First, a thank you to local collector Jeff who I met up with a few days ago and took a bunch of Bruins I had been collecting for him. He had a box of odds and ends for me which was not necessary AT ALL, but thank you. I will probably work through it separately in the next few weeks and when I have the chance, share over a few days here as there is some good stuff for keeping, and some good stuff for trading.
Quick thoughts on the World Cup as I haven't touched on it here, but have been keeping a good eye on it. I am not a fan of the expanded field as I think it waters down some of the competition a little bit. In the end, I don't think it has much impact on the final results - say the final four when we get there, but it leaves for some uneven matches. Sure, there are David and Goliath moments that come out of it, which are cool, but my guess is that FIFA is hoping an expanded field means more money, and as long as the end results really are what they should be - no harm done.
I think Canada at least has a solid shot for getting to the round of 16, but given their potential match ups there, any further would be a shock. It could happen as tight matches and one goal can be the difference in many cases, but realistically, I don't see it happening. That said, getting to the round of 32 was likely the goal going in, and a win there would be icing to begin with - here's to hoping and cheering them on.
Elsewhere - Magic recently released the Marvel Super Heroes set which means I spent about $70 Canadian because we have an expensive Collector Booster, a Jumpstart booster, and three play boosters - I picked up one here, but have the others in order as well.
This has me up to 271 unopened packs and essentially cover all booster pack releases ever done except for a handful (Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, Antiquities, Arabian Nights, Legends, Portal Three Kingdoms. I haven't collected unopened materials like box toppers, so there is a way I could expand this collection, but I don't want to go there, this is an expensive enough section of my collecting. Just like, I love the sets I am missing, but I am not dropping $1,000 - $30,000 on a pack of cards....unless I win the lottery or something.
Now, into some more football cards from the 2026 lot, and some of the cards being Prizm, seem to have small mark ups. I'd say this seems to happen sometimes, though usually the cards are really good.
Can't complain about seeing some Mahones cards - would have expected they would have been pulled before being put into a lot for sale. I will say, I like the Delect design much better than Prizm.
Eli's another nice name to see.
Another Mahomes with a Brees to boot - solid cards but I would definitely take condition into account when trading. They are good enough to trade and not scrap, but I wouldn't want condition to throw off the recipient unexpectedly.
