Just what the hobby needs, a $900 pack

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When Topps revealed its plans for The Mint, it was dubbed as a release that takes its baseball cards to high-end levels not seen before and one that “will raise the bar for premium card collecting.”

Now that the final 2016 Topps The Mint checklist is here, we’ll know how high.


Each five-card box of what is the priciest baseball brand in Topps history*will include nothing but hits.*Here’s the final checklist as released by Topps on Friday in advance of its release next week.

Among the surprises? Vin Scully and “Rocky Balboa” autographs along with the previously teased “Nuke” LaLoosh auto that lists him with the Atlanta Braves. (Need more detail? See our First Buzz preview from March right here.)

>> Click here to view the final checklist in PDF form.

AUTOGRAPHS
FRANCHISE AUTOGRAPHS
FA-AJ Adam Jones Baltimore Orioles
FA-APO A.J. ******* Arizona Diamondbacks
FA-APU Albert Pujols Angels
FA-AR Anthony Rizzo Chicago Cubs
FA-BH Bryce Harper Washington Nationals
FA-BP Buster Posey San Francisco Giants
FA-CC Carlos Correa Houston Astros
FA-CH Cole Hamels Texas Rangers
FA-CK Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles Dodgers
FA-CS Chris Sale Chicago White Sox
FA-DK Dallas Keuchel Houston Astros
FA-DO David Ortiz Boston Red Sox
FA-DP Dustin Pedroia Boston Red Sox
FA-DW David Wright New York Mets
FA-EE Edwin Encarnacion Toronto Blue Jays
FA-EL Evan Longoria Tampa Bay Rays
FA-FF Freddie Freeman Atlanta Braves
FA-FL Francisco Lindor Cleveland Indians
FA-I Ichiro Miami Marlins
FA-JA Jose Altuve Houston Astros
FA-JD Jacob deGrom New York Mets
FA-JH Jason Heyward Chicago Cubs
FA-KB Kris Bryant Chicago Cubs
FA-MM Manny Machado Baltimore Orioles
FA-MTR Mike Trout Angels
FA-NA Nolan Arenado Colorado Rockies
FA-RB Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers
FA-SM Starling Marte Pittsburgh Pirates
FA-YC Yoenis Cespedes New York Mets

GEM 10 AUTOGRAPHS
G10A-AG Andres Galarraga Montréal Expos
G10A-AR Alex Rodriguez New York Yankees
G10A-JA Jake Arrieta Chicago Cubs
G10A-JV Jason Varitek Boston Red Sox
G10A-NL Nuke LaLoosh Atlanta Braves
G10A-OV Omar Vizquel Cleveland Indians
G10A-PK Paul Konerko Chicago White Sox
G10A-RB Rocky Balboa
G10A-VS Vin Scully

IMAGE VARIATION AUTOGRAPHS
AA-CS Corey Seager Los Angeles Dodgers
AA-KS Kyle Schwarber Chicago Cubs
AA-LS Luis Severino New York Yankees
FA-CC Carlos Correa Houston Astros
FA-I Ichiro Miami Marlins
FA-KB Kris Bryant Chicago Cubs
FA-MTR Mike Trout Angels
GEA-CB Craig Biggio Houston Astros
GEA-CR Cal Ripken Jr. Baltimore Orioles
GEA-GM Greg Maddux Atlanta Braves

ARRIVALS AUTOGRAPHS
AA-AN Aaron Nola Philadelphia Phillies
AA-BP Byung-Ho Park Minnesota Twins
AA-CS Corey Seager Los Angeles Dodgers
AA-HOW Henry Owens Boston Red Sox
AA-JG Jon Gray Colorado Rockies
AA-JU Julio Urias Los Angeles Dodgers
AA-KM Kenta Maeda Los Angeles Dodgers
AA-KS Kyle Schwarber Chicago Cubs
AA-LG Lucas Giolito Washington Nationals
AA-LS Luis Severino New York Yankees
AA-MS Miguel Sano Minnesota Twins
AA-SP Stephen Piscotty St. Louis Cardinals

GOLDEN ENGRAVINGS AUTOGRAPHS
GEA-AD Andre Dawson Montréal Expos
GEA-AK Al Kaline Detroit Tigers
GEA-BL Barry Larkin Cincinnati Reds
GEA-CB Craig Biggio Houston Astros
GEA-CF Carlton Fisk Boston Red Sox
GEA-CR Cal Ripken Jr. Baltimore Orioles
GEA-DE Dennis Eckersley Oakland Athletics
GEA-FT Frank Thomas Chicago White Sox
GEA-GM Greg Maddux Atlanta Braves
GEA-HA Hank Aaron Atlanta Braves
GEA-JB Johnny Bench Cincinnati Reds
GEA-JR Jim Rice Boston Red Sox
GEA-JS John Smoltz Atlanta Braves
GEA-KG Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle Mariners
GEA-LB Lou Brock St. Louis Cardinals
GEA-MP Mike Piazza New York Mets
GEA-NR Nolan Ryan Texas Rangers
GEA-OC Orlando Cepeda San Francisco Giants
GEA-OS Ozzie Smith St. Louis Cardinals
GEA-PM Paul Molitor Milwaukee Brewers
GEA-RA Roberto Alomar Cleveland Indians
GEA-RC Rod Carew Minnesota Twins
GEA-RF Rollie Fingers Oakland Athletics
GEA-RJA Reggie Jackson New York Yankees
GEA-RJO Randy Johnson Arizona Diamondbacks
GEA-RY Robin Yount Milwaukee Brewers
GEA-SC Steve Carlton Philadelphia Phillies
GEA-SK Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers
GEA-WB Wade Boggs Boston Red Sox

AUTOGRAPHED RELICS

AUTHENTICATED PATCH AUTOGRAPHS
APA-AM Andrew Miller New York Yankees
APA-DL DJ LeMahieu Colorado Rockies
APA-DO David Ortiz Boston Red Sox
APA-EL Evan Longoria Tampa Bay Rays
APA-I Ichiro Miami Marlins
APA-JM J.D. Martinez Detroit Tigers
APA-JS James Shields San Diego Padres
APA-LS Luis Severino New York Yankees
APA-MS Miguel Sano Minnesota Twins
APA-MT Mike Trout Angels

RELICS

FRANKLIN BATTING GLOVE BOOK CARDS
FBGBR-AEL A.J. Ellis Los Angeles Dodgers
FBGBR-CU Chase Utley Los Angeles Dodgers
FBGBR-DL DJ LeMahieu Colorado Rockies
FBGBR-DM Daniel Murphy Washington Nationals
FBGBR-DP Dustin Pedroia Boston Red Sox
FBGBR-EE Edwin Encarnacion Toronto Blue Jays
FBGBR-HP Hunter Pence San Francisco Giants
FBGBR-JL Jonathan Lucroy Milwaukee Brewers
FBGBR-JR Josh Reddick Oakland Athletics
FBGBR-JS Jean Segura Arizona Diamondbacks
FBGBR-JU Justin Upton Detroit Tigers
FBGBR-JV Joey Votto Cincinnati Reds
FBGBR-JW Jayson Werth Washington Nationals
FBGBR-MC Melky Cabrera Chicago White Sox
FBGBR-MCA Miguel Cabrera Detroit Tigers
FBGBR-MM Mike Moustakas Kansas City Royals
FBGBR-MS Miguel Sano Minnesota Twins
FBGBR-RB Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers
FBGBR-SM Starling Marte Pittsburgh Pirates
FBGBR-SP Salvador Perez Kansas City Royals
FBGBR-YM Yadier Molina St. Louis Cardinals
FBGBR-ZC Zack Cozart Cincinnati Reds

ICONIC JERSEY RELICS
IJR-AJ Adam Jones Baltimore Orioles
|IJR-DVO David Ortiz Boston Red
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Er. Um. Ah. Well.

But why did they stop at $900 a pack? Why not just go ahead and pole vault over the $1K per pack barrier. Well for my own part, I can't be bothered with Topps Dynasty, so it's safe to say Topps Mint is also right out.

Those names look horrendous for a $200/card basically product. Like embarrassing.

Ryan

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RStadlerASU22 said:

Those names look horrendous for a $200/card basically product. Like embarrassing.

Ryan

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my thoughts exactly, there are a lot of guys that i would be absolutely pissed to pull in a $900 product.

Galarraga and Vizquel, the new high end guys? MONEY GRAB!!

Glad they didn't slip in a Garvey and went with the old stand-by, Sandy Koufax. His autos should be about $10 now at the rate they are inserted into products these days...

Dynasty isn't worth the money and neither will this be worth the money. High end just means artificially inflated. Very disappointed to see Dawson in this.

Imagine spending $900 and your "hits" are A.J. *******, Starling Marte, Andrew Miller, J.D. Martinez and James Shields.
But this hobby is full of rich idiots, so it will probably sell out.

Austin said:

Imagine spending $900 and your "hits" are A.J. *******, Starling Marte, Andrew Miller, J.D. Martinez and James Shields.
But this hobby is full of rich idiots, so it will probably sell out.

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lol so true, or any of the arrivals autos.

No thanks.

Stopped reading at Adam Jones.

The few HOF autos in it are guys who Topps recently had sign a bajillion things, so even that isn't all that impressive. I can't see any combination of players and hits that would make half your money back.

At $900/pack, you should be guaranteed a knob/button/nameplate/full-letter per pack. At that point, maybe you'd see some value.

At least they have logos and might give flawless some good competition

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Plus, there are what, 4-5 guys who have been traded and are in the wrong uniform? Would it kill Topps to consider the trade deadline ever?

Imagine being pissed about already pulling a Shields or Miller auto, and then he's not even in the right uniform...

No thanks. Most of those names won't even command $100.

I am glad I was not the only one who looked at this product and wondered how pissed off I would be when I opened the box......any box. There is not one item in there that would make me happy I spent that kind of money.

You have to wonder how long they will keep trying stuff like this before the wax gamblers(cause that's the only people I can see ripping this) call it quits when they open several boxes and get 10% on their return? I'm thinking that's starting to be the norm. And the kind of people opening this stuff have to be getting tired of it. It's only a gamble if you have a chance to actually win sometimes. Otherwise it's really just intentionally losing money.

Too many players I'd hate to pull in a $900 pack. I've never purchased Dynasty before and I certainly won't be buying this. For a product that charges $180 per card I'd expect every single card to be one of the following - auto relic featuring a patch/multi-auto cards/1-of-1 memorabilia featuring letter patches, gloves, etc./non memorabilia autos #d to 5 or less.

And certainly no cards of Andrew Miller or D.J. LeMahieu.

Wtf are they thinking with most of the names on that checklist?

No knobs? No buttons? No letter patches?

death2redemptions said:

Too many players I'd hate to pull in a $900 pack. I've never purchased Dynasty before and I certainly won't be buying this. For a product that charges $180 per card I'd expect every single card to be one of the following - auto relic featuring a patch/multi-auto cards/1-of-1 memorabilia featuring letter patches, gloves, etc./non memorabilia autos #d to 5 or less.

And certainly no cards of Andrew Miller or D.J. LeMahieu.

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agreed. I would be looking for cuts of Clemente and Cobb as well as others for these prices.

Case breakers will be featuring this crap all over the internet upon it's arrival. They'll have spots for 40 to 50 buy in and the sheep will flock in droves to whom ever has a breakers site, on eBay, Facebook, Twitter, and what ever other media they're on........Seems like a way of topps to rid themselves of any left over inventory of sticker auto they have, even if most of them or low end in this hobby.