Another UK Package !!

Yesterday I received a surprise package from the UK, a surprise package from Matthew !! Matthew and I have traded once before and although he doesn't have a blog he does take part in a UK baseball card Facebook page. With me being old-fashion and not having Facebook, I am not sharing in that fun I am afraid. Nevertheless, sending packages back and forth is always fun and appreciated !!

The yellow envelop was full of cool Gypsy Queen cards !! Let's start with some minis !! I love minis and trying to complete the minis set so these are very helpful !! Matthew send me a big pile of at least 30 minis, here are a few !

Matthew send me some more minis, 2015 inserts and 2015 GQ !!

In addition the a big bunch of GQ inserts Matthew also send me some very cool Joe DiMaggio cards. Awesome cards from 2009 UD SPx Baseball, all numbered to 425 so I guess that's the print run on these. Very nice cards so might decide to chase this insert set !!

All in all Matthew send me an awesome package so thanks so much Matthew, a return package will be on its way in the coming weeks !!

Another Trade witha 2 by 3 Hero !

Jeff at 2 by 3 Heroes is one of my longstanding and regular trading partners. I send him a, hopefully, nice package a while back and a cool return package arrived on my doorstep last week. The theme of this package was "Minis" !!! I love minis and trying to complete the A&G and GQ mini sets from all years so can always use some minis !! Here's the first bunch !!

That wasn't all, Jeff send me more minis !!!!

Besides these awesome minis Jeff also send me a couple of pitcher cards including a cool Sabathia !

Two Verlanders were also included (although no Kate was included, guess Jeff kept her for himself!)

All in all a cool package again, thanks a bunch Jeff, really appreciate it !!!

A huge trade !!

I don't do "huge" trades very often but a recent deal clearly can be classified as huge !! It was a trade with Matt at Bubba's Bangin' Batch of Baseball Bits (not sure how long it took him to come up with that blog name!).

I noticed a great card of one of my PC guys on his blog and it all starting rolling from there ! Before we knew it we had a huge trade going on with some great cards going to Matt (probably my best pull ever!) but also several piles of great cards moving into my direction. Can't show them all in one posts but let's make a start !!

The trade included a few hundred minis going my way...yes you read that correctly....a few hundred !!! Given that I am trying to complete all the Allen & Ginter and Gypsy Queen mini sets this was really awesome. First up, a couple of the hundred minis that came my way !!

More minis, this time mini inserts !!!

Love the mini inserts, especially Bird of Prey !

Matt send me loads of Flagship inserts as well, here's Cut to the Chase with Kiner and Fielder !

Awesome insert alerts: The Elites !!

More awesome inserts, here are some "The Greats".

Matt also had a bunch of box toppers for me, here's one...David Wright !!

That's it for the first post with the best still to come !! So stay tuned for the 2nd post on this trade soon !! Thanks Matt for an awesome trade !

Package from France !

Having a easy place to dump your Blue Jays cards is great, especially if it is around the corner in France. In return, a package arrives from France with some cool cards. This happened again last week when our favourite French blogger Kevin at The Card Papoy send me a nice yellow envelop!

Here's what he send me ! First up, Yankees Stadium Legacy cards !! I am trying to complete the set and with over 5,000 cards still to go these are very welcome !!! Keep'em coming people !

I love this year's Diamond King. I am graudally moving towards completion but not yet there so these help a lot !!

Still trying to finish this year's Stadium Club so these are very welcome as well !!

Let me finish showing off two more cool cards from the package, a nice Pettitte Bowman as well as a cool Kellogg's 3D Supper Stars card !

Thanks Kevin for a bunch of cool cards !!

Another Dutch Trade !!

I don't know many Dutch Baseball Card Collectors but one of the new ones in town is Milan. He reached out to me last as he had a nice pile for my Want List. Here's a few cool cards from the pile that Milan send me !

First up, Stadium Club Luminous, cool puzzle cards, Castillo and Puig !!

Next up, more Stadium Club inserts ! Really like the Legends inserts !

Milan send me some base cards as well as I am still trying to complete the base set as well. Here's Sale and Marte !

Two more ! Arenado and Mesoraco !

Thanks Milan for a cool trade, a return package is one its way and should arrive next week !

A pile of Ginter from the Dimwit !!

A while back I pulled a cool Astros Allen & Ginter card. Of course I think we all know only one Astros collector hence this card was destined to go to him. Who's him, our Daily Dimwit of course ! He send me a huge pack of cards in return, almost completing me base set and taking a huge dent out of my inserts and mini needs !!

Let's see what Sam send me ! Let me check over the huge pile of base cards and jump right into the minis !!! Sam send me a ple of minis inserts !!!

Some animals were present as well !! Love the Birds of Prey set !

More Minis including a cool Sabathia !!

Might get boring but more inserts to see here, a dinosaur !!

And then some !!

All in all a huge pile of A&G so thanks very much Sam, hope you enjoy the Astros card !!

Topps Series 2 Arrives !! Plenty to trade !

With a bit of delay and a holiday in between I finally was able to open up some packs of Series 2 ! As the blogosphere has already been swamped by all the base cards let me focus on the more interesting stuff for you guys and girls !

First up, my first ever pull of a "framed" card (these are numbered to 20). Not one of my PC guys but still a fun card to pull, meet Jon Niese !

Next-up a few of the numbered parallels: Michael Morse (/64), Gavin Floyd (/64), Jay Bruce (/99) and Delmon Young (/50).

I also pulled my first "Acatete" cards as I think they are called (or simply look-through cards). These are numbered to only 10 so pretty hard to find I guess. Have a look-through Elian Herrera !

Two relic cards found their way to me, Hamilton and Gonzalez !

In addition to the cards above I pulled loads of gold-parallel cards and rainbow variations. The last "hit" of the box was an auto card ! Meet Yordano Venture !

That was Topps Series 2 for me this year. Like every year I will chase the full set including all the inserts so let me know if you have anything lying around collecting dust !! Always happy to trade in case you are looking for stuff or are interested in any of the cards above. My Series 2 Want List is up as well !!

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