Topps MLB Wacky Packages

PaulMaul

A couple of the guys on the Wacky Packages forum believe this new Topps release combining baseball teams with the Wacky Packs concept will be a hit with baseball collectors. Just curious whether collectors here a.) find them appealing and b.) plan to purchase them.

Note that the cards do feature MLB team logos.

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Topps MLB Wacky Packs

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downtown

A) no

no - if the autographs were on card and not stickers, maybe

seebelow

hey paulmaul, you know that i really enjoy your thread and posts....but as a bball collector i doubt if i buy any of these stickers just because they're related to mlb...id prob buy some wacky pack stickers that u post ....which are cool and remind me of childhood....

PaulMaul

That's cool seebelow! I'm just interested in seeing people's responses so that those on the wacky forum can better understand the likely market for these.

coinspacks

i just ordered a couple of these for my kids

http://www.blowoutcards.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8_774&products_id=11594

magellan

I wouldn't buy. The old wacky packs are interesting to me though.

JBrules

@magellan said:
I wouldn't buy. The old wacky packs are interesting to me though.

+1

PaulMaul

I personally had no interest in them. I posed the question to try to convince my fellow wacky collectors that sports card fans wouldn't care about these. Sure enough, they didn't.

Bigpoppas

@magellan said:
I wouldn't buy. The old wacky packs are interesting to me though.

Man I just saw your avatar and my eyes lit up .
True story in 1969 I was 8-10 years old and my Dad owned a hardware store in Philadelphia. Being a retailer he encouraged me from a young age to buy and sell . So he used to get me boxes of candy and baseball cards from his distributor and I would sell the packs to kids in the neighborhood and school and pay him for the next box .
For whatever reason I must have been on fire in 1969 and two of my favorite players were Yaz and Clemente .
I. Ever really liked chewing gum believe it or not, so I easily could trade my gum for Yaz and Clemente cards . Mays and Aaron were a different story .

I'm one of the few from that era that actually still had their childhood cards from that era of flipping and bike spokes .
I came back from college one year and sorted them all into years and guess what I had ???
1969 Carl Yaz - 21 cards
1969 Roberto Clemente 14 cards

Shame I wasn't trading for Reggie J , but when your 9-10 you trade for your heroes

Anyways thanks fir the memories !!

CHEERS !!!

PS... my entire bedroom door as a kid was covered with the original Wacky Package stickers .
Every time I see a box related to them at Target I want to buy them and my wife and kids just shake their heads at me in disgust .
Some people just don't get it

coinspacks

i buy these folders for my kids and i put wacky packages stickers on front and back....9 in front and 9 in back....i also use clear packing tape to reinforce the spine of the folder so it doesnt tear mid-school year.

so far my kids like it

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006IESK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

magellan

@Bigpoppas said:

@magellan said:
I wouldn't buy. The old wacky packs are interesting to me though.

Man I just saw your avatar and my eyes lit up .
True story in 1969 I was 8-10 years old and my Dad owned a hardware store in Philadelphia. Being a retailer he encouraged me from a young age to buy and sell . So he used to get me boxes of candy and baseball cards from his distributor and I would sell the packs to kids in the neighborhood and school and pay him for the next box .
For whatever reason I must have been on fire in 1969 and two of my favorite players were Yaz and Clemente .
I. Ever really liked chewing gum believe it or not, so I easily could trade my gum for Yaz and Clemente cards . Mays and Aaron were a different story .

I'm one of the few from that era that actually still had their childhood cards from that era of flipping and bike spokes .
I came back from college one year and sorted them all into years and guess what I had ???
1969 Carl Yaz - 21 cards
1969 Roberto Clemente 14 cards

Shame I wasn't trading for Reggie J , but when your 9-10 you trade for your heroes

Anyways thanks fir the memories !!

CHEERS !!!

PS... my entire bedroom door as a kid was covered with the original Wacky Package stickers .
Every time I see a box related to them at Target I want to buy them and my wife and kids just shake their heads at me in disgust .
Some people just don't get it

Yaz was always my favorite player, had a poster of him on my wall. 1969 was the last year I collected as a teen & I did keep some cards of favorite players. The 69 yaz was one . The avatar pic is of a PSA 7 which I had but have now upgraded to an 8.

Good memories !

grote15

David, is this wacky pack as rare as the price would indicate?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Topps-Wacky-Packages-Die-Cut-Pack-PSA-9-MINT-RARE-Pure-Hex-1st-Graded-Back-/272617284623?hash=item3f7941a40f:g:7WkAAOSwTM5Y3AY8

PaulMaul

@grote15 said:
David, is this wacky pack as rare as the price would indicate?

Tim,

It is the most desirable WP unopened pack, and she recently has sold other similar packs in the $2000-3500 range. However, there is no merit to the claims about the importance of the Pure Hex showing, any PSA 9 of this pack would bring a similar price.

PaulMaul

Also, I don't think its necessarily the rarest pack, just the most desirable.

grote15

@PaulMaul said:

@grote15 said:
David, is this wacky pack as rare as the price would indicate?

Tim,

It is the most desirable WP unopened pack, and she recently has sold other similar packs in the $2000-3500 range. However, there is no merit to the claims about the importance of the Pure Hex showing, any PSA 9 of this pack would bring a similar price.

Thanks, David. I knew if anyone could estimate value on a pack like this, it would be you, lol..

All we need is a 10% ebay bucks promo and you can add it to your collection!

PaulMaul

Sounds good! I've already got this one, but a PSA 9 would be nice!