ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 17

WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A LONG STRETCH OF RANDOMNESS SO JUST BUCKLE UP AND ENJOY THE CHAOS. I PROMISED A KING AND HERE'S YOUR KING

1991 TRAKS RICHARD PETTY THE KING

 CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

RICHARD PETTY WEARING A CAPE AND CROWN HOLDING A TROPHY THE SIZE OF A TODDLER IS A CARD I WILL NOT PASS ON. I THINK I HAVE NARROWED DOWN MY RACING CARD FOCUS ON KING PETTY, WILD BILL FROM DAWSONVILLE AND WEIRDO VINTAGE AND RETRO STYLE CARDS

I VASTLY PREFER THESE JUNKWAX ERA RACING CARDS FROM THE NEW ONES. RACING CARDS FROM AFTER THE MID-90S START TO GET TOO CORPORATE. THERE'S NO GOOFINESS LIKE THIS BAR GRAPH WITH A PILE OF MONEY REPRESENTING PETTY'S WINNINGS FROM 1979

2000 UPPER DECK SEAN CASEY PRIME PERFORMERS 

 CATEGORY - INSERT

THIS CARD IS UGLY AS SIN AND ACTUALLY LOOKS WORSE IN PERSON THAN THIS COLORFUL PICTURE AS YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT SEE THE SHADOW CASEY OVER ON THE LEFT WITHOUT STANDING ON YOUR HEAD WITH PERFECT LIGHTING. IT'S A DREADFUL DESIGN, BUT EARLY 00S INSERTS ARE HARD TO FIND AND A CHECK OF MY UD BOX SHOWED THAT I HAD NO OTHER EXAMPLES FROM THIS SET. A TYPE CARD IS A TYPE CARD, NO MATTER HOW UGLY

2022 PANINI CORNERSTONE SEAN MURPHY

 CATEGORY - BRAVES

YET ANOTHER UNNECESSARY CORNERSTONE CARD TO THROW IN THE BRAVES BOX. BUT THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT - IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT ODD VERTICAL SHINY STRIPE THAT SHOWS UP IN OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE CARDS - WHY'S THAT?

BECAUSE IT'S PARALLEL TIME! MOST CORNERSTONE PARALLELS I'VE SEEN SIMPLY HAVE DIFFERENT COLORED FOIL STAMPING, BUT THIS ONE HAS A FUNKY TRIANGLE TEXTURE ON IT. I HAVE VERY FEW SEAN MURPHY CARDS SO I'LL TAKE IT 

1982 TOPPS KEVIN HOUSE

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

IF I SEE A VINTAGE TOPPS CARD I NEED FOR CHEAPS, I'M BUYING IT. 1982 IS A GREAT SET JUST BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE THE CREAMSICLE HELMETS. KEVIN HOUSE HAD HIS BEST YEAR IN '81 AND WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A 1000 YEARD CLUB INSERT CARD IF TOPPS DID THOSE IN 1982

1982 TOPPS IN ACTION ED MURRAY AND RAFAEL SEPTIEN

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

TWO KICKER IN ACTION CARDS WERE ADDED TO THE SET AS WELL. I GOTTA SAY ED MURRAY LOOKS MUCH COOLER THAN RAFAEL SEPTIEN ON THESE CARDS. 1982 TOPPS IS PROBABLY THE 80S SET I NEED THE MOST CARDS FROM BYT I'M CHIPPING AWAY AT IT NICELY

2022 BOWMAN PLATINUM WILLIAM CONTRERAS

 

CATEGORY - BRAVES

I LIKE THIS SHINY WILD BILL CARD A LOT ALTHOUGH I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY BOWMAN PLATINUM EXISTS. THERE'S A FINITE SUPPLY OF WILLIAM CONTRERAS CARDS IN A BRAVES UNI SO I SHALL ENJOY THEM WHILE I CAN. DID THIS SET ACTUALLY COME OUT IN 2022? IT'S HARD TO TELL NOWADAYS, THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE COMING OUT NEXT YEAR

1993-94 UPPER DECK ROOKIE EXCHANGE JAMAL MASHBURN

 

CATEGORY - INSERT

HOORAY! ANOTHER 90S INSERT I DIDN'T HAVE ALREADY. I BOUGHT A LOT OF THESE PACKS IN 93-94 BUT NEVER PULLED THE EXCHANGE CARD SO NO ROOKIES FOR ME. THE BIG PRIZE OF THE ROOKIE CLASS WAS CHRIS WEBBER SO IT'S NOT A TRAGEDY I GUESS. LIKE SO MANY CARDS FROM THAT TIME THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF BRICKING SNOW. I'LL PRETEND IT'S A PANINI HOLIDAY CARD AND PUT IT IN THE BASKETBALL INSERT BOX

1992 UPPER DECK FLORIDA MARLINS HOLOGRAM

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

SLOWLY BUT SURELY CHIPPING AWAY AT THE 1992 STICKERS SET. I FOUND THE TIGERS STICKER HIDING WITH MY UPPER DECK INSERTS THIS WEEK! THESE CARDS ARE STOOPID HARD TO GET A CLEAN PHOTO OF WHEN YOU HAVE A POTATO PHONE AND NO LIGHT TABLE 

1996-97 STADIUM CLUB CRAIG EHLO WELCOME ADDITION

 CATEGORY - INSERT

I THINK I WAS STARTING TO GET INSERT CRAZY AT THIS POINT. I DON'T REALLY COLLECT STADIUM CLUB BASKEETBALL ANYTHING, ALTHOUGH I LIKE HAWKS LEGEND CRAIG EHLO. THE SHINY HOLOFOIL ACCIDENTALLY MATCHES THE UNIFORM WHICH IS NEAT

1992 TOPPS GOLD WINNERS BIP ROBERTS

 CATEGORY - OH NOEZ

BIPPED AGIN!

UP NEXT: RANDOM NONSENSE CONTINUES BUT 'INSERTS' SEEMS TO BE THE THEME OF THE POST

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 14

BACK TO THE NONSENSE. NONE OF THESE CARDS HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON EXCEPT THE GROUP OF FOUR INSERTS. I GUESS THEY ARE ALL MADE OF PAPER. THAT'S SOMETHING IN COMMON

1988 FLEER ALL-STAR TEAM ERIC DAVIS INSERT

 CATEGORY - INSERT

I THINK I HAVE THIS CARD ALREADY BUT I DO NOT PASS UP EARLY FLEER INSERTS, ESPECIALLY ERIC DAVIS

1982 TOPPS MANU TUIASOSOPO

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

40 YEARS LATER I HAVE STILL NOT COMPLETED A SINGLE TOPPS FOOTBALL SET. I NEED TO COMPLETE ONE OF THEM THIS YEAR, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHICH ONE YET. JUST GOTTA PICK ONE AND ATTACK IT LIKE I DO WITH THE BASEBALL SETS BECAUSE THE STRATEGY OF WAIT FOR CARDS I NEED TO FALL INTO MY LAP AIN'T WORKING. MANU'S THE POPS OF NEW BRAVES THIRD BASE COACH MATT TUIASOSOPO AND I THINK THAT'S NEAT

1998 PINNACLE MINT ANDY PETTITTE

 CATEGORY - SHINY

EVERY TIME I SEE ONE OF THESE MINT CARDS ON THE SITE I SNAP IT UP BEFORE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. I SHOULD MAYBE GET A WANTLIST TOGETHER??? PETTITTE SHOULD BE A HALL OF FAMER BY NOW BUT HE'S GOT THE ONE THING WRONG WITH HIM THAT ALLOWS VOTERS TO DISREGARD HIM. NOW THAT THE BALLOT IS STARTING TO GET BLOATED AGAIN IT'LL BE A WHILE FOR OL ANDY

1992 PINNACLE TEAM 2000 ERIC KARROS, ROBIN VENTURA, GREGG JEFFERIES, TOMMY GREENE

 CATEGORY - INSERT, WANTLIST

ONE SUMMER IN 1992 I TOOK A PAYCHECK FROM STOCKING SHELVES AT WINN-DIXIE AND WALKED ACROSS THE STREET AND BOUGHT A JUMBO BOX OF 92 PINNACLE FROM THE MOM AND POP SUPERMARKET WHO WERE SELLIGN HOBBY BOXES FOR SOME REASON FOR SIXTY-FIVE BUCKS. I HAD PLANNED TO SELL IT AT SOME POINT BUT ENDED UP RIPPING IT ON WINTER BREAK INSTEAD. THUSLY I GOT A LARGE PILE OF THESE TEAM 2000 INSERTS AND NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A BASE SET. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE 90S INSERT SETS I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE FOR THE NOSTALGIA VALUE. SPEAKING OF TEAM 2000, HOW DID THESE PLAYERS FARE THAT YEAR?

ERIC KARROS STARTED HIS DECLINE BUT WAS STILL A LEAGUE AVERAGE HITTER WHO BOPPED 31 DINGERS. ERIC HAD A PRETTY GOOD RUN FROM 1995-2000 THOUGH

ROBIN VENTURA HAD MOVED ON TO THE METS AND WAS ALSO PRETTY AVERAGE BUT HAD ONE WHOLE WAR IN VALUE OVER ERIC THANKS TO PLAYING A TOUGHER POSITION. HE WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES TOO!

GREGG JEFFERIES WAS FINISHING UP HIS CAREER AS A UTILITY GUY OFF THE BENCH IN DETROIT. HE HAD POSITIVE WAR WHICH IS ALL YOU REALLY WANT FROM THAT ROLE

TOMMY GREENE WAS WELL INTO RETIREMENT DUE TO A BUM SHOULDER BUT HE PITCHED A NO HITTER AND STARTED THE PENNANT CLINCHING GAME FOR THE PHILS IN 1993 SO YA GOTTA GIVE HIM HIS PROPS

THREE OUT OF FOUR WERE PLAYING IN 2000! THAT AIN'T BAD PROGNOSTICATION FROM PINNACLE

2006-07 FLEER ULTRA ED BELFOUR

 CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

THE BELFOUR COLLECTION INCREASES BY EXACTLY ONE. THIS WAS FROM UPPER DECK'S FLEER NOT FLEER FLEER BUT IT'S STILL A PRETTY NICE LOOKING CARD. I DON'T LIKE THE TEAM BUT THAT PANTHERS LOGO IS AMAZING

2021 BOWMAN JUAN SOTO

 CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

I WILL ALWAYS PICK UP JUAN SOTO CARDS FOR CHEAPS. WELL, ALMOST ALWAYS. I'VE BEEN SLOW ON THE PICKUP EVER SINCE HE BECAME A YANKEE AND HAVE LOST A FEW ON THE SITE. I STILL LIKE THE WASHINGTON SOTOS

1992 O-PEE-CHEE BIP ROBERTS

 CATEGORY - OH NOEZ

PART OF ME WANTS TO PUT ALL MY BIPS IN A BINDER AND GET TOGETHER A HAVE LIST SO I KNOW WHAT ALL I'VE GOT. ANOTHER PART OF ME WANTS TO NEVER EVER DO THIS AND JUST ACCEPT THE BLESSINGS OF BIPPAGE AS THEY ENTER MY LIFE. I THINK I'LL EMBRACE THE CHAOS

1988 PACIFIC LEGENDS SAM JETHROE

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I AM ONE CARD AWAY FROM FINISHING 1988 PACIFIC LEGENDS SERIES 1 BUT SERIES 2 NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. SAM JETHROE GETS ME A LITTLE CLOSER BUT I WOULD HAVE GOT THIS CARD EITHER WAY. JET IS ALWAYS A NICE FIND FOR THE BRAVES COLLECTON

ANTIQUE MALL DOLLAR BOX GOODIES

 A FEW WEEKENDS AGO I GOT BORED AND DECIDED TO GO TO A CARD SHOP. I FOOLISHLY LET TWITTER DECIDE WHERE I SHOULD GO AND THEY CHOSE 'SOME PLACE I HAVEN'T BEEN TO BEFORE". THIS WAS A TERRIBLE DECISION AS NOW I HAD A NEW CHOICE TO MAKE. I WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE AN HOUR TO GET TO A COUPLE PLACES THAT LOOKED BRAND NEW WITH BRAND NEW STORE PRICES AND NO CHEAPO BOXES OF CRAP AT ALL WHEN I DISCOVERED AN ANTIQUE MALL WITH A CARD SHOP INSIDE. THE DRIVE WAS MUCH SHORTER AND AS A BONUS I HAVE A NEW 5000-PHOTO POST FULL OF ANTIQUE MALL DETRITUS THAT I'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE WRITTEN BY CHRISTMAS. NOT GONNA LIE, THE CARD SHOP WAS UNDERWHELMING WITH A TON OF STAR BASE CARDS AT FIVE BUCKS A POP AND A BUNCH OF JUNK WAX BOXES PRICED FROM TWO TO FIVE BUCKS PER PACK. FUN TO LOOK AT AND THEY PROBABLY MAKE A NICE CHUNK OF CHANGE OFF IMPULSE BUYS FROM NORMIES BUT NOT FOR ME. THERE WAS A DOLLAR BOX THOUGH, AND WHILE A LOT OF THE CARDS WERE QUARTER AND EVEN DIME CARDS IN MY ESTIMATION, MY SPECIALTY IS FINDING THE HIDDEN GEMS AMONGST THE CRAP. ONCE AGAIN I SET A GOAL OF KEEPING IT TO FIVE BUCKS AND ONCE AGAIN I ENDED UP WITH SIX CARDS

2017 TOPPS MATT OLSON RC

2020 OPENING DAY SEAN MURPHY RC

UNLESS THERE IS A MAJOR TRADE, A CATASTROPHIC INJURY OR THE COLLAPSE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, THESE TWO DUDES ARE GOING TO BE PLAYING FOR THE BRAVES THROUGH THE REST OF THE DECADE. I'M FINE WITH DROPPING A BUCK EACH JUST SO I CAN HAS THEM ROOKIE CARDS. REALLY WISH THERE WAS AN ACTUAL TOPPS MURPHY RC IN THE BOX INSTEAD OF OPENING DAY BUT OH WELL

1997 SPX KENNY LOFTON BOUND FOR GLORY 4 OF 20 #783/1500

SPX IS ONE OF THE MANY PREMIUM SETS THAT MADE THEIR DEBUTS IN THE MID 90S AND LOOKED ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. THEN AS THE YEARS PASSED AND GREAT LOOKING CARDS GAVE WAY TO SMALL BITS OF LAUNDRY AS THE MOST DESIRED THING AMONG COLLECTORS, THE SETS GOT SHITTIER AND SHITTIER UNTIL THEY WERE STRAIGHT GARBAGE BY THE 2000S. 1997 SPX IS THE APEX OF GORGEOUS UPPER DECK DESIGNS FEATURING ETCHED FOIL, HOLOFOIL WITH LITTLE UPPER DECK LOGOS, AND THE HOLOVIEW HOLOGRAM PICTURE ON EACH CARD. THIS IS THE LAST TIME UPPER DECK USED THE HOLOVIEWS ON BASE CARDS ALTHOUGH IT SORT OF SHOWED UP ON LATER INSERT SETS. THIS MAKES ME SAD AND I REALLY WISH NOW I'D PONIED UP THE 6 BUCKS A PACK FOR THESE THINGS BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE. FINDING ANY OF THEM CHEAP IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE NOWADAYS AND I WAS HONESTLY A LITTLE SHOCKED TO SEE THIS IN THE DOLLAR BOX

THIS HERE IS AN INSERT CARD AND A SERIAL NUMBERED ONE AT THAT. I CAN'T FIND THE BASE CARD ONLINE FOR A BUCK AND YOU KNOW HOW PRICEY SERIAL NUMBERED 90S INSERTS CAN GET. HOW THIS ENDED UP IN A DOLLAR BOX WHEN BASE GLAVINE AND SMOLTZ ROOKIES WERE PRICED AT FIVE BUCKS IS BEYOND ME BUT I AIN'T COMPLAINING. POOR KENNY LOFTON GETS NO RESPECT AT ALL. I FRIGGIN LOVE IT AND WISH I COULD GET LUCKY ON SOME MORE 97 SPX CARDS

1993 WHATABURGER TRIAD NOLAN RYAN'S RECOLLECTIONS HORSIE CARD

I SPEND A LOT OF TIME BELLYACHING ABOUT HOW NOLAN RYAN CARDS ARE SO OVERPRICED, AND I NEED HIS CARD FOR ALMOST ALL THE SETS I'M BUILDING, AND IT'S SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS, AND HE'S NOT EVEN THAT GOOD ANYWAY. THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO READ THIS BLOG RELIGIOUSLY HAVE TO BE SICK OF MY NONSENSE BY NOW. 

BUT.

LENTICULAR THREE-DEE FOOD ISSUE FROM WHATABURGER WITH A COCA-COLA LOGO ON THE BACK OF NOLAN RIDING A GOSH-DARN HORSE

OHMYFRIGGINGODITSSOBEAUTIFULIMGONNADIE

GEORGIA GOT THEIR FIRST WHATABURGER LAST WINTER SO THIS CARD WAS NEVER ON MY RADAR AND I THINK FINDING IT IN THAT BOX MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD OF IT. THIS IS ONE OF A TEN CARD SET AND IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE HE'S IN COWBOY GEAR INSTEAD OF A BASEBALL UNIFORM. THIS OF COURSE IS PERFECTLY FINE WITH ME AS THIS CARD WILL LIKELY END UP THE CENTER POCKET OF A PAGE OF HORSEY CARDS IN MY NEXT COOL CHAOS BINDER*. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE HELL TRIAD IS OR IF THEY EVER PRODUCED ANY OTHER TRADING CARD SETS. A GOOGLE SEARCH COMES UP WITH A TON OF RESULTS FOR A FINAL FANTASY CARD GAME AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE DIGGING THROUGH ALL THAT MESS TO RESEARCH IT. I ALSO HAVE NO IDEA WHY THE HORSE NOLAN'S RIDING IS OWNED BY DELTA AIR LINES. THIS IS JUST A STRANGE CARD ALL AROUND

1996 PINNACLE MANNY RAMIREZ PINNACLE POWER

HOO MAN THIS IS A PRETTY CARD. I BOUGHT WAY TOO MANY PACKS OF 1996 PINNACLE BACK IN THE DAY AND I LOVED PULLING THESE OUT OF PACKS. IT'S GOT A DIE CUT WINDOW FOR THE STRIPEY SHINY HOLOFOIL AND THE REST OF TEH CARD IS EMBOSSED, INCLUDING THE GOLD FOIL TEXT. THIS CARD REALLY MADE THE PACKS LUMPY. THE CHECKLIST IS FANTASTIC, A REAL WHO'S WHO OF MID 90S TATER MASHERS. MANNY'S ONE OF THE TOP GUYS ON THAT LIST DESPITE WHAT HALL VOTERS THINK

JEEZ, LOOK AT BABY MANNY ON THE BACK. PINNACLE WAS RIGHT, IT WAS SCARY HOW MUCH BETTER RAMIRÉZ GOT IN LATER YEARS. ALSO SCARY HOW LITTLE RESPECT HE GOT FOR IT. I DON'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT STERIODS, THE LAST PRESIDENT SENT A MOB AFTER HIS VICE PRESIDENT AND KEPT CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN THE TOILET. AIN'T NOBODY CARE ABOUT STEROIDS ANYMORE. MAYBE THE VETS COMMITTEE WILL LET MANNY IN BEFORE I DIE, UNTIL THEN I'LL KEEP PICKING UP CHEAP PRETTY MANNY CARDS

1998 LEAF BIP ROBERTS FRACTAL MATRIX PARALLEL CARD

SO YEAH I'M OFFICIALLY COLLECTING BIP ROBERTS CARDS NOW. I ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL DOZEN UNIQUE ONES NOT COUNTING ONES STUCK INSIDE SET BOXES. RECENTLY I'VE GONE FROM MERELY YELLING OH NOEZ! WHEN I STUMBLED ACROSS ANOTHER BIP WHILE SORTING TO ACTIVELY HUNTING OUT WEIRD BIPS. THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE WEIRDER ONES. 1998 LEAF HAD PARALLELS CALLED FRACTAL MATRIX. THE FRACTAL PART COMES FROM THE THREE DIFFERENT FOIL COLORS THE CARD COULD BE (BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD) AND THE THREE DIFFERENT DIE CUTS IT COULD HAVE (X-AXIS, Y-AXIS, Z-AXIS). IT'S ALL VERY COMPLICATED, BUT IN REALITY EACH CARD COULD ONLY HAVE ONE TYPE OF FOIL COLOR WITH ONE TYPE OF DIE CUT. BIP GOT THE MOST COMMON FOIL TYPE OF BRONZE** AND THIS ISN'T DIE CUT ANYWAY SO IT DOESN'T MATTER. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW IT ALL WORKS BASEBALLCARDPEDIA DOES A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING THE MESS

1998 LEAF IS A SNEAKY GOOD SET. IT'S GOT A NICE DESIGN, GOOD PHOTOGRAPHY, AND SOME AMAZING INSERTS. THE BASE SET IS A LITTLE SMALL WITH SOME SHORT PRINTED SUBSETS, BUT IT'S A NICE CAP TO THE ORIGINAL 1990-1998 LEAF RUN. IF THE SHORT PRINTS AND PARALLELS PUT YOU OFF THE BASE SET, YOU SHOULD AT LEAST LOOK OUT FOR THE INSERT CARDS. STATISTICAL STANDOUTS, STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND ESPECIALLY HEADING FOR THE HALL ARE THREE OF THE BEST LOOKING INSERT SETS OF THE 90S. TOP TOPS STUFF. THE BRONZE PARALLELS ARE PRETTY NICE THEMSELVES, THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING YOU'LL PROBABLY EVER GET TO A BIP ROBERTS SUPERFRACTOR

ALL IN ALL THIS WAS A SUCCESSFUL WASTE OF AN AFTERNOON. ALSO PURCHASED WAS THAT PACK OF 1987 DONRUSS ALL-STARS, A JAMES BOND DVD AND AN OLD LEGENDS COLLECTABLES PRICE GUIDE WITH GRIFFEY ON THE COVER. FUN STUFF AND MUCH BETTER THAN A NEW STORE WITH A BUNCH OF SLABS

*REMIND ME TO DO A SERIES OF POSTS FOR THE CHAOS BINDERS ON HERE. THE PREVIOUS ONES WERE THREADS ON TWITTER AND WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THAT PLACE IS GONNA LAST

**MAN, THE ATLANTA OLYMPICS REALLY DID A NUMBER ON TRADING CARDS. HOW MANY LATE 90S SETS HAVE A BRONZE/SILVER/GOLD THEME WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RARITY. HOW MANY SETS STILL DO THIS NONSENSE