for being elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday! The league's selection committee elected the maximum of 4 players this year, and it's hard to argue against any of these 4 selections. On a side note, Brett Hull joined his father Bobby as the only father-son tandem to both be inducted.
New 2/14 Faces
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No events this time, meaning this won't be nearly as dark as the last 2/14
post.
My first sumo card! He's also a contender for the biggest member of the
...
Show report - quarters and foreshadowing
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I made it to a card show last weekend after missing the previous show. It
was an ok show as these things go, definitely a little sparse. But I did
find ...
The Tampa card show. TWO scans
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*Pretty sure this was the last week of April, but either way close enough.*
*The above Hostess panels were my 2nd purchase of the day. My first
purch...
2025 Heritage Team Colors Revisited
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Back in February I wrote a post speculating about the border colors that
Topps might use for the seven current teams which weren’t in 1976 Topps but
which ...
Random Wax: 2025 Topps Baseball Hanger Box
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2025 Topps: Shohei Ohtani is having another great year. What this guy has
done is nothing short of amazing.Cutch cards are always good pulls but I'm
not ...
Ignoring history
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I was made aware of a major change in Topps Heritage by Cards On Cards over
on the House of Cardboard Discord the other day.
I don't pay a lot of atten...
TCDB Trade Recap - Cards From Austin, TX
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I made a trade with TCDB member Steffan recently. It's our second trade
this year after first swapping cards back in February.
With this trade, I finis...
Supporting the Hobby
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It's hard to imagine what my life would be like without the love and support
from Mama Fuji. There are so many ways she made an impact on who I am as a
pe...
The Pirates? But I Don’t WANNA Be a Pirate!
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Back in 2019, I created my first custom card. It featured George Costanza
on the 1956 Topps design, and captured the hilarious scene where he barreled
over...
Filling Bullet Holes
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You ever get a good idea for a post title and then build a post around it?
Well, that's what happened here. I was cropping some Washington Bullets
cards...
Rod roundup
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Rod at Padrographs has been distributing cards around again and I was
fortunate enough to have him swing by the other weekend with a stack for
me. I've p...
The Grift Is Working
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Got a package full of swag from Kerry, of Cards on Cards.
Let's look at some highlights.
- The only SS in MLB history to have two 30-30 seasons. ...
2023 Topps Star Wars Chrome
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Greetings!
Happy Star Wars Day! If I made the setting right, this is going up at
5:25, as in May 25, the release date of the original Star Wars!
In the h...
Batch o' Breaks
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*Some new (to me) Allen & Ginter cards, a bunch of green Birds and even a
Trail Blazer. *
I took a bit of a break from the Meta apps awhile back, but I ...
Organizing and Reorganizing
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Watching card content on social media and YouTube these days, I feel like a
total Old Guy. So many folks got back into collecting during COVID--at the
sa...
Trade Me Anything XVIII: #6
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Trades like the one I'm about to share are actually my favorite. A few
cards sent, a few cards gained, and I get to delete a little bit from my
want list....
WALLET CARD - A Mello-Minty Smile
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I've said it before and I'll say it again....my Oscar Gamble PC is the most
fun project I've ever worked on in this hobby. Smile on my face - brimming
wi...
2025 Wallet Card Junior Ortiz
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Here's the new Wallet Card for me in 2025:
Ortiz was a member of the Twins' 1991 World Series winning roster, in the
role of a backup catcher, and the p...
Closing the doors (for now)
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This is a post I knew was coming, but dreaded writing.
Let's take the band-aid off: I've decided to close up shop on "Dime Boxes"
for the foreseeable fut...
Out of Ideas
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A few months ago I saw a sell sheet for 2023-24 Skybox Metal Universe
hockey. I've never been a fan of the Fleer/Skybox Metal Universe sets
(though I do ...
Trading to Completion: Part 2
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So, after a couple of months, how is this project going? Eh, like most of
the projects around these here parts, slowly (still haven't finished any of
...
Franklin High Star Ron Santo
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Fandom and it's associated collecting is a strange thing. When I first
became a Ron Santo fan I was young boy. Ron was in his prime, smashing
home runs...
2022 Topps Heritage Minor League Hobby Box
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Looking for something cheap and new to open (this obviously is one of those
older unfinished posts), I chose 2022 Topps Heritage minor league. It was
$59.0...
Pandemic Pretender; or, Cards for Sale!
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Hey everyone - well, yeah, it has been quite a few months since I last
spoke up in this space, and during that time I pretty much came to the
conclusion ...
Born in 1993 - Max Power
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*You're watching the Simpsons with your daughter the other day...*
"Oh! I bet you'll like the Max Power episode." I said to my daughter.
"Let's see....
Five Months of Mail Roundup!
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2021 and the start of 2022 has been busy for me and I've once again
neglected the blog. I've still been buying, selling, and collecting, and
I've got som...
A Thunderous New Addition, Pt. 2
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Been a while since I checked in here. Life's been busy, lots of big life
changes, figuring out this whole parenthood thing, the Cubs have been a
whole b...
Closet Discoveries
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I've been on a cleaning/reorganizing/purging binge lately and I attacked
my hobby closet earlier this week. I opened four boxes from the upper
shelves a...
Nick’s Super Stuffed PWE of Super Stuff
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It seems like Thursday is becoming my regular posting day. I hadn’t really
intended it to be that way but with work being incredibly busy right now,
it’s...
The End of the 7 Day Trading Card Challenge Road
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Here I am, I've come to the end of the line for my 7 Day Trading Card
Challenge. There have been twists and turns...planned and unplanned pauses,
but the j...
Throwback Thursday - 02.06.2020
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Every Thursday, I post a card showing a ballplayer wearing a throwback
uniform from my collection. Hopefully, he will be wearing it well, with
proper pants...
Kick Up Your Feet
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Here's another look inside my recent collecting habits.
I've found that there has been a fair share of hockey cards featuring guys
warming up on the bench...
Boo
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Well hello there old friends. Didn't mean to scare you.
It's your old friend Matt providing a proof of life.
Thought it was an appropriate time to provide...
Anyone interested in a box break?
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Hey all! Like I have mentioned previous I have been very active on Twitter
in lieu of posting on here which has been both good and bad. I am still
working ...
2016 Topps Allen & Ginter Retail
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Repack box pack time.
Let's tear in.
Top to Bottom:
141 Colin Rea
144 Matt Holliday
BL-11 Ted Williams Baseball Legends
142 Jake Arrieta Mini
310 Patrick...
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Stevie Y's in the hall! WOOOOOOO! (throws octopus)
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