There were a few more of these the last I was at Wally World. The last one was nice enough, so let's do another one of these.
Here's the tin in question.Saturday 29 April 2023
2023 Adventures in Repacks - Part 15: Tinny Tinny Tin!
Thursday 27 April 2023
I Just Liked the Penmanship
It seems wrong that I waited until after seeing the news of his passing earlier today. Even without the penmanship, he was definitely an interesting player to acquire a card of, being one of only a handful to play in both the NBA and MLB.
Wednesday 26 April 2023
2023 Adventures in Repacks - Part 14: The Remainder
What else was in that repack that had that more-interesting than it appeared MacTavish card?
Monday 24 April 2023
Pre-repack repacked card
I was going to do one of those hanger+hit repacks today, but found one of the non-hits in the repack so interesting, I wanted to give it a post of its own.
Sure, this might look like a rather bland entry out of 1990 UD.Sunday 23 April 2023
Mailbag: Football from Dennis @ too Many Verlanders
Friday 21 April 2023
2/14s Through Sportlots
After ordering some set-builders through Sportlots, I just decided to pile on, and keep piling on until I reached the end of the "shipping jumps by a lot" level, or in the case of a seller on this side of the border, I got bored.
It was mainly hockey, as in about 90 percent hockey. But if you think I'm going to miss the chance to lead with a new Harry Colon, you're wrong! And it is a gold parallel, too! I've got 19 of his 27 cards, as per TCDB, which makes me the king of all Harry Colon supercollectors.Wednesday 19 April 2023
Tuesday 18 April 2023
2023 Adventures in Repacks - Part 13: Drugstore Cardboy
Since I'm keeping the Shields, I might as well land something to be sent off to Ann Arbor with that Larkin set aside. Other than that, there's a shiny appearance from a local guy in Mark Schiefele, and the national flags in the corner is a nice little touch.
Monday 17 April 2023
Mailbag: Basketball from Dennis @ too Many Verlanders
Yet another mailer so enormous, I'm breaking it down into at least 4 separate posts. Hoops up first!
A relic opens this post. While 'photoshoot-worn' relics aren't exactly the best option, this is a pretty nice choice from that genre of cards. If you're gonna have a throwback Raptors jersey, let's see a swatch with a portion of the Raptor itself on the card. So much better than a plain white swatch.The Raptor is also hiding on this card, but it gets blocked out by Joey Graham, but not his signature. With a handful of legible letters in his signature, he's still among the more legible signers of (at the time) active players.
In case Dennis was worried that I'd miss the Joey Graham content in this bubbler, this was also in there. Measuring in at the same size as a standard 8.5*11 piece of paper, this is now the largest card in my collection, easily passing some of my 5*7 box toppers. I now regret not picking up a suitable binder page while at the LCS this past weekend.At least these will fit in the standard binder pages.'twas not all Raptors in the basketball portion. Here's a new Steve Nash for my Canadians in the NBA collection.And as the finale, 3 new Richard Hamiltons for the 2/14 binders. The encased card will likely be freed from its magnetic prison sooner rather than later, as it is far easier to store them like that in a binder home. I'm sure to find a nice new card worthy of the magnetic.Sunday 16 April 2023
Many Mets
Most of these cards are from LCS sources. Except this one. This was a COMC card, acquired when I realized my team collection was far less colourful without a card of a guy named Ambiorix Concepcion. The numbering and the lamentable spring-training jersey are bonuses. He'd appear in zero MLB games.