Topps is doing well from multiple aspects. According to at least one source, baseball cards are “a hit again”.
But……don’t ya kind of miss having Upper Deck in the MLB-licensed baseball card game? When Fleer and Donruss left the baseball card game, I personally missed their card releases. Again, now that Upper Deck is not producing MLB-licensed baseball cards, don’t you kind of miss them?
If you were one of the collectors who went to their local baseball card shop and bought packs of 1989 Upper Deck baseball cards, then it’s a good bet that if you’re still a collector you miss Upper Deck’s “officially licensed” baseball card releases. After all, Upper Deck made one of the most sought after baseball cards of all-time in the 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card, didn’t they?
2010 Topps Triple Threads will be available for baseball card collectors in late August according to current release plans from Topps.
Each hobby box contains two mini-boxes with a pack per mini-box. (Confusing, yes, I know. What’s the reason? I don’t know). As of this writing, pre-sale prices varied widely ranging from under $200 to more than $250 per hobby box.
Every pack will have one triple relic card numbered to 99 or less, while every hobby box will have one autographed triple relic card numbered to 99 or less (meaning, obviously, each hobby box has one auto triple relic and another non-auto triple relic, both numbered to 99 or less).
Topps Triple Threads is once again a high-end baseball card product geared to the collector looking for a major “hit” while dropping a decent amount of money on a hobby box.
If you have the cash to spare, you could land a really cool triple relic auto card. If you don’t have the cash to spare, you might want to spread your money out among a few more affordable hobby boxes.
Good places to purchase 2010 Topps Triple Threads hobby boxes, if you don’t have a local hobby shop:
2010 Topps Triple Threads Hobby Box on eBay
2010 Topps Triple Threads Hobby Box at Dave and Adams.
2010 Topps Triple Threads Hobby Box at Blowout Cards.
Over at net54baseball.com, there was much discussion about how many “pre-war” baseball cards are selling for half of what they were a year or two ago. Have other collectors found this to be the case also?
There was discission in the Blowout Cards Forums about candidates for the NL Cy Young award, and in particular, a young pitcher for the Padres by the name of Mat Latos. The guy is having an excellent season. Are his numbers worthy of Cy Young consideration?
Last night, there was live discussion in the eTopps forum about how Strasburg was “chased” from the game by the Braves. He got the L to even his record, but he had only 3 earned runs and more strikeouts (7) than innings pitched (6.1). He’s still a hobby star and phenom pitcher.
In the Full Count Vintage forum, there was a very interesting thread about mislabled graded vintage cards. There were only two cards shown on the thread at the time I looked, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to see a few more added to the list. If you have the time, head over to Full Count to check it out.
Have you collectors seen any other interesting threads out there recently?
