600th Post Celebration and Giveaway!

As I approached my 600th post here at The Collector, I tried to think of some ways to mark the occasion. My initial plan was to end the All-Time Teams reboot at post #600, so that the celebration and giveaway would double as the capper to yet another themed series of posts.

Of course I can't stay on topic for 30 straight blog posts and as a result of writing about other things, I still have eight teams to go. {Programming note: I'm planning ten more posts this month -- and then a long break.}

I didn't want to repeat the same celebration ideas for my 500th Post, so I went back to read what I wrote a hundred entries ago.

Okay, so I celebrated with SportLots in April 2021...

Wait.. what?!? I discussed COMC cards and planned a hiatus after my second 500th post. How is this possible?

a) Pandemic brain
b) I deleted a bunch of posts in the middle of 2021
c) I counted posts from my former side project The 1993

Oh!! Here's how we can celebrate 600 -- with a quiz! I'll come up with six questions about the history of this blog, and you can answer in comments. Get all six answers correct and you win a PWE prize! {Comment moderation is on to hide your answers.}


1. Which blog/blogger was the very first one I discovered and followed?

a) Greg/Night Owl Cards
b) Matt/Bob Walk The Plank
c) A.J./The Lost Collector

2. Which popular card blog have I never followed due to the author's hatred of my favorite player?

a) Baseball Every Night
b) Padrographs - Abner to Zimmer
c) Torren' Up Cards

3. I have more than 600 cards of only one player. Can you name him?

a) The CTE-brained chud who stole millions in welfare money from America's poorest state
b) The jackass who threatened to sue anyone who reported on his welfare fraud
c) Seriously, does anyone want over 600 Brett Favre cards?

4. Who is my favorite actress?

a) Anna Kendrick
b) Brie Larson
c) Jennifer Lawrence

5. I own custom cards from several current and former bloggers. Which blogger has not sent me a commissioned custom?

a) Gregory (Nine Pockets)
b) Gavin (Baseball Card Breakdown)
c) Fuji (The Chronicles of Fuji)

6. What is the oldest sports card set I have ever completed?

a) 1961 Golden Press baseball
b) 1984-85 O-Pee-Chee hockey
c) 1986 Topps football

Pencils down. It's time for the big 600/600 giveaway. 

 

Last month I shipped out 300 cards to one lucky TCDB user who helped me reach 600 completed transactions. The back end of that 600-card giveaway will be shipped to one loyal blog reader sometime this month. First we'll run the randomizer six times to select a post (top of the list is our pick).

Then we'll randomly select a commenter from that post. Six spins for the 600th post, and the winner is...

Congrats, Derek! Your 300 cards will be shipped soon.




Thank you to everyone who has followed this blog, for a month or a year or several years.


I'll be back next week with the rest of the All-Time Teams rosters, including the "secret" 31st team 😜




Thanks for reading, and have a great weekend!

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