Wanna win a freakin’ Razor Cut Sig? Well, I’m gonna win it, so nyah. 😛 But if you still insist on entering, go to the Trader Crack’s blog to enter anyway.
That’s all, folks!
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Kevin Kouzmanoff Sketch Card
Here one of Sooz of A Cardboard Problem‘s three sketch cards. I’m posting it because it’s the only one I can say for sure is done (Jeter I decided to color all the way, and I’ll leave the decision on Kapler’s completedness for Sooz to make). So without further ado:
Teh Kouz for Sooz...
Hope ya like it, Sooz! I’ll get everything sent once I finally finish Jeter & possibly Kapler.
The never-ending pursuit of artistic competence… I mean, excellence!
2009 Allen & Ginter Blaster
I cannot believe I found these at K-Mart. The blaster kinda sucked overall, but I can knock a few more off the wantlist. Let’s breakitdown:
Pack 1 (easily the best of the bunch)
9 Ryan Theriot
280 Shin-Soo Choo
125 Randy Johnson
AGHS4 Carlos Zambrano Baseball Highlights Sketch- Keeper!
275 Vlad Guerrero Mini- Double Keeper!
NP66 Joba Chamberlain National Pride
Had I not had the first two, this pack would’ve been four outta six in keepers. As it is, two is still solid.
Pack 2
210 Johan Santana
181 Aaron Rowand
41 Victor Martinez
326 Cameron Maybin SP
93 David DeJesus Mini
NP65 Carlos Delgado National Pride
Whole lotta trade bait.
Pack 3
184 Chris Young
11 Jacoby Ellsbury
60 Matt Holliday- The Cards could wreak havoc with the landscape of the National League picking up Holliday AND Mark DeRosa. Two legit bats to protect Pujols when there were really none before.
93 David DeJesus
164 Erik Bedard Mini
NP64 Francisco Liriano National Pride
Pack 4
94 Paul Maholm
18 Clyde Parris
178 Adam LaRoche
321 Kelly Shoppach SP
279 Jon Lester Mini
NP67 Adrian Gonzalez National Pride
Crack the Code ad- These things make good decoys. They add size to the pack being a 7th card, and weigh more and give the pack a level of rigidness close to that of a hit pack.
Pack 5
121 Ryan Church
232 Everth Cabrera Padres RC
250 Grady Sizemore
282 Eric Chavez
218 Bobby Parnell Mets RC Ginter Back Mini
NP68 Ichiro Suzuki National Pride- Woohoo, keeper!
Pack 6
113 Rafael Furcal
202 Conor Jackson
92 Joe Mauer
329 Carlos Gomez SP
66 Alex Rodriguez (horrendously miscut) Black-Bordered Mini
NP69 Ryan Rowland-Smith National Pride
Pack 7
187 Brett Myers
244 Carlos Beltran
17 Manny Ramirez
215 Jed Lowrie Ginter Code Parallel
61 Burke Kenny Mini!
NP70 Carlos Pena (damaged) National Pride
8th and final pack
227 Neslson Cruz
55 Alex Rios
96 Geronimo- Keeper!
317 Jeff Baker SP
237 Walton Glenn Eller Mini
NP71 Josh Hamilton National Pride
Well, there ya go. Nothing to write home about. About to fall asleep, so I’ll mess with adding stuff to for trade and want lists later today.
2009 Allen & Ginter Tradelist
Here’s the 2009 Allen & Ginter I have to trade:
Base- 2, 5, 7, 9, 11(x2), 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 28, 32, 41, 46, 52, 53, 55, 56, 59, 60, 66, 70, 76, 77, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 94(x2), 98, 99, 103, 104, 105, 110, 111, 113(x2), 114, 115, 117(x2), 121(x2), 124, 125, 126, 130, 133, 134, 138, 140, 144, 151, 153, 157(x2), 161, 164, 165, 170, 173, 177, 178, 181(x2), 182, 183, 184(x2), 185, 187(x2), 188, 193, 200, 202(2), 203, 204, 207, 208, 210(x2), 214, 216, 219(x2), 221, 222, 223, 224, 227(x2), 232(x2), 233, 235, 236, 240, 244, 247, 248, 250(x2), 251, 254, 256, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 269, 271, 273, 277, 280, 282, 283, 287, 288, 295, 298
SPs- 311, 313, 317, 318, 321, 324, 325, 326, 329, 334, 336(x2), 345, 350(x2)
Ginter Code Parallels- 222 Akinori Iwamura, 233 John Lackey
Minis- 14, 26, 31, 61, 72, 88, 93, 114, 164, 188, 194, 202, 206, 237, 258
Mini SPs- 319 Gary Sheffield
Ginter Back Minis- 3, 13, 47, 154, 218, 248, 261
Black Bordered Minis- 66 Alex Rodriguez, 144 Joakim Soria, 170 Lance Berkman
National Pride- 44, 45, 46, 48(x2), 49(x2), 50, 51, 52, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64(x2), 65(x2), 66, 67(x2), 69, 70, 71
Hits
Relics- AGR-BD Blake DeWitt Framed Bat, AGR-NM Nate McClouth Framed Jersey
Autos- AJA-CJ Conor Jackson Framed Auto
Will add more as I get it, and I will be getting more.
2009 Allen & Ginter Official-ish Wantlist
A specific wantlist for 2009 Allen & Ginter has been requested by a couple of fellow bloggers, so here it is. I need all of the following:
Base- 23 Kristin Armstrong, 24 Steve Wiebe, 33 Florence Nightingale, 34 Ryan Dempster, 39 Hanley Ramirez, 45 Derrek Lee, 96 Geronimo, 97 Art Pennington, 116 Charles Darwin, 128 Red Moore, 136 Mickey Mantle, 141 Carlos Zambrano, 143 Robbie Maddison, 146 Rich Harden, 213 Stephanie Brown Trafton, 220 Suez Canal, 228 Will Simpson/Archie Bunker, 234 Wyatt Earp, 238 Vincent Van Gogh, 246 General Custer, 255 Aramis Ramirez, 257 Heinrich Hertz, 259 Napoleon Bonaparte, 260 Louis Braille, 275 Vlad Guerrero, 289 Milky Way, 300 David Ortiz
309 Kosuke Fukudome SP, 310 Old Faithful SP, 331 Jeff Samardzija SP, 340 Richard Gatling SP, 346 Dominique Wilkins SP
Minis-
9 Ryan Theriot, 18 Clyde Parris, 23, 24, 34, 35 Geovany Soto (maybe, card sorta unnerves me), 39, 45, 57 Frank Evans, 95 David Patton, 97, 100 Ichiro Suzuki, 112 Millito Navarro, 128, 132 Anna Tunnicliffe 136, 141, 142 LaShawn Merritt, 146, 175 Alfonso Soriano, 186 Adrian Beltre, 212 Mariel Zagunis, 213, 228, 243 Alexander Cartwright, 255, 275, 276 Michael Phelps, 278 Herb Simpson, 280 Shin-Sii Choo, 290 Cat Osterman, 297 Kolan McConiughey, 300
309 SP, 331 SP (maybe, already have Ginter Back)
Also want any and all parallels of said minis.
Mini Exclusives- Specific ones I want are 358 Hanley Ramirez, 373 Geovany Soto, 381 Rich Harden, and 396 Ryan Howard, but I’ll take any of these if you don’t want them.
Inserts (These are what I have, need the rest…)-
National Pride- NP4 Geovany Soto, NP5 Ryan Dempster, NP29 Alfonso Soriano, NP32 Rich Harden, NP33 Hanley Ramirez, NP39 Shin-Soo Choo, NP68 Ichiro Suzuki
Brian Kong Baseball Highlights Sketches- AGHS3 Randy Johnson, AGHS16 Alex Rodriguez, AGHS17 Chipper Jones
National Heroes- NH1 George Washington (USA), NH19 Vasil Levski (Bulgaria), NH34 General Jose de san Martin (Argentina)
Creatures of Legends, Myth, & Terror- I have none.
Extinct Creatures- I have none.
Inventions of the Future- I have none.
World’s Biggest Hoaxes, Hoodwinks, & Bamboozles (Lowest Priority)- HHB10 DB Cooper, HHB15 The Bathtub Hoax, HHB16 The Cottingley Fairies
Hits-
Relics- AGR-IS Ichiro Suzuki, AGR-VG Vlad Guerrero, AGR-JRH Rich Harden, AGR-IS2 Ichiro Suzuki, AGR-DO David Ortiz, AGR-HR Hanley Ramirez, AGR-AS Alfonso Soriano, AGR-KF Kosuke Fukudome, AGR-MM Mickey Mantle
Any and all of the other sports champions/oddballs/mythical creatures as well.
Autos- AGA-DO David Ortiz, AGA-HR Hanley Ramirez
Any and all champions from other sports/Negro League Stars/oddballs as well.
Boxloaders-
Cabinet Boxloader- CB1 de Caster/Kingsale, CB2 Cepeda/Gourriel, CB3 Wright/Roberts, CB4 Aoki/Matsuzaka, CB5 Iwakuma/Ichiro, CB6 Jefferson/Hancock, CB8 Truman/Pearson, CB9 Lincoln/Grant, CB10 JFK/Krushchev
N43 Boxloader- N43-RH Ryan Howard
N43 Relics- N43BR-VG Vlad Guerrero, N43BR-YD Yub Darvish, N43BR-JY Jin Young Lee, N43BR-YG Yulieski Gourriel, N43BR-NA Norichika Aoki, N43BR-FF Fei Feng
Pipe Dreams- Kosuke Fukudome Dick Perez Originals, Cat Osterman Auto, Yu Darvish N43 Relic, Any Unripped Rip Card
I think that abouut covers everything. I’ll knock stuff off (or add, for the inserts) as I trade for it or pull it or buy it myself. Cards in italics are in the process of being traded for.
A Couple A&G Retail Packs
Exactly what it says on the tin.
Pack 1
254 John Maine
219 Nate McClouth
61 Burke Kenny- The beard guy!
336 Ryan Ludwick SP
HHB10 DB Cooper World’s Biggest Hoaxes, Hoodwinks, & Bamboozles
NP49 Max Scherzer National Pride- The anti-collection strikes… -.-;
Pack 2
256 Jose Lopez
202 Conor Jackson
188 Chris Davis
AGHS3 Randy Johnson Baseball Highlights Sketch
258 Felix Hernandez mini
NP64 Francisco Liriano National Pride
Burke Kenny, DB Cooper, and the Randy Johnson Sketch are keepers. The rest are available. I’ll post a list of what I have to offer after I do the wantlist.
One other think of note. I have a repack box full of crappiness that will be hitting A Pack to be Named Later over the coming weeks & months. And these lamo packs that I’ll be posting, I will be giving them away to “lucky” commentors. So if you’ve ever wanted some X-Files season 2 or Shrek 2 or Dinosaurs Attack! cards, your time is comin’. If you’ve ever wanted to see a Miss Piggy-fied Ottawa Senators logo(!), your time is comin’.
That’s all, folks! I’ll get that wantlist up ASAP.
You’re such a tease…
The Lonestarr Personal Collection #5
Someday… I will get that 2009 Allen & Ginter wantlist up. Until then, here’s a card scan of a card that I scanned:
The Front (I think)
The Back (I think)
That is the Movie Posters relic I was raving about when I did the Americana blaster break a few posts back. It’s really cool looking; very cleverly designed. Give the person who came up with this idea a raise, Panini! I’d love to get my mitts on a few more of these.
While they don’t state what article of clothing it is or any other specific, it’s nice that they guarantee it was worn by Jack Lemmon himself.
Hawtness Bonus~!
Here’s a little something extra for all the lovers of lovely ladies, the Witchblade herself. Did that all-too short-lived series ever make it onto DVD? We need mo’ Yancy on our TV screens, I’m just sayin’.
Seriously, more Yancy Butler, Hollywood! Get on that… now!
Madly Distracted
I promise I will get the 2009 Allen & Ginter wantlist posted before too much longer. I desperately need to draw right now though, it’s like I’m totally lusting after drawing and my brain will explode if I don’t do it soon. I will post the wantlist after though.
Renovation and Business Picking Up
Wow, things are starting to get busy at BTHE HQ. My eyes are buggin’ out like Jeremy Borash just thinking about it all. Let me check my schedule…
• It looks like I’ve got no less than three(!) packages currently headed my way to prepare for. The cards I have to send back are set aside (and in one case, pretty much ready to send) at least.
• I’m also in the process of trades with both Marie and Sooz of A Cardboard Problem, as well as Shot Not Taken. All three trades continue to expand exponential-ish from very humble beginnings.
• I’m also in the beginningest of stages of trades with Dayf (doing my trading specialty, aka the “Lonestarr Classic”: send random cards attuned to a person’s liking and hope there aren’t many dupes and then see what comes back) & Ginter Code co-cracker JD’s Wild Cardz (because I’m apparently the only card blogger that ♥’s them some World Baseball Classic).
A public thank you for the assistance with the bubble mailer SASE btw, Dayf. Can I post the guide on it’s own page here on my blog?
• My specific ’09 Allen & Ginter wantlist has been requested by Chris of Nachos Grande and a certain Box Opener, so there may yet be more trades soon. I will post it sometime Wednesday afternoon I think
• I’ve still got my googly eyes on Chris from Sac Bunt‘s available for trade list, and intend to deal with that soon as well. I wonder how far into the list of what I want from him a ’98 Stephen Davis Skybox Autographics auto, a Clinton Portis UD Graded rookie jersey (not actually graded, btw; #ed to /350 though), a Carlos Rogers jersey, and few other Redskins will get me.
• I’ve still got Gint-A-Cuffs scans to edit and blog (totally forgot to scan the backs of the Ginter Back Minis, so it’ll be a bit longer before I get to it still). The rest of the package from White Sox Cards needs edited and posted too.
• Finally, I seem to be heating up artistically, busting out with some somewhat successful sketch cards. I’m starting to think that, even though I’m a total rookie artistically… maybe I don’t suck, and can make something of it.
How do y’all with actual lives & jobs & families & stuff keep your bloggin’s & trades rollin’? I’m getting totally consumed by this without much of that other stuff to worry about… Am I just that immature & disorganized & inefficient? @_@
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Now for the renovation part. My linkies are back! I dunno why that widget deserted me, but it’s back. I’ll put some more people’s up there once I get a little more organized. I tossed a couple other widgets up there too.
My heart is all in on my blog for the first time, so I’m tryin’ to class it up a bit. I’ve made a conscious effort to include more pretty pictures and shamelessly self-promote the blog on twitter. It’s even payed off a bit too. My daily hits have more than doubled (to around 30, but still) as of late. If I ever figure out gimp someday and make myself a banner or something, watch out! 😛
My Joey Votto auto, just because...
And there ain’t no more to say…
White Sox Cards Contest Winnings & Stuff
Recently, Steve of White Sox Cards held a contest on his blog for some of his White Sox duplicates, that I was lucky enough to catch early via being addicted to twitter. After about a half hour of going into full-on internet research mode, the answer hit me out of nowhere, and I was able to answer before anyone else. Saturday evening when I checked my mail on the way out to do some scanning, I found the package had arrived. And what a package it was. *immature giggle over last sentence goes here*
Not only were there White Sox, but also some Cubbies to make up for his end of this (I totally need to make that pic my avatar, btw) trade never making it to me (which I totally forgot about till skimming over old links recently), presumably being lost to whatever mythical place the stuff that the USPS loses goes to. Denver is probably a safe guess.
Anyway, here are some scans of most of the cards from this ridiculously cool and varied lot for your viewing pleasure:
First some Sox…
Nine 2009 Topps White Sox to show off the much-improved photograghy.
Alexei Ramirez is a keeper, and I gave a few of Sox to my dad. He doesn’t really collect, but he’s a big, long-time White Sox fan. Gotta love the airborne Quentin and Konerko.
2006 Fleer Tradition, 2009 Walmart Variation, 1993 Fleer
I think Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye are easily two of the most underrated players of the last 20 years.
I have a blaster’s worth of Target retro, but the Griffey is the first black Walmart variation in my collection. I likey.
The Lance Johnson card is a great shot. It looks like he’s about to lose the ball though.
1986 Topps, 1991 Fleer Ultra, 1992 Donruss Studio
I had no idea how long Steve Lyons was around. This may be because I was a year old in ’86, I dunno.
Fleer Ultra had pretty humble beginnings, eh? Robin Ventura is another underrated Sox star. Is anyone but Frank Thomas not?
I love Studio. I’m keeping that card.
1991 Topps, 2008 Upper Deck First Edition
Is that not a classic Frank Thomas card? A thing of beauty. Why can I not get ’91 Topps in my craptacular repack boxes instead of ’89 Topps?
I know nothing about Lance Broadway other than he has an awesome name. I hope he gets to play for the Mets or Yankees at some point it his career, I’m just sayin’.
2007 Turkey Red
Now that is art. 2007 was the one year Turkey Red looked GOOD and was worthy of being a set of it’s own.
I think I’m gonna break this up into two posts. Watching the Mets & Braves and really wanting to draw, so I’m not all here. So I will leave you with this:
Vintage Baby~!!
1959 Topps Sam Esposito. Wow, you know you’re a hardcore collector when you start getting dupes of cards from the ’50s! What a cool card. Thank you so much, Steve. As soon as I get ahold of some good stuff, I’ll make sure to return the favor.
.::~Outtro~::.
Life and Baseball Cards 