You may remember that I pulled this fine card from one of the blaster boxes that I received for Christmas. It was part of a Topps buy back program where I could take it to a local card shop and get $100 in store trade for it. So on January 6, 2024 my granddaughter and I took the 1/2 trip to Hoody's Collectibles in Beaverton. It seems further away than it really is because of the freeways, the rivers you cross and the socio-economic borders you cross going from where we live to where they are. I walked in and handed them the card and they said you can get $100 worth of stuff. So I got all this. A blaster of 2022 Stadium Club Chrome, a Tony Gwynn card, a pack of 2022 Topps Chrome (I think), two packs of 1990 Donruss, a pack of 1982 Fleer, a pack of Cosmic Chrome, two packs of Bowman Platinum Chrome and two packs of dividers so I can sort cards to send out to you guys.
I opened the 1982 Fleer pack first. I had to use my knife to open it because it was sealed so tightly.These are the best four cards I got in the pack. Shooty Babitt because it's a great name and Champ Summers because he was at one time a Padre. Is anyone building the 1982 Fleer set?
Next was the 2023 Topps Chrome Cosmic. I had never seen any packs of this before. Vaguely remember hearing of it. Pretty funky design. I got a former Padre and three guys I hadn't heard of before. Claim your cards now. I am keeping a list of all the request and will be mailing stuff out when I get through all the boxes.
Then there were two packs of 2023 Bowman Platinum Chrome.
I hadn't heard of these guys before. But at least I got one of the soon to be Padres in the second pack, I got Drew Thorpe who came to San Diego in the Juan Soto trade.
Then I opened this 2022 Topps Baseball pack. I got two Hall of Famers both Padres. This is a pretty cool pack.
These are the best cards of the two packs of the 1990 Donruss.
Tony Gwynn Focus Pocus. I am constantly amazed at Tony's stats.
All that is left is the box of 2022 Stadium Club Chrome.
I will be sharing that box in the next post.
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Then I opened this 2022 Topps Baseball pack. I got two Hall of Famers both Padres. This is a pretty cool pack. 
That's a lot of shiny ... except for the 1990 Donruss, of course.
ReplyDeleteI would have had a really hard time trading in that card, but you got a lot of cool stuff in return. I wonder what the LCS does with those that get traded in. I can use any spare Angels you don't need, and I do collect the Fleer logo stickers.
ReplyDeleteI would be happy with any Rays you can send me. Those Cosmic Chrome cards must be really shiny in hand.
ReplyDeleteNice Jackson Holliday pull from the Bowman Platinum pack. It seems that Hoody's does a fair amount of business on Ebay. I was watching a few Ripken cards last week they had up for auction, and I won a '97 Circa Rave I'd had on my saved searches for a while.
ReplyDeleteGreat Gwynn! Big fan of that insert!
ReplyDeleteIt always feels good to pull a Gwynn from a pack. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteGlad the Ohtani paid high dividends. That Gwynn is sweet, and I am a fan of the new Josh Jung and Jackson Holliday chrome cards.
ReplyDeleteI too would have a hard time trading in that sweet Ohtani, but you got quite a haul in return! I'm in for any Cubs you get, if no one has claimed them already.
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