Packages Arrive...

So I had a bit of a big blow up with a trader, who I still think didn't mail his side of the deal until after I made a fuss about it not showing up in USPS nearly a WEEK after he said he mailed it... if you want the dirty details, check out my twitter timeline (@TheDimwit). Anyways, here's my loot:

Rusty Staub! I didn't have any kind of relic, auto or anything... I was pretty excited to add this card, even if it came from an unlicensed set. I really dig Golden Age and may have to check out Dave & Adam's for their next deal on the product. I picked up the Grace Kelly for my wife's collection. Talk about a beautiful card! :-D

The Gene Kranz was a pick up for my Oddball collection. Growing up in the Clear Lake City area where NASA was situated and being mesmerized by the space program growing up, I've always had a lot of respect for Gene Kranz. He was a leader and had a great influence on the space program as the Flight Director through the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. In Apollo 13 he is played by Ed Harris. Know for his flat top and keen dress, Kranz will always be well remembered among NASA enthusiasts!

I withhold the traders name since he's not a blog reader. I'm being nice, I do believe deep down that he may have been trying to pull one over on me (I heard from others he had done the same to them) and I really think that if I hadn't made a big deal out of it, he'd have held on to these and blamed USPS. Anyways, on to more interesting topics... CARDS!

I saw a tweet by Pony enthusiast dayf over at Card Junk about some Biggio cards. Well, he more than surprised me with a HUGE stack of Astros, but I was even more excited to get my second 1/1 Pony drawing from the guy with Pony on his brain 24/7. Named Astro Pony...

A couple of Biggios to show off and a custom Dayf mini... great cards David, I'm already building your pile of Braves to send back... no artwork from me, I turn stick figures into tragic farming accidents, art is not my milieu...

Finally, I got a prize package from Brian from Play at The Plate... he's had a bit of a rough go at it of late, so I'm hoping he's able to take some encouragement and get things going in a good direction. I won a contest in September that netted me a rack pack of 2012 Topps Update... there wasn't much exciting inside but I did get two parallel gold cards numbered /2012.

The Chipper will go to David from the package above as part of the return package, and how appropriate is the "play at the plate" card in a package from Mr. Play At The Plate himself!?!?! Thank Brian!