This game was a Khalil Mack masterpiece. I was so excited to get him and on week 1, he dominates the Pack. He’s a forever Bears legend in my eyes. I was really hoping he could retire a Bear, but we’ve got our memories; and these cards help immortalize the game.

This guy was my hero as a little kid. My first football heart break was the Dolphins game in 1985. My second was when Charles Martin took Jimmy down after the play was over and ended our hopes for a repeat in 1986. In between was all of the fun of the punky qb leading da Bears to glory. This was my first big rainbow chase. It is a work in progress. I have missed out on white sparkle a couple of times. And I need many more…

Found a seller offering up whole team sets from this McDonald’s set I wanted so bad as a kid. Nostalgic, orange and blue. This is the black label version. I have a green label McMahon mixed in because he was my childhood idol and there’s extra space in my heart and card albums for Jimmy Mac. They fit nicely in standard photo pages.

Last year, the release of 2024 Topps Heritage inspired me to chase down the Brewers team set from the original 1975 set. Fun chase and wasn’t too expensive. The eBay marketplace is full of passionate collectors from all eras. Had to get the Aaron and Yount in graded slabs.

I wanted to get examples of most of the years of Panini Prizm for some of good Bears players over those years. I don’t think 2012 Select will ever be topped. I think it’s the best football set of all time. 2014 Prizm is not too far behind.