My local Target NEVER carries sports cards, few do here in LA. Stopped by last night and they had a shelf of the Topps Basketball Black Friday blasters, exclusive to Target.

Grabbed two boxes… and if you’ve been here long enough you know what happened. Pulled nada. @NotToddZeile didnt give me the Grim Ripper moniker for nothing!

Anyone had any luck with these? Nothing numbered. No relics. No autos. Just a few inserts.

Seeing a bunch of posts claiming massive issues with the first auction tonight. I bid on something and won, but we’ll see if they honor it or scrap the whole thing.

https://x.com/soxcollector35/status/1990611152074645558?s=46

Any huge sports fan around my age who grew up in the 80s/90s probably had a Costacos Bros poster on their bedroom wall.

Love seeing that era get some love from the new ghostwrite release, featuring a ghost of Brian Bosworth.

Bidding ends later today. Might see one of these up on my Mantel before long.

https://www.ghostwrite.com/products/costacos-land-of-boz-400-ghost

Today Tom Brady (yes, the 7x Super Bowl champ, 15x Pro Bowler, current NFL broadcaster Tom Brady), told his fans to vote for The Mantel Hobby Awards.

I know, I know... CardVault by Tom Brady is nominated for Hobby Shop of the Year, so his push to get people to vote might be slightly self-serving.

But the fact remains, the 🐐 says to vote and I agree

Some good nominee evaluation for The Hobby Awards from @Tarver - he's got 3 videos up going through his thoughts and picks for each category. A fun watch, especially if you haven't voted yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKi3IZiNm50