2014 Topps Baseball

Mick65

<< <i>First time i've bought a box of regular topps in over 25 years! Usually i am strictly heritage but with my son liking cards (he's 6) i decided to go for a box at $95 from local shop.

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$95 a box of Hobby ??

Ouch.....

BostonAmericans

Gotta be the jumbo. I just bought a box of jumbo for $95.

Mick65

OK... someone said Jumbo was the way to go.

I counted 14 different inserts in that box. Anyone going to scan ? I'm trying to hold out to March 5th.

jmmiller777

You should get a complete series with a jumbo, minus a few cards. All those inserts make great trade material.

BostonAmericans

<< <i>You should get a complete series with a jumbo, minus a few cards. All those inserts make great trade material. >>



That's what I am hoping for on both counts - get a complete set or close to one, and use the inserts for trade bait and/or subsidize the cost of the box.

heritage

I put a set together every year. I do agree for me the inserts are a bit over the top but it comes down to topps will put out a product they think will sell. I busted a box and hit a Bryce Harper relic/auto redemption. If someone wants to trade or sell inserts let me know maybe we can work something out.

heritage

I just busted a jumbo box and hit a vintage 1962 Willie Mays in EXMT NM with that stupid topps 75 stamp on it. Way to trash a card.

Mick65

What does that do to the value? Does Beckett have pricing on these? Usually they are commons so the stamp really doesn't matter.

zep33

Way to go George with the Harper and Mays - great pulls regardless of the stamp

Been a while for me but picked up 2 jumbos and a hobby box today at lunch - rip commencing soon

zep33

First jumbo box was kinda blah:

Arod jersey
Kris Medlin Auto
Randy Johnson ring

On the other hand, box 2 vomited out all this sweet goodness:



Trout #10/25
Puig #32/50
no clue what the Sabathia is # to but if the Trout is /25, the autos must be less

jlzinck

Tom said he saw you today Mike....I knew I had to see what awesomeness came from your boxes.....

zep33

Hey Jon, yeah been a while

Just finished the hobby box - nothing great

James Shields Jersey
Robbie Erlin clear #4/10 - those are pretty cool

from the 3 boxes I got 6 buy backs mixed condition

Oldest was 1960 - Bob Skinner - ex condition
1966 Jim davenport - creased
1969 Duke Sims - scribbled on with no ink in the pen - either that or one of my pet ringworms got in between the cardboard and ran a marathon.
1975 Richie Zisk and Vada Pinson
1977 Mike Ivie

heritage

Some cool hits this year, I was at my local card store today. I picked up some jumbo packs and didn't hit much but when I was there another guy picked up some packs for 2 bucks each. He hit a sweet Gary Carter auto/relic numbered to 25.

Guru

<< <i>Some cool hits this year, I was at my local card store today. I picked up some jumbo packs and didn't hit much but when I was there another guy picked up some packs for 2 bucks each. He hit a sweet Gary Carter auto/relic numbered to 25. >>



$2 for jumbo packs?! Wow!

heritage

$2 for jumbo packs?! Wow!


NO sorry I paid $12 for the jumbo packs. The guy picked up the regular packs for 2 bucks

Guru

I was gonna say...tell me where that store is.

heritage

I was gonna say...tell me where that store is.



lol no kidding

yankeesman

After seeing this thread, I ordered a couple of jumbo boxes for the first time in years with designs on building a base set for each of my 2 sons (I buy a factory set each year). My boys got into it and we're going to sort and build today but I agree I with a lot of the posts that the inserts can really offset the cost of these boxes. We ended up pulling the below Andrew McCutchen Commemorative Rookie Cup pin 1/25 and the Billy Hamilton Magenta Press Plate 1/1 that I put on the bay to offset the cost. Autos were meh with Matt Adams and Wade Miley and relic cards were Mark Teixeira and David Price. Also hit a lot of the SPs (Kershaw, Rivera, etc.) and trying to decide what to do with those. Fun rip overall!

Stingray

Shouldn't the press plate be in reverse?? If the are using the plate to make a card how can it be in the direction as a normal card??

Estil

<< <i>Shouldn't the press plate be in reverse?? If the are using the plate to make a card how can it be in the direction as a normal card?? >>



In the famous words of Eric Cartman from the "Flashbacks" episode, "You're right, that doesn't make sense..."

zep33

<< <i>Shouldn't the press plate be in reverse?? If the are using the plate to make a card how can it be in the direction as a normal card?? >>



offset printing process - plate to cylinder, cylinder to card

heritage

I Just hit my second Bryce Harper auto/relic card .. The first was 1 of 10 from what I can tell this one is 1 of 25

Guru

<< <i>I Just hit my second Bryce Harper auto/relic card .. The first was 1 of 10 from what I can tell this one is 1 of 25 >>



This post is useless without scans...

heritage

<< I Just hit my second Bryce Harper auto/relic card .. The first was 1 of 10 from what I can tell this one is 1 of 25 >>



This post is useless without scans...



I always have trouble will scans on CU .. I will try again this weekend. The next scan I post on CU will be the first lol. I don't understand what I am doing wrong,

heritage

This is a link of my 2 hits.
I had to get some help from my buddy Mike Zep33... thank you Mik

heritage

Now I can't get the link to work lol. any help?

justmichael

<< <i>This is a link of my 2 hits.
I had to get some help from my buddy Mike Zep33... thank you Mike

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That should work now

heritage

Thank you very much for your help..

dtkk49a

I must have one of those Mariano Rivera acetate cards numbered to 10. Got outbid on two of them already.