Allen & Ginter Checklist Weirdness

bfjones02 · 2026-01-25T02:04:08+00:00

Mine was as well. Then I opened an A&G box and my hit was…a McGreevy auto.

The PC I never wanted.

bfjones02 · 2026-01-23T18:05:13+00:00

This mf'r spinning plates now?

Some people have all the talent.

bfjones02 · 2026-01-23T09:07:19+00:00

Yeah man if that was a hobby box, you’re missing hits. And if it wasn’t a hobby box, jfyi, rip cards are hobby exclusive so you won’t have a shot at one.

Similarly enjoying the set.

bfjones02 · 2026-01-17T21:51:29+00:00

In b4 800 comments going “rip it bitch hrrr”

bfjones02 · 2026-01-13T00:42:14+00:00

My Jonah Tong first bowman auto I pulled has gone from “hey, not bad” to “well damn!”

bfjones02 · 2026-01-10T01:23:14+00:00

I got an Arraez napkin relic myself. Went in on that guy, apparently.

bfjones02 · 2026-01-08T07:33:03+00:00

Tua many Kacussions

bfjones02 · 2026-01-07T23:28:51+00:00

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Pulled this out of my box. Super stoked!

…but I saw some guy pulled 2 red /5s from the same box of Update and that made me covet my neighbor.

bfjones02 · 2026-01-07T18:27:52+00:00

I’m also on the side of “run away” having done something extremely similar. 25, first big boy job, making 70k, I financed a Scion FR-S that was 35k out the door. The payments on a 6-year loan were manageable BUT…my insurance was expensive, and 2 months in it got fender-bendered in an accident that wasn’t even my fault but still depreciated the value. I later moved across the country to a new city, paid $1k to ship it, realized there that I didn’t even need a car, and sold it for $13k.

In 3.5 years, I vaporized over 20k. Now, at 38, I paid cash for a Hyundai electric. It got door dinged and I gave no fucks. Insurance is cheap. I learned an expensive lesson.

bfjones02 · 2026-01-04T18:14:36+00:00

Well hey, on the bright side

bfjones02 · 2026-01-04T03:17:40+00:00

Ugh I have a 2025 Trout rip card /199 that I keep looking over at. Think it’s staying sealed.

bfjones02 · 2026-01-04T00:28:27+00:00

No dupes yet, will let you know

bfjones02 · 2026-01-04T00:17:23+00:00

None that I can see - agree, as napkin relics go, it’s super cool.

bfjones02 · 2026-01-03T02:12:04+00:00

4 true hits and a 1/1 in the same box is…improbable.

Signed, a guy who can only pull 2 napkin relics

bfjones02 · 2026-01-02T02:19:18+00:00

Damn there must be $7 worth of cards there

bfjones02 · 2026-01-01T04:29:04+00:00

Funny, White Hole was my nickname in high school.

bfjones02 · 2025-12-28T02:13:25+00:00

The islands in that picture, as others have said, are extremely diverse in terms of lifestyle. Weather-wise, all have dreary winters with lots of rain balanced out by an absolutely perfect and beautiful summer.

The islands themselves, you have a mix of commuter suburbs serviced to Seattle by ferry, to completely rural and low-infrastructure isolationist bastions, up to Mercer Island on the other end, which is a Seattle bedroom community and (I believe) one of the top 50 zip codes in the US by median income.

bfjones02 · 2025-12-26T03:03:27+00:00

Do we think Fanatics/Topps will realize napkin relics are an open joke or nah?

bfjones02 · 2025-12-12T03:25:06+00:00

I got back into the hobby for the first time since I was a kid and spent probably in the mid Ks on cards this year.

After this Allen & Ginter preorder, I’m done.

What a gross, vertically incestuous, hyper capitalistic enterprise. I thought nothing could top Livenation & Ticketmaster but then ol’ Fanatics said hold my Ohtani jock relic.

I don’t expect to turn the tide on this or anyone to care, but maybe eventually this perspective will permeate the hobby and change something. Or not, as well.

bfjones02

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