Comin' In Hot:Tis The Season Mail Day

Last week I got an email from Jeff over at 2 by 3 Heroes asking if my address was the same and I responded yes. Only one can assume that meant some form of mail day was coming.

A few days later, these two boxes showed up.

And they were packed!!

The bulk of the mail day was from my claims of Jeff's Tis The Season last year. I had actually forgotten about making the claims until this mail day showed up and I recognized some of the cards.

The stacks are mainly non sport related and that's exactly what I wanted.

A stack of Golden Age with the guy on the penny on top of this stack

Goodwin Champions stack. Variety of years.

Some 2015 Americana base

Stack of Maple Leafs

Some 1991 Upper Deck football. I will be using a lot of these in my Caption This segment. I hope to see you guys participate in that. There will be some fun ones to caption especially from that year of Upper Deck.

Autograph of Ozzie...well...Jeff. I have never seen a card used like this before. It's a good idea to write notes on. He could be onto something for junk wax....

Some football inserts. I like the Rice for my PC of him and the Cameron is shiny. Prizm has some great parallels.

I have always liked the playing cards from Golden Age.

Clint Frazier GQ Fortune Teller

Jeff also sent along a ton of Yanks

A-Rod

Gary Sanchez rookie. Can't go wrong with that.

DJ I didn't have. Still my favorite Yankee.

Topps Flashbacks. Didn't have this one.

Joe D. I think these are fun sets to collect, but at least use a different image. At first I thought he sent a stack of the same card haha.

I see Godzilla!

Mickey Mantle

For some reason when I saw this card, the Wonder Years theme song piped in my head

Golden Age stack of mini's. Parallel backs as well.

Sammie Coates relic. I like the layout on these. Not just a tiny square swatch but a giant swatch with a player laid over the top

And a Sean Mannion auto to finish the mail day.

Well, I obviously didn't show all of my cards as there was TONS. I had to put it by stack or this could have been a very long series.

Thanks to Jeff for his generosity and hope to see you back in the blogging universe again.

Mail Day Saturday:Got Hit By A 2x3

Back a few months ago, I was one of the lucky ones who was able to grab one of Jeff over at 2x3 Heroes Blog Tis The Season giveaway lots.

Being a big non-sport collector, something my blog name doesn't admit to, I snatched up the one lot with what appeared to be a bunch of celeb goodness and I confirmed that yesterday when the package arrived.

Inside was everything I thought I could spot from the picture and even more. I was pretty happy with my findings so let's take a look.

Up first, some 2015 Americana set needs. I am hoping this will narrow down what I need. I haven't published the post on this blog yet, but I was able to pickup a marked down box of 2015 Americana that provided me with my biggest hit in awhile but also got me started on a set I hope to complete. I should be posting that break in the next week or two.

 

A good selection of celebs I didn't have here.

 

A look at some famous moments

Some more Americana fun. This time in insert form.

 

On The Tube die-cuts.

 

And a stunning On The Tube parallel. And I am not just talking about the card design itself. I have been a fan of Dushku's for awhile.

 

Some pretty slick parallels here including Bradley Cooper who I liked best from the Hangover movies. I also didn't know they made a red foil parallel. Biz Markie's pose on his card is just askin you if you "say you're just a friend"

I thought that was the end, but there were bonus finds as well!

Heroes Of Baseball inserts from Leaf I have never seen or owned some nice additions to my players PC.

 

Including a couple of Stan Musials too!

 

 

And we finish it up with a card that's dope! Well........

 

Awesome Willie Nelson relic add to my celeb PC!  Was a really nice surprise!

A HUGE thanks goes out to 2x3 Heroes for the awesome mail day. I really loved all of the cards.

Contest Mail Day From 2x3 Heroes!

Around Christmas time, the blog 2x3 heroes was running a Christmas contest and I was one of the winners for a lot of football cards. I received my prize yesterday but with internet down, I couldn't post it til today.

So let's check out what was sent shall we?

Love this card despite Justin not being in a Giants uni. But once a Giant, always a Giant to me.Going to miss him in the league as I hoped he would return back to NY this year, but I wish him the best on his recent retirement.

 

Next up some sweet looking inserts! Some rainbow shine on the Ebron and I like the hands die cut of Nelson.

 

Some rookie cards including Kahlil Mack and Jarvis Landry. 

 

Some possible set helpers in here 

 

and in here. Will have to check my checklists first. 

 

A thanks goes out to 2x3 heroes for the mail day. I really appreciate it! If you haven't yet, go check out his blog.