WANTED: Suggestions on what to rip (Too late, I made my decision) UPDATE: SCANS ADDED

XanaduNow · October 17, 2006 7:27AM

So I got that feeling. You know the feeling. I want to rip something. But what?

I've been cruising the BBCE website for the past 30 minutes and can't seem to make up my mind. I'm not looking to go crazy ... somewhere in the $100 - $150 range. I'd like it to be in the 80s since my dollar won't go nearly as far before that and I'm not too interested in anything after that. I can't seem to decide if I want to spend it all on on decent wax box or just break it up over a bunch of lesser wax boxes. I'm looking at baseball, football and basketball. Maybe even mixing sports.

Anybody got any suggestions? Any input is appreciated and, of course, there will be scans when the wax is burned.

Arthur

ArnyVee · October 17, 2006 7:33AM

1985 Topps Football! If none available, go for 1984 Donruss baseball!

XanaduNow · October 17, 2006 7:35AM

<< <i>1985 Topps Football! If none available, go for 1984 Donruss baseball!

>>

I saw this coming from a mile away Arny.

Yes, I am eyeing them both. Steve Hart doesn't presently have any '85 FB boxes but the '84 Donruss is intriguing.

Arthur

jimq112 · October 17, 2006 7:36AM

misprint?

These probably aren't popular but if you can get them graded as tall boys? I'm sure it's a mistake.

lawnmowerman · October 17, 2006 7:38AM

How about 1988 Topps baseball! Loaded with great rc's and kinda hard to get being that the production run was limited to 100 billion copies of each card.

Just a thought

matt

lawnmowerman · October 17, 2006 7:41AM

Actually, '85 donruss baseball , '84 Fleer baseball or '84 Donruss sound good.

Guru · October 17, 2006 8:10AM

I would prefer anything '89 because I'm a huge Griffey Jr. fan, but I think '87 was a good year too! I like the style of the "84 Topps also.

ArnyVee · October 17, 2006 8:10AM

If not '84 Donruss, then '85 Donruss sure would be a nice one. Imagine pulling a nice Clemens or Puckett rookie? 2nd year cards of Joe Carter or Don Mattingly, plus 3rd year cards of Sandberg, Boggs & Gwynn. Not too shabby.

But, I would definitely push for '84 Donruss.

XanaduNow · October 17, 2006 8:19AM

Arny, you're a fiend.

I'm torn between two paths. I either drop it all on a one box (in which case it'll be one of '84 Don, '85 Don or '85 Topps FB (Dave & Adam's Card World has 'em although I've never bought from them and I'm a little skeptical) or I'll try to yank as many boxes out of it as I can on just low-grade stuff I like (ie. 1 each of the following: '86 Donruss, '87 Donruss, '87 Topps FB, '88 Topps FB, '88 Fleer, '86 Topps baseball))).

Decisions decisions.

Arthur

Boopotts · October 17, 2006 8:20AM

It depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to break something and submit cards for grading spend $100 on oddball stuff. Fun Foods buttons, Donruss Pop Ups, etc. In other words, stuff with low pops. If you just want to break something and build a set then obviously just buy whatever you enjoy.

ArnyVee · October 17, 2006 8:42AM

If you want to have lots of rippin' going on...then, go for the small stuff. But, keep in mind that you're either going to have to send in lots of that stuff to make up for the money spent or get lucky with some oddball player collectors out there (Umm...I'm one of them

) or have a shot at some of the most beautiful cards of the last 20+ years ('84 Donruss

).....the choice seems easy.

blindflyer · October 17, 2006 8:44AM

Arthur,

If you do go with '84 Donruss, I'm building a high grade, well-centered, raw set.

I'd love to get my hands on some of your leftovers

-t

ArnyVee · October 17, 2006 8:58AM

t,

I've got some leftovers....do you have a list?

80sJunkie · October 17, 2006 9:01AM

I feel for you art after looking at all those packs i just boxed and shipped for the 80s break i need a break
Im about to break the seal on a bottle of johnny walker gold and 4 boxes of 83 opc.

XanaduNow · October 17, 2006 9:07AM

Torn, like an old sweater.

I've gone from '85 Donruss to '84 Fleer, back to '84 Donruss and no I'm eyeing that '85 Fleer. I sure would love to pull a nice Clemens from that stuff. I wish Steve Hart had some '85 Topps football so I could spend even more time flip-flopping back-and-forth.

Arthur

tennesseebanker · October 17, 2006 9:11AM

86 and 87 Donruss will give you lots of ripping pleasure. As will 84 Topps and 82 Football. Of course I am going for Quantity here as well as quality.

I think all of the above would rank high on the ole' Rip o' Matic scale.

digicat · October 17, 2006 9:48AM

1988 Score rack case = $27. I picked one of those up recently. Loads of fun to rip. I pulled 7 Glavines, 4 of which are 10-worthy. I tried to get my wife in on this with me, but not being a baseball girl, she opened one pack, got bored, and picked up a book to read. The cat had fun though. The cat made a nest out of the rack case and all the rack wrapers I tossed in.

Edit to say....

I've been checking out the BBCE site as well, they've got a rack case of 88 Fleer for under $50. That might be fun.

larryallen73 · October 17, 2006 10:02AM

'81 Donruss is cheap and quite fun in my opinion!

NewJerseyMeatHook · October 17, 2006 10:43AM

'81-'83 Fleer. Fun and relatively inexpensive. Lots of HOFers.

CDsNuts · October 17, 2006 10:50AM

I think 82 Topps FB wax gives you bang for your buck. LT, Lott, Collinsworth and Munoz RCs with Montana 2nd year, Bradshaw, Payton, Dorsett.....

Lee

Blackborder · October 17, 2006 11:02AM

I just got a 1985 Topps football box that I should have before the weekend. My first rip. I hope to get some gradable cards.

XanaduNow · October 17, 2006 11:05AM

Lee, normally that's exactly where I'd go but that was my last rip.

Blackborder, where did you get it (if you don't mind me asking)?

Arthur

Blackborder · October 17, 2006 11:08AM

I got it on ebay. I did a little reading here beforehand and avoided the "remainder" boxes with the black marks. Hopefully it will be a fresh box but with ebay, you never know.

XanaduNow · October 17, 2006 12:41PM

Okay, the verdict is in. I call this the "Nonexpensive no chance at pulling a money card but it sure will be fun to rip and reminisce" rip. Or, my "NNCAPAMCBISWBFTRAR" rip for short.

Products (Edit)
4 x 1984 Donruss Baseball Unopened Wax Pack $20.00 (never ripped this stuff before, should be fun

)
1 x 1986 Topps Baseball Unopened Rack Box $18.00 (A Red Sox team set along with some Goodens would be nice)
1 x 1988 Fleer Baseball Unopened Rack Box $16.00 (I always loved this set design as a kid, the McGwire photo, Greenwell, Burks, Grace RC, HOFers galore)
1 x 1988 Topps Football Unopened Wax Box $12.00 (Bo & Boz ... nuff said)
4 x 1987 Topps Football Unopened Rack Pack $10.00 (Cunningham, Flutie, and a sweet Rice photo)
1 x 1981 Topps Baseball Unopened Rack Pack $6.00 (always loved the design)
3 x 1984 Fleer Baseball Unopened Cello Pack $10.50 (Boggs and Mattingly)
2 x 1985 Donruss Baseball Unopened Rack Pack $16.00 (Clemens ... of course)

Grand total: 211 packs (counting the racks as 3 packs)

Not bad for $108. These should keep me busy for a while. I just hope these show up before the complete 80s rip.

Arthur

Ahmanfan · October 17, 2006 1:14PM

I am not sure how expensive it is, but '83 topps bb seems fun with those HOF rookies.

80sJunkie · October 17, 2006 1:28PM

nah i like the 83 opc better still got gwynn sandberg rc and riopken and ryan boxes are half the price of 83 topps

jradke4 · October 17, 2006 2:22PM

i have never had a problem with dave and adam's

Stone193 · October 17, 2006 2:29PM

No brainer

Case of 92UD BB!

Cubby · October 17, 2006 4:30PM

"i have never had a problem with dave and adam's"
I have.

NickM · October 17, 2006 4:34PM

I would have gone for '81 Donruss, '81 Fleer, and '81 Fleer Star Stickers for the price, but I'm weird that way.

Nick

RemynSkyler · October 17, 2006 11:42PM

<< <i>Okay, the verdict is in. I call this the "Nonexpensive no chance at pulling a money card but it sure will be fun to rip and reminisce" rip. Or, my "NNCAPAMCBISWBFTRAR" rip for short.

Products (Edit)
4 x 1984 Donruss Baseball Unopened Wax Pack $20.00 (never ripped this stuff before, should be fun

)
1 x 1986 Topps Baseball Unopened Rack Box $18.00 (A Red Sox team set along with some Goodens would be nice)
1 x 1988 Fleer Baseball Unopened Rack Box $16.00 (I always loved this set design as a kid, the McGwire photo, Greenwell, Burks, Grace RC, HOFers galore)
1 x 1988 Topps Football Unopened Wax Box $12.00 (Bo & Boz ... nuff said)
4 x 1987 Topps Football Unopened Rack Pack $10.00 (Cunningham, Flutie, and a sweet Rice photo)
1 x 1981 Topps Baseball Unopened Rack Pack $6.00 (always loved the design)
3 x 1984 Fleer Baseball Unopened Cello Pack $10.50 (Boggs and Mattingly)
2 x 1985 Donruss Baseball Unopened Rack Pack $16.00 (Clemens ... of course)

Grand total: 211 packs (counting the racks as 3 packs)

Hi Arthur,

I like the 1981 Topps Baseball design too for some reason. About 2 months ago I pulled a 1981 Topps PSA 10 Nolan Ryan from a rack pack from BBCE so good luck! If you like basketball try an east box of 1981 Topps Basketball. I just ripped open a wax box yesterday from BBCE and I think I did pretty good, but I guess I will really find out when I get them graded. The 1986 Topps Baseball is tough though. I also bought a rack box and really did not have one card I felt should be graded. Those black borders are a b_tch!

Mark

Mark

Not bad for $108. These should keep me busy for a while. I just hope these show up before the complete 80s rip.

Arthur >>

XanaduNow · October 18, 2006 12:53AM

If I get cards worthy of being graded that will be a bonus. This is more of a trip down memory lane (especially with the '86-'88 stuff) and I'm just looking to pull the cards that were big to pull upon release for old time's sake. Plus, I'm hoping the ripping and sorting and holdering will keep me assuaged when the complete 80s rip packs show up at my door.

I'll post scans when I rip.

Arthur

XanaduNow · October 22, 2006 10:36AM

The box arrived Saturday. Everything seemed fine so I started to rip and then I realized I had gotten an '88 Fleer Cello box instead of a rack box. While this isn't a big deal at all (let's face it, we're still talking '88 Fleer here folks) the 24 packs I missed out on will come into play.

Overall I am very pleased. As of right now I haven't ripped the '86 Topps rack box yet but I can say for sure -- not as if there were ever any doubt -- that the box was completely unsearched. I pulled the racks out to inspect the cards visible and found numerous HOFers (Rose on Top. Ryan on Top, Ripken on Top, Rose on Back). The process of going through the '86s will be more time-consuming than the others since I'll be looking for any possible graded cards, even with the commons.

Back to the rip ...

I had a blast ripping the '88 Topps FB. I didn't pull a Bo Jackson RC

but I got just about everything else. I had forgotten about Okoye and his RC as well as a certain Super Bowl standout Timmy Smith's RC. Talk about a trip down memory lane. I still remember watching that Redskins SB with my Dad and we were awed by the offensive display put on by them.

'88 Topps FB

I have absolutely no complaints with my 4 '87 Topps rack packs. I'd say I got some pretty nice pulls considering I only spent $10 on 12 packs. A Cunningham RC, Flutie RC, Kelly RC, Herschel Walker RC as well as second-year cards of Smith and White. Very happy

'87 Topps FB

The '88 Fleer Baseball was purchased for two reasons ... 1.) I love the design of these. Bright white with the red and blue striped running through horizontally, very patriotic. I love that soft white frosting on the top edge of all the photos for it to blend in with the card. Big fan. 2.) I wanted to pull four cards ... Greenwell, Burks, Grace RC and McGwire. I didn't get a Burks (I'm sure they're sitting in that rack box I was supposed to get instead

) but I did pull a Greenwell and Grace RC ...

And a McGwire ...

The '81 Topps and '84 Donruss I am really happy with because I only got very little of the stuff. One rack of the '81 and just 4 packs of the '84 ... I'd say I did alright for player selection. I never had an '81 Topps Henderson so that was a great pull! Same can be said about the '84 Donruss Strawberry RC. These were a lot of fun to open and I can see why so many people collect the '84 Donruss sets ... really beautiful cards.

'81 Topps Baseball and '84 Donruss Baseball

I started to notice a trend with a lot of the cards I were pulling. This rip would have been a monster one to have at an earlier time for a lot fo these cards. The '88 Fleer Grace RC had its moments in the sun. The '84 Donruss Strawberry was a monster card back in the day before his legal troubles. But this next Rated Rookie was a real blast from the past. I had forgotten all about this guy. The infamous Danny Tartabul Rated Rookie. I had fun opening the pack and finding this inside. Also, another Henderson a few more HOFers

'85 Donruss and '84 Fleer

Whew. Well that did it for that portion of the rip. Now I'll begin the arduous process of ripping all the '86 Topps and getting disappointed when I see those centering/border issues. I'll post again when I finish that rip.

Arthur

tennesseebanker · October 22, 2006 10:42AM

Not bad for a white boy !

Swet cards arthur!

Bosox1976 · October 22, 2006 11:38AM

That 84D Murray is a beauty.

XanaduNow · October 22, 2006 12:07PM

These '86 Topps are absolutely brutal. None of my "star" cards I would submit to PSA and the nicest condition ones still haven't even been opened yet. I think I'll leave that Ryan, Rose and Ripken in their packages just because they look nicer and I doubt I would submit them. The one thing that chaps my saddles is that I didn't pull a single Clemens or Boggs. I've half a dozen Pascual Perez that are all 90/10 T/B but I couldn't pull one single Clemens just for my personal collection. Grrr...

I've got a stack of about 50 cards out of the rack box that look as though their centering is at least in the ballpark (8+). I'll go through them tomorrow with a loupe and eliminate 98% of 'em for various other problems. Hopefully I can pull 1 or 2 cards that have a shot at a 10.

The only question left to ask myself is what do I rip next?

'86 Topps Baseball

The best of the ... well ... uhh ... "the best"

Arthur

tennesseebanker · October 22, 2006 1:08PM

Arthur, The 86 Topps can be brutal ! If the centering doesnt get you then those top black borders will. I busted an 86 Topps case earlier this year and it was fun for the money. If I remember correctly that 86 Seaver if graded high may bring you some $$

RipublicaninMass · October 22, 2006 1:49PM

wow I forgot tartabull's rc was 85 donruss...he didnt make it to topps unitl 1987!

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