I Finally Got My Hands On Some 2011 Topps

    Hello all. Today I take a break from the group break to show off some stuff I got from 2011 Topps. Well not a real break as I did video for the 4 jumbo repacks plus another one as a bonus pack but you will have to wait til tomorrow for that. (I have a teaser picture at the bottom of this post).
    When none of the 3 card shops in my traveling distance still had no 2011 Topps and neither did my local Target have even a sniff so I finally broke down and went the ebay route and ordered a jumbo box. I think I did ok at $115 with free shipping but it does piss me off that last year I got my jumbo boxes of both series one and two for $90 and & $85 respectively at my LCS. I really don't like to not use my LCS for boxes as I like the owners and want to give them my business but once again Topps screws the local guy by delaying shipping and jacking the prices and I didn't want to miss out so I bit the bullet. It arrived last Thursday but I finally got around to sorting it today after running errands with the wife.
    Any way I am happy with what came in the box. I completed the base 1-330 and got an extra hit.

    The highlights of the sparkles is the Dillon Gee (Mets). It's the only one I really need so if you have any Mets or Yankees sparkles let me know.

     I also got 1 black /60

    Interestingly only 5 golds this year. Used to be one per jumbo pack.


Now for the hits.

   The Sabathia manu glove looks pretty cool and at least Albaldejo is a Yankee. I redeemed the Bourjos auto today so we will see how long it takes, when it arrives it will be for trade. The Votto silk is way cool, I will trade it for a Mets silk though. I think that the extra hit may be instead of any of the variation cards as I didn't get any of those.
    We all have seen the reviews all over the place so I will just say I like this years set a lot. People complained about them rehashing last years insert sets but I liked them last year so I like them again this year too. All in all, a good release from Topps in my opinion.

    While running errands today I took my wife out to brunch, a restaurant conveniently near one of the card shops, and afterwards I ducked in and they finally had some 2011's so I grabbed 2 jumbo packs along with a few game used cards from 3 for 5 box. The girl behind the counter had the mojo as she gave me 2 hit packs!

 A Price manu glove and a Mariano Rivera game used card. A couple more sparkles but no golds. The Price is available for the right price. (Groan, I didn't just say that did I?)

There it is, my jump into 2011 Topps. I am pretty happy with the results. I am chasing all but one of the insert sets and have a need list up on the sidebar pages so count me in for trading action.

  I said in the beginning of this post that I had a group break teaser so here it is.

   Five jumbo 100 card repacks all sorted by teams. I did the videos today, it took 3 due to time. Now I won't lie and say it's all great stuff but there is some great overproduction era wax in there (notice how I didn't say junk wax. I read that somewhere but can't remember where to give the proper credit). There really is some cool stuff and there is a chance for a hit in these repacks so you will have to come back tomorrow and see the results.

 Here is the cards from the stuff opened and posted already.

   The teams I ended up with are not included so these are all yours break participants.

On a side note, The Wicked Ortega has come to Blogger. He has moved his My Past Time... I Love It joint over from Word Press to here at Blogger so head on over and get the new link and follow.

That's all I have for now so keep rockin those cardboard dreams people!

Thanks for Reading!