Topps Diamond Cut Cards

I recently took delivery of my handful of Topps Diamond cards.  I have 5 of the Rangers, and want to add the Adrian Beltre.  Nolan Ryan will be too expensive, and I am not interested in the Vlad Guerrero. 

These are really nice cards!  I guess I’ll leave the protective film on them, although it really bubbled up on Michael Young.  I saw on eBay that someone was selling the entire set of this line.  How much work must that have been to put together???  I thought I was a big timer by scrounging up 5!

On A Diamond Cut Roll!!!

Maybe getting these is not that big a deal after all, but once again, I was able to scrape together a few mediocre cards and trade them for another 2011 Topps Diamond Cut Card of a Texas Ranger.  In no way did I think I would get this without giving up something great:

But I did, and I don't even remember what I gave up other than 1985 and 1987 Topps Tony Gwynns and some crud cards.  I can replace those for all of $.50 on sportlots.com or sportsbuy.com.  Now I have 4 Rangers (Hamilton, Feliz, Kinsler, Young) and am halfway home to completing the team set.  And once again, the diamond code cards I used to trade for this beauty came from another $14.99 value box.

Diamond Success Again!

I have to say, I love the $14.99 value packs.  I didn't get a lot of great cards out of my most recent box, but yet again struck gold on with the Diamond Codes:

Now before my Yankee friends lay claim to this card, I will tell you that it is already gone.  I put up trades for Nelson Cruz, Neftali Feliz and Josh Hamilton.  I really didn't expect to get Hamilton, but very quickly after I posted my offers, this was in my portfolio:

That brings my Rangers collection to 3:  Feliz, Ian Kinsler, and Michael Young.  I may actually put together a whole team set!

More Diamond Giveaway Magic!

I'm still bouncing off the wall about getting a Michael Young Diamond Cut Card on the Diamond Giveaway promotion.  I liked it so much, I thought I would try to scrounge up all the other cards I had online and see if I could somehow trade them for either an Ian Kinsler or Nelson Cruz di cut card.

Long story short, look what showed up in my portfolio today:

Call me butter, because I am on a roll!

Basically this cost me a bunch of commons and a 1958 Bob Hazle.  I can pretty much get any of those cards on sportslots for nothing should I ever decide I really need them.  I would have not gone to the trouble to have those shipped from Topps (shipping would have cost more than they were worth anyway).  But I will have no problem paying a few bucks for these Kinsler and Young beauties.

Now I just need more codes so I can try to get a Cruz and Josh Hamilton.  Ah, Topps has me in their clutches as always....

Finally...

I finally unlocked a cool Diamond Giveaway card:

I have pretty much zero interest in Brett Wallace, and I posted a trade for a similar card of Michael Young.

And guess what?  No sooner had I started this post, and looked on the website to pull images of the other crap I had uncovered when  looky what was in my collection!  Not 20 minutes after I posted the trade offer too:

So my first thought was "YES"!  My second was:  Did I just screw up?  Is there something about Brett Wallace I don't know?    I mean, that trade got accepted quick! I'm wondering if I am missing something?  I didn't trade away the Black Diamond version of the card, so I know that's not it.  Whatever, I'm freaking jacked about this Michael Young card!

I also got a couple of vintage a while back that I may try to trade into something for my collection, or just have delivered with the Young:

I should be able to turn these into something I would think....