The earliest bird got the Boog

Generally speaking, the posts that generate comments the quickest are those of the 'free stuff' variety. This isn't surprising of course, after all, time usually is of essence when trying to stake your claim on something that's part of an instant giveaway.

With that in mind, I didn't think I'd have any chance at a recent Diamond King giveaway, as it had already been up for multiple hours before I saw it. Imagine my surprise then, to see that not only was there something of immense interest to me amongst his free offerings, but also that no one else had commented yet. Must've been my lucky day. The funny thing too was that I was reading the post at a time of the day when I almost never check the blogs. 

Anyway, being around at an odd hour on one particular day netted me this much wanted '75 Boog Powell mini. I'm not too keen on the 1975 set, but as is the case with most of the 70's sets, I really like the 'In Action' cards. This one is especially fun. It's interesting to see so few people in the stands. It even looks like there's a group of folks making their way to the exit. My only guess would be that this shot took place late in a blowout. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though.

Not only is the card itself neat, but I'm pretty sure it also put me over the halfway mark towards completing Boog's original Topps run. Seeing as how his cards are still pretty cheap, I really should try put a little more effort into finishing that.
 

That card was more than enough by itself, but Kevin being the sort that he is, also threw in a few extras...

The Deckle Edge is my second copy of that card. I will now need a third to fill a row in the binder. And this was my third copy of his '72, which was nice because it filled the row. If I ever get another one though, I'll have to do a complete page for it. I can certainly think of worse cards to own a whole page of.

Getting Boog's in the mail is not an everyday (or month or year) occurrence for me, so thanks again to Kevin for giving me the chance to get a new one.

And speaking of giveaways, this blog's anniversary is about a month away from now (I believe), and I've been thinking about doing something to acknowledge it. So far, I've got three possible options in mind.

1). Bring back a special version of my old "Free Stuff Friday". This would be the most time consuming of the three, and I'm still a bit burned out on these, and a little jaded as wee, so this probably won't be happening. But, it is an option

2). I made a few extra bucks during July, and don't seem to be spending it on myself. And since saving is no fun, maybe a cash (PayPal) giveaway would perk up a few ears.

3). #2 would probably generate the most interest, but I'm leaning towards using some of my COMC credit to let one lucky winner go on a mini spending spree. I did this a couple of times some years ago, and it seemed to be the kind of contest that people were interested in joining. If I do go this route, I'd push it back a couple of months so that whoever won could use their winnings during the Black Friday sale. Plus too, that's around the time that I'll be requesting a shipment, so the winner wouldn't have to wait as long to get their stuff as they would if I ran the contest in September.

I'll try to get what I want to do figured out in the next few weeks. I can tell you though that, whichever option I go with, it's gonna be exclusive to folks that either follow at least one of my blogs, or who have commented on one of the blogs in the previous 30-60 days before the contest. The days of me giving things out to rando prize hounds have passed, and will not be returning. So, if you like contests, stay tuned, something will be coming; I just don't know what, or when, yet!