BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 11: VROOM

BLACK FRIDAY 2022 IS OVER BUT I STILL HAVE MY BLACK FRIDAY 2021 CARDS READY TO POST. THE COMC POSTS MIGHT START DOMINATING THE BLOG, MY PICKUPS WENT FROM 10 CARDS IN 2020 TO 19 CARDS IN 2021 TO 58 THIS YEAR. GETTING FREE SHIPPING HELPED A LOT BUT IF I KEEP GOING AT THIS RATE I'LL BE BUYING 187 CARDS IN 2023. WHICH IS FINE WITH ME, OBVIOUSLY. MY 2020 GETS WERE PRETTY AWESOME BUT I THINK 2021 WAS EVEN BETTER. LET'S START OFF WITH POSSIBLY THE CRUMMIEST, MOST TRASHED CARD OF THE BUNCH 

1953 WORLD ON WHEELS - M.G.

AIN'T THAT JUST BEAUTIFUL? FILTHY. WORN CORNERS. CREASES IN TWO DIRECTIONS AT NON-RIGHT ANGLES. SCUFFS. STAINS. MATHS.

1953 TOPPS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SETS BUT I'VE REACHED THE POINT WHERE THE ONLY CARDS LEFT I NEED TO COMPLETE IT ARE:

1) HALL OF FAMERS

2) SHORT PRINT HIGH NUMBERS

3) SHORT PRINT HIGH NUMBER HALL OF FAMERS

SINCE MY COMC BINGES HAD A SELF-IMPOSED LIMIT OF THE PRICE OF A BLASTER THERE SURE WEREN'T ANY CARDS I NEEDED ON THERE IN THAT PRICE RANGE, DISCOUNTS OR NO. HOWEVER! THE WORLD ON WHEELS SET IS ALSO A FAVORITE OF MINE AND ALSO 1953 TOPPS CARDS! AND 1954 AND MAYBE 1955. I SEE ALL THREE YEARS WHEN LOOKING UP THE SET.  THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS I LIKE THIS SET. THE OLD TIMEY CARS LOOK COOL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE OF WHAT WAS THEN A FUTURISTIC PROTOTYPE CAR. I'VE ALWAYS LIKED CARDS WITH BRIGHT BLOCKS OF COLOR ON THEM. AND THE FONT USED FOR THE VEHICLE NAMES SPEAKS TO ME. THE BACK IS THE BEST PART OF THE CARD THOUGH

I DON'T CARE IF THE SET WAS MOSTLY RELEASED IN 1954 OR 55, THIS IS SUCH A 1953 TOPPS BACK. JUST BEAUTIFUL. THE GIGANTIC CARD NUMBER BEING INSIDE A TIRE INSTEAD OF A BASEBALL TICKLES ME THE MOST. I'M NOT REALLY A CAR GUY AND LEARNING ABOUT CARS FROM 1950 ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE THAT AT ALL BUT IT IS KINDA FUN TO READ THESE DESCRIPTIONS ON THE BACK. TOP SPEED FOR THIS SPORTS CAR IS 83 MILES PER HOUR, MEANING IT WOULD GET RUN OFF THE ROAD BY A TRUCK THE MOMENT IT GOT ONTO I-75 AND EXPLODE. I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT HALF THE BACK IS A CARTOON, VERY OFTEN ABOUT NOTHING EVEN SLIGHTLY RELATED TO CARS. WHY IS THERE A GERMAN BLACK BOAR ON THE BACK OF A CARD OF A BRITISH SPORTS CAR? WHO CAN TELL?? MAYBE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE BACK OF THE MERCADES CAR AND SOMEONE GOOFED. PEOPLE HOLLER ABOUT QUALITY CONTROL ALL THE TIME NOW BUT THERE'S BEEN WEIRD SHENANIGANS HAPPENING ON TRADING CARDS FOR DECADES

OH, WHY DID I SPECIFICALLY CHOOSE THIS CARD TO BUY? BECAUSE IT WAS THE CHEAPEST OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS. I SEEM TO REMEMBER SEEING THE M.G. IN ONE OF THE OLD CAR-TOONS MAGAZINES I SWIPED FROM MY UNCLE WHEN I WAS A KID. I JUST LIKE THE SET AND WANTED A CARD. THAT'S A RUNNING THEME AMONG THESE COMC PURCHASES: CHEAPNISS 

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