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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope that all is well and that your time spent with your respective families is wonderful.

Now that that is said, I received my Topps Million giveaway cards yesterday. That was really fast, Topps is on top of their game when it comes to sending those cards out. I know a few of you have had similar experiences for this promotion, so it looks like Topps is doing pretty good. This bunch of cards completed my 2002 and 2005 Topps sets, filled my 'Topps history' binder (the one with 8 to 9 cards of every Topps year) with the exception of the years 1952 and 2002. I need one more card from each to finish off those pages. I also ended up with about 6 1958s, some random 50s and 60s and two Del Crandall cards (1958 and 1964) weirdly enough. Overall, I'm quite happy with what I ended up with, and I still have about 53 cards left, but nothing earlier than 1976. Still not sure what to do with them yet. We'll see.

topps' millions

Does anyone still get on the Topps Million deal? It seems like no one really cares about it anymore. Or even mentions it. I'm not sure how popular it is (or was), but I know I redeemed all my codes. I'm in the same boat as everyone, in that I didn't get anything great. I did manage however, to trade my way into getting at least one card of every year from 1956 to 2009. A difficult feat indeed, seeing as how no one wants to give up cards that are older than 1976. I unlocked cards that were fairly old, and I would trade them for the next year up (like a 1966 for a 1967 in return) that I didn't have. The real question is do I have them delivered to me? I was thinking about it, because it wouldn't cost all THAT much to do. We'll see what happens.

give it away

The Million Card Giveaway seems to be a popular device within the hobby here. I'm still not sure how I feel about it as a whole. I will admit there is a nice little moment of giddiness after you punch in your code, and right before the feeling of disappointment sets in when you see the card you 'unlocked' is something you either already have, or just plain don't want and can't trade away. Sometimes though you do pull out a decent card and its not all bad. Heres what I got from my six codes from the box I opened on Friday:


I like the 2007 set, I have a bunch of this year in my collection already.

Here is a year I missed completely...I'm not a fan of this design.

1986...what can I say? To me this set defines what an 1980s baseball card looks like.

I don't have much to say about 82...its got that weird stripe thingy.

Hey a 60s card. I like the 1969 set with its bright orangey backs.

If I pull anything out of this MCG thats in the 70s or earlier, I'm usually pretty content.

Well that about does it, these six bring my total up to 50. Trading is usually impossible, and people offer me nothing but junk wax for my 60s stuff. Humbug. While I griped in my box break post the other day about the inserts in the 2010 series 2 set, I must admit I am more than pleased with the overall collation of the box. I didn't get one duplicate of a base card in the box at all. I hear you at least get a full set out of a jumbo (usually) and to have no doubles in a hobby box are both great things. This box (coupled with the first one I did weeks ago) put me about 12 cards away from finishing my first set. Two more (retail) boxes should be coming this week, if I get anything good, I'll post it on up. I got two for a good price on eBay, and I just want more base and inserts, I'm not a stickler for hits (although they are nice). One last note, I still have trouble with commenting for whatever reason, I've seemingly tried everything, so if someone leaves a comment asking a question I will get back to you but it will be just in email form.

it takes a nation of millions to hold us back

So how do you feel about the Topps Million Card Giveaway? I think it is definitely an interesting idea but is not without its shortcomings. I think I've hit it decently so far, right now I have 39 cards unlocked. Here's some of my top few:


1956 Bill Renna

1968 Mr. "walk-off home run in the World Series" Bill Mazeroski

1977 Dwight Evans

1982 Ozzie Smith

...and some junk wax. Although it has been few for me, I have a few friends who say thats mostly what they got so far. Also unlocked: 1 of each 1960, 1963, 1966, I have 3 1971s and a couple more from later 70s years. What about you guys, are you on this? If so, what have you unlocked so far?