George Brett page 6

Page six is all 1984. There were 3 major manufacturers and Topps and Fleer was also generating food sets and other oddities so there was plenty to buy.

This was between my junior and senior years of high school so any job many I made went toward cards.

Nestle Dream Team 3

Topps made these cards and Nestle packaged them with candy bars. I'm pretty sure I got this card from a local shop as I was more of a Snicker's fan.

O-Pee-Chee 212

Those crazy Canadians! They are more aboot hockey than baseball but I appreciate them having separate sets of cards.

Ralston Purina 13

This is a Topps product even though it's not a clone of the regular Topps cards like almost all of the others.

Seven-Eleven Coins 5

These discs came on the bottom of a Slurpee Cup inside a compartment on the underside. As Seven-Eleven was close to my house I bought a bunch of Slurpee's in 1984 (Cherry and Cola swirl.)

Topps 500

Here is the actual Topps cards from 1984, not to be confused with it's 1 million clones.

Topps Glossy Send-In 12

Apparently you were supposed to turn in game cards from the Topps packs for these cards. That was too much work for me so I think I got this on E-Bay.

Topps Stickers 198

I'm not a big fan of sticker sets in general but this one is shiny so I like it.

Topps Tiffany 500 and 399.

Topps sold these cards in full sets through dealers but I got mine on E-Bay. They go for a premium over the regular cards. The All-Star cards should really be first but then we wouldn't have that OCD calming stripe down the middle of the page.

The backs reinforce the cloning theme of Topps but show that the Ralson Purina card was oddball. You can see the big difference in card stock between the regular Topps issues and the Tiffanys. Seven-Eleven tried to pack a massive amount of information on the little disks so they can be hard to read for the visually challenged.

Next time we will finally get out of 1984.

On a side note, what was/is your favorite flavor of Slurpee (or the equivalent brand?)

I Think I'm Done

I'm at the point that I am not feeling the trading card hobby anymore. It is too much. The ridiculousness of people fighting over cards at Target or Walmart even when the stores have jacked the prices up and the insane focus on spending money to have everything "slabbed" just has completely turned me off. I have tried to focus on the vintage cards I've collected the last couple of years and the autographs and memorabilia pieces I have from some of my favorite shows and movies but I no longer have the desire to open a pack of new cards. Maybe someday if I become independently rich I will continue collecting vintage cards to add to my Tigers and Braves collections or buy rare autographs from Star Wars or Games of Thrones or some other pop culture sets but that time is not right now as living paycheck to paycheck does not make that possible. I have away the huge stack of boxes that I had full of cards, probably 200,000 cards, over the summer by putting them out by th

It's All About George

Welcome back everybody! A friend of mine who asked me why I didn't restart SCAMB so I decided to take the suggestion since he is a professional writer. I'm not saying this is great literature though. I've been looking for topics for the relaunch and have a few in mind, but to start I wanted to highlight my number one player collection. I've been a George Brett fan since I saw him play at Tiger Stadium in 1980. He hit a home run and got into a brawl in the game. I was hooked. Like many collector's I've been going through my cards and other things during all of the extra time I've had at home and came upon two card albums. I think they came with Topps Attax kits that I bought randomly. They each have 26 pages so I decided to put my Brett cards in them and discuss each page in an installment. This will be a long term series that will be interspersed with other topics as I find cards I didn't know I had or want to highlight my favorit

I've Done It My Way

I'll get back to my 1965-1969 Baseball Card favorites next time but today I want to explore all of the other places in my collection. When I say that I have bought a pack of everything in my life I mean every type of sport I could get my hands on. Here are a few examples: Basketball: 1952 Wheaties Jim Pollard - This set had a portrait and action shot of each player, No idea where I picked it up but I think it is cool. CCGs: 1 995 Lord of the Rings. I have the One Ring. I am a nerd. Football: I have 5 Autographed Joe Montana cards from the mid-1990's. Someday I will get them authenticated and if they are legit I will give a big thank you to the person that gave them to me at no cost. Golf: I bought a lot of base Upper Deck Golf in the early 2000's. This is the only Gold Parallel I have from the 2002 set. Hockey: I bought a full sets of 197-79 and 80-81 Topps Hockey in the mid-80's (instead of opting for the 1979-80) . The 80-81 had this stupid scratch off stuff o

FujiMay 19, 2020 at 10:38 PM
Nice 1984 Topps trifecta! But my favorite card is the 7-11 coin. I loved collecting those when I was a kid. Favorite flavor or Slurpee? I'm like you, I mix Coke and cherry.
Brett AlanMay 20, 2020 at 8:47 AM
In case you don't know, there's a parallel set to that Purina set where it says "Topps Cereal Series" on the top. It was designed to be inserted into generic-branded cereals, although they ended up putting them in the standard Ralston Purina boxes. I think a lot were sold to dealers as both versions seem to be relatively easy to find.

Coke Slurpees all the way! I get real joneses for them. Sadly, in Singapore, while there are 7-11s everywhere, if there are Slurpees there are always laoya (as we'd say, meaning "bad") flavors such as apple and mango. It's always hot there, I need my Coke Slurpees! I think when I feel comfortable going into stores again (I'm in the US now) one of my first stops will be the nearby Quick Chek for a Coke (off brand) Slurpee.

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