Ever get surprised?

[sbfinley]

I've only been collecting pre-war for a little over a year now and the majority of my purchases have been t206s, t207s, Goudeys, and Playballs. About a month ago I decided to start a type collection to broaden my horizons and I just received a lot of several different year Zeenuts from a member and from the scans I always assumed that they were around the size of an exhibit card. Leon's quarter was never present so I didn't have a reference. I even went through the trouble of visiting a local hobby shop to grab some exhibit sized top-loaders. I was presently surprised when they arrived today and were they size they are. Strangely, I like Zeenuts even more now that I possess some.

So my question, and it might be a dumb one, is if anyone else has a story or instance where they were surprised about the size, texture, color, or anything about a card type when you finally purchased of saw one in person?