Busting Wax

Don’t Call it a Comeback

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Yes, I know it’s been a while. I apologize to you all, because I realize that there are still many of you out there reading my site. I’ve fallen into a funk of card collecting ennui, but I seem to have broken out of it. I’ve busted some wax recently that has renewed my faith in the joy of the elusive, valuable bust.

More on that once I get a scanner up and running. I hate to tease, it’s the oldest blogging trick in the book, but it’s all I’ve got right now.

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Stalk me

So I’m still working on a video I shot a couple weekends ago of my first box-break. It’s taking longer than normal (mostly because I’ve been lazy and putting it off) but I wanted to check in after having a flurry of posts recently. I don’t want to squander the good will.

Also, I wanted to post a couple ways you can “follow me” and the other online activities I do (other blogs I post to, music I listen to, etc). The first is Twitter. You can follow me here. Twitter is basically micro-blogging site where I post random updates throughout the day, I post stuff that may bore you, but will probably exhilarate you.

The other site is FriendFeed. You can follow me on Friendfeed (my FriendFeed feed) here. FriendFeed basically aggregates almost all my online activity. That includes posts to my different blogs, activity on sites like Digg and Reddit, Flickr, Last.fm, items I share on Google Reader. Basically, it’s my online life.

So feel free to get more regular updates by following me on either of these sites. Let me know if you use them, as well. If you have any questions about the services, feel free to ask.

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2008 - Upper Deck Baseball - Bust #0022

This is the last post in my last burst of wax busting that ended a few months ago. I put a bunch of posts together with the plan to slowly post them over a period of time. Of course, best laid plans always work out, right? Either way, I’m now all caught up on my past wax busts and it’s now time to move on to some actual current products. But before we can get to that one, let’s bust one more pack of 2008 Upper Deck Baseball.

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2007 - SP Authentic Football - Bust #0021

I’ve almost caught up with my pack busts. Here’s another 2007 SP Authentic Football bust. Another nice pick up on the cheap!

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Sweet Mullet of Gaetti

Deadspin has up an excerpt of a new series of online “webisodes” coming to Topps featuring the Sklar Brothers called “Back on Topps.” It doesn’t look like I can embed the video Deadspin is showing, so you’ll have to go to their site to check it out, but here’s an excerpt from the post:

Enter the Sklars, whose Back on Topps follows the fictional Topps brothers, heirs to the Topps card fortune who are muscled to the sidelines at the last minute and are struggling to, well, get back on top. It’s one of several web series that Eisner has in production, this particular one an attempt to revitalize the card industry by reaching beyond sports.

I’m a fan of Sklar Bros. and their sports humor, so I’ll be interested to see how “Back on Topps” turns out. It may not be directed at us hobbyists, but who knows!?

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