The 1993-94 PowerPlay cards are a bit oversized, and I can't say I have ever seen them before - very tempting to open the pack but....no. Otherwise, great to get a few mid-90s packs from sets that I never really got into, but now have some packs to represent in the collection. No real memories with these sets though - just not my period of time related to collecting...
As more time passes, year by year, I "get it" more and more. Topps baseball does it with Heritage and Archives, O Pee Chee in hockey does it with their parallels. Nostalgia by way of using past designs in new sets. When it really started hitting it's stride (and I was still not back into collecting), it doesn't draw me the way it does those who are a bit older. I didn't grow up with the sets of the 70s or earlier.
As we move into these sets using designs from the 80s, I get it. Seeing the players of today with the designs that I fondly remember from my youth - does have a certain draw to it.
Highlights:
Perfect example of above, and an insert to keep...
The rest
Keepers:
Not much for keeps today, but a nice Al MacInnis atleast, even if it is from the "junk wax" era.
Traders:
A wide variety of cards here...highlighted by fond memories of Tracy McGrady in Toronto - another Raptor that could have made Toronto basketball very different if they stuck around longer.
Summary (through 1660 cards):
| Specific Accomplishments: | ||||||||||
| - Completed 2007-08 Upper Deck McDonald's Checklist Subset (6 cards) | ||||||||||
| Hockey | Baseball | Basketball | Football | Austin Powers | ET | Star Wars | Rocky | KISS | Clue | |
| Toronto | 32 | 3 | ||||||||
| Inserts / Var Kept | 74 | 3 | ||||||||
| Error | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
| Keep | 447 | 68 | ||||||||
| Doubles/Sell | 147 | 8 | 336 | 235 | 226 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Doubles Inserts / Var | 11 | 11 | 30 | |||||||
Is it bad that I like those 7th Inning Sketch juniors cards?
ReplyDeleteNot if it means you want them - I can always set them aside...just say the word.
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