2018 trade package #22: Sports Cards From the Dollar Store

Have I mentioned before that Doug from Sports Cards From the Dollar Store is a good guy?  Maybe in one of the 28(!) previous trade posts featuring cards from him?  Well it doesn't matter since I'm gonna emphasize it again because he sent me yet another nice bunch of cards despite the fact that I haven't sent anything his way in I dunno how long.  This was another doozy, too.  Check it out!:

Over on this here blog it's a 100% Red Wings affair, which I would have been on-board with even if the quality wasn't nearly what it was this time.  Doug sent over sweet die-cut cards of two of the best Wings of my lifetime.  #1 is two-time Cup-winner Pavel Datsyuk on a card that brought back memories of SPx but is actually from 2015-16 OPC Platinum's Team Logos insert.  It's a beautiful card starring the puck magician who inherited the mantle of the next guy.  Everyone in Hockeytown remembers the Captain, Steve Yzerman, the guy who brought three Cups (including one he shared with Datsyuk in 2002) to Detroit after a long drought.  The former Tampa Bay GM--who may be heading for the same role in Detroit soon--looks fantastic on his 2001-02 Pacific Invincible base card.

You'll also see this card over on TMM this evening (with the rest of the loot) but I'm including this 2018-19 Upper Deck MVP base of Dylan Larkin here as he's a WolverWing and PC guy.  And better yet, this gets me up to 20 cards in his small collection!

Also appearing over there tonight:  this huge hit of another WolverWing which is worth showing off in at least two posts.  Doug continues to break one of his favorite products, Panini's 2013-14 Rookie Anthology, and he also kept up his reputation for pulling extremely nice cards, some of which he's been ridiculously generous in sending my way.  His latest gift is from the Prizm portion of that product, a Prizms Finite parallel.  Peep that stamp on the back to understand why I'm so excited.  Yep, it's a true 1/1!  That makes 111 in that collection, by the way.

I count myself as very fortunate to get to trade with Doug and benefit from his amazing box/case luck, not to mention the fact that he's so willing to send amazing stuff in packages without a second thought.  Many, many thanks to my Canadian buddy, whom I'll attempt to pay back in spades as soon as I can!  

To see the rest of this great mailer please head over to TMM after reading this recap.

2016 trade package #17: Sports Cards From the Dollar Store gives you Wiiiiings

Lots of red but no bull in this post!  Well, just a bit--despite being as useful as the USPS, Canada's mail system decided to work for a bit, so I was fortunate enough to be one of the recipients of another trade package from Doug over at SCFtDS!  Hopefully the American version will be functioning whenever Canada's gets back to some semblance of normalcy.

Anyway, Doug provided plenty of goodies--in fact, enough for a two-part trade post, which means there's even more to see over at TMM this evening.

But that's for after this post.  Here's the TMV content you're here to see:

Cleary was the first Newfie to win a Cup thanks to Detroit's last win in 2008.  Datsyuk was a team stalwart for 14 seasons before understandably heading back home after this year.  Draper was an often underappreciated key cog of four Cup teams.  Ellis played parts of two seasons with the Wings before heading to the Kings, then seven more seasons with Buffalo.  Filppula put up eight solid seasons with the Wings, good enough to earn a free agent contract with Steve Yzerman's Lightning.  Lidstrom needs no introduction as he's one of the greatest players in franchise history.  And Osgood was also underappreciated by many fans, but was part of three Cup-winners, starting most of the games for two of those squads.

And Hank gets his own scan thanks to this five-card bounty.  Zetterberg has put up more than 300 goals in his 13-year career and was also part of the 2008 Cup-winning squad.  The Ultra insert celebrates his feat of scoring 13 goals in the playoffs that year as the Wings defeated the Penguins.  He put up double-digit playoff goals--11--the following year as well as Detroit fell to the Pens in a rematch.

This bunch of Wings brings back some nice memories of some of Detroit's best recent teams and players, so thanks for sending them my way, Doug!  I'll respond in kind whenever you give me the go-ahead.

Please make sure to head over to TMM this evening for the rest of the loot!

2016 trade package #1: New Year's Cards From the Dollar Store

It's fitting that my very first trade package of the year (which arrived last Saturday) comes from Doug of Sports Cards From the Dollar Store since he remains my most prolific trade partner--this is my 18th trade post from him on this blog alone in the three-plus years we've been swapping cards.

Everyone's favorite Canadian always finds great stuff to send me, and here's what made it across the border in a bubble envelope this time:

Anibal is back for his fifth season in Motown as a stalwart of a rotation that's seen a pretty good amount of turnover the last few seasons.  I hadn't realized until I looked over on B-R that he's only 36-29 in 87 starts over those four seasons, but his ERA has been solid and he's been let down by the bullpen at times, so maybe we'll see some improvement in his numbers (and health!) this season.

He comes to us today in the form of this Purple Refractor from 2015 Bowman Chrome (#d 165/250).  Purple is just about the worst color Topps has used, but there's still no such thing as a bad Refractor in my opinion!

That's it for the baseball content, but here's some obligatory hockey cards:

As I'm writing this post Detroit has completed its pre-All-Star break schedule and sits in second place of the Atlantic Division in the East, which makes me feel pretty good about keeping the postseason streak alive.  Of the guys represented above, Datsyuk, Kronwall, and Zetterberg are currently with the team and are among the Wings' leaders in points (with Hank at the top of the heap).  Interestingly enough, Detroit enjoys the talents of a pair of Wolverines in Luke Glendening and star rookie (and team goal-scoring leader) Dylan Larkin.  Datsyuk and Zetterberg continue to hum along reliably, though, so this is a nice bunch of Red Wings cardboard!

Please make sure to head over to TMM this evening for the rest of this two-part trade package as that post includes football and--surprise!--more hockey!

Thanks for a fun first trade package of the year, Doug, and hopefully I'll have some stuff heading your way within a few weeks!

2014 trade package #35: Sports Cards From the Detroit Store

First, just a real quick note that all 25 (I didn't do that on purpose, I promise!) packages are in the mail as of this morning, and I think more are due to arrive in the neighborhood of Monday/Tuesday, so enjoy, and Merry Christmas to all!

Meanwhile, Doug over at Sports Cards From the Dollar Store sent me the usual M-Bomb of Michigan PC guys in late November, and I'm showing off that haul over on TMM tonight, but I did also want to highlight the Detroit stuff he sent my way:

First up is a trio of Wings cards representing one of Doug's favorites in Daniel Alfredsson, who appears to have finished his career in Detroit, and puck-handler extraordinaire Pavel Datsyuk.  The second Datsyuk is a cool sticker from this year's OPC set.

Of course the highlight for me is a pair of cards of this here blog's namesake.  The insert on the left is a Cut Above card from 2012 Topps, and better yet Doug flipped me JV's base card from the excellent looking 2014 Stadium Club set.  It's about damn time Topps brought back TSC, and I'm happy to see that Justin's card came out great thanks to the solid photo and typically excellent design.

Thanks for not forgetting my other collections, Doug!  Readers, we all know the NHL is full swing, so check out the hockey action over at Sports Cards From the Dollar Store now!