Better Late Than Never for Me to Join in on this Year's Ginter Action

I realize I totally missed the boat when it comes to posting 2010 Ginter stuff, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to post some sweet Ginter Minis

I decided that I am going to collect the mini insert sets for Ginter this time around, and a couple ebay wins has gotten me pretty far into the collection.

First: Some A&G Back minis, and a Lone Black Border

#4 Prince Fielder (A&G)

#61 Michael Cuddyer (A&G)

#66 Orlando Hudson (A&G)

#182 Chris Carpenter (A&G)

#191 Justin Morneau (A&G)

#219 Adam Wainwright (A&G)

#223 Jason Kubel (A&G)

#3 Ryan Braun (Blck Border)

I realize there was a shortage of regular back minis this year. I'm not sure why topps thought it a good idea to make regular minis one of the more difficult of the minis to pull from a pack. I had bought close to 20 packs and only managed to get 4 regular minis. Of course this made collecting the inserts easier but drove up prices on ebay for the regulars. Oh well, I may eventually buy up some of the standard minis at least of players I collect.

World's Wordsmiths and National Animals

WGWS:

#3 Washington Irving (x2)

#8 John Milton

#10 Edgar Allen Poe

#14 Plato

NA:

#12 Markhor

#23 Elk

The national animals set is one that I find to be really boring. Anyone else feel the same?

Monsters of The Mesozoic

MM:

#4 Velociraptor (x3)

#7 Spinosaurus (x2)

#9 Apatosaurus (x2)

#10 Brachiosaurus

#11 Diplodocus

#13 Pachycephalosaurus

More Monsters...

#14 Pentaceratops (x3)

#15 Protoceratops

#17 Dilophosaurus

#18 Supersaurus

#20 Oviraptor

#22 Protarchaeopteryx

#24 Carnotaurus

I love this set. Not much negative about dinosaurs. They've got some nice color on these and it's a plus that they are drawings. (If you thought about asking how I know that they are drawings, you might want to think again about what the subject of these cards is)

Lords of Olympus

#2 Poseidon

#3 Hades

#6 Apollo (x2)

#7 Aphrodite (x2)

#12 Cronos (x2)

#13 Prometheus

#14 Pheobe

#15 Demeter

#18 Eros

#19 Helios

#22 Nemesis

#24 The Muses (x2)

Finally: Sailors of The Seven Seas

SSS:

#1 Christopher Columbus (x2)

#3 Sir Walter Raleigh

#5 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

#8 Henry Hudson

#9 Francisco Pizarro

#10 Juan Ponce de Leon

This set is definitely my favorite of the insert sets! They are just all around awesome designs, and use some nice portrait drawings as well as one that reminds me of ancient maps (back when sea monsters sank ships and the world was flat).

If anyone can help me out, be it filling some of my needs for these sets or simply taking some doubles off my hands, let me know. I'm more than willing to make trades.

BTW, A&G minis and the Black Border in the first picture are open for trade, I haven't much need for them. I'd like to hopefully get some parallel minis of players I collect in exchange.

Some Regular Chrome to Go w/ the Refractors

Aight, everyone knows that the base chrome cards are nothing in comparison to the rainbow shine of the refractors so I think I'm just gonna list what I got rather than post a bunch of pics.

2010 Topps Chrome:

5, 8, 11, 15, 18, 26, 44, 45, 46, 53, 58, 68, 70, 76, 78, 88, 89, 89, 94, 96, 101, 103, 117, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 134, 135, 137, 145, 145, 147, 150, 150, 151, 154, 157, 160, 163, 164, 166, 166, 167, 170, 176, 178, 182, 208

here's a link to the 2010 topps chrome checklist so that you can figure out who the heck the numbers refer to

All of these are up for trade so just let me know if you need any of these for set or player collections. I'm looking to get rid of these so it won't take much to entice a trade. The refractors from the last post are also up for trade.

I'm back with some new posts

I've been gone since leaving for school back in August but I'm back with some new posts. I don't even know if anyone will think to check my blog any more but I'm hoping some people have some interest.

I also know that I have to finish a contest that I started back in August but I won't be able to get to that until I go home for winter break.

As for now, I have some posts of stuff I bought on ebay. I have stopped buying packs of cards entirely, and switched to ebay. It is way more cost efficient, and the thrill of the chase kinda replaces the fun of busting packs.

I guess I'll start with some 2010 Topps Chrome REFRACTORS. I love me some shiny chrome!

3: Clayton Kershaw

4: Bobby Abreu

8: Tommy Hanson

34: Eric Aybar

39: Vladimir Guerrero

48: Justin Upton

49: Yunel Escobar

57: Josh Hamilton

68: Magglio Ordonez

74: Andre Ethier

82: Lyle Overbay

86: Chase Utley

98: Francisco Liriano

99: Chris Carpenter

99: Chris Carpenter

102: Jake Peavy

103: Jose Lopez

106: Jacoby Ellsbury

107: Edinson Volquez

110: Chipper Jones

111: Brad Hawpe

113: Hiroki Kuroda

128: David Ortiz

131: Michael Bourn

134: Justin Verlander

135: Carlos Beltran

137: Ryan Braun

150: BJ Upton

160: Gavin Floyd

161: Yadier Molina

178: Jon Jay

186: Cole Gillespie

191: Josh Donaldson

215: Kila Ka'aih...

218: Andy Oliver

220:Wade Davis

Orange Refractors:

Johnny Cueto

Vladimir Guerrero

Jair Jurrjens

Mark Buehrle

XFractors:

XF James Shields

XF Freddy Sanchez

Best For Last:

Purple Refractors:

Josh Donaldson

David Ortiz

Blue Refractors:

Grady Sizemore

Dan Uggla

Howie Kendrick

I really dig refractors from just about any set. Topps really needs to get their act together though when it comes to the chrome product in general. Every card that I have gotten from the 2010 set has been severely curved! I don't understand why they can't manage to produce the chrome cards with the same quality in 2010 as they had been doing in previous years where the curving of the cards seemed to be minimal. I can only guess that they are using cheaper quality materials when producing this year's set.

It's good to be back