Final Post of 2011!

Pickup line of the day:
"Hey, are you into threesomes? Cuz I have a split personality that would love you."

I'm still working on the '64 Topps Coins set and I'm really hoping I can finish it off at some point next year. I picked up a handful a few months ago and I'm giving myself $50 to work on it some more so let's show off a couple of my newest adds.


I finally knocked off both Yaztremskis in the set. (I have no idea if I spelt his name right and I'm way to fucking lazy to check.) These two coins have been a pain to obtain (two points for rhyming) but I was able to pick them up for a $5 each, give or take.


I'm not sure if I've shown the back of these before, sooooo yeah. Here ya go.

I'm inching ever so closer to finishing this set. Hopefully with this next $50 spree, I can knock off some of the remaining HOFers which should make things easier down the stretch. Happy New Year everyone!

(...Joe)

Tradewinds Epic The Final Chapter

Kinkier than a bumble bee in a butterfly net!

This is it, the final pack from the Wicked trade! This has been dubbed the "Archives Pack" by the committee in my head. We'll get to that later. First, the toploaders on either side...


This is my 1st Mets 1/1, a Nick Evans Black Printing Plate! I now have a 1/1 parallel and the Gold parallel #'d/2,009 but I yet have been able to obtain the base version of this card. The base version is the last card I need to finish off the team set for 2009 Topps. That's it, just the base card of a common, uncollected player.


This is one of the 3,000 parallels from the 2007 Masterpieces set. It's #'d/99 but I'll be damned if I have to try and figure out if this is black, or midnight black, or charcoal black or whatever the hell other random colors they dreamed up.


Now this is why we're calling this the Archives Pack. There were about 10 Archives cards in the team bag...


As well as a handful of All Time Fan Favorites.


Also hiding inside were a couple more relics including this Ed Kranepool


And a Gary Carter!

So that ends the Epic trade with The Cardfather. Thanks again Wicked, I might have something else for you soon!

(...Joe)

Tradewinds Epic "Junk Wax" Pack

Conversation of the day:
Me- "I don't mind Whippets, they're not bad."
Aunt- "Ahh, whippits. I remember those. They always gave me a headache though."
Me- "...I'm talking about the dog breed, Whippet."
Aunt- "Iiii, should go. Over here, I'm going over here."

The second to last pack given to me by The Cardboard Don, on this, the day of his daughters wedding. (Not really. Well, maybe. I'm just making shit up at this point.)

And before we take a look, figured I'd do a shameless plug for myself. I'm in the process of making a new trade bait page that will be exclusively for RCs. Exciting, I know...

Now, "junk wax" is sort of an oxymoron for many of us collectors. We've all found card lots and passed on them because all we can see is "junk wax". Cards from the mid 80's through the mid 90's and later, depending on who you ask. But how many of us still need an obscene amount of "junk wax"? How many of us would be happier to trade for a completer card of an 80's team set than we would an autographed card from any random set from the past 2 years?

With that said, here are the results of the "Junk Wax" pack...


Manupatches could be considered junk wax, depending on who you're talking to.


I don't mind the manu's too much. This years Topps are a little odd though. The Mets have NY Giants logos and the Nationals have Expos logos. Ehh, whatev.


2 of the 3 cards from the 1987 Donruss "Rookies" set. Lucky for me, I had the 3rd card already which means that's another 80's team set down! Fuuuck yeah!


All I know about this set is that it's Topps and it's from '86. Other than that I can't find any info on it. Anyone have any ideas what it is?


This set, however, I did find some info for. No, it's not 1969 Topps, it's 1986 Sports Design J.D. McCarthy and this appears to be the Mets team set right here. The full set is 24 cards strong and comprised of legends from the 50's and 60's. Hey, one less 80's set that I didn't know I needed.

That's all for today folks. Guess I should say something funny right now...

(...Joe)

Tradewinds Epic "HOF Pack"

What I learned today: Never cook bacon with your shirt off.

Onwards to what I dubbed as the "HOF Pack." Before we dive in, I'd like to remind everyone that these posts were made possible by Wicked Ortega, The Cardboard Don.

As always, we'll start off with the two cards the bookended each pack in toploaders...


Just so we're clear, this is not why I dubbed this the HOF pack. I've been hoping the Mets would trade this guy for the past few years now, while he still has/had some amount of value. If nothing else, getting rid of him would save the team a few thousand dollars a year in Ace bandages alone.


Really nice looking card. I have an idea for a small side collection that I want to do in the very near future, and this will knock off a piece of the checklist once that's underway.


Now we get into why this is the HOF Pack! Glavine isn't in the Hall yet, but it's only a matter of when. I have the Piazza version of this card as well, and while these aren't numbered, there's an announced print run of 75 sets. Sooo yeah, it's unnumbered to 75 I guess.



Another future HOF, it's a shame he kindda faded the way he did (and by that I mean resorting to pitching for the Phillies). It was still a buttload of fun to watch him pitch for the Mets though.


Now for a guy who's already in the HOF. Seaver is actually the only player wearing a Mets hat in the Hall of Fame. If nothing else now, you can walk away from this saying that you learned something. Unless you already knew that, innnn which case...I dunno. Go buy a Snapple or something.


And lastly, a few David Wrights. C'mon, if you didn't see this coming then you must be a new reader. Of course I'm including some David Wright cards in the HOF Pack post!!!!

(...Joe)

Tradewinds Epic "Vintage Pack"

Quote of the day:
"This better have a point to it. Like a Squirrel Monkey eating pudding out of a watermelon, or something."

I have to knock out more of this trade so I can get to my birthday boxes on Monday! Let's dive into what I've dubbed, "The Vintage Pack"!

Not exactly vintage, I know, but it was in a toploader on top of the pack. Can't go wrong with a Glavine game used though. Unless he's in a Braves uniform. Gross.

Not exactly vintage, I know, but it was in a toploader on the bottom of the pack. Plus it's my first Ordonez auto! Yay!

Now on to the cards that existed before Nickleback was a band and the world was, well...a much better place.

I think the '62 cartoons are my favorites. The drawings are usually quite detailed and informative. Now, common sense would suggest that I show you the back of a '62 next to illustrate an example of my opinion...



Here's a handful of '63s. Burright here seems to be making the universal sign for blow job.

A '66 Jonny Stephenson and a "78 Buddy Harrelson. No idea what these two cards have in common.


And lastly a selection of '71s!

Now on to what I promised earlier...




(...Joe)

Tradewinds Epic pt.1

Alyssa- "Looks like that's about as straight as it's gonna get."
Me- "That's what I have to tell all my girlfriends. 'This is as straight as it's gonna get.'"

Back in January I posted a Harmon Killebrew auto along with a few other cards to see if I could spark some trades. Of course, where there are high end baseball cards, Wicked Ortega is there. I sent him 3 cards. 3. Granted, they were 3 very good cards, but still. I received so much Mets goodness that I need to break this trade post up into 5 separate posts.

Take a deep breath, relaxxxxx ok. Here we go...

The Leadoff Pack
As I went through the package, it seemed like each "pack" had it's own collective theme. This was the first group of cards that I have dubbed the "Leadoff Pack".

This was the first card that I saw from the package. Happy to have a David Cone game used again, as I traded the only one I had in exchange for some Piazzas last year. This card would fall into what I like to call the "Night Owl Complex". You see, recently Night Owl posted a Clayton Kershaw dual auto card on the trade block due to the fact that the other guy on the card is a Yankee. This Cone pictures and lists him as a Met, but the jersey is from his Yankee days. Fuck you Upper Deck. Makin' me like, think and shit...


Still think it would've been great if he went into the HOF as a Met. Could have pissed off so many people.


I always see this card on everyone elses page, or on ebay or whatever, but never picked one up for myself. More from Nick Evans to come!

So that leads everything off. Much much more to come!!

(...Joe)

Cardboard Alchemy

Recently I discovered how to turn a modern vintage reprint into actual, real live vintage cardboard!

The formula is rather simple, really. First, you'll need a 2011 Topps Lineage '75 Mini that this guy doesn't have yet

stolen without permission to illustrate an example

and after a short wait, typically within a week or so, the yellow envelope becomes chemically altered in such a way that it produces this

1963 Topps single shot

And dual wielding '66s

I plan on conducting further tests in the future providing I am funded with the necessary materials. Thanks again to Night Owl for making the swap!!!

(...Joe)

New Oddball Addition

Me- "All right, ready to go?"
Tom- "Yeah, I'm good."
Me- "K, let's roll."
Coors Light Girl- "You guys want a free cold Coors Light?!?!"
Me- "Can't, I gotta drive"
Tom- "You know *takes beer* this is how alcoholism starts."
Me- "Mildly attractive women handing you free beer?"
Tom- "Yeah!"
*Coors Light Girl looks pissed.*
*Doesn't take our picture.*

To celebrate me quitting my old job, my girlfriend took me to Build a Bear! And I made the best god damn teddy bear ever!

It's a Mets dog and I named him Rusty, after Rusty Staub! Ahh, no better way to celebrate quitting your job than to go out and buy a $30 stuffed animal. This might be why other countries hate us.

(...Joe)