2016 Baseball Cards

[seawolf17]

BOOM



Mets well-represented ins this year's Topps Series 1. Leaving off all the various autographed and game-used inserts:
31 Travis d'Arnaud - New York Mets
43 Noah Syndergaard - New York Mets FS
67 Matt Harvey - New York Mets
86 Wilmer Flores - New York Mets
136 Michael Cuddyer - New York Mets
145 Jon Niese - New York Mets
190 Jeurys Familia - New York Mets
232 Michael Conforto - New York Mets RC
236 Juan Lagares - New York Mets
273 New York Mets - New York Mets
310 David Wright - New York Mets
312 Curtis Granderson - New York Mets
323 Jacob deGrom - New York Mets
326 Kevin Plawecki - New York Mets FS

2016 Topps Series 1 Baseball Berger's Best
BB-20 Nolan Ryan - New York Mets
BB-21 Tom Seaver - New York Mets
BB-34 Dwight Gooden - New York Mets

2016 Topps Series 1 Baseball First Pitch
FP-1 Abby Wambach - New York Mets
FP-2 Gabrielle Giffords - New York Mets
FP-8 Kristaps Porzingis - New York Mets
FP-13 Victor Espinoza - New York Mets

2016 Topps Series 1 Baseball MLB Debut
MLBD-14 Dwight Gooden - New York Mets
MLBD-15 Matt Harvey - New York Mets
MLBD-33 Nolan Ryan - New York Mets

The Greatest Streaks Set Checklist
GS-07 Tom Seaver - New York Mets

Topps Laser Set Checklist
TL-11 Matt Harvey - New York Mets

2016 Topps Series 1 Baseball Walk-Off Wins
WOW-7 Wilmer Flores - New York Mets

[Zvon]

Ya know, seeing a few Mets as examples, the no-border look is pretty kool. Still feels like Stadium Club to me though. And I'll never forgive Topps for lopping the ends of the best logo known to man and the universe.

Still, I will enjoy the 16 cards. Because years from now I'll point to the '16's and say, yea, that was the year the Mets started their run of 3 World Championships in a row.

[seawolf17]

The other thing is that I'm legitimately excited about the players on the cards this year, too. The last few years it's been like "Oh, great. Vic Black and Matt denDekker." But starting with the Update series last year, it's suddenly turned the corner.

[dgwphotography]

These are beautiful! When are they coming out?

[seawolf17]

Today -- Target had them out yesterday. Stopped in and grabbed one more back BECAUSE I CAN'T STOP MYSELF:



Four packs, ZERO Travis Jankowskis. You're killing me, Topps.

(And if any of you DO go out and buy anything -- DGW? Z? -- save me your #184 Travis Jankowski cards.)

[dgwphotography]

You got it. Time to start building another set (not that I finished building last years' set).

[seawolf17]

dgwphotography wrote: You got it. Time to start building another set (not that I finished building last years' set).

Happy to help fill holes if you need. Got plenty here.

Zvon, you too.

[seawolf17]

Also, follow @brentandbecca on Twitter. Brent Williams is a PROLIFIC case opener who does an enormous amount of eBaying, and is an incredibly nice guy. He's posting pictures of his breaks all day long.

[dgwphotography]

seawolf17 wrote: dgwphotography wrote: You got it. Time to start building another set (not that I finished building last years' set). Happy to help fill holes if you need. Got plenty here. Zvon, you too.

I have plenty of extras, too if you need any filling.

[Zvon]

seawolf17 wrote: Happy to help fill holes if you need. Got plenty here. Zvon, you too.

Still haven't completed the Archive set, although I can't say I've been trying lately. IIRC my brother and I went thru your need list and I was a bit disappointed to see that between us we only had 11 cards that you needed. I'll send them along if you still need em.

seawolf17 wrote: Also, follow @brentandbecca on Twitter. Brent Williams is a PROLIFIC case opener who does an enormous amount of eBaying, and is an incredibly nice guy. He's posting pictures of his breaks all day long. https://twitter.com/brentandbecca

Niiice. Followed.

[Zvon]

27 different cards in 2016 Topps Series 1 will feature Bill Cosby in some capacity. How wacky is that?



From Baseball Card Breakdown:
http://baseballcardbreakdown.blogspot.com/2016/02/2016-topps-preview-from-parallel.html?showComment=1454542819956#c680892604774722805

[seawolf17]

That's a pretty well-done parody.

[Zvon]

seawolf17 wrote: That's a pretty well-done parody.

I was zipping around so fast when I hit that blog that I didn't catch that it was a joke. I thought it was serious. I came here and linked it before I even finished reading it. lol.
That's pretty classic!
He got me good

[seawolf17]

Since it's a new thread, links:

My needlist -- constantly updated: http://bit.ly/wVFOp3
My tradelist -- which desperately needs an update: http://bit.ly/wOIKng

The Bench: thebenchtrading.com (I'm "seawolf17" -- if you'd like to use me as a referral, it's appreciated.)

[Ceetar]

I bought one pack for the hell of it. 3 Mets and a weird bonus strip of card?






No Jankowski or whatever that is.

[seawolf17]

Your image links appear to be broken.

[Ceetar]

seawolf17 wrote: Your image links appear to be broken.

fucking Google.

[Ceetar]

[seawolf17]

Ooh, I see you pulled one of the CPF "special edition" Doc Gooden cards.

[Ceetar]

it's awesome.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Pretty cool drop-in to this year's set, here:

Jones' card is part of Topps' first-pitch set, which it started in 2015. It's mostly celebrities and pro athletes featured on the first-pitch cards, but Topps smartly adds notable fans to the mix too. This year's list includes soccer player Abby Wambac, NBA star Kristaps Porzingis, golfer Jordan Spieth, as well as celebrities James Taylor, Bill Withers, LeVar Burton and Johnny Knoxville. Even Bud Selig got one.

[ashie62]

Ceetar wrote: it's awesome.

But the guy was a dope fiend when we needed most.

[Guest d'Kong76]

If anyone has dubs or trips of Mets they don't want I'm good for postage
or trades or both.

[Zvon]

Just cracked my first pack.

First card of the 2016 (Olbermann says it doesn't matter but I strongly disagree): Hunter Pence.

First Mets card: That Gooden MLB Debut (seen above) but the back of mine says silly, unbelievable stuff.

First regular Mets card: Niese. Meh.

A 36 card pack. 2 Mets. The Gooden...maybe worth 3 regular common Mets. I did good.
5 bucks a pack though. That's kind of extreme. What do kids get for an allowance these days? Like 50 bucks?

I got 2 of those 72 card boxes (10$). I don't think I like these if the cards come all in one stack (just looked, they do, gah-better not be any doubles). I like the individual packs that come boxed. But this was all they had boxwise.

[dgwphotography]

I got 2 of those 72 card boxes (10$). I don't think I like these if the cards come all in one stack (just looked, they do, gah-better not be any doubles). I like the individual packs that come boxed. But this was all they had boxwise.

I just picked up a couple of these boxes. I felt it was a no brainer - 144 cards for $20, or a 100 card box for $20...

The baseball season seems just a little closer now:

[seawolf17]

dgwphotography wrote: I just picked up a couple of these boxes. I felt it was a no brainer - 144 cards for $20, or a 100 card box for $20...

The bigger boxes also include a special "medallion" card, fwiw.

[dgwphotography]

seawolf17 wrote: dgwphotography wrote: I just picked up a couple of these boxes. I felt it was a no brainer - 144 cards for $20, or a 100 card box for $20... The bigger boxes also include a special "medallion" card, fwiw.

I know, I have no interest in them. I just want to build the base set.

[seawolf17]

Totally agree. Just saying that's the price difference.

Also -- eyeball your cards closely. If you've got any of the camo jerseys in your photos, you might have a short-printed variation that might earn you a few bucks on eBay: http://www.beckett.com/news/2016/02/2016-topps-series-1-baseball-variations/

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I bought one of the $10 boxes yesterday -- got Lagares, Wilmer and the team card -- and think the design is beautiful. That said, I don't like this idea of alternate versions of the base cards. Not the parallels - I have no use for those -- but the versions of the base cards with different photos. Based on that Beckett post, many of the short-printed cards have better photos.

Just seems like Topps keeps making it harder and harder for collectors to enjoy the product.

[seawolf17]

I totally understand that, but you can certainly enjoy the product without knowing the variations exist. If you're an obsessive player collector, then finding the short-printed Conforto variation can be a pain. But if you just want to have a Conforto RC in your collection, the "A" version is perfectly fine.