2023 COMC BINGE - PART 16: STICKY JESSIE

POOR JESSE TUGGLE IS ABOUT TO BE THE ONLY ONE IN MY FAVORITE PLAYERS BINDER WITHOUT A RING. I STILL LOVE HIM THO, IT'S NOT HIS FAULT THE FALCONS WERE CURSED BY ALL THE WITCHES

1995 UPPER DECK COLLECTOR'S CHOICE UPDATE STICK-EMS JESSIE TUGGLE, ROMAN PHIFER, TYRONE HUGHES, BRYANT YOUNG

IT'S AMUSING TO ME THAT LOW END 90S INSERTS CAN GENERALLY BE FOUND DIRT CHEAP ALL OVER THE PLACE. YOU CAN FIND THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE IN BARGAIN BOXES, DIME BOXES, REPACKS AND BULK LOTS. IT'S HARD TO LOOK IN A BOX OF CRAP AND NOT FIND AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF THEM. BUT GOD HELP YOU IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ONE SPECIFIC LOW END 90S INSERT. I'VE BEEN HUNTING THIS ONE DOWN SINCE I WAS RIPPING A BUNCH OF THESE COLLECTOR'S CHOICE PACKS BACK IN THE 90S (MOST ON DEEP CLEARANCE AT DRUG STORES) BUT I WAS NEVER ABLE TO FIND ONE OF TUGGLE. ONCE THE CENTURY TURNED AND JESSIE WAS RETIRED IT WAS EVEN MORE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. GO TO ANY CARD SHOP OR STOP AT A TABLE AT A SHOW AND ASK IF THEY HAVE ANY CARDS OF A RETIRED NON-HALL OF FAME LINEBACKER, I DARE YOU. I TARGETED THIS TUGGLE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS BINGE AND WAS PLEASED TO FIND IT EASILY FOR SUPER CHEAP. THERE'S EVEN A HALL OF FAMER ON THE STICKER

THIS WAS A PRETTY HUGE INSERT SET FOR AN UPDATE SET. UPPER DECK PLAYED AROUND WITH STICKERS A LOT IN THE LATE 90S BUT THIS WAS THEIR FIRST TRY AT INSERT STICKERS. BASKETBALL AND HOCKEY WOULD NOT GET A STICKER INSERT IN COLLECTOR'S CHOICE UNTIL 1996 AND BASEBALL DIDN'T GET ANY UNTIL 1998. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY SET THAT WAS DESIGNED TO BE STUCK INTO ALBUMS LIKE TRADITIONAL STICKER SETS. THERE WERE 6 DIFFERENT ALBUMS, ONE FOR EACH DIVISION IN 1995. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHECKLIST HERE EACH TEAM GOT ONE SINGLE PLAYER STICKER EACH AND MORE PLAYERS/AND A LOGO ON THE ADDITIONAL TEN FOUR PANEL STICKERS. THE ALBUMS WERE STURDILY MADE BUT I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED. MAYBE THEY WERE BOX TOPPERS IN HOBBY BOXES? I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF ALBUMS THAT ARE FILLED AS SETS ARE NOT EASY TO BUILD EVEN WITH A STICKER PER PACK. THEY ARE VERY COLORFUL AND A LOT OF FUN THOUGH EVEN IF THEY ARE LIKELY TO NEVER GET STUCK ON ANYTHING

HERE'S A PIC OF THE BINDER PAGE THIS STICKER LIVES IN NOW. I'M JUST NOW REALIZING THIS MIGHT BE THE WRONG PLACE FOR IT AS EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE PAGE IS A 1996 CARD. OH WELL, THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ANOTHER DAY. NOW IS TIME TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS KNOCKED ME OFF MY TCDB PERCH

HOORAY! I'M STILL THE BEST AT ENTERING IN CARDS OF A PLAYER NO ONE COLLECTS BUT ME INTO A WEBSITE!

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 68: JESSIE

ONE LAST CARD FOR THE PLAYER COLLECTIONS. THIS IS A BIGGUN

1997 TOPPS GALLERY JESSIE TUGGLE PLAYER'S PRIVATE ISSUE

THIS WAS A LAST-DAY OF THE SALE PICKUP. I FOUND THIS PLAYERS PRIVATE ISSUE VERSION OF TUGGLE'S GALLERY CARD WHILE TRYING TO BOOST MY TCDB RANKING. IT WAS A GOOD PRICE BUT WASN'T ACTUALLY ON SALE SO I LEFT THE TAB OPEN TO THINK ABOUT IT AND THE NEXT MORNING I SAW THAT THE PRICE HAD GONE FROM BLUE TO GREEN WITH A RED DISCOUNT PERCENTAGE NEXT TO IT AND HAD NO MORE EXCUSES. PRIVATE ISSUE CARDS TRADE GALLERY'S USUAL PICTURE FRAME DESIGN FOR THIS BLACK STEEL STAIRCASE KINDA THING THAT LETS YOU KNOW PRECISELY HOW OFF-CENTER THE CARD IS. IT WORKS WELL WITH THE BLACK IN THE FALCONS' UNIFORMS AND WAIT, IS THAT A JERRY RICE CAMEO IN THE BACKGROUND?

THE OTHER FUN THING ABOUT PLAYER'S PRIVATE ISSUE CARD IS THEY ARE LIMITED TO 250 TOTAL CARDS ISSUED. SO NOT SUPER RARE, BUT NOT TERRIBLY COMMON EITHER. THANKFULLY IT'S NOT ACTUALLY SERIAL NUMBERED BECAUSE 90S CARDS + SERIAL NUMBERS = $$$ NOW THAT DEALERS HAVE CAUGHT ON THAT NOT ALL 90S CARDS ARE JUNK. IT'S NICE TO FIND ONE OF THESE ODD 90S PARALLELS AT ALL AND ESPECIALLY NICE TO FIND ONE FOR A PLAYER YOU ACTUALLY COLLECT. I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY NEW TUGGLE CARDS SINCE THIS ONE (OR UPDATED TCDB PLAYER COLLECTIONS IN A WHILE FOR THAT MATTER) BUT MY CURRENT TUGGLE COUNT IS 103 CARDS OUT OF A TOTAL 276. BUT! 33 OF THOSE ARE FROM 2020 OR LATER AND MOST OF THOSE ARE AUTOGRAPHS OR SERIAL NUMBERED UNDER 100 OR BOTH. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING 37.3% OF POSSIBLE TUGGLE CARDS I'M WELL OVER 40%. WHICH, TO BE FAIR, AIN'T GREAT BUT IT'S STILL GOOD ENOUGH FOR #1 ON TCDB. PLUS I'VE STILL NEVER PLUNDERED MY SORTED FOOTBALL SETS FOR MORE TUGGLES. I COULD BE OVER 50% IN NO TIME! MEANWHILE THERE'S PROBABLY A DOZEN HARDCORE FALCON FANS WITHIN 50 MILES OF ME WHO HAVE THEIR COLLECTIONS IN ORDER THAT HAVE EVERY ONE OF TUGGLE'S CARDS FROM HIS PLAYING DAYS. BUT THEY'RE NOT ON TCDB

FIFTY CENT GIFT CARD BINGE - PART 2: EVERYONE ELSE

MOARER FIFTY CENT CARDS WHICH ENDED UP BEING FORTY CENT CARDS BECAUSE I BOUGHT A TON OF EM. NEXT TIME I COULD CONCIEVABLY GET THIRTY-FIVE CENT CARDS IF I BUY SEVERAL TONS. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PLAYER THIS TIME, SO STRAP YOURSELVES IN

2022 TOPPS FIRE OZZIE ALBIES

RONALD ACUÑA IS MY #1 BRAVES PLAYER BUT HE DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE 50 CENT BOX EVER UNLESS IT'S ON A MULTI-PLAYER CARD SO OZZIE IS ALWAYS MY FIRST DIG IN THE BRAVES BOX. 90% OF THE NEW CARDS SEEM TO BE FLAGSHIP OR BOWMAN OR MAYBE HERITAGE SO WHEN SOMETHING BRIGHT AND FLASHY SHOWS UP I TAKE NOTICE. I AM NOT THE BIGGEST FAN OF TOPPS FIRE BUT IN SMALL DOSES LIKE A SINGLE OZZIE ALBIES CARD I ENJOY IT

THE BACK IS PATHETIC THOUGH, THIS IS PANINI LEVELS OF PHONING IT IN. JUST REALIZED THESE ARE ATLANTA HAWKS COLORS, NO WONDER I LIKE THIS CARD

2020 PANINI CHRONICLES CERTIFIED AUSTIN RILEY

RONALD AND OZZIE ARE #1 AND #1a AND AUSTIN IS LOCKED DOWN AS MY #2 BRAVE FAVE. THE LAST TIME I HIT A 3 FOR $5 BOX THOSE WERE THE THREE PLAYERS I CHOSE. IT'S NICE WHEN YOU COLLECT PLAYERS WHO ARE SIGNED THRU MOST OF THE DECADE. NEXT THREE ARE PROBABLY MONEY MIKE, SPENCER STRIDER AND VAUGHN GRISSOM BUT I NEED THEM TO GET A FEW MORE CARDS UNDER THEIR BELT BEFORE I'M GOING TO SEE THEM IN THE FIFTY CENT BOX. THIS CARD IS SHINY AS HELL SO OF COURSE IT DAZZLED ME INTO TAKING IT HOME

I'VE BEEN TRAINED TO EXPECT ANY PANINI BASEBALL PRODUCT I RUN ACROSS NOWADAYS IS FROM CHRONICLES AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. THIS IS FINE WITH ME AS I LIKE THE PRODUCT AND ENJOY GETTING MY HANDS ON SOME OF THE WEIRDER SETS. IS PANINI STILL MAKING BASEBALL AFTER THE SHAKEUP? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT 2023 CARDS AND I'D BE SAD IF FANATICS MURDERED CHRONICLES. I STILL HOLD A MASSIVE GRUDGE ABOUT NEVER GETTING MY 2010 GOUDEY AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ADD THIS TO MY LIST OF GRIEVANCES

1997 FLEER ULTRA JAMAL ANDERSON TALENT SHOW

IF I SEE A SHINY INSERT CARD FROM THE 90S I GOTTA BUY IT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYERS. THIS IS FROM THE FIRST SERIES OF 97 ULTRA AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE HARDER TO GET INSERTS BUT IT TURNS OUT IT'S JUST 1:4 PACKS. I BET IF I DUG IN MY FALCONS BOXES I'D FIND I HAVE ONE OR TWO OF THESE ALREADY. I LOVE THE SHINY THO

90'F FLEER INSERT BACKS ARE SO COMFORTING TO ME. BIG PHOTO, BOX O TEXT, CARD NUMBER IN AN AWKWARD PLACE. SO ICONIC

HERE COMES A WHOLE MESS OF PLAYER COLLECTION STUFF. I GOT THESE WHEN I WAS PUTTING STUFF INTO TCDB AND I REALLY WANTED TO RISE UP THOSE RANKINGS

2009 PANINI AL HORFORD

I THINK THIS WAS PANINI'S FIRST BASKETBALL SET AFTER GETTING THE EXCLUSIVE. I BOUGHT TWO PACKS AND THEN MORE OF LESS IGNORED PANINI HOOPS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I LOST TOPPS BASKETBALL FOR THIS?? I TOLD YA, I HOLD GRUDGES

2009 PANINI THREADS AL HORFORD

THREADS IS ONE OF THOSE SETS THAT IS COMPLETELY OFF MY RADAR BUT ADDS SOME SPICE WHEN YOU'RE PLAYER COLLECTING. THE DESIGN KINDA SUCKS BUT SEEING THE THUNDERSTICKS IN THE BACKGROUND GIVE ME A LITTLE NOSTALGIC SMILE. THOSE THINGS HAE BEEN BANNED FROM EVERY ARENA BY NOW, RIGHT

2008-09 SP ROOKIE THREADS AL HORFORD

ONE OF UPPER DECK'S LAST BASKETBALL HURRAHS AND IT'S UGLY AS SIN. I'M SURE THE PATCH CARDS ARE PRETTY THO

2012-13 SELECT AL HORFORD

I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT PANINI UNDERSTOOD THAT PINNACLE SELECT WAS THE RED-HEADED STEPCHILD OF PINNACLE SO IT MADE SELECT THE RED-HEADED STEPCHILD OF PRISM. DOES ANYONE COLLECT THIS OR IS IT JUST ANOTHER PRODUCT TO CRAP OUT? IT SURE IS SHINY, HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY MY HAND SELFIE HERE

2008-09 UPPER DECK MVP AL HORFORD VICTORY INSERT

 

THIS ONE CONFUSED THE HELL OUT OF ME WHEN I FOUND IT, I HAD NO IDEA UPPER DECK PUT OUT A VICTORY SET AFTER ABOUT 2001. TURNS OUT THEY DIDN'T, THIS IS AN INSERT SET IN MVP (WHICH I ALSO DIDN'T REALIZE IS STILL A THING). TO FURTHER CAUSE CONFUSION, THE HOBBY VERSION IS CALLED ULTIMATE VICTORY AND IS ON SHINY STOCK. I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF VICTORY AND CONCIDER THE MONEY I SPENT ON IT BACK IN THE DAY WASTED BUT THIS CARD GAVE ME THE NICE FEELS OF SIMPLER DAYS GONE BY WHEN YOU COULD BUY A WHOLE-ASS PACK OF CARDS FOR A BUCK

2015 PRIZM AL HORFORD ALL-STAR TEAM

THIS ONE MADE ME HAPPY. I INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS AN INSERT BUT THIS IS PART OF THE BASE SET. BASE SET ALL-STARS WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DESIGN IS COOL AND OLD-SCHOOL. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE COLORED LAZER BEAMS IN THE BORDER, GREAT LOOKING DESIGN HERE. I'M A FAN OF PRIZM WHICH IS WEIRD BECAUSE I LOATHE CHROME. I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE IT IS IT'S OWN THING AND NOT JUST A REHASH OF ANOTHER SET. I HATE OPTIC TOO, SO THAT MAKES SENSE

2020 PANINI CONTENDERS DRAFT PICKS AL HORFORD PARALLEL?

I'M NOT A BIG COLLEGE BASKETBALL GUY, THERE'S TOO MUCH PLAYER CHURN FOR ME TO KEEP UP WITH AND MY TEAM SUCKS ASS ANYWAYS. BUT I DO LIKE SEEING MY GUYS IN THEIR COLLEGE UNIS. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT AL PLAYED FOR MY SCHOOL'S BIGGEST RIVAL BUT HE'S NOT IN A FOOTBALL UNIFORM SO IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S UP WITH THIS CARD, IT'S ON FOIL BOARD AND HAS HOLOFOIL STAMPING. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT 'TICKET' VARIATIONS IN THIS SET BUT IS CAMPUS TICKET THE PARALLEL? OR IS THE HOLOFOIL A PARALLEL FOR THE CAMPUS TICKET VARIATION? IT'S HELLA COOL LOOKING EITHER WAY, I REALLY LIKE THE PHOTO WITH THE ARENA ROOF IN THE BACKGROUND

THESE CARDS GOT ME UP TO 88 DIFFERENT AL HORFORD CARDS WHICH HAS ME CLINGING TO THE #10 SPOT ON THE HORFORD RANKINGS BY MY FINGERNAILS. ENTERING IN CARDS FOR AL IS AN ENORMOUS PAIN IN THE ASS SINCE EVERY CARD HAS A HUNDRED PARALLELS TO SCROLL THROUGH. VERY UNLIKE THE CARD LIST FOR THIS NEXT GUY:

2021 PLAYOFF JESSIE TUGGLE

TCDB IS FANTASTIC FOR COLLECTING PLAYERS WHO PLAYED IN THE 20TH CENTURY. JESSIE HAS 266 CARDS LISTED AND THERE ARE A FEW PARALLELS AND A COUPLE VARIATIONS BUT NOTHING LIKE HORFORD WHO PROBABLY HAS WAY OVER 266 CARDS FOR SOME YEARS. HE ONLY HAD 240 UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN PANINI STARTED ADDING HIM AS AN AUTOGRAPH IN SOME RECENT SETS. AUTOGRAPHS WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT COLORED PARALLELS. TO MY DELIGHT, I FOUND THERE WAS AN ACTUAL BASE CARD IN 2021 PLAYOFF! I DIDN'T KNOW PLAYOFF EVEN STILL EXISTED! I CHECKED THE FALCONS BOX (WHICH IS WHERE I FOUND THE JAMAL ANDERSON INSERT) LOOKING SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS DUMB CARD AND I HIT THE JACKPOT. IT'S A DIRT COMMON AND IS PROBABLY IN A TOM OF DIME BOXES AND LOTS OF BULK CRAP HEADING TO THE SHREDDER BUT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR ONE RANDOM CARD IN THE SEA OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTS OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY FINDING IT IS AKIN TO A MIRACLE THESE DAYS. OF COURSE THERE ARE ABOUT A DOZEN PARALLELS TO THIS CARD INCLUDING A ONE OF ONE AND A COUPLE AUTOGRAPHS BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE AS OF THIS POSTING I AM THE NUMBER ONE TUGGLE COLLECTOR IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE

THE ABSOLUTE BEST THING ABOUT COLLECTING TUGGLE IS IF YOU CHUCK ALL THE SERIAL NUMBERS AND PARALLELS AND AUTOGRAPHS AND NONSENSE OUT THE WINDOW THERE'S WAY LESS THAN 200 DIFFERENT CARDS OUT THERE TO COLLECT SO ALREADY I'M OVER HALFWAY THERE. AND A LOT OF THE STUFF I'M MISSING IS SIMPLE BASE CARDS LIKE BOWMAN AND WHATNOT. IT'S GREAT! I CAN PROBABLY HIT 150 PRETTY EASILY AND CHEAPLY IF I CAN STAY FOCUSED FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU ALL PICK A RANDOM FAVORITE PLAYER WHO RETIRED BEFORE 2000 OR SO TO COLLECT, IT'S GREAT FUN AND WON'T BREAK YOUR BRAIN