Not a ton of time for a post today, but I did want to show the other pack of 1999 McDonald's Gretzky cards, as my last post inspired me to finally open it. Puzzle Piece 1 of 9
#7 - New York Rangers
#5 - New York Rangers
#12 - New York Rangers
No Oilers cards in this pack, but at least I didn't get any doubles. I'll have to track down the 9 other base cards sometime...
Random Wax: 1993 Topps Star Wars Galaxy
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1993 Galaxy: This set features Star Wars art from various artists. This
one is a take on A New Hope. I like the unique takes on these and most
aren't to...
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 ...
Getting Dark
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I guess if I'm going to include 'events' as part of the 2/14 collection,
sometimes, they're going to get dark.
So yes, a card (from something called the ...
Shadow Shots!
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*I'm heading down to a new to me card show today. It is a somewhat small
show with about 75 tables around 25 vendors. It is 1.5 hrs away, but who
knows ...
Comical Erorrs: Bill Dickey
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The 1977 Laughlin Erorrs set (yes the misspelling is intentional) is a 40
card set that is dedicated to errors that appear on baseball cards! It's a
great ...
New People April 2025
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After a VERY small March, April saw an influx in new cards, which of
course led to increasing the new people scanned.
21 new people were scanned during ...
Stacking Plates
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I've scored myself 3 printing plates in the past few months and I figured
I'd round them up into a post.
Here's big Dave Winfield bursting out of the bat...
Can Ovechkin Save Extended Series?
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Will Hype and Hope Help the Often-Overlooked Set? Upper Deck announced that
Alexander Ovechkin has autographed eight copies of this 2005-06 Young Guns
ro...
Random Draws From The 2025 COMC Box, Part 8
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The general idea behind this series of posts is that I literally draw cards
out of a box I got from COMC, and then I write about them. I’m tagging
each of...
Scoring from My Dealer
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Bought a blaster box of 2025 Topps Baseball from Barnes & Noble.
- I feel like Jose Ramirez keeps showing up. Not just this season, b...
High numbers mess
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While visiting my brother in Boise a few weeks ago, he insisted that we
buy some baseball cards. We went down to a store called Scheels, which is
kind of...
A Baseball Card and a Baseball Glove
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What do you think about when you look at the player on this card?
If you grew up a baseball fan in the '70s or '80s, you might think of a
slick-field...
Unexpected Expenses & Surprises
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Life is full of unexpected expenses and surprises. Last month it was
repairing my AC unit. Yesterday it was replacing the alternator in my daily
driver. ...
2025 Topps Series 1 Retail
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Greetings!
Hope everyone had a nice Easter.
Opening Day Part Deux has passed and the National Pastime is back in full
force. The Chicago Cubs blasted a...
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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