2023 Favorite Cards and Action Figure

I really enjoy doing these Favorite Card posts.   My only criteria for these are that I posted them on the blog in 2024.  They can be old, new, doesn't matter.  And why they are my favorite can be very random.  #1 this year goes to Carlos Correa on this 2020 Big League Baseball card.  The photo is what does it for me.  Only thing that could make it better is having the catcher involved but this one is still my favorite of 2024. That post is here.

This Kyle Petty card was so close to taking the top spot.  Mello Yellow, the hair, the colors.  It screams early nineties, and I love it.  This was part of a 2024 Donruss NASCAR post found here.

The photo, determination and focus of KAT, framing, design and colors really work for me on this card.  The 2022-2023 Hoops post can be found here.

Howie Long has a great football look to him.  That flat top is the icing on the cake.  Seeing him talking with baseball great George Brett in this photo is just too cool.  Combined with one of the all-time great designs this really is a great looking card.  The post can be found here.

This Jaws 2 card really does a good job of capturing the spirit of the Jaws movies. The design is nice, but it really is the artwork depicting a scene from the movie.  Watching the movie, you imagine the shark doing just what you see here in those frantic moments.  The post is here.

For the first time I didn't have any hockey or wrestling posts.  Just a casualty of budgets and focusing funds on other cards and collectibles.  But I am going to show off my favorite action figure from the year - this great looking McFarlane Alan Scott Green Lantern Platinum Edition Figure.  I'm a big Alan Scott fan and couldn't be happier with this figure.  Hoping to post enough action figures next year to have their own "favorite post".  The Alan Scott post with more photos of him are here.

I posted more on the blog this year than I ever have in years past.  I'm hoping to focus my collecting this next year, but I'll keep posting lots about cards and randomness.  Thanks to everyone who comes to my little world on the interwebs.  Have a safe and Happy New Year!

Topps Jaws 2 (2 Packs)

Jaws 2: At least locally plenty of pools are opening this weekend.  Jaws is an all-time favorite of mine and Jaws 2, in my opinion, is also a really good movie.  Hard to capture the same tone as the first Jaws but I do think this one is good.  Speaking of the star of the movie, he highlights this first card which is a nice painting depicting one of the scenes from movie.

Roy Schneider is back as the sheriff but he is in no mood to deal with another shark after his experience in the first movie.  I like the design here but the trademark information shouldn't be on the fronts.  Kind of lost as to why Topps thought this was a good idea.

Like many non-sports sets from Topps, some of the backs are pieces to a puzzle.  

I like the art mixed in with the screenshots on the fronts.  The backs that have movie facts provide some behind the scenes information.  That first card is one of the two stickers I pulled (one per pack).  

These cards almost align but not quite.  More good still shots showing key moments of action.

I feel the tension in these photos.  I actually purchased this pack as part of an eBay buy back in November, 2021.  No clue why it's taken me so long to post these.

Great way to help kick off the holiday weekend as many will take to the water.  We'll end it with another sticker and a great final shot from the movie showing off the sun setting.  Have a safe and fun weekend!

BREAKDOWN:
16 – Total Cards
2 – Stickers