tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28551022089167474182024-03-19T09:03:13.431-04:00BA Benny's Pack Rip CafeA Subsidiary of BA Benny's Baseball Card Buffet. A Fun Spot to Rip a Variety of Loose Packs.BA Bennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150345904848914238noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855102208916747418.post-61652737032036796582012-08-06T20:37:00.000-04:002012-08-06T20:40:44.568-04:002008 Upper Deck First Edition Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hello all. We continue through the repack box with an offering from Upper Deck from 08. First Edition was their answer to Topps Opening Day in the lower priced simple set and took it one step further by adding an update set.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><u>2008 Upper Deck First Edition Update</u></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">#359 Edgar Renteria (Tigers)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">#386 James Loney (Dodgers)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">#397 Eric Gagne (Brewers)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">#341 Aaron Harang (Reds)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #990000;">#368 Miguel Tejada (Astros)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">#473 Troy Glaus (Cardinals)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: white;">#339 Alexei Ramirez <em>RC</em> (White Sox)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">#418 Ramon Castro (Mets)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">#472 Skip Shumaker (Cardinals)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">#SQ-60 <em><span style="color: #38761d;">Starquest (Common)</span></em> Vladimir Guerrero (Angels)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">BY THE NUMBERS:</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Total Cards:</span></strong> 10</div>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 9<strong> </strong>
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br /><strong>Rookie Cards:</strong></span><strong> </strong>1 (Ramirez)<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br /><strong>Sub Sets:</strong></span> 0<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Parallels:</span></strong> 0
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Inserts:</span></strong> 1 (Starquest, as promised)<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 2<strong> </strong>(Vlad, Castro)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">MY RATINGS:</span> </strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">6.5 out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, all action shots, plain design, no foil, no team logo.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">8.5</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Nice design, team logo, good player info and factoid, full career stats, player picture.<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7 out of 10</span></strong> Good, all relevant players.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: white;">Sacrifice Fly Out </span></strong> to center field. Only 20% keepers and a plain front puts an out in the book but the great backs and Vlad insert moves the runner from second to third.<br />
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Hello all. Today I continue with the repack box and go back to 1988, the heart of the overproduction era. </div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000;">#288 Jaun Samuel (Phillies)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000;">#156 Julio Franco (Indians)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #134f5c;">#629 Dave Hengel (Mariners)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: red;">#623 Ed Romero (Red Sox)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: white;">#496 Bill Madlock (Tigers)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">#365 Luis Quinones (Cubs)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Diamond Kings<em> #13 Shane Rawley (Phillies)</em></span></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: orange;">#582 Rene Gonzales (Orioles)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: yellow;">#449 John Smiley (Pirates)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #134f5c;">#317 Mark Langston (Mariners)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: blue;">#157 Charlie Liebrandt (Royals)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: red;">#289 Cal Daniels (Reds)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">#656 George Bell (Blue Jays)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: red;"> #'s 13, 14, 15 Stan Musial Puzzle (Cardinals)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">BY THE NUMBERS:</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Total Cards:</span></strong> 16</div>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 13
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Sub Sets:</span></strong> 1 (Diamond Kings)<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Parallels:</span></strong> 0<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Inserts:</span></strong> 1 (Stan Musial puzzle)<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong>
n/a<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 1<strong> </strong>(Clemens)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">7 </span><span style="color: yellow;">out of 10</span></strong> Good but mostly posed pictures, nice border design, team logo.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">7</span><span style="color: yellow;">out of 10</span></strong> Nice layout, good player info, 3 colors used, only last 5 years + career stats, no pictures, no team logo<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 6 out of 10</span></strong> Decent, mostly known players from that era, only a few stars.<br />
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Foul pop <strong><span style="color: white;">Out</span></strong> to the catcher. Only one keeper and an average group of players scores an out. The Clemens makes this pack hardly makes contact.<br />
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Hello all. Today's pack here on The Cafe marks the half way point (5th pack) of the repack box I have been featuring. 07 Fleer Ultra is the flavor of the day.</div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">#27 Carlos Zambrano (Cubs)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000;">#87 Howie Kendrick (Angels)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #999999;">#121 Mariano Rivera (Yankees)</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: white;"> </span><strong><span style="color: white;">Ultra Iron Man</span> <em><span style="color: orange;">#UIM-15 Cal Ripken Jr. (Orioles)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">BY THE NUMBERS:</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Total Cards:</span></strong> 5</div>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 5<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Sub Sets:</span></strong> 0
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Parallels:</span></strong> 0
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Inserts:</span></strong> 1 (Ripken Iron Man)
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 2<strong> </strong>(Mariano, Ripken)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 5</span><span style="color: yellow;">.5</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, plain boring design, no team logo.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;"> 6 out of 10</span></strong> OK design, team logo, full career player stats, good player fact, too much blank space<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7 out of 10</span></strong> Good, 1 HOFer and 1 sure to be HOFer.<br />
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Infield <strong><span style="color: white;">Single</span></strong>. 2 of 5 keepers and a great insert work a hit despite the lower ratings on appearance.<br />
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Hello all. Today I have pack #4 from the repack box which is 2008 Upper Deck X. This is the only one out of the ten in the box that has been featured here on The Cafe (<a href="http://babennyspackripcafe.blogspot.com/2010/09/2008-upper-deck-x.html">HERE</a>) so let's see which one is better.</div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: white;">#39 Justin Verlander (Tigers)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">#60 Joe Mauer (Twins)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Die Cut</span><em> #30 Brandon Phillips (Reds)</em></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: white;">Xponential</span><em> <span style="color: #3d85c6;"># X-AR Aramis Ramirez (Cubs)</span></em></span></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: orange;">#10 Nick Markakis (Orioles)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">#17 Carlos Zambrano (Cubs)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">BY THE NUMBERS:</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Total Cards:</span></strong> 6</div>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 5<strong> </strong>
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Inserts:</span></strong> 1 (Xponential level 1) <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong>
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, interesting design, no team logo.
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br /><strong>Back Design<span style="color: yellow;">:</span></strong></span><span style="color: yellow;"><strong> 5</strong><strong> out</strong></span><span style="color: yellow;"> <strong>of 10</strong></span> OK design, team logo, good player factoid, a bit plain and boring<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7 out of 10</span></strong> Good, all relevant players, some stars.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: white;">Fly Out</span></strong> to center field. No keepers and an average design make this an out. The player selection and the nice looking Xponential insert gets the bat on the ball.<br />
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Hello all. Today I continue with the repack box with a 2008 Upper deck Timeline pack. They say "look for 2 inserts cards in each pack, on average" but they should really call them subsets as all the cards are all numbered in one continuous series. Still nice to know you will get 2 specialty cards in a pack.</div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000;">#38 Travis Hafner (Indians)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #38761d;">#44 Frank Thomas (A's)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Gold Parallel</span></strong> <strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000;">#38 Travis Hafner (Indians)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: white;">92 UD Minors</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>#115 Felix Pie (Cubs) </em></span><span style="color: white;">RC</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: white;">UD Timeless Teams</span> <span style="color: #134f5c;">#265 Ryan Braun (Brewers)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">BY THE NUMBERS:</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Total Cards:</span></strong> 6</div>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 5<strong> </strong>
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br /><strong>Rookie Cards:</strong></span> 1<strong> </strong>(Felix Pie)
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Sub Sets:</span></strong> 2 (92 UD Minors, UD Timeless Teams)<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Parallels:</span></strong> 1 (Gold)
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Inserts:</span></strong> 0
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 1<strong> </strong>(Frank Thomas) The rest are available <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">6</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Good action pictures, nice design, good use of team colors, a little bland, no team logo.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">7</span><span style="color: yellow;">out of 10</span></strong> Nice design, team logo, good player info, different picture than front, good player factoids , only career total stats.<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7 out of 10</span></strong> Good, stars and good players only.<br />
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2 out <strong><span style="color: white;">Single</span></strong> up the middle. A Frank Thomas, a gold parallel, and two inserts (really sub sets) and good overall players scores a single for me.<br />
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Hello all, today I have the second pack from the repack box to present here on the Cafe. I have a pack of 2008 Topps Opening Day. I believe this is the last year they made the cards look different from the flagship set by changing the border color along with adding the Opening Day logo. I wish they would still do that but since they don't I will no longer build the sets. </div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">#32 Curtis Granderson (Tigers)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: red;">#63 Chris Duncan (Cardinals)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: red;">#151 Chris Carpenter (Cardinals)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;"><em>#218 Joey Votto (Reds) </em></span><span style="color: white;">RC</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">BY THE NUMBERS:</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Total Cards:</span></strong> 6</div>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 4<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br /><strong>Rookie Cards:</strong></span><strong> </strong>1
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Sub Sets:</span></strong> 1 (Checklist)<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Parallels:</span></strong> 0
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Inserts:</span></strong> 1 (Mascot Tattoo)<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 0 (All are up for grabs)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">6.5</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, nice simple design, no team logo, Same as flagship set with different color border.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">7</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Nice design, good player info, full career stats, no team logo<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7 out of 10</span></strong> Good quality players.<br />
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Fly <strong><span style="color: white;">Out </span></strong>to center field. Zero keepers and a checklist that's counted as a card makes an out for this pack. A good player selection and decent design puts the bat on the ball.<br />
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Hello all. Today I begin a run of ten packs I got from a repack box I picked up on sale for $7.49 at FYE while picking up some CD's. At 75 cents per pack it should surely be a bargain score.</div>
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Not a bad selection over all with a nice variety. The only pack already featured in The Cafe is the 08 Upper Deck X so the rest will be new. First pack up...................<br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #cccccc;">#69 Chien Ming Wang (Yankees)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">BY THE NUMBERS:</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Total Cards:</span></strong> 4</div>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 4
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 2 (Wang, Berra/Robinson)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">9</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Great pictures, excellent design, textured like artwork, nice foil accents, no team logo.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">8</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Great design, team logo, good player factoid, only last years stats.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 8 out of 10</span></strong> Great, 2 HOFer's plus.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: white;">Single</span></strong> over second base. 50% keepers, from a great looking set works every time.<br />
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Hello all. Today I rip a pack from 1992 Team USA Basketball. I do not really collect basketball (except for a few Knicks relics and sn'd) so this pack I found in the bargain box at the LCS is for The Cafe readers.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">#85 John Stockton (Team USA / Jazz)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">#6 Charles Barkley (Team USA / Sixers)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">#12 Larry Bird (Team USA / Celtics)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: white;">#47 Karl Malone (Team USA / Jazz)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: white;">#80 David Robinson (Team USA / Spurs)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: white;">#23 Patrick Ewing (Team USA / Knicks)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">#39 Michael Jordan (Team USA / Bulls)</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">BY THE NUMBERS:</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Total Cards:</span></strong> 8</div>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 7 (All on team USA)<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Sub Sets:</span></strong> 0
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 0 (All available)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7.5</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, all action shots nice design, team USA logo.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">6.75 </span><span style="color: yellow;">out of 10</span></strong> Nice layout, interesting facts/stats, wide variety.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 10 out of 10</span></strong> Awesome, can't go wrong with this group.<br />
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3 pointer at the halftime buzzer. (Lead off <strong><span style="color: white;">Double.</span></strong> ) All keepers if I collected basketball, a full boatload of talent, stars, and legends. A can't miss pack.<br />
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Hello all, back here on The Pack Rip Cafe with my first 2012 product, Topps Archives. I've seen the reviews, both positive and negative so I will throw in my 2 cents and rip a pack here.</div>
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<em><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">#178 Adam Lind (Blue Jays)</span></strong></em></div>
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<em><strong><span style="color: red;">#43 Wade Bogs (Red Sox)</span></strong></em></div>
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<em><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">#93 Matt Harrison (Rangers)</span></strong></em></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><em><strong>#144 Ike Davis (Mets)</strong></em></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cccccc;"><em>#67S-MR </em><span style="color: white;">Sticker</span><em> Mariano Rivera (Yankees)</em></span></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #38761d;">#21 Jeremy Hellickson (Rays)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000;">#71 Jimmy Rollins (Phillies)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">BY THE NUMBERS:</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Total Cards:</span></strong> 8</div>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 7<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Rookie Cards:</span> 0</strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Sub Sets:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Parallels:</span></strong> 0<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Inserts:</span></strong> 1 (Mariano Sticker)
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 3<strong> </strong>(Mariano Sticker, Boggs, Davis). The others are available as I already have them for the set.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">8 out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, nice designs, I happen to be a fan of 3 out of the for design years chosen.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">7</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Nice designs, true to their original releases.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7.5 out of 10</span></strong> Good, Nice range of young thru veterans with a HOFer..<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING: </span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: white;">Single</span></strong> into right field. 37.5% (3 of 8) keepers including the insert gets a hit from me. I like the set and have decided to build it (see my needs on the <a href="http://babennysbaseballcardbuffet.blogspot.com/">Buffet</a> side bar). I like the retro thing and hope if they do this set again they will pick 4 different years to represent.<br />
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Hello all! The Pack Rip Cafe returns and I am stoked to be back ripping loose packs for you all to enjoy. I have a whole bunch of different packs set aside, both old and new, so it will be a fun ride through different eras in collecting as the Cafe moves forward.</div>
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Today we go back 23 years to 1989 with a pack of Donruss Pop-Up. These packs featured a pop up card along with 5 all star player cards and a Warren Spahn 3 puzzle piece card for a total of 7 cards in all.</div>
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The feel of the wax on the wrapper brings back such memories of my youth.</div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">#8 Frank John Viola Jr. (Twins)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: white;">#12 Doyle Lafayette Alexander (Tigers)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">#45 Andres Jose Galarraga (Expos)</span></em></strong></div>
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A good start, none for me though so ask and ye shall receive. I love the addition of the middle name on the backs.</div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: blue;">#41 Gary Edmund Carter (Mets)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: red;">#37 Osborne Earl (Ozzie) Smith (Cardinals)</span></em></strong></div>
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Two big time stars and both keepers for me, yea!</div>
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<strong><span style="color: white;">Pop-Up</span><em> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Andre Dawson NL (Cubs)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red;">BY THE NUMBERS:</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Total Cards:</span></strong> 7</div>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 7
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Parallels:</span></strong> 0
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(puzzle and pop-up as promised)<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong>
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 3<strong> </strong>(Carter, Smith, Dawson)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">7</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, nice color change on the 89 Donruss design, no team logo but the league logo is there.
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">7 out</span><span style="color: yellow;"> of 10</span></strong> Nice design, team logo, all-star logo, good player info from their all-star game appearances. <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7 out of 10</span></strong> Very Good, all stars from the day and all-stars of course.<br />
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RBI <strong><span style="color: white;">Single</span></strong> up the middle. 3 keepers including the pop-up. A fun blast from the past.<br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> <strike>10</strike> 11 extra card</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 9<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Sub Sets:</span></strong> n/a<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Parallels:</span></strong> 1 (Helton mini) <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 0<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>SP's </strong></span><span style="color: #ffe599;">1 (Beckett)</span></div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Hits:</span></strong> 1 (Munson bat)<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 2<strong> (</strong>Munson base and Munson bat card) The rest are for trade.<br />
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<strong></strong><strong><span style="color: red;">MY RATINGS:</span> </strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">9</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, nice design, great artwork, good old school cardboard feel, I like the inclusion of the background artwork, no team logo. <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Back Design:</span></strong> <span style="color: yellow;">6</span><strong><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Nice design, team logo, good player factoid, no stats, only 2 colors.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7.5 out of 10</span></strong> Good, nice mix of quality players plus the legends.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> 3 RBI <strong><span style="color: white;">Home Run</span></strong> to center field. A Hit, an SP, an extra card, what's not to like. I love the design and the feel of these cards. I am not the retro set kind of collector but this set has me tempted.<br />
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Head on over to The Buffet and see how the other pack was, although I can't see it being much better then this one.<br />
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</div> As you can see, the gum has really taken its toll on these stickers, the Celtics took the brunt of the damage. The stickers became completely detached from the backing while the Bullets is much better with just a few stains.<br />
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Total Cards/Stickers:</span></strong> 3</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 2<strong> </strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Rookie Cards:</strong></span> n/a<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Sub Sets:</strong></span> n/a<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Parallels:</span></strong> n/a<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 1<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> n/a<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 2<strong> </strong>(Celtics and Bullets) Anybody who wants The Shot card can have it, first comment asking for it gets it from the freebie box.<br />
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<strong></strong><strong><span style="color: red;">MY RATINGS:</span> </strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">8.5 out of 10</span></strong> Great team logos. <span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Back Design:</strong></span><strong><span style="color: yellow;"> 5</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> N/A for the stickers, the "Shots" card back is pretty cool.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player/Team Selection:</span></strong> <span style="color: yellow;"><strong>9 out of 10</strong></span> Great, a legendary team and a team that has changed it's name works for me, only thing better would be the Knicks.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> 2 RBI <strong><span style="color: white;">Single</span></strong> up the middle. 2 very cool cards for my team logo collection and being a 1974 product makes a solid hit. The condition keeps it a single. <br />
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Each card has 2 numbers, the main number first and then the theme number next. A duplicate card is a bummer right off the bat.<br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> 13</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 8<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Sub Sets:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Parallels:</span></strong> 1 (Steinbach refractor) <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me </span><span style="color: #ffe599;">2 (Murray and Steinbach refractor) The rest are available as usual.</span></strong><br />
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<strong></strong><strong><span style="color: red;">MY RATINGS:</span> </strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">6</span> <span style="color: yellow;">out of 10</span></strong> Good in game pictures, nice chrome like finish when protective film peeled, hard to read players names, bland design, no team logo. <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Back Design:</span></strong> <span style="color: yellow;">5.5<strong> out of 10</strong></span> So-so design, good in game player picture, team logo, good player info but hard to read due to some backgrounds, only previous years and career stats.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 6.5 out of 10</span></strong> Decent, 1 HOFer and a couple of stars of the day.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> Fly <strong><span style="color: white;">Out</span></strong> to right field. A refractor and Eddie Murray makes contact but not enough keepers, a design that doesn't grab me, and a duplicate gets an out. I really find the protective films annoying and too hard to peel.<br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> 15</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 15<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Sub Sets:</span></strong> 0<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Parallels:</span></strong> 0<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 1 (Stickers)<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 2 (Hawkins, Team Logo Stickers) The rest are up for grabs.<br />
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<strong></strong><strong><span style="color: red;">MY RATINGS:</span> </strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">6out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures of in game action shots, bland design, no team logo. <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">8</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Nice design, team logo, good player info, full career stats, player picture. <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 6 out of 10</span></strong> Decent mix of players but no big stars.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> Pop Out into shallow right field. Bland design on the front and no big names make an out. A good back design, 15 cards, and 2 keepers put the bat on the ball.<br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> 7</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 6<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Sub Sets:</span></strong> N/A<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Parallels:</span></strong> 0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 2 (Mascots and Opening Day Stars)<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 1<strong> </strong>( Hamilton ODS) The others are available.<br />
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Back Design:</span></strong> <span style="color: yellow;">7</span><strong><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: yellow;"> </span>out of 10</span></strong> Nice design, no team logo, good player info, full career stats, same as 2011 flagship.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7 out of 10</span></strong> Good, all quality players with some stars.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: white;">Single</span></strong> up the middle. A nice affordable pack with 2 inserts (one I needed) gets a hit.<br />
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</div> Look at that, an extra card. I would say that there seems to be a pattern to the way these cards were packed, all in order. Ernie Lombardi is the only player in this back not in the hall of fame but if you look at his numbers, he probably should be. Nobody can complain about the players in this lot at all.<br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> <strike>8</strike> 9 (Extra card)</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 6<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Sub Sets:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Parallels:</span></strong> 0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 3<strong> </strong>(Dimaggio, Mantle, Aaron)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">8 out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, nice design, very old school look, no team logo. <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">8</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Fun design, good player info, great player tidbits career stats only . <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 9.5 out of 10</span></strong> Awesome, with 8 out of 9 Hall of Farmers you can't go wrong.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> 2 RBI <strong><span style="color: white;">Single</span></strong> up the middle. I really like these cards for their old school look ans legends checklist. 3 great keepers and still other all time greats make this a real fun pack plus an extra card. Even with no parallels, hits, inserts or any other special cards this set is still great.<br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> 4</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 4<strong> </strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Rookie Cards:</strong></span><strong> </strong>2<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Sub Sets:</strong></span> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Parallels:</span></strong> 1 (Refractor) <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 0 (All are in the freebie box so just email if you want any.)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">8 out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, nice design, love the chrome, good use of team colors. <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">8</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Nice design, team logo, full career stats, good player info.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7 out of 10</span></strong> Good, all relevant players.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> 7 yard screen pass on first down (Infield <span style="color: white;"><strong>Single</strong></span>). A refractor and decent players makes this a positive pack. Chromes are one of my favorites so that doesn't hurt.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><strong><u>Thanks for Reading!</u></strong></span></div>BA Bennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150345904848914238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855102208916747418.post-15046856155248981742011-01-21T18:13:00.001-05:002011-01-21T18:14:30.052-05:001996 Ringside Boxing Series 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Hello all. Today we go into the ring for the first pack of Boxing cards here on The Pack Rip Cafe. I have no desire to collect boxing cards but for 50 cents in the Vend-O-Pack machine so I grabbed them for a little variety here today. Any cards I am not keeping are in the freebie box so if you want them just shoot me an e-mail.<br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> 8</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> NA<strong> </strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Rookie Cards:</strong></span> 1 (Melvin Foster) <span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Sub Sets:</strong></span> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Parallels:</span></strong> 0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 3 (Rookie and 2 International Boxing Hall of Fame)<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 1<strong> </strong>(Johnson flag card)<br />
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<strong></strong><strong><span style="color: red;">MY RATINGS:</span> </strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">5</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Fair, Same background on most cards, not much in the way of action shots.<br />
<strong><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Back Design:</span> 6 out of 10</span></strong> OK, decent fighter facts, only one year stats and totals, too much blank space.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strike>Player</strike> Boxer Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 4 out of 10</span></strong> Below average.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> Second round TKO (<span style="color: white;">Foul Out</span>).<strong><span style="color: white;">e</span></strong> I haven't heard of most of these fighters and a bland design make for a bad pack. The flag card and an 3 inserts get it to the second round before the TKO.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pacific Prism Base Card</div>Drops Silver (print run of 799)<br />
Holgraphic Blue sn'd /80<br />
Holographic Gold sn'd /480<br />
Holographic Mirror sn'd /160<br />
Holographic Purple sn'd /99<br />
Pebbly Dots (print run of 691)<br />
Premiere Date sn'd /61<br />
Rapture Gold (print run of 565)<br />
Rapture Silver (print run of 916)<br />
Sheen Silver (print run of 448)<br />
Slider Silver (print run of 334)<br />
Texture Silver (print run of 448)<br />
Tinsel Silver (print run of 331)<br />
Woodgrain Silver (print run of 331)<br />
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Lets see what I come out with. Be warned that they don't photograph too great. In person the have much more of a silver apperance and the background variations are more pronounced.<br />
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</div> This is the base version. The camera flash reflects all the colors in the holographic like background.<br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> 5</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 4<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Sub Sets:</span></strong> 0<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Parallels:</strong></span> 2 (Easley Purple /99 and Gwynn Silver) <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 2<strong> </strong>(Easly, Gwynn)<br />
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<strong></strong><strong><span style="color: red;">MY RATINGS:</span> </strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">8 out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, nice design, awesome colorful holographic like backgrounds, no team logo. <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">7</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Nice design, team logo, fair player info, good layout, one year stats.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7 out of 10</span></strong> Good, 1 HOFer.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: white;">Double</span></strong> down the line. I really like these cards and love the backgrounds. Anybody who likes chasing rainbows will have a field day with this set as there are many different colors and background variations of each card. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> I am going to find a player to chase a rainbow but it wont be a superstar as they can be costly. Stay tuned to <a href="http://babennysbaseballcardbuffet.blogspot.com/">The Baseball Card Buffet</a> for more of these and a chance to get some yourself in the near future.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>BA Bennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150345904848914238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855102208916747418.post-36168177283126832922011-01-14T20:30:00.000-05:002011-01-14T20:30:20.209-05:00NASCAR 2008 Press Pass VIP Retail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Hello all. Today the Pack Rip Cafe offers up it's first foray into a pack of racing cards. I picked up 5 packs of assorted racing cards from a clearance sale and decided to show this one. I usually pick a pack, open it, take pictures regardless of the contents and post the pack here. This time I opened all five and picked one to show off. You will see why I picked this one. (This pack was the last one I opened) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><u><strong>2008 Nascar Press Pass VIP Retail</strong></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrB1gIKsXYpanPlzcMhhALY4JUWwrM4DIv5NaNOJ6aEiOrLnRPnRrAt499SRvOCMT5K3I3a5_I5yyhAYbmHuOZ2xnd-g-FzrqBboq-okMK7QT_VpnoWgFFXL3ZGAn-PXtCtJdSbOGrho/s1600/DSCN3880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrB1gIKsXYpanPlzcMhhALY4JUWwrM4DIv5NaNOJ6aEiOrLnRPnRrAt499SRvOCMT5K3I3a5_I5yyhAYbmHuOZ2xnd-g-FzrqBboq-okMK7QT_VpnoWgFFXL3ZGAn-PXtCtJdSbOGrho/s400/DSCN3880.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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</div> AJ is an up and comer on the Nascar circut who should continue to make some noise in the 2011 season. A nice shot of him in victory lane after winning the All-Star race qualifier.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Sweet! A dual hit. While the picture doesn't show it that well, the glove swatch shows some real wear from use on the wheel of Matt Kenseth's Dewalt Tools Ford. I love this card, its my first firesuit relic in my limited Nascar collection. These packs should have 4 cards but I guess the hit drops it down to 3.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> 3</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 3<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Sub Sets:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Parallels:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 1 (Dual Relic) <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 1 (Dual Relic)<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 1 (Dual Relic) The others are up for grabs. No trade needed, just ask.<br />
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<strong></strong><strong><span style="color: red;">MY RATINGS:</span> </strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">8 out of 10</span></strong> Good pictures, A small sampling but I like what I see. <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">6</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Nice design, good factoid about the driver/owner, good pictures, no career stats is a bummer.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 7 out of 10</span></strong> Good<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> A Win by 1 car length <span style="color: white;"><strong>(Solo Home Run). </strong></span>Two great and different types of relics along with two other good cards give this pack a win. I may have to go back and get some more of these.<br />
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</div> There is a big start. I guess the Ruth is at the back of the pack.<br />
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</div> OK. Lot's of hidden treasure in that pack. <br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> 5</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 5<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Brands Represented:</span></strong> 2<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Years Represented:</span></strong> 4<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Sub Sets:</span></strong> 1 (Record Breakers)<strong> </strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Parallels: </strong></span><span style="color: #ffe599;">0</span><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Inserts:</span> 0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 2<strong> </strong>(Clemens, Ward)</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">NA</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">NA</span></strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 3.5 out of 10</span></strong> Poor, after Clemens there isn't much.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> Foul <strong><span style="color: white;">Out</span></strong> behind first base. Not much to say about all 5 cards from the junk era.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><u><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">Thanks for Reading!</span></u></strong></div><div align="center"></div>BA Bennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150345904848914238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855102208916747418.post-45740869954518695232011-01-07T19:55:00.000-05:002011-01-07T19:55:47.661-05:002010 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Value Pack<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Hello all. Today <em></em>I go with another 2010 Bowman product in the form of a "Value" rack pack. I will preface this post with the fact that I am not a prospector so the odds of me being very happy with this pack are not great. I also don't think $5 for a dozen cards is exactly a "value" but I know this product is not cheap going in and I figured since a lot of people collect this stuff, I would buy one pack for the sake of this blog and maybe I will get lucky with some Mets and Yankees prospects for the team collections. As always, any non-keepers for me are up for trade.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div> Four RC's right off the top. I figured there would be some RC's so that's always a plus. I don't know any of these 4 so that's a minus.<br />
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</div> Surprisingly I recognize a prospect. Josh Sale has some serious buzz as he enters the Rays system.<br />
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</div> I like the shiny's and a good Mets prospect for the collection. DeShields name may sound familiar since his father (Delino also) played for 13 seasons for 5 different Major League teams.<br />
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And in between the chromes was this card.<br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> 12</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 10<strong> </strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Rookie Cards:</strong></span><strong> </strong>5 ( Stubbs, Kalish, Salas, Manzella, Nelson) <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Sub Sets:</span></strong> 0<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
<strong>Parallels:</strong></span> 3 (Chromes) <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 1 (Billingsley jersey) <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 1 (Billingsley jersey)<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 2 (Forsythe, Billingsley jersey) <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">7</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Good in game shots on most cards, Nice layout, team logo. <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">6.5</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Typical Bowman design, good info, team logo, only 1 year stats.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 4.5 out of 10</span></strong> Below Average, I know a few but not many. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> 2 RBI <strong><span style="color: white;">Double</span></strong> in the gap. A jersey card makes a solid hit and a chrome Mets prospect makes it even better but I can't go more then a double on this one.<br />
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Total Cards:</span></strong> 3</div><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Teams Represented:</span></strong> 3<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Rookie Cards:</span> </strong>0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Sub Sets:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><br />
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>Set Within The Set:</strong> </span><span style="color: #ffe599;">1 (BCP)</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>Parallels:</strong></span> 1 (Team USA) <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Inserts:</span></strong> 0 <strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Hits:</span></strong> 0<strong> </strong><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Keepers for Me:</span></strong> 1 (Littlewood for the American flag)<br />
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<strong></strong><strong><span style="color: red;">MY RATINGS:</span> </strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Front </span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Design:</span> <span style="color: yellow;">7</span> <span style="color: yellow;">out of 10</span></strong> Good in game shots, Nice chrome shiny factor, team logo.<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br />
Back Design:</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">6.5</span><span style="color: yellow;"> out of 10</span></strong> Typical Bowman design, good info, team logo, only 1 year stats.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Player Selection:</span><span style="color: yellow;"> 4 out of 10</span></strong> Below Average, Upton is the only name I know.<br />
<strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Misc:</span></strong> Cards have that lousy chrome curl that has plagued Topps this year. This pack is not as bad as some but still not flat by a long shot.<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">FINAL OVERALL RATING:</span></strong> Pop <strong><span style="color: white;">Out</span></strong> to third base. Like many other companies, less product for the same price sucks. 3 cards down from 4 last year is a 25% decrease at the same price. Two players I never heard, curled cards, and not enough cards makes this pack an out. <br />
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