The first of several incoming envelopes gets recapped today, with a trio of PWEs from Kerry from Cards on Card being the opener.
Even though this isn't a licensed card, that's definitely a Raptors jersey on the card. Even if it was a more non-descript jersey, I'd still call it a Raptors card. Any opportunity to add some Vince Carter to the binder must be taken.Here's a couple more obvious Raptors cards. Looks like it is Pascal's team now!This isn't a Heritage, but a '52 Redux. I've bought a grand total of zero Heritage this year, so even some faux-Heritage is welcome. There was a really nice mix of Jays stuff in the rest of the envelopes. The Best rookie of Halladay is the book value winner, but some new Delgado stuff is nice, and that Orlando Hudson which features a pretty nice view of the stadium in Oakland towering in the background is really unique, and might be my favourite of that content solely based on the photo.Tuesday 31 August 2021
Mailbag
Sunday 29 August 2021
2021 Adventures in Repacks Part 36 - Inflation
It happens to everything - it might as well hit repacks next. Price goes up - volume goes down. But are the cards any more interesting? Like I would be able to resist the urge to sample at least one.As usual, I just grab the top pack. If I was looking for 'more interesting', maybe I should not grab the pack with MVP on the top.At least the 1990 Bowman content was an insert. The Carter Ashton card comes from a promotional release (the precursor to Overtime), and there was a linesman card. I guess that definitely counts as interesting.Two 1990 Bowman inserts! Lucky me! Fortunately, that Bill Durnan base card from Between the Pipes is a pretty great pull. He only played 7 seasons in the NHL, but earned the Vezina in 6 of them, and is a Hall of Famer. And a pretty generic base card on the back.
Friday 27 August 2021
How Did I Not Already Have This?
I super-collect Bruce Smith, my fave Buffalo Bills alum, and when going through my Bills PC to add the cards to my tcdb collection, realized I didn't have his RC.
Fixed that oversight promptly!
Thursday 26 August 2021
The Pillars of my 2/14 Collection
Once again, the 2/14 collection gets a new face.
And it is on its way into the hockey portion thereof, with a 2019 CHL card of Josh Pillar of the Kamloops Blazers. Josh was a 4th round pick of the Minnesota Wild in this past NHL draft, and he'll hope to join Marian Gaborik and Eric Nystrom among the list of Wild alums in the collection. Born in 2002, he matches Mac Guscette and Cameron Tolnai as the youngest members of the collection, although a golf-friendly fourth will be joining them shortly.
And why not combine his first card with a printing plate from the same set?Wednesday 25 August 2021
2021 Adventures in Repacks Part 35 - My Repack Has Fleas
Back to the flea market! And one of the repacks I get there. They're a brick worth of cards, mostly recent ones from mid-range sets, with a hit in the middle. All for $5!
Tuesday 24 August 2021
Colours
This is just one of those cards you see when going through relic cards at COMC that doesn't really hit a PC at all, but you just can't resist picking up a 4-colour swatch for $1.50. That's all.
Monday 23 August 2021
Saturday 21 August 2021
She'll Send Them Cheesy Movies!
While it might not be one of the official MST3K autographs from the RRParks releases, this still counts as part of my MST3K auto collection, and is my first autograph from one of the Mads. Does Kinga count as a mad? She's probably the sanest Forrester, but continuing on her father's concept probably does make her mad enough to count. This joins my Joel, Jim and Bill autos from the official releases.
Let's throw in an auto of one of the stars of two of those cheesy movies Kinga sent to Jonah and the bots. While this is a James Bond auto, probably a little cheaper than expected courtesy of epacks, she can be seen in a pair of Season 11 episodes, At the Earth's Core and Starcrash. She joins Brigid Brannagh and Joe Don Baker in that small collection. I've got a Richard Kiel on the way.Friday 20 August 2021
2021 Adventures in Repacks Part 34.5 - Cubism
2002 Contenders - Peter Warrick - The second of the posts recapping this repack that start with a Contenders card.