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The 1998 Topps Tek Thread

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togaman

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Oct 27, 2008
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Thanks for posting the pictures. I bet those Gold pattern cards look great in the light
Here's all the variants for pattern 11:

base
diffractor
pre-production
gold pre-production

f-1041.jpg
b-1041.jpg

f-1716.jpg
b-1716.jpg

f-1939.jpg
b-1939.jpg

f-6431.jpg
b-6431.jpg
 

RustyGreerFan

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Jun 10, 2010
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Carl, I had that Griffey card/pattern # set aside for you. But I just realized yesterday that card now puts me exactly one card over the halfway point for the Griffey set! So I'm afraid I have to pull it off the table and back into my own collection.

On a side note, I did recently pick up a Roberto Alomar card/pattern #. Once I have a shipment coming in from COMC I'll have it in hand.
[MENTION=2699]togaman[/MENTION] - I accidentally lied. Turns out my pattern/card # Griffey is a dupe. So whenever you get a Griffey base that I need, we can deal.
 

togaman

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[MENTION=2699]togaman[/MENTION] - I accidentally lied. Turns out my pattern/card # Griffey is a dupe. So whenever you get a Griffey base that I need, we can deal.

I'm sold out of 1998 TEK Griffeys for about a year now . Shoot me a list of the patterns you need for your second Griffey 1998 TEK set and I will keep an eye out..
 

togaman

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IS this your list of Griffey Needs

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87

BTW IF you have a diffractor to trade that I can use for either Diffractor set# 2 (14 to go) or # 3 (35 to go) I noticed Dunwoody 36 is on your Diffractor want list. I have an extra pattern# 63 I'd trade (the only TEK dup double I have) for a diffractor I can use...LMK
 

RustyGreerFan

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IS this your list of Griffey Needs

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87

BTW IF you have a diffractor to trade that I can use for either Diffractor set# 2 (14 to go) or # 3 (35 to go) I noticed Dunwoody 36 is on your Diffractor want list. I have an extra pattern# 63 I'd trade (the only TEK dup double I have) for a diffractor I can use...LMK

Yeah, it turns out I may not be half way. My list was so messed up when I checked on it earlier today... as if it was a list of something else. That list you just pasted should be correct.

The only dupes I have of Diffractors are higher end.
 

togaman

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So anyone else have an extra 1998 Topps Tek Diffractor to trade who can use a 36 pat# 63 Dunwoody?
Will trade it for any one on either of these two Diffractor set want lists below

1998 Topps TEK Diffractor want list (Set # 2)…14 to go out of 90 to complete set
9,13,14,16,30,51,57,61,66,67,74,78,80,85

1998 Topps TEK Diffractor want list (Set # 3)…35 to go out of 90 to complete set
1,3,6,7,9,10,13,14,15,16,17,23,26,27,30,34,36,39,43,44,45,47,50,51,56,57,60,61,66,67,74,78,80,85,87
 

cgilmo

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Aug 6, 2008
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Are you the guy who just sent me an email? I DO use IGNORE function for 3 guys ..one whose post is right above yours but I dont actually see what he/she or the other two post. What garbage in my post are you referring to?? I don't get it. I mentioned I had an extra 36 pat# 63 Dunwoody to one of the other members who responded he only had high end diffractors so I offered it to anyone who might have an extra one I could use to knock off one for my incomplete two sets (14 and 35 card to go) I am slowly working on. Not much of a dent in either in last two years but maybe three or four diffractors as the ebay 98 TEK diffractor prices have gone far beyond what I'm willing to pay (I'm thrifty).


Pleased to help a Rolen 1998 TEK collector today with a pattern # 90 he needed.


The post was fine. What you do is great. This thread is great.


Where I take issue is the ignore list at the bottom of your posts. All that does is cause issues.
 

rinkrat38

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Thank you to all the collectors who traded with me over the past month for 1998 Tek diffractors. I was able to pick up 49 new ones (one more on the way) from March 10th to March 31st, a dozen or fifteen or so at eBay auction, the rest of them in private deals. Currently at 3340 diffractors out of the set of 8100. Anyone else have a diffractor or two or twenty that they are interested in trading? I trade in your favor. Send me a PM or e-mail to [email protected] with a list of what diffractors you have and what you are interested in. Currently NOT selling 1998 Tek diffractors. Here are the extras I have available to trade:

Rikrat38 1998 Tek Diffractors to Trade

B. Grieve 1– 18, 55, 63, 70, 74, 80
J. Olerud 4– 12, 79
I. Rodriguez 5– 40, 79
F. Thomas 6– 37
B. Williams 7– 18, 29, 38, 56, 79, 84
D. Bichette 8– 15, 25, 63, 70, 74, 77
A. Rodriguez 9– 1, 18
T. Glavine 10– 24, 56, 75, 87
E. Karros 11– 7, 78
C. Biggio 12– 4, 5
M. McGwire 13– 10, 28, 56, 70
D. Jeter 14– 3, 70, 72
N. Garciaparra 15– 28, 80
Ch. Jones 19– 4, 13, 17, 31, 78
J. Edmonds 20– 15, 20, 43
R. Clemens 21– 1,12, 44, 55, 72, 77
M. Kotsay 22– 45, 52, 54, 56, 75, 86
T. Gwynn 23– 9, 25, 52
T. Walker 24– 3, 87
T. Martinez 25– 10, 65
S. Alomar 27– 6, 72
G. Sheffield 29– 10, 13, 48, 65, 67
A. Ramirez 31– 80
C. Schilling 32– 1, 17, 27, 32, 42, 43, 51, 80
R. Ventura 33– 10, 52, 67
L. Walker 34– 15, 59, 65
T. Dunwoody 36– 1, 15, 17, 38, 39, 63, 79
P. O’Neill 37– 31, 74
V. Castilla 38– 42, 65
R. Johnson 39– 38, 45, 59
R. Palmeiro 40– 10, 40, 63, 72
P. Martinez 41– 20, 27, 42, 45, 48, 67, 77, 79
D. Bell 42– 11, 17, 63, 74
C. Delgado 43– 9, 30, 40, 41, 77
M. Williams 44– 54
K. Lofton 45– 79
E. Renteria 46– 13, 18, 40, 66, 86
A. Belle 47– 69
J. Burnitz 48– 32, 51, 79
A. Beltre 49– 12, 39, 51, 54, 55
G. Maddux 50– 5, 32, 65
C. Ripken 51– 48
J. Kendall 52– 70, 75, 80
E. Burks 53– 42, 84
P. Molitor 54– 39, 72, 75, 84
M. Alou 55– 38, 63, 65, 70
R. Mondesi 56– 7, 10, 20, 21, 30, 36, 37, 45, 50, 52, 59, 63, 72, 77, 84
T. Clark 58– 1, 6, 9, 11, 18, 20, 25, 37, 44, 48, 63, 65, 83, 88
T. Lee 59– 15, 17, 29, 60
T. Glaus 61– 1, 4, 6, 40, 78
J. Cruz 62– 12, 25, 31, 37
P. Konerko 63– 29
E. Martinez 64– 66, 72, 81
J. Lopez 65– 10, 15, 28, 40, 42, 54, 87
M. Ramirez 66– 36, 46, 55, 58, 72, 74, 76, 78, 79, 86
K. Caminiti 68– 31, 74
C. Knoblauch 70– 15, 21, 31, 43, 55, 73, 78
K. Brown 71– 6, 21, 25, 37, 39, 48, 52, 63, 75
T. Salmon 72– 63, 73, 80
O. Hernandez 73– 10, 12, 23, 58
B. Jordan 75– 1, 13, 15, 27, 36, 39, 63, 75, 85, 88
D. Lee 76– 15, 18, 45, 55
B. Fullmer 77– 5
J. King 79– 17, 25, 59, 65, 77, 84
M. Mussina 80– 5, 73, 79
Q. McCracken 82– 1, 6, 15, 20, 32, 38, 61, 79
A.J. Hinch 83– 1, 10, 16, 45, 59, 84, 86
R. Hidalgo 84– 12, 27, 66, 75
M. Vaughn 87– 13, 21, 37, 66, 80
S. Rolen 88– 10, 85, 86

Rich rinkrat38 [email protected]
 

onionring9

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Alright so I just confirmed with Jay that we both have pattern 47 of the gold tek pre-productions (he sent me pics as well). So looks like there is more than one set of these.
 

Juanlasttime

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North east Pa
Hello guys, I'm new here as this is my first post... I'm Kevin and I'm a Juan Gonzalez collector... I'm interested in buying any Juan diffractor that I don't have(I got 25 of the 90)... Please let me know if any of you have extras that you would like to sell... Thanks
 

RStadlerASU22

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Hello guys, I'm new here as this is my first post... I'm Kevin and I'm a Juan Gonzalez collector... I'm interested in buying any Juan diffractor that I don't have(I got 25 of the 90)... Please let me know if any of you have extras that you would like to sell... Thanks

Welcome to the boards... Good luck in the quest. You have quite a few diffractors compared to some. Did you complete the base 90?

Ryan
 

togaman

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Houston
So nobody really knows how many Diffractor cards were made of each specific 1998 Topps TEK Card # pattern #
From list above I can confirm after comparing to my own Have List at least 3 exist of the following specific cards

B. Williams 7– 56
M. McGwire 13–70
M. Kotsay 22– 45
T. Dunwoody 36– 63 (4 of this as I also have 2)
E. Renteria 46– 66
R. Mondesi 56– 84
T. Clark 58– 1, 63
T. Lee 59– 17
J. Cruz 62– 12
K. Caminiti 68– 31
C. Knoblauch 70– 31
O. Hernandez 73– 58
B. Jordan 75– 1
J. King 79– 77
R. Hidalgo 84– 27
 
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