Could really use some help finishing up some of this as I really don't want to do any more packs. Any help would be appreciated! Also willing to buy if trading isn't an option for you....
NEEDS: SP: 433, 439, 446, 453, 482, 490, 492, 493, 500 New Age Performers: Kershaw, Ryu
Available to Trade: SP: 434, 440, 475, 476, 488, 499 Action Image Variation: 100, 170, 250, 500 Mini: 434 (Pedro Alvarez) Chrome: 50, 53, 160, 170, 213, 430, 434, 449, 472, 491, 493, 495 Refractor: 213, 310, 345, 370, 459, 478 Blue Border: 300 (Kershaw), 407 (Wacha has bottom left corner small ding), 444 (Darvish) Buy Backs: Pete Ward (White Sox), Al Worthington (Twins), White Sox 1965 Rookie Stars (Bruce Howard, Marv Staehle) Blue Auto: Ted Wills (Reds) Clubhouse Collection Base Jersey: Posey, Rondon, Bruce Clubhouse Collection Gold: Drew Stubbs (Gray Jersey #'d 28/99)
Grabbed a couple of jumbo packs from Walmart the other day. Pulled this pretty decent looking Koufax/Kershaw, going in the keeper pile. Will post another scan with some of the other cards that looked decent to me in case anyone has nicely centered and minty Kershaws from the set to trade.
Fur72, Wow. Thanks. That's a lot of info to absorb. Maybe I'm in over my head. Should I go blaster, hobby or retail or a combination of all 3? what are decent prices for the three? I see prices all over.
How do i get big hits, autos, jerseys etc...in all three?
Cracked hobby box #1 of the year. 1st Draft...2 Flashbacks...4 New Age...3 Then & Now...2 SP Highs...8 SP Action...Hanley Ramirez Chrome 999...Sabathia, Wainwright Refractor 565...Kershaw Mini...Clay Buchholz 1/100 Blue Auto....Frank Thomas Red Auto...Billy Moran 40/65
Box #2. 1st Draft...2 Flashbacks...4 New Age...3 Then & Now...2 SP Highs...8 SP Action...Jared Weaver Chrome 999...Mariners Rookies Refractor 565...Buchholz Jersey Relic...Salvador Perez
Box #3...."HOT Box" 1st Draft...2 Flashbacks...4 New Age...3 Then & Now...2 SP Highs...8 SP Action...Jared Weaver, Evan Longoria Chrome 999...Cole Refractor 565...Ortiz Jersey Relic...Yonder Alonso 24 Purple Chrome
Anyone out there still trying to put together one or more base sets? I've bought three boxes thus far and the collation was fairly poor. Before I spring for another box I'd like to complete a base set and am hoping I can find some trading partners to help.
From the looks of it, several board members have beat the stated odds pulling mini's & black refractors etc. Congrats. I meant to share this last Monday...bogged down with work all week. I picked up 2 Walmart blasters. For the most part, came in as expected for only 2 boxes. Disappointed that I couldn't get at least a chrome in the 1st box, and the Yankee's cards were much less than odds. I plan on breaking 2 target blasters if they ever make it into my area...It's been so long to fully roll out Heritage that I see Topps Series 2 is out already...LOL. Anyway, as always, along wiith the box picks I included the expected pulls based on the odds and what I actually got. It's all up for trade. Will send to Ebay or COMC at the end of the month. And I included another wrapper with odds for Craig. The last one was from the jumbos. The odds are different for the blasters...which now makes sense out of the number of black backs.
found thread on second page, is interest fading? or has everyone already completed their goals??? I'm still debating on whether to purchase a few more wax boxes....
Great post! Thanks for sharing. I may buy a blaster or two but I don't expect much. At least I'm seeing an auto or two being pulled out from retail.
Craig from Texas
<< <i>From the looks of it, several board members have beat the stated odds pulling mini's & black refractors etc. Congrats. I meant to share this last Monday...bogged down with work all week. I picked up 2 Walmart blasters. For the most part, came in as expected for only 2 boxes. Disappointed that I couldn't get at least a chrome in the 1st box, and the Yankee's cards were much less than odds. I plan on breaking 2 target blasters if they ever make it into my area...It's been so long to fully roll out Heritage that I see Topps Series 2 is out already...LOL. Anyway, as always, along wiith the box picks I included the expected pulls based on the odds and what I actually got. It's all up for trade. Will send to Ebay or COMC at the end of the month. And I included another wrapper with odds for Craig. The last one was from the jumbos. The odds are different for the blasters...which now makes sense out of the number of black backs.
I'm still looking to wrap this one up. My needs list got a lot shorter thanks to some great trades on here. If anyone else can help me out, please let me know! Paypal also available if you're not in to trading, or don't need what I've got...
NEEDS: SP: 433
Available to Trade: SP: 434, 440, 475, 476, 488, 499 Action Image Variation: 100, 250, 500 Mini: 434 (Pedro Alvarez) Chrome: 50, 53, 160, 170, 213, 430, 434, 449, 472, 491, 493, 495 Refractor: 213, 310, 345, 370, 459, 478 Blue Border: 407 (Wacha has bottom left corner small ding), 444 (Darvish) Buy Backs: Pete Ward (White Sox), Al Worthington (Twins), White Sox 1965 Rookie Stars (Bruce Howard, Marv Staehle) Blue Auto: Ted Wills (Reds) Clubhouse Collection Base Jersey: Posey, Rondon, Bruce Clubhouse Collection Gold: Drew Stubbs (Gray Jersey #'d 28/99)
Guys - is there a Will Clark auto in the set? I saw him listed on an early sell sheet, but haven't seen one on eBay. (If possible, maybe someone could PM me, as sometimes this thread moves fast and my question/answer gets buried.)
<< <i>found thread on second page, is interest fading? or has everyone already completed their goals??? I'm still debating on whether to purchase a few more wax boxes.... >>
With product coming in late, I've just started working on my set. I only have opened 4,000 cards or so and just found my first blasters while on a 4 day trip to Vegas. I should have a list up in a week or so. It seems like there is very little interest and I am not opening my case for now. Actually, I'm getting more frustrated with the whole hobby; pricing, center and quality, chances of pulling anything exciting, etc. I guess if it's not fun, well, maybe it's time...
CURRENT PROJECTS IN WORK: To be honest, no direction, but... 1966-69 Topps EX+ 1975 minis NrMt Kelloggs PSA 9 All Topps Heritage-Master Sets
Finally picked up my first hobby box yesterday at a card show, talked the guy down to $65. Here are the results... Surprised to get 2 action SP variations, but the Jeter is horribly off center. WTF is it with the off centering this year? SP - 8 Chrome - 2 Refractor - 1 Action SP - 2 Then & Now - 3 NAP - 2 BB FB - 2 News FB - 3 Draft - 2 Relic - 1 Not a bad box, will buy another at the next show I get to.
They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time.
These are the top hits from my 3 Target Blasters. As far as Blasters go, Target outperformed Walmart, but for the money, I would stick with hobby boxes, unless you're just kicking around. My final Want/Trade list is included...including these red and blue border cards. Let's get some trades going here.
Found a local Target yesterday w/6 blasters in stock and grabbed 4. Hits included: 1 Mini/100, 1 Chrome/999, 1 Chrome Refractor/565, 1 GU Jersey, & standard # of Reds/subsets/SPs. Nothing crazy, but a decent number of hits for blasters. I still haven't pulled an auto out of 6 total blasters, and need quite a few to complete even the base set. I'll get a list put together once I'm closer to completing the base.
Did anyone pull a "throwback uni" variation? They seem tough as hell, and going for some nice coin on the 'bay. Very cool looking cards, especially the ones rocking the old Negro League teams...
Did anyone pull a "throwback uni" variation? They seem tough as hell, and going for some nice coin on the 'bay. Very cool looking cards, especially the ones rocking the old Negro League teams...
So, how did I do? Maybe I should enter this blaster into a worst blaster contest. I think I'd win.
Since it can't get worse than this, I'll buy another one I'm sure.
Craig from Texas >>
One of my first two WalMart blasters was like that, the second had the Miggy Bazooka Mini. You definitely should have picked up a second The Target blasters at least had a decent hit in each.
<< <i>Did anyone pull a "throwback uni" variation? They seem tough as hell, and going for some nice coin on the 'bay. Very cool looking cards, especially the ones rocking the old Negro League teams... >>
1:3,175 I think I calculated it at 35 cards per player. Technically, they should be priced below Gold Refractors, since Gold is just 5 cards per player and limited to Hobby, which also makes the odds seem better at 1:1,695. Hopefully, the prices will deflate once more get out there…although even with the Bazooka's, the auctions have still been fierce. I watched a Jeter Bazooka auction hit $51, while another at the same time was only at $36.
Anyway, extremely disappointed this didn't have a higher print run. Much prefer throwback look over the mini since mini's are the same pix as base, just smaller. ..now a mini throwback uniform card…winner all the way around for me
<< <i>Bought my first blaster of the year. Might be my last. Here's the results:
Base -- 65 cards (no Trout which is the only base card I care about) Inserts -- 3 cards (Gibson FB, Bench 1st Draft, Harvey NAP) SPs -- 3 cards (459 Kinsler, 479 Pence, 485 Holland) Blue SP -- 170 Justin Upton So, how did I do? Maybe I should enter this blaster into a worst blaster contest. I think I'd win. Since it can't get worse than this, I'll buy another one I'm sure.
Craig from Texas >>
Yep…move along, nothing to see here...similar to my Walmart Blaster experience this year (2013 Walmart Blasters seemed to have better pulls)…Try a couple of targets next time; mine seemed pretty good (not great)…also a chance to get the Trout Red Border.
My Blaster strategy has been to buy at least three at a time if they are out there on the shelf, which equals a box of hobby. Usually get close to the hobby distribution, with 3 color variations (1 per blaster).
Figure two of the are going to have the minimum inserts and SPs and hope the third has the hit.
Haven't found or bought many this year as I still have unopened hobby and I am trying to find the time to put the set together.
<< <i>Did anyone pull a "throwback uni" variation? They seem tough as hell, and going for some nice coin on the 'bay. Very cool looking cards, especially the ones rocking the old Negro League teams... >>
1:3,175 I think I calculated it at 35 cards per player. Technically, they should be priced below Gold Refractors, since Gold is just 5 cards per player and limited to Hobby, which also makes the odds seem better at 1:1,695. Hopefully, the prices will deflate once more get out there…although even with the Bazooka's, the auctions have still been fierce. I watched a Jeter Bazooka auction hit $51, while another at the same time was only at $36.
Anyway, extremely disappointed this didn't have a higher print run. Much prefer throwback look over the mini since mini's are the same pix as base, just smaller. ..now a mini throwback uniform card…winner all the way around for me >>
I agree. Not sure why the "mini" is taking up room in the "hit space". Would much rather have a shot at the more interesting throwbacks.
Heck, I would rather buy heritage mini boxes on-line over the summer, instead of the current year version.
Really, what am I suppose to do with the one Heritage mini numbered to 100 I find ??
Box them up, sell them on-line, I would try to the build the set over the summer.
I already posted on the other forum, but thought I'd put my needs here:
Needs: #383 Ryan Doumit - only card I need to complete base set Short Prints - I have 427, 428, 429, 430, 448, 453, 460, 461, 480. 482, 484, 494. I need all others.
Wants (Less important): Chrome Black - Upton, Kimbrel, Heyward, Teheran Real One Autos (red ink preferred): Chipper
If anyone wants to trade, I'm looking for Heritage Jeter or Trout (base, SP, inserts, whatever). I have most of the SPs and base inserts available. If you don't have any Trout or Jeter, I will sell common SPs. A lot of ten for $30 delivered. PM me your want lists and/or trade offers if interested.
second boxes inserts displayed below.......needless to say I am overjoyed with results....even thought I won't be keeping the Clemente or Jeter they were both nice pulls and more than made up for the first box....
Comments
WTT-- Action Variations:
Have to trade: Ramirez (oc side to side), Verlander, Kershaw, Weaver, & Wright
Needed: Upton, Kemp, Myers, & Goldschmidt
PM if trading possible.
Craig in Ohio
First box...
Second box...
So 4 blasters in and I have already pulled a black refractor and a relic. Will pick up a hobby box at the show I go to tomorrow, see how it goes.
NEEDS:
SP: 433, 439, 446, 453, 482, 490, 492, 493, 500
New Age Performers: Kershaw, Ryu
Available to Trade:
SP: 434, 440, 475, 476, 488, 499
Action Image Variation: 100, 170, 250, 500
Mini: 434 (Pedro Alvarez)
Chrome: 50, 53, 160, 170, 213, 430, 434, 449, 472, 491, 493, 495
Refractor: 213, 310, 345, 370, 459, 478
Blue Border: 300 (Kershaw), 407 (Wacha has bottom left corner small ding), 444 (Darvish)
Buy Backs: Pete Ward (White Sox), Al Worthington (Twins), White Sox 1965 Rookie Stars (Bruce Howard, Marv Staehle)
Blue Auto: Ted Wills (Reds)
Clubhouse Collection Base Jersey: Posey, Rondon, Bruce
Clubhouse Collection Gold: Drew Stubbs (Gray Jersey #'d 28/99)
*edited for items that are gone...
Wow. Thanks. That's a lot of info to absorb. Maybe I'm in over my head.
Should I go blaster, hobby or retail or a combination of all 3? what are decent prices for the three? I see prices all over.
How do i get big hits, autos, jerseys etc...in all three?
1st Draft...2
Flashbacks...4
New Age...3
Then & Now...2
SP Highs...8
SP Action...Hanley Ramirez
Chrome 999...Sabathia, Wainwright
Refractor 565...Kershaw
Mini...Clay Buchholz 1/100
Blue Auto....Frank Thomas
Red Auto...Billy Moran 40/65
Box #2.
1st Draft...2
Flashbacks...4
New Age...3
Then & Now...2
SP Highs...8
SP Action...Jared Weaver
Chrome 999...Mariners Rookies
Refractor 565...Buchholz
Jersey Relic...Salvador Perez
Box #3...."HOT Box"
1st Draft...2
Flashbacks...4
New Age...3
Then & Now...2
SP Highs...8
SP Action...Jared Weaver, Evan Longoria
Chrome 999...Cole
Refractor 565...Ortiz
Jersey Relic...Yonder Alonso
24 Purple Chrome
<< <i>Sooooo, DoctorK, if that Trout is a mini, check the latest sell prices for it. >>
It is a mini and I am stunned at the latest prices.
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<< <i>Sooooo, DoctorK, if that Trout is a mini, check the latest sell prices for it. >>
It is a mini and I am stunned at the latest prices. >>
There seems to be 3 buyers on eBay chasing these. Get that card up today, 7 day auction and reap the rewards.
Yogi Berra
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<< <i>Sooooo, DoctorK, if that Trout is a mini, check the latest sell prices for it. >>
It is a mini and I am stunned at the latest prices. >>
There seems to be 3 buyers on eBay chasing these. Get that card up today, 7 day auction and reap the rewards. >>
Once I saw the prices it did not take long to list. Listed and sold.
<< <i>Now I'm curious: what did the mini trout sell for? >>
lmetfy (slight variation of lmgtfy)
Dodgers collection scans | Brett Butler registry | 1978 Dodgers - straight 9s, homie
Anyone out there still trying to put together one or more base sets? I've bought three boxes thus far and the collation was fairly poor. Before I spring for another box I'd like to complete a base set and am hoping I can find some trading partners to help.
Here's my current checklist: LINK
And here's my list of available Chrome & Refractors. I'm happy to part with any of them for Chrome/Refractor Tigers.
CHROME (of 999): 53, 60, 345, 425, 471
REFRACTORS (of 565): 445, 447
BLACK REFRACTORS (of 65): 200
PURPLE REFRACTORS: 20, 43, 49, 213, 275, 284, 310, 330, 354, 428, 437 (2), 441, 442, 445, 448, 449, 451, 461, 463, 474, 482, 489
CLUBHOUSE COLLECTION RELIC: AJ, BP
Also, I still have a few decent Heritage cards available if anybody needs them:
SP: 424 Wheeler, 461 Longoria
Then & Now: McCovey/Votto
News Flashback: Muhammad Ali
A few dozen base cards available in trade too. Let me know.
By the way, if anyone is needing purples, send me a pm...i picked up a lot of about 320 of them today at a show.
I do need these however:
Refractors (#/565) (13): 20 170 200 205 250 342 430 442 447 449 458 471 489
Purple Refractors: 33 49 60 73 160 345 400 426 431 432x2 433x2 434 439x2 453 469 480 487 491 499 500
Walmart Blue (15): 149 160 275 407 426 430 432 439 444 457 461 463 475 482 487
Target Red (14): 84 150 205 250 310 320 431 433 446 458 464 480 493 494
I also have about 150 sp's to trade if you can help...
thx, jim.
Topps Heritage - Trade Page
Topps Heritage - Trade Page
<< <i>I'm still here, actively trading with several....post your wants, i will read them! >>
He does! We just consummated our 3rd...
What I'm selling
Building Sets, Collecting Texas Rangers, and Texas Tech Red Raiders
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<< <i>I'm still here, actively trading with several....post your wants, i will read them! >>
He does! We just consummated our 3rd... >>
If you 2 "consummated" and I've consummated with each of you, does that mean we had some sort of card trading threesome??
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<< <i>I'm still here, actively trading with several....post your wants, i will read them! >>
He does! We just consummated our 3rd... >>
If you 2 "consummated" and I've consummated with each of you, does that mean we had some sort of card trading threesome?? >>
I think it means we're eskimo brothers.
What I'm selling
Building Sets, Collecting Texas Rangers, and Texas Tech Red Raiders
Great post! Thanks for sharing. I may buy a blaster or two but I don't expect much. At least I'm seeing an auto or two being pulled out from retail.
Craig from Texas
<< <i>From the looks of it, several board members have beat the stated odds pulling mini's & black refractors etc. Congrats. I meant to share this last Monday...bogged down with work all week. I picked up 2 Walmart blasters. For the most part, came in as expected for only 2 boxes. Disappointed that I couldn't get at least a chrome in the 1st box, and the Yankee's cards were much less than odds. I plan on breaking 2 target blasters if they ever make it into my area...It's been so long to fully roll out Heritage that I see Topps Series 2 is out already...LOL. Anyway, as always, along wiith the box picks I included the expected pulls based on the odds and what I actually got. It's all up for trade. Will send to Ebay or COMC at the end of the month. And I included another wrapper with odds for Craig. The last one was from the jumbos. The odds are different for the blasters...which now makes sense out of the number of black backs.
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<< <i>I'm still here, actively trading with several....post your wants, i will read them! >>
He does! We just consummated our 3rd... >>
If you 2 "consummated" and I've consummated with each of you, does that mean we had some sort of card trading threesome?? >>
I think it means we're eskimo brothers. >>
or as Nick Swisher would say eskimo bros!
NEEDS:
SP: 433
Available to Trade:
SP: 434, 440, 475, 476, 488, 499
Action Image Variation: 100, 250, 500
Mini: 434 (Pedro Alvarez)
Chrome: 50, 53, 160, 170, 213, 430, 434, 449, 472, 491, 493, 495
Refractor: 213, 310, 345, 370, 459, 478
Blue Border: 407 (Wacha has bottom left corner small ding), 444 (Darvish)
Buy Backs: Pete Ward (White Sox), Al Worthington (Twins), White Sox 1965 Rookie Stars (Bruce Howard, Marv Staehle)
Blue Auto: Ted Wills (Reds)
Clubhouse Collection Base Jersey: Posey, Rondon, Bruce
Clubhouse Collection Gold: Drew Stubbs (Gray Jersey #'d 28/99)
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<< <i>I'm still here, actively trading with several....post your wants, i will read them! >>
He does! We just consummated our 3rd... >>
If you 2 "consummated" and I've consummated with each of you, does that mean we had some sort of card trading threesome?? >>
I think it means we're eskimo brothers. >>
Matt, I got the card in today's mail. Thanks!!
Thanks!
<< <i>found thread on second page, is interest fading? or has everyone already completed their goals??? I'm still debating on whether to purchase a few more wax boxes.... >>
With product coming in late, I've just started working on my set. I only have opened 4,000 cards or so and just found my first blasters while on a 4 day trip to Vegas. I should have a list up in a week or so. It seems like there is very little interest and I am not opening my case for now. Actually, I'm getting more frustrated with the whole hobby; pricing, center and quality, chances of pulling anything exciting, etc. I guess if it's not fun, well, maybe it's time...
To be honest, no direction, but...
1966-69 Topps EX+
1975 minis NrMt Kelloggs PSA 9
All Topps Heritage-Master Sets
Surprised to get 2 action SP variations, but the Jeter is horribly off center. WTF is it with the off centering this year?
SP - 8
Chrome - 2
Refractor - 1
Action SP - 2
Then & Now - 3
NAP - 2
BB FB - 2
News FB - 3
Draft - 2
Relic - 1
Not a bad box, will buy another at the next show I get to.
Wants
Base: 30, 64, 226
SPs: 433,438,454,497
Refractor: 350, 433, 497
Purple: 30, 433, 477, 497
Chrome: 433
NAP: BH, CD, CK, GS, HR, MH, MS, MT, PA, YD
BB Flashbacks: A, BG, EB, JP, WM
1965 Bazooka: 65B-CS, 65B-DJ CC
Relics (Gold): CCR-AP Pettitte, CCR-RC Cano
Blue Ink Auto: Mattingly
Trade
SPs: 427x2, 428, 430, 441, 443, 450, 461, 462, 464, 487, 489, 490
Purple: 33,50,140,150,160,216,243,269,303,320,431,431,439,446,458,464,472,480,487
Chrome: 20, 33, 160, 284, 431, 487
Mini: 320 Shelby Miller
Relic: CCR-DS Drew Stubbs
Blue Border: 284 David Wright, 468 Santana
Red Border: 330 CC Sabathia, 400 Bryce Harper, 470 Stephen Strasburg
BuyBacks: 84 Ron Herbel-SF Giants
Ad Panel: Hefner-Mets/Machado-Orioles/Richards-Angels
NAP: CG Gomez, WM Myers, XB Bogaerts, MC Cabrera
TAN: MC, MDx2, MS, RDx2, KDx2
MLB Draft: 1 Complete Set & 1 Extra NR Nolan Ryan
BB Flashbacks: RC
News Flashbacks: BC, JNx2, MA, MX, TRS, TSOMx2, VRAx2
Base: Huge list-PM for anything specific
Needs
SP: 433, 442, 449, 451, 453, 459, 460, 462, 470, 471, 479, 482, 488, 489, 497,
New Age Performers
NAP-MS Max Scherzer
NAP-PG Paul Goldschmidt
NAP-SS Stephen Strasburg
For Trade
SP: 450, 485, 494, 495,
Then and Now: CC, KK, GW
New Age: MW, MW, XB, WM
Walmart Blue : 468
Chrome: 53, 33, 454, 457, 489,
Chrome Refractor: 435, 437, 439, 444, 445
Club House Collection: DP, IN, JS, JW
In Action: 150, 284
Logo: 457
My Sandberg topps basic set
My Sandberg Topps Master set
Base -- 65 cards (no Trout which is the only base card I care about)
Inserts -- 3 cards (Gibson FB, Bench 1st Draft, Harvey NAP)
SPs -- 3 cards (459 Kinsler, 479 Pence, 485 Holland)
Blue SP -- 170 Justin Upton
So, how did I do? Maybe I should enter this blaster into a worst blaster contest. I think I'd win.
Since it can't get worse than this, I'll buy another one I'm sure.
Craig from Texas
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Did anyone pull a "throwback uni" variation? They seem tough as hell, and going for some nice coin on the 'bay. Very cool looking cards, especially the ones rocking the old Negro League teams...
Nothing from my boxes
<< <i>Bought my first blaster of the year. Might be my last. Here's the results:
Base -- 65 cards (no Trout which is the only base card I care about)
Inserts -- 3 cards (Gibson FB, Bench 1st Draft, Harvey NAP)
SPs -- 3 cards (459 Kinsler, 479 Pence, 485 Holland)
Blue SP -- 170 Justin Upton
So, how did I do? Maybe I should enter this blaster into a worst blaster contest. I think I'd win.
Since it can't get worse than this, I'll buy another one I'm sure.
Craig from Texas >>
One of my first two WalMart blasters was like that, the second had the Miggy Bazooka Mini. You definitely should have picked up a second
First pack yielded Trout, Bench 1st Draft, and a Wright mini...sweet.
Next 3 packs, not so much. Still have 2 left.
<< <i>Did anyone pull a "throwback uni" variation? They seem tough as hell, and going for some nice coin on the 'bay. Very cool looking cards, especially the ones rocking the old Negro League teams... >>
1:3,175 I think I calculated it at 35 cards per player. Technically, they should be priced below Gold Refractors, since Gold is just 5 cards per player and limited to Hobby, which also makes the odds seem better at 1:1,695. Hopefully, the prices will deflate once more get out there…although even with the Bazooka's, the auctions have still been fierce. I watched a Jeter Bazooka auction hit $51, while another at the same time was only at $36.
Anyway, extremely disappointed this didn't have a higher print run. Much prefer throwback look over the mini since mini's are the same pix as base, just smaller. ..now a mini throwback uniform card…winner all the way around for me
<< <i>Bought my first blaster of the year. Might be my last. Here's the results:
Base -- 65 cards (no Trout which is the only base card I care about)
Inserts -- 3 cards (Gibson FB, Bench 1st Draft, Harvey NAP)
SPs -- 3 cards (459 Kinsler, 479 Pence, 485 Holland)
Blue SP -- 170 Justin Upton
So, how did I do? Maybe I should enter this blaster into a worst blaster contest. I think I'd win.
Since it can't get worse than this, I'll buy another one I'm sure.
Craig from Texas >>
Yep…move along, nothing to see here...similar to my Walmart Blaster experience this year (2013 Walmart Blasters seemed to have better pulls)…Try a couple of targets next time; mine seemed pretty good (not great)…also a chance to get the Trout Red Border.
My Blaster strategy has been to buy at least three at a time if they are out there on the shelf, which equals a box of hobby. Usually get close to the hobby distribution, with 3 color variations (1 per blaster).
Figure two of the are going to have the minimum inserts and SPs and hope the third has the hit.
Haven't found or bought many this year as I still have unopened hobby and I am trying to find the time to put the set together.
<< <i>
<< <i>Did anyone pull a "throwback uni" variation? They seem tough as hell, and going for some nice coin on the 'bay. Very cool looking cards, especially the ones rocking the old Negro League teams... >>
1:3,175 I think I calculated it at 35 cards per player. Technically, they should be priced below Gold Refractors, since Gold is just 5 cards per player and limited to Hobby, which also makes the odds seem better at 1:1,695. Hopefully, the prices will deflate once more get out there…although even with the Bazooka's, the auctions have still been fierce. I watched a Jeter Bazooka auction hit $51, while another at the same time was only at $36.
Anyway, extremely disappointed this didn't have a higher print run. Much prefer throwback look over the mini since mini's are the same pix as base, just smaller. ..now a mini throwback uniform card…winner all the way around for me >>
I agree. Not sure why the "mini" is taking up room in the "hit space". Would much rather have a shot at the more interesting throwbacks.
Heck, I would rather buy heritage mini boxes on-line over the summer, instead of the current year version.
Really, what am I suppose to do with the one Heritage mini numbered to 100 I find ??
Box them up, sell them on-line, I would try to the build the set over the summer.
Needs:
#383 Ryan Doumit - only card I need to complete base set
Short Prints - I have 427, 428, 429, 430, 448, 453, 460, 461, 480. 482, 484, 494. I need all others.
Wants (Less important):
Chrome Black - Upton, Kimbrel, Heyward, Teheran
Real One Autos (red ink preferred): Chipper
PM if you can help. Thanks.
Craig from Texas
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