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Friday, November 17, 2023

Thick As A Nostalgic Brick

 I received a brick of cards in the mail recently from Johnny's Trading Spot.

Ah, the good old days. I used to make a lot of blind trades this way, packing a flat rate box full of cards. But then it just got too darn expensive, and because it was a blind trade my dupes boxes got too darn full. Regardless, this will be just as fun and exciting as ripping a new hangar box. Nostalgic.

That's about the maximum amount of cards one can fit into a Small Flat Rate Box.
The box was packed with cards for my side interests: checklists, special offer/etc., #444 baseball cards and such. The following are some examples.

This 1982 Topps checklist has a nice miscut (or misprint) on the back.
Don't think I ever seen a one-sided miscut.

The 1984 Traded is a beauty. A perfectly designed checklist in my opinion.

We all have our obsessions, and I love these types of cards.

If a player is to be featured on a checklist, I prefer those like the Perez and Ruth cards. The Ryan checklist is just too messy and hard to see.

A big stack of #444.

Sorting through this box will be a good Thanksgiving weekend task to complete.







9 comments:

  1. Wow that's a heck of package. I've never known anyone into checklists like you.

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  2. I've never seen the 1984 Traded checklist before!

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  3. A. Nice brick. When it comes to bloggers... Johnny has to be the king of the care packages. If not... he's definitely part of the royal court. I feel like I've received at least 3 boxes of cards from him this year... and a ton of PWE's.

    B. I remember keeping one of those "The Diamond Club" protector cards around... even though it says it's not an actual trading card. C'mon Pinnacle... you're a card company... you should know that if we can collect it and it's a card... then it can be traded... which makes it a trading card.

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  4. I really like how Johnny wraps his bricks in newspaper. I've been the recipient a few times and always find it unique.

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  5. Johnny's boxes are a treat for sure. Enjoy that big stack of cards!

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  6. Cards arriving wrapped in newspaper certainly is old school.

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