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Wax Ecstatic — 189 episodes · page 1 of 2
189: Singled Out: The Life and Legend of Glenn Burke, with author Andrew Maraniss
188: YOU KIDS GET OFF MY YARD! The (Old) Boys of Summer and the 1990 Pacific SPBA set!
187: The "Eh" Team: How O-Pee-Chee Went From a Mirror of Topps to a Top-Notch Set in 1992
186: But What About the Children?!? We Take a Second Look at the Well-Intentioned 1992 Triple Play Set!
185: The Best "Junk Wax" Set? We Revisit the Colorful Masterpiece 1989 Donruss!
184: Frankie Says "Relax" as we Take Another Look at 1985 Topps
183: Back in Black: By Popular Demand, We Re-visit 1987 Donruss!
182: Fattening Up with Flair in 1993!
181: The Ultimate Combo Meal-- Food Co-Op Baseball Cards!
180: And..... ACTION! With Heritage Coming Out, We Look Back at '72 Topps!
179: Trading Spaces: The History of the Traded/Update/Rookie Subsets
178: Reheat the Wax! We Dive Into Some Repacked Wax Packs
177: Gold Foiled Folly: How '94 Donruss Slouched into Laziness
176: Heads Up! No Really... 1990 Topps Heads Up, the Ultimate Pop Foul Collectible
175: Even Better Than Before: How 1993 Donruss Raised the Bar Again
174: Ring in the New... With Something Old?
173: '92 Donruss Gets All Growed Up
172: 66 in '63: How Fleer's Set Might Have Been a Big Deal... Or Was it Supposed to Be?
171: As God As My Witness, I Thought These Turkeys Would Fly
170: Don't Make Like a Tree and Leaf: We've Got Some Cool 90's Nostalgia Bargains Here
169: Popping Bubble Gum to Pop-Up Cards
168: Farm Fun: Some Very Familiar Names Pop Up in 1991 Classic Minor League
167: The Eye of the Beholder-- We Look Back at '61 Topps
166: A (Blue Light) Special Set: The Least Valuable 1982 Topps K-Mart MVP Set!
165: Yipes! Stripes! The Incredibly Underrated '86 Donruss Gets a Second Look
164: Last Chance at Perfection: Looking Back at 1993 Upper Deck
163: DIM YOUR EYES! Too Late... Let's Get All Technicolor Again with 1975 Topps!
162: Book It Danno: The Wax Pack Book and the Still Popular '86 Topps Set
161: Mini Super: The Tiny Treat That is '88 Topps American Baseball (Not "UK Minis")
160: Emptiness: 1994 Topps is Decent, But the Memories of Baseball in '94 Bring Down the Room
159: Off the Beaten Path: We Find Some BIG Stars of Baseball Past
158: I'm Not Quite Dead! How Bowman Avoided Disappearing, After Nearly Disappearing
157: Three's Company: The Start of the Rookie Craze with '83 Topps
156: Who Does #2 Work For? Derek Jeter Makes '93 Topps Series 1 Less Junky
155: Ho Ho... NO! A 1979 Topps "Fauxback" Pack Shows Us the Perils of Repackaged Relics
154: Back to the Future, with 2020 Topps Heritage and 1971 Topps!
153: All That And A Bag Of Chips: A 1990 Topps Vending Box Delivers Clean Cards and Spare Change
152: A Perfectly Imperfect Set-- The Beautifully Flawed '74 Topps
151: Wacky Garbage... A Look at Some Culturally Relevant Non-Sports Cards
150: And You Are...?!? Featuring "the Other Guys" of Multi-Player Rookie Cards
149: You Always Remember Your First... Wax Pack You Sicko. A Bargain Bin Beauty with '89 Topps!
148: Leftovers (Or I Can't Believe I Opened All Those Junk Wax Packs)
147: A Relief Pitcher Walks Into a Hobby Shop...
146: Breakfast Cereal Cards? They're Grrrrreat!
145: Fleer Gets it Right on Take Two: Looking Back at '92 Fleer Ultra
144: At The Corner of Happy and Healthy, We Find Some Discount Surprises
143: Taste the Rainbow! We Look Back at a Real Bargain Bin Beauty-- the Colorful '88 Score Baseball Set
142: That 70's Show! Dan Epstein Joins The Crazy Hair and Uniforms of 1970s Baseball Cards
141: The Rack is Back! Looking Through an '86 Topps Rack Pack and Many Other Sordid Tales
140: Pumpkin Spice Baseball Cards? 1993 Topps Stadium Club Series 1 is in the Air!
139: Baseball Card "Strays", Without the Annoying Sarah Mclachlan Music
138: Oh '88 Topps... I Was So Wrong to Ignore You
137: B-Sides: Bringing Backs to the Front
136: FORCED FUN! The Donruss Super Value Pack That Isn't Super
135: Not Gumming Up the Works: How Topps Almost Had The "Super" Solution to Card Condition
134: Green With Envy: How '92 Fleer was the Last Hurrah
133: To: Dad, Love: Matt
132: A Fat Box of Fat Packs: The Bargain Bin Brings Us Back to '91 Topps!
131: Rated MA: Mike Aronstein Joins Us to Discuss the '77 Renata Galasso set
130: The Red-Headed Stepchild of Premium: The Better-Than-Advertised '91 Fleer Ultra
129: (Air) Brush with Greatness-- We Touch Up 1977 Topps and the Expansion Draft
128: From the "Why Not" Files, A Box of 1992 Upper Deck
127: Criticize '70 Topps All You Want, We'll Just Let it Be
126: Classic Wax-- The Cards and Stories We Find in a Pack of '78 Topps
125: Honey, I Shrunk the Baseball Cards-- A Look at '75 Topps Mini
124: The "Thrill" of Bargain Bin Cellos... Starring the Progressive '87 Fleer Set
123: Taking a Break From the Breaks, with Your Questions!
122: We Do a Triple Lindy With 1986 Wax!
121: The Baines of our Existence... a Plethora of Dreaded Manager Cards in an '85 Topps Cello!
120: The Guilty Pleasure of "Junk Wax", Featuring a '92 Topps Box
119: We Got The Holy Trinity of... Dreaded Manager Cards... Still It's Always Fun to Open '83 Topps
118: Growing Pains: '83 Donruss Struggles While the Hobby Takes Off
117: Topps Buries Bowman, and Still Creates a Masterpiece in '56
116: The AMC Gremelin of Baseball Cards-- A Look at an '82 Topps Cello
115: Fire Up the Flux Capacitor, We're Going Back to 1955!
114: Back in Black: The Prestige and Peril of '85 Donruss
112: The Clash of the Cellos! Looking at Classic Cardboard from 1981 and 1984 Topps
111: The Terrific Topps Sets of 1952-54
110: Flippin' Fleer! Looking Through Some '86 and '89 Cello
109: Bowman Bonanza! Looking Back at Classic 1950s Bowman Cards
108: Growing Up In Baseball Card World, and the Classic '87 Topps!
107: Junkapalooza! You Say You Don't Like the '88 Cards, But We Know Better
106: The Kids Are Alright! Plus, '84 Fleer and '86 Topps Cello Breaks
105: Stars and BARS! '90 Score and '91 Stadium Club Pack Breaks
104: A Few Gems From '86 Fleer and '89 Topps, Including a FurrBall!
103: Our Kuntz is a Little Rusty After the Break
Episode 102, One Final Pitch! It's "Pucker Pitch" Extraordinaire Dave Stieb and 1980 Topps!
Episode 101, We Rip in to '78 Topps, and the Two Sides of Jack Clark
Episode 100(!), Minnie Stands Tall on the '64 Topps Set
Episode 99, The Picture-Perfect '74 Topps and Toothpick Swingin' Dusty Baker
Episode 98, We "Go, Go" Back to '69 Topps, and the Enigma That Was the Seattle Pilots
Episode 97, From Cardboard to Threads, We Look at Jersey Collections
Episode 96, Italian Beef & the Not-So-Meaty '81 Fleer Set
Episode 95-- Is That a Snake On Your Shoulders Or Are You Happy to See Me?
Episode 94, You Can't Spell "Dempsey" Without Some "D"
Episode 93, In 1980, Topps Wraps Its Medium Sash Around Large Len
Episode 92, "AO" for "KC" in the Heavily Branded '79 Topps
BUBBLE GUM BONUS! Our August 2017 Survey Show
Episode 91, "The Bird" is the Word With '78 Topps!
Episode 90, Topps and Toby Keep it Consistent in '77