A&G code breakers

[nkbeachboy]

I've found a couple things with the base that I didn't think too much of. The x-ray card has a captain nemo hat on it and on the nemo card, there is a number 51 in his tie but I haven't gotten anything on the area 51 card. I think the Da Vinci and blaine cards might have something to do with it if the base set has anything to do with the code.

i couldnt see the 51 on the tie looks like theres something in david blaines shoulder and maybe something in shawn johnsons leotard(have no idea if thats what its called lol). idk just what i noticed.

 

[diamondlistings]

Nick, how much did the Phelps go for?


Turn the card sideways and look ate the Nemo. There is a weird fairy as well on the Blaine. The gutenburg and Newton look odd as well. I guess we'll have to wait to find the answer. A lot of the base have some weird things on them. If you put those old 3-d blue and red glasses some things look different on the cards, especially the Area 51. I think it's way off from the code, but who knows. I believe the celestial stars goes like this:

Either lining the guys up in order in the set of by the Sign they have then listing every word and using some type of cipher on it.

 

[marterburn]

Ares is is the Greek god of war.

Aries, the Ram, is a constellation and a obviously an astrological symbol.

Ares is "missing" from the Gods of Olympus set. Missing such a major God has to have something to do with the cypher, right?. Maybe something to do with removing an "i" from somewhere?

 

[nkbeachboy]

Maybe others can fill in the blanks with their card backs. Here are the blanks:



9 -- Kelly Kulick -- 2010, 195
10 -- Gary Stewart
21 -- Ryan Kennelly -- 6, 300
22 -- Lucy
38 -- Tiago Della Vega
48 -- Alan Francis
54 -- Tony Hawk
59 -- Ivory Crockett -- 1974
68 -- Betelgeuse -- EXCEPTION
73 -- Avery Jenkins
78 -- Leonardo Da Vinci -- 15
92 -- Randy Otiker
95 -- Judson Laipply
99 -- Anthony Gatto
105 -- Nicolaus Copernicus -- EXCEPTION
110 -- Sherlock Holmes -- 1887
112 -- Tyler Bradt -- 186
116 -- Galileo Galilei -- EXCEPTION
128 -- Hans Florine
129 -- Johannes Gutenberg -- 15
130 -- Area 51 -- 51
135 -- Ken Blackburn
144 -- Stuart Scott
148 -- Anne Donovan
152 -- The Parthenon -- 438
165 -- Nick Jacoby
176 -- Preston Pittman
185 -- X-Rays
192 -- Tom Knapp
193 -- Tony Hoard & Rory -- 2004
199 -- Summer Sanders -- 1992, 2010
203 -- Sig Hansen -- EXCEPTION
205 -- Meb Keflezighi
211 -- Johnny Strange
216 -- Jordin Sparks
232 -- Davy Crockett
236 -- Shawn Johnson
242 -- Jules Verne
264 -- Captain Nemo
270 -- Max Poser
271 -- King Tut -- 1341, 1323, 2010
272 -- David Blaine
277 -- Regis Philbin
296 -- Revolving Door
287 -- Drew Brees
297 -- Isaac Newton

I think that's all of them.

Note, my theory calls for printed numerals. So 9 would count, nine would not. Although that could be part of it too. King Tut has a "nine"

Gary Stewart-25,26,1990,177737,20,10,130077,1985
Lucy-40,1972
Della Vega-14,38,320,2009
Alan Francis-1,90,64,9,15,19,2003,144
Avery Jenkins-2009,66,11049,40
Laipply-32,1953,99,30,2010,2
Anthony Gatto-8,10,37
Machiavelli-16,card #103
Hans Florine-3000,2008,31
Stuart Scott-18
jacoby-Exception
Pittman-1953,16,2008
xrays-1901,1895
Wawra-2008,68,32,30 Card #232
Shawn Johnson-2008,18,2009
Verne-19,
Nemo-19,
David Blaine-63,44,17
Regis Philbin-40,1983
Newton-1687

Thats what i got but i think we may be off the trail a bit but who knows.

 

[diamondlistings]

Also, it seems on the Celestial stars that some have less lines and more than others, sure doesn't mean too much but they can fit more words on some and less on the other because it seems like they're using a text box or text mask on the back. most are 9 lines but some are 10 and some are 8.

 

[nkbeachboy]

Ares is is the Greek god of war.

Aries, the Ram, is a constellation and a obviously an astrological symbol.

Ares is "missing" from the Gods of Olympus set. Missing such a major God has to have something to do with the cypher, right?. Maybe something to do with removing an "i" from somewhere?

maybe on to something. now we got an H from the howard typo and an I from the olympus set.

 

[marterburn]

Last thought before bed, and it might be nothing.

We're pretty sure the Saltiest Sailors fit in the puzzle somewhere, right?

Look at the poses of the sailors and compare them with the poses of the players in the Celestial Stars set. Is there enough similarity there to connect dots? I see some, but not one for every sailor. There are 10 sailors, 12 celestial stars.

Here's what I see:

Teixeira - Bonnet
Lincecum - Vane
Pedroia - Kidd
Lee - Morgan
Longoria - England
Howard - Rackham (maybe?)
Wright - Roberts
Guerrero - Tew (smiles)
Santana - Low (look at the triangular balance)

That leaves a struggle with Teach (Blackbeard), as well as Fielder, Jeter, and Pujols.

derr...Pujols- Teach

so just Jeter and Fielder.

 

[nkbeachboy]

anyone got back scans of the saltiest sailors? would help a lot.

 

[diamondlistings]

I've found the backs of three on eBay completed but only two are legible. I'm on my
Phone now so I can't get a picture of them up but it would be a bad picture anyways. Search saltiest sailor and check completed

 

[nkbeachboy]

noticed that there are 3 stars on the back of the saltiest sailors cards. dont really know if it has something to do with the code or not but seems weird that they would put stars on them.

 

[onenineeightsix]

People should be looking at Jeter I think. I may be wrong but I think Jeter is the key. Hes the only Captain in the Celestial Stars, two subsets and and two base cards deal with Captains, and he DOESNT HAVE A BASE CARD. Its Derek Jeter for crying out loud, for four years hes had a base card, and this year he doesnt? Its critical im sure of it.

 

[Guest]

People should be looking at Jeter I think. I may be wrong but I think Jeter is the key. Hes the only Captain in the Celestial Stars, two subsets and and two base cards deal with Captains, and he DOESNT HAVE A BASE CARD. Its Derek Jeter for crying out loud, for four years hes had a base card, and this year he doesnt? Its critical im sure of it.

Maybe they got tired of seeing Jeter, I would if I was them

 

[jeff550]

Maybe the no jeteris to throw you guys off?

 

[marterburn]

UPDATED with what was posted below my post, weeding out the numbers that were not divisible by 3.


9 -- Kelly Kulick -- 2010, 195
10 -- Gary Stewart -- 130077
21 -- Ryan Kennelly -- 6, 300
22 -- Lucy -- EXCEPTION
38 -- Tiago Della Vega -- EXCEPTION
48 -- Alan Francis -- 90, 9, 15, 144
54 -- Tony Hawk
59 -- Ivory Crockett -- 1974
68 -- Betelgeuse -- EXCEPTION
73 -- Avery Jenkins -- 66, 11049
78 -- Leonardo Da Vinci -- 15
92 -- Randy Otiker
95 -- Judson Laipply -- 1953, 99, 30, 2010
99 -- Anthony Gatto -- EXCEPTION
103 -- Nicola Machiavelli -- EXCEPTION
105 -- Nicolaus Copernicus -- EXCEPTION
110 -- Sherlock Holmes -- 1887
112 -- Tyler Bradt -- 186
116 -- Galileo Galilei -- EXCEPTION
128 -- Hans Florine -- 3000
129 -- Johannes Gutenberg -- 15
130 -- Area 51 -- 51
135 -- Ken Blackburn
144 -- Stuart Scott -- 18
148 -- Anne Donovan
152 -- The Parthenon -- 438
165 -- Nick Jacoby -- EXCEPTION
176 -- Preston Pittman -- 1953
185 -- X-Rays -- EXCEPTION
192 -- Tom Knapp
193 -- Tony Hoard & Rory -- 2004
199 -- Summer Sanders -- 1992, 2010
203 -- Sig Hansen -- EXCEPTION
205 -- Meb Keflezighi
211 -- Johnny Strange
216 -- Jordin Sparks
232 -- Davy Crockett
232 -- Hubertus Wawra -- 30
236 -- Shawn Johnson -- 18
242 -- Jules Verne -- EXCEPTION
264 -- Captain Nemo -- EXCEPTION
270 -- Max Poser
271 -- King Tut -- 1341, 1323, 2010
272 -- David Blaine -- 63
277 -- Regis Philbin -- 1983
296 -- Revolving Door
287 -- Drew Brees
297 -- Isaac Newton -- EXCEPTION

Maybe all the exceptions include an easter egg, such as Nemo's hat in the X-Ray?

 

[Footsteps]

Cool - good stuff, man. Somehow, we need to order the numbers (after breaking them into a number 1-26). My guess is that if we cannot get the least common denominator (divisible by 3), then these cards are simply punctuation marks.

 

[njlw226]

Hey everyone...Nick Jacoby here. I did ultimately crack the code but I have reason to believe I was not the first to do so. I wish I would have been, but I've had my time so it's time to pass the torch so to speak. I'm sure when the time is right (ie, after Topps notifies the official winner), they will come forward. For now, I wanted to give you guys the actual code each of you are looking for, in case you'd like to continue trying to crack this one your own. Have at it!

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[Guest]

Nick was right, none of you were close, we've been emailing each other about it for a while. And I had the right idea about 2 weeks ago, it just seemed like it would be too complicated to be part of the code, but I didn't have any cards to work with, just the internet.

 

[nborton]

Nick was right, none of you were close, we've been emailing each other about it for a while. And I had the right idea about 2 weeks ago, it just seemed like it would be too complicated to be part of the code, but I didn't have any cards to work with, just the internet.

Which cards are actually involved?

 

[njlw226]

There are 401 characters above...I'll let you guys take it from there....

 

[Guest]

I know Nick said not to say the answer, but the answer was: Send in the card that is coveted most, he's only a rookie, but sells like a pro.