Two Group Breaks, Five Griffeys, No Regrets

These are a group break held by Jon of Community Gum.  It featured boxes from the 90's and early 2000's which is right in my wheelhouse.  I took the Mariners and also got the Cardinals.  Here are the stars:

Lots of bronze ones

Fancy silver one

A fistful of awesome Mariners plus an early A-Rod and a sweet Cora parallel.

Finally some post season cards for the old Mariners.

And two completely awesome Intimidators.

That was a great break, Jon!  Thanks for including me.

Judson over at My Cardboard Habit busted a bunch of A&G, and again I took the Mariners.  I ended up with the Marlins, too, but Judson was nice enough to swap me the Yankees.  I was hoping for a Mattingly and maybe a Jeter.  Here's what I got:

Got both my guys plus Yogi, Whitey, and the Babe.  I ended up with this, too:

My first A&G relic ever.  I love how they encase the little card in the big card!  Adorable....

BAM!  Got the Griffey! 

And of course Felix, Raul, Mike and the rest.

And don't forget mini-Jesus!

Thanks, Judson!  Let's do another sometime....

Nachos Grande's 2013 Topps Archives Group Break

There was a three-box break recently over at Nachos Grande, card blog extraordinaire.  It was for 2013 Topps Archives, a set with a number of possible Griffey pulls and a bunch of autographs.  Plus it's made up of some classic designs of the overproduction era - I had to take a shot. 

My team of choice was the Mariners, and my randomized second team ended up being the Diamondbacks.  Let's see the latter first:

Arguably the best pull of the break (though I tend to like the autographs better), an Ian Kennedy true 1/1 printing plate.  I've never owned a printing plate, nor a 1/1 for that matter.  It was pretty exciting to see this one pop up in the group break posts.

Neat.....

Here's the rest of the Diamondbacks from the break:

Sadly the Mariners did not produce an insert, but they did produce a handful of Griffeys:

And isn't that what this whole thing is all about?

Here are the Mariners I pulled:

I ended up with one more surprise from the break:

I wish the 80's wasn't mentioned as one of the possibilities.  The 70's, too, for that matter.  Give me a soft-cornered post-war relic.  I'll be redeeming this tomorrow, so stay tuned for that.

Thanks, Chris!  Looking forward to the next break......