(03-13-2012, 03:46 PM)buckunteer Wrote: Here's hoping for a die-cut MJ (preferably the playoff heroes insert!)A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.....I was in junior high when this stuff came out and a close friend of mine liked to run to Wal-Mart and steal packs of card by slipping them into his Charlotte Hornets Starter jacket.
I am pretty sure it was a hot card when he brought it to school, but he actually pulled that MJ playoff heroes die-cut from a stolen pack.
About a month later he went back for more and got caught by the store's staff. When his mother took him back home after the hassle of the local PD and the Wal-Mart staff, she had her own punishment. He was to go and grab his collection and his mother had him pull that card out first because he had been so excited about it recently.
As he stood there in front of his mother at 14 years old, he had that sweet card in his hand. She then instructed him to remove it from the holder and................rip it in half. He then did so while crying and I think I even shed a tear when I saw the end result of that MJ.
You can be assured that he never stole again. EVER!!!
We actually talked about it last year at our ten year HS reunion. Funny, that last post brought that story back to me.