I wanted to do a somewhat quick post about a bunch of random cards that I picked up on the trip. Most of these were cards on
my want list (which is much smaller now than before I left).
There were nine BBM team sets from between 2003 and 2007 that I was trying to complete. I had gotten unopened boxes for most of them back in the day and decided a few years ago to get the cards I had missed on them. I ended up completing six of them (2003 Giants, 2004 Baystars, 2005 Dragons & Swallows, and 2006 Swallows & Tigers) and reducing the number of cards I needed for two of the other sets to two each (2004 Giants & Tigers). I had only needed one card from the 2007 Tigers set but it eluded me. I'm not going to show all the cards I got from these sets but here's a single card from each:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWGnbOZelKvPjtZEJXTWbk3KiNxjLWlxkppUHP96xqx443lUl6Q8GvfkpwWbff1ll1hHTbCL19yy7pdCX6i9GUqBpNYnUSSck0qEgS4y0dBW-QBL3rSxbF008qT9Dkm1S53AGU1In0A_OFEgw_mlOucaOP9beyCBbp4VS3yNB-DQP6TakeS2Kt6PflVHc/w400-h283/Misc-0001.jpg) |
2003 BBM Giants #036 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6_RbwnbfjsE6O4-8EjdqVdeoDP5tnnibnbSoSpdGLoJUqnb20pfmPWxuwwD6ibgC70_8uWmsKDQaWxY8m5CE-z0VbfwufmnY3S8IB-C-Ha5tIAKNHdRxzvdF9JLniS3vurfLAGtGGKBBjOKlXki9d7Mp9jaiYan3iyc8mSFeniF6S7_eb2Yz-_3L5rgn/w285-h400/Misc-0002.jpg) |
2004 BBM Baystars #YB58 |
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2004 BBM Giants #G45 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8g0s3UIh6NGxwdSwk7jtWONfim4d1HiBwnL0dz6IERV2zSZYISHjX2yf6ZPMiY1J4Ox7ltWWUckOvFh0jLyITfks28IkBAsGpid76NdlseQNHSrpocja2xNzIW238i65Tes_Y-E92RyA9NgCXK1MgdUqQ-YPWduyr-GimbNv_otyCjstHU5NVt5fxNPP7/w400-h283/Misc-0004.jpg) |
2004 BBM Tigers #T36 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5vJXlO149AWHmos0WsAyydWj19pOmzKr6ieOxx9l8Hbnog3_t4Rp1nJmeVEm1cnVoBxfhU6Z3CD-vQo71YbfPMZ1FRLWi1k_TbDJUKjdHFcSa6kenUWJudfBv9lgmQS-BN2wJtPyg1R9G8ZlPchTfbVDhYrayOCWem3cJlegJrPeDOcc4xEUhrqYDjYD/w286-h400/Misc-0005.jpg) |
2005 BBM Dragons #D59 |
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2005 BBM Swallows #S78 |
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2006 BBM Swallows #TY44 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgvalBsKLUyVs1PEx7sp28czMnHLRFsM8DAsZi1-8OFyC3EGD4kFiPErjFfX_h2TJ9_JiyGn-4LNBX6h_EsAfR-m0suIsYZ_xnmVDQ3UNpHBGJJOKFH3ayXI7TkPZbUucCYImxlI4hR7mYl6U11yNgA28cCyYGHL3gpSZWqFjDn2jLpA1XlYFBeOTLrno/w400-h283/Misc-0008.jpg) |
2006 BBM Tigers #053 |
I got most of these at either Bits in Nagoya or Mint Hakata in Fukuoka. I had looked at Quad Sports but didn't find anything on my want list -
Ryan eventually pointed out that he had already searched my want list there!
I had compiled a list a few months back of all the guys who had appeared
in BBM's high end sets (Diamond Heroes, Touch The Game and Genesis) without having in the same year's flagship set. I decided that I didn't want to get all the cards on the list but just the ones I found interesting for one reason or another (player I liked, only card for a foreign player, etc). I don't remember how many cards I had originally decided to get but by the time I left for Japan, there were 23 cards I was still looking for. Between Bits, Mint Hakata and Mint Odawara, I got all 23 of them. Here's eight of those, one card from pretty much every set I got cards from:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gFW5N4504q2E1qID9Mu2Ww39V0Lcx_gc4VTbINjYcJKzHKYTeGxASocPCG3T2-17dPRnQKNvFSmFOIJL7FY2z6xnA_MAS6AhYTpP35B_2beTerfoRoxh1u4QfWhJYeIVzT2PvyGRa6KQSJoX8RS0O8ZIFch4sFgnLBwgfmYLr3SIoB9MwZ-vSK0bNPJh/w286-h400/Misc-0017.jpg) |
2016 BBM Fusion #GR24 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RaCEVyNRfOce7zZhQJp3IPjvsmhFBvGRQ0FcXNcwSE6oFt-o8fFDGzfl0lpasX4lffPPfEttvxcikbYzGfW8JJz066biHtSO_0aqNudAH5CVZ1PsEKUXxXUKm3Edhb-sQHAYtjO_vb2OcBv8t6tMpiVtSiF_WtgvONzVeSr_itRQfwn-gw-5Uiwy7PG7/w286-h400/Misc-0018.jpg) |
2017 BBM Fusion #GR21 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTokSC-bkEKbWtL82v-xUTD6298jzdRjWHgelVY-nl1MIRBnkwd7sRz40qRev1Xnu7iOeG3Rx87nvPNwxRVJ4pmhqPjF-8GnTVhWakss8ywlGrh3xTE4C76dXDsAEQz0Gvrqp9FbAI4MpEsfOrNqiLrDWi3SdGdGra_X06JvoDcmYiBl8kgUS0jawvtZ7/w285-h400/Misc-0019.jpg) |
2018 BBM Fusion #GR19 |
The other set that I'm trying to complete is the 1999 BBM Mr. Giants set. This is a biographical set for Shigeo Nagashima but it includes cards of rival pitchers, teammates and players who he managed as well. I needed 56 cards - roughly half the set - and I came home with 47 of them (and Ryan has since picked up the other nine for me). I got most of these at Bits with a couple others at Quad Sports and Mint Hakata. Here's three of the cards:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNkIUY2Oa0SLmiGdJ_j5xNEkBcsDaB00w1fu6hIhXqh7PQPA9mZ54JeWATna4o-ZWy72WusADZCKVWgb3B6Z48wICrIsuP4ksBYaPSREWj9_K_lsI3L1hpJG9Garb_s1EG_QLGTBsfepXxb2lPqECmz9iGXyMjAJV4QdZ1qrDnvtSVmX3zAMbOWQH2Olj/w286-h400/Misc-0020.jpg) |
1999 BBM Mr. Giants #G1 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj065S8TSJRzVIbb6hbxCiaU7vM_5gT2wmektYKwXWbZxpzjDUivuUhhHgK8ide4Yljiz3Kp5jt_-kp8jqdnfcPsiYyK2uJc9jaLOmtivebFpPXml9bctO7yJ8RdeuloduM5lfuVwPrIVOkzWLu5Hs2zq6o4T4mQekXnEXJGczh2J2xSXk7F-dTgZZG5ZDx/w286-h400/Misc-0021.jpg) |
1999 BBM Mr. Giants #G43 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLllYWAGYeXrNS8G8iYICo_W_tE95904AZW_-eA0SxhWzZIl3Hr7JsxT0hmEg0Gb9DJbnhWUvne7wV5YeJupI6ksXNyQLU4u_ZRYsSqVLw-4yFmHsDgYz3j0ltHho-a6KHMafzRCiXE5GJc1Y-BmKzcQEy-8Rhxnxs4vXivXNsC4Wc6IR8qZMdfl8CBgdt/w286-h400/Misc-0022.jpg) |
1999 BBM Mr. Giants #G82 |
The 2012 BBM Fighters team set had a three card subset entitled "Kamagaya Rookies" that included cards of three rookies wearing Nippon-Ham's farm team uniforms. I've had two of the cards - Go Matsumoto and Takumi Ohshima - for a while but tracking down the last - Kensuke Kondoh - has been difficult. When I've seen it, it's been much more expensive that I was willing to pay. Luckily, Mint Hakata had it for a very reasonable price.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0HQlN7-2aeIVpnACc-XruDoLjRQ5hFd2D9PKquzVqTwMR7O4kW812BR_tE6eFIvwBfmP39Y19hTghqIwYVpNrUSnMm_kjVqSshUVYo_SRRbnp1Cl4v8BAwRGIpCBAjSSLM2kEkyyR1En8-bbi883mV5mYi-DZ1_gGKXqwJkwF0hJ92CuO_qwaeiRLDL_/w285-h400/Misc-0023.jpg) |
2012 BBM Fighters #F70 |
The final cards from my want list are ones that Ryan had picked up for me - the last three "Ceremonial First Pitch" cards I needed from the 2021 BBM Fusion set:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIYVWFwApVlmDDCK7UNqBlmQsyYPd2sZWrC-NOL0gyzEgN8kGJt9Zg2TEOJ0RYmnB1TIPeJR7oaArKR5kWYWfogL3veZcTObhMHcqWaJ6OpOO9HwuX6yOoIkCJYt-88tk7mZ9mi1eImOQvBlOQZPOOwHwigL8Zdna0fyU_7c02PuZ1V2-jdzFgk_VRcep/w285-h400/Misc-0024.jpg) |
2021 BBM Fusion #FP47 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsoFWm__kB7ZSFt44pvoEN-eZDwTMr9DclTprIKN02axD9rS6EPBC8UhrT1BCk6UZ7AzeKqtayqMSQpeCmEU1OPkArtNTPGWFSEeleEy716BY1eVcrZHype2l9F2_CtTZv4yDi1wHlNcVFssq1BFJAour0iuMROz5D9Ip5JWXF9wN7w51FTf5dBc7zJhH/w286-h400/Misc-0025.jpg) |
2021 BBM Fusion #FP42 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWlhYTsprUhi2FpcPYn2HTMFrU7B1N6WhXp8Mt944V-vLVDLVlp6Lkw7UhxC7_yjne72J0FuMBp1YwZJIrsTrgEbYSnKOOcaocAAUj7AAY3BsAvzQroyAWoTpwqmQqFNAYxGj0IH-4A1ylWy-tddEin6zEZ9tvxcQPW5fxsqnpEEGskOlmWA3O6Ih4khI/w286-h400/Misc-0026.jpg) |
2021 BBM Fusion #FP35 |
The rest of the cards I'm going to show are just ones that I came across that appealed to me. First up are three "secret version" parallels from
the 2020 BBM 30th Anniversary set. What's interesting about these is instead of being a photo variant, they're "design variants" - they use the same photo as the original card but the card design mirrors the 1991 BBM design instead of the "regular" 30th Anniversary card design. I picked these up at Mint Urawa:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOBNkuKTvopMNoSBVBuoR7foq30sX7-FC00omZ3RkVbAww10-IMK3V7Qtkzm0xGP2NeJe8nI4GKOqG7k9dtY-tk9j8tMeKAWvh1TxV6ykcvNgQKS5DGPKqEPr9bQYvR3ZWHa4MGBGqpnplwHv0NCGSPc6gjdKjS2OtklrRen9-yvPPjQ8t2M4SdHqxfK9/w289-h400/Misc-0027.jpg) |
2020 BBM 30th Anniversary #124 "Secret Version" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpI9RdJgGj8aTGcwEGKowKNz4lq8fldufIcaU3Res0DRp7Rta9IDrYECBYtcWfba3qaACv-rlPwZB0rA2dkvvDtc5vtBRfvrKIpSkYayyj-ZH0ESh0vBslbVbcEFBqWNpg7X8UrAwl6QopThrgN5qqCFxqWQb0x_y03q9cGnkBZZuGVBlvbHpqLc1Z8lda/w288-h400/Misc-0028.jpg) |
2020 BBM 30th Anniversary #158 "Secret Version" |
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2020 BBM 30th Anniversary #180 "Secret Version" |
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Back in 2008 and 2009, BBM issued small figurines of players with baseball cards. I think the figurines only came with the cards in 2009 and they only did them for a handful of the teams.
Deanna shared some photos with me and I did
a post about them way-back-when but I had never seen any in the wild until I was at Bits. Well, to be entirely accurate, I haven't seen the figurines in the wild but Bits had a couple of lose cards so I picked one up:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivj1VXClBgsk7pV6AqYzhWUZuAsM8hfO_TXsWF3SHnrJqgV8auaRxvvElFrsp77etqEoX6Sr860eAbfRbfy4EZzOCVk3mZP-ZMgm6NyejCj5-9ymQuwDVYNi86lFKZ3L-VfomCXna3xS54J2Brlv55FFyFBgfR_5e9NyFDg1ksHZycM4pbwDzckGx64vVh/w215-h400/Misc-0030.jpg) |
2009 BBM Dragons Figure Card #D-07 |
2 comments:
Hehe was scrolling a little too quickly and totally thought the Yakult Swallows logo was a Bazooka Bubble Gum logo.
I can see that happening
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