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olerud363
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 3:33 PM | |
My son 8-year-old son Cameron has often seen me receive packages of cards in the mail and asked, "How do I get people to send ME cards?" I've explained to him how TCDB and trading work, and we thought it'd be fun to work on a set together. He's a hockey fan (more than me), so I picked him up a blaster of 2018-19 Upper Deck MVP, printed out a checklist from TCDB, and we set to busting the packs today after his hockey game.
We recorded the break, which is now on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/SF8ma-4HafU It was fun to open up the packs with him (and his sister, who wanted in on the action!). He was just looking for his favorite team (Calgary Flames), or goalie cards (the position he plays). He didn't care about inserts, rarity, or potential re-sale... it was refreshing!
While he loved busting the packs, sorting and cataloguing was where he lost interest. We still have to enter everything here, and eventually we hope to get some trades to help him build the base set. With a possible Canada Post strike looming next week, trading may not be possible for a while unfortunately.
Stay tuned...
- Rodrick
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Canadian member collecting John Olerud, Toronto Blue Jays team sets, and Topps base sets. Always open to trading! Cardboard Corner
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mzentko
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 3:58 PM | |
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Sportzcommish
Posts: 5,977
Joined: Oct 2016
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 4:02 PM | |
Rodrick,
This reminded me of collecting with my son at that age (he's 30 now). He's no longer interested in collecting, but one day I was carrying a 1990 Topps Baseball box that I now use for storage and he said, "That's my favorite box. I've always liked that box." That was priceless to me.
I wish you the same memories with both your children.
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Follow my blog - I Identify as a Card Collector. “Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen. He only told her what to do. That fellow will be the death of us once he's up, I shouldn't wonder. But that doesn't let us off following the signs.” - Puddleglum in The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
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karsal
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Joined: Apr 2018
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 4:44 PM | |
Awesome!
Perfect age to get him hooked on the joy of cards. I was the same age when I got my first OPC hockey card packs. I'll PM you tonight so I can put together his own TCDB package to open before our strike may happen. Hope he doesn't read this.
Kari
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Kari I am buying pre-1987 Non Sports. Let's discuss if you have any for sale, even if not listed here. --------------------------------------- There are no bad days.
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BWBC1993
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Joined: Oct 2017
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 4:47 PM | |
I got a whole bunch of doubles from that set if you and he would be interested in making a trade. Just message me a list of the cards you're missing from that set and I'll look at what I have.
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C2Cigars
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 6:53 PM | |
Nice video. Is he going to get his own TCDB User Name?
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Someday my cards may double in value and then be worth half of what I paid for them.
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Billy Kingsley
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IfbBirdsCards
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 8:13 PM | |
Awesome! I’ll send out a package of the Flames and goalie cards I have when I can!
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#2 Bowie Baysox, #12 Trey Mancini, & #3 Austin Wynns collector on the site. Also expanding my hockey, MMA, and Hofstra alumni collection. Collecting cards since 2011 (Age 8). -Ian
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olerud363
Posts: 287
Joined: Feb 2017
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:25 PM | |
Thanks everyone for all the kind responses! I've gotten his cards sorted, marked them off of his paper checklist (haven't used pen and paper for a checklist is years!), and scanned a couple of inserts for the site. Haven't catalagued the cards on the site yet. It has become clear that his interest lies solely in ripping packs, not in the sorting and organizing. Typical 8-year-old's attention span I guess!
I hope to finish the cataloguing and scanning tomorrow. Don't have any base dupes to trade yet, but he'll be getting more packs for his birthday, Christmas, etc, and I'll certainly trade from my baseball tradelist if anyone wants to. As for the inserts, we haven't decided what to keep and what to trade.
- Rodrick
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Canadian member collecting John Olerud, Toronto Blue Jays team sets, and Topps base sets. Always open to trading! Cardboard Corner
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vanoirm
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Joined: Dec 2016
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:37 PM | |
No MVP for 2018-19, but plenty from previous years that I can send your way!
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-- Mike @ VVcards -- Looking to complete OPC and Upper Deck master sets for hockey including Young Guns and update sets.
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