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mate i reckon we'd have cross paths a few times at card shows around newcastle!
Buying loads and loads of regular packs of 93-94 Upper Deck chasing rookie standouts...and finally getting an Alan Houston and treasuring it...then finding out later you can get one RS in every jumbo pack haha.
If you pulled a 93 94 Mr June you were a king among peasants.
Penny Hardaway being the next Jordan.
Splashing out on "high end" 93-94 Upper Deck SE packs at the video store and chasing die cut allstars and Johnny Kilroy.
The joy of one insert per pack with Fleer. Hotpacks in 94-95 wtf.
Ordering a set of Fleer Drexler Career Highlights, a Shaq Upper Deck rookie card and a few SE die cuts allstars through the mail and friends wondering where I got all these awesome cards from.
Thinking Topps and Hoops were cheap and nasty. But loved Stadium Club.
Holojams.
When MJ came back from retirement in 95 and all the extra cards that would be made.
Grant Hill being the next Jordan.
Pulling a Webber 94-95 Ultra All Rookie Team and thinking this is the best card I will ever own. Then pulling a 95-96 Skybox Jordan Larger Than Life the next year and it going straight into the screw down.
Pulling an insert and looking in Beckett how much it is worth...and being disappointed most of the time haha.
Buying packs of 97-98 Upper Deck and knowing I will never pull a game jersey....but then buying a few over ebay years later lol.
Still think 97-98 Upper Deck is the best set ever made and still chasing game jerseys and diamond dimensions.
The screw down was the "pool room" of cards.Buying loads and loads of regular packs of 93-94 Upper Deck chasing rookie standouts...and finally getting an Alan Houston and treasuring it...then finding out later you can get one RS in every jumbo pack haha.
If you pulled a 93 94 Mr June you were a king among peasants.
Penny Hardaway being the next Jordan.
Splashing out on "high end" 93-94 Upper Deck SE packs at the video store and chasing die cut allstars and Johnny Kilroy.
The joy of one insert per pack with Fleer. Hotpacks in 94-95 wtf.
Ordering a set of Fleer Drexler Career Highlights, a Shaq Upper Deck rookie card and a few SE die cuts allstars through the mail and friends wondering where I got all these awesome cards from.
Thinking Topps and Hoops were cheap and nasty. But loved Stadium Club.
Holojams.
When MJ came back from retirement in 95 and all the extra cards that would be made.
Grant Hill being the next Jordan.
Pulling a Webber 94-95 Ultra All Rookie Team and thinking this is the best card I will ever own. Then pulling a 95-96 Skybox Jordan Larger Than Life the next year and it going straight into the screw down.
Pulling an insert and looking in Beckett how much it is worth...and being disappointed most of the time haha.
Buying packs of 97-98 Upper Deck and knowing I will never pull a game jersey....but then buying a few over ebay years later lol.
Still think 97-98 Upper Deck is the best set ever made and still chasing game jerseys and diamond dimensions.
Pretty grim stuff. I will admit I went through my old cards to see if I had one though.Pretty sure I have this card back at my parents place. Possibly the most bizarre thing I've heard in 2018 (and that's saying something) is that eBay are now blocking sales of a card because it is affiliated with murders...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12177721
Pretty grim stuff. I will admit I went through my old cards to see if I had one though.
This also could be an opportunity for eagle eyed collectors to try and find other known people in the background of other cards, there must be a few out there with celebrity NBA fans courtside.
I worked at Card Shaq for about 4 years , absolute time of my life. Living the dream out as a job , also collected a little myself but careful not to get too hooked.
We had some fantastic clients , staff and memories
Some amazing moments stood out.
A little 5 year old kid coming up to the counter and asked for the Shaq and Penny auto from Classic draft picks. Told him it was $350 not $3.50 and he said "yes i know" and pulled out a wad of $50's. His dad was on the bench waiting so i had to go over and confirm it was ok. It was.
A toothless customer who came in and always made us laugh , was a little bit off centre but one day he pulled 3 hoops redemptions from the same pack , and he was forever known as 3 hoops redemptions.
We stocked the Fleer Cello packs 92 with the Team Leaders one per pack , $80 a pack they were , Jordan was worth $800 at the time. A guy came in and bought 6 packs and got nothing ( i bought the Reggie off him personally as i was a massive Reggie fan ) , then his mate bought one pack and you guessed it , pulled the Jordan.
We had a bet between the owner of the stores and my mate a fellow employee , that he couldnt go undefeated through NBA Jam and he would give him $500 if he did. He got there , a great night at the bar near the shop , the George Adams Bar ensued.
We had Run and Gun machine , a seriously under-rated game , spent so much of our down time on it.
Soccer was not big at the time , but a few guys were pretty hardcore buyers. Most of us were bball heads so when someone purchased soccer cards we put it in the till as Non-Sports. One customer got so upset when he realised he wanted to fight us
I will post some more soon when i remember more.
Wonderfull memories of the 90s.So many card shops to choose from.The stand out was the card shop at Blacktown.Run by 2 wonderfull and very genuine young men.I worked at Card Shaq for about 4 years , absolute time of my life. Living the dream out as a job , also collected a little myself but careful not to get too hooked.
We had some fantastic clients , staff and memories
Some amazing moments stood out.
A little 5 year old kid coming up to the counter and asked for the Shaq and Penny auto from Classic draft picks. Told him it was $350 not $3.50 and he said "yes i know" and pulled out a wad of $50's. His dad was on the bench waiting so i had to go over and confirm it was ok. It was.
A toothless customer who came in and always made us laugh , was a little bit off centre but one day he pulled 3 hoops redemptions from the same pack , and he was forever known as 3 hoops redemptions.
We stocked the Fleer Cello packs 92 with the Team Leaders one per pack , $80 a pack they were , Jordan was worth $800 at the time. A guy came in and bought 6 packs and got nothing ( i bought the Reggie off him personally as i was a massive Reggie fan ) , then his mate bought one pack and you guessed it , pulled the Jordan.
We had a bet between the owner of the stores and my mate a fellow employee , that he couldnt go undefeated through NBA Jam and he would give him $500 if he did. He got there , a great night at the bar near the shop , the George Adams Bar ensued.
We had Run and Gun machine , a seriously under-rated game , spent so much of our down time on it.
Soccer was not big at the time , but a few guys were pretty hardcore buyers. Most of us were bball heads so when someone purchased soccer cards we put it in the till as Non-Sports. One customer got so upset when he realised he wanted to fight us
I will post some more soon when i remember more.
Yes worked in Hilton quite a lot , Mid City Centre , Maroubra , Gosford , Bankstown , even Penrith on occasions.Great times, nothing beats being a card collector in the early 90’s and living in Sydney. Did you work at the Store underneath the Sydney Hilton and if so do you have any photos of it?
I remember the Harold Miner First Day Issue from Stadium Club selling for $200 in our shop , crazy stuff. He was that hot with EVERYONE wanting a piece of him.This is the greatest thread ever lol.... I remember always going to markets and always being really disappointed if there was no card store there, What's New in Northland was the best on a Friday night, and I would have taken a Harold Miner card over a Jordan anyday of the week
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