It's the final Monday of 2025, and with that comes our final TCDB mailbag for the year!
We'll begin with a trade with TCDB user raineybt:
That's one of the 90 (!) different Topps Tek versions of Barry Larkin in the 1998 Tek set. To be specific, this is pattern #63. That's an insane number of cards from a single set to track down, and it's a set that I highly doubt I'll ever complete. In fact, to date, I only own 25 Barry Larkin cards from the set. No matter how crazy the set is, I won't turn down the opportunity to inch one card closer when I can, so a big thanks to raineybt for providing my collection a small push toward completion!
Next, from user horfin comes the final card that I needed for my 1997 Metal Universe set build, plus a new-to-me Barry Larkin card (my second new Barry Larkin card from 1998 this week)!
I decided to collect the 1998 Metal Universe set on a whim earlier this year, and now it is complete! I kind of love the crazy, comic book aesthetic of the set (despite my never liking comic books as a kid)! The biggest downside of the Metal Universe set is how poorly the cards scan; they really are quite cool to look at in person (I promise)! As for the Larkin card, it's a 1998 Pacific Invincible checklist insert. Pacific somehow managed to make checklist cards cool with a lot of their brands (and I respect the fact that they are fairly tough-to-pull inserts). I think it's a pretty sweet card, and I'm glad to finally own my own copy!
Next up, we stick with older Barry Larkin cards one last time in 2025:
That's a 1996 Ultra Gold Medallion parallel, courtesy of TCDB user iowaCollector. How I have gone this long collecting Barry Larkin cards and not owning this particular overproduced card is beyond me! However, it's all mine now!
Finally, we end the year with a PWE from user bdhrbob:
I am hoping to complete the various 2025 Allen & Ginter mini insert sets, so expect to see more trades like this in the near future (if all goes well). I was able to nab a few minis here that I needed - every step forward is a positive one for a set collector! Of the five, I think my favorite card is the Manta Ray, just a neat-looking card.
That does it for 2025 TCDB trading! Here's to 2026 and even more cardboard swapping.
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