More Cards From Kenny

When I emailed Kenny (Zippy Zappy) a few weeks ago to thank him for the cards he'd sent me, he replied with a promise that another envelope would soon be on its way to me.  That envelope arrived today and it contained five collectible card game cards that covered a 21 year time period.

Three of the cards were Konami issues and, as always, I made my best guess as to which of the bewildering number of Konami sets these are from:

2005 Konami Baseball Heroes Old SP #B05S009

2009 Konami Baseball Heroes Black Edition #B09S046

2012 Konami Baseball Heroes Vol. 2 #C12RS027

The next card was a Bushiroad DreamOrder card from 2024 of then-Lions and now-Astros pitcher Tatsuya Imai:

2024 Bushiroad Dream Order Pacific League Booster Pack Vol. 1 #PBP01-L01

To be fair, there's a bewildering number of separate DreamOrder sets as well.  I just find them a little easier to figure out which set any particular card comes from.

The last card was from the new Bandai Fan Stars set.  Specifically, this card is from the Fan Stars set that was distributed with packs of "Kakinotane" - this is the third consecutive year that Bandai has done a set given away with bags of the bar snack - the first two years were the "Pro Baseball Deforme Card Collection" cards that featured caricatures of players.

2026 Bandai Fan Stars Kakinotane #BBK01-15

I have to say that I find the Bandai card pretty attractive for a CCG card,  I find most of the card designs way too busy for my tastes.  But this set seems to have kept the game-related stuff on the front of the card from dominating it.

This not only is my first Fan Stars card but it's my first 2026 card!

As aways, thank you for the cards, Kenny!  I need to go back to Japan just so I can buy you a beer or dinner or both for all your generosity!