2000 Topps Gallery Hobby Edition

     Welcome back to BA Benny's Pack Rip Cafe for another look at a random pack from the Vendo-O-Pack machine. I am thrilled to be up to 17 followers in just 5 weeks and want to see that number grow even more so spread the word and get all the pack rip action on your blogrolls.

     Today we get a little fancy with a pack of 2000 Topps Gallery.

2000 Topps Gallery Hobby Edition

 

#27 Erubiel Durazo (Diamondbacks)

#100 Alex Rodriguez (Rangers)

#59 Carlos Febles (Royals)

#42 Tony Gwynn (Padres)

Players Private Issue #37 Todd Walker (Twins) sn'd 088/250

Students of the Game #126 Rick Ankiel (Cardinals)

3 of the backs.

BY THE NUMBERS:Total Cards: 6

Teams Represented: 6
Rookie Cards: 0
Sub Sets: 1 (Students of the Game)
Parallels: 1 (Players Private Issue sn'd /250)
Inserts: 0
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 3 (A-Rod, Gwynn, Walker)


MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 8 out of 10 Good pictures, nice design, textured like artwork,  no team logo.
Back Design: 8 out of 10 Nice design, team logo, good player info, gallery notes has interesting player facts, Another factoid related to the picture on front, only 1999 stats (broken down by each month).
Player Selection: 7 out of 10 Good, 1 HOFer and 1 sure to be HOFer.
FINAL OVERALL RATING:
RBI Single up the middle. 50%  keepers, a sn'd parallel, and great looking cards in general make this pack a hit for me. I am very impressed with this product as I hadn't seen this particular year before.

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1996 Topps Finest Series 1

Hey all. I'm back with another pack here on the Pack Rip Cafe. Today we go back to 1996 with Topps Finest.

1996 Topps Finest Series 1

#181 G15 Doug Drabek (Astros)

#176 G31 Greg Colbrunn (Marlins)

#116 G45 Rico Brogna (Mets)

#155 G35 Wade Boggs (Yankees)

#55 G72 Ricky Bones (Brewers)

#21 G51 Eddie Murray (Indians)

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 6
Teams Represented: 6
Rookie Cards: 0
Parallels: 0
Inserts: 0
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 3 (Brogna, Boggs, Murray) The rest are available

MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 7 out of 10 Good pictures, nice design, very shiny, no team logo, protective film.
Back Design: 7 out of 10 Nice design, only one year and total career stats, good player fact, no team logo
Player Selection: 7.5 out of 10 Very Good, all quality players, 2 HOFers
FINAL OVERALL RATING: RBI Single over first base. Very cool looking cards that are the forefathers of chrome cards. I like the over all package very much but not a big fan of the strange numbering system wit 2 numbers and different themes. 3 out of six keepers (50%) is a hit even if the whole pack is base with no inserts or parallels.

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2005 Fleer Tradition Series 1 Hobby Edition

 Hey all. I'm back with a pack of 2005 Fleer Tradition Series 1 Hobby Edition today on the Pack Rip Cafe.

2005 Fleer Tradition Series 1 Hobby Edition

                                     

#39 Coco Crisp (Indians)

#170 Mike Cameron (Mets)

#19 Roger Clemens (Astros)

#157 David Ortiz (Red Sox)

#294 Choo Freeman (Rockies)

#109 Shawn Green (Dodgers)

#277 Angel Berroa (Royals)

#235 Hideki Matsui (Yankees)

Gray Parralell #128 Mike Lowell (Marlins)

Cooperstown Tribute #8 of 10 CT Nolan Ryan (Rangers) sn'd 1015/1999

Some backs.

The set breakdown and odds. The Ryan I got is a 1:72 packs and is sn'd to the year of his Hall of Fame induction.

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 10
Teams Represented: 10
Rookie Cards: 0
Parallels: 1 (Gray Back/Border)
Short Prints:  0
Inserts: 1
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 4 (Matsui, Cameron, Ryan, and Clemens)
MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 6.5 out of 10 Good pictures, simple design, team logo, different backgrounds
Back Design: 7.5 out of 10 Nice design, Full career stats, basic player info, no team logo, not my favorite color combination.
Player Selection: 6.5 out of 10 Good

 FINAL OVERALL RATING: Double in the gap. Four keepers, a HOFer sn'd insert, a gray parallel, a Met and Yankee make this a real good pack.

2006 Topps Opening Day Hobby Edition

Welcome once again to BA Benny's Pack Rip Cafe. Today I have from the Vend-O-Pack machine a 2006 Topps Opening Day Hobby Edition pack.

2006 Opening Day

                                      

                       

                       

#69 Jake Peavy (Padres)

#118 Jason Schmidt (Giants)

#79 Todd Helton (Rockies)

                       

#126 Kevin Millwood (Rangers)

#156 Chris Demaria RC (Brewers)

#101 Dontrelle Willis (Marlins)

Sports Illustrated for Kids #14 of 25 Julio Lugo (Rays)

Topps of the Class card and gum

A couple of backs.

BY THE NUMBERS:
Total Cards: 7
Teams Represented: 7
Rookie Cards: 1
Parallels: 0
Inserts: 1 (1 per pack guarantee)
Short Prints: n/a
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 1 (Dontrelle, the rest are available.)
MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 7 out of 10 Decent pictures, nice design,,same as 06 Topps set except blue foil instead of silver and Opening Day logo added, no team logos.
Back Design: 8  out of 10 Nice layout, full career stats, colorful, good team logo
Player Selection: 7 out of 10 Good, all quality players.
FINAL OVERALL RATING: Fly Out to right. I like the 06 Topps sets designs and the blue foil is a nice change for the opening day set. Only one base keeper makes this an out but still a cool set to collect.
 

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2 Packs 2010 Topps Heritage

Hello again all. Today I have 2 packs of 2010 Topps Heritage for the Cafe.

2010 Topps Heritage x2

Pack #1

#238 BJ Upton (Rays)

#202 Torii Hunter (Angels)

#190 Chad Billingsley (Dodgers)

 #71 Robert Andino (Orioles)

#4 Delmon Young (Twins)

#335 Carlos Gonzalez (Rockies)

#130 James Loney (Dodgers)

#477 Albert Pujols MVP's (Cardinals) Short Print

Pack #2

#32 Chris Carpenter (Cardinals)

#33 Jason Bay (Mets)

#265 Dexter Fowler (Rockies)

#198 Chris Iannetta (Rockies)

#178 Matt Holliday (Cardinals)

#312 Hideki Matsui WS MVP (Yankees)

Chrome Refractor #C97 Tim Lincecum (Giants) sn'd 410/561

#151 Brad Kilby RC (A's)

BY THE NUMBERS:
 Total Cards: 16 (2 packs)
 Teams Represented: 11
 Rookie Cards: 1
 Parallels: 1 (sn'd Refractor)
 Inserts: 0
 Short Prints: 1
 Hits: 0
 Keepers for Me:  3 (Matsui, Bay, and Lincecum. The rest are available.)

MY RATINGS:
  Front Design:  7 out of 10 Good pictures, nice 1961 design, no team logos most pictures are posed.
  Back Design: 7.5 out of 10 Nice 1961 design, Full career stats, good player info, no team logo
  Player Selection: 7 out of 10 Good, all quality players.
FINAL OVERALL RATING: RBI Single up the middle. A sn'd refractor and a SP plus a Met and Yankee make these  packs a hit.

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2005 Topps Rookie Cup Hobby Edition

Hello again all. I have 2005 Topps Rookie Cup Hobby Edition pack from the Vend-O-Pack to show everyone. Check out the post about the baseball card vending machine I have near me over on my other blog  BA Benny's Baseball Card Buffet. These packs came with 7 cards per pack with 2 inserts and one sn'd parallel as part of the 7 cards.

2005 Topps Rookie Cup Hobby Edition

#17 Rick Monday (A's)

#82 Kenny Lofton (Indians)

#29 Gary Mathews (Giants)

#58 Pete Incaviglia (Rangers)

Red Parallel #86 J.T. Snow (Angels) Sn'd 337/499

Rookie Cup Reprint #19 Bobby Cox (Yankees)

Rookie Cup Reprint #117 Rafael Furcal (Braves)

Some backs.

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 7
Teams Represented: 7
Rookie Cards: 0
Parallels: 1 Sn'd /499
Inserts: 2
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 2 (Cox and Snow, the rest are available)

MY RATINGS:Front Design: 6.5 out of 10. Nice design, decent photos Rookie Cup logo, no team logos, same background logo on all cards.
Back Design: 6 out of 10. Nice design, rookie all-star season and total career stats only, no team logo gray and white only colors.
Player Selection: 7 out of 10. Good variety, all rookie cup winners, some stars.
FINAL OVERALL RATING:
Single into left field. I like these cards a whole lot even though the design is fairly simple and I got only two keepers. I like the idea of only all-star rookie cup winners in the set and am always a fan of the reprints of older cards. A different twist is the reprints of rookie cup cards that are usually second year cards of most players. I am thinking of finding a box of these to bust.


Give me your rating on these and check out another pack of these over on A Pack To Be Named Later as I got 2 packs to rip out of the Vend-O-Pack.

Also check out the Vend-O-Pack post over on The Buffet to enter a little contest I am having.
 
 

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2008 Topps Chrome Hobby Edition

Hello all. I am back from vacation with a pack of 2008 Topps Chrome Hobby to get back into the swing of things. 4 cards per pack.

2008 Topps Chrome Hobby

#94 Grady Sizemore (Indians)

#78 Brian McCann (Braves)

#96 Jared Weaver (Angels) REFRACTOR

#176 Milton Bradley (Rangers)

A couple of the backs.

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 4
Teams Represented: 4
Rookie Cards: 0
Parallels: 1 (Refractor)
Inserts: 0
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 0
MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 6.5 out of 10 Good pictures, nice design, very shiny, no team logo.
Back Design: 7.5 out of 10 Nice design, Full career stats, good player info, no team logo
Player Selection: 7 out of 10 Good, all quality players.

FINAL OVERALL RATING:

Fly Out to center field. Nice looking chrome set that mimics the standard set. Some good players but no HOF'ers or keepers for me. The refractor makes contact but still an out.

Check out anothet pack of 2008 Topps Chrome I ripped on A Pack To Be Named Later and see if I did any better with that pack.

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1994 Donruss Series One (Hobby Only)

Welcome back to the Pack Rip Cafe. Today I have a pack of 1994 Donruss Series One (Hobby Only). These came with 13 cards per pack

1994 Donruss Series One

#122 Carlos Hernandez (Dodgers)

#219 Carlos Quintana (Red Sox)

#16 Dennis Eckersley (A's)

#249 Joe Oliver (Reds)

#187 Trevor Hoffman (Padres)

#258 Tim Raines (White Sox)

#89 Cal Eldred (Brewers)

#283 J.T. Snow (Angels)

#74 Rob Deer (Red Sox)

# 109 Larry Casian (Twins)

#169 Rick Honeycutt (A's)

#44 Mickey Tettelton (Tigers)

Special Edition #2 Mike Piazza (Dodgers)

Some backs

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 13
Teams Represented: 10
Rookie Cards: 0
Parallels: 1
Inserts: 0
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 2 (Piazza & Eckersley, the rest are up for grabs)

MY RATINGS:

Front Design: 6.5 out of 10. Nice team logos, glossy, some foil, decent photos, no borders.
Back Design: 6 out of 10. Decent photos, no team logo, only 1993 stats, good design

Player Selection: 6.out of 10. OK player mix, some stars.

FINAL OVERALL RATING:
Single to left. Any pack with a Piazza parallel is a hit to me. Over all an OK pack with some nice players and a cool parallel.

   The Pack Rip Cafe will be on vacation for 10 days or so as I travel down to North Carolina for a family vacation. I have a bunch of stuff ready to go and will return with more pack rips when we get back.

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