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Awesome night card, pt. 276: I'm your Fleer guy

I've been doing this blog thing for so long that I've accumulated quite a list of trade partners. Most of the transactions aren't even really trades anymore. I just distribute cards whenever I have the time and then someone shoots something back. I periodically come across new trade partners and I try to accommodate them, although I admit I'm not very good responding, mostly because life despises my hobby and won't let me keep up. But when I'm about to transact with a new trader, there's always that concern on my end: what do I tell him that I collect? Yeah, I know you know what I collect. But it's different for a new trader. I collect Dodgers, but I also already have a ton of Dodgers cards, probably around 20,000 now. I also am trying to complete Topps sets from 1956 and 1973, but not everyone has those just lying around. And I love '70s oddballs, Kelloggs and Hostess in particular, but again, not everyone has those. There are also various ...

12 angry men: early '80s Fleer edition

1. Dennis Eckersley Reason: Ladyfriend asked to borrow his Joan Jett album. Said she'd give it back. 2. Dwight Evans Reason: Beautiful women can too both weld and strip. 3. Paul Moskau Reason: Just because hamburgers are square doesn't mean they're old-fashioned. 4. Jose Oquendo Reason: Went to 14 different toy stores, not a single Cabbage Patch Kid or Care Bear. 5. Greg Minton Reason: WHAT did that asshole just say? 6. Carlton Fisk Reason: If that kid with the boom box walks past my house one more time ...  7. Dave McKay Reason: You have to eat like 70 of those Chicken Nuggets to feel full. 8. Pat Sheridan Reason: Hey, did you just make fun of my Moonwalk? 9. Andre Dawson Reason: Expos won't let him play the part of B.A. Baracus on the A-Team. 10. Warren Brusstar Reason: Just punched someone who said "Cannonball Run" was stupid. 11. Gorman Thomas Reason: The body wasn...