2022 Favorite Cards

I enjoy looking back at my favorite cards from the year.  I'll highlight my favorite from each sport.  These are cards I've shown on the blog this year.  The tops for the year was tough this go around but I kept coming back to this John Elway beauty.  I'm a big Elway fan.  This unfortunately was from when he dismantled my Falcons in the Super Bowl.  Still it is a great photo and I love the card.  It was featured in this 2021 Score Football post from January.

Lauren Taylor is an artist I've liked from the get-go and was very happy when these cards were released.  In the set were cards of herself and I loved this one and it's my top non-sports card of the year even if it is from a set of baseball cards.  You can see this and the other cards I picked up from the set here.

Doesn't work out often that you pull an auto of your favorite player or wrestler but that's exactly what happened with this 2021 Topps Women's Division hobby box I opened in April.  I really like Alexa Bliss and couldn't be happier with this green parallel auto numbered to 50.  Easily my favorite wrestling card of the year.

I was very excited to add an autograph of Yaz.  He is my favorite Red Sox player and was such a great player.  I took my time finding an auto I liked and went with this one which heads the list of my 2022 baseball cards.  The scan isn't that great and looks much better in hand.  1997 Donruss Significant Signatures Carl Yastrzemski

I really like this card.  It stood out among many.  Something about the colors, design and the photo.  This one was from a Hoops NBA Super Stars Collection you could purchase as a set containing 10 stars from the league. 

This 2021 Donruss I posted in June was just fun.  Ty Gibbs as a youngster though I'm not sure he looks any older today.  It was also somewhat prophetic as Ty Gibbs would go onto be a controversial driver in the NASCAR Xfinity series but won the championship while winning seven races.

I didn't do a great job of posting hockey this year but I really like this card.  A hockey player spiking a football?  That's a win.

Everyone have a safe and fun New Year!

2021 Slam Attax Alexa Bliss (Blue) Multipack

2021 Slam Attax: This was part of my Topps UK purchase back in July.  I first noticed the Slam Attax cards last year and this year I picked up some of the 2021 cards directly from their site.  With this Alexa Bliss multipack you get a a bronze, silver, gold or platinum blue Bliss card.  I pulled a silver. Alexa Bliss is my favorite wrestler so it was fun seeing something like this offered.

The cards have plenty of color and I like the design.  Slam Attax is a card game and due to copyright issues it can't be produced in the US.  While these are available from Topps UK the shipping from England isn't cheap and will take a while.  Six weeks for my order.  

Different types of cards make this fun.  

One oversized "Stone Cold" Steve Austin card is included.  These are really big and maybe three times the size of a regular card.  

You'll get to see plenty of stars from the US as well as the UK.  

Championship card.

These are fun.  They have a unique design specific to the game of course but it works for me.  Also plenty of variety and star power in the set.  I'll definitely look out for these again next year.  And we get a Hulk Hogan appearance.

BREAKDOWN: 
30 – Total Cards
2 – Bro Booster
2 – PPV Booster
1 - Factions
1 – Finisher
1 – Legends
1 – Super Rare
1 – Oversized
1 – NXT Heroes
1 - Championships
1 – UK NXT Heroes
1 – Limited Edition Silver
1 – Firefly Funhouse Puppets

Alex Bliss Stickers from Topps UK

 Topps UK WWE: As part of my June order from Topps UK I picked up some individual stickers of Alexa Bliss who is my favorite current wrestler.  She's also perfect to kick off the month of October as she ties in well with Collecting Cutch's Save Second Base campaign.  He does this every October to up breast cancer awareness.  Check out what he does and you can visit the National Breast Cancer Organization to donate or get educated. 

Definitely some cool Topps WWE cards come out of the UK in the form of Slam Attax which couldn't be produced in the US due to copyright issues or so I read somewhere.  This is my first look at some of the stickers and I love that you can purchase individual stickers from the site.

The stickers come from the Raw vs NXT vs SmackDown Live and 2021 - The Road to Wrestlemania sticker collections.  The Last Sticker is a good place to find checklists which aren't as readily available as I'd hoped.  Big fan of both of these stickers.

I also couldn't find photos that easily so I just grabbed some random Bliss stickers.  Good thing I picked up both of these or I'd been irritated.

Alexa is definitely a dynamic force in the WWE right now. Changed up her persona some lately but still fun at heart. Love the photo on this sticker.  Just showing these off and I hope you enjoyed.