on March 7th, 2010 by stusigpi
I got this from Blowout’s Page03/10/2010 2009/10 Panini Studio Basketball 03/10/2010 2010 Sage Hit Low Series Football Hobby Box 03/16/2010 2009/10 Upper Deck Champs Hockey Hobby Box 03/16/2010 2009/10 Upper Deck Ice Hockey 03/17/2010 2010 Topps Pro De…
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on March 7th, 2010 by rosschrisman2003
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on March 7th, 2010 by handcollated
So apparently the revolution has begun. Thorzul and Chris at Stale Gum have started the campaign to mail Ethan Orlinksy (the guy who works for the MLBP and who stated that the real winner of the Upper Deck/MLBP agreement are the fans who no longer have to wonder if a card is officially licensed without [...]
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on March 7th, 2010 by Grand Cards
I was that guy who was secretly disappointed when Topps Opening Day wasn’t released last year. Yep, that one guy. I’m really not exactly sure what it is. At least in years past, they’ve modified the regular Topps set with some different color borders or different color foil or something like that. This year it is the exact same set except that the foil is gone and there is an “Opening Day” logo on the card. Yet here I am, liking it again for some reason. I think it’s because I’m a sucker for logos. That, and the fact that I love Opening Day–the actual day–as much as I love any “officially recognized” holiday. So, 2010 marks the return of Topps Opening Day and Topps has made that one guy smile again.
Base Set There’s not much to say about these cards that hasn’t already been said about Topps Series 1, with one exception. They do a great job of using Series 1 cards and either previewing some of the Series 2 offerings or giving us new cards altogether (we’ll have to wait and see which is which). Here, we get a nice photoshopped action-shot of new Tiger Max Scherzer, as well as franchise cornerstones Miguel Cabrera and Justin Verlander, who are conspicuously absent from Series 1. Opening Day also returns with it’s now-customary “Mascot” card. It is technically an insert, but has the same design as the base set, so I’m lumping it in. Of course, I can’t find a good picture of it, so right now you get bupkis. Sorry. (Update: Paws image found. This is easily the best card in the set, hands down.)
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#16 Aubrey Huff
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#18 Rick Porcello
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#36 Brandon Inge
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#95 Magglio Ordonez
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#97 Max Scherzer
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#124 Gerald Laird
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#150 Miguel Cabrera
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#165 Justin Verlander
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Inserts The inserts in Opening Day are really interesting. There are three Tigers inserts (plus the Mascot card), all of Miguel Cabrera. One of these, is essentially a preview card for Topps Attax, which is fine given the kid-centric cross promotion opportunities. Another, is a “Toppstown” card with a completely different design from the Toppstown cards in the regular Topps set. What’s more, it is a significantly better looking card–generic design be damned–that is really nice. Except for that huge white code box on the front. That couldn’t go on the back, why?
The last insert is the only one worth talking about. Although it has the least catchy name this side of “Cards Your Mother Threw Out”, the “Where’d You Go Bazooka Joe” may be the best insert set that I’ve seen in some time. It is original, it is fun and it harkens back to tons and tons of awesome cartoony baseball cards that I collected as a kid. It is fantastic.
In all, a generally fine but unremarkable series of inserts. The most important feature of which is that there aren’t a bazillion of them to worry about. What a refreshing concept.
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on March 7th, 2010 by unclemoe
I had to make a trip to my local Target this afternoon and I was hoping they would have the new 2010 Topps Heritage cards. I haven’t seen too much in the blogosphere about this set but I had heard that these had been released.They had about six Jumbo P…
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on March 7th, 2010 by Ryan Cracknell
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on March 7th, 2010 by gritz76
It’s been a while since I’ve been heard from, but I’m still here. It seems that my computer has been hanging around with a sketchy crowd and picked up a pile of viruses. One of which sent out some type of porn spam to everyone on my old yahoo mail account. I know a few [...]
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on March 7th, 2010 by dugoutdug
As my 2010 trip to Spring Training in Florida began, I was given a new addition to my 1967 Topps Autographed Baseball card collection by my good friend, Jim. It is Denny McLain, pitcher of the Detroit Tigers, card number 420 in the 1967 Topps Baseball …
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on March 7th, 2010 by William Noetling
Every blogger does it I suppose. Here’s mine:Best Picture AvatarBest Actor – Jeff BridgesBest Actress – Sandra BullockSupporting Actor – Christoph WaltzSupporting Actress – Mo’NiqueBest Director – Kathryn BigelowAnimated Feature – UpAdapted Screenplay…
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