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Username: dkrill
Member Since: Feb 02nd, 2009
Total Cards: 26,261
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Box Breaks
Pulls: 191 Inserts: 6 Autos: 1 Relics: 0 Rookies: 40 Parallels: 5 Limited: 0 Dupes: 0
Second box of a two-box break.
This was the better of the two boxes. I got a Black Refractor and a red-ink Real Ones Autograph, both numbered out of 60. This included the same number of inserts and only one less parallel than the other box.
I love the design, and there are plenty of cards to make it a nice set-collection series. There are just the right number of inserts, and the parallels are not overly common, which is a good thing. I don't like that Topps has Super Secret Short Prints of some of the base cards (3 found to date), but that shouldn't worry the set-collector.
*** I didn't count the Rookie Cards, as there are two subsets in the base set of Rookies and Rookie All-Stars, on top of the regular RCs.
See scans and my full review at:
http://cheapseatsaints.blogspot.com/
Pulls: 192 Inserts: 6 Autos: 0 Relics: 1 Rookies: 30 Parallels: 6 Limited: 0 Dupes: 0
***I didn't count the Rookie Cards, since there are several series in the set that are Rookies and Rookie All-Stars.
This is a fantastic set. I loved breaking this box, and pulling the chromes and the relic, although I wish I had picked up a different relic than Tejada. However, the cards are well-designed, there is enough variety to keep my interest, and the inserts are very nice with not too large of a checklist. The parallels are decent.
This was part of a two-box break, and I only got 45 doubles of overlap between the two boxes. I'm well on my way to finishing this set. You can see scans and my full review at:
http://cheapseatsaints.blogspot.com
Pulls: 64 Inserts: 48 Autos: 16 Relics: 32 Rookies: 4 Parallels: 0 Limited: 0 Dupes: 0
This was a case break: 4 boxex, 4 packs in each box. Every pack had 1 base numbered to 450, one auto, and two relics. This was much better than I expected, although there seemed to be more of an emphasis on several teams instead of it being spread out over every team.
I definitely recommend this product. It is great for auto and relic collectors.
Pulls: 55 Inserts: 45 Autos: 1 Relics: 2 Rookies: 0 Parallels: 0 Limited: 0 Dupes: 106
This was an HTA Jumbo box which provided the complete Series 1 base set, 10 of each of the insert series (Turkey Red, Ring of Honor, ToppsTown, Legends), 10 Gold parallels, 2 relics, 1 auto and 1 commemorative patch of Tris Speaker. The commemorative patches are very nice, but don\'t be fooled into believing that they are relics. They are modern tribute cards and patches only.
I give the overall product a grade of B-. You can see my full review here:
http://cheapseatsaints.blogspot.com/2009/02/2009-topps-jumbo-hobby-box-review.html
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