THE TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS - DAY 4

 OK THE BIG TIME BRANDED MERCH POST IS OUT OF THE WAY. HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTTS IT'S TIME FOR THE WEIRD

 SLAM DEMONS. MAYBE THE MOST METAL POG ON THE COUNTDOWN WITH A SILHOUETTE OF A TOOTHY HELLHOUND BEASTIE WEARING A SPIKED COLLAR STAMPED IN BLOOD RED FOIL. THIS CRITTER WOULD LOOK QUITE NATURAL SCRIBBLED ON A 4TH PERIOD GEOLOGY NOTEBOOK OR IN THE MARGINS OF A ZINE AND I APPRECIATE SEEING THIS STYLE OF ART PLASTERED ON A MASS PRODUCED TCHOTCHKE FOR LITTLE KIDS

 

ANOTHER BLANK BACK. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A PERSON OR CORPORATION WOULD NOT WANT TO CLAIM THIS TINY ARTWORK AS THEIR OWN BUT PERHAPS IT'S A STATEMENT ON THE ANONYMITY OF ILLUSTRATIVE WORK IN A CAPITALIST LANDSCAPE.THERE'S NOT EVEN A COPYRIGHT SYMBOL, THIS DEMON IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

HELLHOUNDS FOR THE PEOPLE!

 GOTTA PUT OUR DOGGY FRIEND RIGHT UP CLOSE TO THE FLAME

THE TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS - DAY 3

 WHAT'S MORE 1994 THAN POGS. AND THE SIMPSONS. PROBABLY A LOT OF THINGS. BUT NONE MORE 1994 THAN SIMPSONS POGS. BEHOLD

 1994 SKYCAPS FROM SKYBOX BONGO COMICS THE SIMPSONS POGS TM & COPYRIGHT TCFFC TROY MCCLURE

 

 HI! I'M TROY MCCLURE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN ENORMOUS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN A HOT NEW COLLECTIBLE THAT'S DESIGNED TO SMASHED REPEATEDLY WITH A HEAVY OBJECT. SHAMELESS MEDIA SHILL ON A SHAMELESS FAD CASH IN. HOW PERFECT CAN YOU GET. OF ALL THE POG SETS YOU'D THINK THERE'D BE MORE INFO OUT THERE ON A SET BASED ON ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT TV SERIES OF ALL TIME PRINTED BY A MAINSTREAM TRADING CARD COMPANY BUT NOPE. LOTS OF 'EM ON EBAY THOUGH. THERE IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE MARKET TO BECOME THE DEFINITIVE POG HISTORIAN FOR ANY OF YOU WHO WANT TO BE COME AN INTERNET LEGEND FOR AN EXTREMELY LIMITED AUDIENCE

 THIS NEXT POG ISN'T MINE BUT I FOUND IT SEARCHING THE SKULL POG AND IT SUMS UP THIS WHOLE SERIES PRETTY WELL SO I'M SWIPING IT

 

 THIS WOULD BE A COOL SET TO COLLECT DUE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER AND THE FACT THAT A BILLION OF THEM WERE PRINTED SO THEY'RE PRETTY EASY TO FIND

 

FINALLY SOMETHING ON THE BACK. THIS IS THE STANDARD FORMAT FOR POG BACKS. RANDOM BRAND LOGOS PRINTED IN ONE COLOR IN A PATTERN SO THAT HOPEFULLY AT LEAST ONE OF THE LOGOS ISN'T CUT OFF AT THE EDGE. THEY SHOULD DO BASEBALL CARDS LIKE THIS EVERYONE USES THE INTERNET FOR STATS NOW ANYWAY. GET ON IT FANATICS

THE TREE'S GETTING FILLED UP SUPER QUICK THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM

THE TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS - DAY 2

 DAY TWO. I PLAN TO MAKE THESE POSTS QUICK AND BREEZY SO EXPECT A 40,000 WORK DIATRIBE ON A POG MANUFACTURER IN A WEEK OR SO. LUCKILY TODAY IT'S GONNA BE EASY!

 1994 WHO THE HELL KNOWS WHAT MANUFACTURER DEATH ROCK SKULL DIE CUT #17

 

 PART OF THE REASON I NEVER POST IS BECAUSE WHEN I START ACTUALLY TYPING WORDS I FEEL COMPELLED TO START DOING RESEARCH ON WHATEVER I AM POSTING ABOUT BECAUSE DESPITE COLLECTING CARDS AND OTHER BULLSHIT FOR OVER 40 YEARS I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN MY HOBBY KNOWLEDGE. SO I END UP FALLING DOWN A GOOGLE RABBIT HOLE ON TOPPS NON-SPORTS CARDS, MENKO, JACK DAVIS, LENTICULAR CARD MANUFACTURING PROCESSES ETC. AND NEVER DO ANY TYPING AND STUFF ROTS IN MY DRAFT FOLDER. POGS ARE GREAT, THERE'S FUCK ALL INFORMATION ON THE INTERWEBS ABOUT THEM AND THEN HALF OF IT IS KIDS YELLING POGGERS AT EACH OTHER. THEN YOU GET ITEMS LIKE THIS ONE: NO COMPANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER AND IF YOU GOOGLE SKULL DEATH ROCK YOU CAN DIVE A THOUSAND PAGES DEEP INTO THE SEARCH RESULTS AND NEVER FIND A SINGLE CIRCULAR CARDBOARD COLLECTIBLE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE I KNOW THESE THINGS WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY:

DIE CUT CARDS ARE COOL

SKULLS ARE FUCKIN RAD

 'ARE WE THE BADDIES' MEMES NOTWITHSTANDING, SKULLS ARE HELLA COOL AND WE NEED MORE SKULLS IN OUR LIVES. ESPECIALLY ROCKER SKULLS LISTENING TO METAL GUITARS GOING WHEEDLY WEEDLEY WEOOOOOWWWWW LOUD ENOUGH TO CRACK OPEN THEIR NOGGIN EXPOSING THE PINK GOOEY BRAINS WITHIN. THERE IS SO MUCH TO ENJOY ABOUT THIS PIECE OF ART. THE SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE LINE WORK ON THE SKULL AND BONES. THAT CLASSIC 90S GRADIENT. THE BEAUTIFUL HAND LETTERING. CLIP ART HEADPHONES PASTED WHERE THE HOLES FOR EARS LONG GONE WOULD BE. POG NUMBER FRONT AND CENTER SO THAT KID IN 1994 KNOWS THERE ARE AT LEAST 16 MORE OF THESE THINGS TO COLLECT. NO BRANDING TO BE SEEN, SOMEONE COULD HAVE MADE THIS IN THEIR BASEMENT, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW

BRAND THIS ON MY EYEBALL SO I CAN SEE IT FOREVER

 

 THE BACK IS ONCE AGAIN SADLY BLANK. I CHOSE THE SUBJECTS ON THE BASIS OF THE FRONT DESIGN SO WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF THIS. THE ONES WITH STUFF ON THE BACK WILL BE AN EXTRA SPECIAL TREAT, I PROMISE

 

YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW QUICKLY I GAVE UP ON PUTTING ANY TIME INTO CUTTING AND PASTING THESE ORNAMENTS IN

 

THE TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS - DAY 1

 WHERE THE HELL HAVE I BEEN FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS????

ON TWITTER MOSTLY. BUT DON'T GO THERE, IT'S A TERRIBLE PLACE FULL OF IDIOTS. LIKE ME. OTHER THAN THAT I'VE MOSTLY BEEN WORKING OR PLAYING VIDEO GAMES

I BEAT STARDEW VALLEY AND REACHED THE PERFECTION AND GOT THE SUMMIT CREDITS CUTSCENE BUT THE GAME GLITCHED (AGAIN) AND I NEVER GOT MY ACHIEVEMENT FOR CATCHING ALL THE FISH OR GETTING ALL THE STARDROPS SO I GUESS I GOTTA DO IT ALL AGAIN BUT BEFORE THAT I AM TRYING A FEW OF THE OTHER GAMES I'VE BEEN HOARDING. LUCK BE A LANDLORD IS A COOL WEIRD GAMBLING GAME. SIRALIM IS POKEMON FOR D&D NERDS. I'M TRYING BREATH OF THE WILD FINALLY AND I'LL GIVE IT A FAIR CHANCE BUT SO FAR I HATE IT. I LIKE TO RUN AROUND IN 2D AND MASH B TO MURDER THINGS. I DO NOT LIKE TO RUN AROUND IN 3D AND MASH B TO MURDER THINGS RIGHT BEFORE GETTING KILLED BY A STUPID FUCKING GOBLIN COMPLETELY OFF SCREEN WITH A BOW AND ARROW. BUT! I WILL GIVE IT A CHANCE

A MAIN REASON I HAVE ABANDONED REALITY FOR THE VIDEO GAME REALM IS THAT SOMEHOW 2021 IS EVEN MORE FUCKED UP THAN 2020. IN 2020 WE JUST HAD A PLAGUE COMING TO KILL US ALL AND THE WORST ELECTION EVER TO DEAL WITH. 2021 GAVE US BOTH OF THOSE THINGS STILL GOING STRONGER THAN EVER ALONG WITH THE HORRIBLE REALIZATION THAT ANYONE IN A POSITION OF POWER THAT CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND NEXT YEAR WE HAVE MIDTERMS! CAN'T DO ANYTHING NOW, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH MIDTERMS!!! SQUID GAME THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM. FOR THIS YEAR'S SYMBOLIC CHRISTMAS TREE I CONTINUE LAST YEAR'S THEME OF A BURNING CHRISTMAS TREE FROM A FOX BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT SHOW

ALSO! I HAVE FINALLY STARTED DOING CARD THINGS AGAIN. I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN TO MY LOCAL CARD SHOP WHICH MAKES ME VERY SAD BUT I DID GO TO A DIFFERENT CARD SHOP YESTERDAY AND IT WAS AWFUL. ALMOST NOTHING WAS PRICED AND THE STUFF THAT HAD A PRICE TAG WAS STOOPID EXPENSIVE. I DID MANAGE TO GET A RONALD ACUñA CARD, MY FAVORITE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS CARD AND A SHOEBOX TO PUT ALL THE JUNK I HAVE PILED ON MY DESK INTO FOR FIVE BUCKS. PLUS! I SWIPED A LARGE PILE OF BASKETBALL CARDS FROM THE FREE 'FOR THE KIDS' BOX AT THE FRONT SO IT ALL WORKED OUT OK. I ALSO WENT TO A CARD SHOW AND FOUND A DUDE WITH A LOADED QUARTER BOX AND A NICKEL BOT AND WENT HAM ON THEM. I HAVE ALSO UNEXPECTEDLY ACQUIRED A SHITLOAD OF VINTAGE KELLOGG'S CARDS AT THAT SHOW AND THE FLEA MARKET AS WELL WHICH IS VERY FUN. MY INITIAL PLAN FOR THE TWELVE DAYS OF CARDMAS WAS TO SHOW OFF ALL THE KELLOGG'S CARDS I PICKED UP BUT THEN THE ACTUAL KELLOGG'S DECIDED TO TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES LIKE DOGSHIT SO FUCK KELLOGG'S AND FUCK BREAKFAST CEREAL IN GENERAL

BUT! A FESTIVUS MIRACLE! I REMEMBERED I HAD SCANNED SOME STUFF A LONG TIME AGO IN A FIT OF CLARITY BECAUSE I KNEW EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE ROUGH FOR A LONG LONG TIME AND I NEEDED SOME IMAGES TO STASH AWAY IN A 'BREAK GLASS IN CASE OF SAVE CHRISTMAS' EMERGENCY SITUATION. AND THAT SITUATION IS NOW! SATURNALIA IS SAVED! LADIES AND GENTLEMANS AND ENBY FRIENDS! WELCOME TO THE 

TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS

1994? S.G.I WINGED VIPERS #10

POGS! THEY WERE BRIEFLY COOL FOR A COUPLE WEEKS TWO YEARS AGO! BUT I HAVE A SMALL PILE OF THEM HOARDED AWAY BECAUSE I COLLECT ANY DAMN THING THAT COMES MY WAY. I KNOW ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT POGS. THE GAME STARTED OUT WITH KIDS USING MILK CAPS FROM LUNCH TO CREATE A SILLY GAME. CAPITALISM CO-OPTED THE FUN TO SELL JUNK TO KIDS. ADULTS STARTED BUYING THEM AND FUCKED UP THE WHOLE THING. THAT'S ABOUT IT. THERE IS ONE OFFICIAL POG MANUFACTURER AND A WHOLE FLOCK OF BOOTLEG COMPANIES JUMPING ON THE TREND. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A COPYRIGHT DATE* COMPANY NAME, TITLE AND POG NUMBER I CAN'T FIND A SINGLE THING ON THE INTERWEBS ABOUT THIS POG. THE COMPANY SGI MADE A FEW NEAT SETS WITH SKULLS AND MONSTERS AND ONE SET WITH ART FROM CHAD COOPER BUT I CAN'T FIND THIS ONE ANYWHERE. BUT NOW THANKS TO BLOGGER I HAVE BROUGHT THIS POG TO THE WORLD. HELLO POG ENTHUSIASTS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THIS POG AND OR POG SET! UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T KNOW SHIT! EXCEPT THAT A FLOCK OF SNAKES WITH MOTHER FUCKING WINGS IS BAD-ASS

THE BACK IS SADLY BLANK. POGS ARE SOMEWHAT LIKE T-206 CARDS IN THAT HALF THE FUN IS SEEING THE COOL DESIGNS ON THE BACK BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLANK BACKS EITHER DUE TO LAZINESS OR BOOTLEGGERY. THERE SHALL BE FUN BACKS IN THE FUTURE, I PROMISE YOU

ONE OF THE REASONS I CHOSE POGS FOR THE CHRISTMAS POSTS IS THAT THEY NATURALLY RESEMBLE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS. UNFORTUNATELY I AM A MSPAINT LUDDITE AND CUTTING OUT A CIRCLE TO CUT AND PASTE AN IMAGE IS A PAIN IN THE ASS IN PAINT. AND DUE TO USING A REAL PICTURE SHRINKING THE IMAGE DOWN TO AN ORNAMENT SIZE LOOKS LIKE CRAP. BUT HEY! EVERYTHING'S A MESS RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO ROLL WITH IT!!!!1

MORE POGS TO COME AS LONG AS BLOGGER COOPERATES!!!11111

MURRY CARSTMESS EVERBODYYYYYYY

*AT LEAST I THINK THAT SAYS 1994. THE DESIGN ATE THE LAST DIGIT

FLEA MARKET PILE OF JUNK WAX GARBAGE GOODIES

 

A MONTH OR SO BEFORE THE WORLD ENDED LAST YEAR THE CARD DUDE AT THE FLEA MARKET OFFERED ME A LARGE PILE OF JUNK WAX COMMONS AND GARBAGE FOR CHEAP. AS USUAL I DAWDLED AND DID NOT PULL THE TRIGGER BEFORE EVERYTHING GOT LOCKED DOWN AND ENDED UP REGRETTING IT BITTERLY ALL LAST SUMMER WHEN I WAS BORED AS SHIT AND COULD HAVE USED SOMETHING TO SORT. RECENTLY I RECTIFIED THIS ERROR AND PICKED UP THE FOLLOWING FOR TWENTY BUCKS PLUS THE CHANGE I SCROUNGED OUT OF THE SOFA WHEN I WAS CLEANING UP LAST SUMMER INSTEAD OF SORTING CARDS:

• THREE 5000-COUNT MONSTER BOXES
• ONE 3200-COUNT MINI MONSTER BOX WITH BONUS ART ☝
• ONE 1600-COUNT SHOE BOX THAT IS BARELY IN ONE PIECE
• SEVEN 800 COUNT BOXES
• ONE 600-COUNT BOX FULL OF FOOTBALL CARDS
• TWO SMALL PLASTIC STORAGE TUBS FULL OF FOOTBALL CARDS
• THREE RANDOM BOXES FULL OF CARDS:
• ONE LARGE PRIORITY MAIL FLAT RATE BOX
• ONE NEW BALANCE SNEAKER SHOE BOX
• ONE BOX THAT FORMERLY HELD A STARTER FOR A TOYOTA
• AND FINALLY ONE NIKE BOX FULL OF BASKETBALL CARDS

I AM NOT GOING TO LIE. 80% OF IT IS FLAGSHIP COMMONS FROM 1987-1993 THAT I ALREADY HAD. AND ANOTHER 15% IS STUFF I DON'T HAVE WANTLISTS FOR LIKE LEAF, ULTRA, STADIUM CLUB, BOWMAN, PINNACLE, COLLECTOR'S CHOICE, ETC. THAT LAST 5% THOUGH WAS FUCKING AMAZING. ALL SORTS OF ODDBALL SHIT, RANDOM INSERTS, A SMALL PILE OF PACIFIC CARDS WHICH I AM NOW CONVINCED IS THE RAREST MAINSTREAM STUFF FROM THE 90S BY FAR, AND A LOT OF WEIRD FUN STUFF. PLUS I FOUND ENOUGH COMMONS OFF MY WANTLISTS TO COMPLETELLY FILL UP A 1600-COUNT BOX AND THEN SPILL OVER TO A SECOND BOX.  AND EVERY ONE OF THE BASKETBALL CARDS WERE CHERISHED AND APPRECIATED

FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT ABOUT DOCUMENTING THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH ALL THIS MESS TO SHOW OFF ON HERE OR ON TWITTER BUT THE FIRST BOX I WENT THROUGH WAS ONE-HALF BRICKED 1993 UPPER DECK AND I GOT BORED WITH TAKING BAD PICTURES AND JUST WENT HAM ON SORTING ALL THE REST OF THE CRAP WHICH IS WHAT I DID ALL JULY INSTEAD OF POSTING ANYTHING ON HERE. I KNOW THIS IS DISAPPOINTING BUT I DID TAKE A FEW PICS AND HAD THE FORESIGHT TO PLAN ONE POST ON HERE WHICH IS WHY I'M TYPING RIGHT NOW

TWO OF THE 5000-COUNT BOXES DID NOT HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF CARDS. MOSTLY ALL BASE CARDS FROM THE SAME DOZEN OR SO SETS. THEY SEEMED TO ME TO BE LIKE A BUNCH OF MY DOUBLES BOXES WHERE I SORT THROUGH CARDS TRYING TO FINISH OFF SOME SETS AND THEN DUMP THE UNNEEDED CARDS INTO A BOX TO BE FORGOTTEN. ONE OF THEM WAS DIFFERENT, IT HAD ALL KINDS OF WACKY BULLSHIT IN IT. THIS ONE LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE A BUNCH OF RANDOM CARDS PILED ON A DESK, AND THEN SOME MORE OVER ON THE SHELF, AND THEN A BOX THAT HAD BEEN ACCIDENTALLY DUMPED ON THE FLOOR, AND THEN THE ROOM HAD TO BE CLEANED UP IN A HURRY SO THE WHOLE LOT OF IT WAS SHOVED INTO ONE MONSTER BOX. THERE WAS SOME NEAT STUFF IN THIS BOX AND ALSO SOME ACTUAL TRASH. WHILE SORTING OUT EVERYTHING I PUT ASIDE WHAT I CONSIDERED THE BEST AND WORST CARDS FROM EACH ROW AND HERE THEY ARE

ROW ONE - BEST CARD

1996 UPPER DECK HIDEO NOMO HOT COMMODITIES INSERT

A ONE PER BOX SUPER SHINY DIE CUT INSERT IN THE MIDST OF PILES OF JUNK IS LIKE FINDING A DIAMOND WHILE DIGGING IN THE SAND AT THE BEACH. EASILY THE BEST CARD IN THE BOXAND I THINK I DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE THIS ONEDESPITE OPENING LOTS ON 96 UPPER DECK BACK IN THE DAY

ROW ONE - WORST CARD

1991 UPPER DECK NOLAN RYAN BASEBALL HEROES INSERT DEVOURED BY FUNGUS

THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THE NOMO CARD, EASILY THE WORST CARD IN THE BOX BY A MILE. THIS CARD GOT WET AND LEFT TO FESTER INTO A SCIENCE PROJECT. THANKFULLY THIS WAS NOT A  SITUATION WHERE THE BOX GOT WET AND A WHOLE SECTION OF CARDS WENT MOLDY, IT WAS JUST ONE HORRIBLE DISGUSTING CARD IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUNCH OF OTHER PERFECTLY FINE CARDS. IF MY SKLIN FALLS OFF AND I BECOME A ZOMBIE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS YOU KNOW WHAT TO BLAME

ROW TWO - BEST CARD

2002 DONRUSS ORIGINALS TED WILLIAMS PUZZLE

EVERY CARD COMPANY DID THEIR OWN RETRO DESIGN REHASH PRODUCT AFTER TOPPS HERITAGE BLEW UP AND 2002 DONRUSS ORIGINALS WAS THE DONRUSS VERSION FEATURING A SET WITH THE 1982, 1984, 1986 AND 1988 DESIGN. THERE WAS NO 2003 VERSION WITH 1981, 1983, 1985 AND 1987 DESIGNS BECAUSE THE 2002 SET BOMBED HORRIBLY. TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, THEY CREATED THE FIRST PUZZLE SET IN A DECADE AND THEN MADE THEM AN INSERT CARD AT LIKE 1:8 PACKS OR SOME SUCH FOOLISHNESS. SINCE THE SET FLOPPED THESE ARE STUPID HARD TO FIND NOW, IT'S WAY EASIER TO STUMBLE ACROSS AUTOS OR RELICS. IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE THE COMPLETED PUZZLE LOOKS GREAT BUT GOOD LUCK COMPLETING THE THING

ROW TWO - WORST CARDS

1980 TOPPS MARKED CHECKLISTS STAPLED TOGETHER

 THIS WAS A TOUGH CHOICE BECAUSE THERE WAS ALSO TWO-THIRDS OF A DONRUSS WILLIE STARGELL PUZZLE SET ALL STAINED BY RED KOOL-AID IN THE BOX. I CHOSE THIS INSTEAD BECAUSE WHILE A MARKED SET OF 1980 TOPPS CHECKLISTS ALL STAPLED TOGETHER IS A COOL ARTIFACT OF A BYGONE AGE, THE SAME THING WITH THE TOP CHECKLIST RIPPED OFF AND FLOATING AROUND SEPERATELY IN THE BOX IS KINDA TRAGIC

ROW THREE - BEST CARD

1998 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CAL RIPKEN JR. CRASH THE GAME INSERT

A 90S INSERT OF A HALL OF FAMER IS ALWAYS WELCOME. I HAD QUITE A FEW WINNER CARDS FROM CRASH THE GAME CONTESTS ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK I REDEEMED ANY THIS YEAR. CAL KNOCKED A HOMER AGAINST THE MARINERS ON SEPTEMBER 4TH SO THIS CARD WOULD HAVE WON. WHERE'S MY TIME MACHINE

ROW THREE - BESTEREST CARD

1999 FLEER TRADITION TURNER WARD

THIS ENTIRE ROW WAS FILLED WITH GOOD CARDS AND I COULD NOT FIND EVEN ONE THAT I CONCIDERED BAD. SO YOU GET A BONUS AWESOME CARD OF BUBBLE BOY TURNER WARD

ROW FOUR - BEST CARD

1994 SCORE BIP ROBERTS

I GOT A LOT OF BIPS OUT OF ALL THESE BOXES. VERY BAD WHEN OPENING A SEALED BOX YOU GOT AT TARGET, VERY GOOD WHEN SORTING THROUGH A PILE OF JUNK WAX. 1994 SCORE IS ALSO A BIG HOLE IN MY COLLECTION SO ANY AND ALL CARDS OF IT I CAN FIND ARE APPRECIATED

 

ROW FOUR - WORST CARDS

THIS ROW HAD A LOT OF TRASHED CARDS, I CHOSE THESE THREE AS A SAMPLE. THE GERALD PERRY DID NOT RECEIVE TYPICAL KIDS PLAYING WITH CARDS WEAR AND TEAR, THIS WAS ABUSE AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT STAINBY HIS KNEE. THE SCAN DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO THE DAMAGE ON BRIAN HOLMAN'S CARD. IT IS VERY SCUFFED WITH ODD SURFACE DAMAGE LIKE IT WAS RUN OVER BY A TRUCK AND THEN FELL IN A POOL OF SOLVENT. THE MIKE CAMERON CARD IS THE SADDEST, NOT ONLY IS THIS COOL PIC OF HIM ON A CELL PHONE RUINED BY THE MANGLING, BUT I NEED THE CARD FOR MY SET AS WELL. I MIGHT PUT IT IN THE SET ANYWAY

ROW FIVE - BEST CARD

1994 TOPPS FINEST RICK WHITE

THE LAST ROW HAD A LOT OF COOL STUFF IN IT BUT NO REAL STANDOUT PERFORMER SO I WENT WITH THE TOPPS FINEST CARD. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THIS FINEST SET BUT I HAVE A LOT OF NOSTALGIA FOR IT. I ONLY GOT FOUR FINEST CARDS IN THE WHOLE LOT, THESE THINGS WERE RARER THAN INSERTS

ROW FIVE - WORST CARD

1998 FLEER SPORTS ILLUSTRATED WORLD SERIES FEVER JEFF BAGWELL

NOT MUCH MORE DISAPPOINTING THAN FINDING A HALL OF FAME PLAYER FROM AN EXTREMELY OBSCURE SET YOU LIKE AND THE CARD IS ALL TRASHED TO HELL. NEW CARDS MAY BE SHINER AND MORE HIGH TECH BUT OLD CARDS KNEW HOW TO AGE GRACEFULLY

THIS WAS A VERY FUN LOT TO SORT THROUGH AND I STILL HAVE A LOT OF SORTING TO DO. I CAN PROBABLY START SECOND AND THIRD SETS FOR A LOT OF STUFF NOW IF I CHOSE TO. I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY UPDATED ANY OF THE WANT LISTS YET DUE TO BLOGGER DECIDING IT DOES NOT WANT TO STAY SIGNED IN ON CHROME FOR SOME REASON BUT AT THIS TIME I THINK THESE ARE THE BIG WINS AND LOSSES FOR ME SO FAR:

WINS: 

• FINALLY FOUND THE 1989 TOPPS CRAIG MCMURTRY THAT WAS MISSING FROM MY BINDER AND FOUND A SECOND ONE SO I CAN START A SECOND SET
• GOT A GIGANTIC PILE OF 1993 SCORE AND PROBABLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF CARDS I HAVE FROM THAT SET TENFOLD
• ALL THE BASKETBALL CARDS. I LOVE THEM ALL

LOSSES:

• STILL HAVE NOT FOUND THAT @%$^!! 1993 UPPER DECK CLEMENS CHECKLIST THAT I'M MISSING. ALSO I'VE MISPLACED THE ACTUAL SET AS WELL. HOW DO YOU LOSE ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE SETS
• DESPITE GETTING ENOUGH 1992 DONRUSS TO FILL UP A TRUCK I'M PRETTY SURE I'M STILL MISSING A CARD, ALTHOUGH I STILL NEED TO VERIFY
• SORTING THE FOOTBALL CARDS HAS GIVEN ME THE ITCH TO GO THROUGH MY MESS OF A COLLECTION AND MAYBE BUILD A COUPLE SETS LIKE 90 PRO SET OR SOME OF THE EARLY SCORE SETS, SOMETHING I ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO TIME FOR RIGHT NOW

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS TRIP THROUGH SOME JUNK, I'LL TRY TO POST MORE OFTEN THAN ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS BUT NO PROMISES

GOTTA POST YOUR Ls TOO

 I'M ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE AGAIN NOW SO THIS IS MAYBE THE LAST PURCHASE FROM THE CANADIAN DIME BOX JOINT FOR A WHILE UNLESS I REALLY DECIDE TO FOCUS ON SOME SET BUILDING. I CAN VISIT REAL LIVE DIME BOXES IN PERSON NOW OR AT LEAST I'LL BE ABLE TO ONCE I GET OVER THE NASTY COLD I GOT WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 18 MONTHS. IT'S A SHAME TOO BECAUSE THE LAST PACKAGE I GOT WAS A LITTLE UNDERWHELMING FOR VARIOUS REASONS

ONE THING I DECIDED TO DO WAS PICK UP 5 OF THE RANDOM BASKETBALL DOLLAR PACKS TO APPROXIMATE OPENING ONE OF THE WALGREENS FIVE DOLLA JUNK BOXES. 75 CARDS FOR $5. YOU DON'T GET THE RANDOM PACK OF HOOPS OR THE 1:4 CHANCE AT A LAUNDRY SWATCH BUT WHAT THE HECK, THE FIRST PACK I GOT WAS FANTASTIC, WHY NOT TRY AGAIN. WORST CASE SCENARIO THE PACKS ARE ALL 100% JUNK WAX COMMONS AND I AT LEAST GET A LITTLE FUN OPENING UP SOME NEW STUFF. WELL, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO ACTUALLY HAPPENED BUT IT'S WORTH SHOWING OFF THE AFTERMATH. HERE'S THE RESULTS OF ALL FIVE PACKS SORTED BY PRODUCT

1990-91 FLEER - 4 CARDS

GOT: FRED ROBERTS, TY CORBIN, TRENT TUCKER, SIDNEY GREEN

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? NAH

I COMPLETED THIS SET IN A PREVIOUS ORDER SO TIME TO COMPLETE A SECOND SET??!?!??

1990-91 FLEER - 5 CARDS

.

GOT: ERIC LECKNER, DON CHENEY, DREAM, TY CORBIN, TRAVIS MAYS

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? NOPE

ANOTHER SET I COMPLETED A WHILE BACK. NO WORRIES, THE HAKEEM WAS MAYBE THE BIGGEST STAR IN THE BUNCH AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE OLD FLEER CARDS BEFORE THEY ALL TURNED GLOSSY

1994-95 - 5 CARDS

GOT: ANTHONY BOWIE, HORACE GRANT, TREE ROLLINS, BRIAN SHAW, BROOKS THOMPSON

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? UH UH

THIS ONE IS SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTING AS I STILL NEED A HANDFUL OF CARDS FROM THE SECOND SERIES OF THIS SET AND THESE WERE ALL FROM THAT SET AND I DIDN'T NEED NONE OF EM. ALSO THEY ARE ALL MAGIC CARDS WHICH MAKES IT LOOKS LIKE THE GUY WAS JUST PULLING CARDS FROM OLD SETS IN ORDER TO PUT TOGETHER THESE PACKS. TREE ROLLINS IS COOL THO

1997-98 FLEER - 5 CARDS

GOT: BRENT BARRY, GREG MINOR, DALE DAVIS, STEPH'S DAD, KENDALL GILL

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? YES! BARRY, MINOR AND DAVIS

YEAAAAAAH 97-98 FLEER IS A WONDERFUL SET. TRADING CARDS THAT FEEL LIKE PAPER AND NOT PLASTIC. GOT THREE I NEEDED FOR SETS WHICH MAKES ME VERY HAPPY

1992-93 FLEER ULTRA - 5 CARDS

GOT: KEVIN BROOKS, LAPHONSO ELLIS, SCOTT HASTINGS, ROBERT PACK, BRYANT STITH

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? NOT SURE, NO WANTLIST FOR ULTRA

WHILE I LIKE FLEER ULTRA I DO NOT LIKE IT ENOUGH TO BE BOTHERED WITH MAKING A WANTLIST FOR IT SO I HAVE NO IDEA IF I NEED THESE OR NOT. ONCE AGAIN ALL FIVE CARDS - ONE PER REPACK - ARE FROM THE SAME TEAM THIS TIME THE NUGGETS. TWO ROOKIE CARDS OF LAPHONSO AND BRYANT STITH AND SCOTTIE HASTINGS AINT BAD

1994-95 FLAIR - 4 CARDS

GOT: VLADE DIVAC, RONY SEIKALY, DOUG WEST, DAN MAJERLIE

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? PROBABLY

DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN FLAIR. THE FRONTS ARE TOO BUSY, THE BACKS ARE UNREADABLE AND THE BIG INITIAL SHIELD LOOKS DOOFY. THE PLAYER SELECTION IS DECENT AT LEAST

1989-90 HOOPS - 5 CARDS

GOT: RON ANDERSON, DEL HARRIS, REGGIE WILLIAMS, DICK VERSACE, JAY HUMPHRIES

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? SADLY, NO

HOOPS! THE BEST HOOPS SET.  DIDN'T NEED ANY OF THESE AND GOT TWO COACHES. I AM DISSAPOINT

1990-91 HOOPS - 5 CARDS

GOT: ALEXANDER VOLKOV, JOHN MORTON, CHRIS MULLIN, SHERMAN DOUGLAS, DANA BARROS

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM?  NO

ANOTHER O-FER. AT LEAST THIS TIME THERE ARE FOUR ROOKIES AND A STAR BUT NO MURDERERS OR JORDAN CAMEOS

1993-94 HOOPS SCOOPS - 1 CARD

GOT: TIM HARDAWAY

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM?  I THINK SO?

THE ONLY INSERT CARD IN FIVE PACKS. THERE WERE THREE IN THE FIRST ONE SO IT ALL EVENS OUT I GUESS. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT ON THE INNOVATIVE PHOTO ANGLE BUT THESE OVER THE BASKET SHOTS ALWAYS LOOK DOOFY TO ME

1990-91 SKYBOX - 5 CARDS

GOT: MAURICE CHEEKS, STUART GRAY, CHARLOTTE HORNETS, CLEVELAND CAVALIERS, DALLAS MAVERICKS

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? YES! NEEDED THE CAVS CHECKLIST

YEEEEEEEESSSSSS. I LOVE THIS SET SO MUCH AND I DIDN'T BUY ENOUGH OF SERIES TWO BACK IN THE DAY AND IT'S WAY TOO LATE FOR ME TO GET A BOX OF THE STUFF BECAUSE IT PROBABLY COSTS 4 FIGURES NOW. I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE LOGO CARDS AND I GOT THREE OF THEM PLUS A HALL OF FAMER. BIG WIN

1992-93 SKYBOX - 1 CARD

GOT: DETROIT PISTONS/ISIAH THOMAS

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? NOPE

SKYBOX DIALED WAY BACK ON THE CHEEZY COMPUTER GRAPHICS BY THIS TIME BUT THEY WERE STILL PRETTY COOL. I ALREADY HAVE THIS CARD BUT AT LEAST IT'S A GOOD PLAYER

1994 SKYBOX USA BASKETBALL- 1 CARD

GOT: INTERNATIONAL RULES

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? UUUUHHHH

B A S K E T B A L L   W O R L D

I DID NOT PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO THE TEAM USA SETS BACK IN THE DAY BUT HAVE ACCIDTNALLY ACCUMULATED A BUNCH OF THEM ANYWAY. I MIRACULOUSLY AVOIDED GETTING A HALL OF FAMER AND INSTEAD GOT A LOOMING BOUNCY EARTH

1992-93 TOPPS - 5 CARDS

GOT: KENNY GATTISON, PETE CHILCUTT, JOE KLEINE, SIDNEY GREEN, BRIAN WILLIAMS

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? NAH

ANOTHER SET I THINK I RECENTLY COMPLETED SO MOARER DOUBLES. THE BRIAN WILLIAMS CARD FEATURING HIS EPIC BATTLE WITH MANUTE BOL IS FANTASTIC

1996-97 TOPPS - 5 CARDS

GOT: TYUS EDNEY, ISAIAH RIDER, ARMON GILLIAM, POPEYE JONES, GREG ANTHONY

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM?  YES! EVERYONE BUT ISAIAH

1996-97 TOPPS AKA THE KOBE SET. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE I NEED A TON OF FROM SERIES 2 AND I GOT FOUR OF EM! WISH MY SUCCESS RATE WAS HALF THIS GOOD WITH THE REST OF THE CARDS

1991-92 UPPER DECK - 5 CARDS

GOT: DANNY MANNING, ALVIN ROBERTSON, KEVIN WILLIS, JERROD MUSTAF, CHARLES JONES

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? NUH UH

THIS SET IS WEIRD BECAUSE I'VE BOUGHT A TON, I STILL NEED A TON AND YET I ALREADY HAVE ALL THESE. VERY FEW HAWKS IN THESE PACKS SO KEVIN WILLIS IS APPRECIATED

1993-94 UPPER DECK- 4 CARDS

GOT: KEN WILLIAMS, DARNELL MEE, GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS, PHILADELPHIA 76ERS

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? NO RACKINFRACKIT

I BARELY HAVE ANY 93-94 UD SERIES 2 AND I GOT ALL THESE #$%#* %!#@%!!!

1994-95 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE SILVER PARALLEL - 5 CARDS

GOT: DANNY MANNING, MARK PRICE, REGGIE MILLER, NICK VAN EXEL, VIN BAKER

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM? SURE, I GUESS?

PARALLEL CARDS! JUST WHAT EVERY SET COLLECTOR WANTS. THESE ARE ALL GOOD PLAYERS EVEN THOUGH DANNY MANNING CAN GO JUMP IN A LAKE

2019-20 DONRUSS - 5 CARDS

GOT: DONOVAN MITCHELL, RICKY RUBIO, BRADLEY BEAL, TROY BROWN JR., THOMAS BRYANT

DID I NEED ANY OF THEM?  YES! EVERY ONE!

I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY NEW BASKETBALL CARDS IN OVER 18 MONTHS SO ANY AND ALL RECENT CARDS ARE GLADLY WELCOME. TWO LEGIT STARS TOO! MOAR NEW DONRUSS PLEASE

SO OUT OF FIVE REPACKS I GOT ABOUT ONE PACK WORTH OF CARDS I NEEDED FOR SETS AND A HANDFUL OF STARS. NOT GREAT, BUT IF WE'RE BEING HONEST NOT MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT YOU'D FIND IN A FAIRFIELD BOX. PLUS I WANTED TO OPEN SOME 'PACKS' AND I DID AND I HAD SOME FUN. SPENDING MY NEXT FIVE BUX ON SOMETHING GOOD THOUGH 

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 8: EINSTEIN?

IT'S RARE YOU FIND THE PERFECT CARD BUT SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES

1967 TOPPS WHO AM I? - ALBERT EINSTEIN

TOPPS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENAMOURED WITH WEIRD GIMMICKS. ONE OF THEIR FIRST TRADING CARD SETS REQUIRED YOU TO WET THE FRONT OF THE CARD WITH THE WRAPPER AND 'DEVELOP' THE PICTURE BY PUTTING IT IN SUNLIGHT. THERE'S BEEN STICKERS, STAMPS, FOLD-INS, POSTERS, PUZZLES, COMICS, DIE CUTS, COINS, AND ALL MANNER OF OTHER GIMMICKS INCLUDING SCRATCH OFF PRINTING. NOWADAYS SCRATCH-OFF MEANS LOTTERY TICKETS OR MAYBE REVEALING AN AMAZON GIFT CARD CODE. BACK IN THE DAY TOPPS USED THE TECHNOLOGY ON THE 1970-71 SCRATCH-OFF GAME SETS, ON INSTANT WIN CARDS IN THE 80S AND 90S AND EVEN USED THE GIMMICK IN THE 1980-81 TOPPS HOCKEY SET TO MAKE STOOPID AMERICANS GUESS THE NAME OF THE PLAYERS ON THE CARDS. ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES IT WAS USED ON A TRADING CARD SET WAS IN THE 1967 WHO AM I? SET WHERE A PICTURE OF A HISTORICAL FIGURE WAS OBSCURED WITH A SCRATCH-OFFABLE TRIVIA QUESTION AND RIDICULOUS DISGUISE. THE KID COULD EITHER SCRATCH OFF ALL THE SILVER STUFF TO SEE THE CARD NAME AND IMAGE OR THEY COULD LEAVE IT PRISTINE AND HIDE IT AWAY IN A BOX FOR 50 YEARS AND GET IT GRADED BY PSA AND MAKE A LOTTA MONEY. OCCASIONALLY THE KID WOULD HALF-ASS IT AND LEAVE A BUNCH OF THE SCRATCHY GOOP STILL ON THE CARD. THANK GOD FOR LAZY KIDS

I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS SET FROM A BLOG POST ON BEN HENRY'S BASEBALL CARD BLOG A BILLION YEARS AGO AND IMMEDIATELY WANTED ONE. I CANNOT FIND THE ORIGINAL POST BUT HE DID ANOTHER WHO AM I? POST IN 2016 THAT IS FANTASTIC. UNFORTUNATELY I GOT THE WHO AM I? SET MIXED UP WITH THE 1952 LOOK 'N SEE SET SOMEHOW WHICH HAD IT'S OWN RED CELLOPHANE HIDDEN IMAGE GIMMICK AND NO SCRATCH OFF AT ALL. AFTER COLLECTING A FEW OF THESE CARDS AND WONDERING WHY I'D NEVER SEEN ONE OF THE 52S WITH THE SCRATCH OFF STUFF INTACT I FINALLY FIGURED OUT I WAS A DOPE. I DIDN'T HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS AT ALL! I SCROUNGED ALL MY USUAL VINTAGE NON-SPORTS DEALERS (ALL TWO OF THEM) AND FOUND NONE, SCRATCHED OR UNSCRATCHED. THEN LAST BLACK FRIDAY I REMEMBERED THE SET AND CHECKED COMC TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS IN MY PRICE RANGE. THANK GOODNESS NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT VINTAGE NON-SPORTS! THERE WERE PLENTY OF CRUMMY CARDS AVAILABLE FOR CHEAP! THE BEST OF THE LOT WAS THIS ONE. ALBERT EINSTEIN IS AN S-TIER NON-SPORTS SUBJECT NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. HE'S BECOME AN ICON OF POP CULTURE LIKE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY OR THE MONA LISA. EVEN BABIES KNOW E=MC SQUARED. A MINT UNSCRATCHED COPY WOULD PROBABLY COST MORE THAN MY ENTIRE ORDER BUT THIS SLOPPILY SCRITCHED MESS WAS NOT ONLY IN MY BUDGET BUT I CAN STILL SEE MOST OF AL'S WEIRD SCRATCH-OFF HIPPIE DISGUISE. THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS!

AGAIN I WILL SAY, THANK GOD FOR ROTTEN LITTLE KIDS WHO DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR CARDS