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MansGame

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They are hiding in the 2 boxes in the 90s break ;)

Ryan

I hope so!!

Honestly though, I didn't get in the one Tek multi-box break (which ended up being the hit boxes) and zero Belle diffractors and I think only a few base. I was SURE then that your six boxes would have something - ended up nothing lol.

Hope at least someone gets some Tek they need. That damn set is terrible for a player collector. To put it in perspective, it makes up over 5% of the cards outstanding that I need for Belle!


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RStadlerASU22

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I hope so!!

Honestly though, I didn't get in the one Tek multi-box break (which ended up being the hit boxes) and zero Belle diffractors and I think only a few base. I was SURE then that your six boxes would have something - ended up nothing lol.

Hope at least someone gets some Tek they need. That damn set is terrible for a player collector. To put it in perspective, it makes up over 5% of the cards outstanding that I need for Belle!


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Yeah it's a miserable set, though I wish Clark was in it... It def keeps you guys busy. One day maybe I'll take on the Master Set challenge ;)

Ryan
 

MansGame

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Yeah it's a miserable set, though I wish Clark was in it... It def keeps you guys busy. One day maybe I'll take on the Master Set challenge ;)

Ryan

I will admit that 1998 and 1999 Topps Tek do make it fun for a player collector long-term BUT it would be better if Topps was pounding out Belle cards in new product like he is going out of style lol. I only need 7 (or so) more patterns for the base Tek set for Belle and I can't wait until I complete it!
 

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I also only got 4 Belle's in 6 boxes... pretty sad.

With 80 cards per box (~77 base) and 90 players in the set, five is probably the 'expected' number for any given player, with four or six being pretty common (assuming decent collation).

I haven't compared the patterns I got to my checklist, but I do know that in the six boxes, two of the Mo Vaughns were the same pattern!
 

MansGame

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With 80 cards per box (~77 base) and 90 players in the set, five is probably the 'expected' number for any given player, with four or six being pretty common (assuming decent collation).

I haven't compared the patterns I got to my checklist, but I do know that in the six boxes, two of the Mo Vaughns were the same pattern!
Fair enough...
 

RStadlerASU22

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With perfect collation(using 77 base/3 dif per box), it would take about 105 boxes to complete a base/player set and only ;) 2700 boxes to do a Diffractor set. So even with perfect collation you could open 2699 boxes and not pull the Diffractor pattern you need to finish your player or set run..........

***and that would cost you $300-400000 for the wax

Ryan
 

MansGame

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With perfect collation(using 77 base/3 dif per box), it would take about 105 boxes to complete a base/player set and only ;) 2700 boxes to do a Diffractor set. So even with perfect collation you could open 2699 boxes and not pull the Diffractor pattern you need to finish your player or set run..........

***and that would cost you $300-400000 for the wax

Ryan
These numbers are what amazes me to think about what the print run was exactly for this release? I mean seriously, that's just the numbers for one of each... I mean was it just an all time large release by Topps? Amazing when you start doing the numbers.
 

RStadlerASU22

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These numbers are what amazes me to think about what the print run was exactly for this release? I mean seriously, that's just the numbers for one of each... I mean was it just an all time large release by Topps? Amazing when you start doing the numbers.

As I've stated as a guess before, I don't think more than 10 dif and 250 base of each pattern exist, but that's strictly a guess, and it wouldn't suprise me if its less than that

Ryan
 

MansGame

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As I've stated as a guess before, I don't think more than 10 dif and 250 base of each pattern exist, but that's strictly a guess, and it wouldn't suprise me if its less than that

Ryan
But just run the number if that was the case... how many boxes/cases would that be? I mean it'd be a TON right?
 

Brewer Andy

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Got mine in from [MENTION=3754]MansGame[/MENTION]
Needed one of the five, pattern #1 so it wasn't a total miss for me. Only 7 more to go
 

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Post office finally decided to deliver my cards yesterday haha. Thanks [MENTION=3754]MansGame[/MENTION] and everyone else!
 

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