Showing posts with label Larry Walker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Larry Walker. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

BASEically Awesome Part 13:1994 Collectors Choice Baseball

Are you surprised to see another Upper Deck set on BASEically Awesome? Probably not. As I have discussed in prior parts Upper Deck=photography and their special photography makes their base cards stand out.

Even on a low-end brand such as Collectors Choice.

Where else do you see Larry Walker making a catch like this?



Or Kevin signing autos before a game


Or Nigel just smiling away


Or how Olson had this on the field


Or Phillips getting caught in midair and the ball being shown that way as well


And finally a focused stare by Dante
 

I only selected a few of my favorites. Most of the 600+ cards in this set look like this. 

What are your guys thoughts on this product and which one of the cards above is your favorite shot? If you wanna caption one as well, you are more than welcomed!

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Breakin Wax:2000 Topps Tek Baseball Pack Break

Topps Tek brings many things to the table. One, it brings some pretty sick base cards. Two, it brings tek-nology that the hobby hasn't seen. Three, it brings some major headaches and confusion if you don't know what you are looking for.





Each pack of 2000 Topps Tek baseball comes with 4 cards printed on acetate-type material. Like I am about to explain, the pack will be made up of many different cards including Sp's and possible inserts.

2000 Topps Tek is only a 45 base card set. However, it has 20 different background variations. A master base set, which contains 20 different patterns for each of the 40 players, is 900 total cards. Yes, you read that right, 900. That is crazy and trying to figure out each card can be challenging. The best thing to do is read the paperwork that is included in the pack. That's how I figured mine out.

Jim Thome signature background

Batting Avg background

MLB logo background on this nice El Duque PC add

And then I pulled an ArchiTEK insert of Larry Walker. These fall 1:5 packs.
Overall, some really nice cards. I like the designs and I think as a whole, despite the confusion and headaches the backgrounds may cause, they would make for one great chase. Especially for player collectors.