The Football Card Blog

OK, it's been almost a month, and no action here on The Football Card Blog.  So what's up with that?  A whole bunch of things have basically led me to just not really "feel it" over the last few weeks--from the Favre fiasco, to the disappointing rookie class this year, to some of the stuff I've been reading in the hobby blogosphere.

But, I saw some of the game Sunday night, and I'm starting to get back into it.  I've got my first fantasy draft coming up, I think the first set of 2008 cards that I might actually buy a couple boxes of comes out soon, and I've got a couple of other site related projects that are underway.

So, hopefully moving forward things will get a little more regular around here again.  If not, I promise a full refund!

Been cleaning for a party tomorrow, which means I've got to put some cards away, and thought I should note a few things:

* Got my 8th box of 2007 Bowman Chrome last weekend for my birthday, and after 8 boxes, a few retail packs, and numerous email purchases, I finally completed the base set--well, the cards BC56 and above.  I still hate that they split the set like that, and making it a different design was even dumber.  I think they had to for baseball due to new rules from the Players Association around rookie cards, but why use a format forced upon you for baseball for football?  It's not like more people were buying the baseball because of the switch--they were buying them because they still wanted the rookie cards.  And after my 2007 Baseball Bowman purchases, I doubt I'll be going back in 2008, which may mean I'm done with baseball cards altogether.

* Downside to the box--no printing plates, the autograph was just a Chansi Stuckey, and I already had every refractor that I got in the pack (and none of them were rookies).  So I'm still in need of a lot (roughly 87) refractors to get that set completed.  If anyone has any and would be interested in trading, drop me a line at tony(at)thefootballcardblog.com, or post in the comments below.  I don't think I need any of the big name rookies (other than maybe a Brady Quinn), so we can work something out.

* Werid Collecting Habit #1--I actually save all of the hobby boxes I buy.  I think I even have a few in storage from when I was a kid somewhere, but since I've been back in the hobby (and they've started splitting hobby & retail into different models), I think I've saved every empty hobby box.  Not the retail boxes, those go right in the trash (although I've learned to at least wait until I confirm that I got all the inserts I was supposed to).  Am I the only one?

* Weird Collecting Habit #2--You know the blank white thick cards they put into packs so people can't search through the box and pull the hot packs?  I save those too.  I have almost a full 800 count box of them now.  Anyone else do that?  I think I may have finally found a use for them--I came across a post at Wax Heaven about Custom Made Cards, and I was thinking maybe I would get some cards designed of my Great Uncle Howie Schultz, and see if he would autograph them for the family.  But before that, I have no idea why I saved them.  I did NOT, however, save the contest inserts that make me register to try to win a trip somewhere.  If anyone collects those, maybe we can trade contest forms for blank inserts <GRIN>.

Like I said, just some random thoughts for the night.  I'm hoping I might get a chance to run over to the local card shop this weekend, as I haven't been in for a while, but I'd be surprised if anything came out of it, since I'm not into baseball as much, and last time I was in he was still trying to convince Upper Deck that he was legit (so he probably doesn't have any SP that I could grab).  Might check out a couple of Web sites that I've seen recently, though, to get something--I'm thinking I might try to do a video box break with the new web came I recently got...