I just received my quarterly binge order of sportscards from Burbank and this gem is one of my favorites. As soon as I saw this card online, I imagined Kevin Lockett’s mom responding like an upset parent receiving bad fifth grade school photos:

“What’s this? I got you all made up for your rookie card photo shoot and this is what you come home with? What’s wrong with you? How am I supposed to send this to your relatives and tell them you’re a professional football player? Call Upper Deck right now and ask them for a re-do.”

I’ve been grabbing up cheap copies of 2002 Upper Deck XL Holofoil cards (#’d to 65), and at this point I have 62 cards, or roughly 10% of the set. Put another way, I have 0.15% of every Holofoil card they produced that year.

I’m not pursuing this whole set because I’ll go broke or insane in the process, but it’s a fun parallel to buy when the price is right.

I’ve said it multiple times, but the mid-‘90s Pinnacle photo selection team was unrivaled.

Thanks to @McFarm21 for reminding me of the greatness of this insert set.

Picked up this sealed OG press vinyl copy of Public Enemy’s 1987 debut album “Yo! Bum Rush the Show”. This isn’t the album they’re best known for, but this is where it all began. Grateful to have this hiphop time capsule in my hands and I plan to get it graded soon.

A stack of 1990s parallels arrived in the mail today:

1997 Score Artist’s Proof (1:35 packs) - Shawn Green, Dmitri Young, Wayne Chrebet

1998 Upper Deck Encore F/X (#’d /125) - Fred Lane, Chris Sanders

1995 Topps Finest Boosters Refractor (1:36 packs) - Jim Kelly

1998 Topps Black Diamond Quadruple (#’d /125) - Eddie Kennison

1995 Collector’s Choice Player’s Club Platinum (1:35 packs) - Bryant Reeves, Houston Rockets

2002 Upper Deck XL Holofoil (#’d /65) - Reggie Wayne