tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108520133795628754.post2556793750472582430..comments2023-10-29T10:11:53.672-04:00Comments on Battlin' Bucs: Drink It In, ManMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04854315904173219584noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108520133795628754.post-87037939511773614532018-03-06T11:47:41.548-05:002018-03-06T11:47:41.548-05:00Yeah, that's pretty much where I am. I'll...Yeah, that's pretty much where I am. I'll complete a team set of the newer stuff and grab parallels if they're cheap and easily found. But gone are the days when I try to complete team sets of the parallels or actively chase specific cards. There's just too much out there to keep track of. I've been slowly filling in older holes and it's a lot more enjoyable for me.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854315904173219584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108520133795628754.post-43969625835432075372018-03-05T14:37:22.728-05:002018-03-05T14:37:22.728-05:00It's definitely getting to the point that new ...It's definitely getting to the point that new stuff is going to run into the ground. I decide whether I want Topps flagship, and then see if I like A&G, GQ, Heritage, or Bunt. After that, I pretty much cross everything else off. Don't do high end or Bowman, so there isn't much left. If none of those are exciting, then I'm done. <br />It seems this year that they've watered down the creativity behind flagship in favor of star power. I can see a year coming that I only buy older singles and lots and skip the entire new product year.GCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108520133795628754.post-86481710246579196412018-02-28T14:29:16.730-05:002018-02-28T14:29:16.730-05:00A few years ago I quit wax cold turkey. I open ma...A few years ago I quit wax cold turkey. I open maybe a dozen or two dozen packs a year - a pack of two of S1, 2 and Update, and usually a blaster of Opening Day. The rest I spent at shows and COMC. I usually go on a little spending spree when COMC does their big sitewide sales. For $50 or $100, I end up having a box of refractors, autos, and other awesome cards shipped to my door. The same money in blasters would usually yield me a couple dozen base cards and maybe a could inserts I wanted to keep.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854315904173219584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108520133795628754.post-72649821075472627782018-02-28T14:26:58.757-05:002018-02-28T14:26:58.757-05:00To me the pace is just insane, especially when you...To me the pace is just insane, especially when you consider there are basically two card companies producing baseball cards. To have more cards coming out when there are 1/4 as many companies is just insanity to me.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854315904173219584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108520133795628754.post-45941517867395483512018-02-28T12:44:37.471-05:002018-02-28T12:44:37.471-05:00I still discover cards/designs from the last few y...I still discover cards/designs from the last few years that I had no idea ever existed. This post added a couple to that fold with the TEKnicians and Golden Leather inserts. To me, it keeps things fresh. I don't feel pressure to research every single set that's being released these days, because doing so would be extremely time consuming and/or impossible. As a result, I'm always discovering new things whenever I go to card shows, and that's one of the main reasons I still love the card show experience so much.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508921644099472101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108520133795628754.post-76979497804778282992018-02-28T10:56:42.675-05:002018-02-28T10:56:42.675-05:00Collecting is a weird thing today. I like ripping ...Collecting is a weird thing today. I like ripping packs just because of the thrill of seeing the new cards in hand and the potential of pulling an insert, but I find myself being able to get amazing looking cards on COMC or eBay to add to my favorite player/Rays-Devil Rays/Tigers/Highlights/Rookie Card/Refractor binders for good prices, and I think I could have some really cool binders and less crap that I don’t want like hundreds of Yankees if I would just order a few times a year on COMC instead of wasting money on packs. I don’t think I could ever get myself to stop ripping them, though. <br />I also feel what was said about the sheer volume and hundreds of parallels. I am trying to collect all of Brody Koerner’s cards from 2016 Elite Extra Edition, minus the autographs. I’ve got close to finishing. Just missing one of the Gold 1/1’s, but it is crazy how many cards he has when he has only been in 1 release. I think if I’m correct, he has 8 cards including all the parallels, and then autographed versions of each. I would probably waste between 500-1,000 bucks if I were to go after the autographed ones, and I’m not made of money. If he gets into a Bowman set, I’m screwed. There must’ve been 10 different colors in last years set, and then all of them have an autographed version. Too many cards. <br />I miss how back in the ‘90’s, you KNEW what a players best rookie card was, and actually had a chance of pulling it. You had a shot in hell at pulling Jeter’s SP rookie or Andruw Jones’ Bowman’s Best card. Now even if you can decipher which parallel card is a players best rookie card, you don’t have a chance in hell at pulling it because of the scarcity of it. It just ruins it for the guy who can’t spend a mortgage payment on a box of cards every week. Nothing new I guess. I’m afraid that collecting will be a rich mans hobby and that flagship Topps will be no more. People will be forced to make custom sets and sell them online until Topps cracks down and files a lawsuit and then we will only have a Panini-like custom set to choose from. Jeremya1umhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631055539594841302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108520133795628754.post-79813506646190226182018-02-28T10:24:47.849-05:002018-02-28T10:24:47.849-05:00Great post. I support the belief that "less ...Great post. I support the belief that "less is more". I wish card companies would cut back on their production and spend more time in designing and producing quality cards for us to collect. The reason I've scaled down my collecting big time over the past few years is because there's just no way I'll ever be able to own every Gwynn or Altuve card. As a child growing up in the 80's, that was still a possibility. As for taking the time to sift through cards and soak them in. I only did that my first few years. By 1987, I was ripping through packs as fast as I could and sorting them into team lots. It's only been recently that I've gone back and looked at some of those cards and thought... dang, these are really nice.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108520133795628754.post-34612423357690183672018-02-28T09:31:36.816-05:002018-02-28T09:31:36.816-05:00To me the best thing about being a team collector ...To me the best thing about being a team collector is there's always *something* to chase. When I lose interest in the current stuff, I work backwards and start filling in my vintage team sets or trying to complete a mid 00's Topps Gold set. When Topps or UD would saturate every product with the same rookie auto, I could live with it. At least it was one and done. But getting three, four years of Polanco and Marte autos without any variety kills me. I'd rather overpay and go pick up a Don Kelly auto I don't have than buy my 16th Polanco.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854315904173219584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108520133795628754.post-74821009169413287872018-02-28T08:28:55.881-05:002018-02-28T08:28:55.881-05:00I think about 3000 of those Pirate cards are Marte...I think about 3000 of those Pirate cards are Marte and Polanco autos/relics. As a team collector I crave variety and unless one of the young Pirates turns into a good everyday players it will be more of the same guys this year. When things go stale I usually just turn to my WVU collection for several months. BobWalkthePlankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16011292576523365641noreply@blogger.com