tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647945990046303424.post2466079299845194852..comments2024-03-01T03:18:40.761-05:00Comments on Beardy's Baseball Blog: '09 Topps 206 Box Break & Reviewbeardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18383850494363164578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647945990046303424.post-89634305607717248012009-12-14T15:32:25.972-05:002009-12-14T15:32:25.972-05:00This set looks alright, but seems to be no more th...This set looks alright, but seems to be no more than Allen & Ginter, version 2.0. Does it not? At least A&G didn't have stickers. I'll add this set to the list of boxes to keep an eye on as prices drop over the next 6 months or so.<br /><br />Nice break!Joe S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18375901996508920416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647945990046303424.post-31358627793322795002009-12-10T14:15:25.905-05:002009-12-10T14:15:25.905-05:00If you look at the checklist, the on-card, framed ...If you look at the checklist, the on-card, framed autos are mostly rookies and players who they could get to sign cheaply this year. The sticker autos are the stars and most likely come from sheets that they have had sitting around for a few years now. While the framed autos look a whole lot nicer, there are much better players available on sticker cards. Then again, these are the same players that are in every Topps release so maybe they aren't so great when you get down to it.<br /><br />I agree with you about the quality of the cards. Anything where the player was far away seems to come out blurred and blotchy. One example of this is the Griffey card. A lot of the closer shots look great. One card that really stood out to me going through the cards quickly was the Chipper which looks really nice.<br /><br />I'm still not decided on the price. The cost is about the same as Ginter, but you get more base cards and one fewer hit. The big thing for me is that the SPs are not part of the set which is a great thing to me. Let the people who want a master set collect the SPs, but don't force it upon the people who just want a base set.<br /><br />I had a lot of fun busting my box, but I was lucky enough to pull a framed auto and an Old Mill framed relic so I did alright on my hits. With what most hits sell for and can be acquired for these days, I'd much rather get more base than hits anyway. I could have done without two parallel sets, but the decoys seem to be really good in this set because I've been reading a lot of people where people have pulled hits out of retail packs.Offyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528345612847787915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647945990046303424.post-85803513398328493212009-12-10T09:10:45.122-05:002009-12-10T09:10:45.122-05:00Yeah the hits sunk the box for you.
I do like thi...Yeah the hits sunk the box for you.<br /><br />I do like this set a lot though. At $50 I'd buy but $75 is too high.<br /><br />Nice Orioles! I'm surprised to see Freel in the set.Field of Cardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627747756866557026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647945990046303424.post-55882577169099769562009-12-10T03:47:13.394-05:002009-12-10T03:47:13.394-05:00I did pick up a couple of retail packs and enjoyed...I did pick up a couple of retail packs and enjoyed them, but I've been noticing how hit or miss the pics they chose can be. I'm so sick of the same damn photo getting reused all the time. The Kenji Johjima card just ticks me off... it's the same photo from his Bowman Heritage rookie card in '06! WTF topps?! Think I'm missing Upper Deck already... :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647945990046303424.post-58787331966075734772009-12-09T23:50:25.974-05:002009-12-09T23:50:25.974-05:00Solid Recap - thanks.
THe Hamels photo is an edi...Solid Recap - thanks. <br /><br />THe Hamels photo is an edit of the shot they used for Cole's 07 Turkey Red Card.dealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04633750324558738343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647945990046303424.post-65340987385514202482009-12-09T19:31:01.547-05:002009-12-09T19:31:01.547-05:00Sweet recap Beardy, the box didn't look too gr...Sweet recap Beardy, the box didn't look too great unfortunately, and I completely hate those sticker autographs in a set like this. There are some very nice cards in the set, and the design is great, but it has it's ups and downs. The sad part is that we can't appreciate this as much due to the success of Allen & Ginter, and other nice retro sets this year: Heritage, Goodwin, Goudey, etc. If you're not collecting the set, I could really use the Swisher as well as any of the other Yanks you pulled.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224880509770382577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647945990046303424.post-19939261566124661362009-12-09T19:18:01.512-05:002009-12-09T19:18:01.512-05:00I actually had a lot of fun busting this product, ...I actually had a lot of fun busting this product, though I have to agree (some) of the cards are remixes, while some are actually pretty original and nice. I will be posting my old-timers if you are interested in parting with any that you might have busted.JD's Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06335073575545756471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647945990046303424.post-57248424286313205742009-12-09T19:06:43.369-05:002009-12-09T19:06:43.369-05:00Nice recap! From what I've seen out there, T20...Nice recap! From what I've seen out there, T206 isn't that interesting to me. I think I'm burned out on the whole retro thing, though I do really like the framed relics in this set. I'm actually looking forward to Topps '10 base set (don't shoot me, but I like the design) since it's NOT retro. I'm still trying to come up with something to get that Young bat card from you though.BigDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730889755481834414noreply@blogger.com