Joy of a Completed Set - 2003 Rittenhouse Star Trek The Animated Series

In the middle of a February Funk, but I want to post some damn thing so people don't send out search parties for me so here's a completed set. The scans are missing a card but I have since acquired that card and about 2-3 more complete sets of this stuff and enough partial sets to bip the hell outta someone. Rescanning that page to add the missing card would take WORK and that ain't gonna happen. Forget about the backs. if you want to see them it will be easier for me to mail you a set.

As for the set, well, this here set is a helluva set. Rittenhouse especially seems to put a lot of thought and care into their sets. It's a 198 card set which equals 9 cards for each of the show's 22 episodes. When you put the cards on the page horizontally, the borders all match up. Different photos on the front and back and each page tells the story of the episode. Sounds like basic stuff, but I'd like to see a 2014 sports set designed that thoughtfully. In fact, I challenge you to find a new sports product designed like this. Hell, just finding a set size divisible by 9 is damn near impossible. 

Enjoy the cheezy but iconic Filmation animation characterizations of your favorite Star Trek characters along with a dorky looking alien for comic relief and a stupid sexy cat lady because every goddamn cartoon made in the '70s was trying to turn us all into furries for some inexplicable reason. As an added bonus I've included two of the more common insert sets. (9 cards each, natch) One of them is a PUZZLE!

The montage of characters on Scotty's puzzle card are all characters James Doohan voiced on the show. Pretty neat, huh? If this post has you all nostalgic for bad '70s sci-fi animation that is so so good, the entire run is on Netflix. Go have a cartoon binge.

Joy of a Completed Team Set - 1989 Topps

Who needs those newfangled die-cuts with the oddly colored borders? Let's have some of the real thing. Key card: LEMMER ROOOOOOOOKIE

Gotta figure out something to fill all those empty pockets...

Hypocrite

I know I talk smack about Topps cards on a regular basis but.....

DAT MAC THO

Locked up

         2 years, 13.3 million                                                                         8 years, 135 million

2014 Topps

Had a rough weekend so I treated myself to a rack pack of Topps. Here is literally the only card I care about out of the entire pack.

I like the design even though the manila folder tab seems odd. The swooshes look nice. They put WAR on the back. Everything looks clean and elegant although the card number is a little small. It's a very nice set.

While opening the pack I felt nothing. Not excitement, not anger, not anticipation, not disappointment. Nothing.  I guess that's just how it is now.

Obligatory Handegg Post

Woooo! Superb Owl day! What a great day of Football! Arsenal beat Crystal Palace two-nil! And a Falcon got elected to the Hall of Fame! Let's take a look at some Claude Humphrey cards, because the Big Game sucks worse than the halftime show!

1974-75 Topps Hockey Wantlist

The past week or so has been COMPLETE ASS so I haven't done much in the way of carding lately. I did manage to get my favorite hawkee set sorted and paged out and bindered and scanned tho. Here's a wantlist. If you collect old Topps hockeys, I have a healthy pile of doubles from the '70s lying around that can be traded to you.

3 Bobby Clarke Scoring Leaders
5 Dave Schultz PM Leaders
8 Bill Barber
10 Gilles Gilbert
11 John Davidson RC
14 Keith McCreary Flames Leaders
15 Dan Bouchard
18 Bob Berry
19 Gordon "Red" Berenson
20 Stan Mikita
21 Fred Shero RC
25 Gilbert Perreault
27 Bobby Schmautz
28 Johnny Bucyk Bruins Leaders
30 Lowell MacDonald
31 Fred Stanfield
34 Armand "Bep" Guidolin
39 Ron Low
40 Darryl Sittler
50 Brad Park
54 Checklist
58 Hubert "Pit" Martin
59 Chris Evans
60 Bernie Parent
62 Dave Kryskow RC
68 Tom Lysiak RC
72 Marcel Dionne
74 Robert "Butch" Goring
76 Leonard "Red" Kelly
77 Pete Stemkowski
80 Don Awrey
85 Ed Van Impe
91 Al Arbour
100 Bobby Orr
103 Keith McCreary
104 Phil Maloney RC
105 Denis Dupere
107 Bob Plager
110 Jean Pronovost
114 Richard Lemieux
116 Bill Hogaboam RC
120 Mickey Redmond
123 Bob Nystrom
124 Claude Larose Canadiens Leaders
128 Ken Hodge All-Star
129 Phil Esposito All-Star
130 Bobby Orr All-Star
131 Brad Park All-Star
132 Gilles Gilbert All-Star
135 Bobby Clarke All-Star
139 Jacques Richard
140 Yvan Cournoyer
147 Bernie "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion
151 Dave Keon
153 Michel Belhumeur
155 Ken Dryden
156 John Wright RC
160 Ed Giacomin
162 Checklist
169 Kansas City Scouts Logo
170 Tony Esposito
173 Peter McDuffe
180 Borje Salming RC
183 Syl Apps Penguins Leaders
187 Simon Nolet
195 Denis Potvin RC
198 Jim McKenny
206 Wayne Cashman208 Phil Roberto
209 SC Quarterfinals
210 SC Quarterfinals
211 SC Quarterfinals
215 1974 SC Finals
217 Joe Watson
219 Denis Dupere Maple Leafs Leaders
220 Bill Goldsworthy
222 Alex Delvecchio
223 Stan Gilbertson
231 Bill Fairbairn
232 Guy Lafleur
233 Denis Potvin RC Islanders Leaders
237 Garry Unger
238 Jack Gordon RC
242 Len Frig RC
243 Henri Richard Masterton Award
244 Phil Esposito Hart Trophy
245 Johnny Bucyk Byng Trophy
247 Boston Bruins Prince of Wales Trophy
250 Philadelphia Flyers Stanley Cup
255 Jude Drouin
261 Scotty Bowman RC
262 Craig Patrick

Thanks to: Shane D.

have: 175/264 66.3%

The first pack of 2014

2014 Topps retail is LIIIIIVE!

forget that crap though, let's open up a pack of PHUNGO CARDS!

I was lucky enough to get a brand new pack of cards courtesy of Mr. Phungo, the Phillie aphicionado. Let's jump right in, shall we?

First card in the pack is Howie Bedell, outfirler for the Milwaukee Braves. Howie played 58 games for the Braves in 1962 and got 2 Topps cards to commemorate the moment. Howie also played 9 games for the Phillies in 1968, so I'm somewhat surprised this didn't turn out to be possibly his first Phillies card. Maybe it's a variation?

Next up, Sarah Jane Sands who played catcher for Rockford Peaches of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. So far I've gotten a Brave and a Peach in the pack, I'm sensing a theme.

Uggles! Signing a ball for some lucky fan. If you can't hit 'em, sign em. Uggla was left off the playoff roster in favor of Elliot Johnson who was dropped after the season. Uggla hasn't gone anywhere and it's his second base job to lose in spring training. He'll probably lose it to Tommy LaStella. I really should stop making fun of Dan as I'm actually very thankful that he's taking a lot of heat off of BJ Upton. BJ's totally going to break out this year I tell you. I believe in Melvin.

Not a Brave, but a former Brave that should have stayed a Brave but ended up a Phillie. Least year I was discussing with a friend how Kevin had quitely had a solid career and it was amazing that he was still pitching in the league. And now he up and retired on me and made me feel old. Dangit, Kevin.

Freddie! The Braves' star first baseman who is in the process of being Fred McGriffed by Joey Votto and Paul Goldschmidt. Freddie's the best hugging first baseman in the league at least!

OMG EARLY LEADER FOR 2014 CARD OF THE YEAR. It might be harder to beat Simba for the NL Shortstop Gold Glove than to beat The Natural.

 

El Oso Phungo! Not technically a rookie card, but it is a First Phungo Card which is just as good, probably. I'll put this photo of Gattis with the swanky hockey style mask up against any photo on any card of Evan put out this year.

Got some insert buybacks in the pack too! How lucky!

Gattis Hot Pack!!! and a Bowman Something Or Other rookie card too! That I think I don't have but am not sure because all these Bowman sets just sort of blur together after a while. It's shiiiiiiiiiny though.

 

*falls off chair*
*flails*
*twitches a bit*

*dead*

Along with the official Phungo pack there were some extra Braves cards that just needed to get out of a Phillie phan's house apparently. Here's a Top 5:

I am now the world's foremost George Sherrill Supercollector. Nice Boston Braves throwback uni on this one.

Anyone remember Upper Deck Gold Glove? This rookie/debut/whatever of Horacio Ramirez was from the days where every rookie was short printed and serial numbered. OMG there are only 1000 of these cards in existence! Now they're all in quarter boxes untouched.

A few years later, the serial numbers are down to 3 digits. Still no one cares. If you look at all the cards Topps is tweeting to show off their 2014 set, you'll notice that they are mostly numbered to 10-99. Mark my words, by 2020 cards will have to be serial numbered to single digits in order to garner attention and by 2026, they won't print any cards at all. Now that's scarcity. I still like this set though, I think it looks classy.

Jason and Freddie yadda yadda horror movie joke. I probably have a half a dozen of this card but keep sending them because I'd like to wallpaper a room with them one day. And then set the building on fire when they both sign with the Yankees when they become free agents.

Ok you need to mentally prepare yourself for this next one. Take a seat, say your prayers and drink a couple quarts of gin.

You'd think this card came from Night Owl but you'd be wrong. This is now my third Warren Spahn card that has been defaced in some way, I wonder if it is possible to collect every Topps card of a Hall of Fame player where some kid drew all over it several decades ago. There's only one way to find out.

Thanks Phungo Co. for another brilliant card set! I look forward to seeing what 2015 Phungo holds in store!