Showing posts with label Toronto Maple Leafs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toronto Maple Leafs. Show all posts

2024-08-16

A Maple Leaf (legend), A Bruin (also a Leafs legend) and 2 Cranes (not Leaf Legends)

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 1993 Score Black's Toronto Maple Leafs Pop-ups #15 featuring Bill Berg.


I'd been trying to find a copy of this card for years, without success, I mean I'm guessing I'm the only person on TCDB with Berg listed as one of their favourite players. One time I saw the full set on offer, but for an outrageous price. Then I was doing a trade with another local TCDB member and saw they had it for offer, and very generously they sent it to me as a PIF. Shout out to the great TCDB community.


I currently own 18 Berg cards and 1,739 Toronto Maple Leafs cards.


My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2003 Topps C55 #43 featuring Felix Potvin of the Boston Bruins.


Why ? Because it's The Cat. Nuff said. Although Felix just doesn't look right in any uniform other than the Leafs. Vancouver, Los Angeles, the Islanders don't look right, but a Bruins uniform is especially jarring. 


New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were:


My All-time roster project now stands at 15,19 combinations.



My random postcard of the day is this card from Malaysia (at least sent from there) featuring 2 Eurasian Cranes.


There is nothing on the card to indicate where it was printed. Despite being sent from there, it's unlikely it was actually produced in Malaysia as the species is not found there. The card is written and was received through a trade on an online postcard exchange forum. I currently have 23 postcards catalogued from Malaysia in my collection.

2024-07-31

A Bull, A Maple Leaf and some Birds

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. 2011 Hoops #56 featuring Richard Hamilton of the Chicago Bulls. Kind of a meh design and card, but face-masked Rip is always at least a bit of a nice deal.


I currently own 5 Richard Hamilton cards and 134 Chicago Bulls cards.


My favourite new card I added to my catalogue yesterday is this 2024 Upper Deck All-Star Toronto AS-AM card of Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs. I picked it up at a show on the weekend, had never seen this card or the design before, and it wasn't even pictured on TCDB. It is part of an 8 card promo set issued by Upper Deck in conjunction with the 2024 NHL All-Star game. I found a few others from the set in the same bargain box. Needless to say, I did not find the Connor Bedard card from the set in that box.


New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were:


My All-time roster project now stands at 15,113 combinations.


My random postcard of the day is this card from New Zealand featuring 5 native birds. Any postcard featuring native wildlife will always be a winner for me. This card is unused and was bought at an antique mall vendor stall. I currently own 19 postcards from New Zealand.



A Viking, A Viking (SKOL!) and a Window to the Stars.

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2020 Panini Select #37 featuring C.J. Ham of the Minnesota Vikings. Ham a...