Official OS Sports Card Collecting Thread

[PhilliesFan13]

Quote: Originally Posted by King88

Nice Mo! By the way my jumbo pack of topps heritage yielded nada

You're not very likely to pull autographs and relic cards in those jumbo packs. It's very very hard. The best way to get guaranteed autographs and relics is with hobby boxes and jumbo boxes.

[ubernoob]

Quote: Originally Posted by PhilliesFan13

You're not very likely to pull autographs and relic cards in those jumbo packs. It's very very hard. The best way to get guaranteed autographs and relics is with hobby boxes and jumbo boxes.

Or from Heritage in general. Heritage is more of a set builders line. Even in a jumbo pack, double check to see if you got any short prints or the like.

[Mo]

Quote: Originally Posted by ubernoob

Or from Heritage in general. Heritage is more of a set builders line. Even in a jumbo pack, double check to see if you got any short prints or the like.

Picked a pack the other day,

got this(Not my listing)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mike-Trout-2...item1e781078df



Also great site for checklists


http://sportscardradio.com/index.php...iews-a-reviews

[PhilliesFan13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mo

Picked a pack the other day, got this(Not my listing) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mike-Trout-2...item1e781078df Also great site for checklists http://sportscardradio.com/index.php...iews-a-reviews

This site is pretty good too.

http://www.cardboardconnection.com/

[ubernoob]

Nice pick. I always have cardboard connection up on my tablet when I'm pulling stuff from packs.

I'm in on a case break of National Treasures that goes this afternoon (I have 4 teams. Brewers, Mets, Royals and Mariners - so not the greatest, but could be worse.) I'll let you guys know if anything decent comes out of it.

They're raffling away 2 hobby boxes at the end (choose from 2011 Panini Limited, 2010 Bowman Chrome or 2010 Topps Chrome) for the teams that go hitless. I wouldn't be mad if I got a card and a box.

[ubernoob]

Annnnnnd I'll consider it a success. I only had 4 teams (One guy had 12, he cleaned up quite a bit. Other guy had 6, one with 5, me with 4, and 3 people had 1 team.)

Here's the video.



And a recap of what I got from the break.

Spoiler

Tyler Thornburg rated rookie 42/99
Rollie Fingers 3-color patch (Dark Blue/yellow/light blue) 7/25
Matt Harvey auto/triple color relic (Blue/Orange/white) 87/99

[mgoblue]

Quote: Originally Posted by ubernoob

Nice pick. I always have cardboard connection up on my tablet when I'm pulling stuff from packs. I'm in on a case break of National Treasures that goes this afternoon (I have 4 teams. Brewers, Mets, Royals and Mariners - so not the greatest, but could be worse.) I'll let you guys know if anything decent comes out of it. They're raffling away 2 hobby boxes at the end (choose from 2011 Panini Limited, 2010 Bowman Chrome or 2010 Topps Chrome) for the teams that go hitless. I wouldn't be mad if I got a card and a box.

How does being "in on a case break" work with getting certain teams? I've been out of collecting for 20 years essentially, so just wondering how this works...

You guys make me want to buy a box and relive my childhood lol

[ubernoob]

Quote: Originally Posted by mgoblue

How does being "in on a case break" work with getting certain teams? I've been out of collecting for 20 years essentially, so just wondering how this works... You guys make me want to buy a box and relive my childhood lol

Just like the video I posted above. There's different types of breaks (30 people where the teams are randomized via computer, 30 people where it's first come first serve buying the team you want, certain # of people where they pull all the cards and it's a snake style draft, etc.)

Instead of paying 1200-2000+ for a case (or cases) you pay a much smaller amount for teams in that so the cost is spread out over multiple people - like the video above of the break I was in.

Just a quick edit: The problem with National Treasures is the MLB license. I didn't end up getting the Paige card - they're giving it to the guy that got the A's since he played for the Kansas City Athletics - not much I can do about that. I got a free spot for the Royals in the next box break so it could be worse. Happy with their service.