tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post4365987391414982671..comments2023-12-11T03:37:10.895-08:00Comments on This Card Is Cool - My Life in Baseball Cards: Happy Twintail Day!Ryan Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-75388253462221327462015-03-06T10:30:25.502-08:002015-03-06T10:30:25.502-08:00I am planning a post / series of posts about them,...I am planning a post / series of posts about them, but there is sorting, scanning, editing, and writing to do. I think they are pretty cool, but I can't read a word on them and that hamstrings the process a little bit. It's hard to find good resources in English for relatively small Japanese wrestling promotions. I'll probably be ordering more, though. They're a fun diversion from the same old stuff I get from Topps and Panini.RAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519699812373438878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-51385248742842448042015-03-05T08:12:42.002-08:002015-03-05T08:12:42.002-08:00Raz, I wonder how you did with your boxes. I don&#...Raz, I wonder how you did with your boxes. I don't really know anything about the wrestling leagues here, though I do know there must be a lot of smaller leagues given what I hear about it.<br /><br />I wonder how well niche card sets like that would do in the US. They're relatively successful here, since BBM churns out those 3000-print run box sets pretty often for sports like badminton, gymnastics, and beach volleyball. Let's face it, card sets for even minor league baseball teams are pretty much niche sets these days.Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-46443349806043603122015-02-17T08:28:57.702-08:002015-02-17T08:28:57.702-08:00The True Heart sets span several women's promo...The True Heart sets span several women's promotions, they're not just connected to one. Since 2012, the cards don't identify the promotions on the front, but in 2011, the set covered these promotions: Stardom, JWP, Pro Wreslting WAVE, SENDAI Girls, Osaka, Ice Ribbon and a few others. I'm starting to add some of these sets to TradingCardDB.com.<br /><br />That's something I would love to see in the US, a wrestling card set spanning multiple companies. I would love if it Topps (or someone) would do a "minor league" wrestling set every couple of years spotlighting maybe 10 or so wrestlers from independent and regional promotions. It is a crime that there aren't 10+ years worth of cards for Christopher Daniels, A.J. Styles and Bryan Danielson, and "minor league" cards of guys like The Undertaker as Mean Mark Callous or even American Dragon way back when he was still wearing a mask.Jason Presleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-75638609695249606382015-02-06T17:44:02.918-08:002015-02-06T17:44:02.918-08:00I'm not sure what exactly I want to know about...I'm not sure what exactly I want to know about them. I guess one of my curiosities is which wrestling leagues are represented. Is it just a compilation of all wrestling leagues, or a certain group of them. That way I could do research (watch wrestling videos on Youtube or something) on them.<br /><br />Anyway, I ordered boxes of 2014 and 2015 from a store on the Rakuten World Market site, and got a call from my credit card's fraud detection department about the foreign transaction. I'm not 100% sure what actually comes in the boxes or whether I got a good deal, but I suppose I'll find out soon enough.RAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519699812373438878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-36820941062113587452015-02-04T17:20:46.789-08:002015-02-04T17:20:46.789-08:00What a wasted opportunity - an 80's power ball...What a wasted opportunity - an 80's power ballad about scrunchies!<br /><br />True Heart is an annual set that features woman wrestlers. It's been a pack-based set since at least 2012 - at first glance it looks like it could have been a boxed set in 2011 and earlier. But sets are 100 cards or larger for the last five years. I've never really put too much thought into it, but like all BBM sets there are some inserts and limited cards, plus autographs. I'm not sure there have been relics.<br /><br />There were women's wrestling cards before that, but I don't know anything about them.<br /><br />Any specific questions about the sets? I can probably dig up a bit more.Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-35961639172986500712015-02-04T13:48:18.118-08:002015-02-04T13:48:18.118-08:00That is a pretty cool holiday, and I agree that it...That is a pretty cool holiday, and I agree that it's okay for women to act like women from time to time. When you say, 'But's today's about hair bands,' I do not think of dual ponytails. I think of Bon Jovi and Poison.<br /><br />On an unrelated note, what can you tell me about True Heart wrestling cards? I got a bug in my ear over on the Blowout Cards forums and I need to know more, but there isn't much information available online. At least not any that I can locate while browsing at work.RAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519699812373438878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-23801035796502493882015-02-02T08:15:13.910-08:002015-02-02T08:15:13.910-08:00You should have stayed in Japan! It got official r...You should have stayed in Japan! It got official recognition in 2012.Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-8761533605561134022015-02-02T08:12:49.063-08:002015-02-02T08:12:49.063-08:00Dafuq? How did I never hear about this custom duri...Dafuq? How did I never hear about this custom during my six-year stint in Japan?Zippy Zappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695389359056056119noreply@blogger.com