PICKED UP MY FIRST 1961 TOPPS SPORTS CARS CARD IN A TRADE THIS WEEK. IT'S A TALLBOY (OR IN THIS CASE WIDEBOY) AND IT'S DOPE

THE BACK HAS A CHECKLIST INSTEAD OF A CARTOON BUT THAT'S OK. IT'S ALSO A VERY EXPENSIVE CAR THAT BARELY WORKED LOL

BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE OF THESE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THE ONLY ONES I'VE FOUND ARE GRADED AND THREE FIGURES SO I'M GLAD TO FIND ANY OF THEM, LET ALONE A VETTE

NEXT CAR CARD TARGET: A 1976 TOPPS AUTOS OF '77. I'D LOVE TO FIND A MUSTANG BUT BEGGERS SHALL NOT BE CHOOSERS

 I GOT A TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR TARGET GIFT CARD FOR FATHER'S DAY AND IMMEDIATELY DECIDED IT WAS GOING TO BE USED ON ONE (1) HANGER PACK OF SERIES TWO TOPPS AND ONE (1) RACK PACK OF 2023 DONRUSS. IT TOOK TRIPS TO FOUR DIFFERENT TARGETS TO FIND ANYTHING OTHER THAN HOCKEY, POKEMON AND CHRONICLES BASKETBALL DRAFT PICKS BUT MY PERSISTANCE PAID OFF. MY POSTING HAS BEEN ERRATIC THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS SO MAYBE DOING A PART TWO OF MY FIRST HANGER PACK POST MIGHT GET ME OUT OF THE FUNK. LIKE LAST TIME, I'VE MOVED THE BASE CARDS IN THE BACK TO THE FRONT TO SAVE THE GOODIES FOR LAST. NO DOUBLES THIS TIME BECAUSE I ONLY BOUGHT THIS ONE HANGER OF SERIES TWO. ONCE AGAIN LET'S FUKKKINN GOOOOOOO

381 WHIT MERRIFIELD

GOTTA SHOW OFF THE FIRST CARD EVEN IF IT'S THE FIRST CARD OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE PACK. NOT GONNA LIE, I GET MERRIFIELD CONFUSED WITH BOBBY WITT JR. ANOTHER BIT OF FUN IS THIS CARD HAS SOME OLD-SCHOOL O-PEE-CHEE CUTTING ON THE TOP OF THE CARD. YOU DON'T SEE THAT TOO OFTEN ANYMORE

THREE TWINS RIGHT AWAY JUST WHEN THE BRAVES ARE STARTING A SERIES AGAINST MINNESOTA SO I GUESS I BETTER POST THEM. THIS FAILED MISERABLY WHEN I TRIED TO PUT THE WHAMMY ON SPENCER TORKELSON BUT MAYBE IT WILL WORK THIS TIME

I REMEMBER MAX MEYER FROM WHEN I PULLED HIS CARD IN SOME ANOTHER PACK, AND ALSO REMEMBER THAT HE'S OUT RECOVERING FROM TOMMY JOHN. CUETO AND BELT ARE ON UNFAMILIAR TEAMS BUT I DON'T CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THE UNCANNY PHOTOSHOP JOBS TOPPS IS KNOWN FOR NOW SO NO PICS. AIRBRUSH OR GTFO

I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE EITHER OF THE SUPERSTAR INFIELDERS UNTIL I LOOKED ON THE BACK ALTHOUGH 'STORY TIME' SHOULD HAVE TIPPED ME OFF. THERE ARE A LOT OF UNCANNY PHOTOSHOP JOBS IN THIS SET BUT APPRECIATE THEM NOW BECAUSE THERE'S A 90% CHANCE THEY'LL BE DONE BY AI WITHIN A COUPLE YEARS SO FANATICS CAN FIRE AN ADDITIONAL INTERN

A TRIO OF RCs BEFORE WE HIT A RUN OF SIDEWAYS CARDS. I FOLLOW YANKEE FANS ON TWITTER SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHO VOLPE IS BUT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE OTHER GUYS. GONNA BE HONEST, WHILE I WAS CHAMPING AT THE BIT HOPING TO PULL A MICHAEL HARRIS II OR VAUGHN GRISSOM CARD FROM SERIES ONE, I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT ROOKIES I SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR HERE

TWO THINGS HERE: HORZONTAL CARDS LOOK FRIGGIN GREAT, AND THE HOLIDAY CAPS AND CITY CONNECT UNIFORMS MAKE NORMAL PHOTOS OF PLAYERS JUST AS UNCANNY AS THE TOUCHED UP ONES

ASTROS CARDS OF A COUPLE MVPS. THAT IS A NICE ROOKIE CUP CARD

LOOK AT THAT ABSOLUTE UNIT

499 SLAM DUNK WIN!

THAT'S A NICE LOOKING CHECKLIST CARD, GOOD TO SEE THE ORIOLES DON'T SUCK THIS YEAR

THE CHARLIE BLACKMON WAS UPSIDE DOWN BY ITSELF IN THE PACK WHICH MADE ME SUSPICIOUS OF SHORT PRINTS BUT THEY DO THOSE MORE OBVIOUSLY NOW. I'LL NEVER GET USED TO GREEN COLORADO UNIS EVEN THOUGH THEY LOOK KINDA GREAT. WE NOW HAVE A LONG STREAK OF PLAYERS I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT, WHICH SEEMS TO BE AN ANNUAL THING IN SERIES TWO. I'M ALL FOR THE KYLE HIGASHIOKAS OF THE WORLD GETTING A CARD IN FLAGSHIP THOUGH SO IT'S A NECESSARY THING

401 CORBIN CARROLL RC

OK THIS ROOKIE I'VE HEARD OF, LET'S CHECK THAT BASEBALL REF PAGE TO SEE WHY EXACTLY PEOPLE ARE FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS GUY- OH MY GOODNESS. GOOD LORD, WELL AT LEAST I WON'T HAVE TO GO CHASING THIS CARD NOW. WOOF

563 JESÚS LUZARDO

EVERY TIME I SEE THIS GUY I CAN ONLY THINK OF THE JESUS LIZARD AND I'M WRONG FOR THAT SO I ADDED HIM TO MY FANTASY TEAM AND HE'S PUTTING UP SOME PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS FOR ME

ANOTHER BIG UNIT ALTHOUGH HE'S ALREADY MOVED ON TO MILWAUKEE AND THE METS SINCE THIS UNPHOTOSHOPPED (?) PIC WAS TAKEN

GUARDIANS CARDS LOOK SO DAMN GOOD, I LOVE THAT LOGO SO MUCH

THAIRO ESTRADA IS THIS YEAR'S "GUY I PICKED UP IN A FANTASY LEAGUE KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT THEM WHO IS CARRYING THE WHOLE TEAM ON HIS BACK". HE JOINS NICOLA JOKIC ON THAT LIST SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAIRO. TREY IS TRANSMOGRIFIED INTO A CUBS UNIFORM WHICH MADE ME LOOK UP TO SEE IF HE EVER GOT AN ASTROS CARD. I ONLY FOUND TOPPS NOW CARDS AS AN ASTRO WHICH IS KIND OF A SHAME

YAY!  A BARVE! CHARLIE IS DEFINITELY ON THE TAIL END OF HIS CAREER BUT HE'S STILL CHEWING UP A LOT OF GOOD INNINGS FOR US. THIS PHOTO OF HIM LOOKS ABSOLUTELY BIZZARE IF YOU LOOK AT IT TOO LONG. STARTING TO WONDER IF TOPPS ISN'T ALREADY USING AI ON THESE CARDS

459 RYNE NELSON RC

I HAD TO GO BACK THRU MY FIRST SERIES CARDS TO CHECK ON THIS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST 2023 TOPPS CARD I'VE SEEN WHERE THE CORNER PORTRAIT ISN'T COMPLETELY INSIDE THAT LITTLE TEAM WINDOW. NOT ALL THE MUGSHOTS ARE STARING DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA BUT THEY'RE NOT BARELY IN THE FRAME EITHER. LOOKS LIKE RYNE WAS LATE FOR THE CARD AND TRIED TO SNEAK IN AT THE LAST SECOND. KINDA COOL ACTUALLY! RYNE IS UNIQUE, AT LEAST UNTIL I SEE ALL THE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THIS ON CARDS I DON'T HAVE

HOORAY! SPENCER STRIDER ROOKIE CUP! THE NATIONAL LEAGUE DYLAN CEASE. THIS MIGHT BE MY ONLY STRIDER CARD? MY BRAIN HAS THE DUMB SO I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER. VERY HAPPY TO SNAG ONE FROM A PACK BECAUSE STRIDER CARDS ARE HARDER TO FIND IN ATLANTA THAN EVEN ACUÑA. PEOPLE LOVE THE STRIKEOUTS

600 SHOHEI OHTANI

WOOOOOOO! SHOHEI! ALL SHOHEI CARDS PULLED FROM PACKS ARE BLESSINGS. A VERY NICE FINISH TO THE BASE CARDS. TIME FOR THE SHINIES!

ONCE AGAIN THERE ARE FOUR STARS OF THE MLB SHINYFOIL INSERTS IN THE HANGER PACK. THEY'RE OK? YORDAN IS COOL AND I LIKE SCHWARB'S POWDER BLUES BUT THIS COLLECTION OF PLAYERS DOESN'T DO MUCH FOR ME. THE MICHAEL HARRIS AND AUSTIN RILEY CARDS I'D LIKE TO PICK UP ONE DAY

LG-3 NOLAN RYAN LEGENDS OF THE GAME

ANOTHER EXTRA SHINY INSERT. THE BASEBALL CARD GODS MUST HAVE HEARD ME BITCHING ABOUT HOW I'M MISSING NOLAN RYAN CARDS FOR ALL MY SETS BECAUSE HE'S SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE NOW. I WASN'T PLANNING TO SHOW OFF ANY BACKS DUE TO THE STUPIDLY MASSIVE SIZE OF THIS POST BUT YOU GOTTA SEE THIS ONE

HYPER SHINY FOIL FRONT, FAUX VINTAGE CARDSTOCK BACK. VERY WEIRD. AND LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE BACKS OF THE DONRUSS CARDS AS WELL?? BUT THAT'S ANOTHER POST

WBC-5 TIM ANDERSON WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

YES! ANDERSON IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES AND WBC CARDS ARE ALWAYS COOL. THIS SET'S DESIGN IS REALLY GOOD LOOKING AND I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED FOR THE ACUÑA FROM THE SET

2T88-25 NICK PRATTO RC 1988 TOPPS

NOT SUPER ENTHUSED ABOUT THIS ONE. I GOT LUCKY PULLING OZZIE ALBIES LAST TIME, GUESS I SHOULDN'T GET GREEDY. THE NUMBERING FOR THIS SET IS DUMB. FIRST SERIES IS T88-## AND THIS ONE IS 2T88-##. I GUESS THE UPDATE VERSION WILL BE UT-88-## IF THEY DON'T JUST CHUCK IT AND DO 1987 TOPPS AGAIN. ALL THATR EFFORT TO TRY TO DISGUISE THAT THIS WILL EVENTUALLY BE A THREE HUNDRED CARD SET. THAT'S TOO MANY CARDS FOR AN INSERT

399 JEAN SEGURA FOIL PARALLEL

MOARER SHINY. I ONLY COLLECT THE GOLDS WHICH ARE STOOPID HARD TO PULL NOW SO WHATEVER. I WOULD TELL YOU THE EXACT ODDS BUT THE BACK OF THE PACK TELLS YOU TO GO TO TOPPS.COM AND I AIN'T DOING THAT

HRC-14 JOSE RAMIREZ HOME RUN CHALLENGE

I FUCKING HATE THESE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME AND HAVE NO INTEREST IN SCRATCHING A CODE ON THE BACK JUST TO HAVE TOPPS TELL ME I LOSE. WASTE OF AN INSERT CARD. BOOOO! OH WAIT WHAT'S THIS

HUMMINA HUMMINA HUMMINA HUMMINA

MLM-MM MICHAEL HARRIS II RC MAJOR LEAGUE MATERIAL

I'VE LOST MY BITCHING ABOUT BASEBALL CARDS PRIVILEGES FOR LIKE THREE YEARS AFTER THIS. HOLY SCHNIKES THIS IS MY BEST PULL SINCE THAT TOM GLAVINE 1971 MINI AUTO A DECADE AGO. THE ODDS OF GETTING ANY KIND OF HIT FROM A RETAIL PACK IS HIGH ENOUGH, GETTING THE EXACT GUY YOU WANT IS ASTRONOMICAL. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU BUY MAYBE TEN PACKS A YEAR. ONLY CARD FROM THIS SET THAT COULD BEAT THIS IS RONALD AND THAT ONE DOESN'T HAVE THE VAUNTED ROOKIE CARD LOGO ON IT. KINDA BLOWN AWAY BY THIS ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS WASN'T THE FIRST HANGER I PICKED UP. I GRABBED ONE, PUT IT BACK FOR SOME REASON AND THEN PICKED THIS ONE. I CAN REALLY REALLY QUIT BUYING PACKS NOW (EVEN THOUGH I WON'T) BECAUSE I'M NOT PULLING ANYTHING BETTER THIS YEAR. BETWEEN THIS AND THE DOG CARD (HAVE I POSTED THE DOG CARD? I NEED TO POST THE DOG CARD) I'M PRETTY CERTAIN I'VE PEAKED ON MY 2023 PICKUPS ALREADY AND IT'S NOT EVEN JULY

ANYWAY, I STILL HAVE A DONRUSS PACK TO SHOW OFF AND ABOUT A HUNDRED POSTS ROTTING AWAY IN THE DRAFT FOLDERS SO UNTIL NEXT TIME, GO GET A HANGER AND SEE IF YOU CAN BEAT THAT (YOU WON'T). HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO MEEEEEEE

WE ARE BEGINNING TO REACH THE END OF THE PLANNED PICKUPS FROM THE BLACK FRIDAY SALE. I HAD TO MAKE SOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CHOICES ON CARDS FOR A FAVORITE PLAYER AND A FAVORITE SET. TO AVOID MAKING DECISIONS, I WAS ENTERING IN DOZENS OF PLAYER AND ACTOR NAMES INTO THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE WHAT WOULD COME UP. THIS CARD CAUGHT MY EYE AND I HAD A DOUBLE TAKE WHEN I LOOKED CLOSER

2022-23 CHRONICLES DRAFT PICKS  A.J. GRIFFIN DONRUSS RATED ROOKIE BLUE PARALLEL

THERE'S STILL TONS OF THAT SKYBOX METAL ROOKIE OF JALEN ON COMC SO MAYBE HE'LL END UP IN THIS YEAR'S BLACK FRIDAY CART. I'VE BEEN PURPOSEFULLY HOLDING OFF ON BUYING CARDS OF HAWKS PLAYERS NOT NAMES TRAE RECENTLY SINCE HALF THE TEAM IS ON THE TRADE BLOCK AT THE MOMENT. THANKFULLY THE TEAM STINKS AT THE MOMENT SO I CAN GET ROOKIE CARDS FOR THE REST OF THE TEAM FOR UNDER A BUCK AND SOMETIMES TWO FOR A DOLLAR ONLINE. I'M QUITE EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR'S DRAFT DUE TO ALL THE TRADE RUMORS FLOATING AROUND AND THE FACT THAT THE HAWKS ARE ON THEIR BEST DRAFT RUN PRETTY MUCH EVER. TRAE'S A SUPERSTAR, AND COLLINS, HUNTER, OKONGWU JALEN AND AJ ARE ALL DECENT PLAYERS. AFTER YEARS AND YEARS OF ROY MARBLES AND DOUG EDWARDSES AND ED GRAYS AND ROSHOWN MCLEODS AND DERMARR JOHNSONS AND JOSH CHILDRESSES AND SHELDEN WILLIAMSES IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE DRAFT PICKS WORK OUT. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ANYONE IN THIS YEARS' DRAFT CLASS AND WILL NOT PRETEND TO KNOW SO I PLAN ON JUST BEING HAPPY WITH WHOEVER THE HAWKS PICK UP. I CAN'T LIE THOUGH, I'D LOVE IT IF THEY WERE ABLE TO SELECT GRADEY DICK FOR NO OTHER REASON THAT I WANT TO HEAR HIS NAME CALLED ON EVERY GAME BROADCAST

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175 2022 TOPPS SERIES 1 CARDS

I HAD ZERO RECENT STADIUM CLUB CARDS BEFORE THIS. I DON'T REALLY COLLECT STADIUM CLUB SO THAT MAKES SENSE. NEW STADIUM CLUB TO ME IS A COUPLE DOZEN AMAZING STUPENDOUS FANTASTIC CARDS PER SET, SURROUNDED BY A BUNCH OF REALLY CRISP, WELL PHOTOGRAPHED BORING ACTION SHOTS OF PLAYERS I DON'T CARE ABOUT. THIS IS ONE OF THE AMAZING STUPENDOUS FANTASIC ONES WITH WORLD SERIES LEGEND JORGE SOLER LEAPING IN FRONT OF A GEROGE FLOYD TRIBUTE TO MAKE A CATCH. I STILL HAVEN'T DECIDED WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF THEM, I'M THINKING EITHER A NEW STADIUM CLUB FRANKENSET OR A PAGE PER YEAR OF THE AMAZING STUPENDOUS ONES

383 1996 TOPPS SERIES 1 CARDS

I HAVE A REDONCULOUS AMOUNT OF 1996 TOPPS AND WAS ONLY MISSING THREE CARDS FROM THE SET, ALL OF WHICH I ALREADY HAVE SOMEWHERE IN A BOX I'VE HIDDEN FROM MYSELF. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THE MOST WELL-LOVED TOPPS SETS OUT THERE DUE TO THE SIZE AND THE UNCANNY FACE SQUISH UNDER THE LOGO BUT IT'S A REMINDER OF ATLANTA'S FIRST WORLD SERIES VICTORY TO ME. THIS KARKOVICE IS ONE OF THE MISSING THREE, WE'LL SEE IF THE OTHER TWO POP UP BECAUSE, HOO BOY, WE AIN'T DONE WITH THIS SET

BOBBY ABREU TRIPLE A SUBSET CARD. HIS 'ROOKIE' CARD IS 1995 BOWMAN BUT HIS EARLIEST CARD IS 1992 CLASSIC. THIS IS IS FIRST TOPPS CARD THOUGH. BOBBY'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO WILL SNEAK INTO THE HALL OF FAME ON A FRIENDLY VET'S COMMITTEE BALLOT ONE OF THESE DAYS AND PEOPLE WILL SCREECH WTF?! UNTIL THEY LOOK AT HIS STATS AND THEN GO OH YEAH

BIG UNIT CROTCHBALL CARD. FUCKIN CLASSIC

398 1992 DONRUSS SERIES 2 CARDS

I HAVE A STUPID AMOUNT OUT 1992 DONRUSS CARDS AND I REALLY DID NOT WANT MORE BUT THAT'S THE PRICE OF CHEAP BULK. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME OVERPRDUCED CRAP YOU DON'T WANT IN THERE, I'M JUST THANKFUL IT WASN'T 1987 TOPPS FOR ONCE. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE BUSTED OPEN A BOX OF THIS STUFF AND DUMPED THE WHOLE THING IN DISGUST, BUT THEY FORGOT TO PICK OUT THE INSERTS. I WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE A CARD OF FRED 'MR. FINALLY ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME' MCGRIFF

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60 MORE 1992 DONRUSS SERIES 2 CARDS

YEP, MOARER 1992 DONRUSS. THE DUMB THING IS I ONLY NEED ONE CARD FROM THIS SET AND IT'S A SERIES 1 CARD. THIS JOHN JAJA RATED ROOKIE IS DOPE THO. GOING ON THE THEORY THAT THIS IS A PICKED OVER FULL BOX, THIS GETS US TO 458 DONRUSS CARDS AND A FULL WAX BOX GETS US 540. I WONDER WHAT 82 CARDS THEY KEPT

195 1996 DONRUSS SERIES 2 CARDS

OK WE'RE FINALLY GETTING INTO THE GOOD GOOD STUFF. ANYTHING PRINTED FROM 1995 TO THE EARLY 00S IS HARD AS HELL TO FIND NOWADAYS BECAUSE IT WASN'T PRINTED IN JUNK QUANTITIES AND PEOPLE ASSUME IT'S NOT WORTH ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED TO THINK IT A CARD ISN'T OLD AS HELL OR NEW AND SHINY IT'S WORTHLESS. LATE 90S ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE CARDS AND I LOVE PICKING THEM UP ON THE CHEAP. 1996 DONRUSS ISN'T MY FAVORITE MAINLY BECAUSE THAT FOIL BOX IS HARD TO READ BUT I NABBED QUITE A FEW I NEEDED INCLUDING THIS NEAT NOMO RATED ROOKIE

219 1995 UPPER DECK SP CARDS

HOO BABY, I LOVE THIS SET. THIS IS THE FIRST SP SET I GOT INTO BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS SETS WERE HARD TO FIND AND EXPENSIVE AND THIS ONE WAS MUCH MORE PLENTIFUL AND STRAIGHT UP LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE OTHER TWO. THE PICTURES ARE FANTASTIC AND THAT FUNKY FOIL WITH THE UD LOGOS SOMEHOW ETCHED IN MAKE MY EYES HAPPY. AMERICAN LEAGUE CARDS HAVE RED FOIL LIKE ON THIS WINFIELD CARD

OH NOEZ! I HAZ BEEN BIPPED! NL CARDS GET THE BLUE FOIL TREATMENT. I NEED TO START TRACKING WHICH BIP CARDS I HAVE NOW THAT I AM UNOFFICIALLY COLLECTING HIM. OR MAYBE JUST FREAKING OUT EVERY TIME I STUMBLE ACROSS A NEW BIPPING IS THE PROPER WAY TO GO

THIS SET HAD A PARALLEL OF FULLY SHINY HOLOFOIL WHICH LOOKS SO DAMN GOOD YOU ALMOST FORGET ABOUT THE RED AND BLUE CARDS. THIS ONE WOULD LOOK AMAZING IN A FULL SET

THE PROSPECTS SUBSET IS DIE CUT ON ETCHED FOIL CARDS AND THEY LOOK PRETTY FANTASTIC. THE ONLY ACTUAL ROOKIE CARD OF NOTE IS HIDEO NOMO SO THESE ARE PRETTY CHEAP TOO. EXTRA CHEAP WITH ALL THE DINGS AND CHIPS THESE CARDS ATTRACT. WITH THIS PILE OF A STARTER SET I'VE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO BUILD THE THING SINCE IT REACHES THE THREE CRITERIA I NEED FOR COLLECTING AN ODDBALL SET: 1) IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD 2) NO SHORT PRINTS 3) I ALREADY HAVE A TON OF THE CARDS

299 1997 UPPER DECK SERIES 2 CARDS

MOST NORMAL PEOPLE HAD MOVED ON FROM CARDS BY 1997 BUT NOT ME I BOUGHT A TON OF UPPER DECK THAT YEAR BECAUSE IT LOOKED SO DAMN GOOD. EVEN THIS OBNOXIOUS TOPPS FANBOI ADMITS THAT UPPER DECK BLEW EVERYONE ELSE OUT OF THE WATER THAT YEAR. HERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THEIR GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY AND WILD WOODGRAIN FOIL

GOTTA LOVE GRIFFEYS IN THE JUNKBOX. THIS IS ONE OF THE EXTREMELY FOILY SUBSETS UD WAS KNOWN FOR IN THE LATE 90S. THESE CARDS HAD A LITTLE SECRET TOO. WHILE MOST OF THEM HAD TEXTURED GOLD INK ON THE BACK SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE THIS:

NO GOLD INK WITH A WHITE BORDER. IT MAKES THE TEXT EASIER TO READ AT LEAST. I HAVE NO IDEA IF THESE ARE SCARCE OR NOT BUT I HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

247 1996 FLEER UPDATE CARDS

I WAS HOPING THESE WERE 1997 UPDATE CARDS WHEN I SAW THEM IN THE BOX SO I COULD CHASE THE DAVID ARIAS/ORTIZ ROOKIE BUT I'M HAPPY WITH THE 1996 VERSION. THESE ARE GREAT LOOKING (AND FEELING) CARDS AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET SOME WONDERFUL ONES

I CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND DUMPING A BUNCH OF TIFFANY PARALLELS IN A JUNK BOX BUT TO INCLUDE BARRY BONDS? OK, SO IT'S MISCUT, BUT THAT JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE INTERESTING! IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INSIST THAT BONDS CARDS AREN'T WORTH ANYTHING I'LL BE HAPPY TO SNATCH THEM ALL UP

43 1992 TRIPLE PLAY CARDS

HONESTLY THIS WAS WORSE THAN THE 92 DONRUSS AS FAR AS TRASH IN THE BOX WAS CONCERNED. I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF THIS BACK IN THE DAY BECAUSE I WAS A BROKE COLLEGE STUDENT AND IT WAS CHEAP BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT ANY HAD I KNOWN THAT IT WOULD STILL BE DUMPED ON ME THREE DECADES LATER. THAT BEING SAID, THERE WERE LOTS OF STARS IN THERE INCLUDING MAD DOG

INSERTS TOO. CHASING THESE GALLERY OF STARS CARDS IN THE JUMBO PACKS IS A BIG REASON I ACCUMULATED SO MANY TRIPLE PLAY CARDS IN THE FIRST PLACE. STILL DON'T HAVE THE COMPLETE SET OF THESE EITHER THO

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474 MORE 1992 TRIPLE PLAY CARDS

SO YEAH. THAT'S OVER 500 CARDS FROM A 264 CARD SET. DID I MENTION I STILL DO NOT HAVE A COMPLETE SET OF THIS TRASH? I CAN'T BE MAD AT THE PHILLIE PHANATIC THOUGH. THE HALF A DOZEN CARDS I HAVE OF PHIL PLANTIER, TODD VAN POPPEL AND BRET BARBERIE? EACH?? YAH, THEMS I'M MAD AT

351 1995 UPPER DECK SERIES 1 CARDS

1995 WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH A BALLER YEAR FOR BASEBALL CARDS HAD BUD NOT SELIGED EVERYTHING UP. 1995 UPPER DECK OUT STADIUM CLUBBED STADIUM CLUB WITH ITS GREAT PICS AND UNDERSTATED DESIGN. THIS CARD OF SHOULD-BE-HALL-OF-FAMER LOU WHITAKER LOOKS FANTASTIC

ERRYBODY GOTTA HAVE PARALLELS AND 95 UPPER DECK'S INVOLVED SILVER FOIL AND A HOME PLATE LOGO. IT DOESN'T MAKE ME WANT TO RUN OUT AND COLLECT A SET LIKE THE SP HOLOFOILS BUT I APPRECIATE A NICE GWYNN

THEY HAD TO MAKE THE HOME PLATE FOILY FOR THE PARALLELS FOR CARDS LIKE THIS STAR ROOKIE WITH NO FOIL. CAN YOU IMAGINE IT, A BASEBALL CARD WITH NO FOIL?? EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I REMEMBER TAVAREZ CRYING AFTER THE 1995 WORLD SERIES AND I FEEL A LITTLE BAD

ONE BAD THING ABOUT 1995 UPPER DECK WAS THAT THE CHECKLIST CARDS WERE INSERTS. ANOTHER BAD THING IS I FORGOT TO ROTATE THE PICTURE. AS I SAID BEFORE, JUNK BOX INSERTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED

237 1996 UPPER DECK SERIES 1 CARDS

1996 IS ANOTHER AMAZING LOOKING UPPER DECK SET. LIKE THE 97 SET IT HAS A BOTTOM STRIPE OF TEXTURED FOIL EXCEPT THIS ONE HAS LITTLE BASEBALL DUDES INSTEAD OF WOODGRAIN. THERE'S ALSO SPECIAL FOIL STAMPING FOR STUFF LIKE MVP AWARDS AND LIKE ALWAYS THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE TOP NOTCH. THIS ONE HERE WITH THE TWO VAUGHNS WOULD LOOK GREAT IF I HADN'T ALSO BOTCHED THE ROTATION ON THIS CARD

LOVE ME SOME RICKEY HENDERSON CARDS. THIS YOUNG AT HEART SUBSET WAS SUPPESED TO BE FOR OLD GEEZERS WHOSE STATS FILLED UP THE WHOLE BACK OF THE CARD BUT RICKEY FOOLED THEM AND PLAYED EIGHT MORE SEASONS AFTER THIS CARD CAME OUT

MORE INSERTS SNUCK INTO THE BOX. THESE POWER DRIVEN CARDS WEREN'T SUPER SCARCE AT 1:36 PACKS BUT THAT'S LESS THAN ONE PER BOX. THEY LOOK GREAT WITH UPPER DECK ONE-TWO PUNCH OF ETCHED HOLOFOIL. REGGIE SANDERS IS A FUTURE BRAVE AS WELL

THESE PREDICTOR CARDS ARE NOT AT ALL SCARCE AND SEEM TO BE LOOKED DOWN UPON BY THE HOBBY SINCE THEY WERE GAME CARDS BUT I'LL HAPPILY TAKE ANY INSERT OF RANDY JOHNSON

21 1996 BOWMAN CARDS

I DO NOT GIVE TWO CRAPS ABOUT BOWMAN CARDS ANYMORE. I'M EVEN DONE WITH BOWMAN HERITAGE CARDS AFTER THE RECENT ONLINE EXCLUSIVE DEBACLE. I DO HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS AN INTERESTING '1ST BOWMAN CARD' OF RON GANT HERE. (SPOILERS: IT IS NOT HIS FIRST BOWMAN CARD)

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223 MORE 1996 BOWMAN CARDS

BLUH. MOAR BOW MAN. COOL BIG SEXY CARD THOUGH, BACK WHEN HE WAS LITTLE SEXY

I WON'T BEGRUDGE A RUSS ORTIZ PRE-ROOKIE CARD. HE PITCHED WELL FOR THE BRAVES AND SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN YANKED SO SOON IN THAT WORLD SERIES GAME. OH WELL

THERE WAS ALSO A BOWMAN'S BEST PREVIEW INSERT. THESE LOOK EXACTLY LIKE REGULAR BOWMAN'S BEST EXCEPT FOR THE NUMBER SO YAY

375 MORE 1996 TOPPS SERIES 1 CARDS

SO IF YOU'RE COUNTING, THIS IS NOW 758 CARDS FOR A 220 CARD SET. ABOUT A BOX AND THREE-QUARTERS WORTH OF PACKS. THIS JOE CARTER CARD IS ONE OF THE THREE THAT PEOPLE SENT ME TO COMPLETE THIS THING AND I MISPLACED SO GETTING CLOSER TO THAT SET NOW

AGAIN PEOPLE TREATING BARRY LIKE TRASH. TO BE FAIR I AM 100% CERTAIN THIS IS THE LEFTOVERS FROM AT LEAST ONE BOX RIP AND ALL THE GOOD STUFF WAS DISCARDED. EXCEPT THE JETERS. WHOEVER RIPPED THIS STUFF DEFINITELY KEPT THE JETERS

HERE'S ANOTHER NICE INSERT, THIS TIME OF JEFF BAGWELL WITH A TONY GWYNN CAMEO. OR IT WOULD BE A NICE INSERT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE EYE-POPPING STUFF LIKE THAT REGGIE SANDERS CARD UP THERE. IT'S ALMOST COMICAL HOW TOPPS JUST PUNTED THE FLAGSHIP TO FOCUS ON FINEST AND STADIUM CLUB AND ODDBALL STUFF LIKE LASER AND THAT 3D EMBOSSED SET I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF. BY ITSELF THOUGH THIS IS A DECENT LOOKING SET ALTHOUGH THE FOIL BORDERS CHIP BADLY, ESPECIALLY ON THE SERIES TWO CARDS THAT DON'T HAVE THE WHITE BORDERS

SPEAKING OF FINEST, LOOKIE HERE

REMEMBER MYSTERY FINEST? THE ONES YOU HAVE TO PEEL TO SEE WHO YOU GOT? YEP, ONE MADE ITS WAY INTO THIS BOX. MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE THIS CONVINCES ME THAT WHOEVER PICKED THE CARDS FOR THIS BOX WENT 'IS IT JETER? NO? THEN IT'S CRAP'. LET'S LOOK AT THE BACK TO SEE WHO THIS MIGHT BE

EVEN THE BACK IS RIDDLED WITH MYSTERY. PLAYER NUMBER ONE IS OBVIOUSLY GRIFFEY AND YOU CAN SEE ALBERT BELLE'S NAME ON HIS JERSEY. PLAYER NUMBER THREE ELUDED ME AND I HAD TO LOOK IT UP TO FIND OUT IT WAS DANTE BICHETTE. SO THE THING ABOUT THESE MYSTERY FINEST CARDS IS SINCE FINEST HAS THAT CHROME ETCHING AROUND THE PLAYER OUTLINE IT'S PRETTY EASY TO LOOK AT THE CARD UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT, SEE THE OUTLINE THROUGH THE BLACK FILM AND FIGURE OUT FROM THE PICTURE ON THE BACK WHO IT IS. THIS ONE'S GRIFFEY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A REFRACTOR OR NOT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T PEELED IT. YES, I KNOW THAT I'M THE 'FREE THE FINEST' GUY BUT I ACTUALLY PULLED AND PEELED A GRIFFEY MYSTERY FINEST BACK IN 1996 SO THERE'S NO NEED TO PEEL ANOTHER. I'M REALLY CONFUSED ON HOW THIS CARD EVEN GOT IN THIS BOX, RAW COPIES ARE SELLING ONLINE FOR MORE THAN WHAT I PAID FOR THE WHOLE BOX. OF COURSE YOU COULD SAY I'M PAYING A HIGH PRICE BY BRINGING IN THOUSANDS MORE DOUBLES INTO MY HOUSE

236 1995 UPPER DECK SP CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION CARDS

MOARER 1995 SP CARDS, EXCEPT THIS TIME IT'S A CHEAPSKATE RETAIL VERSION WITH A PLAYOFFS THEME AND ONE TENTH OF THAT BEAUTIFUL FOIL THAT MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH THE HOBBY VERSION. NO LIE, I BOUGHT A PACK OF THIS BACK IN '95 AND WAS SO DAMN MAD THAT THEY WERE SO STINGY WITH THAT FOIL. I GUESS I'M COLLECTING THIS SET TOO NOW THAT I HAVE SO MUCH OF IT

ROOKIES, I MEAN PROSPECTS, I MEAN DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH CARDS LOOK BETTER THAN THE HOBBY VERSION IN MY OPINION. IT STILL HAS THE SUPER CHIPPABLE BORDERS BUT LEAVES OUT THE DIE CUTTING AND REPLACES IT WITH SOME COOL LOOKING TEXTURED FOIL BACKGROUNDS. LIKE LAST TIME THE ONLY REALLY BIG RC IS NOMO, BUT UD DID ADD A JETER CARD THAT WILL BE A PAIN FOR ME TO CHASE

THE SET IS ORDERED BY TEAMS AND THE MAJOR LEAGUE PRO-FILES CARD IS BASICALLY THE CAP CARD FOR EACH TEAM. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY RHYMORE OR REASON FOR THE CHOICE OF THE PRO-FILES SUBJECT, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A REGULAR BASE CARD AND SOMETIMES LIKE THIS DEION CARD THEY DON'T 

OCTOBER LEGENDS IS THE OTHER BIG SUBSET AND I GOT THE BEST OCTOBER LEGEND THERE IS IN DIE-CUT PARALLEL FORM. I DIDN'T THINK TO MAKE A TOP TEN PULLS FROM THE JUNK BOX LIST BACK IN DECEMBER WHEN I WAS TAKING THESE PICTURES BUT I ASSURE YOU THIS CARD IS ON THE LIST

265 1996 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CARDS

I HAVE WEIRD FEELINGS ABOUT COLLECTOR'S CHOICE. ON ONE HAND I DEEPLY REGRET BUYING SO MANY PACKS OF IT INSTEAD OF REGULAR UPPER DECK (OR VINTAGE CARDS FOR THAT MATTER). BUT ON THE OTHER HAND AS THE YEARS PASS THE MORE I REALIZE THAT THE ORIGINAL COLLECTOR'S CHOICE SETS WERE REALLY GREAT SETS AND I WISH WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE IT TODAY. THE FACT THAT UPPER DECK KILLED IT IN FAVOR OF MVP AND VICTORY ADDS TO MY SADNESS, BUT IT ALSO INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY THAT I TRY TO COLLECT THE FIVE YEAR RUN OF OG COLLECTOR'S CHOICE.  THE 1996 VERSION IS VERY NICE, IF A BIT BLOATED, AND KICKS THE ASS OF TOPPS' FLAGSHIP THAT YEAR. CERTAIN CARDS ALSO GOT A FULL BLEED BORDER LIKE THIS KRUK CAREER CAPPER

UGH PARALLELS. NOW I REMEMBER WHY I'M NOT THAT HOT ON COLLECTOR'S CHOICE. SILVER AND GOLD BORDERS WITH A FOIL AUTOGRAPH. FINDING A NICE IVAN RODRIGUEZ IS NICE, BUT A GIANT PILE OF PARALLELS I'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IS NOT

GAME CARDS THO! I LOVE GAME CARDS! THIS IS A 45 CARD SETS BUT THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF EACH CARD WITH DIFFERENT PLAYS SO IT'S ACTUALLY A 45 CARD SET. THE DISRESPECT FOR ALEX RODRIGUEZ CARDS IS JUST AS BAD AS THE DISRESPECT FOR BARRY BONDS CARDS. MAYBE EVEN MORE BECAUSE I GET EXCITED WHEN I FIND A BONDS CARD AND AM JUST LIKE 'HEY, AN A-ROD, NEAT' WHEN I SEE CHEAP RODRIGUEZ CARDS

YEP, EVEN THE GAME CARDS HAVE  PARALLELS. THE ONLY GOLD SIGNATURE CARD I GOT WAS MATTINGLY HERE AND I DON'T LIKE DON ANYMORE SINCE HE DECIDED TO HAVE HIS PITCHING STAFF TAKE TARGET PRACTICE AT RONALD ACUÑA. I'M GLAD YOU NEVER WON A TITLE YOU SCHMUCJ

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59 MORE 1996 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CARDS

STILL NOT DONE WITH COLLECTOR'S CHOICE, HERE'S A GREAT MID AIR PHOTO OF CRAIG BIGGIO. I'M JUST NOW REMEMBERING THAT 96 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE WAS RELEASED IN TWO SERIES AND I DID NOT CHECK TO SEE WHICH SERIES I GOT IN THE BOX. I'M GOING TO GUESS IT'S ALL SERIES ONE SINCE THAT'S THE ONE WITH THE GAME CARDS BUT IF YOU SEE A SERIES TWO CARD POSTED, FEEL FREE TO HOLLER IN THE COMMENTS

FRD MCGRIFF HOME RUN! YA DAMN RIGHT. I LOVE WHEN GAME CARD RESULTS MATCH THE PLAYER PERFECTLY

384 1996 TOPPS SERIES 2 CARDS

HOLY FUCKING SHIT, EVEN MORE 1996 TOPPS CARDS. MIKE PIAZZA WAS THE THIRD OF THREE CARDS I NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE SET AND NOW THAT I HAVE IT, I'M OFFICIALLY CLOSE ON MY SECOND COMPLETE 1996 TOPPS SET. HELL YEAH

488 1992 LEAF CARDS

LEAF IS ANOTHER BRAND I HAVE A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH. I'M SOMEWHAT BITTER THAT THE 1990 SET HAS ALWAYS BEEN OVERPRICED AND TOUGH TO FIND, AM A LITTLE TIRED OF SEEING PILES OF 1991-93 CARDS IN EVERY JUNK WAX DUMP, BUT LEGITIMATELY LOVE SOME OF THE LATER SETS. I WAS A LITTLE BIT LIKE JULIO WHEN I REALIZED THAT MOST OF A BOX OF 92 LEAF WAS DUMPED IN HERE BUT THEN

IT REALLY WAS MOST OF A BOX INCLUDING THE BLACK GOLD! THIS IS MY FAVORITE PARALLEL OF THE 90S, THE BLACK BORDERS AND GOLD FOIL LOOKS GREAT AND THERE'S SO DAMN MUCH OF THIS SET OUT THERE IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO STUMBLE ACROSS IT. IF I EVER LOSE MY MIND AND REALLY TRY TO COMPLETE A PARALLEL SET IT WILL BE THIS ONE. I GOT A BUNCH OF NICE ONES IN HERE INCLUDING THIS LARRY 

THE GOLD LEAF ROOKIES WERE IN HERE TOO. I REALLY LIKE THIS INSERT EVEN THOUGH 90% OF THE PLAYERS DIDN'T REALLY PAN OUT. THE CARDS LOOK NICE AND THEY ARE CHEAP AS HELL AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. GOTTA LOVE A NICE TURK WENDELL CARD

127 1990 UPPER DECK CARDS

LAST THING IN THE BOX WAS SOME WORTHLESS CRAP. OK, OK, IT'S A NICE LITTLE SET, AND ALSO WORTHLESS CRAP. I HAVE A LOT OF BAD FEELINGS TOWARDS THIS SET BECAUSE I BOUGHT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A COMPLETE SET FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD KID IN 1991 AND THE LITTLE SHIT CHEATEST ME AND KEPT ALL THE GOOD CARDS. GUYS LIKE RICKY JORDAN AND CHRIS SABO. SO NOT ONLY DID I NOT HAVE A SET OF THIS JUNK FOR DECADES I HAD BEEN GETTING PILES UPON PILES OF THE STUFF INSIDE JUNK BOXES FOR YEARS. I PROBABLY HAVE A SECOND SET OF THIS STUFF AT THIS POINT BUT I HAVE NO INTEREST IN PUTTING IT TOGETHER. HERE'S A KEVIN MAAS CARD FOR YOU, I THINK THE KID KEPT THIS ONE TOO

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SO AFTER THE INITIAL FUN OF CHECKING OUT ALL THE NEW STUFF IT WAS TIME TO GET DOWN TO THE GRUELING WORK OF ACTUALLY SORTING ALL THIS NONSENSE AND CHECKING THE WANTLISTS. JUST KIDDING I FUCKIN LOVE SORTING CARDS, I LOVE SORTING MORE THAN HAVING. I'VE SPENT A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF TIME THE PAST THREE YEARS RE-SORTING A LOT OF THE CRAP I ALREADY HAD. HERE'S THE FINAL TOTALS FOR EVERY SET AFTER SORTING IN ORDER BY YEAR:

1990 UPPER DECK - DIDN'T BOTHER. I ALREADY HAVE A SET OF THIS AND DO NOT WANT A SECOND

1992 DONRUSS SERIES 2 - DIDN'T BOTHER. THE ONLY CARD I NEED IS FROM SERIES 1. PLUS I ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH 92 DONRUSS DOUBLES TO FULL UP MOST OF ANOTHER MONSTER BOX. THE REST OF THE SETS I ACTUALLY GAVE A DAMN ABOUT THOUGH

1992 LEAF - NEEDED 50, ALSO GOT 20 BLACK GOLD CARDS AND 2 INSERTS. I KINDA WANT TO BUILD THE BLACK GOLD SET, SO GETTING THE PARALLELS ALONG WITH THE JUNK WAS SUPER COOL

1992 TRIPLE PLAY - NEEDED 24, ALSO GOT 5 INSERTS. THIS WAS THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT AS I ALREADY HAD AN ABSURD AMOUNT OF CARDS FROM THIS SET BUT STILL DID NOT GET A COMPLETE SET EVEN WHEN ADDING OVER 500 MORE. JUST IN THIS BOX I HAVE 200/264 CARDS FOR A SECOND SET. I DON'T EVEN LIKE THIS SET!

1995 UPPER DECK SERIES 1 - NEEDED 54, ALSO GOT 28 ELECTRIC DIAMOND AND 2 INSERTS. THIS WAS FANTASTIC! I AM ONLY MISSING TWO CARDS FROM THE SERIES ONE SET NOW! ONE OF THEM IS THE STOOPID MICHAEL JORDAN CARD BUT AT LEAST THAT ONE WILL BE EASY TO FIND

1995 UPPER DECK SP - NEEDED 76, ALSO GOT 27 HOLOFOIL PARALLELS AND 1 INSERT. A LOT OF THESE CARDS WERE IN BETTER CONDITION THAT THE ONES I ALREADY HAD SO THIS BOX HAD A BIG IMPACT. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON WHAT NON-FLAGSHIP ODDBALL SETS I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TRY TO COLLECT AND 95 SP IS NOW IN THAT LIST

1995 UPPER DECK SP CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION - NEEDED 83, ALSO GOT 36 DIECUT PARALLELS AND 3 INSERTS. WHILE I DON'T LIKE THIS SET AS MUCH AS PLAIN SP, I'VE GOT SO MUCH OF THE SET NOW I MAY AS WELL BUILD IT ALONG WITH SP

1996 BOWMAN - GOT 183/385 BASE CARDS. WHILE I DID SORT IT, I ALSO DO NOT CARE ABOUT BOWMAN EVEN A LITTLE BIT AND DIDN'T BOTHER TO ADD IT TO THE CARDS I ALREADY HAVE. MY ENTIRE BOWMAN COLLECTION IS A COMPLETE MESS AND WILL REQUIRE A MASSIVE RE-SORT SOON IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN SO I CAN START TO GET RID OF IT

1996 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE - GOT 177/365 BASE CARDS, 57 SILVER PARALLELS, 33 GAME CARDS AND 3 INSERTS. I CARE WAY MORE ABOUT COLLECTOR'S CHOICE THAN I DO BOWMAN, BUT I DO NOT HAVE A WANTLIST TOGETHER FOR IT AND HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO MAKE ONE. I ACTUALLY LIKE THE COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CARDS UNLIKE THE MVP AND VICTORY VERSIONS OF UPPER DECK'S POVERTY PRODUCT SO MAYBE SOME DAY

1996 DONRUSS SERIES 2 - NEEDED 14. DONRUSS CARDS AFTER 1993 GET INCREASINGLY SCARCE EACH YEAR SO FINDING ANY THAT I NEED IS A GODSEND

1996 FLEER UPDATE - NEEDED 12, ALSO GOT 21 TIFFANY PARALLELS. I FOUND A BOX OF THIS BACK WHEN BOXES OF CARDS WERE CHEAP AND FINDABLE AND GOT MOST OF THE SET SO KNOCKING OFF OVER A THIRD OF THE REMAINING CARDS WAS VERY NICE

1996 TOPPS - I ALREADY HAD THE SET COMPLETED, BUT GOT 377/440 TOWARDS A SECOND ONE. THE THREE PRO-FILES AND GRIFFEY MYSTERY FINEST DEFINITELY MADE ALL THE DOUBLES WORTH IT

1996 UPPER DECK SERIES 2 - NEEDED 36, ALSO GOT 3 INSERTS. I'M DOWN TO A DOZEN CARDS LEFT FOR SERIES ONE NOW. I HAVE VERY LITTLE CONFIDENCE I'LL COMPLETE ANY UPPER DECK SET AFTER ABOUT 1994 UNLESS SOMEONE DROPS A PALLET OF THEIR DOUBLES ON MY DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY HAPPEN NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING OLDER AND PEOPLE ARE DOWNSIZING THEIR COLLECTIONS

1997 UPPER DECK SERIES 2 - NEEDED 24. 1997 IS MAYBE THE ONLY UPPER DECK SET WHERE I HAVE WAY MORE SERIES TWO THAN SERIES ONE. THIS STILL KNOCKED ME DOWN TO THIRTEEN CARDS LEFT TO COMPLETE THE SERIES, AND MOST OF THOSE ARE THE SHORT PRINTED GRIFFEY HOT LIST CARDS

2021 STADIUM CLUB - NEEDED ALL 45. THIS WAS MY FIRST LOOK AT 21 STADIUM CLUB. IT'S FINE. ONE DAY I NEED TO GET THE NOUVEAU CLUB CARDS I HAVE AND MAKE A FRANKENSET OUT OF THE GOOD ONES AND DUMP THE REST

2022 TOPPS SERIES 1 - NEEDED ALL 174. I HAD PICKED UP A COUPLE SINGLE CARDS FROM 2022 TOPPS HERE AND THERE BUT HAD GOTTEN NO PACKS TO THIS POINT SO THIS PILE IS MY START TO BUILDING A TOPPS SET AGAIN. EXCEPT FOR THE HEYWARD, THAT WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE PLAYER COLLECTION BINDER

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