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Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One Part Two Part Three - I received this trilogy on blu-ray for Christmas last year. Part one, part two and part three details are at those links. The 1985 comic story arc was h...
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2026 Adventures in Repacks - Part 18.7 - Cubism - Just a short one today, since I want to end this cube with 3 average posts, instead of 2 longer ones. It is about time I got to start with one of these w...
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Yay for milestones - Yay, you're seeing another one of these! As you've no doubt have read already, Chris of The Collector sent out some generous giveaway packages to cele...
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What a deal! - *Here is another Ebay win that not only was is a great deal but the seller went way over the top. * *1) I bid on a 85 card lot (all different) of 2026 ...
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The Collector's Anniversary Celebration Extravaganza haul - You've probably heard that Chris over at The Collector is celebrating his big Anniversary Celebration Extravaganza. He's intending to wind down accumul...
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It's a Celebration Sensation! - School trumps sports cards... especially at the start of the school year. There just aren't enough hours in the day. So if you see a blog post publishe...
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The Collector's Anniversary Celebration Extravaganza! - There will come a day when we will all stop collecting. Whether it's health, finances, or just a shift in priorities, the hobby we love now will no ...
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Puck Junk Podcast: 2025-26 Upper Deck Extended Series Hockey Cards - Episode #254: August 19, 2026 Plus: Celebrini Gold Outburst Sells for $1.281M Sal Barry and Tim Parish discuss the Macklin Celebrini Gold Outburst Parall...
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Completed Set: 1982 Topps Baseball - If you loved watching Major League Baseball and collecting cards of your favorite players, you probably felt some relief as the calendar changed from 1...
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I have the willpower of a turnip. - I thought I was strong willed. I persevere through health problems and stuff in large part through willpower. I have to use a lot of willpower every sin...
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2025 Topps Stadium Club Fat Pack - Greetings! Hope everyone is doing well. Apologies for the lack of quasi-regular posts here. I attribute it to plenty of working both jobs, plus the smal...
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Topps Hoops - *A look at Topps in their first year of their new NBA deal.* I have to admit that I didn't have a ton of nostalgic feelings for Topps basketball cards wh...
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World Cup Contest Winner - Batting Out of Order. Good job. I do not have an address for you. So send me an email: morganyud at protonmail dot com Prize Options: Baseball: ...
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Stuff Found During Organizing, July 2026 - I confess, I’m in a major blogging funk. Over the past couple of months most of my hobby time has been spent organizing rather than acquiring, which puts a...
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Triple Trouble - Another day, another *Archer* sketch card. I somehow scanned this in six weeks ago but totally whiffed on writing it up and posting it. I guess it feels ...
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OUTSIDE THE BOX - Baseball In Full Swing - I'm sure I was one of many who were swept up in the drama and excitement of the 2025 MLB Playoffs - and a World Series for the ages. I hadn't watched muc...
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This Week In Mail - 3.8.26 - For the most part, it was a boring week via the mail. The top two items didn't show up until Friday and Saturday. Part of the "boring" start to the wee...
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Hall of Fame and Hall of ... Mirrors? - OK, I didn't have a good way to tie these cards together with a nice title, but I tried. But I am giving them away!!First up is a strange card of recent ...
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Merry Lynchmas! - *And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round them: and they were sore afraid.*
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18-Inning Heartbreak and the Hunt for Young Guns - Game 3 was another fun matchup. I watched it until maybe the 8th inning and had to hit the hay. You know, work in the morning. I figured I’d save the hig...
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A Milwaukee Card Show!? - Am I too late to talk about a trip I took in June? Well, I am going to talk about it anyway. My wife had decided to go to an out-of-town event in Charlot...
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2025 Wallet Card Junior Ortiz - 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...
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Closing the doors (for now) - 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...
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Out of Ideas - 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 ...
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Mark on History Indeed: 1999 Upper Deck Challengers For 70 - It was 1999, a year after the whirlwind season wherein Roger Maris’ long-time single-season home run record of 61 was shattered by not one but TWO differ...
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Trading to Completion: Part 2 - 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 ...
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Franklin High Star Ron Santo - 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...
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2022 Topps Heritage Minor League Hobby Box - 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...
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Pandemic Pretender; or, Cards for Sale! - 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 ...
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Born in 1993 - Max Power - *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....
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Five Months of Mail Roundup! - 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...
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A Thunderous New Addition, Pt. 2 - 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...
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Sports Leagues Need to Give Out More Trading Card Licenses - Night Owl Cards published a post over on his blog talking about Target's decision to eliminate most trading card sales in their retail stores. In case yo...
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Closet Discoveries - 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...
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Weekly Round-Up - A New Endeavor & a Legend Takes a Break - Boy it's been a rough and challenging week on the work/professional front. Glad I have cards, this blog, this hobby and this great community to keep me ...
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Quarter Box Sale TONIGHT Live on my YouTube Channel - Just a quick note to my readers that I’ll be running a quarter box sale tonight on my YouTube channel (click for link to my Continue reading The post Qua...
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Nick’s Super Stuffed PWE of Super Stuff - 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...
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The End of the 7 Day Trading Card Challenge Road - 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...
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The Joy of a Completed Team Set - 1996 Flair Giants - Every so often I go on a streak of trying to pick up Giants base cards to fill in gaps in my collection. I recently made a list of almost 700 base cards I...
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Throwback Thursday - 02.06.2020 - 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...
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Boo - 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...
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Anyone interested in a box break? - 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 ...
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2016 Topps Allen & Ginter Retail - 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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The What Was I Thinking Files - 1994-95 Be A Player Autos - Have you ever forked over your hard earned money for cards you don't even really like? Odds are if you're a player or team collector you're familiar with ...
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