Walking in from the cold...

[Drake_Marcus]

Hey guys and gals. My name is Marcus and I've recently started to rip wax.

It all started innocently enough- I was feeling nostalgic about my childhood hobby of collecting hockey cards (early to mid nineties- so the cards are virtually worthless). So I'm on a bus on Christmas Eve on my way home to see my parents and the bus stops at an Irving in New Brunswick. I buy a pop and a protein bar and notice they've got UD Series 1 and OPC at the counter. So I pull two Series 1 packs out of the display and throw them in with my food. I get on the bus and rip them open. A Lidstrom Captains Calling insert! And some random young gun card! Cool- I'm pretty impressed with the way these cards look and after flipping the packs over and reading the odds I'm impressed that I pulled an insert and a YG out of only two packs.

You can guess what happened next... After coming home from Christmas and I bought a blaster of UD series 1 at Toys R Us. I pull a few more inserts and rookies. Time to do some googling... Of course at this point I learned that hobby packs are superior to the retails packs, but I'm still happy with the idea of set building and insert chasing over forking over cash for the uber-premium 2-cards-per-box deals.

What happened next? I bid on an auction for a Clearcut Winners Gordie Howe card and won it for ~$15. I did this based on the #/100 thing (my first encounter with low number cards) and the fact that it's Mr. Hockey. Cruising eBay gave me a chance to spend about $300 on singles :S. I picked up a few really cool cards during my eBay spending spree:

-> 08-09 Treasured Swatches Lanny McDonald (great patch on the card- 3 colours and 2 different types of stitching visible) 5/10
->07-08 OPC Premier Original Six Signatures Red Kelly (beautiful hand signed card with a fantastic example of his signature) 7/100
->08-09 Lecavalier/St. Louis Clearcut Duos 5/25 for only $20
->08-09 High Gloss Milan Michalek 3/10
->08-09 High Gloss Nicklas Lidstrom 1/10
->08-09 High Gloss Ilya Bryzgalov 9/10
->08-09 High Gloss Derek Roy 4/10
->08-09 High Gloss Riley Cote 2/10 (fun fighter to watch!)
->08-09 High Gloss Nathan Horton 7/10
->08-09 Clearcut Winners Howe, Luongo, Lecavalier, Gaborik and Thornton

Nothing that would knock the socks off of anyone here, but I really like the idea of picking up the high gloss, exclusives and Clearcut cards. I'd like to do a master set for UD Series 1 Hockey 08-09 if it's possible to do so without spending more than it's worth.

So yeah... Now I've got it in my head that I want to collect all the high gloss Red Wings cards from Series 1, all the Clearcut Winners and most of the Clearcut Duos. My saving grace is that I grew up with a brother that played with Sidney Crosby most of his life and I'm not terribly enamoured with the kid (unlike 90% of the card word). Plus I'm a die-hard hockey fan and I know the truth about Crosby's long term chances of being the next Gretzky. :p

I've also got a fantasy about completing the base set for UD Series 1 using exclusive #/100 cards. I've picked up about a dozen of those on the Bay and about 4 high gloss cards of players I think have significant mid-to-long term upside (eg. Nathan Horton -give him a few years on another team and he'll be a star player).

Feel free to dissuade me of my misguided ideas :)

Marcus Brookshaw

[nascards]

Marcus WELCOME To Sports Card Forum!!!!!!
My Name Is Rich I am The New Member Asst Manager
You have just reached the MOST ULTIMATE Trading Card site on the web!!!
I am sure that you will Find MANY folks on the Hockey Boards to deal with.
We also have a Great FAQ Page for New Members It is Called ASK LEO !!
IF YOU HAVE ANY Questions or just need a little guidance.
I am sure you will find the help you need there,
WELCOME ABOARD!!
AND HAPPY TRADING!!!
Thanks
Rich

[patriotsguy]

Marcus, welcome to SCF! If you have any questions you can always ASK LEO

[trevorp121]

Welcome to SCF! I dont know much about hockey cards, but the -> 08-09 Treasured Swatches Lanny McDonald (great patch on the card- 3 colours and 2 different types of stitching visible) 5/10 sounds nice. I would love to see what it looks like.

[Drake_Marcus]

Ask and ye shall receive: https://www.sportscardforum.com/cardd...t&cardid=73325

[garnett_21]

Hi and welcome to SCF! Nice introduction! Funny how it all starts with 2 retail packs at a gas station...lol

Good luck adding to your collections!

[quiet-things]

Welcome to the site Marcus!

[Gtbballer20]

Welcome To SCF!!! Enjoy!!!

[alpinemedic]

Marcus, Welcome to SCF! Here you will find a very active and dedicated community of hockey card traders. If you like to talk hockey or hockey cards, you'll find all that you want and more in the hockey card forums.

[htwheelz01]

Welcome to SCF!