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First graded video game pickup šŸŽļø

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Not a huge video game collector (yet šŸ˜‚) but couldn't resist when I came across this CIB graded copy of Cruisin' World.
I'm a nostalgic collector, and looking at this takes me back to the countless hours my brothers and I spent huddled around the N64, completing all the levels so we could trick out our virtual cars as much as possible.
Hopefully it triggers good memories for some of you too.

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Kris Kross Grail

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Vintage 90ā€™s Kris Kross tee shirt .. a group of two that were found at the mall walking around in their clothes worn backwardsā€¦ Jermaine Dupri happened to stumble by them, and after that history was made.

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Never For Sale

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This item is so Rare it took me over 20 years to final get it.. as a kid I remember going to the mall an walking into Footlocker in 1990 and seeing this piece hung up on the wallā€¦ well in 2019 I got lucky to find it through eBay.. it was a local pick up only so I knew it was my only opportunity to get it into my possessionā€¦ the story behind this is there were only given out to flagship stores in the 90ā€™s only five were ever made. not sure if others exist but this weighs a ton.. 6ā€™ x 4ā€™ Jordan Light up box

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My first cards.

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A few summers ago, I stumbled upon the very contents of the first pack of baseball cards I ever opened. My memory isnā€™t completely vivid, as it was over forty years ago, but my mom came home from the grocery store as she did so often, but this time she had something for me. I wasnā€™t a baseball fan, was only vaguely aware of the game in all likelihood; my first sporting memory was sitting in the basement of our split-level as my family went bananas as the USA hockey team beat the Soviets. Sometime after the Miracle on Ice, my mom brought me home that wax pack which immediately enthralled me. I was a beginning reader, so I read the names as best I could, studied the pictures, and tried to make sense of the numbers on the back. I was hooked, and I always hoped sheā€™d bring home more whenever she went shopping!

As I continued buying cards, my mom always showed interest. One time she opened a pack of ā€˜84 Fleer with me, reading the names, and remarking to me how handsome she thought Scott Sanderson was. I donā€™t think she was ever thrilled at the quantity of cards my closet was jammed with, but she knew they made me happy, so she never said a word about them.

When I got back in the hobby as an adult, I had a few cards shipped to my parentsā€™ house for safekeeping. One of them was my Hank Aaron rookie, and she asked me how much I paid for it. When I told her, she had a look of utter shock and crossed herself. I could tell she thought Iā€™d truly lost my mind. Iā€™m hoping that she has access to the PSA prices realized reports up in heaven, so she knows that her son has done okay with the card thing she got me started on all those years ago.

This was adapted from my Instagram page, inspired by @themerriment.

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Take me back to '99 šŸ„¹

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When I had a binder full of PokƩmon grails and a display shelf full of these guys.
Loved collecting these figures almost as much as the cards.
Was stoked when I came across a booth at Collect-A-Con and was able to pick up a few, including this cute 'lil Poliwag.

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