Museum Collection

The mid to late 90's will always be my favorite time in the hobby. It wasn't about hitting that RPA or landing that hot prospect, it was simply about collecting. And collecting some great looking cards.

There were a ton of parallels that any collector could fall in love within that era. Most of them don't fall one-per-pack like a lot of products from today, there were odds on these and not all were easy. Just look at Topps Chrome, it had one refractor parallel, and that refractor fell 1:12 packs or two per box. Can you imagine that today? Collectors would go nuts.

One of my favorite parallels from the 90's, I know I say that a lot, is the 1997 New Pinnacle Museum Collection. 

This parallel fell 1:9 packs and has a golden dufex touch. There was no better looking dufex parallel in the Pinnacle line than this one.

I recently picked up a group of them from Burbank Sportcards Beckett Marketplace for my 90's collection.

(East Meets West looks great)

(but not as stunning as Aura looks)

I will continue to seek these out and add what I can from any of the sports of them.

Thoughts on these are welcomed in comments.

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Burbank Pickups Of The Month: July 2021 Edition

This NEW segment will capture most of my monthly pickups from Burbank Sportcards Beckett Marketplace, unless they are NY Giants ones or specific special cards and then you will have to check out Cards Over Coffee and Big Blue Cardboard to see those. I would suggest you follow those blogs in that case.

This month, I targeted some of my sets that need to finally be knocked down from the 90's.

Such as 1996 Pinnacle Pinnacle Power. This is one of my newer chases.

E-X2000 baseball, they only had 4 of the cards I needed of the 9 remaining. At least only 5 cards remain so I can finally complete it. I may try to tackle the EX-2001 next month.

1995 Pinnacle Museum Collection football. This one is a big one to tackle, I am in no hurry.

However, I am in a bit more of a hurry to finally finish up this two year project in 1995 Summit Ground Zero. I finished grabbing the ones I needed on Burbank.

 

The final card was 1995 Summit Ground Zero Steve McNair which was one of the final two tough cards I needed. The other, I still need in Curtis Martin.

If you like the 90's, I would suggest you continue checking out these monthly posts as most of my additions will be of that.

Let me know in comments below which cards or set I am chasing is your favorite.

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Cardboard Review:2021 Topps Museum Collection Baseball Master Box

Baseball season is chugging along and so aren't the baseball card releases.

A few products have already dropped this month and none of them excited me more than seeing Museum Collection.

I haven't had a lot of luck with the product in the past, but let's see how it goes this time.

 

In every master box of 2021 Topps Museum Collection, there are 4 mini box packs per master with each one coming with 5 cards and 1 hit. Each master box comes with one of the following:

On-card Autograph
Autograph Relic
Relic
Quad Relic

Each Master Box is $320 or so.

BASE:

The base set is the standard design of Museum Collection, not much has changed in years.

It includes veterans, legends

And rookies of the game. The base set overall is 100 cards.

PARALLELS:

Parallels are found in pretty much every product these days, so even a high end product like Museum has them.

But, unlike a lot of other products there aren't so many offerings. You can find the following, Copper, Sapphire /150, Amethyst /99, Ruby /50, and Emerald 1/1.

Copper

Sapphire /150

 

Amethyst /99

INSERTS:

50 cards make up the only insert set in Museum Collection in 2021 Reproduction Canvas Collection. I got a "Big Hurt" with my pull :)

HITS:

The main basis of a high end product like Museum Collection are the hits and there are plenty to find.

And boy did my Master Box start off HOT! Beautiful 3-color swatch of Superstar Fernando Tatis Jr.

Then, it was a drop off from there. At least to me.

Quad relic of Brewers /25

Dustin May autograph (pitcher auto, ugh)

Nate Pearson on-card autograph (another pitcher auto, double ugh. But this guy has been stalking me in 2021)

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

Well, I was feeling good about the start of this break until I opened more than one pack. Haha! Even though I have never faired that well with Museum, I still like the product a lot. Solid design, some amazing hits to be found with a great autograph checklist.

I know most will immediately turn their heads when they see the price point, but this is one of those products I would suggest jumping in on a box break for.

I welcome your thoughts below.

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. 

Cardboard Review:2019 Topps Museum Collection UEFA

UEFA makes its return to Museum Collection bold and beautiful base cards and big time hits.

Let's dive in shall we and see how a box break went!

Every box of 2018-2019 Topps Museum Collection UEFA comes with 8 cards. 3 base, 2 parallel and three hits. Boxes run about $110 so there's always some risk involved.

The base cards has 75 cards to collect from a variety of big stars. I always enjoy the Museum Collection base cards because they always look nice. That touch of rainbow foil really makes these stand out.

As always, there are parallels to find in the product.

Gold /99

Sapphire /75

And others to find are Gold /50, Ruby /25, and Emerald 1/1.

Now onto the hits. Not much to talk about since the cards are all about the hits.

Momentous Material Jumbo Relic of Marco Reos

Archival Autograph of Rafael Da Silva

Autograph Jumbo Relic of Andre Onana

Other hits to find I didn't include,

• Archival Dual Autographs
• Framed Autographs
• Road to Madrid Autographs
• Museum Autograph Relics
• Meaningful Material Single Relics
• Dual Meaningful Material Patch Relics
• Momentous Material Prime Patch Relics
• Single Player Triple Relics

OVERALL THOUGHTS: I didn't hit it big here, but you definitely can with some of the names on the checklist. As with most products, they are gambles. This one definitely is because it's higher end and comes with fewer cards so you are hoping that each card pays off. Sometimes it will, sometimes it won't. Just like a scratch ticket.

Other than money value, which isn't my thing anyways, the product looks amazing. Though I would like to see some more on card content for autographs.

Not everyone can afford a hobby box of this, so I suggest a box break with Midwest Box Breaks when you do so and let them know you want to open some UEFA. They always pull heat!

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:2018 Topps Museum Collection UEFA Champions

For the first time in Museum Collection history, it's introducing us to UEFA Champions League. The beautiful high end product can only bring UEFA Champions League to another card level.

Let's check out the inaugural debut!

In every hobby box of 2018 Topps Museum Collection UEFA Champions League is one pack of 8 cards. Each box comes with three hits and the breakdown should be an Autograph, Autograph Relic,Relic and even a Base Parallel. Each box is roughly $120 and under.

You expect beauty when it comes to Museum base cards and that's exactly what you get. Black outer border with a touch of rainbow foil on the inside border and featured player. I tried to capture them the best I could.

The base card set is 75 cards with all the big names including, Pepe, Messi and Ronaldo. With only four base per box it could take awhile to build the set.

With all products, we find ourselves looking at parallels. Each box comes with one and mine was a Sapphire that is numbered to 75. You can define the parallels by the obvious numbering or the inner border.

Other parallels are Gold /50, Ruby /25, and Emerald 1/1.

Without inserts, we are going straight to the meat of the product. The Hits baby!

Most hits will have the following parallels, Sapphire /75, Gold /50, Ruby /25, and Emerald 1/1.

Just like with the base cards, the hits look great as well. My first hit is Meaningful Materials of Kyle Walker.

My next hit is a Wojciech Szczesny autograph. Cool looking card in design and the rainbow foil is an added nice touch.

And that wasn't the end of Wojciech Szczesny in this box, my final pull was his autograph again. This time it was a Momentous Material autograph.

Other hits not found in my box but could be in yours includes,

• Museum Autograph Relics
• Archival Autographs
• Archival Dual Autographs
• Framed Autographs
• Road to Kiev Autographs
• Single-Player Triple Relic Autographs
• Momentous Material Jumbo Relics
• Momentous Material Prime Patch Relic
• Single-Player Triple Relics

OVERALL: Tough pulling two autographs of the same player in a box, well, unless it's Messi or Ronaldo. The design stays true throughout the product and that's nice to see since it was well done. Finding sticker autographs for some in a $100+ product is tough for some, like I have said before, I don't mind them that much.

I think fans of UEFA will be pleased overall however with this product and there is solid value in here with some big name hits waiting to be found.

Please take a minute out to thank Topps for providing the box to review. Some of the cards you see above will be included in the Fantasy Baseball contest! Follow Topps on all social media sites and check out their website HERE for cards and more!