After being mailed 7 days ago via Priority Mail - the boxes arrived from California today. I've been anxiously awaiting these, so I am going to go ahead and start ripping the packs!
Box 1:
Topper - Cleveland Indians Stamps (Choo, Santana, Sizemore)Box 1
Toppers: Stamp Panel of the Cleveland Indians (Choo, Santana, Sizemore)
Clubhouse Collection Relic: Justin Morneau (Last Pack of Box)
SP: 433 Kyle Davies, 440 Ricky Romero, 443 Brian McCann, 454 Jose Tabata, 467 Robinson Cano, 482 Ron Gardenhire, 483 Trevor Hoffman, 496 Rookie Parade
Chrome: C2 Joe Nathan 0366/1962, C12 NL Batting Leaders (Gonzalez, Votto, Infante, Tulowitzki) 1187/1962, C53 Chris Johnson 1807/1962
Chrome Refractor: C98 Mark Teixeira 522/562
Chrome Black: C34 Paul Konerko 33/62
New Age Performers: 5 Miguel Cabrera
Baseball Flashbacks: 7 Harmon Killebrew, 9 Frank Robinson
Then and Now: 2 Robinson/Cabrera, 6 Roberts/Hernandez
News Flashbacks: 3 Mona Lisa, 8 Mets Join NL
Box 2:
Toppers: Baseball Bucks Brandon Morrow $1 (Ugh), 1962 Topps Buy Back Bob Grim (564)
Clubhouse Collection Relic: Jason Bartlett
SP: 428 Josh Willingham, 435 Huston Street, 451 Ben Revere, 473 Joe Mauer, 478 David Wright, 486 Martin Prado, 491 Torii Hunter, 498 Rookie Parade
Chrome: C15 NL Strikeout Leaders (Lincecum, Halladay, Jimenez, Wainwright) 1324/1962, C91 Dan Haren 1022/1962
Green Tint: 110 Mark Teixeira
New Age Performers: 4 Roy Halladay, 13 Robinson Cano
Then and Now: 10 Gibson/Halladay
Baseball Flashbacks: 2 Brooks Robins, 8 Warren Spahn
News Flashbacks: 1 Cuba, 10 Jackie Robinson
Not the most awe inspiring box breaks I've ever had. This is a set that I am building, so the SP and base will be useful at least. Will take out my needs and post the rest on my trade page - let me know if you have something to trade!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
No Heritage Yet - Bowman Platinum 3-Pack Retail
My 2011 Topps Heritage boxes were not here today, so I picked up a retail three pack of 2010 Bowman Platinum to rip for today. I had good success with a blaster box of these last week, so hopefully my run continues. Here are the details:
Special Refractor 3-Card Pack - Mike Trout PP5, Miguel Sano PP28, Brian Johnson USA PP38
Pack 1 - Brad Miller USA Prospect Card PP42
Pack 2 - Brad Lincoln RC, JD Martinez Prospect PP23
Pack 3 - Alex Dickerson USA Prospect Card PP33, Dayan Viciedo RC
Not much to get too excited about there - will look up the BV and add to my trade list when I get a chance. Thanks for tuning in! Update: The two purple refractors of Sano and Trout were actually decent hits - the Trout is $12.00 and the Sano is $8.00 - not bad.
Special Refractor 3-Card Pack - Mike Trout PP5, Miguel Sano PP28, Brian Johnson USA PP38
Pack 1 - Brad Miller USA Prospect Card PP42
Pack 2 - Brad Lincoln RC, JD Martinez Prospect PP23
Pack 3 - Alex Dickerson USA Prospect Card PP33, Dayan Viciedo RC
Not much to get too excited about there - will look up the BV and add to my trade list when I get a chance. Thanks for tuning in! Update: The two purple refractors of Sano and Trout were actually decent hits - the Trout is $12.00 and the Sano is $8.00 - not bad.
Monday, April 25, 2011
2010 Topps National Chicle Box Break!
Sorry for the delay - had to deal with someone breaking in to my truck today while my son was in his speech therapy session. Stole a bunch of stuff that I had sold on eBay, so I was contacting the buyers to make everything right. Anyway, without further ado;
The man in brown (UPS) dropped off a box full of goodies for me just after five o'clock my time. The box from Dave & Adams was well packed - I had ordered some supplies and they were all accounted for as well. The box of Chicle is the retail product, featuring 24 packs with six cards per pack. I started opening it, and was pleasantly surprised with the ratio of inserts in the box - it seemed like there were only two packs without a parallel or hit in them. Pretty good for a retail box at any rate. Here are the hits:
Autograph - Tobi Stoner (Mets)
Relic Card - Elvis Andrus (Rangers)
Black Umbrella - Walter Johnson (Washington) 04/25
Bazooka Backs - JJ Hardy (Twins), Mel Ott (Giants) - SP, Joel Pineiro (Angels), BJ Upton (Rays)
Chicle Backs - Michael Brantley (Indians) - SP, Buster Posey (Giants), Adrian Gonzalez (Padres), Michael Brantley (Indians), Phil Hughes (Yankees), Mickey Mantle (Yankees), Tim Lincecum (Giants)
SP Cards - Rogers Hornsby (Cardinals) 277, Walter Johnson (Washington) 290, Cy Young (Indians) 291, Ryan Zimmerman (Nationals/Expos) 309, Drew Stubbs (Reds) 316, Juan Francisco (Reds) 329
Based on the odds, I was lucky to get an auto and relic in the same box. The Black Umbrella is one per three boxes, the SP Bazooka Back is 1:100 packs, and the SP Chicle is 1:50. Not bad for a $30 retail box!
Will post some scans of cards - everything is for trade (except the Stubbs RC). Thanks!
The man in brown (UPS) dropped off a box full of goodies for me just after five o'clock my time. The box from Dave & Adams was well packed - I had ordered some supplies and they were all accounted for as well. The box of Chicle is the retail product, featuring 24 packs with six cards per pack. I started opening it, and was pleasantly surprised with the ratio of inserts in the box - it seemed like there were only two packs without a parallel or hit in them. Pretty good for a retail box at any rate. Here are the hits:
Autograph - Tobi Stoner (Mets)
Relic Card - Elvis Andrus (Rangers)
Black Umbrella - Walter Johnson (Washington) 04/25
Bazooka Backs - JJ Hardy (Twins), Mel Ott (Giants) - SP, Joel Pineiro (Angels), BJ Upton (Rays)
Chicle Backs - Michael Brantley (Indians) - SP, Buster Posey (Giants), Adrian Gonzalez (Padres), Michael Brantley (Indians), Phil Hughes (Yankees), Mickey Mantle (Yankees), Tim Lincecum (Giants)
SP Cards - Rogers Hornsby (Cardinals) 277, Walter Johnson (Washington) 290, Cy Young (Indians) 291, Ryan Zimmerman (Nationals/Expos) 309, Drew Stubbs (Reds) 316, Juan Francisco (Reds) 329
Based on the odds, I was lucky to get an auto and relic in the same box. The Black Umbrella is one per three boxes, the SP Bazooka Back is 1:100 packs, and the SP Chicle is 1:50. Not bad for a $30 retail box!
Will post some scans of cards - everything is for trade (except the Stubbs RC). Thanks!
Friday, April 22, 2011
2011 Topps Retail 4-Pack - Good Friday Sparkle MOJO!
Just grabbed one of these at the grocery store to have a little break today - this is the retail four pack hanger that comes with a Diamond Giveaway card on the front. I like these for a few of reasons:
1 - Nobody has mangled the packs trying to feel for game used or whatever.
2 - The Diamond Giveaway - A chance for a 1987 Topps common - You bet!
3 - I seem to have pretty decent luck with these - having pulled 2 SP cards out of 3-4 of these.
4 - They added 4 more cards - so each pack is a 12 card pack.
So, without further ado, here is my first pack break on my blog!
Opening the retail packaging, the Diamond Giveaway features Derek Jeter - I will enter the codes at the end and share my fabulous prize with you all at that time.
Pack 1: Pedro Alvarez RC (no RC logo), Ichiro, Topps 60 Neftali Feliz, History of Topps #7 - 1989 Bowman, Topps Town Adrian Gonzalez, Ryan Braun - the rest were commons.
Pack 2: Diamond Parallel Clayton Kershaw, 60 Years of Topps Cliff Lee, Topps Town Josh Hamilton, nothing too exciting outside the Kershaw.
Pack 3: I let my five year old handle this one - he pulled Kyle Drabek RC, Zack Greinke SPARKLE SP!!!, Kimball Champions Mat Latos, Topps Town Troy Tulowitzki, Hanley Ramirez. I need to let him open more packs, he opened his first ever pack a few months ago and pulled a game used from a box of 2010 Topps Update.
Pack 4: Joey Votto, Yonder Alonso RC, 60 Years Stan Musial Original Back, Jeter/Cano Diamond Duos, Topps Town Roy Halladay, Roy Halladay
Diamond Giveaway Code: I will have to check later, looks like they are having technical difficulties.
Not a bad hit out of a retail pack - will be adding the inserts and what not to my trade page shortly. Thanks for tuning in!
1 - Nobody has mangled the packs trying to feel for game used or whatever.
2 - The Diamond Giveaway - A chance for a 1987 Topps common - You bet!
3 - I seem to have pretty decent luck with these - having pulled 2 SP cards out of 3-4 of these.
4 - They added 4 more cards - so each pack is a 12 card pack.
So, without further ado, here is my first pack break on my blog!
Opening the retail packaging, the Diamond Giveaway features Derek Jeter - I will enter the codes at the end and share my fabulous prize with you all at that time.
Pack 1: Pedro Alvarez RC (no RC logo), Ichiro, Topps 60 Neftali Feliz, History of Topps #7 - 1989 Bowman, Topps Town Adrian Gonzalez, Ryan Braun - the rest were commons.
Pack 2: Diamond Parallel Clayton Kershaw, 60 Years of Topps Cliff Lee, Topps Town Josh Hamilton, nothing too exciting outside the Kershaw.
Pack 3: I let my five year old handle this one - he pulled Kyle Drabek RC, Zack Greinke SPARKLE SP!!!, Kimball Champions Mat Latos, Topps Town Troy Tulowitzki, Hanley Ramirez. I need to let him open more packs, he opened his first ever pack a few months ago and pulled a game used from a box of 2010 Topps Update.
Pack 4: Joey Votto, Yonder Alonso RC, 60 Years Stan Musial Original Back, Jeter/Cano Diamond Duos, Topps Town Roy Halladay, Roy Halladay
Diamond Giveaway Code: I will have to check later, looks like they are having technical difficulties.
Not a bad hit out of a retail pack - will be adding the inserts and what not to my trade page shortly. Thanks for tuning in!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Contest Time!
I've decided to go ahead and post a contest for folks who follow my blog. The rules are simply that you must become a follower of my blog - post your name in the comments under this post. Pretty simple process!
The Prize: One Target Retail 2011 Topps Heritage 3 Pack Blister - you get 3 retail packs of Heritage as well as a 3 card pack of the black borders which have a nice BV!
To find out more about this product - Topps Heritage
The Prize: One Target Retail 2011 Topps Heritage 3 Pack Blister - you get 3 retail packs of Heritage as well as a 3 card pack of the black borders which have a nice BV!
To find out more about this product - Topps Heritage
Upcoming Box Breaks
Hopefully this is the first of many blog posts about my favorite hobby - collecting baseball cards. I'll be posting box breaks as well as posting random ramblings about the hobby in general. So, sit back - grab a frosty beverage of choice - and enjoy!
Incoming boxes for breaks:
2010 Topps National Chicle (Retail) - Hey, it was cheap! - ETA: April 25th
2011 Topps Heritage Hobby - 2 Box Break! - ETA: Early next week
Incoming boxes for breaks:
2010 Topps National Chicle (Retail) - Hey, it was cheap! - ETA: April 25th
2011 Topps Heritage Hobby - 2 Box Break! - ETA: Early next week
STAY TUNED!
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