Mailbag

 

These particular mailers were a long time coming in terms of getting shown on the blog. Over the summer, a bunch of PWEs arrived from Night Owl. I was getting everything ready to post, but read that one of the many got returned to New York. So, I then waited for the next one to show up so I could just scan everything en masse. Finally, months later, the bubbler arrived to complete the sending, and I can now show everything off.

A team set will always be a highlight among a mailer, and here's part of the entire 1991 Ultra Mets team set in the bunch. Does Keith Miller being in the background of a checklist make it a Mets card even if it doesn't include the Mets portion of the list itself on it? Yup! My collection - my rules!

Surely that Lindor can't be my first card with a City Connect jersey on it, can it? It might be, but I'm too lazy to look. It might not be the original '65s, or even Heritage '14, but I'll love any appearance of one of my favorite designs, including Archives.

I'm not a fan of Fantasy-themed inserts in football, and the same is true in baseball. Still, we've got some parallels in here, and I really like the photo choice on Strawberry.

Let's complete the 2023 Archives set salute with a couple more entries to wrap up the Mets portion.

The Jays stuff wasn't as numerous, but there's still interesting stuff. At least they went for an actual Jays image for the Stadium Club entry, as opposed to the crap Photoshop job in his Update entry. The Sega Card-Gen hits that sweet spot of being an oddball and having an interesting photo on it.

Bills! Bills! Bills as the finale. Ah, Rob Johnson. I remember when he was the most wince-worthy QB of the post-Jim Kelly era.  Now, he's maybe hanging on to the top 5.

So, although it took a while for some of the cards, thanks for all these goodies Owl! I've got some stuff on the way in my post-Black Friday COMC shipment, and will be forwarding them on to you!

There you have it!