Stoney Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomer Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Jonesing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Wow... takes me right back to Junior High. :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 '91 ProSet has some groovy WLAF inserts - if memory serves. :coolio: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 I've got the Jason Garrett San Antonio Rough Riders rookie card from that WLAF set. It's in my safety deposit box. That's my retirement plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 ^ mine is autographed! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 N/M ... different company ... Ultimate, not ProSet ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 I think I opened a pack of Ultimate once. Think it had a Joe Namath insert set. Ahh the good ole days of the card bubble. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTV1 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Ugliest batch of cards that basically made collecting cards worthless. They are one of the reasons that card shops initially opened, but why they shut down in the early 00's. The over-saturation by these companies made sports card collecting obsolete. Thinking about it, I haven't seen a baseball or football card in any convenience store, grocery store, and other businesses in a very long time. The last time I remember them being sold was in a Dollar Tree store in the late 00's in Birmingham. They were selling them 3 packs for $1. Disclaimer to this article, it includes a photo of the Bill "Billy" Ripken notorious card : http://deadspin.com/5505754/the-rise-and-fall-of-a-hobby-in-12-baseball-cards/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Ah - Deadspin & their cute little smug lists :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTV1 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Ah - Deadspin & their cute little smug lists :P It's still somewhat true on the demise of sports card shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Anyone remember the name of the little card shop in downtown Kilgore back in the late 80s? I spent so much lawn-mowing money between there and Alan's in Longview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTV1 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Anyone remember the name of the little card shop in downtown Kilgore back in the late 80s? I spent so much lawn-mowing money between there and Alan's in Longview. Back in the day I bought most of mine at 7-11 or Fred's on Pine Tree Rd. . In the 90's I would go to a shop on 5th St. and the one by the KTBB building that was in the same shopping center that Hastings was in on Paluxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Longview had Allen's for your cards and comics. Gladewater had a store off 80 and towards the train tracks. You could also find some unopened boxes at one of the antique stores. Gilmer had Benchwarmers for a year or two. Comics and cards, even POGS. Hadden's Sandwich Shoppe was the place to go. Mr. Starnes would pull the Beckett out and charge you a dime or nickel, maybe even a quarter for any card you found in one of the sleeve boxes he had. I've still got the 1981 Pat Donovan and Ed Too Tall Jones I bought from him. Rhonesboro and Rosewood, you could stop at either gas station and buy a pack. 1991 Topps Baseball, those ugly yellow 1991 Fleer, the blue or green Donruss....good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 From around 1983-85 I bought Donruss at Orms convenience store on Hwy 80, back when it had a mini-arcade in there. Anyone else remember the Mike Greenwell craze? LOL. Good times. In late 1987 we moved to Spring Hill and at that gas station on the corner of Wain Drive/Gilmer Road they sold cards. I filled up almost an entire set of 1986 Topps Football cards because the store owner thought they were worthless. Each pack was a nickel. "Hey kid, you know those are last year's cards, right?" :lol: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Rab Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 My aunt worked at super 1 in Baton Rouge and would send me the yearly set of TOPPS NFL cards for my birthday until grocery stores quit selling sets 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Ate boxes of that awful Honeycomb cereal because it had like a three pack of free baseball cards in it. All the MLB logos were airbrushed off the players uniforms. Chris Sabo's card was the best cause he had those old school big Rec Specs on. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTV1 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Ate boxes of that awful Honeycomb cereal because it had like a three pack of free baseball cards in it. All the MLB logos were airbrushed off the players uniforms. Chris Sabo's card was the best cause he had those old school big Rec Specs on. Lol I still have three sets of the Monsters of the Gridiron that Coke put out. I got them all for free, because I simply loaded up on coke for the Domino's I was managing. The descriptions are stupid, and there is some R rated cursing : http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/9/15/2427049/sports-cards-for-insane-people-monsters-of-the-gridiron-so-depressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 I remember those Dave. The goofiest cards I probably collected besides the Gulf War cards Pro Set put out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTV1 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I remember those Dave. The goofiest cards I probably collected besides the Gulf War cards Pro Set put out. I see you can buy the set for $5. I sold six sets of those for $90 back in the early 90's. I wish I would have sold my entire football card collection back in the day, because they were worth more during the boom than they are now. All of the cards I have are from the 60's-90's. I basically stopped collecting after the card boom ended. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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