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    Hockey Pack Project: 2020-21

    Earlier this year I posted the 2021-22 year in hockey packs. Here's the year before that. Hope you enjoy! For 2020-21, I'm only missing some Leaf products that are very low priority for me and then the 3 most expensive UD boxes: The Cup, Premier and Black Diamond. Outside of that, I do believe...
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    Hockey Pack Project: 2021-22

    The recent post on forum activity and lurkers (for which I am one) inspired me to put this together as I've been meaning to share this collecting somehow. So grab a coffee, I have some catching up to do :) I have a bunch of packs posted on instagram (@hockeypackproject) but the mishmash of...
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    Howie Morenz auto/mem 1/1

    I haven't had a Show & Tell post for a while but this autographs deserves one. I've been making good headway on my all-time NHL player autograph collection and currently at 7,400 unique player signatures for 92% of everyone to ever play in the league. I'll soon be at the final 500, which is a...
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    High Profile Fans - Good Idea, Poor Execution

    I need to vent a little about this subset in 2021-22 UD Fleer Ultra. I was excited to see this insert announced, I love outside the box thinking like this, but I'm disappointed about the final product. I feel like it was created with minimal effort possible. A look at the set: The...
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    Upper Deck vs Panini/Topps Product Delays

    I'm pretty much a hockey only collector so I was curious to ask people who buy other sports, how are you finding the product delays? Are Panini and Topps just as backed up as Upper Deck or are we getting the worst of it as hockey collectors? One of the reasons I ask is I stopped by Walmart...
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    Cool Pickup - Box of 2001-02 BAP Ultimate Memorabilia

    Have a growing collection of unopened hockey wax and some of the hardest stuff to find is ITG Ultimate. Was thrilled to get my hands on not just a pack of BAP Ultimate Memorabilia, but a whole box! Box of 2001-02 BAP Ultimate Memorabilia 2nd Edition: Each pack has one BGS slabbed and...
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    The Messy 2020/21 Rookie Class

    When it was announced that the NHL was allowing Upper Deck to use players like Lafreniere in UD1, I didn't have a problem with a player of his stature being included. I think we all knew he was set to make his debut. However, I did have a problem with allowing any old player who sniffed the...
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    25 Years of Debut Autographs COMPLETE!

    Big autograph came in the mail today for my All-Time NHL player autograph project and wanted to share. After years and years of searching, today I added the very last 1990s NHL player autograph to complete the decade of NHL debuts. A European autograph collector had one to trade (thanks...
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    A Couple Cuts and a Milestone Autograph

    I haven't shared any mail here in a long time so thought I'd post a couple awesome Cuts from a couple Hockey Hall of Famers I recently picked up. Canada's top athlete of the first half century: and a legendary Leafs goalie: These two autographs go towards my main collection, trying to get...
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    My Top 10 RCs of 2020

    Like many, 2020 proved to be a big year for my collection. New additions started before the pandemic. I had spent the last 15+ years focusing almost exclusively on my autograph collection. Now that I'm down to under 1,000 signatures needed (wantlist), it's been difficult to find those I need...
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    2020 FSHQ Beliveau, Plante & Harvey "My Life" Sets

    Hi all, just wanted to share some information about these sets I recently came across. They support a great cause and they have the Canadiens logo on the cards, so they look great. All proceeds go the the Fondation Du Sport Handicape Quebecois. I purchased a pack of each at just $1 a pack (I...
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    SPGU Micro-Swatch Materials

    I haven't heard anything about these cards until randomly coming across one this week. Since I think they're new and different, I wanted to share what I found. With Upper Deck e-Packs, if you complete certain subsets, you can get awarded 'achievement' cards. In 2019-20 Upper Deck SPGU, these...
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    Patrick Roy Mail - Reprint /33 Auto

    Thought I'd take a few minutes to share this card because you see them so rarely. I found this card - of all places - on reddit. Threw him a fair offer and he accepted. I picked this up because growing up, one of the earliest products I opened a lot of was 2002-03 Topps/OPC. Here in Prince...
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    A Couple Months of 'Homemade Hockey' Returns

    I don't really have anywhere else to share this unusual hobby and the cards I've created so posting them here :) These collections all started with a few oddballs and then when I started making the cards to send to pop culture people and other sports players, it grew exponentially. I have a...
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    Holy Grail Mail: 1911 C55 Vezina

    I've experience some delays with my mail lately, but nothing major and within Canada it had been great. I had purchased this card almost three weeks ago and it was promptly sent as a priority package. A package sent by the same guy via priority took exactly 3 days to get to me less than a month...
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