Bought Myself A Little Treat

I used to be a big-time Hot Wheels collector. Most of those are now gone, I think I have maybe a box of them left, less than 50 pieces still on the card, and several of those carrying cases of loose cars. I will admit though that I still check the Hot Wheels aisle from time-to-time, but now I only look for Sharkruisers, the one model I still collect.

Today I was in Dollar Tree getting some stuff, and although I didn't find a Sharkruiser, I did see this:

A fun pack with a mystery car!

Although not a COMPLETE mystery, I wasn't too impressed with the 10 cars that were available to pull, but hey, for a couple bucks why not?

Comes with a little comic book full of games, and two pretty cool sticker sheets.

I'm sure I can find somewhere to stick these.

And the mystery car?......

Lethal Diesel

Okay, not too corny like some of the other ones.

I'll keep it.

Pickups

 More incoming mail from TCDB and Bloggersville.

TCDB Trade With KGEightyEight

TCDB Trade With MMehler30

The Trout reminds me of those Calvin piss-on stickers that used to be everywhere.

TCDB Trade With Scott88lv

TCDB Trade With chemistclete

Mail From S.R.'75

Stuart hit me up with some sorely needed OPC cards, including some checklists and most of the 1992 Angels team set. He threw in a #444 card that I needed as well.

He also gave me a near complete UD 40-Man team set and other nice Angels cards.

Thanks Stuart. I always got my eye on your wantlists.

Free Vintage Hockey

Sorry, no, not for you, but for me through a kind collector on TCDB giving away some worn vintage hockey cards to the first to ask.

I was the second, and I claimed the 72-73 Topps lot:

TCDB PIF From headbum

I don't actively collect hockey except for Theoren Fleury, but these were just too cool to pass up. They'll make a nice page in my Random binder.

And now to the rest of this week's trades.

TCDB Trade With RyanFrueh

TCDB Trade With Tastybrisket10

Tastybrisket, Cabbage, O'Hoppe...makes me hungry and craving a beer.

Junk Mall Junk Wax Wednesday

Ripping a random pack of junk wax from the local junk mall.

1990 CMC

Pack of 12 with no inserts pull possible.
Best cards to pull would be a Bagwell or Frank Thomas rookie.

You're seeing that right, two different card designs in this 880-card set.

Which means two different backs:

The numbering system was pretty messed up in this set as well.

See that 22 on Jeffersons card? That's not the card number for this set. Not his jersey number either as he wears a number ending in 3 on the front. That 22 is the card number for this card in the 1990 CMC Nashville Sounds team set. And those have a green back. The tiny CMC number on the bottom is the card number...147.

See the 1113 on Starks card? Nope that's not the card number for this set as it only goes to 880. That's the number for this card in the 1990 ProCards set. That card has a different photo of Stark and the back is slightly different with a Gatorade logo. This card is number 746 as noted in the lower right corner.

Why CMC? Whyyyyyy?

Good times.

 

This Week In Trades

 

TCDB Trade With Balzer

Knocking out current Angels needs.

TCDB purchase from rscott8443

2024 and 2023 Topps All Star Game Team Sets (minus a few multi-team cards).

At only $5 a set I couldn't pass.

TCDB Trade With Erdoro

Napoli is an SP.

TCDB Trade With timothywbenson

One of these things is not like the others.

TCDB Trade With jsteved

Top row was the trade, bottom row was a bonus used as card protectors.

Blog/TCDB Trade with Diamond Jesters for Time Travel Trading

Another towards this set I'm working.

That's it for last week, more to come as I'm closing in on my 500th TCDB trade.

...And Now There Are Three

Just after posting my last entry about two unexpected packages of cards arriving in the mail, Johnny let me know that a third was on the way. It came today.

Six bags of Wally Joyner, Reggie Jackson, Angels and checklists.

Clearing out a few more of his old PCs maybe?

It will take me a while to log all these so here's a sampling of some of the cards I know I need:

Good stuff.

Thanks!

Two Unexpected Packages

Always nice to get some unexpected mail, nice to know folks are thinking of me. That's one of the reasons I'll be starting up BAGs again this summer (Blog Appreciation Gifts), to share some of the love and show my appreciation for fellow bloggers and their efforts.

First up was a nice bubble mailer from Dennis (Too Many Verlanders) which included (among other things) lots of Angels, Patriots, and baseball checklists!

And four Dollar Tree packs (That's what I call the 5-card packs) of 2023 Topps Update. But we'll get to those later.

Lots of Angels, most of which I needed.

Super nice relics...very generous. Look at that tri-color Patriots swatch.

Sorry for the bad photos.

Five more 1986 Leaf, putting me within 20 of the set.

I have a special binder for this kinda stuff, but it always leave me shaking my head why anyone would do this.

And the contents of the fun 5-pack rip.

All good stuff and some decent rookies.

Second package comes from Stuart (S.R.75)

Stuart came across some Angels he thought I could use, and yes I needed them all.

He also included an unopened pack of cards which resulted in this:

Solid pack with two Angels and a nice Joey Votto.

Thanks guys!

T.W.I.T.

 This Week In Trades

TCDB fowler279

I now have three (or four?) Project 2020 Nolan Ryan cards.

TCDB tomilesean

I typically prefer a PWE's worth of cards in a trade, but this was a nice enough card for a 1-for-1 swap.

TCDB brcdad

TCDB CardsInTheBasement

TCDB Geoff2568

Slowly pecking away at the 1997 FLeer Diamond Ink set. These arent as easy to come by as you'd think.

TCDB ThemightyOx

Brian also included his pretty cool calling card.

Recent Mail

Ran out of a bit of blogging steam there for a while, not that anyone needed to notice, there are so many great blogs to read. Here's some stuff that I've received recently, lots of good trades still flying back and forth.

TCDB MotownMike

TCDB Ymmat

SCN EllisShoe Return Fire

He sent these Angels autos in return for a signed 2005 Bowman Heritage he needed for his autograph set.

PIF from Fuji

Fuji was sharing some vintage he picked up but couldn't use from some good flea market purchases he made.

1961 Topps is a vintage set I'm working.

TCDB CH34

TCDB Jgamble

The top two cards were the trade target, the rest were thrown in. 

Thanks Jon!

TCDB RyanFrueh

TCDB Balzer

The minis are Tiffany, another Topps gimmick that has always irritated me.

TCDB robinsonj3360

TCDB MMehler30

I sure do like the Pink Parallels.

Michael used these 90-91 Pro Set Soccer cards as card protectors. I suppose I'll add them to my TCDB traders, although I have to assume no one will want them, which is probably why Michael used them as filler.