Wacky Wednesday November 2020

 Here is the Topps monthly run of of WP.

Puzzle 1.

Puzzle 2.

The 4 ad backs that I got.

Last month I got 3 of the 4 Guest Artist cards and just 1 of the Wonky Package cards.

The 2 checklists.  Dece,mber will have 5 weeks in it. I have already got week 1 in hand, week 2 is en-route, 3 is ordered, and I am ordering week 4 today. Week 5 will be ordered next week and it will be the last for me.

Topps' went crazy (probably me too) doing a $15.00 a week thing (plus tax). I figured I would try it this year (2020) to see how it went. It did not go well and here is why.

Too damn expensive this way. 7 cards for $15.00.

Quality sucked. (miscuts etc).

The cards were subbed out to someone/group down in Florida. I'm sure Covid didn't help when it came to shipping, but there was a bigger issue that can only be pointed to pure STUPIDITY. At times I would be waiting on as many as 6 weeks at a time that were processing. Then suddenly there would be 3 even 4 weeks worth ship out on the same day. My issue the idiots couldn't figure out that they were going to the same address and processed and shipped them separately. Easily could have went into 1 package same shipping cost, not that I was paying for shipping it was free to me (sort of). It isn't like there was a mass customer base as ALL print runs were in the hundreds. Surely it was the same group of us ordering each week, at least the majority. I can not accept that kind of laziness or inefficiency. My guess is that that person/s (I actually believe there were two different people) just didn't care. "Not my money" attitude. I say 2 people as the bubble mailers used in shipping were the LARGE ones (like 8x10 kind) on every order. They came folded in one of two different ways over the course of the year and only 2 ways period. I am dead serious when I say they could have fit the entire years run into just one of the mailers. Maybe 2 because they did put each 7 card order into a hard plastic box. Again this points to a complete waste of money.....their money not mine. Shit like this annoys the hell out of me. People are supposed to care about their work, be proud of it (this does not mean that you have to like the work). It doesn't matter if you make $8.00 an hour or $100.00, whether your digging ditches, shoveling shit, or performing brain surgery. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyways with that bitching done I am making it clear that I am officially announcing that I will not be participating in the Topps Wacky Packages weekly deals for next year. Unless, Topps comes out with an old fashion set issued in packs or boxes, my Wacky Package run is done. 1960's through 2020.

So disappointed in Topps, but then again what else should I have expected from a Global Conglomerate Disney subsidy. 

I feel better now (not really), how about you?

Post #2000. It's special.

 I could easily throw in some scans of some cards here, but no I'm not going too. I will use this special number post for something special. Very special, and I am shocked that I haven't seen anything on my blog roll about from yesterday or today. So I 'll do it here. It is that special.

MLB has now included the 7 Negro League teams/players into the Major League classification. Well past due. Now maybe we will see some more of those guys in the sets (once they get the licensing re-done).

Yes, I do have that great set, but I posted it in it's entirety earlier this year.

Blame these on Fuji

 A week or two ago mark (SanJoseFuji) posted about an online shop..... Cincy Cards. I commented that I would check them out. I did and here are the cards I picked up from them.

O'Hearn is for the birthday binders and the other 3 are for the PC binders.

here are the Braves I grabbed up. The 2013 Topps Upton is the variation photo. I guess I need to thank Mark for these Braves (and others) being added to my collection for providing the link in his post. Thanks.

A delayed trade post......VERY DELAYED

 Just like the title says.....delayed trade post.

Oh about 6/7 months ago (June 6th) Brian from Collecting Cutch and I agreed to swap some Honus Bonus cards. I was to send him the 1/1 Cutch and he was going to send me two Freeman 1/1's. I was all in on that. Thing is the Freeman's never showed up.......That is until today DEC. 17th, 2020.

No, this was not Brian's fault, apparently the post office was taking their time.

Check that date out. June 20.  Someone wrote in ink pen down below instructions to deliver to the right address. Go figure.

Talk about being surprised. Even more so once I ripped into the bubble mailer.

Sure enough, there are my Freeman's. But wait.....there was more inside.

Gold box loader numbered to 10 Smoltz,

and yet there was more

A pair of Cutch cards. 

Brian thank you very much, BTW....I got them. LOL.

On a side note....I want to thank Bo and Jeremy for sending along some of those set build needs I posted last month.

Get your tickets out.

 Remember those tickets that was in your Big Fun winnings? Well.....time to pick and show the winning ticket.

Okay so the name is written on the front. Jafronius did you save this ticket? I hope so, if you did rather than mail it to me, just scan it and send me an e-mail showing the ticket. Also lmk what is in your collection.

Thanks to all of you who played this year. If jafronius can't find his ticket I'll have to draw another.

Pearl Harbor.

 Just for memories.

My annual tribute.

Be safe everyone.

Happy Thanksgiving

 Thank you all

Wacky Wednesday October 2020

 Running a little late tonight, but I'm here.

checklists.

parallel ad backs.

Wonkys.

Guest Artists.

 a ludlow.

Both puzzles.

Add caption

The 4 week (20 card) set and the extras.

2020 Topps Update and a hint to what is coming.

 What a horrible way for Topps to end the 2020 season. I have a complete update set. 1-300. Let me tell you it sucks. First and foremost is the fact that for those of us who set-build and place the cards in a binder it ain't working. There are fronts and backs and we can NOT page them properly as there BIG issues. Topps has flipped the cards. I want my cards with the card numbers in the exact same position on every page....This is uniform! But, no can't do that because half of the card fronts will be UPSIDE down. So....if you place the cards in the binder right side up (vertical cards), the numbers are all F'd up on the reverse. You have no idea how pissed off this makes me. This may be a final straw for me. I'll provide more info on my end of the year post next month. That post will be a loaded post. It will include the usual "how'd I do" grade, the ticket draw winner, and my look into 2021.

On a side note.....I will have the October Topps Wacky packages up tomorrow.

I WANT these cards.

 I'd like to close some things out before the end of the year. Maybe, just maybe some of you can help me get this done.

Bowman base cards:

1993 #327 Mariano Rivera

1994: 38, 75, 94, 104, 232, 633 (Jeter)

1996: 322 Merloni????

1997: 308 (Rickey), 377

2003: 260 (McCann)

2005: 313

O-Pee-Chee:

1989: 188, 194  (NM)

1978: 78 (Winfield), 105 (Ryan), 152, 154 (Murray)

Leaf:

1987: 35, 46, 108, 144, 219

Stadium Club:

1996: 22 (Hernandez), series 2 checklist 2

1997: 8, 87, 139

1999: 144, 150, 151, 152, 341.

Score

1994 Rookie Traded 158 (Lima)

1998: 27, 34, 46, 49.

Pinnacle

1996: 400 (checklist NM)

Donruss:

1984: 248 Mattingly, the numbered versions of 29, 30.

2020: 261 (The Chicken)

2004: 33, 34, 35, 40, 43, 58, 379.

Topps:

1995 Traded: 1, 2, 5, 9, 12, 18, 36, 47, 130.

2000 Traded: 40 (Miggy), 67, 88, 114.

2001 Traded: 77 (Rickey), 99 (Ichiro), 109 (Doc), 242, 247 (Pujols), 

2004 Update: 50, 66, 84, 87, 105, 170, and the ten checklists.

2008 Update: 10.

2009 Update: 131, 155 (Cutch), 211.

2011 Update: 47 (PG), 55, 132 (Rizzo), 155, 186 (JD).

2012 Update: 7, 23, 70, 109, 144, 161, 183, 213, 232, 242, 299.

2014 BASE: 358 (Yelich).  UPDATE: 50 A & B (DeGrom), 301 (Betts).

2015 Update: 74, 117, 213, 234, 364.

That's not too big of a list. So.....who can help me out?

Bingo game 1

 The following players are eligible for tonight's games.

Bo, fastest game yet. Bo wins all 5 games....feel free to just cover them all. 

Here we go with the first grouping.

71

9

36

41

22

31

62

27

23

2

33

25

42

49

15

69

21

8

7

54

5

There is 1 of the first three Bingos.

Bingo check-in and some news

 You must check in between 7pm (EST & 7:59pm). First order of business is that Bo if playing has two #61's on his card. I have chosen the 2nd one (middle) to be #71.

There are a total of 5 games, all played at ONCE.

The first 3 games are a straight bingo any direction (like below).

A postage stamp (any corner)

4 Corners (self explanatory).

The 4th game is a double straight bingo, and the last game is a cover-all. 

I will pause the number calling when I know that there is a winner that needs to check their card! The rounds will each be a new post.

Wacky Wednesday 2020 September release

 Before I start with the Wacky Packages, I wanted to let you know what was on the card shelves at my Walmart.

15 hangar boxes of Update, 4 Mega boxes of Bowman Platinum and a dozen hangar boxes, and lastly was a dozen blasters of Gallery and a slew of fat packs.

September was a 5 week month so there are 25 base stickers (with parallels), 5 Guest Artists, and 5 wonky Packages.

For the month I wound up with 3 Ludlow backs.

2 ad/coupon backs.

I also got 2 GA's.

and 3 1wPs.

puzzle 1.

puzzle 2.

These are the card backs for the last 5 (week 5) stickers.

Bingo this Friday

 Same as last month.  Sign up on the sign up post is between 7pm (EST) & 7:58pm.

At 8pm I'll roll out the first batch of numbers.

The following players are eligible.

Greg

Julie

Bo

P-Town

Alex

Nick.

I will have Wacky Packages tomorrow night.

Happy Veteran's Day!

 Thank you to all US veteran's and to their families as well.

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