I'M WRITING THIS POST INSTEAD OF GETTING CAUGHT UP ON SOME OVERDUE STUFF I REALLY NEED TO GET DONE. THIS INCLUDES SLEEP. BUT FUCK IT, WRITING NONSENSE ABOUT JUNKY CARDS IS WAY MORE FUN. BESIDES I REALLY NEED TO GET A GOOD CHUNK OF THE MEGABOX POSTS DONE BEFORE THE 2023 COMC BLACK FRIDAY CARDS ARRIVE. NOT TO MENTION THE TWO OTHER ONLINE BLASTERS I'VE BOUGHT. AND OMG THAT BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BOX, WHY DID I DECIDE TO WRITE 40 POSTS ON THAT WHAT WAS I THINKING. ANYWAY, THERE'S LOTS MORE CARDS IN MY DRAFT FOLDER, HERE'S A FEW OF THEM
1989-90 O-PEE-CHEE JARI KURRI
CATEGORY - O-PEE-CHEE
I'M NOT PASSING UP ON A VINTAGE O-PEE-CHEE CARD OF A HALL OF FAMER IF I CAN HELP IT. I DON'T HAVE MANY VINTAGE OPCS SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE A FEW IN HAND WHAT WITH ITS FANCY CARD STOCK AND WHATNOT
2006-07 FLEER HOT PROSPECTS ED BELFOUR
CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION
LIKE THE ED BELFOUR TORONTO CARD LAST POST, THIS ONE WAS GOT FOR THE PANTHER ON THE JERSEY. ALSO LIKE LAST POST'S UPPER DECK HONOR ROLL CARD, FLEER HOT PROSPECTS IS A GARBAGE BRAND THAT SERVED NO PURPOSE AND IS NOW COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN EXCEPT BY PLAYER COLLECTORS AND PEOPLE WHO STUMBLED UPON ONE OF THE MANY SHORT PRINTED SERIAL NUMBERED ROOKIES THAT ARE NOW MEANINGLESS
1998-99 UPPER DECK ICE MCDONALDS ED BELFOUR
CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION
CONVERSELY, UPPER DECK ICE IS NOT FORGOTTEN. NIFTY FAST FOOD ACETATE CARDS WITH COOL FOIL ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND. THIS ONE HAS AN UNEXPECTED BONUS AS THE CARD GOT BIT BY THE CRIMPING MACHINE UP ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER. THIS WAS ONCE SEEN AS A DEFECT BUT NOW THANKS TO THE INTERNET ENCOURAGING A LOT OF WEIRDOS TO CHASE MISCUT CARDS IT'S PRACTICALLY A SSP VARIATION. PEOPLE CHASE AFTER THESE THINGS NOW! ALL THESE WEIRD-ASS CARDS OF MINE ARE GOING TO MAKE MY DESCENDENTS RICH ASSUMING THEY DON'T CHUCK THEM ALL IN THE DUMP THE MOMENT I CROAK
1996 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CRAIG HEYWARD POST-SEASON HEROICS
CATEGORY - INSERT
THIS ONE CONFUSED THE HELL OUT OF ME WHEN I SAW IT AS I HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF THIS CARD AT ALL EVEN THOUGH I BOUGHT A STUIPID AMOUNT OF COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CARDS OF EVERY IMAGINABLE SPORT. HOW HAD I NOT PULLED ONE OF THESE? I MUST HAVE ONE. TURNS OUT IT WAS A MAIL-AWAY INSERT SET. ALSO UPON FURTHER REFLECTION I AM ALMOST CERTAIN I HAVE THIS CARD ALREADY. OOPS. STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE FOG OF WAR AND THE RUSH OF DIGGING THRU DIME BOXES, ONLINE OR OTHERWISE
2011 POKEMON BLACK & WHITE PROFESSOR JUNIPER
CATEGORY - NON-SPORT
THIS IS AN ODD PICKUP CONCIDERING I GAVE ALL MY POKEMON CARDS TO MY KIDS ALREADY. TWO REASONS I DECIDED TO GET THIS ONE: PROFESSOR JUNIPER IS MY FAVORITE POKEMON PROFESSOR AND THE GAME SHE IS IN, BLACK AND WHITE, IS PROBABLY THE LAST MAINLINE POKEMON GAME I ACTUALLY ENJOYED PLAYING. THE NEW ONES THAT ELIMINATED HM MOVES AND ARE IN A SEMI-3D FORMAT JUST DON'T DO IT FOR ME. THE PROFESSOR WILL END UP LIVING IN MY MAGIC: THE GATHERING BOX WITH THE VARIOUS LADY ANGELS, MAGES AND VAMPIRES I KEEP COLLECTING
2022 CHRONICLES PHOENIX TYLOR MEGILL SHINY
CATEGORY - CHRONICLES, SHINY
BACK TO THE CHRONICLES CARDS, THIS ONE IS A SHINY PRIZM AND MY MAGPIE BRAIN CANNOT RESIST SUCH THINGS. I PROMISE YOU ALL THAT YOU WILL BE COMPLETELY SICK OF CHRONICLES CARDS VERY SOON BUT THEY ALL MAKE ME HAPPY SO I'MMA KEEP BUYING THEM. I WISH I COULD FIND SOME DANG 2023 PACKS AT TARGET SO I CAN CHASE THE LEGENDS CARDS BUT I'VE HAD NO LUCK
2022 CHRONICLES CLEARLY DONRUSS REISS KNEHR
CATEGORY - CHRONICLES
I HAVE WAY TOO MANY REISS KNEHR CARDS ALREADY BUT I HAVE A WEAKNESS FOR ACETATE CARDS SO IN THE CART THIS WENT. AT SOME POINT I WILL MAKE A PLAN ON HOW I WANT TO COLLECT THESE CARDS BUT THAT POINT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET
2022 CHRONICLES PHOENIX KYLE MULLER
CATEGORY - CHRONICLES
THERE ARE SO MANY KYLE MULLER CARDS FROM 2022! ESPECIALLY IN CHRONICLES BUT REALLY HE INFESTS ALMOST EVERY PANINI SET THAT YEAR. I MEAN I APPRECIATE SEAN MURPHY BUT HOW MANY KYLE MULLER CARDS CAN I REASONABLY COLLECT? ALL OF THEM PROBABLY
1991 US PLAYING CARDS CARLTON FISK
CATEGORY - ODDBALL
THIS CARD'S JUST NEAT. I REALLY WISH I BOUGHT ALL THESE SETS BACK WHEN THEY WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR LIKE A BUCK EACH GATHERING DUST. ESPECIALLY THE BRAVES DECKS, THERE'S A COUPLE LEMKE PLAYING CARDS I NEED AND THE PRICES ARE STOOPID ONLINE. I'LL PRESS MY LUCK AND TRY TO FIND ONE AT AN ANTIQUE STORE OR FLEA MARKET ONE DAY INSTEAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WITH THIS THIS BUT I'M GLAD I HAVE IT
LOOKIT THAT CHEESY CARD BACK. THEY DON'T MAKE EM LIKE THAT ANYMORE
2002-03 FLEER TRADITION JAMES POSEY SOARING STARS, MIKE BIBBY BANNER SEASON
CATEGORY - WANTLIST
THIS WAS A REALLY WILD FLEER TRADITION SET AND I KINDA REGRET NOT PICKING UP MORE OF IT BACK IN THE DAY. ALAS, THE HAWKS WERE TRASH AND I WAS DAZZLED BY HERITAGE AND ARCHIVES AND MANY BASEBALL RETRO SETS AND IGNORED THE BASKETBALL. THESE SUBSET CARDS OF A COUPLE DECENT PLAYERS ARE PRETTY FUN
UP NEXT: SOME TOPPS STUFF AND SOME NAUGHTY STUFF AND OH JEEZ ANOTHER ED BELFOUR CARD? AND JUNK, THERE'S ALWAYS JUNK. I MEAN, IT'S IN THE TITLE OF THE BLOG, OF COURSE THERE'S CARD JUNK
2 comments:
I beg to differ, nothing is more fun than sleep.
Also, can you imagine leaving instructions for your children about your cards for when you're gone saying, "this card is more valuable because there's no period after the 'INC' in tiny letters in the upper right corner"? That'll make them sell your whole collection to the first person they see walking down the street.
Kurri was my guy back in the day, and that Belfour Fleer HP is a sharp one too.
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