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Showing posts with label 1971-72 BASKETBALL. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 27, 2024

APRIL 2024 CARD SHOW PART 7: VINTAGE TABLE SCROUNGING

THE NATIONAL IS THIS WEEK AND I'VE BEEN STARING AT MY COMC POSTS WITH NO WORDS COMING OUT FOR WEEKS SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO BLOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE CARD SHOW PICKUPS FROM THREE MONTHS AGO. TODAY WE HAVE THE COOL VINTAGE TABLE THAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU ENTER THE SHOW. I USUALLY MAKE IT THE LAST STOP ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR SO I CAN FIND SOME COOL OLD STUFF AND GET RID OF WHATEVER CASH IS SOMEHOW LEFT IN MY POCKET. THIS TIME I HAD AN ACTUAL PLAN THOUGH. THE VINTAGE CARDS AT THIS TABLE ARE ALWAYS PRICED IN SHARPIE ON THE PENNY SLEEVE WITH ONE EXCEPTION: LOOSEY CARDS IN THE SET BOXES. THOSE ARE ALWAYS PRICED AT A QUARTER A POP. MY MISSION WAS TO ATTACK THE QUARTER LOOSEYS I NEEDED OUT OF THE BASEBALL SETS I WAS BUILDING AND THE BASKETBALL BOX. I DID VERY WELL FOR MYSELF

BUT FIRST, LET ME SHOW YOU MY DICK 


WHAT

IT'S JUST MY POLE

A BAD PICTURE OF THIS CARD IS BY FAR MY MOST POPULAR POST ON BLUESKY AND WHY NOT? IT'S A STONE COLD CLASSIC. MY NEBULOUS GOALS FOR 2024 INCLUDED COMPLETING 1975 TOPPS, OR MAYBE 1977 TOPPS. STILL NOT QUITE SURE. WELL, I'M PRETTY SURE I'M NOT COMPLETING EITHER ONE OF THEM THIS YEAR BUT I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO WHITTLE DOWN MY LISTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THIS WAS THE ONLY LOOSE CARD I NEEDED FROM THE '75 BOX BUT WHAT A CARD. I ALMOST HOOTED AND HOLLERED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOW WHEN I SAW IT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS CARD ELUDED ME FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS BUT I TRACKED ONE DOWN! AND IF I SEE ANOTHER I'LL BUY IT AGAIN, SEE IF I DON'T


MY 1977 LIST IS SOMEHOW LARGER THAN MY 75 LIST SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING I FOUND TWICE AS MANY CARDS. TWO GOOD ONES TOO! A SUPER BEAT UP HALL OF FAMER AND A HALL OF FAME NAME. THERE ARE TONS MORE CARD FROM 75 AND 77 AT THAT TABLE SO NEXT TIME I WILL BE LOOKING FOR SUPER EXPENSIVE CARDS. SOME ARE THIRTY-FIVE CENTS! I WAS LASER FOCUSED ON THE QUARTER CARDS THOUGH SO I MOVED ON TO THE BASKETBALL BOX AND PROCEEDED TO CLEAN IT OUT


1971-72 TOPPS BASKETBALL IS THE OLDEST STANDARD SIZED BASKETBALL SET THAT IS EASY TO FIND. YES, THEY HAD A STANDARD SIZED SET IN 1957-58, BUT IF YOU FIND ANY OF THOSE IN A QUARTER BOX YOU NEED TO BUY THEM ALL IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A REALLY ATTRACTIVE DESIGN WITH THE CITY NAME IN FUNKY LETTERING AND A PHOTO ON TOP OF A SOLID COLOR BACKGROUND. TEAMS HAVE THEIR OWN COLOR COMBOS WHICH CAN HAVE THE SAME COLOR FOR THE CITY AND THE BACKGROUND LIKE WITH CLEVELAND'S GREEN HERE OR DIFFERENT COLORS AS WITH THE KNICKS' BLUE AND YELLOW. ALL EXCEPT FOR THE CINCINNATI ROYALS FOR SOME REASON WHO HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT BACKGROUND COLORS. IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE A REIMAGINING OF THE 1969 FOOTBALL SET. THESE TWO CARDS ARE BEAT TO HELL BUT THEY STILL LOOK GREAT


THESE TWO WEREN'T CREASED UP BUT THEY ARE OFF CENTER. THIS IS HONESTLY A BONUS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S POSSIBLE TO PLAY A GAME OF "WHO'S ON THE OTHER CARD" SINCE THE TEAM AND POSITION IS CUT OFF. HOWIE KOMIVES IS UNDERNEATH A HAWKS CARD! SINCE THE POSITION IS FORWARD-CENTER WE CAN CONFIRM THAT I HAVE A SLIVER OF JIM DAVIS' CARD. LEROY'S CARD PARTNER IS A PISTONS GUARD MEANING THAT HOWIE MIGHT BE THE ONE! SADLY I PUT THEM TOGETHER AND WHILE THE NAMES MATCH UP PRETTY WELL THE LEFT-RIGHT BORDERS DO NOT, SO THIS IS NOT THE OFF CENTER PARTNER. OTHER POSSIBILITIES ARE JIMMY WALKER AND DAVE BING


THE LAST OF THE 71-72S ARE A TRIO FROM BUFFALO WHO GOT THE PINK INK. IT WAS A ODD DAY FOR ME WHEN I LEARNED THERE WAS A SECOND BRAVES TEAM IN A DIFFERENT SPORT AND I'M STILL NOT QUITE SURE WHY YOUNGER ME DIDN'T FEEL COMPELLED TO COLLECT 'EM ALL OUT OF SPITE. TWO OF THESE GUYS DO HAVE AN ATLANTA CONNECTION AS BOB KAUFFMAN FINISHED HIS CAREER WITH THE HAWKS AND JERRY CHAMBERS IS ACTUALLY PICURED IN THE WEIRD BLUE AND GREEN PETE MARAVICH-ERA HAWKS UNI


HERE ARE SOME SLIGHTLY LESS BEAUTIFUL 1973-74 TOPPS BASKETBALL CARDS. REMEMBER THAT LOU HUDSON COMC POST WHERE I STATED THAT THIS WHOLE SET LOOKS LIKE A MUGSHOT GALLERY? CAN YOU SEE WHY I SAID THAT NOW? HOW IN THE HELL DID THE 70S NBA END UP THE INTERNATIONAL JUGGERNAUT IT IS TODAY?? LEBRON JAMES IS THE US FLAG BEARER AT THE OLYMPICS FFS. HOW DID WE GET FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL GYMS TO THAT???


EVEN WITH MUGSHOTS, ABA CARDS ARE ALWAYS AWESOME. THESE TWO TEAMS WERE BOTH COMPLETE DISASTERS. THE MEMPHIS TAMS BEGAN LIFE AS THE NEW ORLEANS BUCCANEERS BEFORE MOVING TO MEMPHIS AND BECOMING THE PROS. THE TEAM ALMOST FOLDED BUT WAS BOUGHT BY CHARLES FINLEY (YES, THE A'S CHARLIE FINLEY) WHO RENAMED THE TEAM TO THE TAMS WHICH WAS AN ACRONYM OF TENNESSEE-ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI. THE LEAGUE TOOK OVER THE TEAM TWO YEARS LATER AND IT SPENT ITS LAST SEASON AS THE SOUNDS, A NAME THAT WOULD BE LATER BE YOINKED BY NASHVILLE FOR THEIR MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM. THE VIRGINIA SQUIRES STARTED OUT AS THE OAKLAND OAKS WHO ACTUALLY WON AN ABA CHAMPIONSHIP BUT DIDN'T DRAW CROWDS SO THEY MOVED TO WASHINGTON DC. THE BALTIMORE BULLETS WANTED TO MOVE TO WASHINGTON SO THE LEAGUE MADE THE TEAM RELOCATE TO NORFOLK AND BECOME THE VIRGINIA SQUIRES. THE SQUIRES HAD BOTH DR. J AND GEORGE GERVIN BUT THE TEAM WAS BROKE AND EVENTUALLY TRADED THEM BOTH FOR A PILE OF CASH. BOTH TEAMS FINALLY FLOPPED IN THE 1975-76 SEASON. MEMPHIS WAS SOLD TO OWNERS IN BALTIMORE WHO PLAYED THREE EXHIBITION GAMES AS THE BALTIMORE CLAWS BEFORE BEING DUMPED BY THE LEAGUE. THE SQUIRES MANAGED TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE SEASON BUT WERE CONTRACTED BY THE ABA A MONTH BEFORE THE MERGER. THE ABA WAS WILD AND EVERY CARD IS A TREASURE


HEY LOOK I GOT TWO BUCKS. THE 1975-76 IS ANOTHER GREAT ONE WITH A VERY SIMPLE DESIGN, A GOOD MIX OF MUGSHOTS AND DARK ACTION SHOTS AND THE LAST APPEARANCE OF ABA TEAMS. IT'S ALSO THE LARGEST VINTAGE BASKETBALL SET AT 330 CARDS SO IT'S A BEAST TO COLLECT. ONCE AGAIN EACH TEAM GETS THEIR OWN COLOR COMBO AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE HAWKS GET THAT SOOTHING BLUE-GREEN THEME THAT MANY ATLANTA BRAVES SETS GOT THROUGH THE YEARS


I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD TWO BLAZERS CARD UNTIL AFTER I TOOK THE PICTURE SO THEY DIDN'T GET GROUPED TOGETHER LIKE THE BUCKS DID. YOU CAN SEE A NICE WAX STAIN ON THE FRONT OF JOHN JOHNSON'S CARD THANKS TO THE BLACK BACKGROUND. THERE'S ALSO ONE ON RON RILEY'S CARD BUT IT'S HARDER TO SEE. THAT CARD ALSO LOOKS LIKE IT GOT RUN OVER BY AN OFFICE CHAIR


A WHILE BACK THERE WAS A BIG BOX OF 1977-78 AND 1979-80 COMMONS AT THE SHOW AND I CHOSE TO BUY UP ALL THE 79-80S AND SAVE THE 77-78S FOR THE NEXT TIME AND I NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN. I REGRET THIS NOW AS THESE SEEM TO BE HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND FOR SOME REASON, I EVEN HAVE MORE OF THE 76-77 GIANT-SIZED CARDS. I FOUND A COUPLE AT LEAST


HERE'S ONE OF THOSE 1979-80S THAT I ALREADY HAVE BUT ARTIS GILMORE IS MY FAVORITE 70S PLAYER SO I'M NEVER GOING TO PASS HIM UP IN A QUARTER BOX. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE FOUR OF THESE CARDS NOW AND I'LL BUY IT AGAIN


I PASSED UP ON THIS ONE ON MY PREVIOUS CARD SHOW TRIP AND IT HAUNTED ME. THANKFULLY NO ONE ELSE COLLECTS CARDS THAT HAD A SHEET WITH WET INK PLOPPED ON TOP OF IT AND IT WAS STILL THERE. I'VE SOMEHOW ACCUMULATED A FEW OF THESE, SOME OF THEM ON PURPOSE


AFTER DOING SO WELL WITH THE BASKETBALL I CHECKED OUT THE FOOTBALL BOX IN HOPES OF KNOCKING SOME OFF THE WANTLIST. JOHN STALLWORTH IS A HELLUVA GOOD FIND FOR A 1982 SET I'M GETTING QUITE CLOSE TO COMPLETING


THE LAST TWO CARDS I PICKED UP WERE THESE TWO FROM 1981 TOPPS THAT I LATER FOUND I ALREADY HAD. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I SCREWED THAT UP BUT I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT MY 1982 FOOTBALL NEEDS BY ACCIDENT. QUITE SILLY SINCE I HAD JUST PICKED OUT A CARD FROM THAT SET, I DESERVE THAT LOOK FROM RAYMOND. IT ALL WORKED OUT SINCE I ANDED UP PAYING FIVE BUCKS FOR EVERYTHING. HOORAY! THAT MEANS I HAD SOME MONEY LEFT, WHICH MEANS THERE'S ONE FINAL CARD SHOW POST TO COME. 








Thursday, December 8, 2022

WASTING SOME MONEY AT THE CARD SHOP

THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN ROUGH ON MY FAVORITE MONEY WASTING PLACES. A BOOKS-A-MILLION DOWN THE STREET CLOSED. MY FAVORITE ANTIQUE STORE GOT TURNED INTO CONDOS. MY FAVORITE BOOK STORE IS FINALLY GIVING IT UP AND WILL BE CLOSING BY THE END OF THE YEAR. EVEN SECOND AND CHARLES HAS STOPPED SELLING CHEAP COMICS, THE ENDCAP THAT USED TO ALL BE FIFTY CENTS A POP IS NOW FILLED WITH TWO DOLLAR BOOKS. BUT WHEN DOORS CLOSE, WINDOWS GET SMASHED IN. A NEW BOOKSTORE ABOUT A MILE AWAY IS THRIVING AND JUST EXPANDED. I FOUND A BETTER ANTIQUE STORE. AND I'VE RE-DISCOVERED A LOCAL CARD SHOP THAT HAS BEEN AROUND DECADES, BUT HAS BEEN BOUNCING AROUND FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION. I WENT TO WHERE I THOUGHT IT WAS, FOUND A KARATE PLACE AND GOOGLED THE STORE NAME AND FOUND THEY STILL EXISTED AND MOVED A COUPLE MILES DOWN THE STREET

THIS STORE, JT SPORTS COLLECTIBLES, IS A MUCH DIFFERENT STORE THAN MY MAIN LCS, CHAMPION SPORTS CARDS. THEY BOTH HAVE WAX, SINGLES AND MEMORABILIA, BUT CHAMPION HAS MORE SPACE AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SHELVES FILLED WITH HIGHLY ORGANIZED BOXES OF SINGLES. JT'S PLACE IS MORE CRAMPED AND HAS LESS CARDS BUT YOU'RE WAY MORE LIKELY TO FIND SOME UNLIKELY HIDDEN TREASURES. CHEAP SETS, RARE ODDBALLS, UNEXPECTED AUTOGRAPHS. I'VE FOUND A LOT OF GOOD STUFF THERE THROUGH THE YEARS AND AM HAPPY TO HAVE FOUND IT AGAIN. ESPECIALLY SINCE UNLIKE CHAMPION, THEY ARE OPEN ON SUNDAYS. HERE'S A SAMPLE OF NEAT STUFF I FOUND ON MY LAST TRIP THERE

ANOTHER NOTE ON THE IMAGES HERE, I TRIED A PHONE APP THAT 'SCANS' CARDS BY TAKING 4 DIFFERENT IMAGES AND MERGING THEM ALL TOGETHER TO REMOVE GLARE. IT KINDA WORKS? IT'S MUCH FASTER THAN SCANNING BUT IS A LITTLE DARK AND CAN HAVE SOME DISTORTION (CHECK THE FOIL ON THE DREXLER CARD FOR SOME WEIRDNESS). I MIGHT TRY IT AGAIN SOMETIME BUT WILL PROBABLY DEFAULT TO PHONE PICS WHEN I'M BEING LAZY 


1995 DENNY'S GREG MADDUX


IT'S STRANGE, IN 1996 AND 97 MY ROOMATE AND I WENT TO DENNY'S SO MANY TIMES TO EAT CRUMMY FOOD AND BUY TONS OF PINNACLE DENNY'S CARD PACKS, BUT IN 1995 WE DIDN'T GO EVEN ONCE TO BUY SOME OF THESE. WHY DID WE IGNORE THE UPPER DECK YEARS? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THESE EXISTED UNTIL MUCH LATER. WE PROBABLY HAD DECENT JOBS BY THEN AND COULD AFFORD TO PAY MORE TO GET BAD FOOD WITH BASEBALL CARDS INSTEAD OF JUST GOING TO WAFFLE HOUSE. DENNY'S HOLGRAM CARDS ARE GREAT THOUGH AND ARE RARE ENOUGH TO SEEM SPECIAL BUT COMMON ENOUGH TO FREQUENTLY BE FOUND IN BARGAIN BOXES. I DROPPED TWO BUCKS ON THIS ONE BECAUSE MADDUX IN ATLANTA BUT HAD TO HAVE IT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE VERY FEW NON- KELLOGG'S CARDS I'VE EVER SEEN THAT HAS A CRACK IN IT, YEAH I KNOW IT'S NO LONGER GEM MEEENT ANYMORE BUT THAT IS FASCINATING TO ME. HOW DID THAT CRACK EVEN GET THERE? I DON'T SEE ANY CREASE ON THE CARD. WHAT HAPPENED? PRETTY SURE I ALREADY HAVE THIS CARD AS WELL BUT I SURE DON'T HAVE ONE WITH A BIG CRACK SNAKING OVER THE HOLOGRAM


1996-97 FLEER ULTRA CLYDE DREXLER 1986 ULTRA DECADE


FOR FLEER'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY THEY CREATED AN INSERT SET OF TWENTY OF THE BEST PLAYERS FROM THEIR 1986-87 SET. AND PUT THEM IN FLEER ULTRA FOR SOME REASON. I WISH I HAD BOUGHT MORE ULTRA THAT YEAR TO PULL MORE OF THESE CARDS (AND FOR OTHER REASONS) BUT I'VE GOT A SMALL COLLECTION OF THEM. I WAS VERY EXCITED TO FIND CLYDE IN THE BASKETBALL BOX FOR A NICE PRICE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A SOMEWHAT REASONABLE SET TO COMPLETE, EVEN THE CARD OF YOU KNOW WHO ISN'T CRAZY EXPENSIVE


1971-72 TOPPS WALT WESLEY


I HAVE A RULE: IF I SEE CHEAP VINTAGE BASKETBALL CARDS WHILE SCROUNGING THRU A BOX, I GOTTA PICK ONE OF THEM UP. I FOUND SOME AND I PICKED THIS ONE. 1971-72 TOPPS IS A GREAT LOOKING SET. LOOKS LIKE A SET OF 1969 TOPPS FOOTBALL GOT THROWN IN A BLENDER WITH A FEW 1986 AND 1972 TOPPS BASEBALL CARDS FOR FLAVOR. I SLIGHTLY PREFER THE 72-73 DESIGN BUT IT'S LIKE PREFERRING PIZZA OVER BUFFALO WINGS. GIMME BOTH AND A BOTTLE OF TUMS. WALT WAS A SUCCESSFUL BACKUP CENTER WHO PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE FOR TEN YEARS. THIS CARD SHOWS OFF THE STATS FOR HIS BEST SEASON AS A MEMBER OF THE EXPANSION CLEVELAND CAVALIERS. IT'S ALSO VERY CHRISTMASSY WITH ALL THE GREEN AND RED


2003 FLEER SWEET STITCHES TODD HELTON RELIC CARD #888/899


RELIC CARDS ARE WORTHLESS NOW LOL. YOU CAN FIND SO MANY GOOD RELIC CARDS FOR DIRT CHEAP NOWADAYS, EVEN OF PLAYERS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME BY THE TIME THIS GETS POSTED. TODD'S A GREAT HITTER, WAS A QUARTERBACK FOR TENNESSEE AND THERE'S A SERIAL NUMBER THAT LOOKS LIKE A SNOWMAN CONVENTION ON THIS CARD AND I STILL GET IT FOR LIKE A BUCK. I ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL TODD HELTON RELICS BUT HAD TO PICK THIS ONE UP BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY THE JERSEY SWATCH IS ALL MESSED UP. THERE'S A GAP IN BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE FABRIC AND HALF THE WINDOW FOR THE WORD SWATCHES IS MISSING THREADS. JERSEY RELICS MAY BE PLENTIFUL BUT GOOFS ARE RARE AND FUN


2001-02 UPPER DECK JOE JOHNSON RC


IN THE EARLY 2000S, DOMINIQUE WILKINS WAS OUT OF THE LEAGUE AND THE HAWKS WERE JUST DISMAL SO MY BASKETBALL CARD COLLECTING TOOK A DIP UNTIL AL HORFORD WAS DRAFTED IN 2007. AS A RESULT I MISSED A FEW ROOKIES HERE AND THERE. JOE JOHNSON WAS A BIG PART OF SOME OF THOSE DISMAL HAWKS TEAMS AND PLAYED FOR-EVER. HE CAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO WINNING A TITLE WITH BOSTON LAST YEAR AS HE GOT BROUGHT BACK FOR ONE GAME WHEN HALF THE LEAGUE WAS SICK. ISO JOE IS A BASKETBALL LEGEND AND I COULDN'T PASS UP HIS ROOKIE FOR FIFTY CENTS


2019-20 PANINI CERTIFIED CAM REDDISH 2019


WHAT KINDA IDIOT NAMES AN INSERT SET THE YEAR THE SET WAS PRODUCED. THIS WAS A VERY CONFUSING CARD TO LOOK UP. I WAS SOOOOO EXCITED WHEN CAM DROPPED TO THE HAWKS IN THE 2019 DRAFT. MAN, THAT WAS A FUN DRAFT EVEN THOUGH DE'ANDRE HASN'T QUITE YET LIVED UP TO POTENTIAL AND CAM CRASHED AND BURNED IN ATLANTA. BUT SINCE HE WAS DRAFTED RIGHT BEFORE THE WORLD ENDED, I HAVE BEEN ALMOST COMPLETELY UNABLE TO RIP ANY NBA PACKS AND HAVE VERY FEW ROOKIES OR EVEN CARDS OF CAM. I WAS HAPPY TO SNAG A CHEAP EXTREMELY SHINY ROOKIE YEAR INSERT SO I COULD BE REMINDED OF THE GOOD TIMES AND BE HOPEFUL HE GETS IT TOGETHER IN NEW YORK OR WHEREVER HE GETS TRADED TO NEXT


2015 PANINI ROOKIES AND STARS MATT RYAN LONGEVITY PARALLEL


NOW THAT MATTY ICE IS OUT OF ATLANTA I CAN FINALLY STEP BACK AND LET GO MY ANGER TOWARDS THIS CHUMP TRYING TO REPLACE MICHAEL VICK AND ADMIT THAT MATT RYAN WAS A DAMNED GOOD QUARTERBACK. I AIN'T GOING TO COLLECT HIS CARDS, BUT I'LL PICK UP A SUPER SHINY ONE HERE AND THERE FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE. THIS ONE IS VERY SHINY AND COLORFUL AND THE SCAN DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE. THE SHEER NUMBER OF PANINI PARALLELS IS TEDIOUS AND I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS ONE IS SCARCE OR NOT BUT IT'S PRETTY SO WHO CARES


2020-21 PRIZM JEFF TEAGUE WHATEVER THE RED PARALLEL IS

JEFF TEAGUE IS WEIRDLY UNDERRATED IN ATLANTA. HE WAS A SOLID STARTING POINT GUARD FOR FIVE YEARS AND WAS ON THE 60 WIN TEAM THAT WENT TO THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. THE ONLY POINT GUARD IN ATLANTA HISTORY TO GO FURTHER IN THE PLAYOFFS IS TRAE. HE EVEN SNUCK HIS WAY BACK ON THE TEAM AS THE BACK OF THE CARD SAYS AND IS STILL IN THE ORGINIZATION AS A SCOUT. PLUS HE MANAGED TO GET A RING WITH THE BUCKS TO CAP A NICE LITTLE CAREER. THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS CARD IS THE SHINKY* RED BORDER THAT MATCHES PERFECTLY WITH THE WEIRD TRIANGLE UNIFORMS THE HAWKS WORE FOR A WHILE. I'VE BEEN PICKING UP MORE COLOR-APPROPRIATE PARALLEL CARDS LATELY, IT'S A FUN DIVERSION

THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF YOU CAN FIND AT JT'S. MAYBE NOT CARDS FROM THAT SET YOU'RE LAZER FOCUSED ON COMPLETING BUT IT'S A GOOD WAY TO KILL AN HOUR AND A FEW BUCKS ON A A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

*THIS SHOULD SAY 'SHINY' BUT I THINK SHINKY WORKS