The finale from the last shipment of repacks. Restock time! Opening with Frank Gore with one of the 17 teams he played with during his 31 year career.
Friday 30 August 2024
2024 Adventures in Repacks - Part 22
Wednesday 28 August 2024
Rugby's Second! Or First?
My second rugby addition to the 2/14 collection, joining Zinzan Brooke. He's the first true rugby card though, as Brooke's was a Sportkings entry.
Tuesday 27 August 2024
I Have an Excuse
Earlier this month, when I recapped a blaster of WWE Chronicles, I had no explanation as to why I didn't do it before or the weekend of Summerslam. As for this:
I threw this into the cart yesterday morning at Wally World.Here's the base cards. At least there's a speckled element to the design, so these chrome cards aren't quite as bad for showing off every speck of dust on the scanner. Or I can just blame the design. Scorpio Sky is a really fun wrestling name.Parallel time! These Rainbow Red parallels fall 1:12 packs in these retail packs. In an interesting coincidence of collation, the only other pack I busted of this also contained a Jade Cargill parallel, that being a table variety which are easier pulls in this, but are also retail exclusive and not in e-packs. Which do I like better? Given the flashiness of Jade's look, probably this one.Parallel #2 to wrap up the pack. These Orange Slice parallels are 1:24 in this, and it is the perfect time to get this coming off his win on Saturday. Also with this, the arm position works perfectly with the die-cut here. Including a die-cut on a parallel with Slice in the name? Also perfection!Saturday 24 August 2024
Forgotten Packs - Part 3
More packs that were long ago set aside, that I'm finally posting.
I have no idea why it took so long to get to something like 2007 Bowman Heritage - but it did!That Mets card is spectacular. The Ferris wheel in the background really plays into the prospect feel you get from a Bowman release, since that's the Wonder Wheel in Brooklyn - home of the Mets' minor league Cyclones. Despite the Ferris Wheel's inventor, George Ferris, being a 2/14 baby, and that I have a couple A&G cards featuring it in my 2/14 collection, that card will not count.Thursday 22 August 2024
I Can't be Trusted with Money
Or at least COMC credit.
I bought this. I wasn't a fan of the show, so I have no explanation as to why.Tuesday 20 August 2024
2020 Topps Chrome Box Break
My only numbered parallel. Even if it isn't a team colour match, the green wave parallels work with the green of the Wrigley ivy behind the visiting team. This one is /99.The inserts. The big winner here is easily that die-cut Aaron. The alternate uniform of Hoskins is the closest to dethroning it, but close is more like distant second to the winner.
Saturday 17 August 2024
New to the Penmanship Collection
Three new additions to the penmanship binder.
To be honest, I probably would have bought this even with an illegible signature because of the logo. UT-Chattanooga ditched the native logo for the Moccasins in the mid 90s, and adopted the Mockingbird as their mascot, which was a way to keep the nickname of Mocs in a different manner. Having it as the engineer on a Chattanooga Choo Choo? Magnificent!Thursday 15 August 2024
Your 2024 Donruss Mets
A whole bunch of group break Mets.
There are definite differences between various teams in this. In comparison, the Jays had zero content in the veterans portion of the base set. The Mets got 7. I'm not sure how Alvarez still counts towards this set given licensing issues. Maybe he signed an individual contract? Either way, getting a Bobby Valentine card in 2024 is amazingly great.And in comparison to 2 for the Jays, the Mets have 6 cards in the higher number Rated Prospect portion of the set. Optic parallels are mixed in with regular Donruss this year. Here's a nice selection of them. I'd complain that I wanted to get a Bobby Valentine here...But I ended up with a trio of shiny parallels of his. 2 silver base and one Optic holo. And that's it for unnumbered parallels.Tuesday 13 August 2024
2024 Adventures in Repacks - Part 21 - Back to the Repack Mines
It's been over a month since I busted something officially repack related, so I'll remedy that from the Dollarama.
Here's the contents - that 10 card box was the perfect size to hold the mascot relic out of Pro Debut that I posted not that long ago.Perfectly fine start. I like it when a (relatively) recent grouping includes more cards that aren't flagship. Even if the design/font choices make the name a little challenging to read on the front.There's nothing but flagship in the (new to me) 2020s pack. But I get a couple anniversary patches, and the Mike Smith gives a nice look at his mask where he enhanced a pretty generic design with the oil derrick down the middle.The 90s pack was the expected junk wax entry, but in a quest for something interesting, I'm going to highlight the LaFrance. They tried to include a second photo on the back, so what to do when they only have one photo available? Just use a cropped photo of a jersey.
Monday 12 August 2024
Whoops!
I forgot to include some base/inserts/parallels of Blue Jays received in my Night Owl recap post from last week. And they were right there in my 'Scans' folder.
So here they are now!
Forgetting about a Diamond King card?What was wrong with me?
Saturday 10 August 2024
One Week Late
You'd think Summerslam weekend would be the perfect time to post a WWE blaster. You'd also be forgetting that I'm a complete idiot and rarely plan things. But better late than holding off until next year's Wrestlemania.
Pack 1:
The bronze parallels, in this case the Rodriguez, fall one-per-pack. That's an easy way to get to an average of nine parallels per blaster. Getting the same person more than once in a pack isn't a rare occurrence in Chronicles, but I assume it is a little rarer in the WWE release. It is also interesting to see Rollins and Lynch appear back-to-back.