Design Timeline: O-Pee-Chee
This post is part of an ongoing feature The Great Griffey Base Card Project.O-Pee-Chee is a candy and gum company that started making collector cards back in the 1930’s then baseball cards in 1965...
View ArticleI Got Zippy Zapped (and I Liked it)
I got a mysterious package in the mail from someone with very tiny handwriting in their return address. I proceeded to experience a Tyler Durden moment as I opened the package and inside was a halved...
View ArticleA Box of 1992 Studio. Oh, and a Samurai Sword.
This sophomoric effort from the Studio team is arguably their best. Lessons were learned and improvements made after the hokey-but-amazing 1991 release. Let’s be honest - it could be argued by some...
View ArticleBaseball Cards and Also Some Naked Girls!!!1!
Now that I have your attention, if I owe you cards or have offered to send you anything via the blogs or e-mail and haven't produced, please let me know. I've been cleaning out my old e-mails and...
View ArticleDesign Timeline: Topps Gallery
This post is part of an ongoing feature The Great Griffey Base Card Project.Gallery is a Topps brand that’s easy for me to get excited about. High-end, quality-crafted cards all thick, glossy, and...
View ArticlePlayer Collection Mini-Beasts
Here are the have lists for all my player collections. This is mostly for my own reference; but if you have any cards not listed here, let me know!UPDATED 11/15/2014Vida Blue:1970 Topps #21 Rookie...
View ArticleHappy 45th Birthday, Junior!
Mr. Junior turns 45 today!What better way to celebrate than with a big ol' stack of new-to-the-blog Griffey cards? Enjoy!Happy birthday, big guy!
View ArticleA Trade Post From the Dollar Store
The more Griffeys I amass, the higher the cost of the ones I need; and I've been really embracing the set collector in me as the average cost of new Griffeys has been slowly climbing. I've even gone...
View ArticleVoulez-Vous Echangez Avec Moi Ce Soir?
Kevin, mon frere d'une autre mere, has exploded onto the blog scene lately with his numerous 90's box breaks and silly post titles. He's also making overseas trade look easy. I got a little box of...
View ArticleThree-for-Three PWE: a Night Owl Trade Post
Night Owlkilled it on the PWE front the other day. Here's the proof:Greg got a couple of these Puigs from his end of the Nachos Grande 2014 SC group break (he got lots of pairs of things, for that...
View ArticleNerd Week Day 1: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Superfan
Not every post can be a Fonzie. Sometimes there must be a Ron Howard post, that being a post that is just a little (lot) bit nerdy. I happen to have a few such posts waiting in the wings, so I figure...
View ArticleNerd Week Day 2: a Box of Star Trek TNG Season 3
Not every post can be a Fresh Prince. Sometimes there must be an Urkel post, that being a post that is just a little (lot) bit nerdy. I happen to have a few such posts waiting in the wings, so I figure...
View ArticleNerd Week Day 3: Legos!
Not every post can be an Alpha Beta. Sometimes there must be a Lambda Lamda Lambda post, that being a post that is just a little (lot) bit nerdy. I happen to have a few such posts waiting in the wings,...
View ArticleNerd Week Day 4: Star Trek Master Series
Not every post can be a Bart. Sometimes there must be a Milhouse post, that being a post that is just a little (lot) bit nerdy. I happen to have a few such posts waiting in the wings, so I figure why...
View ArticleNerd Week Day 5 Finale: Nerdstuff and a Very Nerdy Giveaway
So my wife says to me the other day, “You’ve turned me into a nerd!” I was taken aback to say the least, but once she elaborated a little I realized just how true this was. When we met in college my...
View ArticleBack to Baseball: A Dozen New Griffeys and a Sort
After taking a week off to talk about nerdy things, it's time to get back to the roots of this blog: Griffey cards! I did a sort tonight, but not before scanning some of the cooler additions to the...
View ArticleWay Too Many Words About 1996 Pinnacle
I’ve always been a fan of Pinnacle (yes, even the uglified ’97 set) right up until they disappeared from the market. I ended up buying a lot of packs of the ’96 product (probably because it was one of...
View Article2014 Stadium Club: Where Every Card is an SP
Not really, the thing about all the cards being SP’s. There are no SP’s in 2014 Stadium Club, but if I didn’t already know that I would think I had a ton of ‘em. Look at these:Again, these are not SP’s...
View ArticleA Baseball Card Drinking Game, but You're Not Gonna Like it....
I wrote this post in January 2013, but I'm scheduling it for the first day of Winter 2014 because of reasons. Enjoy!We got a fire pit for Christmas. That sentence/picture should imply what is coming...
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