Ad Cards

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While slightly lowering the population of 1989 Topps cards yesterday, I came across a few ad cards. Remember those? The cards that would sometimes take the place of actual cards to hawk other products Topps sells like T shirts?

I admit when I first started collecting, these and checklist cards felt like a rip off. Mind you, in those early days, anything but Blue Jays cards felt like a ripoff.. (Yeah, I was super narrow in focus until I got more interested) 

As I grew older and understood more about both baseball and cards, checklists weren't as annoying. Especially when they started to either put them on team cards, manager cards, or have a player on the card as well. Now, I'm honestly not sure if checklists are included anymore since there's resources like Trading Card Database to track the collection. 

So why am I bringing all this up? I know there are people out there that may collect stuff like this. Now, because it's 89, they most likely have everything. But you never know.. 

These two were from Stadium Club. One explained their stats system in place on the back of the card, and one being a membership form. I have one of the BARS and two of the Membership...

1989 Bowman had these cards in packs. They were sweepstakes cards and the fronts were based off Bowman cards from the original run of Bowman when it was a competitor of Topps. This fits nowhere in my collection. It is kind of a neat front, but yeah...

And now the 1989 Topps Company Store cards I have. Apparently there are two variations, grey back and white back. These are all white back. 

Of these I have one of each shown, 2 of the last one. 

So dear reader and set collectors... If you were making a Master Set for a year, which included every variation, would you also want the advertising cards? I think for me the set is basically the base and, if I'm able to find them, the box bottoms. 

Also, let me know if you want any of these.. 

Collecting

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Today is going to be a boring no real card post BOOOOOOO

I know I know. But it's what I'm looking to do both collecting wise and blog wise..

So. Like a lot of collectors and bloggers, modern sets aren't really doing it for me.. Sure I'll collect the cards that fit into my collections but I'm not going to go out of my way to complete sets in the modern times. 

I am enjoying my pursuit of OPC cards from the 80s, so what I'm thinking I might do is try to put together OPC sets from 1980-1994. That Upper Deck OPC is an impostor. 

I already have 1984.. 1983 will be complete once the cards get to the Sportlots warehouse, then to me. I'm working on 87 and Stuart gave me a bunch of 88.. I have 92 and a good start of 94.. So I don't think it's too much of a stretch. I know some cards will be expensive, but isn't that always the case?

I'm still looking for stadium cards and for Canadian born players and autographs. 

As for content.. I'm still, once I get into the swing of it again, looking to do more stadium looks.. They seemed to be popular previously when I did them. 

So that's what I'm planning. Obviously it's not going to just be this year. It's an ongoing thing. As long as Canadians enter the Majors, I'll be collecting their cards. As long as stadiums stand, I'll write about them. 

Ok I lied.. Here are a few 83 OPCs I got in to further my set build.. 

Random Stuff from Stuart

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My last post I mentioned Stuart from SR75 cards sent me a nice box of 88 OPC. Well, there were a couple other interesting things in the package as well.. 

One is a card from, what I guess is 1970 Topps Super. All I know is that the sturdiness of it puts some cardboard boxes to shame.. 

Mine is a little warped, but it just matches the owner now. ;P

I hadn't heard of this set before. The only one that catches any collecting is the Staub for me. There are some pretty big names in the set though. 

And here's the back. I had a thought and decided to check the back of the 1970 Topps Staub. 

So the card from the full set as basically the same write up minus the comment on his school career. The cartoon is the same content but different illustration. Very interesting.. 

The other cards that were in there that I found nice to get are these: 

They're 75 OPCs! 

I need most of the cards for the team set. Especially the Carter RC.. I have multiple Topps copies though. 

There was also a base Bo Bichette of the Heritage/Archives card I got from DK. 

The Last of the Diamond King Box

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After yesterday's detour, I decided today would be the day I finish off showing what I got from Diamond King. 

I didn't know Score had a couple World Series cards shuffled in to 1993. 

I still think this would be an awesome card to get signed. 

Roger Clemens being a Jay was very odd. 

This set confused me. There's something like three different Insignia designs. 

A snowy background for Gary Carter

This was my first Desert Shield card

I really like the Museum Collection version of the Pinnacle set

Yay Expos!

Lots of Kirky

Lots of Bo. 

The Titans cards are interesting.. 

I won't tell you how long it took for me to realize the card was the black and white sparkle parallel.

Cosmic, Dude..

The Logoman version. Meh...

I thought this was a leopard print at first till I looked closer and saw eggs.. Then I realized it's a holiday parallel.. 

I kind of like how these look 

Votto was at the end of his tank when he tried to make the Jays.. 

And that does it for the box. 

Again, Diamond King, thank you for the cards!