This one is REALLY old... so old that the blogger that sent me these hasn't posted since March. Not entirely sure what has been going on with Adam from Addiction As Therapy, but he sent me the below cards earlier this year. Let's go through them!
We'll start with a handful of set needs that Adam sent me. 2011 minis still have a long way to go for me... I have far too many of the inserts and far too few of the actual base minis. Adam brought me ever so slightly closer which I greatly appreciate.
While I didn't really make any official blog resolutions this year, one of the things I told myself was that I was going to work hard on my A&G insert set review series. I haven't. I've worked very not hard on it. Regardless, this World's Deadliest Predators set from 2014 remains one of my favorites that Ginter has ever produced.
Another fun insert! This 2011 set featured visionaries and scientists mostly from the Industrial and Progressive Eras. Samuel Morse invented... what else, the Morse Code, and this card (and the entire set in general) focuses and features the inventor rather than the invention. I enjoy this little cap tip as I don't think we necessarily highlight these people as much as we should, though I suppose most of these guys did get their inventions named after them.
Adam sent me a single black mini parallel for my frankenset build. One of the greatest women's soccer players ever to play the game instantly graces the binder. Unfortunately, the USMNT got slaughtered at Red Bull Arena last night by Costa Rica in a World Cup Qualifying match. With three matches to go, the US really needs to get a result in Honduras on Tuesday to not go into panic mode for the last round of the Hex in early October.
These are pretty cool. 2011 base code card parallels. These came roughly four to a box and spanned the entire 350 set. Over the years, I've met a number of people who have been sitting on a handful of these parallels with no real idea of what to do with them. I've picked them up and have been slowly making my way towards building this set. It's a slow, but fun process and Adam had 10 of these to contribute. Here are my two favorites from the lot. Apparently, the flower patterns line up with other cards to produce a message that was unrelated to actually breaking the Ginter Code for that year. Red Herring!
The final card in this package was a PC addition. A Gypsy Queen black mini parallel of Julio numbered out of 199, complete with floating ball in air! I've never really been a huge fan of Gypsy Queen, but this card is pretty sharp looking. Then again, most black bordered cards are pretty sharp. Many delayed thanks to Adam for this package!
Adam's a nice guy. I hope he is doing well. Good-looking minis here but I won't fall under their spell and become an A&G collector. Nope. Nice try.
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