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Christmas 2012 - Did you get anything sports related?
ldferg
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I had sent a list to my wife/daughter for some misc items from BBCE. I ended up with the 81 triple crown (topps, donruss, fleer not showing in the picture), 84 BB rack box and an 80 rack pack. Yes, it's all ripped. 
How about others? Post some of what you received.
I ended up with a Carew "hot box" in the 81 Donruss. This type of colation seems to be typical for the 81 Donruss.
Then midway thru, it switched to a Braves run. Notice this one pack results. All Braves.
How about others? Post some of what you received.
I ended up with a Carew "hot box" in the 81 Donruss. This type of colation seems to be typical for the 81 Donruss.
Then midway thru, it switched to a Braves run. Notice this one pack results. All Braves.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
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<< <i>Does jock itch count?
yup
My brother bought me a 1983 Topps Wax Box from BBCE. I'm keeping it unopened.
<< <i>My wife got me this
My brother bought me a 1983 Topps Wax Box from BBCE. I'm keeping it unopened. >>
LOVE IT!!!!
WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
I got my two oldest girls (4 and 2) their first Giants hats too.
WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
<< <i>My awesome niece got me this Red Sox wireless keyboard
It looks like someone took a steamy dump on your keyboard Mike.
Don't worry, it will fail sometime late in August...
The previous two years, I had gotten into those sets pretty heavy, but I was actually trying to sit this year out because I have made a few major purchases recently (without her knowing)
Oh well, Im hooked now
This year, it amounted to most of the cost of my last invoice each from Probstein and JustCollect. [I make sure to use PayPal balance only with trusted sellers.]
Oh, and a friend gave me 6 packs of 2012 Topps Update Series.
Nick
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<< <i>Wife got me a Topps Chrome football blaster box, the first box of those I've opened.
The previous two years, I had gotten into those sets pretty heavy, but I was actually trying to sit this year out because I have made a few major purchases recently (without her knowing)
Oh well, Im hooked now >>
Opened a fair amount of this year's Chrome. LMK if theres anything you are looking for in paticular, I'll see what I have for ya. Also, I'm looking for a gradeable Von Miller RC from last year's Chrome. Maybe we can swap some stuff.
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Don't worry, it will fail sometime late in August... >>
<< <i>ldferg - how was that box of 81 Topps? Centered? OC? Anything worth mentioning or submitting? >>
Probably the worst ever. Maybe 12 cards submittable. Centering was bad. Condition was bad. One gum card in each pack (expected). No star power whatsoever. Not sure I've seen a wax box like that in the past. No rose, Ryan, Schmidt, Raines. I did receive 2 Fernando's. the semi-stars were OC. Regardless, I had a blast ripping and enjoyed receiving something like this from my family. Looking forward to next year.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
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Dad bought me one of the best centered 69 Aarons I have seen from Samspop and I used the money I received from Wife and Mother in Law to buy a 1963 Aaron from Samspop. Also received a 50 card display from Dad.
I just picked up a '64 Aaron from Samspop, he shipped very quickly and was packaged well. I will definitely do business with him again.
I also like your display....I just need a room/office to put something like that up in.
https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/pdub1819/othersets/6204
That's got to be 2 of the nicest 7 Aarons I've seen.
Hiya David
Sorry to hear about the 81T box - I'm sure you got good entertainment value?
My wife got me a game I've had on my list for almost 5 years - she got assistance from my son.
Big 6 Sports Games - Gardner Games & Toys Co. - c1960s
First - here's an ad from a 1960 toy catalog - Big Six 6 Sports Games Set which included Mickey Mantle's Baseball, Verne Gagne's Wrestling, All Star Football, All Star Baseball, Stock Car Races, Championship Golf.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/stone193/Screenshot2012-12-25at30743PM-1.jpg?t=1356470278
That's pretty righteous! 6 games for $2.98! About what we paid for a monopoly game alone back then.
The main board has the Mantle and Bkb game:
The instructions are on the underside of the cover - which has no tears - a plus! There's no parts list - so - until one tries to play all the games - I'm not sure how complete the game is - but it appears to be complete.
Here's a pic of a couple of the included "boards" - actually, I wish they had made a nice baseball diamond board - as you can see, the diamond is incorporated in the spinner.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/stone193/P1010192-1.jpg?t=1356468732
The mechanism of play is the spinners except for the Mantle game which also has a colored die.
This will display very nicely with the Mantle game - I checked ebay and couldn't find any of the other Gardner games - so I wonder how scarce they are?
I did find an example of the single game by Verne Gagne:
From what I understand - this is from the net - he was drafted by the Bears in 1947 - but Wrestling paid better and the Bears wouldn't let him moonlite - so he opted for a wrestling career; he was also on the 1948 Olympic team.
Really enjoy seeing your game pieces.
The 81 was a bust but very enjoyable. My kids were ribbing me all day. I was as excited as them. Couldn't sleep the night before due to the anticipation of what they got for me. When my boys wanted to get up at 3:30 and open presents.....I couldn't resist.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
<< <i>Hey Mike,
Really enjoy seeing your game pieces.
The 81 was a bust but very enjoyable. My kids were ribbing me all day. I was as excited as them. Couldn't sleep the night before due to the anticipation of what they got for me. When my boys wanted to get up at 3:30 and open presents.....I couldn't resist.
Geez I remember those days David. They were the best!!!!
My son is 29 - so it's a bit more sedate - even tho we got him a great gift. While we were eating out one nite - he said he would like to collect inexpensive classic/collectible guitars - we both play.
So - I decided to do something for Christmas and thought Danelectro. I remembered from the movie That Thing You Do - that Lenny was playing a Silvertone - sold by Sears but made by Danelectro (which is a poor man's guitar next to Fender). He was more than happy!