Trade

Matthew Pollock offered me a DiceK Xfactor for some some set help with his chrome. So I sent a bunch of doubles his way for the help with my player collecting.

Thank You

Trade-o-mondo!

John in Texas asked if I was interested in some cards of players I collect and a few chrome I needed. Boy was I!! Two days of emails to come to an agreement and even more amazing, two days to receive his package - WOW!! That was lightening fast. Here is what he sent:

First up - BJ Upton and Carl Crawford

an 03 Upton - a minor league card in my eyes but very nice to have
a great shot of BJ swinging with the 07 Fleer
Thank You!

the CCs

i like the font used on the Bazooka CC
a numbered UD with the red shiny - super nice
a Fleer mini
Thank you, thank you very much :)

Next up -10 Ichiro cards

the first card, an 01 - sweeet :)
another Bazooka
my favs are the Fleer Ultra and Flair

six chrome towards my set :)
Some really nice rookies with Romero and Fowler
Thanks :)

The sweetness

Evan Longoria Chrome Blue - WOW!! its amazing
(even if the scan isn't)
and
Carl Crawford Shiny Jersey card
Thank You! Thank You!! Thank You!!!

This Week in Cardboarding

Welcome to This Week in Cardboarding. This week will just be a blaster of Stadium, because silly me, forgot to hit the card isle while running errands. I wanted to add a little extra with each blaster. So, oopsy daisy. Here is what I got:

Pack 1

Come on Topps I need Jacoby and Dustin not a third card of Jed and Justin

Pack 2

Sweet!!!! an Auto
surrounded by doubles

Pack 3

all doubles

Pack 4

Aviles set help

Pack 5

Johnson set help

Pack 6

Gordon Set help

Pack 7

Rollins set help

Pack 8

Soriano set help

Nothing to exciting, mainly because it was a massive blaster of doubles and a few triples. Much like my third blaster back in April or whenever I got them. Only this time I have pulled two proof cards and an auto for half the cost. Last time I only pulled a Mark Ellis Auto and paid full price. I am still happy with my Stadium experience this fall. The Auto did enlighten me to the fact that these are on the card. I guess I didn't really inspect my Longoria as well as I should have.

Apparently I am closing in on my disk space, who knew. So, I may have to clean up some older posts in the next few weeks. Thanks again for checking out This Week in Cardboarding.

Mail Day :)

I Got Mail from Nr Mt over the weekend. Nico littered my email with comments on a wide array of posts back in mid-October. Stating he was new to Bloggerland and asking for a trade. I sent an email back with some helpful thoughts and asked to receive something first before completing the trade. Here is what he sent:

An Upton (shiny :) and Ichiro for my player collections
a Pena Xfactor - Very Nice
5 cards to help with my 09 Chrome Set

Next Up 15 Rays Cards, Here are the favs:

Ruggiano Game Used Jersey
and 11 Red Sox cards

Thanks a lot Nico, I really appreciate the cards. I'll being sending your package out in a day or so. Feel free to welcome Nico and check out his blog Nr Mt.

Trade with Wax Pack Relapse

My Hanson Auto got me exactly what I was hoping for - a Evan Longoria Auto. I worked out a trade with Wax Pack Relapse where I sent him the Hanson Auto and four junk hits (as he would call them) and this is what I got in return:

I am very happy, I have wanted the Bowman Sterling card for a while now but was never able to pull the trigger on ebay. Along with some other needed cards for my player collection.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

Wax Pack Relapse

This Week in Cardboarding

Welcome to This Week in Cardboarding. This week I went with another discounted Stadium blaster and a few packs of chrome. I may just go for the set with the Stadium. There are so many great cards and I think I am closer than my other two sets already. I bought two more discounted blasters so I am still waiting to put up my need list since they will be unopened for a little while. Here is what I got:

First up the shiny
Pack 1

Greinke Xfactor
nice collection of guys

Pack 2

Braun Xfactor

Pack 3

Soto refractor

Next up the Stadium blaster
Pack 1

Clemente, a double but its such a great card, who cares
a Ray with Pena

Pack 2

AWESOME!!!! :)
Longoria, the whole reason I buy these - me happy
then a second Crawford
and not to be out done a proof of Cole Hamels 29/50
then a Votto, another double but such a great photo
Sweeeeeet! pack

Pack 3

All doubles (except Beckett) but I love that Sheffield photo

Pack 4

Mr Pujols, very unique photo
the rest - doubles

Pack 5

all doubles

Pack 6

sean rodriguez now a Ray
Carlos only double

Pack 7

Braun and Manny sporting some really fun photography
Jed's alternate photo
no doubles :)

Pack 8

Very good pack of players
all really really nice photos
no doubles :)

No chrome help, so once again just let me know if you want any or all of them since they are all doubles. The Stadium blaster made me a happy camper. My first Stadium Longoria and I hope not the last. I really enjoy these cards and the photography. Thanks again for checking out This Week in Cardboarding.

This Week in Cardboarding

Welcome to This Week in Cardboarding. This week I went with another Chrome blaster, amazing right? Thought I was done with these, didn't you? Sorry, I still need a bunch for my set and I am always hoping for a Longoria Xfactor or a second McCutchen and Beckham. Here is what I got:

Pack 1

Kendrick refractor

Pack 2

Cano set help

Pack 3

wbc - going wicked's way

Pack 4

Gordon Xfactor

Pack 5

Adrian set help
Crede refractor

Pack 6

wbc - going wicked's way

Pack 7

Chipper set help
Aramis refractor

Pack 8

Buehrle set help
Burrell Refractor - going Troll's way

Four cards for my set and nothing else to exciting to me. I am definitely willing to give any of these cards away but the four I needed and the three I am sending to others. Just let me know if you want any or all of them since they are all doubles. Thanks again for checking out This Week in Cardboarding.

Mail Day :) BigD Style

Big D from Hey, That's Mine! sent a little something my way from an unsolicited package I sent out to him.

22 Rays cards, my favs

The BJ and CC are welcomed editions to my player collections :)
the Price is right :)
so long, good bye, Aki - you will be missed :(

Dice K and an Ichiro

Very nice additions to the Dice K collection :)
my fav the OPC insert looking a little 1975ish

Thanks a lot BigD I really appreciate the great cards.

TROLL DAY!!!

My day got really exciting when a little box from The Collective Troll came in the mail. Troll sent 132 cards from my 2008 Topps Heritage need list. WOW!!! 132!!! Amazing, thanks so much for taking a huge chunk of list out. Here are some of the cards:

Some really nice cards

Three Rays, Sweeet!

An Ichiro - WOWee ZOWee

THANK YOU!, THANK YOU!!, THANK YOU!!!
TROLL
I will try and get together something nice to send your way :)

This Week in Cardboarding

Welcome to This Week in Cardboarding. This week I split up the budget and got some Longoria cards and a Topps Stadium blaster that was half off at Target. The Longoria cards aren't in hand yet, so I had to use the photos from ebay. The total was a few dollars short of my budget but I am sure some supplies will be needed to make up the difference. Here are the Longoria cards I purchased:

The middle card was the main reason I did this - its an insert and a vintage style of card I really like. I know its a hockey design, but its a design I like. The other two cards were a dollar add on from the seller with a quarter extra for shipping so i just added them on since I needed them for my player collection

2008 Stadium is a favorite of mine even though there are many critics of the product, but then again I only spend twenty dollars a week, and the main thing that is repeated about the product is it isn't worth what they pay. As for blasters go, twenty dollars is the standard and to get it half off makes it a super steal to me. The first blaster of Stadium I picked up was probably back in March (i think) and I fell in love with these cards. I scored a Mark Ellis auto and some other nice cards. Then as weeks went I by I acquired two more Stadium blasters and recieved triples of about a dozen cards and doubles of about twenty. So that soured me on the Stadium experience even though I loved the photography and was still with out the Longoria cards I wanted. Well thanks to clearance prices I decided to dip in the Stadium blaster pool again and truth be told I am very happy I did. Here is what I got:

Pack 1

WOW!! a photographer's proof number 28/50 - Nice :)
Delmon sliding and Luke who is starting to pitch to the hype of last year
very nice start

Pack 2

The Sheffield is awesome, I love this photo
Johan is also nice photo

Pack 3

Votto great photo
Crawford - YEAH! - a Ray and a card for my PC and an awesome photo
Hanley action shot of him playing the field - did I mention I love these cards
and I scored an Auto
WOW!!! what a pack :)

Pack 4

Clemente another great photo
DiceK for my PC
happy feelings continue :)

Pack 5

Markakis, Kuroda, Miggy, and Uggla
nice pack of players :)

Pack 6

another nice collection of players :)

Pack 7

two Sox guys :) a few doubles :(

Pack 8

BJ!! what a great photo
Happy! Happy!! Joy! Joy!!

I am very happy with the blaster - I got a great mix of players and a bunch of cards I didn't already have. The two Rays cards are great and the proof card was a happy surprise (I figured they were a hobby exclusive, happy to be wrong). Of course the auto I will have to wait for but I don't mind. Some of these photos are just amazing. Definitely a fun blaster. Thanks again for checking out This Week in Cardboarding.