Topps Baseball (1951-2012). Cause of Death: O.G.

“Over Golded”How do they expect us to collect it with all those junk inserts in it?OBTW, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka is one of the greatest movies ever.

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So as you’ve probably heard by now, 2012 Topps Series One has started to arrive on Wal-Mart shelves, a couple of days earlier than the Hobby edition. And as I mentioned last week, for the first time since I was five years old, I will not be collecting…

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Tell General Olds I know his heart. What he told me before, I have it in my heart.I am tired of the bullshit.Our Topps sets are ruined.Kazuo Uzuki. Pies-in-the-face. Diamond Sparkles.The old collectors are leaving. It is the young who say yes or no….

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This whole “Stop SOPA” and “Stop PIPA” one-day protest seems like something out of an Ayn Rand novel. I wonder if The Zuck, Sergei & Larry, and Jimmy Wales are all camping out in the Colorado mountains?Probably not. Besides, The Junkie and Ron Paul …

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It’s been a while since I’ve done an on-location box break. And judging by the results, I think it will be a while before I do another one.

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It’s two, two, two rip-offs in one video.But do they have an EPIC Frank Zappa soundtrack?Didn’t think so.

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1994 Fleer… I wonder if Ted Taylor even knows this is on YouTube?(h/t to sruchris for finding this)

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WHOA!!! Betcha that line got your attention, huh?So, here it is. My Big Pussy.Did I mention just how much American Pie rules?

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2011 Topps American Pie may be the greatest trading card set ever made.Notice I did not put the “Non-Sport” qualifier in there. American Pie may be the greatest trading card set ever made, if only for these two cards.Frank Zappa and the Ramones. I th…

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For various reasons, I haven’t bought anything in a while. Which is why I haven’t posted anything here in over a month.I have been writing about cards, just not here. (And Rich pays better than this gig.)Besides, blogging is whack. Twittering is whe…

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In case you’re wondering what I’ve been up to lately, and why this site hasn’t been updated in a while, I’ve been doing some free lance writing for Sports Collector’s Daily.For the uninitiated, it’s probably the best Hobby news site on the planet. For…

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Instead of a fake Miami Dolphins card that you’ll never be able to legally produce, how about this?Just a thought.

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First off, this post is definitely NSFW. If you have kids, or are at work reading this, stop now and go someplace else now. Or go read about pony cartoons.Now, for some background, read this article on Deadspin about the couple in the bleachers gettin…

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2011 Topps Updates Baseball should be on the shelves at your LCS and/or mass-market retail outlet by now, and with it are the inevitable gimmicks. I mean, this is Topps. Surely they won’t allow the third series of their flagship brand be released wit…

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Now this is more like it.

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I’d like to be a fly on the wall in the product development meetings. Seriously, how does Topps come up with stuff this stupid?I’d imagine the conversation went a little something like this…”Hmmm… I got a great idea! Let’s make fake `Relic’ cards…

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Back in the day, Topps used to send me sample boxes of their latest products. In addition to baseball, they also sent my football, basketball (when they still had that license), and UFC cards. The problem is, I only collect baseball cards.For the las…

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No, this one-of-a-kind sketch card from Dayf The Cardboard Junkie is NOT for sale or trade. I know you jealous, but you can’t have it.And here’s the back.Here’s that Matt Diaz incident he’s talking about.

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Last week on Cardboard Connection Radio, I flippantly remarked that I’d be willing to take Panini/Donnruss-Playoff back as a licensee if only to break up the Topps monopoly. Well today, it was announced that Panini has been granted a license from the …

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In case you missed it, I was on Card Corner Club Cardboard Connection Radio with Rob, Russ, and Doug. Fast forward to about the 54:00 mark as we collectively bash 2012 Topps. It’s GAME CHANGING! Listen to internet radio with Cardboard Connection Radi…

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So now that we’ve had a couple of days to digest it all, most of us can agree that 2012 Topps Baseball isn’t exactly the “game changer” we were all led to believe. Based on what I’ve read on the internet, I’ve yet to see a single positive response or …

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Replace “Diamond” with “Gold” and WAA-LAH!!!!

2012 Topps Baseball!

No really. 2012 Topps is THE SAME FUCKING PRODUCT as 2011 Topps.

Same 330-card base set.

Same insert overload.

Same parallels.

But to be fair, there are some changes.

It’s not t…

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#1: 2007 Sweet Spot Michael Buysner

Paid: $0.25

If you’re a fan of unintentional irony (and I know you are), than this is the greatest baseball card ever made. It’s an Upper Deck-issued gimmick card spoofing the former CEO of Disney and current co…

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It simple. I challenged Marie of A Cardboard Problem and Chris Thomas to a race. The first to complete a full 2011 Topps Baseball Sticker album (all 309 stickers) wins….

… well, we never decided on that.

You can keep up with the proceedings by …

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#2: One box of 1998 Zenith.

Paid $27.

Do you really want to know why I get angry at gimmicks? It’s all because of Pinnacle Brands. Pinnacle may have been the first instance of a corporation gimmicking itself into bankruptcy.

The spectacular rise a…

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Thank you Topps for allowing me to act like a 12-year old on the Internet for 5:25.

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#3 TRADE: A 2009 Triple Threads “White Whale” of Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, and Alex Rodriguez AND a 2011 Topps Sterling Albert Pujols bat card serial-numbered to 25 to Marie of A Cardboard Problem for…

… an awkward handshake and an even more a…

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#4: One Orange 1998 Pinnacle Epix “Season” Mo Vaughn and one Emerald 1998 Pinnacle All-Star Epix of Mo Vaughn.

Paid: $0.25 each.

I guess it’s kind of apropos that I post these cards today, the 13th anniversary of Pinnacle Brands’ bankruptcy fili…

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#5 TRADE: A bunch of Toronto Blue Jays cards “to be named later,” to David of Long Fly Ball to Because.. for a six-pack of Flying Monkey Hoptical Illusion beer.

Yeah, I made a trade at The National for beer. And not just any beer, an imported micro…

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#6: 1993 Finest Bip Roberts

Paid $0.10.

Like 2001 Topps Archives, 1993 Finest is a set that I’m trying to build card-by-card. I saw a stack of about a dozen ’93 Finest commons in a dime box and found this card of Mr. Roberts.

Yeah, I had it alre…

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#7: One point in the MLS Eastern Conference table for the Philadelphia Union.

There’s an old axiom in football (the real football, not throwball): You play for the win at home, and the draw on the road. Based on that, the Philadelphia Union’s 1:1 dra…

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#8: 1975 Topps Dave Winfield

Paid $0.25.

Yeah. I can’t believe I found a second-year card of a Hall of Famer in a quarter box either. And it’s a pretty nice looking one, too; a bit diamond cut, but better than the Winfield I have in my ’75 set….

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#9: Three 2001 Topps Archives Future Rookie Reprints.

Given to me, for free, by Chris Thomas.

2001 Topps Archives is a set that I’m trying to piece together for about 10 years now. For the uninitiated, Archives was a 450-card set the featured the ro…

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