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Mystery Men
As a player and team collector, I typically buy cards of specific players who I enjoy collecting. But every now and then, I'll add a card to my collection of a guy I've never seen or heard of. Ryan over at Japanese Sumo Wrestling Cards and Menkosent me a package with a few cards featuring guys who are complete mysteries to me.
First up is this die-cut sumo wrestler...
I have no idea who this is, since I don't read Japanese. But that doesn't matter, because this card is sweet! If you're a fan of Topps Laserproducts from the mid90's, then you'd love this card too.
The next mystery man is this Japanesebaseball player that kinda reminded me of the Japanesesoldier on Gilligan's Island:
It seems like a lot of Japanesemen wore the circular spectacles back in the day. I wonder if this guy was a coach or something. And is Chub Nipon the same thing as Chubu Nippon? It doesn't matter. This Menkodisc is awesome and a welcome addition to my Japanesebaseball card collection.
The mystery continues with another Japanese baseball player...
Based on the photo, I can see that it's a Hiroshima Carpsplayer probably from the 60's or 70's. I tried to find the card on the internet, but couldn't find another copy. Whoever it is... it's another fantastic vintage Japanese card.
The final mystery man is a boxer...
I'll be honest... I'm having difficulty figuring out if this guy is even Japanese. Maybe this is a famous American boxer. Either way I'm happy, because it represent my first Japanese boxing card.
Ryan also sent me a bunch of famous guys too...
Here's a Recollectionbuyback of The Kid from this year'sTopps. I own a bunch of Cartercards featuring him with the Montreal Expos, so it's kind of nice to add a New York Metscard to the binder.
In addition to the Carter, he sent me four additional buybacks:
I obviously heard of Jerry Reuss and Al Cowens. I kinda remember Littell or at least I've seen his name on cards before. Never heard of Nelson Briles, but he's not exactly a mystery man. Thanks to Wikipedia and Baseball Reference, I discovered he's a 2x World Series Champion and a Santa Clara Universityalumni.
Here's another guy who's not a mystery. In fact, he's probably the most recognizable guy in the area of martial arts...
This is the fifth Bruce Lee Japanese card I've added to my collection and all of them were from Ryan.
And if those cards weren't generous enough... he also threw in a bunch of unopened packs:
2016/17 BBM Fast Break 1st/2nd Half
1997 Takara Basscolle '97
I'll be busting a pack of each of these and showing them off over on A Pack to be Named Later sometime in the near future. The rest will be added to my unopened Japanese pack collection.
Thank you Ryan for this awesome care package! I will definitely get something shipped out to you before you head off to Germanythis summer. Until then...
Happy Sunday and sayonara!
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First up is this die-cut sumo wrestler...
I have no idea who this is, since I don't read Japanese. But that doesn't matter, because this card is sweet! If you're a fan of Topps Laserproducts from the mid90's, then you'd love this card too.
The next mystery man is this Japanesebaseball player that kinda reminded me of the Japanesesoldier on Gilligan's Island:
It seems like a lot of Japanesemen wore the circular spectacles back in the day. I wonder if this guy was a coach or something. And is Chub Nipon the same thing as Chubu Nippon? It doesn't matter. This Menkodisc is awesome and a welcome addition to my Japanesebaseball card collection.
The mystery continues with another Japanese baseball player...
Based on the photo, I can see that it's a Hiroshima Carpsplayer probably from the 60's or 70's. I tried to find the card on the internet, but couldn't find another copy. Whoever it is... it's another fantastic vintage Japanese card.
The final mystery man is a boxer...
I'll be honest... I'm having difficulty figuring out if this guy is even Japanese. Maybe this is a famous American boxer. Either way I'm happy, because it represent my first Japanese boxing card.
Ryan also sent me a bunch of famous guys too...
Here's a Recollectionbuyback of The Kid from this year'sTopps. I own a bunch of Cartercards featuring him with the Montreal Expos, so it's kind of nice to add a New York Metscard to the binder.
In addition to the Carter, he sent me four additional buybacks:
I obviously heard of Jerry Reuss and Al Cowens. I kinda remember Littell or at least I've seen his name on cards before. Never heard of Nelson Briles, but he's not exactly a mystery man. Thanks to Wikipedia and Baseball Reference, I discovered he's a 2x World Series Champion and a Santa Clara Universityalumni.
Here's another guy who's not a mystery. In fact, he's probably the most recognizable guy in the area of martial arts...
This is the fifth Bruce Lee Japanese card I've added to my collection and all of them were from Ryan.
And if those cards weren't generous enough... he also threw in a bunch of unopened packs:
2016/17 BBM Fast Break 1st/2nd Half
1997 Takara Basscolle '97
I'll be busting a pack of each of these and showing them off over on A Pack to be Named Later sometime in the near future. The rest will be added to my unopened Japanese pack collection.
Thank you Ryan for this awesome care package! I will definitely get something shipped out to you before you head off to Germanythis summer. Until then...
Happy Sunday and sayonara!
More...