Showing posts with label 1993. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1993. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Top 10 National Pick-Ups: #6. OH NOEZ!!!!!

#6: 1993 Finest Bip Roberts

Paid $0.10.




Like 2001 Topps Archives, 1993 Finest is a set that I'm trying to build card-by-card. I saw a stack of about a dozen '93 Finest commons in a dime box and found this card of Mr. Roberts.

Yeah, I had it already. But c'mon! Ten cents for The Bipper? Not bad.

#10: It's for "Members Only"
#9: The case of the mysterious rookie reprints
#8: 75 for 25
#7: A point is a point
#6: OH NOEZ!!!!!
#5: What do they know about partying? Or anything else?
#4: Epix Mo-Jo!!!
#3: Satisfyin' the ladies, one printin' plate at a time
#2: The Mother of all junk waxboxes
#1: Ironic ain't just the name of an Alanis Morrisette song

Monday, July 11, 2011

JUNKWAXAPALOOZA 2011! 1993 Leaf Series One Jumbos

Friday, October 15, 2010

What to do with a box of porno cards?

WARNING: This video box break is of an adult nature and is for adults only.



I wound up busting the rest of the box, and you didn't miss much. The collation was so awful that I'm still two cards short of the full 100-card base set.

Think about that. There are 360 cards in this box, and I'm still missing cards #99 & #100. But at least I have seven "Danielle Dangerously's."

There's also one other thing about this box. I have no interest in keeping ANY of these cards in my collection. Don't get me wrong, I LOVVVVVE the ladies; and yes, like most men my age, from time-to-time, I like looking at pornography.

But I don't like going to the kinds of places where many of the subjects of this card set are employed. The DJ's are annoying. The drinks are overpriced. And, like Chris Rock said, there is no sex in the Champagne Room. None.

But what I really don't like are the employees; i.e. the kinds of women depicted in this card set. I don't like skanky women.

I don't want these cards; but as a card collector, I can't bring myself to throw them away. They are trading cards, after all.

So, I throw this question to the floor: What should I do with a box full of porno cards?

1) Put 'em on eBay.

But who the hell is going to want only 98% of a set? And does anyone really, really, need eight Regina Price "rookie" cards?

2) "Bip" people with them.

But then if I Bip the wrong person, I run the risk of seriously offending the recipient. And the last thing I need is to be placed on a sex offender registry.

3) Send them all back to Tom The Ripper.

This is the easy way out, and the path of least resistance. Just ship 'em all back from whence they came.

4) Bite the bullet and just throw them in the garbage.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Always be Collecting: 1993 Fleer


1993 Fleer

Base Set: 720 cards (two series of 360 each)
Inserts:
  • Tom Glavine Career Highlights: 15 cards (cards 1-12 exclusive to all pack types, cards 13-15 available via a wrapper redemption offer)
  • All-Stars: 24 cards (12 National Leaguers exclusive to series one wax, 12 American Leaguers in series two wax)
  • Golden Moments: 6 cards (3 in series one wax, 3 in series two wax)
  • Major League Prospects: 36 cards (18 in series one wax, 18 in series two wax)
  • Pro-Visions: 6 cards (3 in series one wax, 3 in series two wax)
  • Rookie Sensations: 20 cards (10 cards in series one jumbos, 10 in series two jumbos)
  • Team Leaders: 20 cards (10 American Leaguers exclusive to series one racks, 10 National Leaguers exclusive to series two racks)
Autogamers: Tom Glavine Career Highlights Autographs

Packaging: 36 pack, 15-card waxboxes; 24 pack, 29-card jumbo boxes; 24 pack, 18-card retail-only rack boxes.
Notable Cards: Tom Glavine Career Highlights Autograph, Team Leader inserts
Other Notes:
  • First Fleer set released in multiple series.
  • First Fleer set with UV coating (on obverse).
  • Simple, silver-bordered design.
  • "Round Tripper" and "League Leader" subsets.
  • Last year for rack packs.
  • Speaking of which, here's a challenge: find an opened 1993 Fleer rack box. Go ahead, I dare you.
Full Set: $40 (NmMT)


1993 Fleer Final Edition

Base Set: 300 cards
Inserts:
  • Diamond Tribute: 10 cards
Notable Cards: Jim Edmonds RC, lots and lots of Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies.
Other Notes:
  • Renamed "Final Edition" for one year.
  • Largest Update/Final Edition set to date.
  • Features the complete Opening Day rosters of the Marlins and Rockies.
  • Card #F131 of Ozzie Smith who was curiously excluded from both series of '93 Fleer.
Full Set (factory): $10 (NmMT)