Some more goalies for the frankenset

I decided to show off a few more goalie cards tonight, and there's also another opportunity to vote for the card you want in the set!

First up, another card featuring Ollie the Goalie.

Last time out, it was a card from early in Olaf's career, now we have a 2008-09 Upper Deck card showing him in a Tampa Bay uniform, with the "Zilla" on the chin of his mask.  Also I love this card as it shows him fending off a puck with his blocker hand.  This is card #428

Next up, Anders Lindback, then of the Nashville Predators.  This is his 2012-13 Score card, #426 in the set.  I hunted around to find a better photo of his actual mask, but was unlucky.  Somewhere down the road someone may just find a #426 to replace this one.

This 2007-08 OPC card of Manny Legace features his veterans mask, with the United We Stand banner right above the cage.  A better shot of this cage can be found here, and once you see a closer shot you'll see why I like this card.  This is card #417.

Here's your vote for this week.  Both of these are card #430 in their respective sets.   Tim Cheveldae's 1990-91 OPC card is a great homage to the Wings and the motor city, while Cam Ward's 2007-08 Upper Deck card pays homage to Blackbeard the pirate, and is also a great mask as well.

I have made this image and poll my pinned tweet, and the poll will be up for the next week to allow people some time to vote. 

I'll keep adding cards each week to try and build this set over time.  For me, it's fun looking at some of these old cards and remembering masks from days gone by. 

Thanks for reading, Robert

Inbound and Down #17: I feel like a Collector again

I received a generous envelope a few days ago from Kin at the I Feel Like A Collector Again blog, but finally got around tonight to digging a few cards out of the envelope to show off.

Kin had no problem with hitting several of my want lists, so I had a bit of a tough time at first deciding what to put on the post.  So I decided to dig up an old friend, and show the cards off 5-4-3-2-1 style.

My recently debuted goalie frankenset was a hit in this envelope, as a few goalie masks came my way, including Eddie the Eagle Belfour, part of Kin's favorite hockey team, the Blackhawks.  Belfour's mask is a classic design, which didn't waver over the years.  The only thing that changed on the mask as Eddie changed teams was the background color.  You'll see it a few more times for sure.

Minis!!  Any current Jays fan is familiar with Osuna, Sanchez and Tulowitzki, but I had to look up Jeff Hoffman who was featured in the Future of the Franchise insert from 2014 Bowman Chrome.  Jeff was the Jays 1st round pick, 9th overall in the 2009 draft, and was traded to the Rockies in 2015 as part of a package for the player on the right, Troy Tulowitzki.  Jeff is currently in the Rockies rotation with a 6-3 record so far this year.

These are 3 cards that I needed for my three main player PCs.  They'll be featured on my other blog before too long.

A pair of serial numbered parallels from a few years back.   Neither of these guys are still with the club, but I'm sure that both cards will find a spot in the Jays box. 

I don't know if I recall seeing gold holograms from the early 90's Upper Deck cards.  But here's proof that they exist, as Kin sent me a gold Blue Jays hologram from the '92 set.  Kin also sent a silver one as well. 

Great stuff!  Kin, thank you very much for the cards, they are much appreciated!!

thanks for reading, Robert

WANTED: Joe Sakic 1994-95 Parkhurst You Crash the Game Blue parallel

The hunt is on.  I decided to have a little fun with today's post and turn it into a sort of want ad.  Many of you who have followed me along the years know that I am a big Joe Sakic collector, and I've recently begun to expand my collection more.

A lot of this expansion is filling in the holes of a lot of older sets and parallels.  This is one of the key cards (for me anyway) that I've been trying to find for quite a while now.

I have recently come across the green parallel, as you can see in the scan above.   The blue parallel is the exact same card, only with blue foil (naturally).  But for me, it seems as if the card has gone the way of the dodo.

I've hunted on Sportlots, COMC and eBay, only to find just about every other blue parallel except for the Sakic.

So, I've decided to reach out to the masses.   If anyone has one of the blue parallels of Joe Sakic, or knows where I can find one for a decent price, please let me know.

Finding the blue parallel will complete the rainbow for this particular card, and will make me almost as happy as finishing my '64 Topps baseball set.

Almost....

thanks for reading, and for hunting if you do....Robert

Price, Kolzig and Fernandez

No, Price, Kolzig and Fernandez isn't your latest law firm trying to get you to enter one of their class action lawsuits on late night TV.  These are the 3 goalies I'm going to show off today for the goalie frankenset that I started on last week.

Using a bear on a Bruins mask is a good but easy call, and Manny Fernandez pulls it off on his 2008/09 OPC card.  I also like the partial spoked B on the right hand side of the mask to fill in what the scary bear doesn't use.  Manny will be card #490, unless a better one comes along. 

Goalies like Fernandez will also be good for this set, as Manny played quite a few years in the league and with a couple of different teams.   Here's hoping I can find some other Fernandez variations.

Ollie the goalie played all but the final 8 games of his career for the Capitals, but I don't remember him ever wearing this mask with the Uncle Sam on the forehead.  Mind you, this card is from the 94-95 Upper Deck set, so my memories of every mask from back then aren't that great. 

Still, this is a great addition to the set, and will be card #486.

Carey Price isn't shy about switching designs on his mask.  This one is a little tough to figure out for me, aside from the Canadiens logo on his forehead and the 31 on his chin.  Maybe there's a Canadien fan out there that will recognize the mask and shed some light as to what's on the side and above the team logo.

None the less, this is card #459 from the 2012-13 OPC set and will be a part of the set unless something else comes along.

For those of you who voted in the Luongo/Essensa vote earlier this week, Bob Essensa won 6-2, so his card #265 from 1992-93 Pro Set Platinum (remember that set?) will be in the set and Bobby Lu will have to find another spot.

Thanks for reading, Robert

Try a Pack #6: 2017 Allen & Ginter

I watched Matt's break of his box #9 (the "magic" box) of A&G a few days back, and noticed the picture frame borders around the player's photo.  Something a little bit different this year, but I enjoyed it.  So while out on my Target run today, I decided to pick up a couple of 3 packs of A&G.

The bonus minis in the pack are gold this year, and in my opinion look sharp.

I don't know for sure, but the two 3 packs of gold minis I opened all had A&G backs.  Does anyone know if that's the case for all the gold minis?

The other pack of gold minis featured Jayson Werth, Manny Machado and the Trees in India card.  All 6 are available if someone wants them.

The folks in India are certainly environmentally aware, as the back of the card states that they broke a record by planting 49.3 million trees in a single day.  Over 800,000 people participated in this even, which is really something in this day and age. 

I really do like the base cards, the border as I mentioned earlier gives them the picture frame look, which is different than I remember from past A&G releases.

The 100 card insert set this year is the What A Day set, featuring days where said player performed something special on the diamond.  I also pulled a Bo Jackson card that mentions how he hit 3 homers on 3 at-bats on July 17th, 1990.  He got hurt after the 3rd homer, went on the DL for six weeks, and on his first AB back, hit his fourth straight homer, tying a MLB record.  I also pulled a World's Fair Westinghouse Tower card to go along with these.  The inserts are available, and I'll be sure pulling more of these as the months go along.

I pulled two of the World's Dudes mini inserts, the other one was fisherman dude.  I'll be keeping an eye out to see if anyone is in need of the minis. The Kluber is an A&G back, I also have an A&G back of Miami's Marcell Ozuna.  Let me know if any one of these cards interests you.

I'll be putting together the 350 card base set, and I'll also be looking for the 7 Jays cards that appear for my Jays collection. 

I still need just under a quarter of the 2016 set, something I'm going to have to get cleaned up before too long as well.   If you have any of these cards from last years set, please leave a comment or send me an email...

1,15,16,23,25,31,36,44,55,61,71,73,74,88,97,99,106,110,113,120,142,149,163,
168,177,182,187,190,191,192,194,197,199,206,208,228,230,232,251,254,268,
274,287,295,296,299,300,301,302,304,305,306,307,308,309,311,313,314,316,
317,319,320,321,323,324,325,326,327,328,329,332,334,335,336,338,341,343,
344,345,346,347,349,350

Thanks for reading, Robert