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bbcardz
Posts: 1,141
Joined: Feb 2018
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| Friday, March 5, 2021 12:17 PM | |
Hockey's not really my sport (although I did take my kids to a couple of LA Kings games when they were little) but I love this story. Thanks for sharing! 
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My hobby blog: www.stadiumfantasium.com: Baseball, baseball cards and fantasy baseball. Ain't life a pitch? |
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lord_bagel
Posts: 141
Joined: Aug 2019
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| Friday, March 5, 2021 12:30 PM | |
I got all the St. Louis blues in my first retail box of 2020-21 upper deck back in December, so that was pretty awesome! Other than that, the only pulls I have been really happy about are the Yadier Molina box topper and Junior Fernandez auto I pulled from a box of Gallery. Not huge hits, but it is really nice when you get nice hits for your favorite team.
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I don't like McDonalds, but I'll take all your Big Macs |
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sandyrusty
Posts: 4,701
Joined: Dec 2014
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| Saturday, March 6, 2021 6:19 AM | |
Time to give reason for this positive thread to be back up the Board.
Yesterday, I picked up two parcels from the post office (3 actually but one was for my son). Both were large trades I had on the go. I just finished sorting the first one into my various collections. The great thing about this one is that not only did it reduce my wants in the 1972 and 1973 Topps sets, it also put the last card of the 2009 Topps set (#7 Mantle) into my binder. I still think short of acquiring that vintage RC of a HoF, the completion of a set is one of those greatest feelings in the hobby. And I can say quite assuredly that it is only because of this site and the trading that we are able to do that I managed to complete that set as well as all the others I have completed since I joined over 5 years ago.
Now into the second and even larger trade boxes.
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Bruno -------- Check my Profile page to see my 2023 Goals and my Lists of sets near completion (5 cards or less) or sets getting close (less than 100 cards missing and 75% complete). https://www.tcdb.com/Forum.cfm/Page/B/ID/0/?MODE=VIEW&ThreadID=25745&C=0 |
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RonEaston
Posts: 1,081
Joined: Nov 2019
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| Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:01 AM | |
Right!? I finished 1983 OPC baseball a couple months ago through trading here. That was the first set I collected and it was so close for so many years it only took me 37 years to finish it! I have to admit that finishing it by trading (or finding cards at shows, etc) is much more fun than grabbing a factory box and being done that way...something I have rarely done, and not once since 2002
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I'm mostly organizing over adding right now. |
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T206
Posts: 788
Joined: Feb 2018
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| Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:23 AM | |
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Billy Kingsley
Posts: 7,512
Joined: Aug 2011
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| Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:56 PM | |
I'm backlogged on my reading, but I just discovered that my Letter of Comment was published in Back Issue Magazine back in 2019. It's the only official LOC I've sent that publication to date.
I have now had a letter appear in 7 different magazines, plus four comic book titles, and my face has appeared in three different magazines. Got mentioned in Beckett Racing but never published.
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VERY slow trading due to health problems. Not transferrable so safe to trade with, just moving is painful and can't always access the cards. Cardboard History My COMC New Collection Website: Cardboard History Gallery (Still under construction) Tips on how to make your scans look like the card does in hand (No more washed out, fuzzy scans!): |
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jimetal7212
Posts: 4,927
Joined: Dec 2016
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| Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:27 PM | |
Minor in the grand scheme of set collecting, but I finally filled a hole today. Being an 80s guy I always loved th 33/44 card box sets Topps/Fleer put out. I sold everything off back in 2000 so when I came back into it 4 years ago I went to track them all down again. One had been eluding me, the 1990 Fleer Award Winners set. Some guy named Griffey always kept the box at the $20+ level on eBay and sorry, not paying that. A few days ago I finally obtained it for a winning bid of $1. Okay, 4 for shipping so the total of $5 is what I'd expect to pay. Got it in the mail today and now I have the full run of Topps and Fleer sets. So yeah!?
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Tired and trembling I am descending, will I have to stay here and live this life again? |
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OverkillKid
Posts: 192
Joined: Dec 2020
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| Tuesday, March 9, 2021 4:54 PM | |
Shoutout to the admins for keeping up with the ever changing release dates of all sport sets. (And reminding me how much money it's about to cost me to keep up lol).
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Billy Kingsley
Posts: 7,512
Joined: Aug 2011
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vrooomed
Posts: 15,018
Joined: Dec 2012
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| Friday, March 19, 2021 7:12 PM | |
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-- Dan -- Note: Please see my profile for more info regarding trading (section updated 3/4/2024). I have added a large portion of my inventory to the site, and currently have trading turned on (details are in my profile). |
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