ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 21

 TODAY WE GET TO SEE ONE OF MY GOOFS. OR IS IT TWO OF MY GOOFS? IT'S NOT MY FINEST MOMENT AT ANY RATE BUT THERE'S STILL GREAT STUFF IN HERE

1993-94 SKYBOX ANDREW LANG & CRAIG EHLO CHANGING FACES

CATEGORY - INSERT WANTLIST

AS YOU'VE SEEN FROM A BUNCH OF THESE POSTS I WENT ON AN INSERT CARD BINGE ON THE SITE AND SNAPPED UP ANY I COULD FIND IF I THOUGHT I DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE IT. 93-94 SKYBOX MISSED ME BACK IN THE DAY SO I WASN'T TERRIBLY FAMILIAR WITH ANY OF THE INSERTS FROM THAT SET. I SAW THIS CHANGING FACES CARD AND WAS ALL 'HELL YEAH, HAWKS INSERT CARD' AND SNAPPED IT UP. LET'S LOOK AT THE BACK

OOPS IT'S A SUBSET CARD. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE ALMOST NONE OF THIS SET SO NOW I HAVE SOME. IT'S A LITTLE SAD THAT THE WRITEUP ON THE BACK IS STILL FAIRLY APPLICABLE TO THE CURRENT HAWKS SQUAD

1995 LEAF DAVID JUSTICE

CATEGORY - BRAVES, WANTLIST

1995 LEAF IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SETS OF THE 90S. I LOVE THAT TRANSPARENT HOLOFOIL FOR THE NAME AND INSET PHOTO. I LIKE A GOOD DAVID JUSTICE CARD AT ALL TIMES BUT THIS ONE'S CARD NUMBER SHOWED UP ON MY WANTLIST AS WELL. WIN-WIN 

THE CARD BACKS ARE PRETTY GREAT AS WELL. LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, BIG, LEGIBLE AND SUPER FANCY

1991-92 SKYBOX JON KONCAK

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

IT'S KINDA FUNNY TO ME THAT A TWO MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR KONCAK MANAGED TO TRAINWRECK THE WHOLE FRANCHISE FOR DECADES. TWO MIL GETS YOU A G-LEAGUE REFUGEE TO SIT ON THE BENCH NOWADAYS. THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST COUPLE DOZEN CARDS I NEED FOR THE 91-92 SKYBOX FIRST SERIES SET SO I HAD TO NAB IT. I HAVE HARDLY ANY CARDS FROM SERIES TWO AND BOXES OF THAT STUFF HAVE GOTTEN EXTRA SPENDY LATELY SO SERIES ONE MIGHT BE THE ONLY ONE FOR ME

1992 BARRY COLLA FRANK THOMAS

CATEGORY - ODDBALL

A WHOLE BUNCH OF THESE POPPED UP ON THE SITE AND WHILE THEY WERE SNAPPED UP TOO QUICK TO PULL THE ENTIRE SET I DID WANT ONE OF THEM JUST TO HAS IT. I PICKED THIS ONE BECAUSE OF THE BACK

HELL YEAH SERIAL NUMBER. AND AN OFFICIAL AUTOGRAPH BALL. AWW YEAH THAT'S THE STUFF. YOU WON'T SEE BIG EMPTY SPACES ON 2024 CARDS AWAITING AN AUTOGRAPH. WELL, UNLESS THERE'S SOME QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES WITH AN INTERN LOSING A SHEET OF STICKERS

1994 DONRUSS EDDIE MURRAY

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

HELL YEAH WANTLIST HALL OF FAMERS. I APPRECIATE THE CAP UNDERNEATH THE BATTING HELMET PHOTO. I AM SUPER CLOSE TO COMPLETING SERIES ONE OF THIS SET AND I SHOULD TRY TO FINISH THAT UP SOON

1987 FLEER STICKERS ASTROS, MARINERS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST?

I'VE ALREADY POSTED SO MANY OF THESE I DON'T REMEMBER IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I POSTED THIS STICKER OR THE SECOND. I BOUGHT TWO OF THEM, THAT'S FOR SURE. I STILL LIKE GETTING THEM EITHER WAY, I WISH MY LCS STILL HAD THE BIG BOX OF STICKERS IT HAD FOR DECADES THAT GOT BOUGHT UP IN THE PANDEMIC CARD SPECULATION FRENZY. OH IF I JUST COULD GO BACK TO THE LCS IN 2019 FOR ONE HOUR. I WOULDN'T BUY MUCH BECAUSE I WAS STILL KINDA BROKE THEN BUT EVERY PENNY WOULD BE SQUANDERED ON JUNK LIKE THIS, I ASSURE YOU

1992 LEAF MATT STAIRS GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

ONE OF THE LAST GOLD LEAF ROOKIE STRAGGLERS. THIS 1992 SET IS COMPLETELY COMPLETE NOW, I'VE DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECKED IT. I STILL STOP AND LOOK WHENEVER I SEE ONE THOUGH. THE CHECKLIST IS VERY SOLID FOR A PROSPECTS SET AND MATT IS ONE OF THE BETTER PLAYERS IN THE SET

2021 TOPPS CHARLIE MORTON

CATEGORY - BRAVES

CHARLIE'S BACK FOR ONE MORE SEASON ON THE BRAVES BEFORE HE HANDS OFF THE VETERAN PRESENTS BATON TO CHRIS SALE. I FINALLY GOT MY BRAVES TEAM SET WANTLISTS UPDATED TO 2024 LAST WEEKEND. NOW I HAVE TO DECIDE IF I WANT TO RAID THE BASE SETS FOR BRAVES ON RECENT SETS I'LL LIKELY NEVER BUILD

1994 LEAF LIMITED DAVID JUSTICE

CATEGORY - SHINY, BRAVES

I'M TELLIN' YA, DAVE JUSTICE CARDS ARE THE BEST. YEAH, HALF OF THEM SHOW OFF THAT SWING FOLLOW THROUGH BUT THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THE BEST./ SPEAKING OF BEST, HOLY CRAP 94 LEAF LIMITED WAS SUCH A DAZZLER IN 1994. HOLOFOIL JUST EXPLODING EVERYWHERE. MID-90S IS RIGHT THERE WITH THE EARLY 50S AND 1933 AS THE BESTEST TIME EVER FOR BASEBALL CARDS

1993-94 SKYBOX HARVEY GRANT & CHRIS DUDLEY, BOBBY HURLEY & MITCH RICHMOND, ERIC FLOYD & DENNIS RODMAN CHANGING FACES

CATEGORY - WANTLIST 

YEP, I BOUGHT A WHOLE MESS OF THESE 'INSERTS'. I CANNOT COMPLAIN AS THERE'S TWO HALL OF FAMERS IN HERE AND I'VE GREATLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF 93 SKYBOX IN MY COLLECTION. I MEAN, C'MON, THEY LOOK LIKE INSERTS! WHO CAN BLAME ME

UP NEXT: BRAVES AND SHINY

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 45: SET FAIL

 WE'VE HIT THE SECOND GINORMOUS POST OF THE COMC BLACK FRIDAY BINGE. AS STATED BEFORE, I REALLY REALLY WANTED TO KNOCK OUT SOME SETS AND THE TWO BIG ONES I WAS CLOSEST TO COMPLETING WERE 1976 TOPPS BASEBALL AND 1979-80 BASKETBALL. THE 1976 CARDS WERE TOO SPENDY BUT 70S HOOPS ARE CHEAP. I ONLY NEEDED ELEVEN CARDS TO COMPLETE THE SET SO HERE WE GOOOOOOOOO

A WHOLE BIG PILE OF 1979-80 TOPPS BASKETBALL CARDS

#14 BERNARD KING

HALL OF FAMER WHO COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER IF NOT FOR A HORRIFIC LEG INJURY IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BEST SEASON. HIS CARDS ARE ALL UNDERRATED BUT I AM GLAD I ALREADY HAVE HIS 78-79 ROOKIE

#32 GAIL GOODRICH

ANOTHER FORGOTTEN HALL OF FAMER. GAIL WON TWO TITLES WITH UCLA AND ANOTHER WITH THE LAKERS WHILE PUTTING UP 20 A NIGHT FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER

#44 REGGIE THEUS RC

REGGIE WAS A SCORING MACHINE AND TWO TIME ALL STAR FOR CHICAGO, ALTHOUGH I REMEMBER HIM FOR THAT ONE SEASON IN ATLANTA WHERE HE DIDN'T GEL WITH NIQUE AND MOSES. THIS ROOKIE CARD WAS THE ONE I WAS MOST CONCERNED I'D HAVE TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR, BUT I GOT THIS ONE FOR NINETY-FIVE CENTS PROBABLY THANKS TO ALL THAT SNOW ON THE IMAGE

#66 JACK SIKMA

ANOTHER HALL OF FAMER WHO WAS A BIG PART OF SEATTLE'S ONLY NBA CHAMPIONSHIP. JACK WOULD FIT IN WELL WITH TODAY'S BIG GUYS AT CENTER WHO LOVE TO CHUCK UP SOME THREES

#68 BILL ROBINZINE

THE GUY WHO TOOK THE BRUNT OF DARRYL DAWKINS' BACKBOARD SHATTERING DUNK, ROBINZINE WAS A GOOD REBOUNDING POWER FOWARD

#116 CHARLES JOHNSON

A SOLID GUARD WHO WON TITLES WITH GOLDEN STATE AND WASHINGTON

#120 RICK BARRY

HALL OF FAMER, ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, ABA LEGEND, TWELVE TIME ALL STAR, ALL STAR MVP, FINALS MVP, NBA CHAMPION, AND UNDERHAND FREE THROW SHOOTER. ALSO CO-STARRED WITH DR. J IN THE GREATEST COMIC AD EVER

#126 LEON DOUGLAS

A BIG TOUGH CENTER WHO HAD A LONG CAREER PLAYING IN EUROPE AND LATER BECAME A COLLEGE HEAD COACH

#127 JOHN LUCAS

PLAYED POINT GUARD FOR 14 YEARS BEFORE GOING INTO COACHING. LUCAS IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT FOR HOUSTON

#132 BOBBY JONES

THE FIFTH HALL OF FAMER OF THE BUNCH, JONES IS ONE OF THE BEST DEFENDERS EVER AND WON A CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE FIRST SIXTH MAN AWARD WITH THE 76ERS IN 1983 

FIVE OUT OF TEN CARDS WERE HALL OF FAMERS AND I GOT THEM ALL FOR UNDER EIGHT BUCKS. WAIT, DIDN'T I SAY I NEEDED ELEVEN CARDS FOR THE SET? YEP, I GOOFED. THE LAST CARD I NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE THING WAS JAMAAL WILKES. I HAD HIS CARD OPEN IN A TAB AND FORGOT TO BUY IT. SO NO COMPLETE SET FOR ME. WHILE I CAN'T SHOW OFF THE SET I CAN SHOW OFF ALL THE COMPLETED PAGES, SIX IN ALL!

I DON'T HAVE THE SET, BUT I STILL HAVE THE CHASE. NOW I NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT VINTAGE HOOPS SET TO COMPLETE NEXT

Something seems amiss here...

This is page two from my UD Masterpieces binder. It has probably been like this for about a year and a half, but I just noticed it today. Can you see the problem with the page?

I'll give you a few minutes to figure it out.

Ok, here it is:

Two #15, no #14. D'oh! So much for my complete set...