny emerald variation apparently) Valiant attempt, Topps. I'll probably still hold out for the factory set though.
UPDATE: Awww snap, there's a 1972 Topps insert set in there too. Topps must want me back badly.
Apparently Topps has gotten wind of the fact that I have given most of this year's collecting money to Hasbro in exchange for miniature candy colored equines. Hoping to exploit my weakness for
Pretty
Pink
Ponies
Topps is including a new parallel version in 2013 flagship:
I think they are now just an
UPDATE: Awww snap, there's a 1972 Topps insert set in there too. Topps must want me back badly.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Old School Heritage and New School Ponies - Part 12
The My Little Pony Royal Princess Wedding is happening RIGHT NOW, and I'm embarrassing myself trying to coach little league baseball whole I have a splitting headache from waking up a 4 in the morning with heartburn and not getting any sleep and after the game I get to go to Costco oh joy. So I don't get to see the wedding live online, I have to wait for YouTube. Wanna piss me off for posting ponies? Watch the episode and post spoilers to Twitter and my blog. No that isn't just a sneaky way of getting you to watch ponies, really I swear.
In the meantime until I'm able to watch the show I'm going to assume the wedding went off like this. I want Pinkie Pie's shirt SO BAD.
Here's the last of the '63s, Hall of Famer Billy Williams. This guy is so underrated it's stupid. I swear, if I had a pony for every time someone said Billy Williams isn't a Hall of Famer, I'd have... well... even more ponies than I already have. AND THAT'S A LOTTA PONIES. Just check out this Gem Mint specimen. Scuffs and scrapes all over the card, but not enough to scrape off the 49 year old wax. Perfectly rounded corners. Creases everywhere. And last but not least, SIX - count em - SIX staples were used to mount this thing to some object that was instantly beautified by its presence. Can you imagine the work it took to get this card looking like this? It doesn't just happen by itself, this kind of wear takes effort. Go ahead, take one of those newfangled Heritage cards you've been opening up by the handful and make it look as good as this, I dare ya.
UPDATE: My family abandoned me to ponies so I got to watch the episode when it aired. Holy crap was that good. At 44 minutes, it was slightly rushed in points but they squoze as much epicness in as they could. Celestia knows how the hell they're going to top that in season 3.
In the meantime until I'm able to watch the show I'm going to assume the wedding went off like this. I want Pinkie Pie's shirt SO BAD.
Here's the last of the '63s, Hall of Famer Billy Williams. This guy is so underrated it's stupid. I swear, if I had a pony for every time someone said Billy Williams isn't a Hall of Famer, I'd have... well... even more ponies than I already have. AND THAT'S A LOTTA PONIES. Just check out this Gem Mint specimen. Scuffs and scrapes all over the card, but not enough to scrape off the 49 year old wax. Perfectly rounded corners. Creases everywhere. And last but not least, SIX - count em - SIX staples were used to mount this thing to some object that was instantly beautified by its presence. Can you imagine the work it took to get this card looking like this? It doesn't just happen by itself, this kind of wear takes effort. Go ahead, take one of those newfangled Heritage cards you've been opening up by the handful and make it look as good as this, I dare ya.
UPDATE: My family abandoned me to ponies so I got to watch the episode when it aired. Holy crap was that good. At 44 minutes, it was slightly rushed in points but they squoze as much epicness in as they could. Celestia knows how the hell they're going to top that in season 3.
Old School Heritage and New School Ponies - Part 11
This post was supposed to lament the fact that Ponies debuted a few months after Dr. Demento's last show aired on June 6th 2010 meaning that all the ridiculous pony mashups that have been created never got a chance to be on the show. Then to my surprise, I find out that he's been doing streaming internet shows since then and never really left. Didn't find ponies in the playlist but April 7th's show has baseball songs!
And yes, I love this music unironically, just like I love Fish Heads, Bulbous Bouffant and Dogs Singing Jingle Bells. That's how I roll.
Here's a card of Roger Maris' 1962 World Series game 3 heroics where he drove in two runs and scored a third in the 7th inning to lead the Damn Yankees to victory. Problem is, that picture sure as hell isn't of the 7th inning of that game. Here we see #9 Maris on 1st base and #32 Elston Howard taking an awkward swing at the plate. In the 7th inning of game 3, Roger hit a single with Mickey Mantle on 2nd and Tom Tresh on 3rd and advanced to second base on an error by Willie McCovey. Roger was never on first when Howard was up in the 7th inning, so what inning is this? It's not the second inning, Maris flied out to right. In the 4th, Roger grounded out to 1st base to end the inning. We know what he did in the 7th inning... aaaaaand that was it for Roger that day. So this photo isn't actually from game 3.
I wish the photo was sharp enough to show a pinstripe on a uniform so I could confirm this photo was from a Yankee home game. I have no knowledge of old-time stadiums so for all I know, this game is obviously being played in Candlestick and I'm barking up the wrong tree but I'm assuming the photo was taken in New York. All you SABR guys point and laugh if I'm wrong. I looked through the box scores and found three possibilities for this photograph:
Game 4:
Second inning - Flyball out to center.
Fourth inning - Groundout unassisted to first base.
Sixth inning - Roger walked. Elston flew out to right on his at bat.
Game 5:
First inning - Fly out to left to end the inning.
Fourth inning - Roger made it to first on a fielder's choice, Elston Howard then struck out.
Sixth inning - Ground out to second base.
Eighth inning - Roger walked, Elston flew out to center.
If this pic was actually taken in New York during the 1962 World Series (I can't tell if that catcher is a Giant, can you?) then it was probably taken in the 6th inning of game 4 or the 4th or 8th inning of game 5. That's all I got until MLB stops hoarding their vintage game footage like a dragon hoards gold. Can anyone else out there pinpoint this moment?
And yes, I love this music unironically, just like I love Fish Heads, Bulbous Bouffant and Dogs Singing Jingle Bells. That's how I roll.
Here's a card of Roger Maris' 1962 World Series game 3 heroics where he drove in two runs and scored a third in the 7th inning to lead the Damn Yankees to victory. Problem is, that picture sure as hell isn't of the 7th inning of that game. Here we see #9 Maris on 1st base and #32 Elston Howard taking an awkward swing at the plate. In the 7th inning of game 3, Roger hit a single with Mickey Mantle on 2nd and Tom Tresh on 3rd and advanced to second base on an error by Willie McCovey. Roger was never on first when Howard was up in the 7th inning, so what inning is this? It's not the second inning, Maris flied out to right. In the 4th, Roger grounded out to 1st base to end the inning. We know what he did in the 7th inning... aaaaaand that was it for Roger that day. So this photo isn't actually from game 3.
I wish the photo was sharp enough to show a pinstripe on a uniform so I could confirm this photo was from a Yankee home game. I have no knowledge of old-time stadiums so for all I know, this game is obviously being played in Candlestick and I'm barking up the wrong tree but I'm assuming the photo was taken in New York. All you SABR guys point and laugh if I'm wrong. I looked through the box scores and found three possibilities for this photograph:
Game 4:
Second inning - Flyball out to center.
Fourth inning - Groundout unassisted to first base.
Sixth inning - Roger walked. Elston flew out to right on his at bat.
Game 5:
First inning - Fly out to left to end the inning.
Fourth inning - Roger made it to first on a fielder's choice, Elston Howard then struck out.
Sixth inning - Ground out to second base.
Eighth inning - Roger walked, Elston flew out to center.
If this pic was actually taken in New York during the 1962 World Series (I can't tell if that catcher is a Giant, can you?) then it was probably taken in the 6th inning of game 4 or the 4th or 8th inning of game 5. That's all I got until MLB stops hoarding their vintage game footage like a dragon hoards gold. Can anyone else out there pinpoint this moment?
Friday, April 20, 2012
Old School Heritage and New School Ponies - Part 10
The week is over and all I want to to is post this thing and go to bed and have sweet dreams.
I pity the fool who don't like Pinkie Pie.
Three reasons why this card is awesome.
1) Manny Mota rookie card. It even came in a toploader with ROOKIE CARD in gold on the top.
2) Colt .45s. I am so tempted to start collecting Colt .45s right now but then I remember the other 9001 collections I got going.
3) This:
Don't give me that look, that's what 99% of you thought when I posted a Manny Mota card.
I pity the fool who don't like Pinkie Pie.
Three reasons why this card is awesome.
1) Manny Mota rookie card. It even came in a toploader with ROOKIE CARD in gold on the top.
2) Colt .45s. I am so tempted to start collecting Colt .45s right now but then I remember the other 9001 collections I got going.
3) This:
Don't give me that look, that's what 99% of you thought when I posted a Manny Mota card.
Old School Heritage and New School Ponies - Part 9
Today has not gone quite as expected and I do not particularly appreciate Google's little joke of COMPLETELY revamping Blogger's post creation page on 4/20 but I'mma post something today if it kills me. Here's Pinkie Pie enjoying the holiday a little too much instead of collecting cards like a good pony.
And here's a 1963 Rookie Stars card from 1963. Don't laugh, there actually were 1962 Rookie Stars cards from 1963.
Angels,Colt .45s Twins and Mets. Four (mostly) brand spankin' new teams at the time. Don't know who any of these dudes are and don't have time to go hunting for them on the interwebs but I do appreciate the floaty heads.
No where the hell did Blogger put their labels....
And here's a 1963 Rookie Stars card from 1963. Don't laugh, there actually were 1962 Rookie Stars cards from 1963.
Angels,Colt .45s Twins and Mets. Four (mostly) brand spankin' new teams at the time. Don't know who any of these dudes are and don't have time to go hunting for them on the interwebs but I do appreciate the floaty heads.
No where the hell did Blogger put their labels....
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Official Trade With Scott
A little while back I offered up all these cards in exchange for three things:
Scott Sawyer stepped up to the plate and took my offer.
And sent 13 cards instead of 3, but I'll let him slide this time simply due to these three cards.
There were Braves all over that package, including some Dover Reprints, minor league cards from the '80s and a Jermaine Dye autograph that almost ended up in this post. Instead, I chose this Chipper Jones bat relic from 2001 Fleer Platinum RC Edition. Fleer Platinum was Fleer's "Heritage Set" using designs from the '80s including '81, '84 and '87 Fleer. In '01 they used the 1981 design and added a "RC" Update set towards the end of the year. I think it was merely an excuse to get a Mark Prior card on the market. Well, in the Aughts a card set wasn't a card set without truckloads of relic cards. Here's one of Chipper in the Lumberjacks set. Anyone recognize the photo in the background? It looks familiar but at 1:30am I can't place it. I chose the Chippah - well, because Chippah - but also because I looked through my Chippah box and didn't find this one. That's right, I got over a thousand different Chipper Jones cards and Scott found one I didn't have already. Good show!
1991 Pro Set Scottsh Football card of Tommy Turner of St. Johnstone. Any man who can pull off shorts like that whose name is not John Stockton is automatically cool. Take into account the 'stache and Tommy is reaching dangerous levels of coolness. Oh how I regret not buying a box of this stuff at the dollar store when I had a chance...
Not even going to make jokes about this one, because I have never been quite as happy to see a card in my life as I was to see this one. I think I was a teensy bit happier to see my kids being born, but it was close. Holy crap did this one throw me for a loop.
My instructions to Scott were thusly:
Here is the result:
Humphrey Bogart & Ilsa Pie. On a Topps "You Sketch It" card. I have no words. But my initial reaction was this.
Oh yass, there will be a repeat of this experiment, and soon.
- 1 Braves Card
- 1 Card What Is Cool
- 1 Drawing Of A Subject Of My Choice.
Scott Sawyer stepped up to the plate and took my offer.
And sent 13 cards instead of 3, but I'll let him slide this time simply due to these three cards.
The Brave
There were Braves all over that package, including some Dover Reprints, minor league cards from the '80s and a Jermaine Dye autograph that almost ended up in this post. Instead, I chose this Chipper Jones bat relic from 2001 Fleer Platinum RC Edition. Fleer Platinum was Fleer's "Heritage Set" using designs from the '80s including '81, '84 and '87 Fleer. In '01 they used the 1981 design and added a "RC" Update set towards the end of the year. I think it was merely an excuse to get a Mark Prior card on the market. Well, in the Aughts a card set wasn't a card set without truckloads of relic cards. Here's one of Chipper in the Lumberjacks set. Anyone recognize the photo in the background? It looks familiar but at 1:30am I can't place it. I chose the Chippah - well, because Chippah - but also because I looked through my Chippah box and didn't find this one. That's right, I got over a thousand different Chipper Jones cards and Scott found one I didn't have already. Good show!
The Cool
1991 Pro Set Scottsh Football card of Tommy Turner of St. Johnstone. Any man who can pull off shorts like that whose name is not John Stockton is automatically cool. Take into account the 'stache and Tommy is reaching dangerous levels of coolness. Oh how I regret not buying a box of this stuff at the dollar store when I had a chance...
The Sketch
Not even going to make jokes about this one, because I have never been quite as happy to see a card in my life as I was to see this one. I think I was a teensy bit happier to see my kids being born, but it was close. Holy crap did this one throw me for a loop.
My instructions to Scott were thusly:
Your artist's commission:1) a monster or2) a pony (for all values of pony) or3) a scene or actor from a favorite movie
Choose any one of those three that you wish. Or any of those three asor with a pony. (Pony pony?) Do not worry about artistic ability, I'ma fan of outsider art and the more DIY the better I like it.
Here is the result:
Humphrey Bogart & Ilsa Pie. On a Topps "You Sketch It" card. I have no words. But my initial reaction was this.
Oh yass, there will be a repeat of this experiment, and soon.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
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