Best. Vending Machine. Ever.

I've wanted to talk about this for a while, but it was tough to take a picture because it's in a high traffic area.

This beautiful machine is four blocks away from me, in the grocery store between a CoinStar and a Dunkin. I've made several trips to harvest its bounty, and I've shared some of my pulls with some of you.

As you can see, it has the most random items from current year Topps packs (one of five places within minutes from my house that has had Topps baseball cards for sale this summer) to encased Eric Lindros inserts to cards from a defunct football league.

The most random and unexpected item of all can be found at the bottom right corner. 

Anyone want a Bruce Bochte Topps Super for $2?

I'm not sure who's buying oversized cards that are older than I am, but someone must be -- there was a Randy Jones facing front last time I was there. 

I've bought a couple old packs before but my go-to is the mix of loose cards in the team bag. The last time I was there, more than a month ago, football and basketball repacks were available.

Now there's only baseball bags. I bought two of them, and I might go back for one more by the time you read this.

I won't scan up everything inside, since some of these will be available on my Free Cards! tab in the near future. Though I will say they are much more recent and much less mixed than previous packs. 

If it wasn't for a pointless parallel hiding among the 2023 Topps singles, I'd have paid $1.50 for 20 dupes. Actually, there were two quarters sitting in the change slot already, so technically I paid a dollar.

Perhaps I'll set that 'Advance Stats' Joey Meneses aside for a Nationals collector. There are a couple bloggers who might have interest.

I've got a couple cards set aside for Johnny, who finished off my 2023 Topps set this past weekend:

He even included a '92 Donruss Diamond King. Now I just need Baines and Bell (Jay, not George or Albert)

John, thanks very much for these! I hope you'll find something you can use when I add the new batch of freebies - right after my next 1956 Topps post.



Have you seen or used a sports card vending machine before? If so, what did you see or buy?

Thanks for reading!