Collecting 90s inserts is way too daunting and expensive:(

FLOUR said:

In the last year or so, I bought about 40 Griffey inserts, most of those issued in the 1:36 range. But especially after last night it seems the prices on his rarer stuff is exploding, and there's way more stuff than I realized. I just can't keeping plopping down $3-15 per card when you consider there's at least a few hundred of these babies. I also considered other players instead like Thomas, McGwire, Bonds but even those guys still have pricey stuff. At this rate I would be relegated to collecting Albert Belle or Juan Gonzalez or someone with hardly any inserts like Edgar Martinez; but what fun is that? Those cards sure look nice though, especially those Ultra, Pinnacle, and Stadium Club cards from 1995 onwards.

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gwynn5453l4u said:

Ahhhh yes. The Player collector. Player collectors do just that – they collect a player. Once considered a separate family from the true collectors, they have thicker front legs and tend to be stockier than their much maligned cousins. Player collectors sit motionless on chairs, waiting for an insert or rare pin or coin to become available. When one does, the Player collector pounces quickly, grabbing the prey in its strong front legs. Some Player collectors even look a bit like the cards they collect. Luring, cunning and sly... The ones without patience slowly shrivel up inside, it's insides being decomposed into a withering mist of flesh, until it slowly loses consciousness, dying in the same chair where it once thrived.

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mannyramirezcollec said:

Jim Thome cards are stupid cheap for someone with 500+ HRs. One of his 90's 1/1's went for like 40.00 a few months back

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gwynn5453l4u said:

Ahhhh yes. The Player collector. Player collectors do just that – they collect a player. Once considered a separate family from the true collectors, they have thicker front legs and tend to be stockier than their much maligned cousins. Player collectors sit motionless on chairs, waiting for an insert or rare pin or coin to become available. When one does, the Player collector pounces quickly, grabbing the prey in its strong front legs. Some Player collectors even look a bit like the cards they collect. Luring, cunning and sly... The ones without patience slowly shrivel up inside, it's insides being decomposed into a withering mist of flesh, until it slowly loses consciousness, dying in the same chair where it once thrived.

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