2018 Panini Encased football does the classy high end design really well and something about it just struck my eye.
Baseball card blog focusing on 1971 Topps, cards of catchers and the Colorado Rockies, sometimes drifting of into other areas or sports.
2018 Panini Encased football does the classy high end design really well and something about it just struck my eye.
036 - 2012 Panini Gridiron - Julius Peppers
If you have seen any of these post, you know there will be steaming hot special teams action, this card delivers in a big way.
I miss Upper Deck, their flagship sets always seem to be nice, something that I haven't thought about Topps in quite a few years. I changed a few elements as the foil never seems to translate to a digital card.
1991 Score football is among the junky-est of junk wax, but it does have a place in my heart as 1991 was the first year of me opening football packs (I'm also running out of ideas on sets to customize). I kind of liked the design and the team colors actually work pretty well.
Contrary to the lack of action here, I do still collect cards (and not just post digital customs). I haven't opened any wax in a loong time, but here are a few pick-ups worth posting. Starting with a card I didn't know existed until recently, Wade Redden played in over 1,000 career NHL games, his final 6 being with the Bruins, along with 5 playoff games. Panini must have had some extra cloth to use up, so here is his only card with Boston. Being 10 years old and limited to 25, I never expected to find one, but when one popped up with an $8.00 BIN, I couldn't click fast enough. So here it is, from Sweden of all places, now in my Bruins PC.
McCoy would spend the next 3 years with the Blue Jays, playing every position other than First & Catcher, including pitching one inning. His versatility allowed him to stay in the majors for 170 games despite hitting for a .190 average.
When was the last time you though about Upper Deck Victory as a set? Back when it seemed like there as 50 sets a year, Victory was usually good for some weird players (see 2002 Mario Encarnacion). Not a horrible design, just something different to play with.
Debuted in the MLB in 1996 with the Giants, but is probably best know for this last two MLB seasons in 2004 & 2005 playing in 206 games with the Reds over those two seasons.
1992 Pinnacle is one of my favorite all-time designs, the RLC logo looked weird where the Pinnacle logo was, so I moved it down, but now it looks weird with that spot empty, but I am newly commited to posting these things, so here it is.