Oz Is here

Hi all,

My name is Steve but my nickname is Oz (from NBA Live Leagues). Im from Melbourne, 27 years old and I'm a Multimedia Student starting my Diploma course in 3D animation next month.

The two best jobs I ever had were running card stores (this goes back over 10 years when I was 15/16) and I stopped collecting shortly after my collection was stollen when I was 16 . By this time I had a fairly decent and expensive collection in a folder, but cut a long story short it's all gone and I never got them all back. I managed to recover some (long story) but my collection just wasnt the same and I lost interest and my job shortly after. I was lucky enough though to still have the sets I had assembled between 89 and 94 even if theyre worth next to nothing, and I've taken what decent base cards and Inserts I still have to form some sort of collection (I'm not too concerned with building sets anymore).

I got put on to this site my Gordon. He's inspired me to start collecting again.
He told me about GU's and Auto GU's, and all this is new to me since auto cards when I was collecting were very rare. I recently bought a 94/95 UD Hobby box off ebay with 6 Kobe Bryant cards on the side and pulled some nice cards (keep in mind my last 2 boxes were 93/94 Hoops and 94/95 Topps!). I'll post them in the appropriate forum thread shortly.

I'm a Laker fan so first up I'm collecting anything to do with Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal (still a fan of the big guy). Other players I'm collecting are Allen Iverson, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. Kobe, LeBron and AI are for certain, I might be taking on too much there but I'll see how it goes.

My ebay name is steve_g_johnson. Not sure if that will help you with feedback since I've only ever purchased 12 items and all have been within the last 2 weeks.

I look forward to dealing and trading with some of you in the future. I don't have alot of time and money to spend but I do plan to keep collecting at whatever rate I can. I'm sure Gordon will vouch for me if anyone has any queries or concerns about me when it comes to trust and Integrity. If anyone has any advice or collecting tips to share I'd appreciate it.

Thanks guys,
Oz.

Welcome buddy to the boards! I'm fairly new here myself, but I can assure you its a nice place! Since you are from Melb, will you be going to the card show next week? Its worth while for any sort of collector, new or old!

Thanks for the welcome mate.

Gordon mentioned something about it and I'm pretty sure I'll be going. Looking forward to it.

Cheers :smt023

(P.S) I'm going to put a photobucket sort of thing together shortly, or I may might even create my own web site for it. I'll add the link as soon as it's up.

Welcome Steve. There seems to be heap of us who used to collect cards in the 90's and have started again!

It will be good to meet you if you do! GL with you player collection, cant wait to see your site!

Welcome steve,
I'm about a month new here and collecting Iverson to...
looking forward to doing some trades with you in the future and I'll check out your site/scans when you get them up...

Thanks for all the welcomes guys, seems like a great community here

[EDIT] And just a quick question, anyone know a good place to get decent avatars/signatures like the images under your names? I'll make one myself in the future, just as a temporary thing...

G'day mate,Welcome to the forum.Have fun.

Gday steve....steve here
Welcome bud..... yes things have changed so much the last 5 years...jerseys and autos galore..and you dont have to spend big dollars to get em....
Good luck with the collection.
stevo

Hey Oz, welcome aboard. A.I. rocks and so does this place. Have fun.

Sup Oz.... Enjoy the site... I also know Oz from ALO and his a good kid!

Take it easy! Good Luck with the new collection just be sure to throw them in a safe!!!

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Sup Oz.... Enjoy the site... I also know Oz from ALO and his a good kid!

Take it easy! Good Luck with the new collection just be sure to throw them in a safe!!!

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It's all good now, I got a Rottie now that goes nuts if someone sneezes two blocks away

I assume your in ALO? Unless you're Gordon I'm lost... lol

welcome to the forums mate. hope you enjoy your time here

hey buddy great to see your here

Welcome and you've just joined an awesome community. I hope you will enjoy your stay here and the players you collect are quite popular, so I'm sure you won't have any problems with future trading.

Cheers~

Thanks for the welcome,

Thats an awesome set of AI's you got going there

Welcome mate our resident web avatar genius is Bargey he may be able to help you with an avatar for a few cards, he did my t.j / dirk one and I think it looks SMOKIN!!!

I've made a photobucket album (not quite finished and at the moment and don't expect to see anything spectacular). There's an album with the cards I pulled from a box of UD 04/05 that I opened on saturday, my first in around 10 years, and also a few LeBron's and a few Kobe's. Still early days and I'm sure that collection will grow in no time as my bank ballance declines ...

Once again,
Thanks all for the warm welcomes.
Oz.

welcome oz!
i used to play on that ALO site when it was first opened..
good times

welcome steve
wow that was some intro, very detailed its nice to know a bit about people when they first come to the boards,anyway hope you enjoy your time on here