Night Owl Drops a Pellet Full of Goodness
Night Owl Cards is one of my favorite blogs to follow. I find the writing very relatable and share many of the opinions Greg has on the hobby. This week I was surprised by a thank you package from the card hooter that contained some sweet stuff. Thank you Night Owl!
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| Always need these. Its awesome when I get a stack of them. |
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| What a year for the Tigers team set. Look at that talent! |
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| Some harder to find PC cards I needed. |
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| Reg and Sparkly! |
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| I needed that Stadium Club RC bad! |
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| PC Dudes |
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| The Hometown Heroes team set |
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| I've busted a lot of packs for this card. Thankfully I can stop wasting money now. |
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| PC and Tiger players from my personal "dead era" of collecting. I have barely anything from 1999-2003. |
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| Take a closer look at Jonesy. Wow. The trainer ran out of peroxide that day. |
St. Patrick's Card Show
I was born on St. Patrick's day. I like to think that makes me a little luckier than most but I do have to field the "Oh man, you must have crazy birthdays" comments when alcoholics find out. I have never done a pub crawl or gotten sloppy on my birthday but I always have fun. This past birthday I hit up the local card show the day after. I got to meet Dennis from Too Many Verlanders as I posted earlier and got to spend some pocket change. Here's the haul: |
| I have been craving some 1993 Fun Pack for a few months now. So finding 1994 for $7 helped a little. The 1993-1996 era of cards was my wheelhouse. It was so much fun to break but about 30 seconds in I felt guilty keeping it to myself. This box is meant to be opened with a kid. There are so many packs, interactive cards, and the colors and names are amazing. I am going to buy up some more of this to bust with Nolan in about 10 years. |
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| Look at these names. Soaked in nostalgia. |
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| Where did heat activated cards go? Maybe the gov't bought the technology. |
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| My other big purchase (by size not price) was a box of 1990 Topps Traded for $3, The Nolan Ryan express set for $2 so maybe I'll stop buying them from dimeboxes...maybe, and a binder. The binder was $2 and inside is the complete set of 1992 fleer with prospects and provisions! |
From there I hit the singles boxes. The nickel box had not been refilled so I settle for dime, quarter and dollar.
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| /499 |
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| /99 |
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| Never pass a good Griffey for cheap, its easy trade bait all day |
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| Can't pass up another Tino RC for pennies |
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| Nice refractor and Flair RC |
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| I have a not so PC, PC collection of Longoria. I respect the guys game for sure. Plus, two cards stuffed into one toploader for a quarter isn't bad. |
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| I have this somewhere but can't find it. |
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| Yup |
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| Super cool Story RC. |
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| Rarish Rocket cards. |
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| More Jimmy |
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| Signed Weaver card? Yes please! He was our "ace" for a while. |
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| I love this set. |
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| Do you think the photographer in the photo was mad that the photographer of this card stole this shot and it turned out cooler than his idea? |
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| Like it says "gold". |
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| Yup. Centered cards be damned. This card is sweet. |
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| Love it |
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| The start of a complete silver signature checklist set. |
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| Wonder when that was written? |
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| Numbered Kapler from the early years of numbered cards. |
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| Cha. |
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| Die Cuts |
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| Numbered Thome, you bet! |
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| When prizms really popped! |
