Retail Review - 2011 Topps Platinum Football

2011 Topps Platinum Football Blaster Box

8 Packs - $19.99

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Notable Commons:

70 Tom Brady

74 Ben Roethlisberger

130 Drew Brees

Emerald Veteran Parallel, 1:10 Packs

60 Arian Foster

Gold Veteral Parallel, 1:24 Packs

(Thick Card Stock)

77 Thomas Jones

Rookies:

(Chrome Card Stock, Refractor Finish)

51 Jimmy Smith

91 Delone Carter

101 Vincent Brown

120 Mark Ingram

136 Ryan Mallett

Rookie XFractors, 1:4 Packs

7 Julio Jones

148 Greg Little

Rookie Gold Refractors, 1:365 Packs

50 Blaine Gabbert /50

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Design: 4/5

Decent design on both the front and back of these cards. The front features an action shot of the player with a symmetrical curved design. Each card has a 'refractor' finish on the front also. The backs include last years stats as well as a text block describing something the player did that year. The design also mirrors the front's.

Set Building: 4/5

Not a bad product to put together as a set with a total of 150 cards and no short prints. But it would be difficult to get all of the rookies with only one per pack, or at least, you'd be left with alot of common veterans left over.

Rookies: 4/5

I'd say this is a pretty good set for pulling rookie cards. You get one per pack and they're printed on a nice chrome card stock with a refractor finish.

Inserts: 2/5

Only parallels here unfortunately. The XFractors look nice, but I don't care for the various multi colored cards. I also hate the uneccessary thick card stock cards like the gold veteran parallel. For some reason they didn't bother serial numbering them this year either. Such a waste. I was lucky enough to pull one low numbered rookie card (at insane odds) otherwise I'd be giving this a 1.

Autos/Relics: 2/5

I'll give it an average score because I didn't pull any. It seems like they could have inserted them at a better rate, but such is retail. They seem to only be seeded an average of 1/3 blasters and that's a little too hard of a pull for the price.

Value: 16/25

In conclusion this set has a nice design and could be built with a little bit of rookie trading or purchasing through online auctions. If you're looking for a nice hit though, skip it, you're much more likely to bust and walk away with a small handful of parallels.

Oddball Winfield Cards - Part 1 - The Big Cards

Oddball Winfield Cards

Part 1 - The Big Cards

I'm finally setting aside some time to scan in my Winfield collection and figured I'd post some blog updates on some of the more interesting cards. I'd like to start out with the oddball cards I've come across. There are far more cards out there than what I am posting here, but I'm going to focus on stuff I actually have in my collection.

So lets start out with the larger cards. I love them and I hate them! On one hand its great to have a nice big print of my favorite player. But on the other hand, they don't fit in my binder with the other cards (stuff like '89 Bowman does but sticks out on the top) so I need to put them in a shoe box with the buttons and Starting Lineup figures (I'll get to those in a future update) and rarely get to view them.

For fun I'm going to post them in order of size from smallest to largest. Click on each picture for a larger (pun intended) image.

1989 Bowman #179
2 1/2" by 3 3/4"

The 1989 Bowman set, produced by Topps, contains 484 slightly over-sized cards. The cards were released in mid-season 1989 in wax, rack, cello and factory set formats. The fronts have white-bordered color photos with facsimile autographs and small Bowman logos. The backs feature charts detailing 1988 player performances vs. each team.

I don't remember these being very popular when they came out. But now I really enjoy the size of them. This one fits well with Winfield's stature. Not too many cards out there with a vertical design like this!


1994 Fleer Extra Bases #126
2 1/2" by 4 3/4"

Each pack of this 400 card set contained at least one insert card. Full-bleed fronts contain a large color photo with the player's name and Extra Bases logo at the bottom. The backs are also full-bleed with a large player photo and statistics.

This is about as tall as it gets when it comes to the smaller cards. I remember Fleer did a basketball and Spawn comics set at this size in 1994 also.



1988 Topps Big #24
2 5/8" by 3 3/4"

This set of 264 cards was issued as three separately distributed series of 88 cards each. Cards were distributed in wax packs with seven cards for a suggested retail of 40 cents. These cards are very reminiscent in style of the 1956 Topps card set.

Strange choice for Winfield's portrait here! What's he looking at?

1989 Topps Big #314
2 1/2" by 3 3/4"

The 1989 Topps Big Baseball set contains 330 glossy cards.. The fronts feature mug shots superimposed on action photos. The horizontally oriented backs have color cartoons and statistics for the player's previous season and total career. The set was released in three series of 110 cards.


1990 Topps Big #20
2 5/8" by 3 3/4"

The 1990 Topps Big set contains 330 cards. In 1989 Topps had issued two oversize sets (Bigs and Bowmans), but in 1990 only the Topps Big were issued by Topps as an oversize set. The set was issued in three series of 110 cards. Some dealers believe the third series was distributed in far less quantity than the first two series



1983 Donruss Action All-Stars #36
3 1/2" by 5"

The 1983 Action All-Stars series depicts 60 major leaguers in a distinctive new style. A 63-piece Mickey Mantle puzzle (three pieces on one card per pack) was marketed as an insert premium.

I remember finding these packs at a local flea market and searching for the Winfield through the wrapper.

1985 Topps 3D #18
4 1/4" by 5 7/8"

This innovative 30-card set was issued in packs of one. These large cards are very difficult to store (due to the 3-D effect) as they are not really stackable and are crumpled if placed in an album using plastic sheets. The cards are blank-backed except for two covered adhesive strips. Cards are numbered on the front and feature a prominent team logo on the front as well.

This one stands out in my collection (and not just because it's embossed!). Unfortunately I haven't been able to think of a good way to encase it yet. 3D may be 'in' right now but I doubt we'll ever see embossed cards like this again!




1994 Donruss Diamond Kings Jumbo #29
3" by 5"

These cards were issued one per retail box. The cards are serially numbered to 10,000 and are just a jumbo parallel version of the regular Diamond Kings.

I actually really like this one. These paintings are always best when viewed in a larger size.

1985 Topps Super #60
4 7/8" by 6 7/8" This 60-card set was issued in packs of three. The fronts of the cards are merely a blow-up of the Topps regular issue. In fact, the cards differ from the corresponding cards of the regular set in size and number only. As one would expect, only those considered stars and superstars appear in this set. Backs are green with maroon printing.

This is the biggest one I have! It's neat to see the 1985 Topps card blown up because you can finally make out where the bat is. :)

Coins Wantlist

Updated 11/20/12

Pennies:
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Indian Head Cents I Have List:
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1866
1881
1890
1891
1892
1893
1896
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
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Pennies Need List 1909-1940(Rare coins priced in poor condition) ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
1909-S V.D.B. $750
1909-S $100
1910-S $16
1911-S $45
1912
1912-D $7
1912-S $22
1913-S $12
1914-D $215
1914-S $22
1915
1915-D
1915-S $20
1916-S
1918-S
1920-D
1921-S
1922-D $15
1923-S
1924-D $35
1925-S
1926-S
1927-S
1928-D
1928-S
1930-S
1931-D
1931-S $110
1932
1932-D
1933
1933-D
1936-D
1937-S
1938-D
1939-D

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Pennies Need List 1941-current:
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2009-D Lincoln Sitting
2009 Building

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Jefferson Nickels Needed:
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1938-D
1938-S
1939-D
1939-S
1944-P silver
1944-D silver
1944-S silver
1949-S
1950
1950-D
1951-S
1954-S
1955
2009-P
2009-D

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Roosevelt Dimes Needed
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1970-D
1972
1973-D
1979-D
1984-D
1993-P

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Washington Quarters Needed:
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Northern Mariana Islands 2009 P
Guam 2009 D
American Samoa 2009 D and P
US Virgin Islands 2009 D
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2010 Yellowstone National Park D and P
2010 Yosemite National Park D and P
2010 Grand Canyon D
2010 Mount Hood National Forest D and P
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2011 Gettysburg National Military Park D and P
2011 Glacier National Park D
2011 Olympic National Park D and P
2011 Vicksburg National Military Park D and P
2011 Chickasaw National Recreation Area D and P
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Comic Wantlist

Updated  12/13/2018


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Beavis & Butthead I Have:
1-9,12,20

Wolverine I Have:
2,5,6,41,44,50,53,60,75,77-81,84-87,89,90,93,99,100,103,104,107,108,112,113,116,
118,123-127,133-139,141-145,165-178,180,182-189

Phalanx Covenant:
Wolverine #85
X-Factor #106

Fatal Attractions:
X-Factor #92
Uncanny X-Men #304
Excalibur #71

Back to Brooklyn 3,4

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Conan the Barbarian(Needs)
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3,6,12,23,26,35,44,45,58,64,80,81,83,84,85,87,88,89,91,93,96,99

78/100 Books

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Conan the Barbarian(Haves)
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101,103,231

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Deadpool vol 3 (Needs)
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34 Captain America 70th Variant Cover $7

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Thor (Haves)
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143,144,203,245,255,274,295,334

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The Boys (Variant Needs)
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1 (Dynamite Edition) $1

Tales From The Crypt Haves:
Gladstone: 2,5
Gemstone: 3,5
Cochran: 1

Vault of Horror Haves:
Gladstone:3,4,5,6
Gemstone:1,2,3

Haunt of Fear Haves:
Gladstone: 2
Gemstone: 1,2,3
Cochran: 1

2011 Spring Training TTM Auto Requests

Its Spring Training season and that means Baseball is right around the corner. It also means trying for TTM autographs!

Here is the list of people I sent to this year:

Grady Sizemore -- Returned SIGNED 3/29/11
Shin-Soo Choo
Joey Votto -- Returned SINGED 4/25/12 - (WOW, broke my record for longest return, 442 Days!!!)
Jay Bruce
Brandon Phillips
Ramon Hernandez -- Returned SIGNED 3/26/11
Edinson Volquez
Sam Lecure -- Returned SIGNED 4/05/11
Johnny Cueto
Sandy Alomar Jr. -- RTS 2/26/11
Brook Jacoby
Mark McGwire
Don Mattingly -- Returned SIGNED 10/3/11 - (WOW, didn't expect to ever see this again!)
Dave Righetti
Willie Randolph
Joe Girardi
Ozzie Guillen
Harold Baines


Will post results as they come in!

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Baseball Cards 2000 - 2009

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