olerud363
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Glad there's no Olerud, though I didn't really expect there to be.
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Ouch, yeah Black/White is awful.
Another thing I've noticed looking at the back of one of the Griffey cards listed, is that there is nothing that denotes what pattern the card is. Now THAT will make for some confusing set chasing! "Do you have the RJ card that has the windows 95 looking background design?"
My current plan as a player collector is to get the 12 base patterns, 1 each of the colored parallels, 1 each of the autographs & insert, then regroup. It's just going to be so hard to justify laying down the amount of money it will take to get all 96 or however many variations unless they get to a more than reasonable price. Paying $2 or $3 each for '98 Tek patterns is one thing, but chasing dozens of low #d inserts from a brand new set, ick that could be painful on the Paypal balance.
I've always held this attitude for autographs, since RJ autos can be a tad pricey for my budget, that if there are 3 different Museum Collection framed autos, I'm just getting 1 of them. Personally I can't justify paying $200+ each for 2 additional autographs because the ink & frame color are a tad different. Everyone here is probably different, and I'm sure it mainly depends on your budget & your player's card prices.
Who else has a plan for this set, going reasonable or going all the way?
There's still some uncertainty on exactly how many cards there are to chase of each player. I don't think it's actually 96 and some are thinking closer to 20. If it were actually 96 then the production run would be astronomical for the number of cases produced
This stuff is coming out soon and I for one am very excited as a breaker. The previews I've seen look great, and I'm pumped because I foresee a product where almost every card, base and better, will be sellable. I don't think the old school Tek fans will be able to resist, and the player collectors either.
Ok, lol, discuss...