Cardboard Review:2019 Topps Museum Collection (HUGE HIT!!)

BOOOOOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!

That's my thought every time I open a box of Museum Collection. Except normally I don't hear that explosion from my breaks. It's usually, wah, wah, wah.

Well, in 2019 it finally changes so let's see what I pulled and talk about this product shall we?

In each box of 2019 Museum Collection has 4 packs. Each pack has 5 cards and one hit. You should find two autograph and two memorabilia cards per box with one of those autographs being on card. Boxes run currently $200.

The base set looks elegant as always and this years has a touch of foil on the corners. I worry those could lead to chipping. There are 100 cards in the base set to collect including veterans and legends.

Here's the back of the base card.

Legend base

Now to take a look at the parallels. There are five to find and fall one per pack.

Copper

Copper

Blue /199

 

Ruby /50

You can tell the parallels differences from the border color. There are also Amethyst /99, Ruby /50, and Emerald 1/1.

There is only one insert in this product as it's a hit based one.

Canvas Collection Reprints.that has 50 cards to collect and some of the original sketches can be found as 1/1.

Now onto the hits!

Four-Player Primary Pieces Quad Relics

Meaningful Material Patch

Single Player dual Swatch auto

AND

AND

AND

BOOM BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!!!!

Archival Copper Autograph of Vlad Guerrero Jr /50!!!!

Other amazing hits to be found in boxes are,

• Museum Framed Autographs
• Superstar Showpieces Autographs
• Dual Autographs
• Triple Autographs
• Single-Player Signature Swatches Triple Relic Autographs
• Momentous Material Jumbo Patch Autographs
• Momentous Material Dual Jumbo Patch Autograph Book
• Museum Framed Autograph Patch
• Museum Framed Dual Autograph Patch Book
• Single-Player Primary Pieces Quad Relics
• Single-Player Primary Pieces Quad Relic Legends
• Dual Meaningful Material Relics
• Momentous Material Jumbo Patch
• Museum Memorabilia
• Jumbo Lumber Bat Nameplate Relics

OVERALL THOUGHTS: Well, my box paid off this time unlike past breaks. That's what it's all about when it comes to high end products like this. They can be a gamble which is what I always say about them. But, when they pay off, they pay off. It just depends on how much of a gamble you are willing to take.

That's why I would suggest doing a box break if you can't afford a hobby box and take less of a risk. Not to mention land players from your team. Or have a shot at a random team and maybe get the Blue Jays for a chance at a Vlad Jr.

So when you do decided to jump in on a break for any high end product,  I suggest Midwest Box Breaks as they pull fire!

Please make sure to take a minute out to thank Topps for providing this box for me to review and to be able to add cards to the giveaway on Twitter I am hosting. Please follow me there to enter @SportCardCollec. Also follow Topps on all social media sites and visit their SITE, as well. 

REVIEW:2017 Topps Inception Baseball

After seeing many previews of Topps Inception, I knew the product would look amazing. How amazing, well, that wasn't going to be known til the cards were in hand. Well, today, they were.

So if you think the box looks nice, wait til you see it's contents!

So READ ON!

Each box of 2017 Topps Inception baseball comes with one pack. The one pack has 7 cards and the boxes are running around $70. With that amount of cards and price you are hoping each card is worth $10 or one or more has more value. Each box comes with one autograph.

The base cards were even more impressive in-hand. They burst off of the cardboard like a beautiful colorful painting. The cards themselves are printed on thick cardstock as well so that just adds to the impressiveness.

The checklist is 100 players deep with players of today and tomorrow.

Key rookies to find are, Aaron Judge, Yoan Moncada, Andrew Benintendi, Dansby Swanson, Alex Bregman, Yulieski Gurriel, Manny Margot, Trey Mancini, and Jorge Alfaro.

 

Parallels add an extra burst of color to the product. The outside "border" color differentiates what parallel is what. I landed two decent ones in Corey Seager and Miguel Cabrera.

 

 

Find the above parallels and the following:

• Green Parallel
• Purple Parallel #'d to 150
• Magenta Parallel  #'d to 99
• Red Parallel #'d to 75
• Orange Parallel #'d to 50
• Blue Parallel #'d to 25
• Inception Parallel #'d 1/1
• Printing Plates #'d 1/1

Now onto the one hit. I know, fast review huh? I will do my best to add as much info as I can.

I pulled a base rookie autograph magenta parallel of Matt Strahm. These are on-card.

• Magenta Parallel #'d to 99
• Red Parallel  #'d to 75
• Orange Parallel #'d to 50
• Blue Parallel #'d to 25
• Inception Parallel #'d 1/1

Other hits not included in my box are,
Inception Silver Signings, Inception Legendary Debut Autographs, Inception Autograph Relic Cards
Inception Autographed Jumbo Patch Cards, Inception Autograph Team Logo Patch Book Cards
Inception Autograph Letter Patch Book Cards, Inception Autograph Laundry Tag Book Cards, and
Inception Autograph MLB Silhouetted Batter Logo Patch Book Cards. Most of these also have parallels.

OVERALL, I loved the look of the product. I have seen the other hits as well and those are just as/more impressive. However, with only one hit per box and the cost, you have to file this break under the risk taking one. Not every break will provide big boom while others will. It just depends on what box you land. I would strongly suggest if you like the look of the cards but don't wanna take the risk of breaking a box yourself, jump in on a box break with one of the many breakers out there. I suggest Top Shelf Breaks myself.

 

Please make sure to take a minute out to thank Topps for providing this box for me to review and to be able to add cards to the MLB Pick Em promotion. Follow Topps on all social media sites and visit their site, as well. 

 

ALL OF THE ABOVE CARDS WILL BE ADDED TO THE MLB PICK EM PROMO!  FIND INFO ON THIS PROMO HERE AND ENTER THIS WEEKS HERE.

REVIEW:2016 Topps Tribute Baseball (GIVEAWAY)

Definitely the highest of the high-end products I have ever opened, Topps Tribute was a new surprise to me as I didn't know what to expect. I kinda like that thought.

Did this high-end product surprise me or did it leave me disappointed, well, read on!

In every box of 2016 Topps Tribute Baseball you get 6 packs per box with 7 cards per pack. You will find 3 autographs and 3 relics per box that are all numbered. Boxes, like I said this is a very high end product, will run you $250 roughly.

Some quick positives before I move on with the review, the card technology is new. It's called Chromax and is stunning for sure. One of the biggest positives for collectors may be the fact that all autographs are ON CARD!!!

The base cards are very breath taking if you like things shiny like me. The design is simple, yet elegant. The base cards are also very sturdy and would be hard to damage/bend. Scratches may occur however. The technology reminds me of the late 90's Topps Gold Label. 

The base card checklist is built of 90 cards of legends of today and of the past.

As with the base cards, the parallels look great as well. These two are both green parallels numbered to 99. You should find one parallel per box. I got lucky I guess.

Here are the other base card offerings including those elusive Supers!

• Purple Parallel - sequentially numbered.
• Red Parallel - sequentially numbered to 5.
• Black Parallel - numbered 1/1.
• Tribute SuperFractor Parallel - numbered 1/1
• Printing Plates - numbered 1/1

The technology for Tribute stays true throughout the product. Beautiful looking cards with added memorabilia or autograph.

Tribute Relics are single relics of retired stars, MLB veterans and exciting newcomers and are sequentially numbered. I pulled Cabrera.

The next relic set I think is one cool set. They are called Stamp of Approval. They feature a bigger-sized relic piece in a die-cut. Each relic piece is MLB Authenticated with a sticker and sequentially numbered as you will see here:

With the Stamp Of Approvals there are also parallels like the Salvy I pulled above.

They include:

• Purple Parallel - sequentially numbered.
• Orange Parallel - sequentially numbered to 25.
• Red Parallel - sequentially numbered to 5.
• Black Parallel - numbered 1/1.
• Tribute SuperFractor Parallel - numbered 1/1. NEW!

Other relic cards not pulled in this break include:

Prime Patches that features patch relic cards of superstar veterans and HOF greats with each being numbered and having parallels as well like....

- Red Parallel - sequentially numbered to 5
- Black Parallel - numbered 1/1
- Tribute SuperFractor Parallel - numbered 1/1

Milestone Relics that feature relic swatches of game-used baseballs from milestone MLB games. Each of these relic pieces will be MLB Authenticated and numbered to 10. This as well has a parallel that's a Black Jumbo Autographed Parallel that is numbered 1/1.

Now onto those on-card autographs.

The first two autographs, the probably most common to pull are Tribute Autographs.Veterans, icons and rookie are showcased in this 72 card autographed set. Each are numbered.

• Blue – /150
• Green – /99
• Purple – /50
• Orange – /25
• Red – /5
• Black – 1/1
• Printing Plates Black – 1/1
• Black Parallel - numbered 1/1
• Tribute SuperFractor Parallel - numbered 1/1
• Printing Plates - numbered 1/1

The two I pulled are the basic blue version. One of Garrett Richards, the other of Phillies rookie Aaron Nola.

My last autograph is a Rightful Recognition Autograph of Rafael Palmeiro. This card is numbered to 99.

 

This autograph set also ties in with Foundations of Greatness which covers the younger version of these players for a Then and Now type of collecting.

As with some of this product, this one as well comes with parallels to chase.

• Purple Parallel - sequentially numbered.
• Orange Parallel - sequentially numbered to 25.
• Red Parallel - sequentially numbered to 5.
• Black Parallel - numbered 1/1.
• Tribute SuperFractor Parallel - numbered 1/1. NEW!
• Printing Plates - numbered 1/1.

Other autographs not pulled in this box but are in the product are....

Ageless Accolades

A tribute to the game's MVPs from seasons past on acetate.

• Red Parallel - sequentially numbered to 5.
• Black Parallel - numbered 1/1.

Tribute Tandems Book Cards

A two panel book card pairing veterans with baseball icons who share something in common and are numbered to 25. Parallels include Red numbered to 5 and Black numbered 1/1.

Triple Crown Memories

Triple Crown Memories celebrating the 50th anniversary of 1966 when both Frank Robinson and Sandy Koufax won the Triple Crown award by leading baseball in their statistical categories. Parallels include Red numbered to 5 and Parallel numbered 1/1.

Overall Thoughts: It's definitely a beautiful product from top to bottom and has a solid checklist of players and items to pull. However, this box I felt was a dud. Looking at my value vs what you would pay it's probably not that close as I did spend thorough time looking up the values of each of my pulls on eBay.

I am not telling you however not to buy this product. When you do hit, boy, you will hit I can see that much from preview images and other breaks online. But, with any product no matter the cost it's a risk especially on the high end stuff. If you collect high end and like the gamble, I would definitely tell you to buy it. If you don't like forking out this much cash, it's probably safer to buy packs or singles.

NOW TIME FOR THE GIVEAWAY!!!

It's as easy as can be to enter to win one of the cards above. Depending on what card I giveaway will depend on the amount of entries this contest gets. Everyone likes a surprise. Obviously, the more entries....

1. Please make sure to take a minute out to thank Topps for providing this box for me to review and to host this/these nice giveaways with. Follow them on all social media sites and visit their site, HERE, as well.
2. ***VERY IMPORTANT***MUST BE A U.S. RESIDENT to enter or have a shipping address in the U.S. Shipping costs have gone haywire and I can't afford to ship everywhere.This is always hard to do as I appreciate all readers but I hope you all understand non-U.S. readers.
3. Random winner will be chosen after 7 randoms
4. Card may be shipped PWE. I like to forewarn on this.
5. LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW telling me ONE PRO AND ONE CON OF THE PRODUCT.
6. EARN AN EXTRA ENTRY FOR SHARING THIS CONTEST ON YOUR BLOG AND/OR ON TWITTER. Make sure to leave your link in comments too so I can count it. If not, I won't be able to give you the credit. Commenting with it is very important or you WILL LOSE OUT an extra entry!
7. Sport Card Collectors or it's owner (person who runs the blog), WILL NOT be held responsible for lost, stolen or damaged mail. Sorry had to add this in since someone tried to scam me once about this.
8. Contest starts today, ends on August 4th 2016. Winner will be announced in a separate post on August 5th 2016
9. Don't forget to thank the above sponsor of this contest and I won't mind a thank you as well :)

Good luck to all that enter and thanks for reading!

REVIEW:2016 Topps Museum Collection Baseball(MONSTER HIT) And Giveaway!!

For the past week, I have been staring/drooling over images of 2016 Topps Museum Collection baseball all over Twitter. It's a product I haven't honestly ever opened and only have dreamed of doing. Well, today, that dream was brought to a reality.

To celebrate my dream being brought to a reality, I want to celebrate it with a giveaway! Read the review, then find out how to enter to win a card from the break.

Read on!

The box design on the outside is a great start, I am hoping the contents are as well.

After opening the box,  I felt a game show type of rush as if I had to choose which suitcase (mini box) had the big pull I anticipated. Yes, as you can see, there are four mini boxes per hobby box.

Each of those mini boxes has one pack and each pack has 5 cards. Every mini box also has a hit per. Here is the overall breakdown of a box:

• 4 Packs Per Box, 5 Cards Per Pack
• One On-Card Autograph Per Box
• One Autographed Relic Card Per Box
• One Quad Relic Card Per Box
• One Prime Relic Card Per Box
• Boxes run around $180 

The base cards are simple, but yet elegant. It is a black border thick base card with full color player photo There is a touch of foil for inner frame, player name, MC (Museum Collection) and team name. It's simply the kind of base card you would expect from a high end product and one with the name Museum included.

There are 100 base cards in the set consisting of current players, rookies and retirees.

Not much in here for terms of inserts in Museum Collection and I felt they weren't really needed either. But, there are four levels of base card parallels, Copper, Blue, Green and Red and one insert in Canvas Collection.

Copper, Green (#’d to 199), Blue (#’d to 99) and Red (#’d 1/1) - See more at: http://www.dacardworld.com/blog/product-releases/2016-topps-museum-collection-baseball-preview/#sthash.Ejzy8Uj2.dpuf

Copper, Green (#’d to 199), Blue (#’d to 99) and Red (#’d 1/1) - See more at: http://www.dacardworld.com/blog/product-releases/2016-topps-museum-collection-baseball-preview/#sthash.Ejzy8Uj2.dpuf

Here is what a copper parallel looks like. I would also like to note the player in his updated uniform. Not sure what the odds of this one is. I would have to assume 1:4 mini boxes. These are also unnumbered.

 

Green Parallels, these are numbered to 199 and fall 1:4 mini boxes.

 

Blue parallels, numbered to 99, fall 1:8 packs.

Canvas Collections comes in two forms. The actual 1/1 original artwork or the reproduction that falls 1:4 packs and the one I got of Frank Thomas. There are a total of 25 of these overall.

Now onto the hits.

Up first, a base version of Meaningful Material of Zack Greinke that's numbered to 50. I think the card looks spectacular. The balance of player, swatch and color is perfect. What I like most is the appeal of something you may see in a museum. Glad they stuck to a theme as that is something not always easy. The swatch included is also really nice with 2-color seam.

These fall 1:9 mini boxes. There are also parallel versions numbered 35 or less.

Primary Pieces can come with 4 pieces of one player or 4 players with one piece. Legends are involved as well with 20 different ones on the checklist.

My Primary Pieces, though a single player, is a bit special. This is the Primary Pieces Quad Patch that is numbered 4/5 and falls 1:278 mini boxes. Crazy pull huh? Another minor detail I noticed immediately is how dirty it was. Yes, some call this hit even filthy. See my next picture.....

 

Yes, these were actually  GAME WORN!!!! A couple of the pieces on the card have marks like this.

My next hit was one of the promised autograph cards from the box, Signature Swatches. Mine is of NY Met Zack Wheeler and is the gold parallel that falls 1:85 mini boxes. This one happens to be a sticker auto, which I still don't mind cause an auto is an auto to me, but Museum does also have on-card offerings.

Once again, spot on with design on these and some nice swatches on this card as well.

And my final hit, well, it wasn't the second promised autograph....HOWEVER, it was something monstrous and so much better. 

My first ever Laundry Tag pull...

A 1:284 Mini Boxes pull....

A 1/1 Miguel Cabrera Momentous Materials JUMBO Laundry Tag. These babies stand out from a mile away. I can't even tell you how great this card looks cause words can't describe it. The previews I drooled over didn't even do it justice.

I think using the whole laundry tag and not just a corner of it makes these a museum worthy piece. I would go visit a museum with these displayed.

 

Overall, my first break of Museum Collection was absolutely stunning. It left me wanting more and may be something I add to my Christmas list now. If you are one who busts high end and are a baseball card collector (or just a collector in general), I strongly suggest you go this route with all that this product provides. The fun thing also, even if you don't bust high end hobby boxes or can't afford to, find someone who sells the mini boxes. It gives you the same kind of experience but at an easier price. I think a mini box would be well worth your time as well with one hit per and a chance at some of the beauties like I pulled above.

Now onto the giveaway portion of this review,

My first giveaway is going to be for this card which is what you are entering to win today:

  

However, if I can get 30+ entries on this contest, I will giveaway that sweet Zack Wheeler autograph/patch card numbered 1/25 above after this contest ends. Now that's a win-win. So start spreading the word!

Now onto the small print.

1. Please make sure to take a minute out to thank Topps for providing this box for me to review and to host this/these nice giveaways with. Follow them on all social media sites and visit their site, HERE, as well.
2. ***VERY IMPORTANT***MUST BE A U.S. RESIDENT to enter or have a shipping address in the U.S. Shipping costs have gone haywire and I can't afford to ship everywhere.This is always hard to do as I appreciate all readers but I hope you all understand non-U.S. readers.
3. Random winner will be chosen after 7 randoms
4. Card may be shipped PWE. I like to forewarn on this.
5. LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW telling me your thoughts on this product
6. EARN AN EXTRA ENTRY FOR SHARING THIS CONTEST ON YOUR BLOG AND/OR ON TWITTER. Make sure to leave your link in comments too so I can count it. If not, I won't be able to give you the credit. Commenting with it is very important!!
7. Sport Card Collectors or it's owner (person who runs the blog), WILL NOT be held responsible for lost, stolen or damaged mail. Sorry had to add this in since someone tried to scam me once about this.
8. Contest starts today, ends on Saturday, April 23rd 2016. Winner will be announced in a separate post on Sunday April 24th. 
9. Don't forget to thank the above sponsor of this contest and I won't mind a thank you as well :)

Good luck to all that enter and thanks for reading!