What was your 1st hobby box....?

[marterburn]

1993 Score Select, I think...

 

[MTBright]

1980 topps. I had surgery in 3rd grade and it was a gift when i was in the hospital.

 

[sheepshearer71]

I believe that it was 1988 Fleer.

I still love the design of that set.

Keith

 

[cammy collector]

'93 Upper Deck. I remember pulling the Jeter rookie but the Griffey base is still my favorite card :lol:

 

[Gwynn545]

83 Topps

Same here...I bought packs years earlier, but 1983 was my first box. I still have the Gwynn rookie from it. I can tell because it is the only one I have with a pen mark on it. I accidently marked it while I was checklisting.
Boy I miss the days of set collecting:
got it, got it, got it, Need it!, got it, got it, Need it!,

 

[Seiya]

07 Bowman, pulled an A-Rod 1/1 Road to 500 HR Auto from it.

 

[Philip J. Fry]

1997 Bowman base. Was a crap box but it was still fun.

 

[subpop77]

2004 Sweet Spot Pulled a Albert Pujols auto

 

[shanks25]

89 Fleer......looking for the FF card.......1 pack missing......guess which pack it was.......

 

[starwarsfan2003]

1981 Topps. I didnt actually get a "sealed" box, but my Dad did buy all the packs in a fresh box that was put out at the local deli. Yes, deli. Nothing like getting a ham and swiss sub with a box worth of packs. I still remember the little cap on the bottom left hand corner, and I do recall pulling a Reggie Jackson card, which was major for me then, as I was able to trade him off for pretty much the entire Mets squad. Fun times. We actually used to read the backs of the cards back then. Heh


Anyway, my first true box that I purchased with my own cash was 89 Upper Deck, on the hunt for that ever elusive Griffey Jr. Rookie.

 

[darocker80]

2007 Bowman Chrome hahaha.

 

[ronzo]

1999 Ultra. I think I pulled a Thunderclap insert, which I thought was absolutely amazing at the time.

 

[G $MONEY$]

1980/81 O Pee Chee Hockey si the first cards i remember opening


do i win?

 

[bassprokvd]

mine was 1997 bowman series one. my first attempt at prospecting,
got to love JOSE CRUZ JR.

 

[jbhofmann]

2001 Fleer Platinum

Edgardo Alfonso GU (sweet back then)
Pujols RC

 

[Adrian D.]

1982 Donruss.
My mom got it for my birthday. I still have some of the cards with the Kool-Aid stains as a reminder from when I spilled some while sorting.

 

[Pastretta]

2001? Leaf Rookies & Stars FB - Pulled a Roy Williams(S) Auto! Sold it for about 35, 2 years ago...

 

[Craig Smith]

1951 Bowman all series. (I said Topps without thinking..)

My allowance at that time was $1.25 per week. That was a bunch of money at that time for a 13-year old and it paid for the Saturday movie, drinks, popcorn, and candy with money left over to save for cards. I had to ride my bicycle about 3 miles through Nescopeck and Berwick to get to the little Italian grocery store that really stocked a bunch of boxes of Bowman.

I don't remember exactly how much a box was but it had to be less than $3.00.

I also sold cardboard from the local furniture store to supplement my income. I probably made at least $.50 weekly from that to throw in the pot.

I remember when I finished the set and my buddy still had about 5 cards to get. Boy was he jealous.

During high school my allowance increased and I had a paper route that netted about $10.00-12.00 weekly so I was rolling in money.

After finishing all the sets through 1956, I started college and my spare money was spent on books, etc. My college tuition per year was about $500.00 so there was no spare money for cards.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

1st box was '89 UD, but that wasn't really 'hobby' back then. First real hobby box was '97 Pinnacle Totally Certified which I partially traded for.

 

[MOFNY]

1996 Score