Now that Nick's done ripping, how about some 2010 Chrome

zep33

picked up 6 boxes today. ripped the 1st 2 so far. Here are the highlights:

The Howard is /25 and the Holiday is /199

nam812

Is it 2 autos per box Mike? How much were the boxes?

TNP777

I've heard they can be had for very little, Nick - something like $38 each

Mike, if you're not doing the set, I think there are 9 Dodgers in the set. I can use all of 'em.

zep33

box 3



I'm doing the set but I should have plenty of extras Geordie.

$38 a box? Damn did I over pay. I've been getting raped over there lately. Not sure what the guy's deal is. After spending thousands and thousands over there the last few years, I think I'm probably done with him now. These were $66 a box.

He wanted $190 for Triple Threads and I got them for $165 a few miles away. He wanted $83 for Topps Football and I got them for $55 a few miles down the road. Not sure why I bothered getting the chrome there. Oh well

zep33

Yeah Nick 2 autos per box

TNP777

Mike, have you been paying attention to the 'brentnbecca' thread over on FCB? Apparently Topps quadrupled production without letting the prebuy folks know about it. Some pretty unhappy big-time rippers out there

zep33

no, haven't been following that thread at all. that sucks

zep33

box 4 - gonna call it a night after this one and save the other 2 for tomorrow

lot of refractors in this box. 3 packs had 2 in them. Got 15 total in the box

08HALA20

<< <i>Mike, have you been paying attention to the 'brentnbecca' thread over on FCB? Apparently Topps quadrupled production without letting the prebuy folks know about it. Some pretty unhappy big-time rippers out there >>



Unhappy here too, I bought a case at $675 can be had for $550 or less now.

2 friends in for 4 of the boxes so I will be opening 8 boxes. They will arrive tomorrow.


Joe

zep33

Looks like blowout is selling boxes for $56.99. I don't feel so bad now.

Also Ebay sales in the last day range from 45 to 68 a box. with a few multiple box lots going a bit cheaper.

ndleo

<< <i>Mike, have you been paying attention to the 'brentnbecca' thread over on FCB? Apparently Topps quadrupled production without letting the prebuy folks know about it. Some pretty unhappy big-time rippers out there >>



Did they do the same thing for Chrome Football?

HeritageAddict

With the hat placement on the 206 Tulo he looks like an embarrassed teen that has been having bad thoughts about his teacher.

kmnorton

I'm thinking I got really lucky. Bought two boxes on Tuesday for more than I wanted. Got Heyward, Nova and Stanton autos. Seeing some of the autos, not bad at all. That being said, all the autos are weak and slightly smudged. Bad QC on Topps part!

The last issue is the cards are curling like CRAZY.

08HALA20

I just finished one of my boxes.

I really like the Heritage insert (06/61).

What is up with the Heyward refractor???

They look like print marks (like c**p).

The only card that looks like that: it figures.

Oh well, on to box # 2

Joe

epatmythes

I ripped a 12 box case yesterday... overall, pretty disappointed. A couple of my observations...

I pulled a Jason Heyward rc auto the very first box I opened, it was pretty much downhill from there.

One box I opened (Box #7 in my break) was all jacked up. One pack had 5 cards and 3 packs only contained three cards. The box contained only two-thirds the amount of inserts as the other boxes... and only contained one autograph (Nova). I will be complaining to Topps as much as possible to get this resolved.

I pulled a Brennan Boesch refractor autograph... nice card, nice on-card autograph. A couple boxes later, I pulled the base Brennan Boesch autograph... and it's a redemption! Why on earth is the refractor in packs, but the base card is a redemption???

As a Cardinals fan, I did pull an Allen Craig blue refractor autograph... so that was cool, but nothing too valuable.

I did pull one gold refractor rookie autograph, Texieria from Seattle.

I plan to sort through the cards tonight to put together sets. From pulling the cards I'll consider having grading... Pujols, Heyward & Strasburg... it seems like I got roughly 4-5 of each card. I'm sure that won't be the case when all is said and done... hopefully I have enough to put together 3-4 sets.

How did they miss putting Buster Posey in the set???

Okay, that's enough for observations... I'll post some picks later tonight.

If any of you other chrome-busters out there are looking to put together any of the insert sets (IE. Refractors, T206, Chicle, Heritage, etc)... I am not an insert guy and will/would be looking to move these cards. I'll post a list tonight as well when I toss up some pics.

Cheers & Happy Ripping

-E

digicat

<< <i>How did they miss putting Buster Posey in the set??? >>



Topps has some sort of wraper redemption program where you can get some cards from a special set, and Posey's in that set.

Morgoth

I haven't heard that they have jacked with Football yet. The reason baseball got screwed was during the Strasburgh hype they announced he would be in Topps Chrome. The pre-orders went through the roof and Topps filled the orders.

The reason they doubled the auto checklist (and thus delaying the launch) was so that the pack odds didn't change for autos (but the odds of getting good ones sure did).

I would have preferred personally them to go to one auto per pack but make them all better autos and create another tier of colored refractors for autos and bases in Hobby to get more value.

ndleo

Thanks Morgoth. My Football Chrome case is coming next week. I plan to block out most of Sunday in my man cave ripping packs.

zep33

box 5 - 1 pack had 2 autos in it

HeritageAddict

Where's box 6 Mike? You're forcing me to watch the yankees game.

zep33

Box 6 became quite an interesting turn of events. Let's see if I can replay this accurately:

shortly after ripping box 6 (another one with 2 autos in a pack with one being a USA auto) , I took the last box hits off the scanner and laid the hits from box 6 down. My scanner is an all in 1 printer / scanner. I had put the pile of cards at the front of the printer here:



while placing box 6 hits on the printer, my cat Bumper jumped up on the table the scanner was on and proceeded to step on the copy button. As soon as she stepped on it, a piece of paper was sucked in to the printer along with all 6 cards that were laying in front of it. I didn't realize at first that the cards were gone either. The printer became jammed and while trying to yank the piece of paper that was half way lodged in, it popped into my head that the cards were gone. The piece of paper came free and 2 of the cards came flying out with it. The blue ref was creased badly. The autos were still stuck inside:



I was a little upset at this point and slammed my fist down on the top of the scanner. I also completely forgot that the scanner was made of glass. I didn't hear it smash and didn't even notice all the glass sloshing around with the 9 cards still in it while I unhooked it and brought it to my desk to try and figure out how to get those cards out of it. I assumed that the sounds was the printer cartridge sliding back and forth. I was able to get all 4 cards out at the same time by grabbing the Werth Heritage card with a pair of needle nose pliers. Got lucky as the Werth was jammed so tight to the 3 autos that they came out undamaged.

I was then happy and plugged the printer back in , lifted the cover to straighten out the cards that I was sure had gotten jumbled by moving the scanner around. That's when I found out what that noise was the inside of the printer. I quickly grabbed all the cards out of piles of broken glass. Sorry I wasn't thinking of taking a pic at this point. All 9 cards were covered in glass dust and tiny specs of glass. Spent about 10 minutes cleaning them all up and they all survived intact. Only cards damaged through this ordeal were the blue refractor and the Werth Heritage refractor. Hope you enjoyed my story as I sure the hell didn't




and here are the hits from box 6:



sure wish I had a scanner

HeritageAddict

Sorry about the scanner Mike, sounds like Bumper earned his name this evening. Wakefield looks a little drunk.

brendanb438

Damn cats.

Toro

Awesome, great story! That's why I'm sticking with robots

mtcards

I have declared my baseball card/computer room a "NO CAT ZONE" for that very reason. Cats have the amazing ability to get into the exact things you dont want them to get into at the worst possible time.

<--------------My mamba

5714Ks

great story and sorry about the scanner. thanks for still posting pics of the card too!

hammered

My next trip would be to the pound

CNote

I like all of the variations they have this year. If anyone gets any #'d Ichiro stuff, I'd be interested

zep33

new scanner test. The cards that should have scanned last night before I had a little bit of an issue




edit - looks like this one scans those chrome autos a bit better than my other scanner. Guess it was meant to be LOL

MeteoriteGuy

<< <i>Thanks Morgoth. My Football Chrome case is coming next week. I plan to block out most of Sunday in my man cave ripping packs. >>




Nice....keep me in mind on Gonzalez.

VitoCo1972

How close did you come to a base set, Mike?

MeteoriteGuy

Thanks for sharing your rip and the scanner story. +1 on the 1/1 printing plate only because I didnt see it mentioned.

zep33

<< <i>How close did you come to a base set, Mike? >>



need 15 cards. the last box had no cards I needed for the set and the 4th box only had 2. That kind of killed my chances of completion.

08HALA20

<< <i>

<< <i>How close did you come to a base set, Mike? >>



need 15 cards. the last box had no cards I needed for the set and the 4th box only had 2. That kind of killed my chances of completion. >>




I have the following RC that are extra. If you need any let me know. I am sorting the base cards and will know what extra I have in a few minutes.

171 179 180 183 185 188 189 190 192 193 194 200 207 214 and 217


Joe

Here are my extra base cards.


2-4 7-10 12 15-17 20-22 25-29 31 34-36 38 39 41 43 48 50- 52 55 57 59

73-76 79-83 86 88 90-92 94 95 97 98 100 102 104 112 114-116 118-120 122 123

140-142 146-149 151 155-158 161 162 164 167 169 170

TNP777

that Wakefield card is hella creepy

HeritageAddict

I don't think it's creepy, just looks like he's drunk and someone convinced him it was an apple instead of a baseball. Of course I live in the Ozarks where drunken hillbillies are seen doing things like that all the time.

TNP777

I just think the face he's making would fit better if he was licking a toad, rather than licking a ball.

MBMiller25

Mike, Great thread, I got the part when your scanner was destroyed with glass everywhere and laughed so hard that I spit coffee all over my computer.

Walt

I busted a few packs. I would be looking for anything Phillies in trade.

Thanks


2010 Chrome:

Stubbs AU RC
Hicks AU RC
Storen AU RC
Donaldson AU RC
Russ Martin Chicle Gold Ref /50
John Danks Chicle Blue Ref /199
Joey Votto Blue Ref
Refractors- Tejada-Holliday-Young-Ike Davis-R Tejada-Uggla-A Ramirez
Danks Chicle
Heritage Chromes Dempster-Pena
Also rookies cards

ndleo

<< <i>

<< <i>Thanks Morgoth. My Football Chrome case is coming next week. I plan to block out most of Sunday in my man cave ripping packs. >>




Nice....keep me in mind on Gonzalez.

>>



I will, which Tony Gonzalez do you need? The future HOF TE or the injury prone Ohio State WR?

Got the tracking confirmation today, looks like I will be busting packs this weekend. Can't wait, this is the first case I've opened since 2005 Exquisite and Ultimate Collection.

ndleo

Looks like Topps did the same thing with Chrome football. The street price is $100 less than the pre-order.

This is the last time I do a pre-order.

ndleo

I also see that a lot of the key rare rookie cards are already on ebay. That means I will have all of the offensive linemen rookies in my case.