Thursday, February 4, 2016

My Jumbo Box of 2016 Series 1

After telling myself I wasn't going to buy any '16 Series 1, I broke my word. I saw everyone opening it up and I could resist. I already promised my LCS owner that I would bring him some base for his shop, so after worked out a deal for it, I had a bit of change to put toward the box.

I kind of wish I would have invested in something else.

But no crying here. Let's take a look at what I pulled.



First, the parallels. On top, the "negative" parallel for Francisco Cervelli, not numbered. Below, a framed parallel of Russell Martin, numbered 3 of 16. The negatives are...well, I don't know how I feel about them, honestly. Still not a big fan of the framed parallels. but I do like that the numbering is lower this year. Not pictured: I only pulled one gold parallel in my entire jumbo box. That ind of pisses me off.

Next up: the relics.


Once again, Topps laughs as it shoves one up the south end of the collectors. When something is manufactured, it is not a relic. At no time has the player interacted with the manufactured "relic." Whatever. This is the Giancarlo Stanton team pin.


Oof. Nelson Cruz Scouting Report relic. I wish Cruz still played for the Rangers. We could use his bat.


My guaranteed auto came from Padres Braves pitcher Mat Wisler. With the history the Braves have with pitchers, I am pretty sure I am going to hang on to this one for a while.

This year, the boxes also offered buybacks. Unlike previous years, the buybacks were tiered. The tiers were identified by the color of the stamp. My first buy back had a black stamp (the most common form). I can't even really remember who it was. However, the second buyback had a Silver Stamp, meaning it is scarce (the only version more limited are the gold stamped 1/1). Here it is:


I know the stamp looks black in the scan, but trust me - it's silver. This is definitely the best buyback I have ever pulled - by far. Granted, it's from the '82 flagship, but it's still Mr. October.

Well, that's it. Nothing exciting, just a cardboard box full of regret.

11 comments:

  1. I would absolutely love to trade for the Russell Martin!

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  2. Wisler's neck looks super long there, he could be good I'd hold onto it. I'm scanning ebay for that card now.

    Sucks your box was a dud, Julie ACB had horrible collation.

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    1. I haven't collated, but I did notice that I have a ton of dupes. I was thinking of writing a post about it, so I think I will make that happen now. Thanks for the heads-up.

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  3. Hmmm...not a great box for sure. Cardboard box of regret would be a great blog name.

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    1. We can start a blog about terrible cards and name it that. Hahahaha

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  4. I like the negative parallels. Something different.

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    1. I do too. Unlike some of the other parallels, it really stands out.

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  5. I could go for that Giancarlo manirelic if it's available. I could scrounge up some 1969 needs for you. Don't know if you've seen my latest post, but I also have a box worth of Rangers I'm looking to shed, if you're interested at all.

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