Retro Break: 1989 Bowman Baseball

Recently went to my first flea market and found a bunch of deals. This only cost me $1a pack. I bought two packs because that's all they had.

Each pack came with a chance at a Griffey Jr. Rookie. You can also find Gary Sheffield and John Smoltz rookies as well.

 

 

 

The base cards from this product, since I already have a ton, will go to other collectors!

However this one that was in the second pack at the bottom will be staying in my collection

. This is why I made the purchase.

 

Gotta love throwback breaks with the wax packs. I liked this Bowman design and wished they would take a look back in time at the design and make a comeback with it in new products. However, the bigger sized card I didn't care for as much.

And no, don't worry, I didn't eat the gum.

 Let us know your thoughts on this break!

Retro Break: 1994 Pacific Triple Folder Football

Recently went to my first flea market and found a bunch of deals. This only cost me $1a pack. I bought two packs because that's all they had. If they had more, you better bet I would have snatched them.

Each pack came with a oversized fold-out cards and with 1 bonus card as well.

 

Here are the outside of the cards

 

The cards opened up like a menu

 

Two bonus cards

I liked these because they brought back memories of when I first started getting deep into collecting. I at one point gave these a try when they first were released. Unique concept. Wished companies would do more innovative things like this now-a-days.

Let us know your thoughts on this break and if you remember them!

Nice Cardsmiths Break Mail Day

Got this bad boy in the mail the other day. I luckily caught the fact that Cardsmiths were breaking Gold Standard while I was gone on a trip, I always keep tabs on the blog, Twitter and Facebook when away, and didn't miss out on this break. I have never busted the product before. Usually can't afford it.

 It was a random break meaning I could have ended up with any team. At first I was truly hoping to land the 49ers to try and get Kaepernick, but was glad when the Falcons were the team I ended up with especially getting such a nice rookie/auto/patch card of their top wide receiver!

It's this kind of mojo why I try to send you guy's their way!

Let me know your thoughts!

Upper Deck NPN Mail Day Quad Soccer style!

 

Another nice card from Upper Deck's online NPN program. No Purchase Necessary programs are great and with Upper Deck's being so easy online this is the best one to enter. Not to mention, I have had some decent returns on it.

Let me know your thoughts on this card!

Hobby Bucket List

Everyone has a bucket list for something. This is my hobby bucket list. These are 5 Things I Would like to accomplish in the hobby before..well..you know.

Some of these I don't know if I will ever accomplish. But maybe. A collector can dream can't they?

Starting off number 5 on the list...Own An Eli Manning Autograph. Been wanting one for years. Can't really afford one and trading isn't really my thing. So hopefully down the road pack pulling after many years will land me one. He is one of my favorite Giants players and having an autograph of the two-time Super Bowl MVP would be a great addition to my collection.

Number 4 on my list is to own a Michael Jordan Rookie Card. Come on, its obvious. The guys the best ever in basketball. Despite being a Knicks fan and dreading having to see him play my team and win all of the time I have come to a realization that he's just unbeatable and a must have to anyone's collection. I will also add a '52 Mantle to number 4. Iconic card.

Number 3 leads me to wanting to open up a case of cards. I have never done it. I can barely afford a box sometimes. So opening a case would be a dream come true. Sort of why I pushed to win the one that Topps was giving away so badly about a month ago. I would have given a box to one of you guys, but wasn't a winner. Just to had won it and opened most of it was enough for me. Hopefully someday this can be crossed off from this list.

Number 2 is visiting Panini America. Would love to chill with the guys I always interact with on Twitter and finally meeting them in person.Not to mention, taking a tour of a card company has got to be up on this list as well. I wanna see the piece of cardboard I collect from start to finish on how its made.

And Number 1, by far the most important of them all and one I am sure ALL collectors would agree with....landing on a card yourself. I would love to be on a piece of cardboard and finding myself in packs. Or seeing others collecting me. And if I had to choose, I would include my blog as part of it. You know something like Top Blogger or Rookie Blogger Of The Year type of thing.

Let me know your thoughts on my bucket list and what you would put onto yours.

Retro Break: 1989 Topps Baseball

Recently went to my first flea market and found a bunch of deals. This only cost me $1a pack. I bought four packs because that's all they had. Believe me, would have gone for more!

Love to bust the classic wax.

 

 

 

 

 

Tried to put all of the best cards to be seen on top. The rest are well, you know. No good rookies were found in this break. Just a bunch of commons that will end up in another collectors hands at some point.

Griffey wasn't found in this product. He was in the traded series. However, Biggio, Johnson, Sheffield, and Smoltz

And yes, here's the gum. Maybe we should give it away...would you consider it a collectible?

Let us know your thoughts on this break!

A RETRO kind of Upper Deck NPN Mail

 

 

When I had entered for the Fleer Retro Basketball part on Upper Deck's online NPN program I was hoping to be a recipient. I was always a huge fan of Fleer and Skybox products as I have put in other posts before. So when that NPN envelope arrived I was stoked to had found this!

Your thoughts and comments on this Upper Deck NPN Mail Day is always welcomed!

Panini's The National Memorabila and Autograph Cards 2013

Panini has revealed the last couple of days images of Memorabilia and Autograph cards you can find in their wrapper redemption program from The National.

WARNING: Try not to drool on your keyboard.

Memorabilia Cards:

Not only did Panini capture some of their employees and include them into the cards:

 

They have an added bonus to these Tools Of The Trade Memorabilia cards by adding sweat from players. It's like 2 memorabilia cards in one!!

 

  

 

These glove pieces are really cool!

Autograph Cards:

  

 

 

 

 

 

To me, these look excellent. And the biggest positive to me, is the fact that its not everyday cards. These are not things you are going to find in packs. You won't find sketch cards like these, you won't find towel cards and you especially won't find Panini employee cards.

Let us know your thoughts on these cards and if you are going to The National.

Goldin Auctions National Plans 2013

With the National a week away, more and more sports related companies are revealing their plans daily on what to expect. 

Goldin Auctions has something big in its plans. At their booth they are offering collectors  a chance at  $1,500 in prizes during the show from July 31-August 4. Each day, collectors who visit the their Booth and register for the company's Fall Auction catalog, or confirm that they are already registered, are entered into a drawing to win a GoldinAuctions.com $100 gift certificate. Then the coolest thing is by weeks end, all registrants are entered to win a $1,000 gift certificate.

Another reason to go to their booth other than the excellent prizes, is the selection of memorabilia on display  that's available in the company's Fall Auction. The list includes, game used bats from Babe Ruth (autographed), Lou Gehrig, Roberto Clemente (rookie season) and Jimmy Foxx; a Derek Jeter 1996 rookie season game-used Yankee batting helmet; The Cambridge Find of over 170 19th century cards which have remained in original family hands for 125 years; The Jeremy Kable basketball collection of in-person acquired game used and autographed basketball memorabilia; Penny Marshall's personal game-used and photo-matched Michael Jordan jersey; and more.

Once again, this is yet another tease on why I would want to go to the National.

Review: BCW Card Sorting Tray

This arrived yesterday. I think someone from BCW Supplies must have read my Sorting Series because this genius of a product is right up my alley.

As stated in my Sorting Series, you can find the series on the blog by searching Sorting, or maybe you already read them but you know I really sort when I bust a box or even a pack of cards. I have a pile for rookies, rookie inserts, star players, commons, inserts, my teams, and so on. This beautiful tray will help me BIG TIME in sorting cards. I usually have to make my piles on the table and at times they fall over causing me to having to re-sort them. Now, with this, I can place them into the slots. And there are plenty of them. Overall, the BCW Card Sorting tray holds 20 slots and 4 deep slots on the side. This thing is also much bigger than what I saw in previews of the item.

 

This is just an example of the card sorting. This isn't cards that I have sorted yet. As of now, I am caught up so my tray at this point is empty. But look how easy it is to use and how much room you have to sort your cards with.

If you sort cards like me, I truly recommend getting this nice tray. Or even if you don't, it will still come in handy to keep what you do sort separate. I can tell already that it's going to be a HUGE help the next time I make a card purchase.

To Find This Product And More Check Out The BCW Website: http://www.bcwsupplies.com/

MLB Fan Cave Mail Day

A visit from the UPS man dropped off this awesome shirt I had "won" from MLB Fan Cave. I put the words "won" like this because technically I scored this shirt from their pure generosity. I didn't win a contest, though I keep wishing too. They have some tremendous giveaways including autographed baseballs of a lot of players, one in particular I really want of Robinson Cano.

The shirt is pretty sweet though. Well made and comfy.

If you have Twitter or Facebook, I recommend giving these guys a follow. Not only great contests, but fun baseball related topics including videos, score updates and more. Or if you live closer, go visit the MLB Fan Cave in 692 Broadway, NY, NY.

FORGOTTEN: Pacific Vanguard Football 2001

Here is our NEW segment on Sport Card Collectors. This segment is not about the players per say, its more about the cards and design. We will focus our efforts on bringing you brands you may have forgotten about over time. Sports for these products will include basketball, football and baseball products.

 

Another one of these unique Pacific brands. Its too bad they aren't into the card biz anymore. They did a great job with some products. This being one of them.

The card stock for the product wasn't only just foil board, but was thick. This type of foil board with thickness made it so cards wouldn't have dented corners as easily. Something that we all should appreciate. There isn't many base cards that are like this anymore.

Key rookies in this product included Chris Chambers, Reggie Wayne, Deuce McAllister, Santana Moss, Drew Brees, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Rudi Johnson. One of the more unique things I really enjoyed was the double sided jersey cards that fell about two per box. Some fun matchups and a swatch on each side.I pulled one with Aeneas Williams and my boy from NYG Jason Seahorn.

There were 24 packs per box and 4 cards per pack There are also unique colored parallels too that were numbered.

No box price as of now as not too many are found on the market.

FORGOTTEN: 2000 Pacific Football

Here is our NEW segment on Sport Card Collectors. This segment is not about the players per say, its more about the cards and design. We will focus our efforts on bringing you brands you may have forgotten about over time. Sports for these products will include basketball, football and baseball products.

  

Pacific is another one of those companies I miss in the football card biz. They put out some great products in the 90's all the way up to the early 2000's. I like the borderless photography of this product and the creativity they brought to other products.

There are 36 packs per box and 12 cards per pack in 2000 Pacific Football. Ton of great rookies including Tom Brady, Shaun Alexander, LaVar Arrington, Jamal Lewis, Chad Pennington, Jake Delhomme, Plaxico Burress, and Thomas Jones. And randomly inserted autographs as well. Among unique offerings for inserts including fan favorite die-cuts.

What are your thoughts on Pacific and the many products they offered in the 90's? Had you, FORGOTTEN about them?

Fan Box Break: 2013 Elite Football Hits

One of our regular fans here at Sport Card Collectors, mrblu1976, emailed us pics from his Elite break from his LCS. Now, we haven't yet busted any or have really seen that much of the product.

He not only wanted to share the pulls with us, but with you guys as well. Let us and him know your thoughts!!

The Knile Davis is 161/399, chance Warmack 2/25, Desmond Trufant 56/299, and Aaron Dobson 39/99

We are always willing to share your hits or collections as well. Just email us at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com and give us pics and descriptions!

FORGOTTEN: 2003 Topps Bazooka Baseball

Here is our NEW segment on Sport Card Collectors. This segment is not about the players per say, its more about the cards and design. We will focus our efforts on bringing you brands you may have forgotten about over time. Sports for these products will include basketball, football and baseball products.

 

Bazooka Gum and Topps have been hand to hand forever so in 2003 Topps made a baseball card product called Topps Bazooka. With 24 packs, 9 cards per pack and 3 Relic Cards per box at a reasonable price it was a product for those young and old. 

There were also fun inclusions like Stamps, StandUps and of course comics to find as well. Another thing to note is Bazooka Joe could also be found in the product.

Boxes can still be found now for about $40 a box. 

Let us know your thoughts on Topps Bazooka.

FORGOTTEN: 2003 Playoff Hogg Heaven

Here is our NEW segment on Sport Card Collectors. This segment is not about the players per say, its more about the cards and design. We will focus our efforts on bringing you brands you may have forgotten about over time. Sports for these products will include basketball, football and baseball products.

 

Not only is this a popular insert, but back in 2003 Playoff created a whole product based around it. Every hobby box contained 3 game used and autographs and 5 leather cards. I found the leather cards to be very cool innovation. And you can actually smell it. And don't tell me you don't smell your cards as well. Who doesn't?

Most memorabilia in the product is numbered and printed on the leather cards. Inserts as well.

Every hobby box also had 20 packs per box and 5 cards per pack. We don't have a box price on this product.

The design is very well done with the football bump appeal and the team logo hidden behind the player. The player also being in full color jumps off from the cardboard. The rookies appear as Rookie Premier materials or plain like the base cards. Some key players Willis McGahee, Carson Palmer, Ken Hamlin, Kelley Washington among others.

Let us know if you had Forgotten about this product or had collected it. Also give us your thoughts on the base card design, as we stated above, its very unique and eye catchy.

A Ruby Of An Upper Deck NPN Mail Day

 

This was a nice find in my mail box. This card is limited to 100. This happens to also be a product I wished Upper Deck would also bring back to other sports as well such as football. I really like the parallels in this product.

With another great Upper Deck NPN mail day let me know if you have ever gotten one!

FORGOTTEN: 2001 Quantum Leaf Football

Here is our NEW segment on Sport Card Collectors. This segment is not about the players per say, its more about the cards and design. We will focus our efforts on bringing you brands you may have forgotten about over time. Sports for these products will include basketball, football and baseball products.

 

With base cards with such appeal as the shine starburst,  I am surprised that Quantum Leaf didn't carry over for more than a couple of years.This could have been a product easily off from our Forgotten series list. 

The outstanding look, other than the starburst rainbow shine shine, is the the lack of border and added photography to these base cards makes them even more appealing.

Key rookies from the 2001 set are Chris Chambers, Reggie Wayne, Deuce McAllister, Santana Moss, Drew Brees, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Rudi Johnson. Three of these rookies in which will be Hall Of Famers one day.

Hobby boxes had 24 packs per box and 5 cards per pack. There were a number of inserts to find as well.

Let us know if you remember this classic and one that we had Forgotten about but still enjoy.

Prizm 2013-2014 Hockey..Wow!!

In September the tease we saw of Prizm Hockey back in Rookie Anthology comes to full bloom in its own product. Prizm Hockey 13-14 hobby boxes come packed  with two autographs, at least two Prizm parallels and 20 Rookie Cards in every 20-pack hobby box.

 

 

I really like the added color to the base cards. This will greatly improve their appeal.

 

Prizms..its all about the chase..the rainbows of your favorite player!

 

 
I also like the additions of die-cuts. Who doesn't like die-cuts

Prizm will also feature three levels of autographs as well as hobby exclusive Orange Die-Cut Prizms (numbered to 50), Gold Prizms (numbered to 10) and Finite Black Prizms (numbered to only one).

But with this product as with the past ones, there is a retail chase for retail versions of the product by including Green Prizm parallels in retail configurations, Red and Red Pulsar Prizms for Target, and Blue and Blue Pulsar Prizms for Walmart

Let's hear your thoughts on 2013-2014 Prizm hockey with not only its first time release, but being released during #paninisdoublerookieclass.

FANdom Card Of The Day: 2012 Topps Chrome Rookie Autographs Refractors Ryan Broyles

2012 Topps Chrome Rookie Autographs Refractors #186 Ryan Broyles

BIG THANKS goes out to Jammin JDcards for providing this card for us to share today!

FANdom Card Of The Day: 2012-13 Panini Brilliance Spellbound Kyrie Irving

2012-13 Panini Brilliance Spellbound #68 Kyrie Irving

BIG THANKS goes out to Jammin JDcards for providing this card for us to share today!

Cover Boys Revealed For Panini's NFL Sticker Album 2013

 

Panini released who their 6 cover boys for their next week retail release of NFL Sticker Album. The cover contains top rookie QB's from last season and popular players Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and newbie Colin Kaepernick.

This years 72-page full-color album includes 488 new stickers (360 standard stickers, including 32 NFL Rush Zone Team Rusher stickers, 96 Foil stickers and 32 Holo Glitter stickers). It also includes sections devoted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2013, Super Bowl XLVII and the NFL Rush Zone.

Each of the 2013 NFL Sticker Collection packets include seven stickers and retail for $1. The 72-page album will retail for $2. You can find the albums at retailers nationwide including Target, Walmart, Michaels, Learning Express, AC Moore, Shopko, K-mart and Dollar Tree. The collection is also available at the Panini America Online store.

FANdom Card Of The Day: 2013 Upper Deck Rookie Exclusives Geno Smith

2013 Upper Deck Rookie Exclusives #REGS Geno Smith

BIG THANKS goes out to Jammin JDcards for providing this card for us to share today!