by Tony | Apr 15, 2008 | Busting Boxes, New Products
I was trading emails with fellow Minnesota Football Card Collector and new TheFootballCardBlog.com reader Daryl last night and this morning, and he dropped a bit of a big one on us when he said: “I did go to [unnamed local card shop] a couple weeks ago it was...
by Tony | Apr 13, 2008 | Beckett News, Busting Boxes, Football Card News, TFBCB's Take
After the kerfuffle over the Beckett Video Box Break of two boxes of Upper Deck Exquisite, one would hope that Beckett would tread very carefully with their next round of box breaks. And while they do play it somewhat safe, by opening a box of 2008 Press Pass, which...
by Tony | Apr 10, 2008 | Busting Boxes, Sucker Buys
Got the itch again today–stopped by my local card shop to check out some cards that the owner had called me about (baseball related), and grabbed a few Bowman Chrome Football rookies that I didn’t need, but were cheap ($1 for 11), and could turn out ok,...
by Tony | Mar 31, 2008 | Busting Boxes, Set Collecting
As I responded to Joey last week, after my SP Authentic experience I wanted to open some more cards–without the big price tag–and I was kind of feeling left out of the Topps Heritage craze, so I stopped by my local retailer and snagged a box. I decided to...
by Tony | Mar 27, 2008 | Busting Boxes
The box of SP Authentic that I picked up on eBay about a week and a half ago arrived yesterday, after what seemed like forever (but was actually a perfectly reasonable shipping time). This was the first box of SP Authentic I’ve ever bought for any...
by Tony | Mar 7, 2008 | Baseball Cards?, Busting Boxes, Trader Joe
Had to stop by the local retail giant tonight to grab some snacks for the poker game, and big shock, had to look at the card aisle, and even though I was at a different location of the same giant retailer, not much caught my eye–at least football wise. But...
