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Preview: 2012 Topps Tribute Baseball

  By Sports Card Blog | March 7, 2012 - 5:37 pm |
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Coming up in a few days is the higher end Topps baseball product that brings you the Hall of Famers and legends like never before. With newly signed players to Topps like rookie Yu Darvish and future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., you’ll have some new Topps autographs to go after.

Either of those players aren’t your cup of tea? This $320 per box product also features autographs from the great Sandy Koufax, Willy Mays, Albert Pujols, and Hank Aaron. In fact, I’m impressed with the majority of the autographed checklist. I mean, look at this checklist, it’s solid.

While the game used jersey cards aren’t that impressing, I mean it’s a $320 product with plain jersey swatches, they look to be sort of a filler to the pretty impressive autographed checklist. Did I mention yet these are all on-card autographs?

With 3 autographs and 3 game used relics per box, it’s a risky buy at $320 as this product is kind of hit or miss for the most part. But with an impressive on-card autograph checklist, if you can afford it, it looks like a very fun break. If you do wish to try it out, good luck to you!

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Bustin’ Blasters: 2012 Topps Series I Baseball

  By Sports Card Blog | March 2, 2012 - 3:52 pm |
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It’s time for another round of Bustin’ Blasters!

This time, we will be opening a blaster of 2012 Topps Series I baseball…and a bonus of a retail fat pack! Oooooh. (Or whatever they are called.)

So I ripped into a blaster and a fat packy retail thing in search of…well I wasn’t really searching for anything. Red Sox cards? Trade bait? So a little bit of both. Instead, I really just got some set fillers and my bonus commemorative patch.

And trying to hide from Yankees cards has proven to be extremely difficult. Too many Yankees for my liking. But all in all, ripping packs is fun so it was fun. Here is a sampling of what you might find in your retail or retail fatty packs.

(And if you don’t know what the base looks like by now, check out what I got in my mini-break of half a jumbo hobby box.)

 

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Preview: 2012 Topps Archives Baseball

  By Sports Card Blog | January 7, 2012 - 6:59 pm |
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I was planning on writing a different preview for today, but with the news that we were selected as a must follow on Twitter by Top Prospect Alert, we are going to treat you all with some information about 2012 Topps Archives baseball.

Topps is bringing back the former brand that was last released in 2002 in order to change the game a bit this season with their roster of products. Archives will rehash some of the popular old Topps designs and include today’s players and some all-time fan favorites.

Speaking of fan favorites, inside each 24 pack hobby box will include 2 Fan Favorites autographed cards from popular players of the past. You may also find full memorabilia pieces as redemptions in this product as well. Imagine pulling a redemption for a full game used jersey of one of your favorite players from today or the past? Great move there by Topps as that is something I’ve been advocating for years.

The base set will feature 200 players from today and years past on four different previous Topps designs, (’54, ’71, ’80, & ’84) all prior to my birth. You will also find Fan Favorites inserts and even some relics of game used jerseys or bat pieces embedded into the cards from former stars and today’s stars.

Of course, everyone will want to know who some of the players that will be signing for this product. How about Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Pujols, Justin Verlander, Sandy Koufax, Hank Aaron, Yaz, Johnny Bench, and more Hall of Famers and past and presents stars.

When Topps started talking about changing the game this season, we had no idea what we were in for. If this product comes out as hot as it looks, be prepared for more great offerings from Topps this year. Be ready on May 23, 2012, right before MLB action starts really heating up and save up your coin as it will close around $86.

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January 2012 Sports Trading Card Releases

  By Sports Card Blog | December 31, 2011 - 6:45 pm |
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January is here and with that comes a new year. 2012. The year of the end of the world. Maybe it will be for some of us, but the rest of us will carry on and continue to collect our trading cards. Want to know what’s coming out this month and my excitement level? You’ve come to the right place.

Baseball:

2012 Topps Series I baseball – January 31, 2012 – $59 – 8/10

Baseball is back! Topps’ first product of the season hits stores at the end of the month. This time, featuring the Gold Rush! Get your hardhat and your sifter and get ready for another season of Topps baseball.

2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition baseball – January 11, 2012 – $100 – 8/10

Panini (Donruss) is back in the baseball card game with it’s first MLBPA licensed product since 2005. This product, mostly based on prospects, is a hot seller that collectors expect to try and compete with Bowman Chrome for the top rookie cards of the season. How will Panini do? People are excited to see.

Basketball:

None yet, but coming soon!

Football:

2011 Panini Contenders football – January 11, 2012 – $135 – 8/10

The perennial favorite for rookie autographs in football is back again with a new Rookie Ticket design and some of the best rookies in a few years. Another exciting season makes Contenders a must buy for rookie football collectors.

2011 Panini Limited football – January 25, 2012 – $100 – 8/10

The possibilities for big hits in this gamble of a product returns. Some extremely nice high end cards can come out of this product which features some nice and rare memorabilia and autographs from the top players and rookies in the game.

2011 Topps Precision football – January 25, 2012 – $180 – 9/10

This could rival Five-Star as one of Topps’ best higher end products of the season. With a solid checklist, we just wonder if it’s packed full of the good stuff or another Gridiron Legends.

2011 Topps Supreme football – January 11, 2012 – $90 – 8/10

Topps Supreme football returns looking as solid as ever. At a decent price with what looks to be some great cards packed in, this will be great to hold you over until Five Star if you love your Topps products.

2011 Upper Deck SP Authentic football – January 10, 2012 – $112 – 8/10

Even SP Authentic gets the nod from me despite the NCAA license. As always, a popular rookie patch autograph falls in this product which gets everyone excited. With a new retro style design, we’ll see how Upper Deck handles another year with the NCAA license.

Hockey:

2011-12 Panini Limited hockey – January 25, 2012 – $95 – 8/10

Just like Panini Limited football so I will copy and paste. “The possibilities for big hits in this gamble of a product returns. Some extremely nice high end cards can come out of this product which features some nice and rare memorabilia and autographs from the top players and rookies in the game.”

2011-12 Upper Deck Black Diamond hockey – January 6, 2012 – $92 – 6/10

I still think this product needs a boost as it is the same thing over and over. Find your newest rookies in Gem or Quad diamond form. You can also find the occasional autograph here and there or some memorabilia cards. Not my type of product, but it has a following.

2011-12 Upper Deck SPx hockey – January 17, 2012 – $120 – 8/10

Lots of hits, ICE rookies, and some nice rookie autographs makes SPx a great start to Upper Deck’s higher ranged products.

Other:

2011 Upper Deck World of Sports – January 20, 2012 – $75 – 6/10

Pushed back again. Basically I’ve put this repeatedly down but I keep saying the same thing so here is a synopsis. Bad last year. Looks better. Lots of different sports.

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January looks like a fun month full of great sports cards! What’s your favorite product coming out this month?

 

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Preview: 2012 Topps Series I Baseball

  By Sports Card Blog | December 22, 2011 - 4:26 pm |
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Topps claims it’s a “game-changer” of a season for Topps baseball products. While we won’t know whether that statement is true or not until the end of the season, there has been a ton of moves made to make this one of the better Topps baseball seasons in quite some time and it kicks off in January with 2012 Topps Series I baseball.

Topps’ first attempt at game changing? The Golden Giveaway, or The Gold Rush.

While gold is nothing new, nor game changing to trading cards, they are continuing their online redemption code program from the Million Card Giveaway and Diamond Anniversary in the form of the Gold Rush. You will have the chance to unlock Golden die-cut cards, Chrome parallels of those cards, and of course, cards with gold embedded into them.

You will also find some interesting gold themed cards in your packs as well. Coin cards, World Series champion pin cards, and the ones everyone will be looking for, the 1/1 cards printed on real gold.

There will also be a bevy of other relics and autographs that you would normally find in Topps Series I sets but most people will be trying to strike gold this year.

You may also find 1 autograph or relic per hobby box with 2 relics and 1 autograph per jumbo hobby box.

The base set is 330 cards and there will be another parallel set like the Diamond parallels, except, you guessed it, it will be gold looking.

So far, like last season, I’m liking the look to Topps’ Series I product. But there still needs to be a ton more for this to be a game changing season. So far, we’re on the right track.

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