Finished up my case tonight. Will start sorting and will post a trade/want list tomorrow. Overall a decent case but no super big pulls. Box #11 yield a Gene Leek Autograph Box #12 had chromes of Ichiro, Jeter, Lincecum, and Mauer along with a Sizemore refractor.. not bad.
Stamp cards = 0 for the case, odds 1:193
Black Refractors = 2
Dice Cards = 4
As I mentioned earlier, best relic was a Tiger stadium seat featuring Al Kaline.
Not sure what everyone else averaged on the '61 SP chase cards of Ruth, Mantle and Maris, odds were 1:435. Pulled a Ruth in Box 10 and a Mantle in Box 12. I'm going to track down a Maris, but I'm not pursuing the SSPs this year.
I'm missing more SPs than I thought... also have more SP dups than I would have guessed. Looking forward to making some trades for Chromes, Refs, and SPs. - Mark
<< <i> Not sure what everyone else averaged on the '61 SP chase cards of Ruth, Mantle and Maris, odds were 1:435. Pulled a Ruth in Box 10 and a Mantle in Box 12. I'm going to track down a Maris, but I'm not pursuing the SSPs this year. >>
Are the Chase '61 cards the blue Ruth set of 15 in hobby, red Maris set at Wal-Mart and who knows what color Mantles at Target or variations 56, 60 & 61?
<< <i>what state are you in that had Wal-Mart stuff? >>
Southeastern NC. Went to two Wal-Marts in one town, no Heritage but the Target had the eight rack packs. Thirty some miles to the next town no Heritage at the Target, but Wal-Mart had them. Target racks shipped from Iowa for what it's worth
Are the Chase '61 cards the blue Ruth set of 15 in hobby, red Maris set at Wal-Mart and who knows what color Mantles at Target or variations 56, 60 & 61?
<< <i>what state are you in that had Wal-Mart stuff? >>
Southeastern NC. Went to two Wal-Marts in one town, no Heritage but the Target had the eight rack packs. Thirty some miles to the next town no Heritage at the Target, but Wal-Mart had them. Target racks shipped from Iowa for what it's worth >>
Variations 56, 60, & 61 are the cards I was referring to. I believe these are the cards with 1:435 odds. I'm in SC, haven't seen any blaster boxes at Walmart or Target yet.
I didn't think Topps bought back anything good, they have the million card give away....which only proves that Topps made a million commons..............
AE Andre Ethier AK Adam Kennedy AL Adam Lind AP Albert Pujols AR Aramis Ramirez AW Adam Wainwright BJ Bobby Jenks BW Billy Wagner CB Clay Buchholz CG Cristian Guzman CH Cole Hamels CM Carlos Marmol CS CC Sabathia CZ Carlos Zambrano DH Dan Haren DN Dioner Navarro DO David Ortiz DU Dan Uggla EL Evan Longoria EV Edinson Volquez GB Gordon Beckham GS Grady Sizemore HK Hiroki Kuroda JB Jason Bulger JC Jose Contreras JD Jermaine Dye JF Jeff Francis JL James Loney JW Jered Weaver KJ Kenji Johjima KM Kendry Morales KW Kerry Wood LB Lance Berkman MB Mark Buehrle ME Mark Ellis MK Matt Kemp MT Miguel Tejada MY Michael Young NM Nate McLouth PK Paul Konerko PS Pablo Sandoval RB Rocco Baldelli RD Ryan Dempster RH Ryan Howard RL Ryan Ludwick RM Russell Martin VG Vladimir Guerrero AJP A.J. Pierzynski BWE Brandon Webb CHE Chase Headley HCK Hong-Chih Kuo JCR Joe Crede KMI Kevin Millwood MTH Matt Thorman
I bought three blasters from Target today, here was the distribution, nothing special.
Short Prints 8 NF 3 BF 2 T&N 0 NAP 1 Chrome 2
Has anyone notice the "8 cards per pack" is just a ball park figure?? I have some packs with 10 others with 6. Wasn't sure if anyone had the same...............or it was just a bad batch.
<< <i>I bought three blasters from Target today, here was the distribution, nothing special.
Short Prints 8 NF 3 BF 2 T&N 0 NAP 1 Chrome 2
Has anyone notice the "8 cards per pack" is just a ball park figure?? I have some packs with 10 others with 6. Wasn't sure if anyone had the same...............or it was just a bad batch. >>
so what is left as far as retail is this....24 count target boxes and single walmart blister packs. I know that each target will get one maybe two of the 24 count boxes and each walmart might get 20 or so blister packs..thats it!
If this is true, and the maris and mantle cards are only found in these, then that will make them very rare!
has anyone seen walmart blasters yet? Can you all confirm that blasters this year are 12 packs 29.99 per?
hmmm, Craig just reported that there are 12 pack blaster boxes for 29.99...very interesting. What was the price point on those target blasters that someone here opened?
Oversaturation due to the High Series the last two years? >>
Dead...for topps, no way, for a lot of collectors, yes. Topps did their homework, they got us hooked. Much like bowman chrome, topps knows they can sell it no matter what. Heritage has been weak the past two years, but this years product was better than last. We can also say that another product that is in the same boat, Ginter, was much improved for 2009, so there is hope.
I guess the real question we must ask, is....why was it better last year, or the year before or in 2003? I think comparing it to 2001 is silly, but what didn't you like about it?
Perhaps the super SP's, added value yes, but only if you pull them, if you are a perfectionist and had to put this into your set, you are now spening MUCH more money on the set with the addition of these cards.
Is it the ink? I actually thought very few collectors, at least here, really collected the auto, but it appears that many do now. I know it sucks BIG TIME to defy the odds and pull a scrub autograph. What is worse is that an entire case can yield NO INK at all. Collectors outside of heritage would laugh at that. I buy a lot of other products and won't touch anything with less than 2-3 autos per box.
Is it the design? Not much topps can do there, but the small details are big for set builders.....anyone notice that topps basically quit on making the SP's in 2010 look like the old cards?
I would guess most have turned their backs on heritage because the fun is gone and that the value is lacking. The sad part of this is that topps isn't feeling their absence at all.
So far I have had fun this year, I have gotten killed opening packs but I am hoping that retail gets me back into the game!
Has anyone notice the "8 cards per pack" is just a ball park figure?? I have some packs with 10 others with 6.
I got one pack with three cards. Three effen cards.
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I'll put the set together soon, but I'm going to do it the most economical way. The trading group here appears to be roughly a quarter of the size it was in 2006 and 2007, and quite frankly I'd get killed trying to put together the set though buying packs and blasters and expecting to trade here. I just don't open enough product (i.e. buying a case or multiple cases) to even match up with many of you guys.
The 2008 set with the black/green variations was a bad move on Topps' part, as has been the high series. For the set collectors to shell out so much money to do this set and then have Topps come back and issue a high series six months later is just a terrible move IMHO. I remember in 2008 I busted my ass trying to put the 40-card Clubhouse Collection relic series together. I think I had 38 of them when I found out that the high series was going to include another 40 cards. Talk about ripping your heart out.
I love the design and will collect it. I enjoy seeing everyone's pulls here. It just seems like, for some reason, a lot of collectors are gone.
I got in on the Heritage boat late and didn't start until the 2007 Heritage season (actually hadn't touched a card prior to that in probably 20 years), at the time 2006 boxes/cases were still readily available at a reasonable price. I was hooked from day one. 2008 and 2009 were a bit of a let down although the 2008 high #'s were filled with hits. This year has been a blast other than the few packs with missing cards the quality has been substantially better, not near the number of damaged cards and the centering is fantastic. As a matter of fact out of the 1,700 or so packs I've opened this year I only had one damaged card and that was from a blaster. I also think the auto check list is better this year than the last two. The black refractor prices have fallen the last couple of years, and this year without any short printed relics you lose a little value as well, but I for one think that Topps did a good job with this years set.
Brian, I agree with you. Topps killed me with the high seies extension set. I was so close to putting together a master set, spending hundreds of dollars just to get the last cards. The auto selection is, and has been week. Compare those first couple of years with some of those great autos. Last year, no McCovey, and this year the rookies are missing again. Hate to bring it up again, but those refractors, chrome, and blacks ought to be something different than just a changed border and a different numbering system. Those blacks woul be great with an auto on them or maybe a different pose. I guess we are all in the same boat, spending hundreds, even thousands on completing these sets. I only collect three sets each year and I sink a ton of money in them. I don't like the extended series at all and I don't like Topps putting in the other card set (highlights)as a filler to try and get me to buy more. In any case, we are missing quite a few traders of previous years. I built two complete sets in 2007, there was a bunch of trading going on here. Even last year was pretty good. If I were to give advice to Topps it would be: 1) Make those super SP's a little more available 2) Focus on getting rookies of those years to sign (and more than 25 copies) 3) Forget some of the inserts that are non baseball related 4) Do something with the Chromes, etc 5) Make those inserts of the year more available( 10 boxes, 15 Rack Packs, and numerous single packs=2 dice, 2 autos, 1 black, 0 SSP's, 0 stamps, 0 variations)
I'll be here every year and we are really getting close to the years I love; 1963-1969, but this is more habit than fun , just like Walt indicated. I look forward to those rub-offs, gold and silver embossed, and the 1967 posters, but please Topps, don't dangle the carrot without letting me have a bite. You don't earn anything on cards that sell on the secondary market. Make more than 40, 50, or 68.
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<< <i>If this is true, and the maris and mantle cards are only found in these, then that will make them very rare!
has anyone seen walmart blasters yet? Can you all confirm that blasters this year are 12 packs 29.99 per? >>
Wal-Mart blaster I got was $19.99 and had eight packs in it. Also, they had a big box of Heritage packs - holds 50+ packs??.
Got one Maris Chase '61 out of a blaster, 3 or 4 racks, and about 15 single packs but not sure what I got it out of, though I know it wasn't the racks.
Can also say that not all racks have SPs. Some of the racks I got didn't even have inserts. Also, I couldn't see a difference in the color on the back of the racks enabling picking out racks with SPs, but can tell the MVPs because they have a different back.
what is the best pack to rip if you are only interested in putting the set together, with no interest in completing the auto and other insert sets???? Bought three rack packs yesterday and got 42 cards...at that rate I'll be filing for unemployment and every conceivable government incentive before I could complete a set.....
Oversaturation due to the High Series the last two years? >>
Dead...for topps, no way, for a lot of collectors, yes. Topps did their homework, they got us hooked. Much like bowman chrome, topps knows they can sell it no matter what. Heritage has been weak the past two years, but this years product was better than last. We can also say that another product that is in the same boat, Ginter, was much improved for 2009, so there is hope.
I guess the real question we must ask, is....why was it better last year, or the year before or in 2003? I think comparing it to 2001 is silly, but what didn't you like about it?
Perhaps the super SP's, added value yes, but only if you pull them, if you are a perfectionist and had to put this into your set, you are now spening MUCH more money on the set with the addition of these cards.
Is it the ink? I actually thought very few collectors, at least here, really collected the auto, but it appears that many do now. I know it sucks BIG TIME to defy the odds and pull a scrub autograph. What is worse is that an entire case can yield NO INK at all. Collectors outside of heritage would laugh at that. I buy a lot of other products and won't touch anything with less than 2-3 autos per box.
Is it the design? Not much topps can do there, but the small details are big for set builders.....anyone notice that topps basically quit on making the SP's in 2010 look like the old cards?
I would guess most have turned their backs on heritage because the fun is gone and that the value is lacking. The sad part of this is that topps isn't feeling their absence at all.
So far I have had fun this year, I have gotten killed opening packs but I am hoping that retail gets me back into the game! >>
Wow, never have seen these. Think they will be at all retail locations and possibly replacing blasters in the future, test product? I would love to see the odds chart on them.
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If anyone can help out, I'd greatly appreciate it. Unfortunately, I don't have much to offer in trade but am willing to buy.
428,439,451,452,456,459,460,479,494,499,500
Thanks,
Tim
Box #11 yield a Gene Leek Autograph
Box #12 had chromes of Ichiro, Jeter, Lincecum, and Mauer along with a Sizemore refractor.. not bad.
Stamp cards = 0 for the case, odds 1:193
Black Refractors = 2
Dice Cards = 4
As I mentioned earlier, best relic was a Tiger stadium seat featuring Al Kaline.
Not sure what everyone else averaged on the '61 SP chase cards of Ruth, Mantle and Maris, odds were 1:435. Pulled a Ruth in Box 10 and a Mantle in Box 12. I'm going to track down a Maris, but I'm not pursuing the SSPs this year.
I'm missing more SPs than I thought... also have more SP dups than I would have guessed. Looking forward to making some trades for Chromes, Refs, and SPs. - Mark
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<< <i>
Not sure what everyone else averaged on the '61 SP chase cards of Ruth, Mantle and Maris, odds were 1:435. Pulled a Ruth in Box 10 and a Mantle in Box 12. I'm going to track down a Maris, but I'm not pursuing the SSPs this year. >>
Are the Chase '61 cards the blue Ruth set of 15 in hobby, red Maris set at Wal-Mart and who knows what color Mantles at Target or variations 56, 60 & 61?
<< <i>what state are you in that had Wal-Mart stuff? >>
Southeastern NC. Went to two Wal-Marts in one town, no Heritage but the Target had the eight rack packs. Thirty some miles to the next town no Heritage at the Target, but Wal-Mart had them. Target racks shipped from Iowa for what it's worth
and last but not least...
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very nice case, Chris - congrats!
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SPs: 429, 446, 484, 493
Autos: Posey red/blue, Posey Marichal Dual /25
Chrome refractors or Black: Posey, Bumgarner
All color variations except Mauer
What I have to trade:
SPs: 427, 437(2), 442, 448, 454, 462, 465, 469, 471, 472, 474, 476, 481, 482, 483, 486, 494
NAP: 3, 12(2), 15(2)
TN: 1,2(2), 5, 6(2), 7
BF: 1(2), 3(3), 4, 5(4), 6(2), 8
NF: 1(4), 4, 5(2), 7, 8(2), 9(2)
Babe Chase: 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14
Chrome: 16, 22, 28, 29, 38, 40, 46, 56(2), 59, 72, 92
Chrome Ref: 10, 24, 46, 56, 73, 82, 93
Dice Back: Sizemore
Stamp: Pelfrey/Richardson
Clubhouse Collection: Berkman, Kuo, Ethier, Bulger, Ludwick, Crede, Francis(2)
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<< <i>
Are the Chase '61 cards the blue Ruth set of 15 in hobby, red Maris set at Wal-Mart and who knows what color Mantles at Target or variations 56, 60 & 61?
<< <i>what state are you in that had Wal-Mart stuff? >>
Southeastern NC. Went to two Wal-Marts in one town, no Heritage but the Target had the eight rack packs. Thirty some miles to the next town no Heritage at the Target, but Wal-Mart had them. Target racks shipped from Iowa for what it's worth >>
Variations 56, 60, & 61 are the cards I was referring to. I believe these are the cards with 1:435 odds. I'm in SC, haven't seen any blaster boxes at Walmart or Target yet.
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NEEDS:
BASE: 4,12,14,37,38,59,73,89,91,111,140,171,180,184,186,214,215,243
266,267,268,321,322,324,335,338,351,359,360,364,399,401,405
CHROME: 39
DICE BACK: DICE-K, JETER
CHASE: #60 RUTH
SP’S: 426,427,428x2,429,430x2,432,433x2,435,437,438,440,441,443,445,
446,447,448,450,452,453,454,455,456,457,459,461,462,463,464,466,467,
468,470,472,473,474,477,478,479x2,480,482,484,485,486x2,490,491,492,
493,494x2,496,497,498,500
NAP: 2
AVAILABLE:
CHROME: 2,5,8,9(2),11,14X2,15,17,28,30,40,61,65,70,78,80,81,88,89,93,100
REFRACTORS: 8,12,19,20,30,42,45,47,50,54,63, 67,68,69,70,72,80,82,90,91,97,99X2
SP’S: 436
BF: 1x4,2,3x2,4x3,6,7,8x3,9,10x2
NAP: 5x2
TN: 1x2,4,6,8x2,10
NF: 2x2,5x2,6,7,8,9,10
’61: 1x3,2x2,4x2,5x2,6,7x4,9x2,10,11,12
STAMPS: GUILLEN/HARDEN
CC:Millwoodx2,Howard,Ethier,Berkman,Marmol,Bulger,Baldelli,Guzman,Sabathia,
Wood,Navarro
Seat: Piersall
Dual: Mantle/Teixeira
For Sale
Hopefully your case shows up soon, I want to trade for the Marichal/Posey dual you are going to pull.
<< <i>Joe, you gotta lotta nerve posting a trade list before I crack my retail case!
What price are you guys paying for a retail case?
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I didn't think Topps bought back anything good, they have the million card give away....which only proves that Topps made a million commons..............
NEEDS:
CHROME: 3 4 5 8 9 12 14 17 21 23 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 36 37 39 45 51
54 57 59 60 66 69 73 74 75 76 77 82 83 88 91 92 96
SP’S: 426 445 456 463(Braves) 468 478
CHROME REFRACTORS: 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
52 53 54 56 57 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
77 78 79 80 81 82 83 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99 100
CLUBHOUSE COLLECTION:
AK Adam Kennedy
AL Adam Lind
AP Albert Pujols
AR Aramis Ramirez
BJ Bobby Jenks
CB Clay Buchholz
CG Cristian Guzman
CH Cole Hamels
CM Carlos Marmol
CS CC Sabathia
CZ Carlos Zambrano
DH Dan Haren
DN Dioner Navarro
DO David Ortiz
DU Dan Uggla
EL Evan Longoria
EV Edinson Volquez
GB Gordon Beckham
HK Hiroki Kuroda
JB Jason Bulger
JD Jermaine Dye
JL James Loney
JW Jered Weaver
ME Mark Ellis
MK Matt Kemp
MT Miguel Tejada
MY Michael Young
NM Nate McLouth
RB Rocco Baldelli
RD Ryan Dempster
RH Ryan Howard
RL Ryan Ludwick
RM Russell Martin
AJP A.J. Pierzynski
CHE Chase Headley
JCR Joe Crede
MTH Matt Thorman
AVAILABLE:
CHROME: C56: Matsuzaka
BLACK REFRACTORS #'d to 61: C11 Carpenter, C75 Uehara
SP’S: all gone
Baseball Flashbacks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10
NAP: 5 6 13
TN: 1 2 3 4 6 8 9
News Flashbacks: 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 10
’61: 2 full sets plus most singles
Clubhouse Collection: Berkman
Seat: Kaline
Please PM me with any trade ideas, priority #1, finish base, #2 Chrome, #3 Refractors, #4 Clubhouse Collection. thanks, Mark
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<< <i>Decided to rip one tonight. Antoerh black and a mis-chromed refractor
edit - LMAO of my spelling of "another". Had to leave that one alone >>
Anyone own a Max Scherzer chrome that is NOT mis-chromed? Mine looks just like this one.
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AE Andre Ethier
AK Adam Kennedy
AL Adam Lind
AP Albert Pujols
AR Aramis Ramirez
AW Adam Wainwright
BJ Bobby Jenks
BW Billy Wagner
CB Clay Buchholz
CG Cristian Guzman
CH Cole Hamels
CM Carlos Marmol
CS CC Sabathia
CZ Carlos Zambrano
DH Dan Haren
DN Dioner Navarro
DO David Ortiz
DU Dan Uggla
EL Evan Longoria
EV Edinson Volquez
GB Gordon Beckham
GS Grady Sizemore
HK Hiroki Kuroda
JB Jason Bulger
JC Jose Contreras
JD Jermaine Dye
JF Jeff Francis
JL James Loney
JW Jered Weaver
KJ Kenji Johjima
KM Kendry Morales
KW Kerry Wood
LB Lance Berkman
MB Mark Buehrle
ME Mark Ellis
MK Matt Kemp
MT Miguel Tejada
MY Michael Young
NM Nate McLouth
PK Paul Konerko
PS Pablo Sandoval
RB Rocco Baldelli
RD Ryan Dempster
RH Ryan Howard
RL Ryan Ludwick
RM Russell Martin
VG Vladimir Guerrero
AJP A.J. Pierzynski
BWE Brandon Webb
CHE Chase Headley
HCK Hong-Chih Kuo
JCR Joe Crede
KMI Kevin Millwood
MTH Matt Thorman
For Sale
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Short Prints 8
NF 3
BF 2
T&N 0
NAP 1
Chrome 2
Has anyone notice the "8 cards per pack" is just a ball park figure?? I have some packs with 10 others with 6. Wasn't sure if anyone had the same...............or it was just a bad batch.
BTW, you have my address for that Bumgarner, right?
<< <i>I bought three blasters from Target today, here was the distribution, nothing special.
Short Prints 8
NF 3
BF 2
T&N 0
NAP 1
Chrome 2
Has anyone notice the "8 cards per pack" is just a ball park figure?? I have some packs with 10 others with 6. Wasn't sure if anyone had the same...............or it was just a bad batch. >>
where are the Maris and Mantle exclusive cards???
I thought that was a given. Did the blasters include the Ruth cards?
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count boxes and each walmart might get 20 or so blister packs..thats it!
If this is true, and the maris and mantle cards are only found in these, then that will make them very rare!
has anyone seen walmart blasters yet? Can you all confirm that blasters this year are 12 packs 29.99 per?
Thanks
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someone here opened?
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Is it the economy?
What Topps did to the product the last two years?
Oversaturation due to the High Series the last two years?
<< <i>Is Heritage dead? If so, what killed it?
Is it the economy?
What Topps did to the product the last two years?
Oversaturation due to the High Series the last two years? >>
Dead...for topps, no way, for a lot of collectors, yes. Topps did their homework, they got us hooked. Much like bowman chrome, topps knows they can sell
it no matter what. Heritage has been weak the past two years, but this years product was better than last. We can also say that another product that is
in the same boat, Ginter, was much improved for 2009, so there is hope.
I guess the real question we must ask, is....why was it better last year, or the year before or in 2003? I think comparing it to 2001 is silly, but what didn't you like
about it?
Perhaps the super SP's, added value yes, but only if you pull them, if you are a perfectionist and had to put this into your set, you are now spening MUCH more money
on the set with the addition of these cards.
Is it the ink? I actually thought very few collectors, at least here, really collected the auto, but it appears that many do now. I know it sucks BIG TIME to defy
the odds and pull a scrub autograph. What is worse is that an entire case can yield NO INK at all. Collectors outside of heritage would laugh at that. I buy a
lot of other products and won't touch anything with less than 2-3 autos per box.
Is it the design? Not much topps can do there, but the small details are big for set builders.....anyone notice that topps basically quit on making the SP's in 2010
look like the old cards?
I would guess most have turned their backs on heritage because the fun is gone and that the value is lacking. The sad part of this is that topps isn't feeling their
absence at all.
So far I have had fun this year, I have gotten killed opening packs but I am hoping that retail gets me back into the game!
I got one pack with three cards. Three effen cards.
Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason.
My Pirates Collection
The 2008 set with the black/green variations was a bad move on Topps' part, as has been the high series. For the set collectors to shell out so much money to do this set and then have Topps come back and issue a high series six months later is just a terrible move IMHO. I remember in 2008 I busted my ass trying to put the 40-card Clubhouse Collection relic series together. I think I had 38 of them when I found out that the high series was going to include another 40 cards. Talk about ripping your heart out.
I love the design and will collect it. I enjoy seeing everyone's pulls here. It just seems like, for some reason, a lot of collectors are gone.
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In any case, we are missing quite a few traders of previous years. I built two complete sets in 2007, there was a bunch of trading going on here. Even last year was pretty good.
If I were to give advice to Topps it would be:
1) Make those super SP's a little more available
2) Focus on getting rookies of those years to sign (and more than 25 copies)
3) Forget some of the inserts that are non baseball related
4) Do something with the Chromes, etc
5) Make those inserts of the year more available( 10 boxes, 15 Rack Packs, and numerous single packs=2 dice, 2 autos, 1 black, 0 SSP's, 0 stamps, 0 variations)
I'll be here every year and we are really getting close to the years I love; 1963-1969, but this is more habit than fun , just like Walt indicated. I look forward to those rub-offs, gold and silver embossed, and the 1967 posters, but please Topps, don't dangle the carrot without letting me have a bite. You don't earn anything on cards that sell on the secondary market. Make more than 40, 50, or 68.
To be honest, no direction, but...
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<< <i>If this is true, and the maris and mantle cards are only found in these, then that will make them very rare!
has anyone seen walmart blasters yet? Can you all confirm that blasters this year are 12 packs 29.99 per? >>
Wal-Mart blaster I got was $19.99 and had eight packs in it. Also, they had a big box of Heritage packs - holds 50+ packs??.
Got one Maris Chase '61 out of a blaster, 3 or 4 racks, and about 15 single packs but not sure what I got it out of, though I know it wasn't the racks.
Can also say that not all racks have SPs. Some of the racks I got didn't even have inserts. Also, I couldn't see a difference in the color on the back of the racks enabling picking out racks with SPs, but can tell the MVPs because they have a different back.
<< <i>
<< <i>Is Heritage dead? If so, what killed it?
Is it the economy?
What Topps did to the product the last two years?
Oversaturation due to the High Series the last two years? >>
Dead...for topps, no way, for a lot of collectors, yes. Topps did their homework, they got us hooked. Much like bowman chrome, topps knows they can sell
it no matter what. Heritage has been weak the past two years, but this years product was better than last. We can also say that another product that is
in the same boat, Ginter, was much improved for 2009, so there is hope.
I guess the real question we must ask, is....why was it better last year, or the year before or in 2003? I think comparing it to 2001 is silly, but what didn't you like
about it?
Perhaps the super SP's, added value yes, but only if you pull them, if you are a perfectionist and had to put this into your set, you are now spening MUCH more money
on the set with the addition of these cards.
Is it the ink? I actually thought very few collectors, at least here, really collected the auto, but it appears that many do now. I know it sucks BIG TIME to defy
the odds and pull a scrub autograph. What is worse is that an entire case can yield NO INK at all. Collectors outside of heritage would laugh at that. I buy a
lot of other products and won't touch anything with less than 2-3 autos per box.
Is it the design? Not much topps can do there, but the small details are big for set builders.....anyone notice that topps basically quit on making the SP's in 2010
look like the old cards?
I would guess most have turned their backs on heritage because the fun is gone and that the value is lacking. The sad part of this is that topps isn't feeling their
absence at all.
So far I have had fun this year, I have gotten killed opening packs but I am hoping that retail gets me back into the game! >>
I like it! I THINK TOPPS IS TOPS!!!!
Buy the packs that are the cheapest per card.
Hobby pack: 8 cards @ $4 = .50 per card.
Hobby box: 192 cards @ $75 = .39 per card
Retail pack: 8 cards @ $3 + 5% sales tax = .39 per card
Retail rack: 14 cards @ $5 + 5% sales tax = .37 per card
Retail blaster: 64 cards @ $20 + 5% sales tax = .33 per card
I noticed talk of 12 pack blasters. I found thishalf box I've never seen 12 pack (half boxes) for Heritage until this year.
To be honest, no direction, but...
1966-69 Topps EX+
1975 minis NrMt Kelloggs PSA 9
All Topps Heritage-Master Sets
<< <i>I noticed talk of 12 pack blasters. I found thishalf box I've never seen 12 pack (half boxes) for Heritage until this year. >>
That looks like a typo - I think there are 2 rows of 12 packs in that box