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@DomCardboard just take my money already!

Good luck everyone lol

@not_jaspers @CardPurchaser Finest & Bowman baseball!

Stopped by my local card shop today and they were stocked up! Just wish I saw some Bowman or Platinum 😭 @CardPurchaser

@BearFanPete_FF Go Cubs!

Join me in this tradition — posting one sports card almost every day 🏈⚾🏀 Could be a grail, a recent pickup, an underrated favorite, or just a card that deserves some attention. If you collect too, drop a card in the comments. Always enjoy seeing what everyone else is into. #SportsCards #CardCollector #TheHobby #THFpro #TSAFam⚡️

Happy Hump Day! Any Mike Trout collectors out there that’d be interested in T91-1 /5 team color match? Taking offers #thehobby @CardPurchaser

@Jason_Torres @CardPurchaser PS please post what you pull from Bo’s set!

Before heading to wait in the dreaded DMV line for hours, I was debating on if I should go to Target beforehand. I’m glad the collector-side of my brain decided to just go… @CardPurchaser

@Jason_Torres @CardPurchaser woah, nice haul! where on earth are you at where all of that was in stock? Jealous!

@DomCardboard @CardPurchaser Worst part is that the aisle being closed led me to peruse the store for 20+ mins, buy stuff I totally didn’t need, then I had to go to Best Buy! They didn’t even have good baseball for me to nab either way and I thought I was lucky to witness a restock lol

@chicardvault @CardPurchaser LOL. Same happened today. I asked if I could just grab 2 Bowman Megas and they said I needed to be added to the 'list'

It’s gotten to the point at the local Target where they need to block people out of the card section during restocks I’ve never seen these shelves so stocked. This will last 5 seconds with the vultures lurking… @CardPurchaser

@chevy_guy8213 I can dig it! I saw someone on X with a Fukudome collection and I’m a little jealous. Gonna start diggin’ while I’m out

This could be the strangest card I've ever bought. An A-Ram and Josh vitters card with a Derek Lee auto. Hey for $3 I had to give it its final home.

@justneedfree @CardPurchaser @Topps I am thrilled with my numbered cards and inserts BUT since I'm a Chicago guy I really want to pull a Murakami card. No luck yet! May have to just go the singles route :)

@chicardvault @CardPurchaser @Topps Looks like you had some nice pulls! Overall it was a fun rip but definitely disappointed with the quality control.

@Topps is it common to have so many print lines and defects from a Topps Finest Mega box? 😑 It seems like the better the card the worse it gets. @CardPurchaser Is it just me? Shouldn’t this be rare or uncommon (see what I did there😄).

@justneedfree @CardPurchaser @Topps my judge world's finest had a bad print line on it but other than that it was base rookies/base cards that were miscut horribly... unfortunately likely not worth the trouble to investigate further! i have some photos in my replies

@chicardvault @CardPurchaser @Topps Every single mini diamond parallel had 2-3 separate print lines. Hope yours are all good.

@mrwilson425 @eBay @SHOTOFYAGER everyone trying to give away this card lol

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@MVB12783 @CardPurchaser A huge chunk of my Topps finest was miscut it was disappointing to say the very least

I don’t grade my cards, but to get a decent pull that’s this poorly miscut is a little frustrating! @CardPurchaser

@kbrookelit @KellysKards1768 Heck yes! Nice hit

@KellysKards1768 i’m pretty new, is this any good from a hobby box

Have not ripped Topps Finest in years, like many I was priced out. So glad to see a couple of megas at my LCS today. Gonna cook up some late lunch and have some fun ripping one of my favorite products over the years. Will post some of the cards I line best later.

Last, but not least Misiorowski RC /75 and Skubal /199!

Couldn’t resist grabbing the last two from GameStop. Hits to follow! #thehobby

Uncommon/Rare left an Altuve out

World’s & Team’s finest

Some nice ones for the PC!

Before we dive in let’s just cover quality control. @CardPurchaser am I just unlucky or is this consistent for this release? insane centering, printing lines, etc… base cards had a few, too.