5 Things I Did In The Hobby Last Week

 *coffee is ready and so am I for another new post on Cards Over Coffee*

*waiting for you to get coffee in hand*

*takes sip, gets ready to post*

Welcome to the next edition of 5 Things I Did In The Hobby Last Week. I almost got rid of this segment but decided I would keep it for now. Hopefully there will be more interaction, or it could be axed over the next few episodes.

For now, let's keep it rolling!

But, for those of you that are new to this segment, here is the background to it:

This series is once again related/played on by Elon Musk's email to government officials in February 2025 asking them about what five things/accomplishments they did for the week.

Also, once again, this is not about politics. I just liked the idea.

*its best to never post politics, make friends, not enemies*

Here we go onto my five things.

1.As always, I did a lot more social media posts across my planet of them. I started doing Rodney Hampton, Eli Manning updates along with small mail day posts on there since it's much faster to send out a social media message than putting up a big blog post.

If you want to catch up on stuff you missed out on, here is a list of all of my social media channels: Cards Over Coffee YouTube Channel is for cards:

Cards Over Coffee - YouTube

Matt's World Of Fun YouTube Channel is for everything else:
Matt's World Of Fun! - YouTube

On top of this, I have two Facebook accounts, Cards Over Coffee and Sport Card Collectors,

Twitter/X: Coffee Card Guy

Instagram account: Coffee Card Guy

Bluesky as Cards Over Coffee

There you have that. Now go check me out on those!

2. I had to make sure I was making the right choice in posting the Grady M unboxing cards, so I decided it would be really hard to find topics to post them on here. Instead, look for some Random Cardboard posts on Sport Card Collectors. Every card posted like that are the ones from the unboxing that I pulled out and thought were cool.

  

3. I commented on your blogs but need to catch up on my own!

4. Attempted to make some trades, all failed. That's okay though, I don't plan on giving up!

5. I have mailed out ten of the envelopes from my big Christmas mailing. Five more going out today. This will be fun!

And there you have it. Five things I did in the hobby last week.

I hope to keep this series going again!

*takes this posts final sip*

Tell me five things you did in the hobby last week or make a comment on mine. I will make sure to read and comment back on all of them.

I need to go back and get my school work done as I have turned on one of the videos so I can quickly get a new post up on here.

*takes another sip, already plans on another refill*

Have a magnificent Monday!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

They Are Heading Out

 

It has begun!

The Christmas cards, well sport cards, mailings have started hitting the mail box. I am mailing out 3 to 5 of these every day. I really wanted to label these with Christmas on the outside of them, but knowing how often cards are being stolen in the mail, I don't want to give them any other reason to take them.

These envelopes are heading out to Blogger and Twitter/X friends. Roughly, there are 20 to 30 of these being mailed out. I hope those of you that get one of these enjoys the goods within.

That's it for today. Just wanted to drop an update.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Score-A-Treat

Happy Spooky Day to all of those that celebrate!

For me, I have a busy day ahead which is why I put this post together on Friday so it would be ready for Saturday. Today, I will be hosting my final Saturday Open Gym before we go to two times a week next week. I will also be going to a Playoff Game for my high school football team I played for.

So there isn't a lot of time for spooky hijinks.

But, there is time for coffee. If you were sitting next to me now, we both would be having a cup. 

*takes a sip, tips cup towards screen as a good morning greeting*

I have been itching for something to rip and the finances allowed me around $20 to do so. Since there aren't many options around that price anymore that I enjoy, I decided to have some fun and grabbed a 2026 Score-A-Treat.

This product is different than year's past. With Panini unable to use logos and a lack of pro sports contracts, the product this year is a mixed bag of sports.

I was fine with that. There were also some Giants on the checklist I had to grab anyways. The other fun part with this year's set is that it's not just all base cards. This year you can find parallels, numbered parallels and even autographs. For the price and the amount of packs to rip and cards I said this will be worth the fun.

In every package of 2026 Score-A-Treat you find 40 packs of 3 cards each. These roughly will run you between $20-$24 a package depending on where you buy. You will find one parallel per pack and one numbered per package on average. Then a chance at autographs from what I have been told fall one in two packages.

Since there are so many cards in a package, I am only showing off my favorite ones. I didn't have the time to scan them all in.

 

Base Card Monster Bash Judge

Base have white borders, this is a slime border Terrell Davis

Spider Webs Monster Bash Aaron Judge. This was actually in my first pack, I thought maybe this was a sign of good things to come.

Monster Bash Lawrence Taylor. This one is a pumpkin parallel.

 

I am not sure if these are short prints or what, but I only found one of these in my package. I think Ric Flair would be great in a haunted house. Can you imagine walking down a darkly lit hallway and out of nowhere a  WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! comes at ya. Yeah, made you jump didn't I?

 

And finally, my "hit" of the package. A witches hat parallel /249 of Earl Campbell.

That was a fun break for the cost. Since I am not in this hobby for the money and only the fun, I would rank this like 3/5 for fun factor.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween.

In comments today, tell me you favorite Halloween movie. Mine is actually Halloween, the original from 1978. None of that remake garbage here. I also like the sequel Halloween II as well. Once again, original, not remake.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

2026 Allen And Ginter Wants

As I sip on my daily brew, I sat down and thought, "hey, I am not going to be able to afford any Allen Ginter this year, so why not make a list of the cards I want the most and maybe someone has extras or some for trade."

I just spent time making this want list of the most sought after cards I want from this year's product. I did already get a Seinfeld base I really wanted. I was hoping he had a relic card to but I didn't see it on the checklist.

Here are other base I want,

46 Rob Lowe

58 Steve Burns

78 Nelly

88 David Spade

92 Tim McGraw

116 John Oates

119 Luke Combs

122 Moby

126 Anne Hathaway

179 Geena Davis

225 Matt Rife

257 Jesse Eisenberg

295 Rich Eisen

Here are the autographs. I would trade my 2018 Topps Chrome Ohtani rookie for the right one (or two) of these autographs only,

Miley Cyrus

Seth Myers

Anne Hathaway

David Spade

Colin Jost

Moby

John Oates

Matt Rife

Steve Burns

AA-LP Dave Farrell/Mike Shinoda/Joe Hahn/Brad Delson/Colin Brittain/Emily Armstrong - Linkin Park


And the relics

Moby

Jesse Eisenberg

Tim McGraw

To nobodies surprise, they are all of the non sport people.

I will add this list to my Top Want list as well and cross them off hopefully as I get them. Once again, hopefully.

In comments, let me know which Allen Ginter card you want most from this year's product.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Winning

*afternoon cup of coffee is ready, it's time for some Cards Over Coffee*

I experienced a couple of wins recently.

For one, I won because I got to see the return of Jaybarkerfans Junk blog run by my longtime friend Wes make its return after 2828 days away or close to seven years away in other terms. Glad to see you back Wes and if you haven't checked out his blog yet, please do so. One of the best guys in this hobby!

 Now onto my other win. It has been awhile since I have won any from of contest, so when I saw a contest for a cool Griffey card being hosted by Nick Starn Art (@nickstartnart) on X I entered with fingers and eyes crossed hoping to win.

By now you already know, I was the winner of the Starn Art Character Illustrations print limited to 10 copies.

Not only is the art print card cool, but check out how he shipped it.

Box with emblem. You would think there is a fancy watch hidden within.

Tissue paper protected.

 

The card was inside of a wrapper. Like a sealed wrapper I had to open.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

Inside....

It's a beaut Clark!

This will be a fun piece for my Griffey collection and can be a talked about one on how it was packaged to me. If only others took so this amount of time for their card shipping.

Thanks to Nick Start Art for the cool Griffey!

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

Wes back. New Griffey. Basketball starting to rev up. Half way done fall semester. I hope winning like this continues. Every win big or small still counts and needs to be celebrated.

Have you experienced any victories recently? Let me know in comments.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Son! You're On A Baseball Card!

"Son! You made it to the big leagues now kid! You're on a baseball card!"

"I am?"

"Yes! A friend of ours who collects found you in a pack!"

"That's cool! I will need a copy! What photo did they use?"

"Well...."

*slowly looks at the card*

 

"Oh. Maybe I will wait for another card to come out."

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Still Chasing Them In 2026

Back in February, I put up a post, THIS POST, setting a goal to pick up ten cards I really wanted the most this year. 

Well, we are at the end of October and so far I only have one of the ten I was seeking thanks to a long time friend.

At this point, it doesn't look like I will be adding any of these and will need to add these to my 2027 list plus one more to fill in the missing one.

1. 2024 Prizm (not draft) Caitlin Clark base rookie. 
2. 1994-95 Collect-A-Card Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The New Season - Acetate Character PlastiCards #CS-6 - The White Ranger. 
3. 1994-95 Collect-A-Card Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The New Season - Acetate Character PlastiCards Lord Zedd 
4. 1998 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion Peyton Manning 
5. 1997-1998 Metal Universe Base Michael Jordan 
6. 1996-1997 Metal Universe Base Michael Jordan
7. 1995 Summit Ground Zero Curtis Martin 
8. Pop Century Ed O'Neil Autograph. 
9. 1997 Topps Chrome Refractor Jake Plummer Rookie 
10. 1992 Bowman Mariano Rivera

What that missing one will be, well, I have awhile still to think on that but it will be a small-lesser end card like the most of these are.

Have you added any of the cards you wanted this year?

Let me know in comments!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

5 Things I Did In The Hobby Last Week

 *coffee is ready and so am I for another new post on Cards Over Coffee*

*waiting for you to get coffee in hand*

*takes sip, gets ready to post*

Welcome to the next edition of 5 Things I Did In The Hobby Last Week. I almost got rid of this segment but decided I would keep it for now. Hopefully there will be more interaction, or it could be axed over the next few episodes.

For now, let's keep it rolling!

But, for those of you that are new to this segment, here is the background to it:

This series is once again related/played on by Elon Musk's email to government officials in February 2025 asking them about what five things/accomplishments they did for the week.

Also, once again, this is not about politics. I just liked the idea.

*its best to never post politics, make friends, not enemies*

Here we go onto my five things.

1.As always, I did a lot more social media posts across my planet of them. I started doing Rodney Hampton, Eli Manning updates along with small mail day posts on there since it's much faster to send out a social media message than putting up a big blog post.

If you want to catch up on stuff you missed out on, here is a list of all of my social media channels: Cards Over Coffee YouTube Channel is for cards:

Cards Over Coffee - YouTube

Matt's World Of Fun YouTube Channel is for everything else:
Matt's World Of Fun! - YouTube

On top of this, I have two Facebook accounts, Cards Over Coffee and Sport Card Collectors,

Twitter/X: Coffee Card Guy

Instagram account: Coffee Card Guy

Bluesky as Cards Over Coffee

There you have that. Now go check me out on those!

2. I finally got more photos uploaded on here for future posts. Most are from the Grady M unboxing. This Chevy Chase /99 was not apart of that, but I used it for this post.

  

3. I replied to your comments and have been commenting on a few other blogs as well. Trying to catch up when I have time.

4. I added and took away stuff from my Watchlist on eBay. I also watched stuff I wanted sell. So there's that.

5. I put together a few more Christmas present envelopes. I have roughly 20 to mail now. I think I have hit up everyone I have wanted to this year.

And there you have it. Five things I did in the hobby last week.

I hope to keep this series going again!

*takes this posts final sip*

Tell me five things you did in the hobby last week or make a comment on mine. I will make sure to read and comment back on all of them.

I need to get myself ready for football Sunday. Go Giants!

Have a great Sunday!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Let's Just Chat

 It's close to 8 p.m. where I am and I had a few minutes to put up a post, but don't have any cards to show off.

So, let's just chat.

Today, I got to watch my NY Giants break my heart and lose to the New Orleans Saints despite a desperate comeback late in the fourth quarter. They are still 3-2-1 and in first place at this point. How long that lasts this season time will tell.

But, I am still excited about the effort they are putting in this year and I think giving them another year they could be a contender.

Also, I held my third Open Gym for basketball preseason yesterday. There were 19 girls signed up for Open Gym, only 6-8 have shown up every week. Despite the lack of girls, the lack of talent wasn't missing. There was two sixth grade girls who have never played before that picked up on stuff I coached really quickly. It's a great feeling as a coach to see this and know that I have a hand in this.

There are still two more preseason Open Gyms in October left, then there will be two-a-week starting in November and the teams will be placed together by December 1st. In November, I have a training and a coaches meeting with the Athletic Director as well.

The fall semester for college hasn't been fun which has what has been contributing to my lack of posting and hobby in general. I have two A+ at this point and one A. The A is in the Intro to Earth Science class that has been so tough. It takes me six to eight hours to do the work for that class and it has been complete torture. I hate it. It drags me down on a weekly basis and I still have a long nine weeks left with a huge project at the end.

And finally, tomorrow will mark my wife and I's twenty-four year wedding anniversary. It doesn't feel that long but it has been. Crazy to think how fast time has gone by and how much has changed in those twenty-four years.

Let me hear what you have been up to and anything interesting in your life. Hopefully I can get back to cards soon and card posts.

Have a good night!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

My Kind Of Unboxing

There are a lot of people who like to watch unboxing videos, I am not one of those people, but I do like unboxing stuff and when I get a message from long time reader and friend Grady M that something was on it's way, then I know I must get ready mentally.

Because he always sends the fun stuff.

I received my latest Grady Box for unboxing over a month ago. I have unboxed every box but have not had the time to sort it out and get pictures ready for the blog. The cards remain in the boxes still.

For now the best I can offer all of your eyes is the top card viewing. But, believe me, when I get to actually post from these, your eyes will be exposed to some amazing stuff. Inside of these boxes are base, inserts, and fun stuff galore from all over the sports world and some non sports.

For now, just take a sneak peek. A very minimal sneak peek.

There you have it.....for now.

Hope you enjoyed this sneak peek.

Soon you will see what my kind of unboxing is like.

In the meantime, sip your coffee and have a great rest of your day.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

I Needed A Filler Post (Topps) Now!

*fresh hot coffee is ready, pours a cup, and takes a sip*

This marks Post #902 on this blog and I am drawing a blank today. But, I really wanted to get a post up.

So, I have my coffee, came up with a lame blog title and now will show off a couple cool cards to help fill in a post for today.

*takes another sip*

  

RIP Penny. It was nice having you most of my life. I will never understand why they got rid of the penny, but it still has a place to me. Just like losing Pluto as a planet, it's still a planet to me.

 

Space is cool to learn about and all, but would I ever want to travel it, probably not. But, these astronauts got to on a 10-day lunar fly-by mission so that's awesome. I just like space cards to be honest. It's also why I wanted to take astronomy before they threw the whole needing to do more math thing at me.

That does it for today's filler post. Hopefully next time I pour a cup and have some coffee I will have more to talk about.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

SO,SO CLOSE

I am so, so close.

Since I have been back on a 90's kick recently and really wanting to finish up these sets, I decided to throw an update post (I already did an unfinished cup on this one) for this set as this is the closest one I have left to finish up from the 90's before I try to look at others. 

Also, this one ranks up there as a set I really want to complete. I have the 1996 Spx and 1998 Spx basketball and this is a need to finish up the trifecta! Not too mention, it's one of my favorite 90's base set designs ever!

 

Here are the remaining cards I need, the ones not crossed off,

24-Shaquille O'Neal

30-Stephon Marbury

34- Anfernee Hardaway

38-Steve Nash

42-Shawn Kemp

43-Gary Payton

Just 6!!!!! 

Any help in finally finishing up this set would be greatly appreciated! I tip a cup of fresh hot coffee your way.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I know I did other than being busy.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Post #900

You read that right.

Post #900

Cup of Coffee #900 (well not really, I have probably had that this year)

The #900th time I have had to say....*sits down with cup in hand, smiles at the celebration post, takes a sip*.

If you were to have asked me if this blog would have made it this far, I would have doubted it. Most of my secondary blogs I have created have either died off immediately after or I have given up on after a year or two. But, for some reason or another, this blog continues to live on and now I have reached yet another milestone on it.

I was hoping to get to #1000 by year's end, but I doubt that with the upcoming basketball season and a lot of college work this semester.

So, let's just celebrate #900 with a few new cards.

  

2000 Topps Tek Drama Tek Performers

 

2001 Fleer Genuine Pennant Aggression

And....

 

2002 Pacific Crown Royale Pro Bowl Honors (I have been wanting one of these for a long time, so pretty!)

And there you have it. I think I chose some great cards for this celebration. Two new Griffeys and a Pro Bowl card I have always wanted to get my hands onto. Now it will sit in my Terrell Davis PC.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post...mmmmm...coffee....tastes even better when its being celebrated.*

Thanks again to those of you who have stuck around with a cup in hand ready to read the newest post on here and never knowing what to expect.

Have a great Thursday! Be good to others!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Swingin' Into The Postseason

The baseball post season is on, so I figured why not show off some of my latest baseball cards thanks to a trade with long time buddy @90sNicheFBCard.

But first....some coffee....

*brew is ready, pours cup, pours creamer, stirs....takes sip....gets back to post*

*takes another sip*

I am sure many Yankee fans will agree, this guy needs to retire. But, I will still welcome a shiny card of him.

This is THE MAN. Despite the Yankees smelling it up against the Rays so far, Ben Rice has still been the bright spot.

I always wonder what if Aaron Judge actually stayed healthy in his career and how many records he may have broken? Same feeling for Mike Trout and Ken Griffey Jr.

Just in case you didn't know this was a Topps card....

Who is this guy? That's what most Yankee fans are wondering now. It wasn't too long ago he was the most wanted prospect, now he has fallen.

 

Wavy....

 

It looks like to me that Aaron was planning on playing all season but he counted his chickens before they could hatch on that.

Besides Jeter and Judge, I will welcome all Ben Rice cards to my PC. I don't collect as much baseball as I used to, but these three Yanks I will take all day.

I know I have said this before but I will say it again for those who didn't read it the first time, Roger was one of my favorite pitchers of the 90's who I used to try and imitate, then he got messed up with the 'roids crew and I lost all respect.

Now onto the greatest player with the greatest swing ever to hit a baseball diamond.

 

I have been staring at one of these for months, was so excited to see this pop up in the package. Though I prefer 90's for my Griffeys, when one looks cool like this I will obvious take it.

Another one I have been needing.

This one here was a wonderful surprise! Shiny, /199, and throwback. Couldn't ask for more.

The cards featured above wasn't all he sent either. There were more baseball cards but there were also more football cards. The only way you can see those is if you are following my football card blog, Big Blue Cardboard. I will be posting those there at some point. Some really fun stuff mixed in that group as well.

Thanks again for the trade and mail day Bryan!

*takes another sip before finishing up today's post*

Bryan always sends a lot of fun and variety in his mail days. I had a feeling when it magically appeared in my mail box that it was going to be spectacular and it was. I hope to send you some stuff soon in the Christmas mailings I need to get out this month.

If the Yankees fail to come back from down two games, I will at least have this cards to look at that got me swingin' into the postseason.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

It's Not Always About Sports

It's not always about sports. 

I also collect a ton of non-sports and probably this year alone, I would say I have almost acquired more non-sports than sports.

One of my latest trades came on X from @CalvinThomas88. He and I pulled off a trade already earlier this year and just like that one, I sent him stuff he wanted (Cubs inserts) and I got exactly what I wanted, these,

Pieces Of The Past dual relic featuring Picasso and Rockwell.

Looks like a newspaper swatch featuring MLK.

Civil War penny relic from Pieces Of The Past

 

My favorite relic of the group, Nelson Mandela. I cannot tell what this swatch is, but I just really liked it.

And finally, 1962 Topps Death To The Enemy vintage card.

Some great pickups, thanks again for the trade @CalvinThomas88.

My collection of non-sports will only continue to grow over time. I am actually working on a big trade right now for a key card for my PC. One I have wanted for awhile and hopefully have enough remaining trade bait to pull it off...because it's not always about sports.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

BBA:We Had It All The 1990's

Back in the 90's, we had it all in the hobby.

We had the most innovative cards. We had lots of legends and Hall Of Fame players to collect, some of which we will never see the likes of again...yes I am talking especially about you Michael Jordan. We had price guides to price our cards. We had checklists inserted in packs to help us set collectors, some of those checklists were even apart of the set. We had coaches, cheerleaders, and even refs in our sets.

We had it all.

Today's cards will have nothing on what I enjoyed then. That's why I am focusing a lot of adding cards from that era. Maybe even finish some long time sets that have been sitting around.

So, I created this Blog Bat Around to see what era of cards you liked, why, and some new additions you may have added from that era.

I have many to show and will let the cards themselves do the talking. Good luck making a case against these. Maybe some of you will even agree and I will get to see even more awesomeness from this era.

Here are my latest additions,

 

 

And I ended this with a Highlight Reel. See what I did there.

These cards I will treasure, despite the players, more than any others. I don't care about the player. It's more about the card, memory and what it means to me.

Now let me see you beat the 90's. Good luck.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*