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Group break on a 1979 Topps Hockey vending box?

MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
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Has BBCE ever done something like this? There's a 1979 Topps Hockey vending box for $5500 listed on the site. At 500 cards that comes to $11 per card. Unopened wax packs are $20 per card. Any possibility on breaking one of these in 50 10 card slots for $100 to $110 a slot? They could just pull 10 cards out, put then in a team bag without looking, and ship them out. Of course, I would only trust BBCE to handle a break such as this.

I remember when these were $60 packs in group breaks. This may be the closest scenario we have at getting near that price again. Thoughts?

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  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭

    Correction - $20 to $27.50 per card in wax packs.

  • tmgrnzx9rtmgrnzx9r Posts: 546 ✭✭✭

    I'd be interested in something like that.

  • lseeconlseecon Posts: 318 ✭✭

    I would be interested

  • sushihotwingssushihotwings Posts: 452 ✭✭✭

    I would be in

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  • ugaskidawgugaskidawg Posts: 882 ✭✭✭

    I don't know if I would be up for a 10 card lot, but probably 5. I think if you gave everyone an option to claim up to 10 per day (in multiples of 5), it would still sell out quickly.

  • secretstashsecretstash Posts: 1,396 ✭✭✭✭

    I don't think 10 card lots (without looking) are possible, but I would trust BBCE that he wouldn't take Gretzky rc's so he could package them appropriately. But the best method would be to add $25-40 to the lot price and have him card saver the cards.

  • BeRoyalKCBeRoyalKC Posts: 413 ✭✭

    Have him bust it in a video. Randomize the 10 card lots. No different then some of the set breaks some breakers do. I think it would be cool to see him crack it and watch him hit the Gretzky.

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  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭

    @ugaskidawg said:
    I don't know if I would be up for a 10 card lot, but probably 5. I think if you gave everyone an option to claim up to 10 per day (in multiples of 5), it would still sell out quickly.

    I like this idea. Lower price point, more people to participate.

  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭

    @BeRoyalKC said:
    Have him bust it in a video. Randomize the 10 card lots. No different then some of the set breaks some breakers do. I think it would be cool to see him crack it and watch him hit the Gretzky.

    As much as I would love to see a 1979 Topps Hockey vending break, I'd want to keep the workload down to a minimum for BBCE. I think the main reason people video breaks is because they have to be transparent due to not having a reputation such as BBCE does.

  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭

    I'll email Steve later today and see if this is something BBCE would be willing to do.

  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you set it up I am in. It's really the only way I could ever get a nice Gretzky rookie. I should have bought a nice PSA 8 example years ago when it was still affordable.

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  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭

    Live in case anybody is interested.

    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/976714/official-cu-bbce-1979-topps-hockey-vending-box-break#latest

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