the other four red hots

Here are the four other Red Hot Rookies that I was set to receive. They all came in the mail today, in four individual packages. Amusingly enough, my wife had to sign for the Strasburg, as it was sent Certified Mail. Just him though. The envelope was the same, and I had no idea why she had to sign for it until I opened it. I found it very amusing. Like I had mentioned, I have two of the Tabata card. He was number 2, and somehow I pulled two of the redemptions.

Two more 54's came today too:

The guy I won the Ford from I also won a McGwire 1985 Topps rookie for $1.04. Not too shabby.

Also an update on the Update set, the guy finally sent me the missing cards from the master set I had bought from him, thus completing my 2010 Update set. Thats about it for now. Anyone else get their Red Hot Rookies yet?

they're hot!

Has anyone else gotten their Red Hot Rookies yet? I got this one in the mail today, the first of five. I actually have another of this guy coming, sometime in the future when Topps decided to mail me the rest. I haven't checked eBay yet to see if there are people selling them, but I can only assume that there are. I guess they look pretty good. The Rookie Card logo is blackened on this one for some reason. I also have no idea why these take so long to get into our hands.

On another note, I mentioned that I was getting some graded cards in the mail and asked how to open them up. Thanks for the advice, and when they get here I'll try some methods and let everyone know how it turned out. I just checked and saw that they are 2 PSAs and 1 SGC. Hopefully they are easy to bust out.

The last thing is that I got a card in the mail today that I will post tomorrow. I have no words to describe it and it surely adds some fantastic quality to my budding collection. Feel free to speculate as to what it is. Check back tomorrow to see what I'm talking about!

on fire!

HEATWAAAAAAAAAVE!! Yes, it is dreadfully hot around here, and everybody knows that heat and cardboard don't mix. Thankfully we have air conditioners. So speaking of heat, whats up with these Red Hot Rookies? Why are they so slow to release the lists? What are they waiting for? Anyway, I have only redeemed one of these (one of the #2s) and it says that it should be delivered two days before Christmas. Thats a long time, but it is like getting a nice, shiny gift from Topps. I'm not sure what I am going to do with the rest of them. Maybe see who gets designated to which number, and making my choice then. Not sure. I'm sure Strasburg will be #10 so Topps can make the speculators froth at the mouth that much longer. Lets wait and see where these take us in the coming months.