2017 NC Dinos Calendar Cards

I bought this about two weeks ago. It is the 2017 NC Dinos Calendar. The calendar comes with 13 cards,12 of which are NC players. These cards are postcard size and have images on both the front and back. There is no text on the back and unnumbered. I have added these to Trading Card Database and uploaded the checklist and cards here.

The calendar/cards was W18,000 on the NC Dinos online shop.






Keum-Kang Choi
Seon-Guk Kim
Tae-Gun Kim
Hee-Dong Kwon
Ho-Jun Lee
Jong-Wook Lee
Chang-Min Lim
Sung-Bum Na
Min-Woo Park
Suk-Min Park
Si-Heon Son
Jong-Hyun Won
Calendar

Five free Blue Edition packs and wow!

I received free packs of cards with purchases of some boxes from a seller and wow! I was not expecting these! Plus two Lee Seung-yuop cards.

Back in Time: 2014 Season One Box Breaks

I decided to buy a few boxes of Season One from 2014. My virgin set coming to Korea. I wanted to get more Big Star cards as I don't have an outlet to buy them individually anymore. This time around, I recorded it and kept each pack in a separate pile until I went through them. This is what I came up with and I have embedded the video breaks.

Box #1
20 packs
120 cards
109 N, 4 Big Star, 6 All Star, 1 Super Star
Duplicates: 1 Big Star, 48 Normal



Box #2
20 packs
120 cards
109 N, 4 Big Star, 6 All Star, 1 Super Star
Duplicates: 1 Big Star, 46 Normal

2017 Samsung Lions Seung-yuop Lee 5 Best HR

Since Lee Seung-yuop will be retiring after the season, the Samsung Lions issued a set of five cards commemorating his 5 best home runs.

Each card is being given away on a specific date leading up to his final game on October 3, 2017. The five cards precede his final game. These cards are unnumbered but do have a red stamped number on the back which is for a prize giveaway during each of these games for three various prizes: Lee Seung-yuop bobblehead, Lee Seung-yuop Spyder brand cleats and a commemorative Lee Seung-Yuop Wilson glove.

Card NNO #1: Release date: 09/16/17 In the 2002 Korean series, the Samsung Lions were facing the SK Wyverns in Game 6 and leading the series 3-2. Trailing 9-6 in the bottom of the 9th, Lee Seung-yuop hits a 3-run home run to tie the game. The next batter, Ma Hae-Young would hit a solo homer to win the championship.

---

Card NNO #2: Release date: 09/17/17 Lee would clobber 56 home runs in 2004 (also hit 54 in '99) breaking the Asian single-season record previously held by three NPB players, Sadaharu Oh ('64), Tuffy Rhodes ('01) and Alex Cabrera ('02). He would hit .323 and knock in 123 RBIs that year. In 2013, the record would be broken by Wladimir Balentien of the NPB who hit 60 homers. Per Wikipedia, in 2013 the NPB had introduced livelier "juiced" baseballs that later forced three-term commissioner Ryozo Kato to resign.

---

Card NNO #3: Release date: 09/21/17 Trailing Japan 2-1 in the 8th inning of the first round match up in the 2008 WBC, Lee Seung Yeop comes to bat with a runner on and hits a 2-run HR off Japan's Hirotoshi Ishii who left an off-speed pitch up. They would beat Japan again in the second round but were forced to play them a third time and lose to them in the Semi-Finals. Lee would be named to the All-WBC team.

---

Card NNO #4: Release date: 09/22/17 In the 2008 Beijing Olympics semi-final game, Japan and Korea were tied in the 8th 2-2 when Lee Seung-Yeop came to bat with Lee Yong-Kyu on first. He proceeds to hit a 2 HR to put Korea ahead for good. Korea would go on to win that game 6-2 and then beat Cuba in the finals by a score of 3-2, giving them the gold medal.

---

Card NNO #5: Release date: 09/27/17 In the 7th inning of a game against the Hanwha Eagles, Lee hit his 450th home run off reliever Song Chang-sik. Lee has hit at least 20 HRs in 12 of his 15 KBO seasons. He currently sits at 465 HR with three games remaining before retiring.

You can see video here

---

I have uploaded that checklist and images here: TCDB.

Interviewed by a Korean card collector

I forgot to mention this several months back. I'm on a Korean baseball blog café and one of the member wanted to interview me about collecting Korean cards. Here is the interview: Interview

Update #3: 2016 Vittum KBO Foreign Attack set

Hello everyone,

I've been exchanging emails with the printer and they said everything looks good and I made payment. WE ARE A GO! The price is a little cheaper than originally thought. The sets will be numbered to 20 and handwritten in pen.

Now the pricing below includes the (1) set print cost, (2) shipping to my friend, (3) cost of 50 card plastic case, and (4) shipping to you. All of you pay the same for #1 #2 #3, outside of U.S. pays more for #4.

For those of you in the US: $20 shipped (PayPal gift please)

For those of you outside US but not Korea: $30 shipped (PayPal gift please)

For those of you in Korea: $33 shipped (PayPal gift please) but bank transfer is acceptable too at W37,000) This includes double shipping to me then to you to make it easier for my friend.

As payments are confirmed, I will update the list below with "paid" next to your initials. Currently there are 6 sets available from the 20.

Reservation List
1. DS (paid)
2. TS (paid)
3. JP (paid)
4. DM (paid)
5. JS (paid)
6. JB (paid)
7. GS (waiting)
8. RS (paid)
9. JM (paid)
10. RP (paid)
11. PB (not paid)
12. NT (paid)
13. GF (paid)
14. RG
15. MC (not paid)
16. RS (paid)
17.
18.
19.
20.

I am in the process of designing the 2017 set with an 80s vibe. I have to wait until the regular season is over so I can use the stats for the back of the cards. I think this next 2017 set should run about the same price, maybe cheaper.

Thanks for everyone's interest in the set and giving me more inspiration.

Dan

Blog
Twitter

2017 Samsung Lions Lee Seung-Yuop bobblehead

Thanks to my friend John who notified me last night, I went to the team shop and picked up the Lee Seung-Yeop bobblehead. The cost of the bobblehead was 22,000 KRW (~$18 USD). While the bobblehead has a horrible resemblance of Lee, I was going to buy it regardless to go along with the statue I bought of Lee last year.

front

side

back

side