Pressing Needs

After reading Night Owl's post about receiving a card he didn't know he needed, I thought I would revisit a set that I believed to be long completed.  As a child I had the peculiar habit of organizing team sets alphabetically by last name, instead of numerically.  I always had a good knowledge of the Braves' roster so I thought I knew what I was doing.  Now, when I have the time I periodically go in and rearrange those sets.  Today I found some glaring holes in one of my all-time favorite sets: 1993 Upper Deck.  With the aid of The Trading Card Database, I realized that I need the following three cards:

24, 426, 459

This hurts.  On the bright side that second Chipper is pretty sweet.  If anyone out there has one or all of these, please let me know.  This will definitely be one of those collecting things that eats away at me.  I've also put the '93 UD inserts on my wantlist.  Hit me up!

Early Update

'15 Update arrived a couple of days early at my local big box store.  I don't think I ever bought packs of update as a kid so this is a new experience.  I'm only looking for Braves so everything else will be up for trade.  I'll prob end up buying a few more packs at Target, next week.  I've already updated my wantlist accordingly.  I'll do a separate post if I get anything interesting.

More 80s Goodness

In exchange for a stack of '13 Series 2, Bert over at Swing and a Pop-up sent a ton of cards off my wantlist.  If you aren't trading with him, you should be!!  There's way too much to show everything but here are the highlights of all the awesomeness. 

The above Murph is the last card I needed for the '86 Topps set.  Glad to have that one in the books!!

This '87 Kmart #29 wasn't on my list, but it totally brought back childhood memories.  I'm sure I have another one of these in a box somewhere in my parent's attic.

'81 Topps #675

The scan doesn't do this one justice.  Just look at that young Bobby Cox!!

Lastly, the Baseball Heroes insert set from '91 Upper Deck.  Somehow it went right over my head that Aaron was featured in this set.   I didn't have any of these and I think there are a few more out there to complete the set.  

Bert, thanks again for the awesome trade!!

Dragged into the Heritage Thing

I told everyone that I wasn't going to mess with Heritage this year.  Since I just recently returned to the hobby, I wanted to keep things simple.  (If simple means chasing after the entire '13 flagship rainbow!)  I did buy a few packs of Heritage to restock the trade bait and guess what?  I pulled more Braves than I usually do.  That was enough to convince me to put together the team set.  I however refuse to be pulled into chasing the Heritage rainbow.  Different color backs and refractors confuse me.

Nick over at Dime Boxes is the first blogger to help me out with some '13 Heritage:

#35 & 333

Nick also sent some 2012 Topps flagship and Updates:

#58, 85, 115, 524

These two sets should keep me busy until Series II comes out.  The various #'d '13 parallels have dried up on the Bay so the Rainbow Quest has slowed down a bit.  I've managed to pull off a few trades though, so it's all good.  I've updated my want list with '12 Topps and '13 Heritage.  Thanks for the trade Nick!!

Lots of Trades!!

It's rainy and gross here in Savannah.  Nothing a huge mail day can't cheer up!!  There's lots to look here so let's get right to it.

First up is a trade with Tom at Waiting 'til Next Year.  You can see my end of the deal here.  Tom blew a good chunk out of my '91 Upper Deck want list:

#s 262, 301, 384, 460, 710

He also sent this '86 Topps card

#334

You gotta love those powder blue uniforms.  I'm not sure how or why I was collecting this set as a teen in the late 90s.  All I know is that I have most of the team set, so this card really helps!  As a side note, I have hundreds of 90s cards sitting in my closet.  If any of ya'll are working on sets from back then, I probably can help you out.

Next up is Ryan at "O" No!!! Another Orioles Blog.  He too took a gigantic chunk out of my list.  Here are the highlights:

#293 & 363
More powder blue!

#417
More '91 Upper Deck.  Only two more to go.

'94 Collector's Choice 306, 325, 441, 649

Love love love this set.

'94 Topps #166

'94 Upper Deck #320

2009 Topps #424 & 468

Napkin from The Adventures of Napkin Doon claimed a gold card off my trade bait page.  In exchange he sent a lot of cool stuff including my first 2013 Topps Gold card:

#115 Gold 277/2013

I haven't been too rigorously chasing these down, since they are plentiful in number.

TM-8 '72 Mini

2012 Allen & Ginter #33

My first card from any of these sets.  I don't know what to think yet, I need to see more.

Finally Ken at Ken's Daily Fix sent these:

TM-7, CH-26 gold, CH-35 Silver

I just need gold CH-31 to be finished with the Series 1 inserts.

Thanks so much for the trades guys.  There is no way that I would have made it this far on the rainbow journey without your help!!

Trades with Wax Captain and Fantastic Catch!

The trade packages keep rolling in!  At this rate I might be able to finish off the non-serial numbered cards in the rainbow before Series 2 is released.  Let's have a look.

First, Victoriano over at Waxcaptain's Dugout sent some much needed 2013 Topps:

#222 Target red

I'm really starting to dig the red cards.  They look good put together in the page.

CH-31 & CH-35 Base
CH-26 Silver Holofoil

I still don't understand the point of all these variations but I only need a few more to be finished with them.

Next, I received a stack of cards from Superduperman99 at Fantastic Catch.  I sent a stack of rookie cards from the 2013 Topps flagship that hopefully will help with a neat project that he is working on.  I got a generous helping of mid-nineties goodness in return.

'94 SP 19, 48, 50, 51, 55
Lots of shine.  I collected this set back in the day, but never finished.  I haven't posted a want list, but actually needed all four cards that he sent!

'94 Flair.  Infield Power #5

I LOVED this product as a kid.  The base cards are very busy and very 90s.  Back then the Hot Glove inserts were all the rage.  I couldn't afford to buy packs but I somehow cobbled together a good chunk of the team set.  The inserts are another story.  I will definitely be figuring out what I need and get the want list updated.  Thanks again for the trades!!