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CAROLINA BOSOX

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Aug 12, 2008
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Goose Creek, SC
When i left the hobby a few years back, BC had Supers, Reds, Golds, Blues, X's, and plain refractors. Now they have green, purple, and blue wave.
Obviously they look different and have different print runs, but the blue and blue wave are numbered to 150.

Is a blue better to collect/prospect than a blue wave? Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks
 

gracecollector

Well-known member
Aug 7, 2008
6,559
215
Lake in the Hills, IL
Refractor colors ranked by popularity:

1) Gold
2) Red
3) Blue
4) Eggplant
5) Chartreuse
6) Asphalt
7) Mauve
8) Indigo
9) Lavender
10) Sea Foam
11) Tangerine
12) Fuschia
13) Lemon Chiffon
14) Ecru
15) Mustard
16) Wintergreen
17) Ultramarine
18) Peridot
19) Salmon
20) Baby Poop Brown
 

MrMet

Well-known member
Apr 6, 2010
13,556
612
The Poconos
Refractor colors ranked by popularity:

1) Gold
2) Red
3) Blue
4) Eggplant
5) Chartreuse
6) Asphalt
7) Mauve
8) Indigo
9) Lavender
10) Sea Foam
11) Tangerine
12) Fuschia
13) Lemon Chiffon
14) Ecru
15) Mustard
16) Wintergreen
17) Ultramarine
18) Peridot
19) Salmon
20) Baby Poop Brown

You forgot Puce


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JVHaste

Well-known member
Jun 22, 2015
4,751
270
Vancouver WA
Too many color types, too many fakes, too many guys chasing the next batch. The whole prospecting thing is going to implode soon IMO. I'd pick a cheap color that visually matches the card style and just collect those for fun. Any long term prospecting besides lemon chiffon is probably asking for trouble. ;)
 

CAROLINA BOSOX

Active member
Aug 12, 2008
3,012
13
Goose Creek, SC
I have tried in the past to prospect some to make extra money to work on my Boggs and Vintage stuff. I have had some success and many failures, but it keeps it interesting and fun.
Thanks for the laughs.
 

Letch77

Well-known member
Jan 28, 2018
1,608
353
Midwest
Too many color types, too many fakes, too many guys chasing the next batch. The whole prospecting thing is going to implode soon IMO. I'd pick a cheap color that visually matches the card style and just collect those for fun. Any long term prospecting besides lemon chiffon is probably asking for trouble. ;)
I'm with you...the collecting market is WAY oversaturated with 15 different variations of the same card that it won't sustain interest and products will begin to flop. I feel the same way about GU cards, too...and 1/1s.
 

Gwynn545

Well-known member
Aug 29, 2008
5,526
44
North Seattle
Refractor colors ranked by popularity:

1) Gold
2) Red
3) Blue
4) Eggplant
5) Chartreuse
6) Asphalt
7) Mauve
8) Indigo
9) Lavender
10) Sea Foam
11) Tangerine
12) Fuschia
13) Lemon Chiffon
14) Ecru
15) Mustard
16) Wintergreen
17) Ultramarine
18) Peridot
19) Salmon
20) Baby Poop Brown

I pulled a Chartreuse #'d/124 Otani the other day from a retail pack, but when I turned it over it was #'d to 139! I was so mad! Turns out to be a Peridot! :oops:
 

gracecollector

Well-known member
Aug 7, 2008
6,559
215
Lake in the Hills, IL
Topps announces partnership with world famous crayon manufacturer to bring you Crayola Chrome.

From Topps press release: "Crayola Chrome breaks new ground by offering 64 different refractor colors - one for each crayon color in the world famous Crayola 64 Box of Crayons - creating the ultimate rainbow chase for insane collectors! Look for the following refractors randomly inserted, with print runs as listed.

Apricot /2000, Asparagus /1900, Bittersweet /1800, Black /1700, Blue /1600, Blue Green /1500, Blue Violet /1400, Brick Red /1300, Brown /1200, Burnt Orange /1100, Burnt Sienna /1000, Cadet Blue /950, Carnation Pink /900, Cerulean /850, Chestnut /800, Cornflower /750, Dandelion /700, Forest Green /650, Gold /600, Goldenrod /550, Granny Smith Apple /500, Gray /450, Green /400, Green Yellow /350, Indigo /300, Lavender /250, Macaroni and Cheese /200, Magenta /190, Mahogany /180, Mauvelous /170, Melon /160, Olive Green /150, Orange /140, Orchid /130, Pacific Blue /120, Peach /110, Periwinkle /100, Plum /95, Purple Mountain’s Majesty /90, Raw Sienna /85, Red /80, Red Orange /75, Red Violet /70, Robin’s Egg Blue /65, Salmon /60, Scarlet /55, Sea Green /50, Sepia /45, Silver /40, Sky Blue /35, Spring Green /30, Tan /25, Tickle Me Pink /20, Timberwolf /15, Tumbleweed/12, Turquoise Blue /10, Violet /8, Violet Red /7, White /6, Wild Strawberry /5, Wisteria /4, Yellow /3, Yellow Green /2 and Yellow Orange /1."

Yeah - you'd buy it!
 

JVHaste

Well-known member
Jun 22, 2015
4,751
270
Vancouver WA
Has Topps increased production, necessitating the need to add more and more colored refractors parallels?

As for colors, I'm with team Turquoise.

I'm not sure these days but about 3-4 or so years ago I recall someone talking about how the production was increasing at too fast of rate compared to the parallels, so perhaps they need even more parallels!! ;) The problem might be they added too many on the lower end of the spectrum where it doesn't do enough for value compared to adding a /3 or whatnot.

As for my other comment (more fakes) that one is easier to prove and scarier to me... I will pm since I don't want to give those guys open credit on a forum.
 

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