2007 Topps 52 Rookies

zep33 · December 8, 2007 8:55AM

Went for a box of these today and pulled a sweet card

#32/52

rest of the box was decent but nothing spectacular
Dice-K
Okajima
Dynamic Duo - Dice-k/Okajima

autos were
Brian Esposito
Troy Cate
Tyler Clippard redemption

rube26105 · December 8, 2007 10:53AM

i bought 2 cases last year ,got one set with short print complete from 2 cases,hope they are beter this year,i sure aint buying any,the sps last year sucked bad!

kmnorton · December 8, 2007 3:55PM

Looks like you paid for your box (and then some). I just sold a base card of his from the set for $7.50)

joestalin · December 8, 2007 4:51PM

zep..nice pull..is it for trade?

Thanks
Kevin

rube26105 · December 8, 2007 4:53PM

sure hope the allocatin is better than than last year,if any rookies do any good out of it i set though lol- 2 caes and i only got 3 gold cards out of em all

TNP777 · December 8, 2007 5:13PM

The pattern continues. Zep buys box, Zep pulls sweet card. Rinse and repeat.

Nice card, btw.

zep33 · December 8, 2007 10:23PM

I get plenty of crappy boxes of stuff too. I pulled a lot of nice stuff this year though.

I did only buy 1 box of this though and pretty much got what I wanted. Not sure if I'll try to put the set together though.

Keeping the Elsbury, first card I got of him and being a Sox fan, pretty happy pulling that one. Also one of the best chrome card condition wise I've seen. No bumps, scrapes or anything on it

I see #6 is on ebay right now at $34.00 with a day left.

nam812 · December 8, 2007 10:26PM

Zep sell it on eBay now while that set is in play, then buy it back in 6 months for 25% of what you sold it for.

zep33 · December 23, 2007 12:11AM

If anyone is working on this set, I have lots of dupes and they are actually sorted
Bought 5 boxes so far and have 1 more to crack later today sometime

pulled some more cool stuff besides the red auto of Casilla and Gold Ellsbury

#14/20 Debut Ticket Stub card of Juston Upton
Phil Hughes auto redemption
Gold #02/52 Kyle Kendrick
2 sequentially numbered Joba Chamberlain Chrome #s 1122 and 1123/1952 from same box

still need a few SPs and variations but wont bother with a list until I'm done opening

Leiascards · December 23, 2007 12:31AM

Does Will Middlebrooks have a card in this set? May be listed as William if he is..

zep33 · December 23, 2007 1:03AM

here's the checklist. I don't see his name on it

Leiascards · December 23, 2007 1:08AM

Thanks. I don't think Will qualifies under the new rules for that set and being a fifth round pick he may get overlooked by a few manufacturers. He was projected as a top 20 pick though but his signability was an issue.

nam812 · December 23, 2007 7:52AM

I bought a blaster today at Target and I kinda like it. Got a rookie chrome (Patterson), a debut flashback chrome (Posada), a Mantle that looks like its snowing in the background, and 2 Lincecums in the same pack (one being the pose variation). What are the guarantees in the hobby version, and what are they going for per hobby box?

zep33 · December 23, 2007 9:04AM

Another great set. I paid 75 for my Hobby Boxes. I'm sure they are around cheaper - 20 pack boxes
3 autos per box

pulled another red auto from my last box

and the Upton ticket from an earlier box

nam812 · December 23, 2007 9:15AM

Hey Zep, did you ever find that card you misplaced?

rube26105 · December 23, 2007 9:17AM

do backs look just lie 2006 ones???????the fronts are the same, have less in em this year anyways, not going to buy ,want allen & ginter,when they coming out nick?????

Blackborder · December 23, 2007 9:19AM

<< <i> ,want allen & ginter,when they coming out nick????? >>

Late July, if they follow the schedule from the last 2 years.

mudflap02 · December 23, 2007 9:34AM

That Cherry auto sells pretty well - should get around $20-$25 for it. He is the only blue auto in Group C I believe.

zep33 · December 23, 2007 9:47AM

no the missing card hasn't reappeared yet

mudflap, I have 2 extra blue autos so far

Ben Francisco
Cory Doyne

OnlyThe10s · December 23, 2007 11:43AM

Hey Zep,

I'd be interested in the Dice-K, Okajima, and the Dynamic Duo - Dice-k/Okajima cards if you'r elooking to sell.

Please let me know.

zep33 · December 23, 2007 11:54AM

sorry bud, I'm looking for the same ones

OnlyThe10s · December 23, 2007 11:56AM

Cool man

BunchOBull · January 4, 2008 9:32AM

Just got in from the holiday, I've been absent for awhile, but I'm pretty much back and ready to enjoy the hobby now that the season is over.

Happy New Year to everyone! May it be blessed.

Just picked up a blaster box of these to check them out. I like the design, but the SPs are apparently killer.

Here are the highlights from my 8 packs:

Goot · January 4, 2008 9:45AM

I love to take any Braves or Rays off of your hands if you guys aren't trying for the set. Let me know.

rube26105 · January 5, 2008 5:05AM

the sps are killer, i bought 2 cases of hobby boxes last yesr,got one set with sps, and still had to buy cards off ebay to comeplete it, imnot messing with em this tear, do the backs looks different than last years??

Goot · January 5, 2008 6:58AM

I opened a few packs of these today from walmart. Other than what I want, I wouldn't mind trading off the few extras I have for Braves or Rays.

I have

Dewon Day (CWS) #141
Sean Barker (COL) #22
Nate Schierholtz (SFG) #18
Brian Buscher (MIN) #162
Vinny Rottino (MIL) #94
Jamie Vermilyea (TOR) #69
Travis Metcalf (TEX) #49
Jeff Fiorentino (BAL) #212
Craig Stansberry (SD) #197
Dynamic Duos- AZ Diamondbacks: Juston Upton and Mark Reynolds- DD7

mudflap02 · January 5, 2008 7:05AM

I'm doing the auto set this year as well. I only opened 1 pack - got the same Matt Brown auto from a $6 pack at the local money pit, and quit while I ws "ahead." Blaster boxes seem to have about 1 auto per on average, but I haven't seen anything other than commons pulled from them. Still, getting a nice on-card Topps auto in a $20 box is always fun.

zep33 · January 5, 2008 7:22AM

I've got some extra autos for trade:

Alexi Casilla
Ryan Budde
Darren Clarke
Mike Zagurski
Brian Barden
Mathew Brown
Jensen Lewis
Joseph Bisenius
Cory Doyne
Phil Dumatrait
Ben Francisco (x3)

looking for autos I don't have, Dice-K stuff or Red Sox GU

nam812 · January 12, 2008 10:02AM

Anyone have the SP checklist?

zep33 · January 12, 2008 10:40AM

BASE CARD SHORT PRINTS
#208 Andy Cannizaro New York Yankees SS
#209 Travis Chick Seattle Mariners P
#210 Francisco Cruceta Texas Rangers P
#211 Jose Diaz Kansas City Royals P
#212 Jeff Fiorentino Baltimore Orioles OF
# 213 Tim Gradoville Philadelphia Phillies C
# 214 Kevin Hooper Detroit Tigers 2B
#215 Philip Humber New York Mets P
#216 Juan Lara Cleveland Indians P
#217 Mitch Maier Kansas City Royals OF
#218 Juan Morillo Colorado Rockies P
#219 A.J. Murray Texas Rangers P
#220 Chris Narveson St. Louis Cardinals P
#221 Oswaldo Navarro Seattle Mariners SS
#22 John Nelson St. Louis Cardinals SS

That last one #22 I'm not sure about. It's not card #22 and there are only 221 cards on the checklist. Looks like they mistyped it and it should be 222 but I haven't seen the card yet

Photo (Full Body Action) Variation Short Print
#5, Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies SS
#20, Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers 3B
#30, Hunter Pence, Houston Astros OF
#50, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Boston Red Sox P
#70, Delmon Young, Tampa Bay Devil Rays OF
#100, Hideki Okajima, Boston Red Sox P
#130, Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants P
#150,Phil Hughes, New York Yankees P
#170, Justin Upton, Arizona Diamondbacks OF
#190,Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees P

CDsNuts · January 12, 2008 10:52AM

You think Topps is milking this "1952 design" thing for all it's worth?

zep33 · January 12, 2008 10:56AM

Well, I like milk

CDsNuts · January 12, 2008 11:07AM

You won't be saying that in 2015 after like 15 straight years of having the '52 design pushed down your throat. The card companies have an unbelievable ability to take a good idea and force it down our throats until we're tired of it.

GU cards, refractors, #d cards, parallels, holograms, redemptions, errors.......

Guru · January 12, 2008 1:35PM

I'm not sure if I'm going to collect these in the long term when I can drum up some entertainment money, but the wife picked up a pack for me tonight. I pulled this card. 29/52.

Pretty cool card.

zep33 · January 12, 2008 9:59PM

nice pull, I only managed to pull 3 gold cards out of about 12 boxes.

Not bad at all for 1 pack

joestalin · January 15, 2008 4:33AM

I bought 7 packs of this stuff. If anyone needs anything let me know. I have a #190 but it isn't Joba...is this an error?

Thanks
Kevin

DavidPuddy · January 15, 2008 5:23AM

Kevin,

The paper checklist that came in my blaster lists Joba as card 201,

I'm trying to put together a base set of this stuff for cheap. Let me know what you want for your 7 packs. (if you're not going to keep them)

Terry

joestalin · January 15, 2008 5:27AM

Terry

Any chromes or autos for trade?

Kevin

DavidPuddy · January 15, 2008 5:47AM

As of today I've only been able to buy two blasters and 6 hang pack, so my inventory is small.
No auto's, but I do have several of the cards that are numbered to /1952
TRCR51 Shane Youman 0013/1952
TRCR82 Jon Knott 0660/1952
DFC7 Paul Lo Duca 0263/1952

Terry

zep33 · January 15, 2008 7:51AM

The regular Joba is #201. The SP variation Joba is #190. Some other guy is also 190 but that one is just a common

BunchOBull · January 15, 2008 4:08PM

So I stopped by a Target off of 610 West in Houston this evening, and grabbed a few loose pack of 52 Rookies. Nothing special, but I did pull a Tejada Debut Flashback (DF8) card.

Here is the thing, is this an uncorrected error card?

If I remember correctly, the other Debut Flashback cards I have back east in Georgia lack the "Rookie Card" logo under the "52 Topps" logo, but the Tejada says "Rookie Card." Obviously this isn't a rookie card, any info on it?

mudflap02 · January 15, 2008 4:17PM

It's a uncorrected error. They added the RC logo to the Tejada Debut Flashback, but somehow forgot to add it to the ENTIRE rookie autograph checklist. At first I thought this might be to skirt the new RC rules somehow, but the 2006 autos had the logo.

BunchOBull · January 15, 2008 5:32PM

I figured it was nothing special, but wanted to make sure. Thanks for the info.

DavidPuddy · January 23, 2008 12:23AM

see below

DavidPuddy · January 27, 2008 1:50AM

Does anyone know what picture is harder to find in the short prints that have two differents pictures?
Is it the Pose, or the Action shot that's harder to find?
For some reason I have been getting a lot of the action shots.
Thanks

rpcoletrane · January 27, 2008 2:03AM

Its actually the action shots that are the SPs, so thats a good thing for you!! Your cards are going out tomorrow!

DavidPuddy · January 27, 2008 2:38AM

Thanks for the answer.

Is it typical to get less than mint cards in modern packs?
I bought a blaster last night and I got a lot of cards that have ticked (chipped) corners. In fact, I looked over the other cards I have and I bet about 30% have at least one chiped corner. I don't plan on getting them graded, but I would expect better condition right out of the box.

Is anyone doing the refractors?

rpcoletrane · January 27, 2008 3:03AM

Did you get any extra Troy Tulowitzkis?? Yes, the cards are condition sensitive, as are the Bowman Heritage this year.

DavidPuddy · January 27, 2008 3:22AM

Nope, Just pulled my first one the other day.

mrbecker712 · January 27, 2008 3:40AM

Any Braves extras?

DavidPuddy · February 1, 2008 1:13AM

My new trade list for anyone who wants to trade.
I'm down to all SP's! Trading in your favor to finish the set.

Need(21):
202:John Nelson
208:Andy Cannizaro
209:Travis Chick
210:Francisco Cruceta
211:Jose Diaz
215

hilip Humber
216:Juan Lara
218:Juan Morillo
220:Chris Narvason
221

swaldo Navarro

Alternate Action Pose: 100(Okajima), 150(Hughes), 190(Charmberlin),

DD3(Kendrick, Bourn), DD4(Young, Dukes), DD13(Miller, Maybin)

DF7(Pasada), DF10(Cordero), DF12(Lo Duca), DF14(Ordonez), DF15(Edmonds),

Have To Trade:

1x2, 7x3, 10x2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17x2, 18, 20(Pose), 21, 23, 24, 26x3, 28, 29x3, 30(Pose x2), 34, 35, 39x3, 41, 42, 43x3, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 55, 57x2, 60, 61x2, 62x3, 63x3, 66, 69, 70(pose), 72, 73x2, 74x3, 75, 78x2, 80, 81x3, 82x2, 84x2, 85, 90x2, 92, 94, 96x2, 97x2, 98x2, 99, 101x2, 102, 103, 104x2, 105x2, 107x2, 109x3, 110, 111, 113, 114, 116, 118, 119x2, 120x2, 122x3, 123, 124, 125x2, 127x3, 128, 129x4, 132, 133x2, 134, 137x2, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142x2, 143, 144x3, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149x2, 150, 152, 153x3, 154, 155x3, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162x3, 165x2, 166x2, 167, 168, 171, 172, 173x2, 175, 176, 178, 179, 180x2, 181x2, 183x3, 184, 186, 188x2, 190, 192x2, 193x2, 194x2, 195, 196, 197x3, 203x2, 204, 205, 206,

DD6x3, DD7x2, DD8

DF5x2, DF6, DF9x2, DF13,

Chrome/1952: 8, 14, 25, 29, 38, 51, 55, 57, 63, 70, 71x2, 76, 82, 88, DFC1, DFC4, DFC7,

Refractors/552: 8, 9, 21, 39x2, 41, 47, 52, 63,

Alternate Action Pose: 170(Upton)

2007 Topps 52 Rookies

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