2018 Topps Heritage – Stadium Fantasium

Secret (Santa 2020)

Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 by BBCARDZ 3 Comments

What a year. Hobby-wise, this has been a pretty decent year for me. Thanks to the Trading Card Database…

The Tide is High(ly Subjective and Completely Arbritrary)

Posted on June 27, 2020June 27, 2020 by BBCARDZ 1 Comment

One part of the fantastic current wave of hobby blog giveaway…

Something (from A Cracked Bat)

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by BBCARDZ 2 Comments

Mail Day from A Cracked Bat Happy Valentine’s Day! Last month, hobby blogger extraordinaire Julie of A Cracked Bat posted a boatload of images of baseball cards that she was offering up free for the asking (limited to nine cards per person). So I went…

Happy (“Season of Giving” – Nachos Grande)

Posted on January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 by BBCARDZ Leave a Comment

Last month I was happy to receive a package of cards in the mail from

Padrographs and Memories

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 by BBCARDZ 4 Comments

Whew! My work schedule finally slowed down enough to let me get back to posting here again–thank goodness! I’m so behind on posting a ton of cards I’ve received in the last few months and expressing my gratitude. Now it’s time to begin catching up……

(The Collective) Mind Games

Posted on May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 by BBCARDZ 2 Comments

Last month, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a bubble mailer of cards out of the blue from Greg, creative genius of the great hobby blog, The Collective Mind…

My Favorite Mistake (of 2018)

Posted on January 6, 2019January 7, 2019 by BBCARDZ 3 Comments

Hobby-wise I was really looking forward to 2018. This would be the first year in ages that I would attempt to build a Topps baseball set that wasn’t flagship. And so when 2018 Topps Heritage was released, I bought two hobby boxes and I’m very…

Here Comes (Secret) Santa Claus

Posted on December 23, 2018December 25, 2018 by BBCARDZ 1 Comment

Before we begin, we’re giving a Stadium Fantasium standing ovation to Jon at A Penny Sleeve for your Thoughts for heading up this year’s Secret Santa gift exchange with 30 participants! Well done, Jon! My Secret Santa was none other than Jim (gcrl) at cards…

Mailday: Yet Another Transaction at Trading Cards DB

Posted on April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 by BBCARDZ Leave a Comment

Thanks to a Twitter account that I created to promote Stadium Fantasium (@bbcardz–follow me!), I got in touch with a fellow member of Trading Cards Database and made a deal to acquire a nice lot of 2018 Topps Heritage base short prints. As it turns…

Blog Bat Around: What I Collect

Posted on March 21, 2018 by BBCARDZ 2 Comments

Inspired by “Blog Bat Around” blog posts by the brilliant minds at Night Owl Cards, The Collective Mind, The Shlabotnik Report, Cardboard History, $30 a Week Habit, Not Another Baseball Card Blog and others. Being a low-budget set collector, I try to keep my…

Mailday: More Goodness from Nachos Grande

Posted on March 17, 2018March 18, 2018 by BBCARDZ Leave a Comment

A few days after fellow blogger Nachos Grande hosted a 2018 Topps Heritage three-box break, I checked out the wantlist on his blog and saw that he needed some 2018 Topps Series 1 base cards. I was able to come up with nine cards and…

Case Break Loot: 2018 Topps Heritage from Crackin’ Wax

Posted on March 11, 2018 by BBCARDZ Leave a Comment

Gotta give major props to major case breaker Crackin’ Wax (Home of the Charity Case Break) for recently hosting a case break of 2018 Topps Heritage baseball. This particular group break raised money for the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation, Inc. and the YouTube video can…

Case Break Loot: 2018 Topps Heritage from Nachos Grande

Posted on March 10, 2018March 22, 2018 by BBCARDZ Leave a Comment

Gotta give a big Stadium Fantasium shoutout to blogger extraordinaire Nachos Grande for hosting a nice three-box group break of 2018 Topps Heritage, which can be seen here on Nachos Grande’s fanofreds YouTube channel. Chris also busted and distributed a few bonus older packs of…

Box Break: 2018 Topps Heritage, Hobby Box 2 of 2

Posted on March 6, 2018March 7, 2018 by BBCARDZ Leave a Comment

So I busted the second box of 2018 Topps Heritage and it was also quite a decent box but nothing earth-shattering. The main thing for me is that I hope it will get me within 75% of completing the first 400 cards of the set….

Box Break: 2018 Topps Heritage, Hobby Box 1 of 2

Posted on March 4, 2018March 7, 2018 by BBCARDZ Leave a Comment

I took the plunge. Yes, for the first time since sometime last century, I made a major purchase of a Topps product that was not flagship baseball. Being a low-budget set collector, I’d always ignored all other Topps products. But 1969 is the first year…