Today was the first chance I had to look for some 2025 Topps. The weather has been ridiculous the past seven days between a big fat snowstorm, ungodly wind for days and now sub-zero temperatures. Even the times I could get away from work, all I wanted to do was stay inside somewhere. So, a week after release, I've got 2025 Topps to show. I'm not even going to say I'm late. Running out in mid-February for the new cards seems much more pointless than when I started this blog. And I just couldn't fired up to order any online. I knew it would be this way though. 2024 Topps is tough to top, unless you're going to go back to real cardboard and the designs of the '70s. I've seen the 2025 cards online and they're OK. Like 2022 Topps OK. Nothing bad ... or so I thought. I went to Target to do some birthday things and headed back to the card aisle. It's the week all the kids have off so the place was mobbed and I couldn't wait to get out, but I did...
(Happy President's Day. No, I don't have this day off or the week off. I do have an extra day off thanks to the post office not delivering today. But that'll be Wednesday, not today. Wish me luck as I will have ventured out into 13-degree weather with the wind howling at 30 mph tonight. Time for Cardboard Appreciation! This is the 348th in a series): I received this 1979 Hostess panel from Max of Starting Nine . Every time I land a Hostess panel the debate begins -- cut or leave intact! Each item is a special case. I am collecting both panels and individual cards for all the '70s Hostess sets and sometimes the decisions are tough. So let's go through what we know: 1. You can see that the panel is scuffed and creased. This means almost nothing to me when it comes to Hostess cards. They practically came out of the package beat up (or more accurately "stained up"). This was long before every card had to be pristine and imprisoned. But it sometimes affe...