Saturday, March 20, 2021

The Green Machine

 Staying true to my word at the beginning of 2021, I'm steadily working on finishing up the Next 10 sets.  4 are already complete and last weekend I decided on the 5th that is going to be completed.

Thats the 2019 Gypsy Queen Green parallel set.


I didn't think for one minute when I started this set back in 2019 that it would get done, or at least close to being done, this quickly.  My Sportlots order last weekend got me down to just 4 remaining cards.


Found 3 of the 4 on eBay, one of them still on the way here (Gerrit Cole), which left me with just one card remaining.   A Blue Jay no less, Ken Giles.  I found him last night on the bay for under a buck and combined that with a few other cards to take advantage of the one price shipping from Burbank Sportscards and this set should be done by this time next weekend.

I do plan to show it off in its entirety on the blog when I get everything in; 33 pages of scans isn't going to be too bad.

One of the 5 remaining sets on the Next 10 project, the 02-03 UD Vintage set, appears to be a tough nut to crack.  A good portion of the remaining cards are short printed star cards which have been a bit tough to find.  I have one card coming in by dog sled from Canada, but the others are going to have to wait for a bit.  2018-19 OPC hockey seems to be calling my name...

Enjoy the hobby!

Robert


4 comments:

  1. I have a couple of these from a blaster my wife bought me for Easter that year. I'll check and see if I have any you need.

    How long do Sportlots orders usually take to ship?

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    1. With Sportlots, it depends on the seller. I had good luck with my last order, all of the sellers I used had the cards I ordered to me within a week.

      Don't worry about the GQ Green, I have the last one on the way to me now Chris. Thank you though!

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  2. Ooh, congratulations! One doesn't see completed parallel sets on the blogs very often.

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  3. Nice! Can't wait to see the whole set!

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