Friday, June 25, 2010

Strasburg Mania at Meijer

I was at Meijer today. Picking up some supplies for the home-made pizzas I will be whipping up later.
As usual, I wandered through the toy department. I always feel a little bit like a creepy guy as I stroll through there without a kid in tow. The collectible cards are at the end of a long aisle, almost to the side wall. That means I either have to go down the aisle of pink Barbie girly stuff or the aisle of Fisher Price toddler stuff. Either way, I always think that someone is looking at me weird. I could veer across from the door, and up along the wall, but that is out-of-the-way. I take a direct rout to my crack.

Here is what I found today. Blister packs with gigantic orange labels that say, "LOOK FOR A CARD OF STEPHEN STRASBURG". What the...? These don't look at all like 2010 bowman. They are 2008 SP. Hmmm.

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  1. Ha! I've seen that on Timelines, which makes sence, but I'm pretty sure he has no card in 2008 SP lol. Although.. I might have to get some of those at $1.99 each..

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  2. I saw those when I was there the other day, too. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how there could be a Strasburg in an '08 product.

    My store's crack is at the end of the games/puzzles/legos aisle so it's less embarrassing. It is interesting that you have three full peg hooks of product there. I don't think there are three pegs total with product in my closest Meijer (and it isn't because I bought everything, either).

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  3. Pfffha! Funny.
    I was poking around eBay. There seems to be an 08 SP Manufactured Patch USA Baseball card available.

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  4. I saw some of those stickers at Walmart, on 09 UD X, crazy.

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  5. They are also on UDX, Upper Deck and Icons from 2009 in Wal Marts here. I think certain distributors are trying to pull some fast ones.

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  6. Hmmm why are they called blister packs? I never understood the name. I always thought they had a different arrangement of the amount of cards and the odds of pulling something good. But these just lookmlike regular packs in more complicated packaging.

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  7. Yea the only 08 Products he's in at 08 UD as a team USA card and Timelines with a base, auto, patch, and jersey.

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