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1981 Topps FB Cello pack war at National

mknezmknez Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭
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Saw this posted on the justcollect blog today:

http://www.justcollect.com/blog/1981-topps-football-cello-box-national-rip-winner-take-all

•1981 Topps Football Cello Box Pack War
•$30.00 per pack entry for randomly selected cello pack
•JustCollect booth — Booth #521/620 at 4:00OPM, Saturday August 2nd
•Packs must be opened at the booth during the Pack War
•Winner will be the pack opener with the highest card number
•Winner receives all contents of ALL 24 packs opened
•All packs must be sold before the Pack War begins
•Sign-up will be available at the booth beginning Tuesday
•Only 24 slots available



*disclaimer - I have no affiliation with justcollect other than buying from them in the past.

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That sounds like a LOT of fun, LOL! Better blindfold Mike, though, LOL!!


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • mknezmknez Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭
    Probably the only time ever someone would be ecstatic to pull a William Andrews card.

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  • ChiefsFan1stChiefsFan1st Posts: 845 ✭✭✭
    Man, thats awful!! I love 81 football. And I love unopened. It feels like murderimage
    I dont wanna grow up, Im a Toys-R-Us kid!
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Man, thats awful!! I love 81 football. And I love unopened. It feels like murderimage >>



    Doesn't seem to bother Grote any. image

    Sounds like a good chance to hit on a minty fresh Montana RC if you get the winning highest number card. I know of a few guys that like ripping those football packs. You know who you are.

    In full disclosure, I don't collect unopened football so I say rip as much as you want, but stay the heck away from my baseball. image
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    Probably the only time ever someone would be ecstatic to pull a William Andrews card.

    If anybody's wearing long sleeves, be very suspicious.

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    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • slum22slum22 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭✭
    How painful to be the one who pulls the Montana only to hand it to the guy who pulls the last card of the set. Interesting idea and I guess something fun and different for the participants.

    Personally, I like the idea posted a while back about a set break with individual slots sold (the previous thread involved discussed breaking graded sets of 1986 Fleer basketball).
    Steve
  • PMKAYPMKAY Posts: 1,372 ✭✭


    << <i>Probably the only time ever someone would be ecstatic to pull a William Andrews card. >>



    Assuming he's the last card in the set they may want to frisk all entrants to see if they are packing this card with them pre opening.
  • slum22slum22 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭✭
    Yes, this fun contest could turn ugly if the box yields six William Andrews cards.
    Steve
  • ClockworkAngelClockworkAngel Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭
    We used to do War all the time in the card shop I worked at, but it was the most valuable card according to Beckett that took home all the packs.

    What was crazier was that the person with the lowest valued "high" card in the pack paid for every single pack. I blew my check every week playing that. We'd so it with 1986F Basketball. Fun times...

    Anyway, I don't really get the highest number card in the set thing....seems pretty random. I've seen player who had most touchdowns, yards, etc...but never High #

    Regardless, sounds like a blast!
    The Clockwork Angel Collection...brought to you by Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Chase
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  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    Anyway, I don't really get the highest number card in the set thing....seems pretty random.

    Actually, it would be better to make it truly random by
    using a random number generator at the booth.

    Generate a number and everyone look through their
    cards to see if they have that number.

    'Course if three people had that card, you would
    have to go to plan B.

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    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,551 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We used to call it pack poker. 4 people buy into for example a 36 pack box. Over the course of play 9 "hands" are dealt to each of the 4. The winner of each of the 9 hands is determined by the high card # or lowest card #(does not include the insert # if any). There are 9 hands(4 packs,1 to each player x 9) so more have a chance at a hit, rather then all packs opened at once. If there is a box insert,box topper etc. the winner of that item can be determined by who won the most hands,who had the most inserts, or highest overall card #. You can make your own modifications. Ante up!
    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
    I remember playing pack and box poker many times over the years. From $1/pack for '84 OPC hockey to $12/pack for '93 Finest to $200/pack for '86 Fleer. Everyone had different rules and I recall many strange ones. Regardless, it was always a fun time and there was always a buzz of excitement...
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