TCDB Monday (I'm baaaaaaccckkkkk!)

The past few weeks have been a wild ride, both in terms of work (the end of the spring semester is always nuts) and the weather (we were near 90 degrees a couple of days ago, and yet it snowed last night)!  No matter, the good news for me is that I'm down to my final week of teaching for the spring semester.  That means I should have more time for blogging (and trading) coming up, and I have enough time right now to show off some recent TCDB trade pickups.  

We'll begin with a trade with user N00bL1f3:

That's two of the final five cards that I need for my 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter "50 Fish from Global Waters" set build.  There's hope yet that I might complete this set before the 2026 edition of Allen & Ginter is released!

Next up, from user kcjays comes another needed mini, this time from last year's Allen & Ginter "State Birds" set:

I am now down to needing only three more birds before this set is also complete.  I'll say, it's kind of evil of Topps to make a 50-card mini set, given that you only get four or five minis per hobby box.  The regular mini inserts don't tend to hold much value, but they are a pain to acquire!  

Next, I received two cards from user DrJuul:

Technically, this was two different trades on TCDB.  We had agreed to one swap where I was getting one of the minis, and then, before either of us mailed, DrJuul found another mini I needed, so we put together a second swap.  It's certainly nice to get a pair of needed cards without spending two stamps, so I'll consider this a win.  With the Chickadee in hand, I'm now down to needing only two more birds.  The Cockspur Island Lighthouse is the penultimate card I need for that set...I'm so close to completing all of the 2025 A&G mini sets!

Finally, last but certainly not least:  From user ryegram comes two more minis from last year's A&G set, but this time one of them finished off a set!

Yep, that Fernando Tatis, Jr. card was the final card I needed for my 1889 N222 mini set build.  I am a big fan of that particular mini set, so having the full thing safely tucked away in my binder makes me happy (not to mention that set is now the ninth set that I've completed in 2026)!  

All told, I've been super busy over the past few weeks, but not so busy that I couldn't find a few minutes here and there to make some trades.  My various mini set builds from 2025 Ginter are moving along nicely. I'm so close to being done with most sets that I can taste it!  For those who are curious, here's what I'm still missing:

2025 Topps Allen & Ginter Wants:

Minis:50 Fish from Global Waters:

FGW- 1, 32

Light the Night:

LTN- 6

State Birds:

SB- 22, 31