Saturday, May 26, 2012

Breaking News – 2000 Fleer Tradition Set Complete 1-450


OK, It is not breaking news but it did take 10 years to finish.  I finally finished collecting the 2000 Fleer Tradition set.  I admit I lost interest a long, long time ago so here are the only scans you will get.  


In all seriousness, I always thought this set was pretty cool, paying homage to the '54 Topps design and was the beginning of the retro re-introduction age which I am always a sucker for.  And when I was able to get the last stack of cards for almost nothing, I jumped on it.  Anything to continue my procrastination from finishing the '60's Topps sets...  Enjoy.

Friday, May 25, 2012

TTM Success - Gary Pettis

After 245 days and me forgetting I even sent this, I received this signed card back through the mail.  I really need to send some new requests out.  Any suggestions?  Who did you get or send to recently (current or retired)???

Thursday, May 24, 2012

2012 Gypsy Queen/2011 Bowman Box Hits




My box of Gypsy Queen was fun to open though the results were a little disappointing.  The autographs were of Joe Benson and Nathan Eovaldi.  I really like the on-card-ness of it but don’t really care about either player.  I did pull an Albert Pujols mini #’d to 99 which is pretty neat.  The relics were a Derek Holland and mini Adam Jones so that is a little better.  I would have preferred Holland to be sporting his 11 year old 'stache but what are you gonna do??? 
My Bowman box was for 2011 because, like I mentioned in the post below, I am an idiot and picked up 2011, not 2012.  I’ve placed an order for a 2012 box as well as an Archives box to try and satiate the Card Universe god.  The Auto I pulled was Adron Chambers, so no Bryce Harper!  Rejection!!!!  Although the box did produce 2 different Harper’s, some Yankee farm hands – Banuelos and Williams and some #’d cards.







2012 Topps Archives Blaster/Rack Pack Hits


I picked up a a blaster and a few rack packs up from target from the new Archives release.  The blaster offered up a Jeremy Hellickson Relic and the rack packs got me a Bud Harrelson fan favorites auto!  Not too shabby.  I've gotten Bud's auto TTM before but it's always nice to pull a vintage looking autograph.  Overall I like the set, it's fun and as a child of the 80's, I love pulling a Mattingly along side a Jeter. 

I just finished breaking into a box of '12 Gypsy Queen and 2011 Bowman that I will break down shortly.  Why 2011 and not 2012 Bowman you might be asking???  Because I am an idiot and ordered the wrong one.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

New Rush Single Released Today...



If you like Rush and I know you do, the new single was released today called, "Headlong Flight". You can stream it here. I like it. What are your thoughts? I think the bass work is especially stellar.



The new album, Clockwork Angels will be released in June 2012.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Darth Vader Throws Out First Pitch


As many of you know, I love Star Wars, well, the word love might not be a strong enough word but when I came across this I had to watch it. The best comment I read:
"I have altered the strike zone... Pray I don't alter it any further..."

Thursday, April 5, 2012

2012 Topps Heritage set 1-425 Complete!


I just put the finishing touches on the base set for Heritage. I'm a sucker for the 62' original design so I was all in from the get go. Now I just need to put that effort into the original 62' set I've been working on for 10 years! I can scan the whole set if anyone is interested in seeing it like I did for the topps series 1 base set earlier this year.
Now on to the short prints!!!