Let me just say this...from a veteran of 4 years....I now track what I spend...if you don't, be ready to be amazed when you get the credit card bill!! Everytime I go to the store, if there was a booster box there, I bought it!
I stack all my empty booster boxes in the corner of my room - gives me a ballpark figure of how much I've spent, and I can get all the UPCs off them if/when I send my rejects back!
edit: has anyone noticed anything interesting about the cartoons on the back with respect to sp's vs. commons of the same number? And there is one SP/common combo that has the same cartoon but with a different narrative...anyone?
YEP, I noticed this too!!!
BTW Stone, I opened two booster boxes and pulled 24 light backs (so they are in there) and two Chrome Refractors (THC45 Kerry Wood #394/556 and THC33 Patrick Burrell #330/556). So far I've gotten no ink or Black Borders in any of the retail I've opened).
Registry Sets: T-205 Gold PSA 4 & up 1967 Topps BB PSA 8 & up 1975 Topps BB PSA 9 & up 1959 Topps FB PSA 8 & up 1976 Topps FB PSA 9 & up 1981 Topps FB PSA 10 1976-77 Topps BK PSA 9 & up 1988-89 Fleer BK PSA 10 3,000 Hit Club RC PSA 5 & Up
I just hit Target, and grabbed 5 blaster boxes, everyone was looking at me like I had 6 heads. I talked to four people in like, one guy knew they were the 56 design, one wife went over and bought a searched pack for her husband, kids kept asking me if I was going to open them or save them.. I never met so many people in my life at Target. Another asked "are those a good deal" I just smiled and said "I really love the gum!"
edit Some 10 year old kid told me the sory of how his kid sister wrote her name on all the cards that were her's so he couldn't take them. Bratty brother!!!!!!!!
Blaster boxes finally hit the Target in Merced CA. I went to WalMart first, and saw an opened, full to the top 12X2, but thought I'd hit Target before coming back. Four blaster boxes - here's the tally.
Everything available for trade with the exception of the Izturis, Bagwell chrome and Palmeiro chrome. I am looking for hits to my 2001-2003 Heritage wantlists, or 2004-2005 Heritage Chrome wantlist. The link to my list is in my profile. Thanks!
This post is regarding 2002 Topps Heritage, hopefully it's not considered off topic... Anyway on with my post
So my streak is finally over. I finally got an autograph out of a Heritage pack (2002 - Al Rosen). However, it did not come out in good condition. In fact 3 of the 4 corners have issues, something not acceptable coming out of a sealed box; all of the other cards in the pack were just fine. I know you can send cards back to topps, but what about Real One Autos? Do they accept them as well?
After buying 5 hobby boxes and initiating 4 trades over the past couple of weeks (thanks Keith, John, Chris and Dave!) I couldn't resist the urge to open more packs this weekend, so I called around town to see if any hobby boxes were left. (Retail blaster boxes haven't made it to our local Targets yet.) One shop had 4.5 boxes so I asked them to hold one for me and I hopped in the car. Browsed around the shop a bit then bought the box the clerk had set aside for me. As I'm walking out the door, I stop, turn around and say to the clerk: "I know this sounds ridiculously superstitious, but can I exchange this box for the third one in on the shelf?" He says OK and we exchange boxes. I don't know what overcame me, but I felt an undeniable urge to pick the box myself and not take the one he chose for me. I'd never done that before, and I don't buy much modern stuff anyway.
Well, I'm glad I paid attention to my "inner voice" because 5 packs into the box, this appeared.....
Easily the best pull of my life, what a thrill it was to uncover that card! The whole box was pretty loaded -- every pack had either an SP, chrome or insert (including the checklist packs!) In addition to the Snider auto I pulled 13 SPs, 5 chromes including 2 refractors, 2 NAPs, 1 Flashback and 2 Then & Nows. Lots more tradebait now too, keep on the lookout for my next post on the Heritage BST thread.
I really am glad that so may people here are trying heritage and nailing big time pulls. Im going to start the binder and sheet set up and start putting my set in them. When the sets is finally complete and you can sit down and look at everything will the true payoff come.
Of course a Duke Snider or Frank Robinson auto along the way doesn't hurt either!
Hello new to this post but really need help completing my 2005 Heritage refractor set numbered to 556.Willing to pay fair price by ppal or mail,and I also have 53 chrome numbered to 1956 for trade.
Refractors to trade 9,15,40,42,57,59 Any help would be appreciated I'd like to become established on this board need a shot though. Thanks Dale gonad02@aol.com
But if you had walked out of the store with the clerk's box, a Babe Ruth / Mickey Mantle / Roger Maris triple "Cut" Signature card was waiting for you in one of those packs.
Sorry thats all I have to trade in heritage the ref set is so hard that I just throw myself into it and have no time to chase the reg set until I've finished it.I could buy If you like I have ppal.If not thanks anyway.
8 pack blaster boxes hit Target in Albany, NY. Bought 2 boxes that produced no light backs. Only 4 SPs but the packs were loaded with Then and Nows, Flashbacks, and I hit 3 Chromes plus RED INK AUTO BOB FELLER 11/56!!!! Very Happy with that.
Thanks everyone that responded to my post about the pull of the Duke Snider auto. Sorry joestalin, but I think I have to keep this card...
As promised, I've posted my updated trade list on the "BS&T Sports" board: some highlighted cards I have available include #7 Ichiro (on deck) SP, #125 Garciaparra ('56 uni) SP, #135 ARod (fielding) SP and THC-59 Curt Schilling chrome refractor #150/556. Please check out my complete lists on the buy,sell&trade board.
The Red Ink Feller cards are starting to surface. I pulled one (17/56) from a wal-mart blister pack. Four have sold recently on the Bay averaging $86 plus shipping. I've actually posted mine for sale on the BST board if anyone would like to have it before it goes on the Bay.
Joe Stalin: You might not actually hate etopps as much anymore.
In their rewards catalog they have been using merchandise for several months now, for the past month that merchandise selection has contained 05 Heritage Boxes, the best part is that etopps only values the boxes at 54.99 so it's actualyl a very good deal when using your reward points. I've been doing this to help put my set together.
etopps has gone the way of the carboard. I thought you all were standing up against that? Autographed etopps? Giving away wax??
Isn't this the very same reason why you joined etopps..to avoid this "garbage" Of course you know in the real world no one will pay you 300 bucks for a Tony Banks card....actually you won't get 3 bucks for it!
Etopps is dead and we all know it, NOTHING is worth squat and you know it, topps is reaching far to try to come up with new ideas and this curent events thing is really stupid..btw...oh an nice way to cash in on the death of Carson. <puke>
Topps is just trying to get you all hooked on cardboard...and you all will, you are weak.
Thanks for stopping by...see you in another 3000 miles
Well the topps chronicles thing isnt an etopps thing by the way, its a topps thing, the same compnay that you love and support. Etopps is dead huh? With the alrge amount of new members and significant financial gains my port has made in the past 15 months I will disagree with you on that. Everyone knows how pissed you still are when you made a poor decision and sold Ronin your port.
Hate etopps all you want, hell if I was a die hard cardboard collector I would do the same, but I'm not. I only collect heritage sets and vintage so etopps is a way for me to make a decent amount of money as opposed to the majority of people who buy a lot of cardboard and end up not even getting their money back after 2 years since we all know msot products decline.
isnt an etopps thing?? ahhh, the same monkeys running etopps are the same running topps! Heritage has survived because it is unchanged. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to follow the configuration of a set you printed up 49 years ago! 2001 heritage was an amazing set, far more than what is expected from a pack of cards that cost 3 bucks, but topps is just following a cookie cutter mold here. Heck they even wanted to skip the 53 set back in 2002 but got smart and asked collectors what they thought!
As far as etopps, you all now stand for nothing. This was supposed to be the answer to high pack prices, and needless inserts and autographs. Now you are all lining up to get cards autographed and looking to cash in your reward points for carboard......and the inserts and autos that come with them!
Ronin is the proud owner of 23-2001 Shinjo's, that combined are not even worth the price I paid for one card. Ronin won't tell you that because he is too proud. He wants you all to believe that he got a good deal but the fact is he did not. Remember I bought cards of good players, and we both know that those are the least valuable of the etopps. I thank Ronin for bailing me out, I can't imagine running 80 or so auctions to sell everything. He offered me an easy way out and I took it and wouldn't do anything differently. Im sure if you asked him wether it was a wise move he would say no...of course he won't admit that.
and what if??
and what if etopps came out in 2000 like it was now? no greed, low print runs no matter what, rewards. I have no doubt that it would be huge. It might of completly displaced cardboard collecting..but no, topps got greedy and you all got greedy. It was never about the player on the front of the card...heck it wasn't even about the card..it didn't matter, it was only about the number....lesson learned...you can't produce rarity today. Etopps is a joke and always will be. The heyday has long past, the curtain has been drawn, please take your place next to beanie baby collector, and pokemon collector. Feel free to trade your Tony Banks and Vernon Wells for Charzard and Ruffles.
You are here not because you have everything you want, but because something is missing. That something you won't find on a computer screen. You must have it and touch it and smell it, and own it! Is it about the gum or the short prints or the hard to complete new age set? its about all those things. etopps has none of that, just a bunch of rich business men, washed up from the stock market, ready to manipulate ebay so it looks like they are winners instead of the losers we all know you are.
Take your imaginary portfolios and leave, there is no room here for you. Ernie Banks has died and has come back as the most beautiful heritage card you have ever seen.....complete with ink and a piece of wood that maybe Babe Ruth touched!
Light Backs 10 John Smoltz 12 Darin Erstad 13 Chad Tracy 14 Charles Thomas 18 Derrek Lee 19 Juan Uribe 21 Kenny Lofton 22 Brad Ausmus 23 Jon Garland 24 Edwin Jackson 25 Joe Mauer 26 Wes Helms 27 Brian Schneider 29 Flash Gordon 34 Nick Green 36 Kevin Youkilis 37 Billy Wagner 38 Terrence Long 39 Kevin Mench 41 Reed Johnson 42 Reggie Sanders 43 Kirk Rueter 45 Tike Redman 47 Damian Miller 48 Zach Day 53 Juan Cruz 54 Byung-Hyun Kim 55 Carlos Zambrano 58 David Riske 59 Carlos Guillen 61 Barry Bonds 62 Chris Woodward 65 Scot Shields 66 J.D. Drew 67 Erik Bedard 68 Scott Williamson 74 Ricardo Rodriguez 75 Carlos Delgado 83 Odalis Perez 84 Scott Podsednik 86 Jeff Suppan 87 Ray Durham 91 Bengie Molina 92 Danny Bautista 93 Eli Marrero 94 Larry Bigbie 96 Merkin Valdez 97 Rocco Baldelli 98 Woody Williams 99 Jason Frasor 102 Joe Kennedy 104 Armando Benitez 106 David DeJesus 108 Phil Nevin 109 Cristian Guzman 114 Alex Cintron 117 Placido Polanco 120 Bobby Abreu 122 Dallas McPherson 123 Rodrigo Lopez 124 Mark Bellhorn 127 Ronnie Belliard 128 Tom Goodwin 131 Roberto Alomar 132 John Buck 133 Jason LaRue 136 Nate Robertson 138 Morgan Ensberg 139 Vinny Castilla 141 Chan Ho Park 143 Jason Isringhausen 144 Dustan Mohr 145 Khalil Greene 147 Vicente Padilla 148 Oliver Perez 149 Brian Giles 150 Shawn Green 152 Casey Blake 154 Orlando Hernandez 156 Chase Utley 158 Adam Eaton 160 Michael Tucker 161 Kevin Brown 162 Bobby Crosby 165 Tony Womack 168 Ted Lilly 170 Matt Morris 173 Jeff Weaver 174 Tony Graffanino 176 Carl Pavano 177 Junior Spivey 178 Carlos Silva 180 Brett Myers 181 Mike Mussina 183 Nick Johnson 189 Guillermo Quiroz 190 Mark Hendrickson 191 Jeremy Bonderman 192 Jason Jennings 194 A.J. Burnett 195 Ken Harvey 197 Joe Mays 200 Randy Johnson 201 Jeff DaVanon 202 Paul Byrd 204 Kyle Farnsworth 205 Keith Foulke 206 Joe Crede 207 Austin Kearns 209 Shawn Chacon 211 Luis Castillo 215 Brad Fullmer 218 Ryan Klesko 219 Octavio Dotel 220 Rob Mackowiak 221 Scott Hatteberg 223 Bernie Williams 224 Kris Benson 231 Troy Glaus 232 Chone Figgins 233 John Thomson 234 Trot Nixon 237 Miguel Batista 238 Ryan Drese 239 Aaron Miles 240 Randy Wolf 241 Brian Lawrence 242 A.J. Pierzynski 243 Jamie Moyer 244 Chris Carpenter 246 Rob Bell 247 Francisco Cordero 249 Jermaine Dye 250 Cliff Lee 252 Vernon Wells 253 R.A. Dickey 255 Randy Winn 256 Pedro Feliz 257 Mark Loretta 258 Tim Worrell 263 Luis Gonzalez 265 Paul Wilson 266 Mark Buehrle 267 Todd Hollandsworth 272 Brendan Donnelly 274 Brandon Webb 275 Marty Cordova 278 Aaron Harang 279 Coco Crisp 280 Bobby Higginson 282 Andy Pettitte 284 Craig Brazell 285 Eric Hinske 289 Matt Herges 290 Ramon Hernandez 291 Marlon Byrd 294 Al Leiter 296 Johan Santana 297 Milton Bradley 302 Tim Wakefield 304 Rafael Furcal 305 David Eckstein 306 David Segui 308 Matt Clement 310 Brad Radke 313 Joe Randa 316 Alex Sanchez 317 Chin-hui Tsao 318 Omar Vizquel 319 Ryan Freel 320 LaTroy Hawkins 321 Aaron Rowand 323 Joe Borowski 324 Jarrod Washburn 326 Johnny Damon 328 Travis Hafner 330 Dmitri Young 331 Matt Holliday 333 Desi Relaford 334 Jose Hernandez 336 Jacque Jones 337 Terrmel Sledge 340 Brad Wilkerson 342 Jesse Crain 343 Orlando Hudson 344 Laynce Nix 345 Jose Cruz Jr. 346 Edgar Renteria 347 Eddie Guardado 348 Jerome Williams 349 Trevor Hoffman 351 Jason Kendall 353 Tim Hudson 354 Paul Quantrill 355 Jon Lieber 356 Braden Looper 357 Chad Cordero 358 Joe Nathan 359 Doug Davis 361 Val Majewski 362 Francisco Rodriguez 363 Kelvim Escobar 366 David Bell 367 Shea Hillenbrand 369 Ben Broussard 371 Dustin Hermanson 377 Jake Peavy 379 Sean Burroughs 380 Rich Harden 382 John Lackey 383 Johnny Estrada 385 Toby Hall 386 Adam LaRoche 387 Bill Hall 388 Tim Salmon 390 Michael Barrett 391 Jose Acevedo 393 J.T. Snow Jr. 394 Mark Redman 397 Ramon Ortiz
So far, I've finished off a case (I guess?) of booster/blister/blaster boxes from my friendly neighborhood TRU. No autos, no refractors, 4 or 5 lightbacks out of 8 boxes. Banks GU seat and a Manny bat, but the SPs have been pretty good. 1 booster from Target, and results were similar. I love the cards though - they look great. Seems like the auto is always in that next pack...
Hey guys, I want to finish off this base set ASAP so I can concentrate on the goodies ...... can anyone help me with these base cards? Let me know what you need
I was lookin on beckett.com to check for sp's from a few new blaster boxes I bought. Of course I pulled nothing great, but I did pull a clubhouse collection bat card of Alfonso Soriano. Nothing impressive I think, but it states: GROUP A ODDS 1:291 H, 1:292 R GROUP B ODDS 1:384 H, 1:387 R GROUP C ODDS 1:1303 H, 1:1307 R GROUP D ODDS 1:497 H, 1:499 R GROUP E ODDS 1:384 H, 1:387 R He happens to be the only person in group c. I'm just curious if this is a mis-print on becketts part or if it really is a 1:1307 pull.
I think the odds are just higher because he is the ONLY player in that group. For example, since there are more players in broups A or B, the odds ofpulling that PARTICULAR player would be similar. I think. The Sorianos don't seem to be selling for a premium.
OK guys, I was having some reservations about putting this set together. I had a lot of fun doing it last year but it was a long journey. I bought a retail box at Target and I am hooked again. I just went through my '04 master set and remembered the fun of putting that together. I have an eight box case of '05's coming and will post needs/dupes after the break! I am looking forward to the trading.
Brent
Collecting: Bo Jackson Basic(#1) and Master(#1) Bob Feller Basic(#4) Sam McDowell Basic(#1) 2004 Cracker Jack Master
My Destin, FL Target reatial box (2x12) break results:
12 SP's 1 Chrome Refractor Parallel (Brett Harper) 4 Chrome Parallel's (Lew Ford, Mike Piazza, Mike Lowell) 2 Flashbacks 2 Then and Now 1 New Age Performer 1 Bob Feller Stadium Seat
97 White Backs
2 tons of fun (lol, no, not married)
Brent
Collecting: Bo Jackson Basic(#1) and Master(#1) Bob Feller Basic(#4) Sam McDowell Basic(#1) 2004 Cracker Jack Master
Here's a quick observation on the chromes. Anybody else noticing that some of them are bending themselves into a U as soon as you pull them from them pack? It seems like about half of them do this, while half are fine. Has this been a problem every year?
Is anyone else noticing a lot of dinged corners on SP's or whatever is the 7th card in a pack? I just sent in several lots of 25 cards each back to Topps for replacement today. I sure hope they send some nicer cards than what I got in packs.
I don't know if this is something to do with the sorting process or if it's just my normal bad luck in opening packs. This seems to be more prevalent in the retail boxes I've gotten than the hobby boxes. This set's a lot of fun to put together, but the distribution sure is quirky.
<< <i> These cards ding when you look at them wrong. Get them into a safe place quickly! >>
I assume you mean how they are handled when I look at them...Trust me, many are coming out of the pack this way...I'm super careful when handling all cards. I'm especially careful about opening the packs. Granted, I'm ultra-picky about corners, but I'm talking about cards coming out of the pack in PSA 6 or low-end PSA 7 condition due to corner dings.
Comments
your friend
Mike
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
I think I'm done buying... now am looking for anyone that would like to trade.
Here's my want list!
Base set cards I need ---- 35, 76, 96, 99, 102, 106, 114, 121, 133, 141, 143, 148, 156, 158, 168, 169, 170, 175, 177, 191, 200, 204, 223, 235, 237, 240, 243, 263, 269, 273, 276, 283, 291, 295, 317, 338, 354, 359, 361, 363, 386, 391, 392, 394
Then & Now I need ---- TN9 & TN10
Flashback's I need ---- FA-AK, FA-EB, FA-SM
SP's I need !!! ---- 5, 6 (56 Pirates), 79, 82 (56 Senators), 118 (56 White Sox), 135, 135 (Fielding), 155 (56 KC), 273 (blue), 292, 296 (56 Senators), 399, 401, 402, 403, 405, 407, 409, 410, 413, 416, 417, 422, 423, 424, 428, 429, 431, 435, 437, 438, 440, 441, 446, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 457, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 467, 468, 470, 471
Light Backs I need ------ 12, 22, 25, 27, 42, 43, 48, 59, 61, 65, 67, 75, 83, 84, 91, 93, 97, 99, 102, 104, 106, 117, 120, 122, 124, 128, 133, 136, 145, 147, 148, 154, 156, 160, 161, 162, 168, 177, 180, 191, 200, 202, 205, 206, 211, 215, 218, 220, 223, 234, 240, 243, 249, 263, 267, 278, 284, 291, 294, 296, 316, 317, 318, 330, 333, 336, 342, 344, 353, 354, 359, 361, 363, 366, 377, 386, 388, 390, 391, 393, 394
Thanks,
Lyle
<< <i>out of roughly 24 packs purchased, i finally received my first duplicate (pirates team card). i think these team cards are nice as well. >>
24 packs and no doubles? MAN
Out of 3 hobby and 2 retail I am the proud owner of 17 Rob Bell's
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
YEP, I noticed this too!!!
BTW Stone, I opened two booster boxes and pulled 24 light backs (so they are in there) and two Chrome Refractors (THC45 Kerry Wood #394/556 and THC33 Patrick Burrell #330/556). So far I've gotten no ink or Black Borders in any of the retail I've opened).
T-205 Gold PSA 4 & up
1967 Topps BB PSA 8 & up
1975 Topps BB PSA 9 & up
1959 Topps FB PSA 8 & up
1976 Topps FB PSA 9 & up
1981 Topps FB PSA 10
1976-77 Topps BK PSA 9 & up
1988-89 Fleer BK PSA 10
3,000 Hit Club RC PSA 5 & Up
My Sets
edit Some 10 year old kid told me the sory of how his kid sister wrote her name on all the cards that were her's so he couldn't take them. Bratty brother!!!!!!!!
No light backs whatsover in any box.
Box 1:
SP/inserts: 125B Garciaparra, 414 Everett, 416 Sheets, NAP9 IRod, T&N Friend/Livan, THC Thome
Box 2:
SP/inserts: 155B Chavez, 445 Moss, 448 Campbell, 468 Melillo, 471 Strayhorn, Musial Flashback, THC Prior and THC refractor Goleski
Box 3:
SP/inserts: 3B Soriano, 461 Hairston Jr., 465 Garcia, T&N Aaron/Ichiro, NAP6 Thome, THC Bagwell, THC Blalock
Box 4:
SP/inserts: 260 Izturis, 406 Wilson, 412 Mora, 443 Mueller, Larsen Flashback, THC Palmeiro, THC refractor Thome
Everything available for trade with the exception of the Izturis, Bagwell chrome and Palmeiro chrome. I am looking for hits to my 2001-2003 Heritage wantlists, or 2004-2005 Heritage Chrome wantlist. The link to my list is in my profile. Thanks!
Dodgers collection scans | Brett Butler registry | 1978 Dodgers - straight 9s, homie
This post is regarding 2002 Topps Heritage, hopefully it's not considered off topic... Anyway on with my post
So my streak is finally over. I finally got an autograph out of a Heritage pack (2002 - Al Rosen). However, it did not come out in good condition. In fact 3 of the 4 corners have issues, something not acceptable coming out of a sealed box; all of the other cards in the pack were just fine. I know you can send cards back to topps, but what about Real One Autos? Do they accept them as well?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Chris
PM set.
Still need some help on my set. Got my list on the BST forum. Thanks Ben
Well, I'm glad I paid attention to my "inner voice" because 5 packs into the box, this appeared.....
Easily the best pull of my life, what a thrill it was to uncover that card! The whole box was pretty loaded -- every pack had either an SP, chrome or insert (including the checklist packs!) In addition to the Snider auto I pulled 13 SPs, 5 chromes including 2 refractors, 2 NAPs, 1 Flashback and 2 Then & Nows. Lots more tradebait now too, keep on the lookout for my next post on the Heritage BST thread.
I really am glad that so may people here are trying heritage and nailing big time pulls. Im going to start the binder and sheet
set up and start putting my set in them. When the sets is finally complete and you can sit down and look at everything will
the true payoff come.
Of course a Duke Snider or Frank Robinson auto along the way doesn't hurt either!
Kevin
Sharpie just looks terrible compared to ink from say a pen made by Cross?
Anybody?
edited to add: Great pull btw!
Call whatever you want...luck...superstition...but that is a great pull!
Putting it up on ebay or what?
your friend
Mike
Chromes /1956 to trade
1,2,4,5,8,10,11,14,15,
26,28,29,32,33,34,37,
45,47,51,54,56,58,59,
60,61,62,65,66,67,72,
73,74,76,78,80,81,82,
83,85,87,88,89,91,92,
94,95,96,100,101,103,
106,107,109,
Refractors/556 needed
5,27,
30,32,50,52,67,
75,89,95,98,102,110
Refractors to trade
9,15,40,42,57,59
Any help would be appreciated I'd like to become
established on this board need a shot though.
Thanks Dale gonad02@aol.com
I have #66 and 2 from my refractors. I would be really looking for sp's and light backs in trade. LMK what you have
Thanks and Good Luck with such a big project
Kevin
But if you had walked out of the store with the clerk's box, a Babe Ruth / Mickey Mantle / Roger Maris triple "Cut" Signature card was waiting for you in one of those packs.
As promised, I've posted my updated trade list on the "BS&T Sports" board: some highlighted cards I have available include #7 Ichiro (on deck) SP, #125 Garciaparra ('56 uni) SP, #135 ARod (fielding) SP and THC-59 Curt Schilling chrome refractor #150/556. Please check out my complete lists on the buy,sell&trade board.
Thanks again!
Andy
Shannon
shambo2000
My Steve Carlton Basic Registry Set
I just opened 3 blister boxes from a Wal Mart, nothing of note except for 2 refractors and a bunch of light backs.
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
In their rewards catalog they have been using merchandise for several months now, for the past month that merchandise selection has contained 05 Heritage Boxes, the best part is that etopps only values the boxes at 54.99 so it's actualyl a very good deal when using your reward points. I've been doing this to help put my set together.
Isn't this the very same reason why you joined etopps..to avoid this "garbage" Of course you know in the real world no one will pay
you 300 bucks for a Tony Banks card....actually you won't get 3 bucks for it!
Etopps is dead and we all know it, NOTHING is worth squat and you know it, topps is reaching far to try to come up with new ideas
and this curent events thing is really stupid..btw...oh an nice way to cash in on the death of Carson. <puke>
Topps is just trying to get you all hooked on cardboard...and you all will, you are weak.
Thanks for stopping by...see you in another 3000 miles
JS
Hate etopps all you want, hell if I was a die hard cardboard collector I would do the same, but I'm not. I only collect heritage sets and vintage so etopps is a way for me to make a decent amount of money as opposed to the majority of people who buy a lot of cardboard and end up not even getting their money back after 2 years since we all know msot products decline.
is unchanged. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to follow the configuration of a set you printed up 49 years ago! 2001 heritage
was an amazing set, far more than what is expected from a pack of cards that cost 3 bucks, but topps is just following a cookie
cutter mold here. Heck they even wanted to skip the 53 set back in 2002 but got smart and asked collectors what they
thought!
As far as etopps, you all now stand for nothing. This was supposed to be the answer to high pack prices, and needless inserts and
autographs. Now you are all lining up to get cards autographed and looking to cash in your reward points for carboard......and the
inserts and autos that come with them!
Ronin is the proud owner of 23-2001 Shinjo's, that combined are not even worth the price I paid for one card. Ronin won't tell you
that because he is too proud. He wants you all to believe that he got a good deal but the fact is he did not. Remember I bought cards
of good players, and we both know that those are the least valuable of the etopps. I thank Ronin for bailing me out, I can't imagine
running 80 or so auctions to sell everything. He offered me an easy way out and I took it and wouldn't do anything differently. Im sure
if you asked him wether it was a wise move he would say no...of course he won't admit that.
and what if??
and what if etopps came out in 2000 like it was now? no greed, low print runs no matter what, rewards. I have no doubt that it would be huge.
It might of completly displaced cardboard collecting..but no, topps got greedy and you all got greedy. It was never about the player on
the front of the card...heck it wasn't even about the card..it didn't matter, it was only about the number....lesson learned...you can't
produce rarity today. Etopps is a joke and always will be. The heyday has long past, the curtain has been drawn, please take your
place next to beanie baby collector, and pokemon collector. Feel free to trade your Tony Banks and Vernon Wells for Charzard and
Ruffles.
You are here not because you have everything you want, but because something is missing. That something you won't find on a computer
screen. You must have it and touch it and smell it, and own it! Is it about the gum or the short prints or the hard to complete new age set? its
about all those things. etopps has none of that, just a bunch of rich business men, washed up from the stock market, ready to manipulate
ebay so it looks like they are winners instead of the losers we all know you are.
Take your imaginary portfolios and leave, there is no room here for you. Ernie Banks has died and has come back as the most beautiful
heritage card you have ever seen.....complete with ink and a piece of wood that maybe Babe Ruth touched!
Good Day
Heritage Collector
PLUS Cards
3 (running)
5
6 (1956 uni)
7 (on deck)
20
30
31 (blue hat)
31 (red hat)
33
50 (fielding)
69 (1956 uni)
78 (1956 uni)
79
82 (1956 uni)
101
110
118 (1956 uni)
125 (1956 uni)
130
135 (batting)
135 (fielding)
155 (1956 uni)
260
261 (batting)
273 (blue background)
286 (fielding)
292
296 (1956 uni)
300 (blue jersey)
312 (fielding)
353 (1956 uni)
389 (Schiiling looking in)
Light Backs
10 John Smoltz
12 Darin Erstad
13 Chad Tracy
14 Charles Thomas
18 Derrek Lee
19 Juan Uribe
21 Kenny Lofton
22 Brad Ausmus
23 Jon Garland
24 Edwin Jackson
25 Joe Mauer
26 Wes Helms
27 Brian Schneider
29 Flash Gordon
34 Nick Green
36 Kevin Youkilis
37 Billy Wagner
38 Terrence Long
39 Kevin Mench
41 Reed Johnson
42 Reggie Sanders
43 Kirk Rueter
45 Tike Redman
47 Damian Miller
48 Zach Day
53 Juan Cruz
54 Byung-Hyun Kim
55 Carlos Zambrano
58 David Riske
59 Carlos Guillen
61 Barry Bonds
62 Chris Woodward
65 Scot Shields
66 J.D. Drew
67 Erik Bedard
68 Scott Williamson
74 Ricardo Rodriguez
75 Carlos Delgado
83 Odalis Perez
84 Scott Podsednik
86 Jeff Suppan
87 Ray Durham
91 Bengie Molina
92 Danny Bautista
93 Eli Marrero
94 Larry Bigbie
96 Merkin Valdez
97 Rocco Baldelli
98 Woody Williams
99 Jason Frasor
102 Joe Kennedy
104 Armando Benitez
106 David DeJesus
108 Phil Nevin
109 Cristian Guzman
114 Alex Cintron
117 Placido Polanco
120 Bobby Abreu
122 Dallas McPherson
123 Rodrigo Lopez
124 Mark Bellhorn
127 Ronnie Belliard
128 Tom Goodwin
131 Roberto Alomar
132 John Buck
133 Jason LaRue
136 Nate Robertson
138 Morgan Ensberg
139 Vinny Castilla
141 Chan Ho Park
143 Jason Isringhausen
144 Dustan Mohr
145 Khalil Greene
147 Vicente Padilla
148 Oliver Perez
149 Brian Giles
150 Shawn Green
152 Casey Blake
154 Orlando Hernandez
156 Chase Utley
158 Adam Eaton
160 Michael Tucker
161 Kevin Brown
162 Bobby Crosby
165 Tony Womack
168 Ted Lilly
170 Matt Morris
173 Jeff Weaver
174 Tony Graffanino
176 Carl Pavano
177 Junior Spivey
178 Carlos Silva
180 Brett Myers
181 Mike Mussina
183 Nick Johnson
189 Guillermo Quiroz
190 Mark Hendrickson
191 Jeremy Bonderman
192 Jason Jennings
194 A.J. Burnett
195 Ken Harvey
197 Joe Mays
200 Randy Johnson
201 Jeff DaVanon
202 Paul Byrd
204 Kyle Farnsworth
205 Keith Foulke
206 Joe Crede
207 Austin Kearns
209 Shawn Chacon
211 Luis Castillo
215 Brad Fullmer
218 Ryan Klesko
219 Octavio Dotel
220 Rob Mackowiak
221 Scott Hatteberg
223 Bernie Williams
224 Kris Benson
231 Troy Glaus
232 Chone Figgins
233 John Thomson
234 Trot Nixon
237 Miguel Batista
238 Ryan Drese
239 Aaron Miles
240 Randy Wolf
241 Brian Lawrence
242 A.J. Pierzynski
243 Jamie Moyer
244 Chris Carpenter
246 Rob Bell
247 Francisco Cordero
249 Jermaine Dye
250 Cliff Lee
252 Vernon Wells
253 R.A. Dickey
255 Randy Winn
256 Pedro Feliz
257 Mark Loretta
258 Tim Worrell
263 Luis Gonzalez
265 Paul Wilson
266 Mark Buehrle
267 Todd Hollandsworth
272 Brendan Donnelly
274 Brandon Webb
275 Marty Cordova
278 Aaron Harang
279 Coco Crisp
280 Bobby Higginson
282 Andy Pettitte
284 Craig Brazell
285 Eric Hinske
289 Matt Herges
290 Ramon Hernandez
291 Marlon Byrd
294 Al Leiter
296 Johan Santana
297 Milton Bradley
302 Tim Wakefield
304 Rafael Furcal
305 David Eckstein
306 David Segui
308 Matt Clement
310 Brad Radke
313 Joe Randa
316 Alex Sanchez
317 Chin-hui Tsao
318 Omar Vizquel
319 Ryan Freel
320 LaTroy Hawkins
321 Aaron Rowand
323 Joe Borowski
324 Jarrod Washburn
326 Johnny Damon
328 Travis Hafner
330 Dmitri Young
331 Matt Holliday
333 Desi Relaford
334 Jose Hernandez
336 Jacque Jones
337 Terrmel Sledge
340 Brad Wilkerson
342 Jesse Crain
343 Orlando Hudson
344 Laynce Nix
345 Jose Cruz Jr.
346 Edgar Renteria
347 Eddie Guardado
348 Jerome Williams
349 Trevor Hoffman
351 Jason Kendall
353 Tim Hudson
354 Paul Quantrill
355 Jon Lieber
356 Braden Looper
357 Chad Cordero
358 Joe Nathan
359 Doug Davis
361 Val Majewski
362 Francisco Rodriguez
363 Kelvim Escobar
366 David Bell
367 Shea Hillenbrand
369 Ben Broussard
371 Dustin Hermanson
377 Jake Peavy
379 Sean Burroughs
380 Rich Harden
382 John Lackey
383 Johnny Estrada
385 Toby Hall
386 Adam LaRoche
387 Bill Hall
388 Tim Salmon
390 Michael Barrett
391 Jose Acevedo
393 J.T. Snow Jr.
394 Mark Redman
397 Ramon Ortiz
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
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<< <i> Well, just saw this auction for a lot of Heritage SP's. Judging from the picture though, none of these cards are actually SP's. >>
Geez....the seller had to know these aren't SP's. Very uncool.
An 01/56!! And it looks like he almost wrote 56 wrong.....
Sweet....
Look for it on Ebay in a week or so.....my user name there is rochdaleone also, unless I decide to keep it.
Todd
(Thanks to John Basilone for the Excel spreadsheet, btw, it works great)
The only ones that looks like they could be SP's are the Mark Prior and the Curt Schilling.
Scott
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ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
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ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
But I owe you for some chromes - so if I can help you with the commons, PM me.
thanx
your friend
Mike
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
GROUP A ODDS 1:291 H, 1:292 R
GROUP B ODDS 1:384 H, 1:387 R
GROUP C ODDS 1:1303 H, 1:1307 R
GROUP D ODDS 1:497 H, 1:499 R
GROUP E ODDS 1:384 H, 1:387 R
He happens to be the only person in group c. I'm just curious if this is a mis-print on becketts part or if it really is a 1:1307 pull.
Ryan
Ryan
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Good to see you back around these parts.
Here's a quick observation on the chromes. Anybody else noticing that some of them are bending themselves into a U as soon as you pull them from them pack? It seems like about half of them do this, while half are fine. Has this been a problem every year?
I don't know if this is something to do with the sorting process or if it's just my normal bad luck in opening packs. This seems to be more prevalent in the retail boxes I've gotten than the hobby boxes. This set's a lot of fun to put together, but the distribution sure is quirky.
-Todd-
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
<< <i> These cards ding when you look at them wrong. Get them into a safe place quickly! >>
I assume you mean how they are handled when I look at them...Trust me, many are coming out of the pack this way...I'm super careful when handling all cards. I'm especially careful about opening the packs. Granted, I'm ultra-picky about corners, but I'm talking about cards coming out of the pack in PSA 6 or low-end PSA 7 condition due to corner dings.