Hobby Box Break and Review: 2011 Bowman Sterling

As most of you know my interest in cards has more or less vanished recently for various reasons mentioned in a previous post. When I saw the box from Topps, that little feeling of excitement came back…. It was nice to know that it was still in the…

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Well, it was random a few months ago. At the national I wanted to get my mitts on a 2011 Topps Heritage Dustin Ackley NSCC exclusive RC. As it turns out, I ended up with a Michael Pineda RC which disappointed me then and now I don’t know how I feel…

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I know, I know… You have all already opened this and seen it. However, it took me forever to get to writing this review and to be able to scan anything to do so. My apologies. I will make this one short and sweet.Getting right down to business, …

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Well, it sure has been a while since we last posted something around here.I can only speak for myself as for the reason we kind of fell off the map for a little while here. For me the lack of interesting products or any sort of variety of products, …

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When 2011 Topps Tier One was first introduced into the product line I thought it sounded exciting. It appeared to mirror some of the designs of products that are no longer being produced by other companies but were popular amongst collectors. Then …

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In light of the ridiculous amount of time that has lapsed between recent posts, I thought I would share a story about a redemption card that took a LONG time to surface.November 13, 2010 posted a 2010-2011 Panini Limited box break. I redeemed the ca…

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I think once you have no power in the cold weather for more than 5 days you are officially a member of some sort of eskimo club. Since the random snowstorm on Oct. 29th we have been without power in my neighborhood. They are supposed to have it bac…

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I think once you have no power in the cold weather for more than 5 days you are officially a member of some sort of eskimo club. Since the random snowstorm on Oct. 29th we have been without power in my neighborhood. They are supposed to have it bac…

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I posted a blog a couple of days ago about not bothering with inserts and parallels until I’m at a show or I already found a way to get all the better/harder to find later cards. I thought I would share a couple of my mail days to show you why I sto…

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I posted a blog a couple of days ago about not bothering with inserts and parallels until I’m at a show or I already found a way to get all the better/harder to find later cards. I thought I would share a couple of my mail days to show you why I sto…

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Yesterday the doorbell rings and I see the mail truck outside. Naturally I am suspicious of this considering the mailbox is outside. I open the door and the mailman tells me that I need to sign for a certified and registered letter. I ask where it…

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Yesterday the doorbell rings and I see the mail truck outside. Naturally I am suspicious of this considering the mailbox is outside. I open the door and the mailman tells me that I need to sign for a certified and registered letter. I ask where it…

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While putting some of my Bowman prospect cards in order I stumbled across something interesting. There is an error on this card. You figure it out.Anyone else find other errors in the 2011 Bowman Chrome?

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While putting some of my Bowman prospect cards in order I stumbled across something interesting. There is an error on this card. You figure it out.Anyone else find other errors in the 2011 Bowman Chrome?

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Why do you list OBVIOUS fake “patch” cards online that no one believes are real? Actually, one person did believe that they were real because they were dumb enough to spend $66.00 hard earned dollars on the most insanely fake card.See the $66 stupid…

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Why do you list OBVIOUS fake “patch” cards online that no one believes are real? Actually, one person did believe that they were real because they were dumb enough to spend $66.00 hard earned dollars on the most insanely fake card.See the $66 stupid…

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I sort of got into a discussion about this issue on Twitter and it’s something I have been thinking about more lately just based on what I look for on eBay and at shows. I have made it known that I love blue refractors, so I can’t say that I think a…

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I sort of got into a discussion about this issue on Twitter and it’s something I have been thinking about more lately just based on what I look for on eBay and at shows. I have made it known that I love blue refractors, so I can’t say that I think a…

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2011 Bowman Chrome arrived with the usual hype however much less so than last year. When last year’s Chrome got close to the release date the prices were soaring because of Stephen Strasburg, this year we have Bryce Harper to chase but it seems like…

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2011 Bowman Chrome arrived with the usual hype however much less so than last year. When last year’s Chrome got close to the release date the prices were soaring because of Stephen Strasburg, this year we have Bryce Harper to chase but it seems like…

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Since we don’t have a case break already in the works we need to make that happen. I want to know what you guys think would be a good case break for the next one. I am anticipating doing one or two more this year but that’s about it.Here are some s…

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Since we don’t have a case break already in the works we need to make that happen. I want to know what you guys think would be a good case break for the next one. I am anticipating doing one or two more this year but that’s about it.Here are some s…

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After opening a case of 2011 Topps Finest Baseball, I feel like I can give this a better review based on a whole lot of packs and boxes vs. just one hobby box. The product featured one thing we are all always asking about and looking for- on card au…

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After opening a case of 2011 Topps Finest Baseball, I feel like I can give this a better review based on a whole lot of packs and boxes vs. just one hobby box. The product featured one thing we are all always asking about and looking for- on card au…

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I did it again. I seem to binge buy Bowman and Bowman Chrome in recent years and I honestly have no explanation as to why since I don’t prospect and I don’t have a big interest in amassing a huge collection of who “might be” when I collect 3 guys ba…

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This is an unconventional contest for us to be a part of but it’s for our friend’s boyfriend so we’ll help. My friend Lisa from Drugstore Divas boyfriend is close to first place in a recipe contest. They are rallying up giveaways and prizes to push…

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I did it again. I seem to binge buy Bowman and Bowman Chrome in recent years and I honestly have no explanation as to why since I don’t prospect and I don’t have a big interest in amassing a huge collection of who “might be” when I collect 3 guys ba…

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This is an unconventional contest for us to be a part of but it’s for our friend’s boyfriend so we’ll help. My friend Lisa from Drugstore Divas boyfriend is close to first place in a recipe contest. They are rallying up giveaways and prizes to push…

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I had to go to Shop Rite earlier to return Bad Teacher to the Red Box and since Target is across the street I figured why not go there and buy cards for no reason if they had them. Lucky me, they were fully stocked with 2011 Bowman Chrome and probab…

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I had to go to Shop Rite earlier to return Bad Teacher to the Red Box and since Target is across the street I figured why not go there and buy cards for no reason if they had them. Lucky me, they were fully stocked with 2011 Bowman Chrome and probab…

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These are the updated contest results for the Brandon Belt patch/auto after the league championship series ended. There is a good race at the top, however, no one had picked the St. Louis Cardinals to win.

If the Rangers win, we probably have a cle…

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These are the updated contest results for the Brandon Belt patch/auto after the league championship series ended. There is a good race at the top, however, no one had picked the St. Louis Cardinals to win.

If the Rangers win, we probably have a cle…

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You know we are approaching the end of the year when the 2011 Topps Update boxes are out. This is both happy and sad times because the season is almost over and then we are looking forward to 2012 products.While I understand what the purpose of this…

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You know we are approaching the end of the year when the 2011 Topps Update boxes are out. This is both happy and sad times because the season is almost over and then we are looking forward to 2012 products.While I understand what the purpose of this…

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Now is your time to finally get an autographed Ichiro card.

Leaf Metal Draft released this week, which is essentially a prospect product.

Collectors can expect these kinds of cards in there with players such as Manny Banuelos and Bubba Starling. …

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