Random Wax: 1984 Donruss Baseball

Tonight is game 6 of the World Series. I'm a huge 1984 Donruss fan so I was really looking forward to this pack.  Very solid pack with Jim Palmer, Cecil Cooper, Mike Scott, Darrell Porter, John Tudor, and Terry Francona.  There were 15 cards and 1 Duke Snider puzzle card.  I am working towards a complete set of the '84 Donruss and I need many of these.  Great fun once again.   

Random Wax: 1983 Donruss Baseball

Game 5 of the World Series tonight and another baseball wax pack.  This 1983 Donruss pack wasn't bad.  It had 15 cards and 1 Ty Cobb puzzle piece.  The Reggie Jackson, Cecil Cooper, and Willie Stargell Diamond King cards are definitely the highlights. There are other solid pulls including Howard Johnson, Lou Whitaker, Tim Foli, and Ron Davis. I like the design and Diamond Kings are a big time plus for me as I love those cards.  More fun.  Enjoy.  

Random Wax: 1983 Fleer Baseball

The Astros are up 2-1 in the World Series and I'm sharing another pack I picked up at the show.  This was a 1983 Fleer pack.  I like the simple design but wish they had done a different border color.  There were 15 cards plus one sticker. My pull is highlighted by Rickey Henderson.  That one goes right into the personal collection.  After Rickey it is a little thin though I am happy with the Downing, Scioscia, and Gedman cards.  The Scioscia card really stands out with a great action shot which is not the norm in this set.  I always liked Fleer stickers.  What I didn't remember is these stickers have the 1982 home game stats for the team on the back.  Nice bonus for a sticker card.  Again ripping packs is all about the fun and this brought back some good memories.  

Random Wax: 1982 Donruss Baseball

Game 3 of the World Series is tonight and I'll look at another wax pack picked up at the show.  These aren't bad looking cards for their age.  I will say my pull was anything but appealing though.  A few players I like but only one card out of the bunch that I will keep.  Still it is all about the fun and I always enjoy ripping these old packs and "waxing" nostalgic.  Get it?  Sorry...  There were 15 cards and one puzzle piece in the pack.  Rick Mahler is someone I grew up watching with my Braves so I'd say he was my favorite here.  The Herr and Landreaux cards also bring back memories.  Enjoy. 

Random Wax: 1982 Fleer Wax Pack

Grabbed this pack of 1982 Fleer baseball at the sports show last weekend.  Always fun to open these. I was really happy with the Ozzie and Rickey pulls.  Overall it was pretty fun.  This isn't my favorite Fleer set but it is a decent design. I'll share the rest of the packs I grabbed at the show during the days the World Series games are scheduled.  There were 15 cards and one sticker in the pack. 

2017 Topps Stadium Club Hobby Box

In honor of the World Series starting tonight let's do some baseball!  I fell in love the 2017 Topps Stadium Club cards the first time I picked them up so I grabbed a hobby box at a local show.  My earlier review can be found here.  I'm very happy with my box and the pull.  I wish the two autographs, which are two per box, were better but who am I to complain.  I just love these cards and the photos on them.  I also had a great pull.  Many of all-time favorite Red Sox to include Yaz, Jason Varitek and David Ortiz are among plenty of others who will go in my personal collection.  I could go on and on but won't take up too much space.  I think the Mark McGwire card is my favorite and there were plenty of other cards I would have enjoyed scanning in but I need to make this a manageable post.  I hope you like.

BREAKDOWN:

128 - Total Cards (16 Packs/8 Cards Per)

19 - Retired Players

5 - Gold Foil

2 - Black Foil

2 - Black Shiny

2 - Scoreless Streak

2 - Beam Team (1 numbered to 99)

2 - Power Zone

1 - Contact Sheet

1 - Black & White

  

2015 Topps Star Wars: Journey to The Force Awakens

Topps has once again put out a "Journey to..." card set for the upcoming Star Wars movie.  This time we get Star Wars: Journey to The Force Awakens cards.  Definitely not my favorite cards but I do like them.  There were six cards in the pack.  Four were base cards.  Two of those were parallels - Jabba Slime Green Starfield (1:1 packs) and Lightsaber Neon Red Starfield (1:6 packs).  The other cards were a Choose Your Destiny card and character sticker card.  I think these are nice compliments to the movies while not giving away any spoilers.  I look forward more to the actual set for the movie itself but these are a nice diversion until those come out.