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CrazyMind2017 · June 10, 2011 5:33AM

Wednesday: call to place order
Thursday: credit card charged
Friday: cards delivered

Their service really sucks!!!

1986 OPC Baseball Unopened Wax Box $9.00
1986 Topps Baseball Unopened Wax Box $13.00
1987 Topps Baseball Unopened Rack Pack $1.00
1987 Topps Baseball Unopened Cello Pack $1.00
1987 Topps Baseball Unopened Wax Box $9.00
1988 OPC Baseball Unopened Wax Box $7.00
1988 Topps Baseball Unopened Wax Box $8.00
shipping $13.00
TOTAL $61.00

I already ripped the rack and cell packs. I think I'm going to enter the contest to win a free trip to spring training in 1988. I'd really like to see the Yankees under the tutelage of Billy Martin!

Hallco · June 10, 2011 5:45AM

I need an 88 Glavine if you happen to pull one!

CrazyMind2017 · June 10, 2011 5:59AM

Not up to that yet! I never heard of this guy before, but I'm sending this card to PSA just so I can get a PSA flip with his name printed on it!

CrazyMind2017 · June 10, 2011 6:01AM

So in case I don't win the free trip to spring training, does anyone have a time machine they can sell or lease that will take me to Fort Lauderdale circa March 1988?

miconelegacy · June 10, 2011 6:13AM

Lol looks like fun!!

gameusedhoop · June 10, 2011 6:14AM

Maybe a relative:

By the way, is the "K" backwards on his jersey or is it an illusion? Maybe the Wild are owned by Toys "R" Us?

handyman · June 10, 2011 6:17AM

"Not up to that yet! I never heard of this guy before, but I'm sending this card to PSA just so I can get a PSA flip with his name printed on it!"
Really?
Am I the one who has to say it??
You need help buddy.

PS.
I think that guy has a series on showtime or something.

cpamike · June 10, 2011 7:15AM

<< So in case I don't win the free trip to spring training, does anyone have a time machine they can sell or lease that will take me to Fort Lauderdale circa March 1988? >>

If I had one, I can think of a lot of other things to do then going to Fort Lauderdale for a spring training trip. I would have one hell of a unopened pack collection and would be able to guarantee they were unsearched.

Dboneesq · June 10, 2011 7:23AM

<< 

<< So in case I don't win the free trip to spring training, does anyone have a time machine they can sell or lease that will take me to Fort Lauderdale circa March 1988? >>

If I had one, I can think of a lot of other things to do then going to Fort Lauderdale for a spring training trip. I would have one hell of a unopened pack collection and would be able to guarantee they were unsearched.

>>

IF IT HAD TO BE A CARD RELATED TIME MACHINE JOURNEY, THIS ONE WOULD BE NICE. I believe we figured the value to be around TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS.

ThoseBackPages · June 10, 2011 7:24AM

Canseco Rack!!! NIIIIIIICE!

HeritageAddict · June 10, 2011 8:26AM

It's funny the 86 Topps box is the only box that cost more now than it originally did...of course only by 40 cents.

CrazyMind2017 · June 10, 2011 9:05AM

<< You need help buddy. >>

Not as much as this, guy, Clutterbuck's teammate! I'm sending this one for grading too!

CrazyMind2017 · June 10, 2011 9:06AM

<< Canseco Rack!!! NIIIIIIICE! >>

Too bad, already ripped open!

Suneel4Cash · June 10, 2011 9:09AM

deer mr. crazy mind: guud luck wit your preshus packs and boxes.

CrazyMind2017 · June 10, 2011 9:12AM

I'm about 1/3 of the way through opening most of these.... I'm unimpressed with the 88 OPC.... possibly resealed, although I can't imagine anyone would waste their time resealing this crap..... maybe it was resealed 20 years ago. The gum is all messed up and the cards all suck. No good players yet.

The 86 Topps wax is the best.... cards are in nice shape, good centering, gum is not sticking..... got some nice hits so far... gradable Mattingly, Puckett, Henderson, Ripken, and a gradable 86 OPC Ripken. These are all 9s and 10s. Still waiting for a Schmidt.

I have a stack of Mets cards for EchoCanyon too.

No Glavine yet, but I did get the Al Leiter Future Star error.

87 Topps is ok... not as much fun as I'd anticipated... got a #500 Mattingly that's gradable. Some of the packs seem loose but I think they're ok. Some of the 88 Topps packs are loose and they seem to have no good cards, but others are sealed tightly and I got a bunch of stars in those.

CrazyMind2017 · June 10, 2011 9:44AM

<< deer mr. crazy mind: guud luck wit your preshus packs and boxes. >>

Thanck yoo sooooo mosh Suneel4Cash!

CrazyMind2017 · June 10, 2011 9:47AM

Also I forgot to mention I have a small handful of badly miscut 86 OPC if barfvader is interested. The worst (best) one is Lee Smith with Rafael Santana's name printed upside down on the front. I expect I'll get some more as I open the remaining packs.

EchoCanyon · June 10, 2011 11:58AM

<< I have a stack of Mets cards for EchoCanyon too. >>

You Rock!

Do You Wanna Rock?

Barfvader · June 10, 2011 12:21PM

<< Also I forgot to mention I have a small handful of badly miscut 86 OPC if barfvader is interested. >>

CrazyMind2017 · June 15, 2011 3:59AM

So what's the verdict on these 1988 OPC packs? They all seem really loose and not sealed tightly, and a small handful of cards in the middle of packs have come up damaged. It's kind of stupid to reseal 36 packs that sell for less than a quarter each, but maybe they were resealed 20 years ago? Or maybe BBCE didn't scrutinize them enough because they also thought nobody would waste time resealing this junk?

CrazyMind2017 · June 15, 2011 4:03AM

<< 

<< Also I forgot to mention I have a small handful of badly miscut 86 OPC if barfvader is interested. >>

>>

PM me your address and I'll send these off in the next couple weeks. I'm probably going to order another box of 86 OPC so I'll hold these for a little while just to see if I get some more.

CrazyMind2017 · June 16, 2011 5:22AM

Nobody has an opinion on this? I just opened another pack and it had 4 consecutive Braves players in a row (in a pack of 7 cards). The wrappers are really loose around the cards and the glue is not holding the wrappers sealed tightly. I barely have to run my finger under the wrapper to open it.

Blackie · June 16, 2011 6:00AM

Very Sad.....you know someone was going through those at some point.......

Sethro · June 16, 2011 7:04AM

I am not an expert by any means, but they look resealed to me. Every time I see those brown spots on the back of a "sealed" pack the cards inside are always bent, miscut, or just suck. I now assume the brown spots are from applying heat to reseal, but that is just a guess.

It's amazing what people will search and reseal. I bought a box of MASH cards and every single pack was resealed!

dmurphy3mvp · June 16, 2011 7:37AM

<< Nobody has an opinion on this? I just opened another pack and it had 4 consecutive Braves players in a row (in a pack of 7 cards). The wrappers are really loose around the cards and the glue is not holding the wrappers sealed tightly. I barely have to run my finger under the wrapper to open it. >>

I'm not 100% certain where this particular box is from, but almost all the OPC Baseball product we have in stock is from a large OPC baseball deal Steve bought in January from a collector/dealer in Alabama. He bought multiple boxes of each from most of the 70s and early 80s, and from the mid to late 80s, he bought cases of each.

Alabama OPC Baseball deal

If you haven't done so already, you should "Like" the BBCE Facebook page to keep up with what's going on with us.

OPC was never one for quality control - from the way they cut the cards to sealing the packs. It always seems that packs with fewer cards (less than 10) don't have nice looking corner folds the way 15+ card packs do, and because of it, the wrappers tend to be a little loose and look a little sloppy. As for four consecutive Braves players in a row, that's probably coincidence. As a Braves fan, it would be a pleasant surprise to me, but it's just a matter of how the collation goes.

grote15 · June 16, 2011 7:58AM

I seriously doubt anyone would search 1988 OPC baseball, either in 1988 or 2011.

gumbyfan · June 16, 2011 8:16AM

<< I seriously doubt anyone would search 1988 OPC baseball, either in 1988 or 2011. >>

RedHeart54 · June 16, 2011 8:56AM

Actually, resealing '88 OPC isn't so far fetched when you consider the Delino DeShields card. He was a relatively hot rookie card in the day and his '88 OPC preceded his Donruss, Leaf, Fleer, etc RC by two years. There were also early Derek Bell and Alex Sanchez rookies in '88 OPC.

1988 OPC DeShields.

CrazyMind2017 · June 16, 2011 9:18AM

<< Actually, resealing '88 OPC isn't so far fetched when you consider the Delino DeShields card. He was a relatively hot rookie card in the day and his '88 OPC preceded his Donruss, Leaf, Fleer, etc RC by two years. There were also early Derek Bell and Alex Sanchez rookies in '88 OPC.

1988 OPC DeShields. >>

This puts everything in new perspective... I've opened 26 of the 36 packs so far (was saving some in case BBCE asked me to return them) and I got one each of Bell and DeShields, both NM-MT, so these packs are likely not resealed as I originally suspected they were.

Then again, the damaged Dunston, Pasqua, Sandberg, and Juan Samuel cards from the middle of their respective packs say otherwise, but who knows... it's not like there's a lot of money on the line.

Sethro · June 16, 2011 9:59AM

OK, so what are the brown marks on the back then?

CrazyMind2017 · June 17, 2011 3:04AM

Haven't got the slightest idea.

jmoran19 · June 17, 2011 4:49AM

<< OK, so what are the brown marks on the back then? >>

Are there brown spots on the top of the packs and/or gum too? If so that is probably the culprit.

Sethro · June 17, 2011 5:11AM

In my experience, no, the brown marks are not on the gum itself, or on the cards, or even on the front of the pack, as can be shown in the OP's scan. They're only on the back. The times I have seen discoloration inside the pack, it was due to mold, or something similar, but in those cases the discoloration is on the cards, the gum, and the inside of the pack, not strictly on the back of the outside.

And again, every time I have seen those markings only on the back, those packs have creased cards in the middle, miscut cards, etc., etc.

Is there a pack expert out there who can share what those brown markings that only show up on the back of wax packs are? Until then I still stand by my theory that it has something to do with heat from resealing.

ThoseBackPages · June 17, 2011 7:28AM

this is a hell of a lot of keystrokes for a $7 box lol

CrazyMind2017 · June 17, 2011 7:54AM

<< this is a hell of a lot of keystrokes for a $7 box lol >>

$8

CDsNuts · June 17, 2011 9:01AM

Nobody has an opinion on this?

I have an opinion but you probably don't want to hear it.

CrazyMind2017 · June 17, 2011 9:08AM

<< I have an opinion but you probably don't want to hear it. >>

And why is that?

RookieWax · June 17, 2011 10:32AM

<< OK, so what are the brown marks on the back then? >>

Those brownish marks look like they could be from some of the red ink rubbing off over time from the top of the packs below them in the box. Especially if they were stored in the Alabama heat - where these packs were purchased from.

swartz1 · June 17, 2011 10:37AM

Are we talking about the .22 cent packs or the .30 cent packs...

I forget...

Sportsamerica · June 17, 2011 11:01AM

0.22 cent packs

miconelegacy · June 17, 2011 11:29PM

Glad the $8 boxe isn't resealed. Sorry just wanted to type that, as I never will again...lol

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