Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Waiting for '09 Heritage Baseball Part 2

While perusing the Bay this afternoon I came across this BIN.
So apparently someone out there has their hands on six hobby boxes as this looks like an actual personal photo. I have a feeling we are going to see a break of these somewhere on the net very soon. I'm hoping I can get my hands on a blaster next week.

On a totally unrelated note I and many others were horrified to discover this gimmick monstrosity yesterday from Topps no less. All I can say is thank gawd I didn't buy a blaster. Could you imagine the horror of purchasing a blaster to help finish off your set only to open it up and find out the thing is stuffed with nothing but stealth retail parallels! With absolutely NO warning whatsoever! The only reason I didn't buy a blaster is why pay 20 bucks for about 60 base cards and a manu-patch when you can get cereal boxes for 10, jumbos for 5 and retail packs for 2? And speaking of cereal boxes I still have that Ted Williams one sitting here which I will bust later today I promise.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Waiting for '09 Heritage Baseball

So I found this pic of a blaster here.
Maybe these should come with tic tacs instead of gum heh. I am reading conflicting reports on the street date. Some say it's today others say Wednesday. I'm gonna hit Target and Walmart just to see although my gut tells me it's Wednesday. I'll let you know what I find out.

UPDATE: So after spending my day off yesterday being lazy on the couch watching my Pens get crushed on national TV and seeing their flickering playoff hopes dashed and being too depressed to do anything sports related, I accomplished a great deal today before going to work. I sent off FIVE maildays (you know who you are) did my laundry and grocery shopping and stopped by Wally World and Tur-Gate to see if they had any Heritage baseball in yet. No dice but funny story. At Tar-Jay I decided not to walk away empty handed and after digging around I grabbed another Topps cereal box with Teddy Ballgame's frozen dome on it.It didn't scan at the checkout and I could tell the cashier had no idea what it was. I didn't think fast enough on my feet and told her the correct price (9.99) To my surprise she didn't double check and just typed in 9.99. If I had known that I would have said ... ahhh ... 1.99? Nah, I'm too chicken to do that. Anyway, a clear conscience is worth eight bucks. Right?

GAMEPLAN: I should have a vid of the cereal box with the Splendid Splinter's mug on it as well as a mailday I received today by late tonight or tomorrow evening. I'm going to stop by Target and Wally World after work tomorrow real quick to continue the hunt.

Card Junkie Remix

I always wanted to do a tribute to the YouTube video StaleGum Psychedelia in 3D! Here it is.

Friday, February 20, 2009

2009 Topps Baseball

I found this 55-card "cereal box" of '09 Topps at Wally World. Has anyone else seen one yet? They come with an exclusive refractor insert and are actually kinda cool. Check out what I got inside...

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Mail Day: 2/17/09

Got a mail day from Marie @ A Cardboard Problem and Joe from the YouTube channel ginger4life17