Cardboard Review:2021 Topps Archives

70 years of Topps was the theme in 2021 Topps Archives this year.

Archives incorporated one design from each previous decade that Topps has been making baseball cards from the 1950s to the 2010s. Which are the following designs,1957, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1991, 2001 and 2011 designs.

So let's check it out!

In each box of 2021 Topps Archives it comes with 24 packs of 8 cards. Boxes run $120 and come with 2 autographs.

There is also one move poster per box as well.

How cool is this??

BASE:

The base set is 300 cards deep with players from the past, present and future.

PARALLELS:

The following parallels can be found in Archives,

Rainbow Foil /150, Green /125, Silver /99, Red /75, Red Hot Foil /50, Blue Foil /25, Orange Hot Foil /15 and FoilFractor 1/1.

Red Hot foil. I am not a Red Sox fan, but man this card is stunning with team colors.

INSERTS:

Falling at 1:24 packs, is the 1994 Draft Pick design featuring rookies from this year.

1963 Topps Peel Offs fall 1:6 packs and have 15 to collect.

Movie Poster cards fall 1:6 packs with 15 cards to collect.

Bazooka is back..except these packs had no gum but had this 15 card insert set that falls 1:6 packs.

HITS:

2 autographs to find...I have never had any luck pulling big names, but what I will say about Archives is that they include fun names. The guys you don't see in every product.

Jason Kendell

Bazooka Silver border falls 1:1105 packs.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

This was a fun break. I enjoy the throwback designs, the on card autographs and the solid checklist of rookies, veterans and legends.

The box topper movie poster really jumped out at me then the rest was great from there and for some reason or another, I have not gotten tired of seeing that overused photo of Cutch.

I am not sure what the other parallels look like either, but that Devers was quite stunning and I like the fact the product isn't over run with them per box. Makes them more valuable and it's all about the chase!

Your thoughts on Archives is welcomed below!

Let's Talk About Sets Volume 28:1997 Upper Deck Rock Solid Foundation

I am not sure how far along with my sets I would be if it wasn't for @CardpocalypseNC helping me along the way. He has found stuff from his own collection, shows, trades and everywhere else to help me move forward.

Today's is a set I have marked wrong, yes wrong, in my set directory. I have these listed as 1996 when in fact they are from 1997 Upper Deck. I will fix that at some point.

Today we are looking at the latest adds to the set, a 20 card set, that featured the most important players at the time under the age of 25.

Such as Jason Kendall

 

And Raul Mondesi

With these two added, this is what I have now,

2,3,11,12, 13,16

Not many, so still have a ways to go.

What caught my eyes with these is the pure design factor. I love the foil but the touch of rock/marble in the background sealed the deal. These were found 1:7 packs of 1997 Upper Deck so I don't expect prices to be nuts on them but it will still take a little while to finish building this one.

We will be having more sets soon!

1997 Upper Deck UD3 Baseball Pack # 18 INSERT!!!

Yes, you read the headlines right. Another insert! This is my second of the box. Still hoping with packs remaining that something else is still hiding and waiting for me to find.

Up first, a new set add in Hideo Nomo. You gotta love that high leg kick he had.

 

Darin Erstad. Was it me or did you seem to pull him in every pack back then????? At least now I was glad to find him as a new set add.

 

And as I mentioned above, my insert pull. Another Generation Next that fall 1:11 packs. This time it's of the good catcher Jason Kendall that I discussed about a few packs ago.

 

So in 18 packs, we are on our way towards a set and have pulled two inserts. What remains in the final 6 remains to be seen.

Tomorrow the next bust is coming up!