Gems of the Game Live Break!

[ballerskrip]

Pack 1: 1989 Donruss

Tony Gwynn, Griffey RC

Pack 2: Tristar Hidden Treasures

1991 Pacific Nolan Ryan insert

Rud, you are the King of Griffey Rookies!!!!!

 

[Rudzud]

Pack 3: 2008 Topps opening Day

Melky Cabrera, Radhames Liz RC, Brian Roberts, Abreu, Holliday

Insert: Maddux sticker

Pack 4: 2006 Fleer Tradition

Vmart, Molina, BJ Ryan, Alou, Freel, Brian Roberts, Kubel RC, Millwood, Wright

Insert: Miguel Cabrera Grass Roots

 

[Rudzud]

Pack 1: 1989 Donruss

Tony Gwynn, Griffey RC

Pack 2: Tristar Hidden Treasures

1991 Pacific Nolan Ryan insert

Rud, you are the King of Griffey Rookies!!!!!

Yeah, all I can get are Griffey's!

 

[Rudzud]

Packs 4 and 5: 2008 Topps Series 1

Manny, Suppan, Ordonez/Ichiro/Polanco, CJ Wilson, Chin-Lung Hu RC, Ross Gload, Youk, Aurilia, Detwiler RC, Arod, Kendrick, Garza, Steve Pearce RC, Melky Cabrera, Zach Duke, Chris Young, Ray Durham

Inserts: Prince Fielder Own The Game, Holliday All Rookie, Russell Martin YIR

 

[Pine Tar]

Pack 1: 1989 Donruss

Tony Gwynn, Griffey RC

Pack 2: Tristar Hidden Treasures

1991 Pacific Nolan Ryan insert

Rud, you are the King of Griffey Rookies!!!!!

Yeah, all I can get are Griffey's!

Wasn't there like 10 million made and you have 150k already :lol:

 

[Rudzud]

Packs 6 and 7: 2006 UD Series Two

Koronka RC, Loney RC, Freeman RC, Taubenheim RC, Langerhans, Jerome Williams, Zach Day, Bowen, Matt Wise, Wes Helms, Coco Crisp, Blanco, Steve Kine, Taschner RC

Inserts: Jeter R, Arod Speed to Burn

 

[Rudzud]

Somethin like that Pinetar

Pack 7: 2008 Topps Update and Highlight

Carroll, Josh Johnson, Cameron, Cairo, Gonzalez/Holliday, Chipper, Lidge, Manny, Gallagher, Cancel, Pavano, Stults

Pack 8: 2005 Donruss Leather and Lumber

Crosby, Beckett, Palmer, Torii Hunter, Palmero

Well thats it. Solid waste of $40 :lol:

 

[scotty21690]

Pack 1: 1989 Donruss

Tony Gwynn, Griffey RC

Pack 2: Tristar Hidden Treasures

1991 Pacific Nolan Ryan insert

:lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

 

[SINFULONE]

Graded card:

:lol:

2008 Topps Mickey Mantle (graded 9)

Who graded the slab, WCG?Someone graded a base Mantle?Please tell me it's at least some cool insert?

 

[Rudzud]

Graded card:

:lol:

2008 Topps Mickey Mantle (graded 9)

Who graded the slab, WCG?Someone graded a base Mantle?Please tell me it's at least some cool insert?

WCG it is sir. Base mantle too.

When I saw "Mantle" my heart almost stopped. Then I saw 2008 and cursed.

 

[vwnut13]

Graded card:

:lol:

2008 Topps Mickey Mantle (graded 9)

Who graded the slab, WCG?Someone graded a base Mantle?Please tell me it's at least some cool insert?

WCG it is sir. Base mantle too.

When I saw "Mantle" my heart almost stopped. Then I saw 2008 and cursed.

Well at least it wasn't the "Mantle HomeRun Card #1" from 06. There was one of those in just about every other pack

 

[SINFULONE]

Graded card:

:lol:

2008 Topps Mickey Mantle (graded 9)

Who graded the slab, WCG?Someone graded a base Mantle?Please tell me it's at least some cool insert?

WCG it is sir. Base mantle too.

When I saw "Mantle" my heart almost stopped. Then I saw 2008 and cursed.

Yikes.I was hoping WCG had bit the dust a long time ago.Did you get those boxes at Target?Mine has those, but I've resisted buying that junk so far.

Years ago, I remember late at night HSN or some other channel would showcase crap WCG slabs, and it was funny how the hosts of the show would get so exited over selling WCG slabs of base cards that were virtually worthless.They would always try to pass garbage minor league/college cards off as "rookies" and they were always in WCG slabs.I doubt one card was worth more than $3 in the whole lot.

Ignorant HSN host: "Grab these rare Leinart, Young, and Bush rookies graded gem mint!Only $59.99 each!What a great future investment of such rare (they were nothing but base Score rookies I think) superstar cards in gem mint condition!Hurry now before supplies run out!"

 

[Rudzud]

Walmart. I had to give it a shot to see what I could pull. Never know until you try. SOMEONE has to pull the pujols RC auto, or the ichiro RC, etc. etc.

 

[SINFULONE]

Walmart. I had to give it a shot to see what I could pull. Never know until you try. SOMEONE has to pull the pujols RC auto, or the ichiro RC, etc. etc.

I've tried many a time, and years ago Target and Walmart had decent mixed pack boxes, but lately they're painfully dry.They even put in free BGS submission vochers then as well as Beckett magazines.

 

[Rudzud]

Walmart. I had to give it a shot to see what I could pull. Never know until you try. SOMEONE has to pull the pujols RC auto, or the ichiro RC, etc. etc.

I've tried many a time, and years ago Target and Walmart had decent mixed pack boxes, but lately they're painfully dry.They even put in free BGS submission vochers then as well as Beckett magazines.

Variety boxes now a days are NO WHERE near as good as the ones from 1999-2002.

Used to have v boxes with topps reserve, 94 flair, ATFF, American pie, powerdeck, etc. etc. etc. all in the same box For $10 you would get roughly $30-$45 worth of packs. Ugh.

 

[DRav87]

What do you do with all this garbage that you just pulled?

 

[Rudzud]

What do you do with all this garbage that you just pulled?

Stars and inserts get put in one box, all base commons will get divided up into team sets. The mantle, who knows.

 

[SINFULONE]

Walmart. I had to give it a shot to see what I could pull. Never know until you try. SOMEONE has to pull the pujols RC auto, or the ichiro RC, etc. etc.

I've tried many a time, and years ago Target and Walmart had decent mixed pack boxes, but lately they're painfully dry.They even put in free BGS submission vochers then as well as Beckett magazines.

Variety boxes now a days are NO WHERE near as good as the ones from 1999-2002.

Used to have v boxes with topps reserve, 94 flair, ATFF, American pie, powerdeck, etc. etc. etc. all in the same box For $10 you would get roughly $30-$45 worth of packs. Ugh.

I miss those days.As late as '05 I pulled a nice Edmonds patch out of UD Game Face in one of those variety boxes.One box shockingly even had a pack of '02 Bowman's Best in it.The ones at Target always had 1-2 packs of Bowman Draft (this was when you could pull decent stuff out of retail), UD Prospect Premieres, Donruss Classics, Topps Chrome, etc.--pretty good stuff like you mentioned.Best of all, all the packs were showing and you had a pretty good idea what you were getting inside.Many of them had a "bonus" inside too, ranging from junk trinkets, to scrub autographs, to insert cards.I have a couple BGS slabs with a piece of jersey in the slab that were some of the "bonus" items.Usually a fun break, and at the very least you'd get a game used card and some nice parallels or inserts.Now it's just crap filled with '89 Topps and '90 Donruss, etc.

I've read most of your breaks, and that stamp you pulled was nice, but almost all of them now are dead.Really just a waste of money.

 

[Rudzud]

Walmart. I had to give it a shot to see what I could pull. Never know until you try. SOMEONE has to pull the pujols RC auto, or the ichiro RC, etc. etc.

I've tried many a time, and years ago Target and Walmart had decent mixed pack boxes, but lately they're painfully dry.They even put in free BGS submission vochers then as well as Beckett magazines.

Variety boxes now a days are NO WHERE near as good as the ones from 1999-2002.

Used to have v boxes with topps reserve, 94 flair, ATFF, American pie, powerdeck, etc. etc. etc. all in the same box For $10 you would get roughly $30-$45 worth of packs. Ugh.

I miss those days.As late as '05 I pulled a nice Edmonds patch out of UD Game Face in one of those variety boxes.One box shockingly even had a pack of '02 Bowman's Best in it.The ones at Target always had 1-2 packs of Bowman Draft (this was when you could pull decent stuff out of retail), UD Prospect Premieres, Donruss Classics, Topps Chrome, etc.--pretty good stuff like you mentioned.Best of all, all the packs were showing and you had a pretty good idea what you were getting inside.Many of them had a "bonus" inside too, ranging from junk trinkets, to scrub autographs, to insert cards.I have a couple BGS slabs with a piece of jersey in the slab that were some of the "bonus" items.Usually a fun break, and at the very least you'd get a game used card and some nice parallels or inserts.Now it's just crap filled with '89 Topps and '90 Donruss, etc.

I've read most of your breaks, and that stamp you pulled was nice, but almost all of them now are dead.Really just a waste of money.

Hell, someone pulled a BGS slabbed 01 pujols RC auto from a variety box back in the day!!