Mail from Madding does not make me mad

I recently got a semi-surprise package of cards from madding of Cards on Cards. I say Semi-Suprise because I claimed a team from him...and then totally forgot about it. Got a lot on my mind is the only excuse I have.

I had already been getting the Nets from him, but now the Warriors are added to the Nets package as well.
Cards like these:

 Jeremy Tyler's a pretty rare player- this is only my 5th card of him.

But of course that wasn't all...there were some much needed Nets, as well!

I especially appreciate the two Sean Kilpatrick cards. He was one of the few bright spots on the Nets last year, and now that they traded away Brook Lopez, he might just be my favorite player on the team. This is only my 2nd and third cards of him!

But that still wasn't all!

I love the oddball stuff in Allen & Ginter. Last year I even bought a pack hoping to get one of the non-sport cards (I did) but this year money has been too tight for that...I missed out two of the NASCAR sets and would have missed out on Excalibur if not for trading for some. This is my first card from the 2017 A&G set.

I will be sending you back some Blazers come October! Thanks again.

NBA 20th Anniversary Countdown #11 1992-93 Fleer

A set I'm not sure why I like so much...but I do.

#11: 1992-93 Fleer

Why I like it: I like the design. It's color coded with simulated basketball textured boxes for the player's name and team. The back design is my all-time favorite in the hobby. (I think!)

Set size/completion: 444 cards, I have 443 of them. 99.8% complete according to the Database. I am missing only #344, Scott Brooks, to have the complete collection. (I only have one version of the #4 Jon Koncak card, but I don't consider variations necessary for a complete set.)

This is a set that looks better in person than it does in scans. For some reason they scan darker than are, and this is a set that must be scanned only with cards from the same set. The gold border doesn't scan particularly well either, and it is very much condition sensitive. In writing up these posts, I realize that in actuality this should probably be #13, with 1997-98 Ultra and 2012-13 Hoops ranking above it, but I'm not going to re-write these posts to change it! And besides, my ranking changes all the time. Sets that would have been in my top 5 at one point in my life now does not make the top 20, or even come anywhere near close to it. I can't guarantee that next year at this time the ranking won't change significantly- and not by new sets being issued, but just how I'm feeling at that time.

I think the back of the card may be my favorite of all time...although I have not really thought too much about that. The basketball pattern is great, the color coding, the large photo in the shape of the "key". I'm not really too sold on the pink, which Fleer used for several years in the stat area, but it's not enough of a detraction to bring the back down.

There were not a lot of inserts in the set- but there are a lot of promos.

Inserts include All-Stars, Rookie Sensations, Sharpshooters, Team Leaders and Total D, as well as a Larry Johnson set that also has an autograph parallel. The inserts are not too spectacular, All-Stars is my favorite. I have not scanned any of several of them yet.

 All-Stars

Sharpshooters

 Larry Johnson

Team Leader

Rookie Sensations

There are quite a few promo sets associated with 1992-93 Fleer. The most prominent is the Drake's set, which looks just like the base cards, but have different numbers. There is nothing at all to let you know it's the Drake's set EXCEPT the number.

The standard Shaquille O'Neal card is #401.

There is also a Tony's Pizza set, which again looks exactly like the base set, only they carry no number at all.

The standard Petrovic card is #147.

There is also a promo set for Spaulding, and several team-released sets as well. There might be some I don't even know about, either!

• #20: 2002-03 Topps 10
• #19: 2004-05 Topps Total
• #18: 2002-03 Topps Pristene
• #17: 1992-93 Ultra
• #16: 1975-76 Topps
• #15 1996-97 SP
• #14 1992-93 Upper Deck
• #13 2012-13 Hoops 
• #12 1997-98 Ultra
• #11 1992-93 Fleer