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AnalogKid
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 4:47 PM | |
Here are my results from my 2020 Update Hobby Box. Post yours if you can
Set/Parallels
Base cards: 296
Doubles: 16
SP/SSP: 0
Gold SN2020: 1
Rainbow Foil: 2
Black SN69: 1 <-- forgot this one
Inserts
Relic/Auto: Major League Material Relics Black - MLM-NA - Nolan Arenado MEM, SN199
1985 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary: 5 (1 double)
20 Years of The Captain: 1
A Numbers Game: 2
Decade's Best: 4
Prospects: 4
Silver Pack
Derek Jeter
Luis Robert
Tony Gonsolin
Seth Brown
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switzr1
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 4:53 PM | |
Were you happy with that result, or not? Obviously I don't know how much you paid, and I'm not asking. If you're building the set, 296 with few doubles seems pretty good.
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I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster.
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AnalogKid
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 5:23 PM | |
Pretty disappointing actually. I think blasters are the way to go for people who don't build sets traditionally. There are a lot more inserts in those. I did overpay for this, as most people did. I really just wanted to open some new product.
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OCHawkeye
Posts: 687
Joined: Jul 2011
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 5:27 PM | |
1 gold card in a hobby box?! What was the print run on this? It might rival 1988 Topps!
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jimetal7212
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 5:30 PM | |
Gold should still be SN2020. Problem is Topps shrunk the box size down 36 -> 24 packs across all 3 flagship series. That changes the equation. He should have seen at least 1 SP too.
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Tired and trembling I am descending, will I have to stay here and live this life again?
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OCHawkeye
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 5:41 PM | |
Sorry. Production run...not print run.
2020 x 300 cards in the set = 606,000 sn gold cards
At 1 per hobby box that would put production at 181M cards produced for the set.
Fortunately (if not obviously) the insert rate doesn't extrapolate to blaster boxes where there is probably also 1 per box, but only ~100 in the box.
Edited on: Nov 11, 2020 - 5:42PM
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AnalogKid
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 5:57 PM | |
baseballcardpedia states these odds, so I guess what I pulled is normal for a 24 ct box
Rainbow Foil 1:10
Gold 1:16
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Kaline6
Posts: 750
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 6:12 PM | |
296 base cards and only 16 doubles is pretty good, looking at it from a set maker stand point. The inserts and parallels are secondary to me. Thats a good base set start to begin trading for the cards you need to finish.
On the subject of 2020 Traded cards, I went into the local Meijer Hypermarket, a couple days ago and they had no 2020 Topps Traded or displays. Today I went in and they had 2 empty trays for the hanger boxes (?). I think each hanger box display holds maybe 20 boxes. So that was 40 boxes gone in only a day or so. Probably all on ebay now.
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"He stood there like the house by the side of the road, and watched that one go by." - Ernie Harwell
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Mwhales
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Joined: Mar 2020
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 6:35 PM | |
As I was putting the cards from my box in order, I thought I might get the whole set out of this box. I'm a set builder, and with almost zero retail to be found, I thought it was great. I over paid for the box from the local hobby store because I wanted to open some new stuff and collect the set. The hobby jumbo at the store was $190 and I couldn't justify that and am glad I didn't go for it. Here is my breakdown;
Base cards, 295
doubles, 14
sp/ssp, 0 (bummer)
gold, 1
rainbow foil, 0
advanced stats, 1
Inserts;
4 draft picks, 6 '85 anniversary, 2 A numbers game, 4 decades best, 1 20 years Captain.
I did get lucky with my hits.
Relic, All Star Jumbo, Altuve 5/5
my silver pack also contained a Jesus Luzardo auto 92/99.
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AnalogKid
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 9:17 PM | |
Thanks for posting. It looks like our pulls were very similar. I don't feel so bad now :)
No SPs either. That's not right.
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