I knew I'd have to show off all the Mets content in the most recent COMC mailer at some point. Why not now, following yet another loss?
There isn't too much in here - in fact there will be only 5 cards total in this post. But they all deserve to be displayed. This was one of only two true base cards here. It looks random, but this provides one of the better looks at a pair of shoulder patches. The first being the very obvious one for the 40th anniversary of Shea Stadium, and the second being the Tug McGraw memorial patch. Show 'em your Tug McGraw, Frank! That patch in the Benson photo would have been an even better lead in to this card featuring Shea Stadium if they'd used a photo from the earlier days of the stadium as opposed to the later days of it. I probably could find out exactly what year this is from, but I'll just lament that vintage would have been so much nicer.Here's the other base card. There's proof you can have an interesting photo on the base of a higher-end card. I'm looking disapprovingly in the direction of...pretty much any company that produces cards.Thursday 29 June 2023
Misery loves Mets
Wednesday 28 June 2023
Every Dawg - Part 2
And now, the stuff in the post that wasn't football related.
It's mainly baseball in this portion, but there were a few hockey cards here. This is a 'police' type card from the mid 80's of Richard Adolfi, and you can kinda read some of the letters in the facsimile signature. Also - COOPERALLS!Here's a scanner bed worth of Blue Jays. The Topps Kids card is pretty nice, and they're always welcome, even if Gruber made a bit of an arse of himself a few years back. The Wanted is a pretty nice insert set, and considering I've only seen a handful of Big League packs/blasters in the wild, it isn't too surprising I missed it.
Sunday 25 June 2023
Every Dawg Has Its Mailer
A mailer showed up recently from Angus @ Dawg Day Cards. It was significant enough to make it worth splitting into two posts - one for the football for this one and all the rest in another. If not for the 2/14 content in the mailer, the football content would have been entirely of the Buffalo Bills variety. Of course stickers count towards that collection, and holograms count as well. That Pinnacle of Bledsoe provides one of the more unique photos in the football portion of the collection.
Friday 23 June 2023
Random Hanger Pack
I hadn't seen one of these before at Wally World:
What's contained within?First card out! That is definitely a choice when it comes to backgrounds. So unique. I love it! I want all of the Bills from this portion of the set. All of 'em! Send them to me. Because my pack was bereft of them.The wiped backgrounds doesn't mean that an interesting photo won't slip in as well. This scramble looks so unique, seeing it with an actual background might ruin it.I'm guessing this was one of his first cards in a 49ers uniform. So at least this set provided that. Here's those 5 rookies the package promised.And the red parallels that weren't advertised on the packs.Yup. You got inserts too. This is a pretty generic one.Wednesday 21 June 2023
2023 Adventures in Repacks - Part 19: Meh
I've busted one of these before. Let's try another! They promise 4 rookies (I've gotten 5 both times), 4 stars and a hit.
This was a pretty bland grouping of rookies, but the empty court being green screened in behind Hollins is kinda interesting. Unless he was just being a bit of a douche and doing a random dunk during a mid-game moment with no other players around. The Dorsey can be sent off to Oregon in a future mailer, and Roby provides some shininess.Are these stars? You have a former MVP and a former top rookie. DeRozan's Raptors time will always make his cards interesting to me, and Jrue is a really good defender. So yes, they are/were all stars.
And the hit. The 'Meh' I used in the title pretty much sums it up. It's a plain white swatch, but at least that does pop nicely with the background. It is listed as game used as opposed to event used, so that's another slight elevation.It was a repack. It existed and I busted it. Meh.
Monday 19 June 2023
Blue Jays Miscellany
Because posting Jays content is less depressing than posting Mets content.
This Total card had been on my wantlist for a bit. The price of one finally dropped on COMC to a level where I'd pull the trigger on it. Why was it there? The background is the reason - it shows the photo originates from one of the preseason games the Jays would play in Montreal at the Stade. There's a charm to seeing things again on a card that wouldn't appear outside of the legends portion of releases.Fusion! Chronicles before Chronicles! Fagan would never reach the majors.Random minor league card! And I suddenly have the craving for some Gatorade or Labatt's Blue. If I'm forced to choose, probably the former - I'm typing this portion of this post up at 7:30 in the morning.Friday 16 June 2023
The Extent of My 2023 Heritage
With the 1975 deign on tap for next year, I don't really have the desire to build the set this year. Still, why not bust at least something? I haven't busted any S1, so this should scratch my itch for some 2023 baseball content.
I could have picked up a hanger pack or two, but let's go a little bigger with the hanger box!