MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME

 

                        Yesterday before I left for work at Dollar General I ventured out to head to a Walmart that I hoped from visiting it the day before saw that they had 3 blasters remaining of the `23/`24 Hoops Winter & the odds against me in finding the last 10 cards I need for my set. The reason for hoping is the day I visited I saw a card vulture looming around grumbling & mumbling how there wasn't any 2025 Topps Series II Hangers available (I have a friend who is making my 2025 Topps set so I was chuckling to myself to his mumbling.) As well no 2024 Topps Football Chrome. He asked me what I was looking for basically I said surprised that they didn't have any 2025 Heritage. That's when I hoped he didn't see those 3 blasters so I could get them. I called him a vulture cause his mood changed when he found 4 hidden boxes of the 2024 Chrome football & said he hopes to pull the Bears Quarterback Caleb Williams duel Red signature again. Must be nice to flip shinte like that & then he glances at the blasters I was thinking about getting he thought nope Wamby's RC was the following year he muttered. I hoped he wouldn't bring out his phone to check the DB site for reassurance he didn't.

                    So that brings me to yesterday I got there as soon as could got to card area restocked with 2025 Topps Series II saw 1 of the 3 blasters I was eyeing & behind that was the other 2 quickly I snatched them up went directly to the checkout right after I checked making sure I didn't miss anything else I hadn't. Got inside my house & started right away ripping open the first box then the other 2 for 3 piles of 6 packs each to open up in search for the last 10. In my first pack I opened of course as usual I pulled the Victor Wembanyama 2 cards back to back like the 5th time & everytime I opened a blaster of this product it seems like I get the Wemby  RC now don't get me wrong its a nice hit but why can't I get this lucky with some of the baseball guys I need on some of the products I crack open to complete those sets ya know.  Anyways I eventually finished opening the rest of the packs & started to put them in order so I can place all the dupes (If anyone wants starter lot of the set lmk & we can make a deal or something for them & yse you won't need to worry Ill include the Wemby's for you) in the duplicate box for trade bait or for the next time I do a show someone can find what they need still if they are building the set or on the hunt to finding the prospects they want.  If anyone noticed that I said in the title of this post I said Merry Christmas to me if you know what todays date is its June 27th we just had the 25th which put us under 6 months left until Christmas Day & well did I find the missing 10 card well......I no longer have any singles listed on my Wantlists so that should tell you the set is done. Less than 4 months ago I accidently started to make this set & I completed it. Now I could try to make the regular Hoops set cause I know of a shop that has a bunch of them but more than likely I will say no thanks for right now unless I can find a bunch of the cards that a featured like those I still need for my `21/`22 Hoops set still (I hope someone can help me get these to complete this set please!!!!)  I will pass for now cause I feel like I won't be lucky like I did with the Winter set in finding Wemby so with that set complete I have to check my records to see where I stand on my New Years Card Resolutions on completing sets. Before I end this post I will say again to TDK I responded to your comment on my last post so I hope to hear from you soon so I can get that Alex Rodriguez to you soon & now with that said I am reminded what Rogers Hornsby once said about signing autographs for little kids "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign any Autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's an Communist."