Topps announces AFLAC autographs in 09 BCDP

[jubei777]

Loved these cards! Wish I could get my hands on a Porcello.....

Glad they decided to put them back into the product.

Shep :ugeek:

yeah i wish i could have picked one up when they were cheaper. probably pick that and a bum during the offseason.

 

[All The Hype]

Darn, no Turner. Maybe next year ::facepalm::

 

[shephech]

Loved these cards! Wish I could get my hands on a Porcello.....

Glad they decided to put them back into the product.

Shep :ugeek:

yeah i wish i could have picked one up when they were cheaper. probably pick that and a bum during the offseason.

Yeah I was actually able to snag the Bumgarner up a few months back, I love it to because the auto is perfect! Which is slighty rare with these cards.

Shep :ugeek:

 

[mredsox89]

Definitely a huge plus to the product. Still don't think I'll pick up a case unless the bing discount shoots up or case prices fall a lot. Pretty hard to make a profit at $700 a case

 

[markakis8]

I know it has been visited before, but I still can't get past the name Brooks Pounders. I immediately think of Boogie Nights.

 

[matchpenalty]

JP or anyone, how would you rank them 1-9 on talent.

 

[Wes]

Donovan Tate


San Diego Padres

We have a Boras sighting. :mrgreen:

Hopefully they'll give him a Bowman Chrome Draft auto as well.

Hope so - if they do they'd better make it public asap, my 10 case order is hinging on a couple changes to the auto checklist.

 

[ruffryder98499]

Can anybody verify that there will be 12 box cases instead of the normal 10?

Thanks,

Ruff

 

[Wes]

Can anybody verify that there will be 12 box cases instead of the normal 10?

Thanks,

Ruff

Correct 12 box cases.

 

[jmc280zx]

I like the fact they now have Tate as an AFLAC Auto. Hopefully that means he will have a Chrome card. I doubt he will be a Chrome Auto since he has a AFLAC auto in the product. They will probably wait and give him a Chrome Auto in 2010 Bowman w/ Chrome. But it also opens the door for them to put him in Sterling as an Auto this year.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

Can anybody verify that there will be 12 box cases instead of the normal 10?

Thanks,

Ruff

2008 BDP was 12

 

[Prospectmaster]

Glad to see the Aflac autos come back. Looking forward to them.

 

[darocker80]

Sweet, Tate and Wheeler!

 

[gocubsgo]

OK this is simple math.

Last year each case had about 1.25 AFLAC autos and Topps produced around 4,000 hobby cases.

With only 9 AFLAC players and 200 copies of each there will be about 1800 AFLAC cards available to insert into hobby cases. Even if they cut production and produce 3600 cases you are going to find AFLAC autos in about every other case.

I busted 13 cases last year and will certainly pass on this 2009 dog. Weaker auto checklist than 2008, fewer AFLAC autos, another crappy base prospect list filled with 7th rounders and most importantly NO 25% LIVE DISCOUNT means this will be a huge loss for anyone busting.

 

[mredsox89]

OK this is simple math.

Last year each case had about 1.25 AFLAC autos and Topps produced around 4,000 hobby cases.

With only 9 AFLAC players and 200 copies of each there will be about 1800 AFLAC cards available to insert into hobby cases. Even if they cut production and produce 3600 cases you are going to find AFLAC autos in about every other case.

I busted 13 cases last year and will certainly pass on this 2009 dog. Weaker auto checklist than 2008, fewer AFLAC autos, another crappy base prospect list filled with 7th rounders and most importantly NO 25% LIVE DISCOUNT means this will be a huge loss for anyone busting.

I think that it the biggest reason. Here is my breakdown of my two cases last year.

Case 1: Paid 440, Net of -11.6. All i have left is an inoa base redemption at Topps, a Tolisano AFLAC, a couple base sets, and a bunch of blues /399. Pretty rough considering I hit a posey blue ref auto and sold it for $150, and moved 2 master sets for $35 each.

Case 2: Paid 420, Net of -86. All I have left is Stanton base chrome auto which is at BGS, bunch of green bordered worthless refs, worthless blue /399's, worthless xfractors. I do also have a Matt Cerda orange ref in a BGS 9.5 case, and blue refs of villalona and pimentel along with a chrome set. This case featured an inoa refractor, flores xfractor, montero base, longoria xfractor.

Even at those prices I still pretty much barely broke even. No way I am spending $650+ unless the base set hits it huge or the auto checklist gets many huge boosts

 

[ThoseBackPages]

OK this is simple math.

Last year each case had about 1.25 AFLAC autos and Topps produced around 4,000 hobby cases.

With only 9 AFLAC players and 200 copies of each there will be about 1800 AFLAC cards available to insert into hobby cases. Even if they cut production and produce 3600 cases you are going to find AFLAC autos in about every other case.

I busted 13 cases last year and will certainly pass on this 2009 dog. Weaker auto checklist than 2008, fewer AFLAC autos, another crappy base prospect list filled with 7th rounders and most importantly NO 25% LIVE DISCOUNT means this will be a huge loss for anyone busting.

you mean 35% live discount

 

[johnny rook]

The announcement came just a few minutes ago that AFLAC Autographs would indeed be a part of 09 bcdp

AFLAC AUTOGRAPHS

1 Brooks Pounders Pittsburgh Pirates
2 Jiovanni Miller Houston Astros
3 Max Stassi Oakland Athletics
4 Zack Wheeler San Francisco Giants
5 Neil Ramirez Texas Rangers
6 Robert Stock St. Louis Cardinals
7 Sequoyah Stonecipher Florida Marlins
8 Donovan Tate San Diego Padres
9 Tyler Matzek Colorado Rockies

Good list. I can't wait to get me some Wheelers. Sequoyah Stonecipher, that's one awesome baseball name.

 

[Wes]

OK this is simple math.

Last year each case had about 1.25 AFLAC autos and Topps produced around 4,000 hobby cases.

With only 9 AFLAC players and 200 copies of each there will be about 1800 AFLAC cards available to insert into hobby cases. Even if they cut production and produce 3600 cases you are going to find AFLAC autos in about every other case.

I busted 13 cases last year and will certainly pass on this 2009 dog. Weaker auto checklist than 2008, fewer AFLAC autos, another crappy base prospect list filled with 7th rounders and most importantly NO 25% LIVE DISCOUNT means this will be a huge loss for anyone busting.

I think that it the biggest reason. Here is my breakdown of my two cases last year.

Case 1: Paid 440, Net of -11.6. All i have left is an inoa base redemption at Topps, a Tolisano AFLAC, a couple base sets, and a bunch of blues /399. Pretty rough considering I hit a posey blue ref auto and sold it for $150, and moved 2 master sets for $35 each.

Case 2: Paid 420, Net of -86. All I have left is Stanton base chrome auto which is at BGS, bunch of green bordered worthless refs, worthless blue /399's, worthless xfractors. I do also have a Matt Cerda orange ref in a BGS 9.5 case, and blue refs of villalona and pimentel along with a chrome set. This case featured an inoa refractor, flores xfractor, montero base, longoria xfractor.

Even at those prices I still pretty much barely broke even. No way I am spending $650+ unless the base set hits it huge or the auto checklist gets many huge boosts

Probably 1/3 of the money I made was on base and chrome sets.

Paid 3443, received 3534 - still have probably 500 worth of stuff left. And the best card I got in 5+ cases was a Montero blue ref auto, didn't get one gold ref auto or better.

 

[gocubsgo]

OK this is simple math.

Last year each case had about 1.25 AFLAC autos and Topps produced around 4,000 hobby cases.

With only 9 AFLAC players and 200 copies of each there will be about 1800 AFLAC cards available to insert into hobby cases. Even if they cut production and produce 3600 cases you are going to find AFLAC autos in about every other case.

I busted 13 cases last year and will certainly pass on this 2009 dog. Weaker auto checklist than 2008, fewer AFLAC autos, another crappy base prospect list filled with 7th rounders and most importantly NO 25% LIVE DISCOUNT means this will be a huge loss for anyone busting.

I think that it the biggest reason. Here is my breakdown of my two cases last year.

Case 1: Paid 440, Net of -11.6. All i have left is an inoa base redemption at Topps, a Tolisano AFLAC, a couple base sets, and a bunch of blues /399. Pretty rough considering I hit a posey blue ref auto and sold it for $150, and moved 2 master sets for $35 each.

Case 2: Paid 420, Net of -86. All I have left is Stanton base chrome auto which is at BGS, bunch of green bordered worthless refs, worthless blue /399's, worthless xfractors. I do also have a Matt Cerda orange ref in a BGS 9.5 case, and blue refs of villalona and pimentel along with a chrome set. This case featured an inoa refractor, flores xfractor, montero base, longoria xfractor.

Even at those prices I still pretty much barely broke even. No way I am spending $650+ unless the base set hits it huge or the auto checklist gets many huge boosts

In 13 cases last year my average price per case was around $450. I hit a Posey Gold, Beckham Orange, Stanton Gold + tons of great AFLAC hits. With those great hits and cost below factory I only made $2,000 or $153 a case.

The base set used to be the bread and butter for profits with 20 count lots of the top picks getting $75+ plus. Last year it was just brutal with most 20 count lots selling for around $5 each. That also meant when you hit and Orange or Gold #d ref it was likely some 7th round scrub not a top pick that could fetch $100+. Sad what Razor has done to the once great prospect side of collecting.

 

[cgilmo]

OK this is simple math.

Last year each case had about 1.25 AFLAC autos and Topps produced around 4,000 hobby cases.

With only 9 AFLAC players and 200 copies of each there will be about 1800 AFLAC cards available to insert into hobby cases. Even if they cut production and produce 3600 cases you are going to find AFLAC autos in about every other case.

I busted 13 cases last year and will certainly pass on this 2009 dog. Weaker auto checklist than 2008, fewer AFLAC autos, another crappy base prospect list filled with 7th rounders and most importantly NO 25% LIVE DISCOUNT means this will be a huge loss for anyone busting.

I think that it the biggest reason. Here is my breakdown of my two cases last year.

Case 1: Paid 440, Net of -11.6. All i have left is an inoa base redemption at Topps, a Tolisano AFLAC, a couple base sets, and a bunch of blues /399. Pretty rough considering I hit a posey blue ref auto and sold it for $150, and moved 2 master sets for $35 each.

Case 2: Paid 420, Net of -86. All I have left is Stanton base chrome auto which is at BGS, bunch of green bordered worthless refs, worthless blue /399's, worthless xfractors. I do also have a Matt Cerda orange ref in a BGS 9.5 case, and blue refs of villalona and pimentel along with a chrome set. This case featured an inoa refractor, flores xfractor, montero base, longoria xfractor.

Even at those prices I still pretty much barely broke even. No way I am spending $650+ unless the base set hits it huge or the auto checklist gets many huge boosts

In 13 cases last year my average price per case was around $450. I hit a Posey Gold, Beckham Orange, Stanton Gold + tons of great AFLAC hits. With those great hits and cost below factory I only made $2,000 or $153 a case.

The base set used to be the bread and butter for profits with 20 count lots of the top picks getting $75+ plus. Last year it was just brutal with most 20 count lots selling for around $5 each. That also meant when you hit and Orange or Gold #d ref it was likely some 7th round scrub not a top pick that could fetch $100+. Sad what Razor has done to the once great prospect side of collecting.

lol

~it's all razor's fault~

Free market, things happen, topps could have competed and chose not to.