2007 Turkey Red Thread
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Did a search for Turkey Reds and found no posts sbout this years release. Kinda surprised.
Picked up 2 boxes tonight and although I know very little about the set, 1st box seemed pretty good. Really like the card design. Another set that will is worthy of going into pages.
No idea what if any SPs there are but the highlights of box 1 are:
AROD (Turkey Red back ??) Got the regular back one too. I asume that might be like the AG backs but scarcer since I only got 1 in the box)
Josh Beckett bat card (bat card???, bat card???)
Miguel Tejada jersey
bunch of different Mantles including one with the 52 Topps photo
2 Prominent American Leaders - Andrew Jackson and James Garfield
Vlad cabinet card
Dice K and Okajima rookies
Lincecum Rookie
1 Arod Road to 500 (yeah they're still doing these)
5 Chrome #to 1999 (Mantle, Andrew Miller rookie, Beckett and Jeter)
3 Chrome Refractor # to 999 (no one big)
gonna save the other box for the morning I think
Picked up 2 boxes tonight and although I know very little about the set, 1st box seemed pretty good. Really like the card design. Another set that will is worthy of going into pages.
No idea what if any SPs there are but the highlights of box 1 are:
AROD (Turkey Red back ??) Got the regular back one too. I asume that might be like the AG backs but scarcer since I only got 1 in the box)
Josh Beckett bat card (bat card???, bat card???)
Miguel Tejada jersey
bunch of different Mantles including one with the 52 Topps photo
2 Prominent American Leaders - Andrew Jackson and James Garfield
Vlad cabinet card
Dice K and Okajima rookies
Lincecum Rookie
1 Arod Road to 500 (yeah they're still doing these)
5 Chrome #to 1999 (Mantle, Andrew Miller rookie, Beckett and Jeter)
3 Chrome Refractor # to 999 (no one big)
gonna save the other box for the morning I think
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David Ortiz red silk 46/99
Andrew Miller jersey
Morgan Ensberg jersey
2 refactors #999 (Jeter & Morneau)
5 chrome # 1999 (Mantle)
2 Turkey Red backs (AROD again and Chipper Jones)
2 Dice-K rookies
1 AROD
2 Presidents (Carter and Taft)
SP's
7, 22, 33, 43, 47, 62, 63, 66, 71, 73, 74, 82, 83, 89, 94, 101, 103, 106, 121, 123, 124, 128, 134, 135, 136, 139, 143, 146, 152, 165, 171, 174, 179, 182, 183
SP Variations
1, 15, 20, 25, 40, 56, 95, 105, 106, 110, 130, 150, 159, 180, 185
Also, Topps site lists the checklist as having 185 cards but I have a #186 Yovani Gallardo (must have been a late addition)
But, I can't complain about what I got out of an 8-pack blaster:
A-Rod #20 Turkey Red Back
3x Mantles 19, 77, 107
Akinoria Iwamura RC #24 Chrome Parallel 270/1999
Hanley Ramirez #TRCHR Chrome Refractor Autograph
Here's some scans
I love the look of the Mantles. Didn't bother scanning the Stengel/Mantle because these are loverly.
The Chromes don't scan worth a darn. But there's Hanley's scrawl.
Here's Aki chrome and A-Rod ad back. I scanned the backs at a lower DPI. I wiped the white specs off the Aki after scanning. Whoops!
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the 2 Mantle Chromes #1999
Randy Johnson Black refractor # 99
Jeter and Lincecum chrome refractor #999
Ortiz Red Silk
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SPs are real hard to come by with these for some reason. There's only 35 but I still need about 25 of them after 5 boxes.
Haven't sorted all my extras yet so maybe I was getting the same SPs over and over.
One box had 12 Chromes including a black ref, 6 # to 999 and 6 # to 1999. would have rather had some SPs I needed in their place.
Also pulled 3 different Turkey Red backs from the same box.
Finally got an auto - Felix Pie
Thanks
Kevin
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A lot of the Perez-painted cards are very nice though... and I actually REALLY like how they look on the cabinets... I guess, for me anyway, it's a matter of proportion. On a 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 card, those borders are HUGE and UGLY. On a 5x8 (?) cabinet, they don't take focus away from the artwork.
I wasn't a fan of the borders on the 05/06 sets either, but at least they were solid colors.
Also, just a pet-peeve--WHAT THE HECK IS CHROME/REFRACTOR DOING IN A RETRO SET?
Different border colors, I get. Silk cards, I get. Cards printed on wood, I get.
Turkey Reds with a glossy surface and laser-lights? I don't get that.
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Turkey Reds with a glossy surface and laser-lights? I don't get that. >>
Agreed. If I end up doing this set, it won't include refractors.
The 51 card cabinet set looks tempting. But I'd just pick those off of ebay.
I can't say I have pulled anything great yet though, but I'm used to that . . .LOL
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So, I of course pulled some dinged corners and cards with flaking, but the ONE base card I really care about, the only with any surface issues was Frank Thomas...just my luck. He was sitting under a Barry Bonds, in the middle of the pack, and has a terrible surface ding. I've called attention to it in the scan.
Sorry for the dust on my scanner...I've been moving and it seems to have gotten dirty in the back of a moving truck...
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SPs - 1
Turkey Red backs - 5
Presidents - 2
Chromes - 6
Refractors - 2
Black refractors - 1
Game used - 2
Arod road to 500 - 1
I have bought 3 blasters, and 1 hobby box, and I have 4 SPs. That is ridiculous. I know the Turkey Red backs are SPs too, and I did get 8 of those so far in total, but the regular set SPs have got to be given out at a better rate than this for set builders.
<< <i>Good lord, the centering on that is atrocious.... I know Turkey Red is a low-end set, but jeez, you'd think they'd do their best with the #d cards to churn out immaculate examples. >>
I know, my first thought was to get it graded until I looked a little closer at the front.