2025 Mystery Bag reveal & trade thread

payling

Shaindli1 said:

payling said:

Received my L bag today.  Happy to get a beach towel.  Anyone familiar with the 10c horseshoe knit tank? Token is gold coast. Pins are St Paul (maybe a variant?), Vancouver, & Indy.

That tank top is from the Vs era! 

Nice - thanks for the info!

Lost In Ohio

Shaindli1 said:

Lost In Ohio said:

Sarava said:

Amantria said:

Lost In Ohio said:

Given three Fenway things in two bags, I'm convinced this is rigged. Ha!

Plus, we've seen Dimitris get a baseball and Leeze get a Benaroya Hall record. (Those people deserve those items!)

I'm not SAYING it's rigged, but there's no way it's 100% "Let's throw random stuff into bags and throw shipping labels on random bags."

Ok, so this has been eating at me since early this morning, so I'm just going to put my two cents in so I can get it off my chest. 

Its pretty obvious that if you're a forum regular and well known here, you're a pretty big fan.

But being a big fan and being a regular around here are NOT mutually exclusive.   I can't speak for anyone other than myself, but I've been a loyal fan since 1993, which is more than 2/3 of my life, but I'm not on here much.  I cannot be the minority there.

One would like to think with things like these, you're on an even playing field.  Like the old NY Lottery commercials "all you need is a dollar and a dream."  I'd hope that everyone has an equal chance at something awesome. This bag cost me close to $120, which is not an insignificant amount of money.  THIS is my treat to myself this year.   If it's rigged in favor of others that means mine and every other regular person out there has a higher chance of a foam finger and a deep t shirt.  

I was lucky enough to be able to buy a bag, and I'm grateful for that, but I'm not gonna lie. The prospect of it being skewed really rained on my parade, and I was really really enjoying the suspense and cheering everyone on as I waited my turn. I'm a nobody here but as Charlie Bucket said, "I've got the same chances as anybody else, haven't I?"

Honestly I don't think so. Nobody here or in ten club knows my wife Cathy - but she got a Kong in a mystery sale 5 or 6 years ago.

Me, in more than a few places, circa 2013-15:
"PJ Fenway won't happen. There's no way. Eddie's buddy Theo now works in Chicago."

Since then, I've won 10C tickets to Fenway for night 2 2016, a 2018 Fenway night 2 setlist shirt, a Fenway 2016 baseball jersey, a Boston 9/17/2024 license plate and a Fenway Park banner.

Karma? The PJ gods? Santos? Dumb luck?

I don't consider myself a conspiracy theorist, but just WTF is going on here?

"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."

Sometimes things just happen. Call it luck or coincidence.
Case in point: out of thousands of people in Pittsburgh N1, Ed chose me for the thing. I don't know him. We've never met. Pure luck. The PJ gods smiled at me that night.

There's an explanation there:

We know that insiders (mods and others) read the boards. Someone got a message from 10C asking where their seats were and they ended up with a delivery of a signed poster 

Lost In Ohio

Amantria said:

how great is that!! 👍😂

Which one of us is getting the giant frog?

Shaindli1

Lost In Ohio said:

Amantria said:

how great is that!! 👍😂

Which one of us is getting the giant frog?

Will fit nicely in an S bag!

AtVera

XL bag arrived today! Nothing special but happy with it, especially with the towel. I'm not sure what tour the vip pass is from, I think it might be binaural?
Cat claimed the white shirt as hers 

Loujoe

So cute. I think she is sitting on your shirt asking you to unwrap her towel.

SB129840

Here is my XL box. I already have the Boston hat, banner and pin, fan club patch- so looking to trade those. Token is from Sacramento. There is a cool yield tour sticker from the Camden e-centre show 1998- I wasn't there so someone else might want that. Looking for any other hats, tea towels or license plate. Also looking for Any tokens from Philly, NY or Boston from 2024 (especially Philly night 2- it was my son's first show)

Loujoe

SB129840 said:

Here is my XL box. I already have the Boston hat, banner and pin, fan club patch- so looking to trade those. Token is from Sacramento. There is a cool yield tour sticker from the Camden e-centre show 1998- I wasn't there so someone else might want that. Looking for any other hats, tea towels or license plate. Also looking for Any tokens from Philly, NY or Boston from 2024 (especially Philly night 2- it was my son's first show)

Hold that yield sticker for Dana if you can. @Guy Dudebro

on2legs

AtVera said:

XL bag arrived today! Nothing special but happy with it, especially with the towel. I'm not sure what tour the vip pass is from, I think it might be binaural?
Cat claimed the white shirt as hers 

All the planet/space themed passes are from the Binaural tour. 

I think the cat is from the Backspacer tour. 

elwayvedder

I forget, are these delivered by USPS even though tracking starts from UPS? I honestly can't remember how things work

inmyrvm

elwayvedder said:

I forget, are these delivered by USPS even though tracking starts from UPS? I honestly can't remember how things work

Mine showed up via a random car (not kidding) and never even showed as out for delivery, but it was ups tracking the whole time

Gern Blansten

My L bag is 3.3 lbs....to be delivered Saturday

runstaples

^did the info just show up today?

Guy Dudebro

Loujoe said:

SB129840 said:

Here is my XL box. I already have the Boston hat, banner and pin, fan club patch- so looking to trade those. Token is from Sacramento. There is a cool yield tour sticker from the Camden e-centre show 1998- I wasn't there so someone else might want that. Looking for any other hats, tea towels or license plate. Also looking for Any tokens from Philly, NY or Boston from 2024 (especially Philly night 2- it was my son's first show)

Hold that yield sticker for Dana if you can. @Guy Dudebro

Thanks, Lou. Sent a PM. 

Shaindli1

That Strangest Tribe shirt is cool!

Loujoe

inmyrvm said:

elwayvedder said:

I forget, are these delivered by USPS even though tracking starts from UPS? I honestly can't remember how things work

Mine showed up via a random car (not kidding) and never even showed as out for delivery, but it was ups tracking the whole time

Same

yosi

This may be weird, because they’re pretty common, but I’m hoping for one of those retro-stripe hats. I’m a hat guy and I really like the look of them. 

Sugarloafer04

runstaples said:

^did the info just show up today?

I got mine. 2.99 lbs 

Gern Blansten

runstaples said:

^did the info just show up today?

yes...just a few hours ago

malphurs72

offbeatblink said:

Well the 4.1lb XL is here! 1st time participating on the mystery bundle and feel so lucky to have gotten a jacket! Not a fan of the Respond shirt, but honestly cannot complain on the value here!

Any idea on the photo pass era?
Token is Vegas.
Pins are Wrigley and Dublin.

New to all this could be open to some trades. My white whale is the Florida license plate! Interested in things from shows in my signature or any cool other things we could swap.

My bag contained the same photo pass but with blue writing. Interesting.