Card of the Day: Riley Greene 2020 Topps Pro Debut #108

2022 Pro Set Draft Football Blaster Box Break (Green Box)

How about another blaster box break? This time we have a 2022 Pro Set Draft Football Blaster (Green Box).

The 2022 Pro Set Draft Football Blaster (Green Box) only contains (3) cards – (2) autographs, and (1) Metal card.

Here is what I pulled:

Autos:

• Rashee Rice (SMU/Kansas City Chiefs)
• Leo Chenal (Wisconsin/Kansas City Chiefs)

Metal:

• Jerome Ford Pink Wave (Alabama and Cincinnati/Cleveland Browns)

2022 Pro Set Draft Football Blaster Box Break (Grey Box)

Its time for another blaster box break. This blaster box of 2022 Pro Set Draft Football (Grey Box) comes from Target.

(2) autographs, and a 10-card set are found in the 2022 Pro Set Draft Football (Grey Box).

Here is what I pulled:

Autos:

• Tyreke Smith (Ohio State/Seattle Seahawks)
• Brad Hawkins (Michigan/New England Patriots)

10-Card Set:

• Bryce Young #1
• C.J. Stroud #2
• Quinn Ewers #3
• Caleb Williams #4
• Treveyon Henderson #5
• Chris Olave #6
• Garrett Wilson #7
• Jameson Williams #8
• Kenneth Walker III #9
• Kenny Pickett #10

Card of the Day: Mike Ditka 1992 Pro Line Profiles #495

Card of the Day: Mike Piazza 2013 Topps Pro Debut #152

Card of the Day: Santa Claus 2021 Leaf Pro Set #1989-03

Under The Tree: O.J. Simpson “The Juice” Shindana Toys Super Pro Action Figure

Looks like Barbie has a new neighbor. I think Ken might have some competition. That white Bronco would look nice parked in front of Barbie’s Dream House.

Shindana Toys (a division of Operation Bootstrap Inc.) released the O.J. Simpson “The Juice” Super Pro Action Figure in 1975.

Fully licensed by O.J. Simpson Enterprises, Inc., this action figure was at the time the only one on the market that featured the likeness of All-American running-back O.J. Simpson.

Measuring 9.5″ tall this action figure features a fully-jointed vinyl body. Accessories include helmet, shoulder pads, jersey, pants, two-toned football shoes, striped socks, and football.

In addition to the standalone action figure, Shindana Toys also made an O.J. Simpson “The Juice” Super Pro Set. The set comes with a football suit, football helmet, pads, shoes and football, running suit, sweat socks, tennis shoes, tank top, shorts, boat with oars, 3 hurdles, weight set with stands, tennis racket with frame and ball.

A variant of the Super Pro Set exists. Some of the O.J. Simpson sets were packaged with a red running suit and white tank top/shorts that have the letters “D J” on them. Shindana Toys made a similar action figure of Dr. J.

Many toy companies substitute unused clothes for the original clothes when the figures are at the end of their run. Shindana Toys sold more O.J. Simpson figures than Dr. J figures.

In this case, it looks like Shindana Toys made a decision to substitute Dr. J clothes because it appears they made variant O.J. Simpson decals by removing the “r.” from the Dr. J decals making it appear to be “O J” but its really “D J”. I guess they hoped nobody would notice. If you look fast enough that “D” looks like an “O”.

Card of the Day: John Force 1992 Pro Set Racing #47

Card of the Day: Greg Norman 1991 PGA Tour Pro Set #282

How To Spot A Fake Ludwell Denny 1990 Pro Set #338 Promo

The odds of you finding this card out in the wild are about as good as the Phillies calling me up asking if I’d like to play first base. Its not likely to happen.

As I mentioned in my 2021 Leaf Pro Set College Football Blaster Box Break, Ludwell Denny founded Pro Set in 1988. Between 1988 and 1994 Pro Set issued card products for the NFL, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, and PGA Tour. Their parody “Flopps” promo set was about as close as they got to making MLB cards. Outside of sports they made a variety of entertainment products as well. Pro Set went bankrupt after 1994. In February 2021 it was announced that Leaf Trading Cards had acquired the Pro Set trademark, and quickly began using it on their products.

Mr. Denny had a card of himself printed in 1990. Don’t bother ripping through old packs hoping to find it. They were used as promotional handouts. Almost like a business card. Although an official print run was never released, supposedly one sheet amounting to (90) cards was made. How many were actually handed out is a number we will never know.

Pro Set was notorious for their errors, misprints, corrections, short prints, variations, etc… Sometimes I think they did this on purpose just to keep collectors on their toes.

The Ludwell Denny promo card is one die-hard Pro Set collectors would love to add to their collection. I’ve only seen one show up for sale, and it has been on eBay for years with an incredibly high asking price.

No authentic alternate versions of this card are known to exist. No errors, misprints, corrections, short prints, and/or variations. What you see is what you get. However, there are counterfeits floating around.

The differences drastically stick out when an authentic card is placed side-by-side with a counterfeit one.

Characteristics of a counterfeit card include dark coloring on both the front and back.

The font is completely different where it says “Ludwell Denny Head Coach Giants” on the front. Turning the card over you can see the font used for “Ludwell Denny Head Coach” is also quite different. The font used for the card number isn’t correct either.

Counterfeits use a dot instead of a dash to separate the words “Coach” and “Giants” on the front.

Numerous misspellings and grammatical errors totally pollute the description on the back of the counterfeit.

On the back of a counterfeit the words “National Football League Players Association” surround the football image near the bottom. Authentic examples do not have this wording.

Authentic front

Authentic back

Counterfeit front

Counterfeit back