2 MINUTE TOY BREAK !

My two newest Starting Lineup additions arrived yesterday and I had an issue with both of them.Robin Yount's stand came warped so he couldnt stand very well.Luckily I was able to remedy that using the old boiling water to plastic trick.I was able to flatten out the stand and take Yount off the disabled list.The Dave Stewart figure was supposed to be his 1989  rookie release and the vendor sent me the 1991 figure instead.Both figures are identicle so Im not really sweating it.My Starting Lineup collection is now 21 figures deep!

And what better way to celebrate than with what has to be one of my all time favorite card designs,Topps Turkey Red!These were based on the original designs of the past and have a nice ,antiquated look to them.The cards look and feel like mini canvases.Every player looks like they were hand painted with some really nice and picturesque  backdrops.I still have a bunch of these ,some in binders and others in shoeboxes.Again,I could have posted this on my sports blog but everyone on that side of town has seen these before.And even though this is the toy orientated side of the blogosphere,sometimes its nice to look at something a little bit different.On that note,Happy Topps Turkey Red Thanksgiving everyone🦃

OZZIE "THE WIZARD" SMITH                                       

The lighter fluid worked like magic.The sticker popped right off literally ,in  seconds.Only to reveal that either an attempt at peeling it off before had been made,ripping the cardback or the cardback was ripped already and the seller just placed the worlds largest sticker over it.Im not even sure if this "1988 edition "sticker is native to Starting Lineup figure packaging.I dont remember ever seeing a sticker like this on any SLs as a kid.I wouldn't have minded displaying the packaging as is ,with torn cardback,but it's the smudge that really bugs the shit outta me now.I think its time to release Parker from his cardback confines,touch up the bill of his cap with a little yellow acrylic paint and call it a day.

So I got the final piece to my 88 A's team,Dave Parker.I knew it had the giant 1988 edition sticker on It and had planned on removing It.A task I will undertake later on tonight,a post on that forthcoming.What the ebay item pic didnt convey was the paint smudge on the inside of the packaging which appears to have come from the bill of the baseball cap 🤨Well,i only paid 4 bucks for it so I shouldn't complain.These Dave Parkers sell for about 20 bucks carded and 12 to 15 bucks loose,so.Ive looked online and found out that lighter fluid is good at causing a chemical reaction that makes old sticker price tags come right up without damaging the card back.Of course ill be trying this on 30 plus year old sticker so im pretty much planning to fail.As far as the smudge goes,im stuck with it.Unless I detach the blister and yadda,yadda,yadda.If the cardback was in better shape i would have tried it.Ill be doing a follow up post on my sticker removal results so stay tuned!

Post deleted.Lets move forward people.Things shouldnt have gotten so out of hand.The issue has been resolved by both parties involved and Its time to get back to blogging about toys.