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This is my 4th box of 2015 Topps Platinum. Now I’m just hoping to complete my set. Here are the box details. Product: 2015 Topps Platinum Hobby Box Purchased: Online Packs: 20 (5 cards each) Promised Hits: Two Autographed Rookies, One Autographed Rookie/Veteran Patch, Five X-Fractor, One Refractor Parallel Rookie, One Platinum Die-Cut. Base Set: 100 Veterans & 50 Rookies First hit: Todd Gurley Sapphire Refractor (Nice Hit, too bad it’s not numbered) Second Hit: Rookie Auto Danielle Hunter Third Hit: Benardrick McKinney Auto Refractor 02/25 (Another Nice hit, too bad it’s not a bigger name.) Fourth Hit: Jameis Winston Die Cut (PDC-JW) Fifth Hit: Rookie Auto Patch Ty Montgomery X-Fractors Rookies (x5) Box Summary 20 Gold Parallels (No Duplicates) 20 Rookies (No Duplicates) 5 – X-Fractor Rookies 5 – Promised hits 48 Base Cards (No Duplicates) Set Completion Summary BASE: 100% (150 of 150) GOLD: 70% (70 of 100) 23 X-Fractor Rookies (1 duplicate) 11 Flame “Orange” Refractor Rookies 5 Die-Cut Platinum Players (1 duplicate) Awesome box, finally completed the set. One pack even had 4 of the cards I need to complete the set. That’s a big win. Is there really a better feeling than finishing a set? […]

This is my third box of 2015 Topps Platinum.  Once again I’m hoping for a big hit or to complete my set.  Here are the box details. Product: 2015 Topps Platinum Hobby Box Purchased: Online Packs: 20 (5 cards each) Promised Hits:  Two Autographed Rookies, One Autographed Rookie/Veteran Patch, Five X-Fractor, One Refractor Parallel Rookie, One Platinum Die-Cut. Base Set: 100 Veterans & 50 Rookies First hit: Stefon Diggs Sapphire Refractor Second Hit: Rookie Auto Devante Davis Third Hit: Jeff Heuerman Rookie Auto Pulsar Refractor 20/50 (Nice hit, too bad it’s not a bigger name.) Fourth Hit:  Maxx Williams Black Refractor 34/50 (This seems to be a bonus hit.  Great looking card.) Fifth Hit:  Ameer Abdullah Die Cut (PDC-AA) Sixth Hit:  Jeremy Hill Veteran Auto Refractor 047/205 (Another pretty big hit here.  I seem to have a mini Jeremy Hill collection going.) X-Fractors Rookies (x5) Box Summary 20 Gold Parallels (No Duplicates) 20 Rookies (No Duplicates) 5 – X-Fractor Rookies 5 – Promised hits 1 – Bonus Hit (Maxx Williams Black #/50) 47 Base Cards (No Duplicates) Set Completion Summary BASE: 92% (138 of 150) GOLD: 51% (51 of 100) 18 X-Fractor Rookies (1 duplicate) 11 Flame “Orange” Refractor Rookies […]

This past weekend I shelled out my 5 bucks and went to a card show for the first time since I was a much younger man.  It was held inside a big building at a local fair ground.  With many long tables laid out in rows, much like you’d expect.  It was about half cards, and the other half was split between toys and die cast cars.  It was an interesting experience. What I found was most individual cards seemed to be overpriced.  And I wasn’t there hunting for missing cards in my collection, I just wanted to see what was up and get back into the swing of things.  I also took my girlfriend which turned out to be a blessing in disguise as I had an extra set of eyes and hands to look through things.  I was looking for anything that I could add to my Jim Kelly collection.  After about an hour and a half of searching I only found a pair of Jim Kelly National Treasures Signature cards, numbered to 5 at $200 each.  It was a little more than I was prepared to spend and a little more than they are worth. But I […]

This is my second box of 2015 Topps Platinum. I’m hoping for a big hit or to complete my set. And as few duplicates as possible. Here are the details. Product: 2015 Topps Platinum Hobby Box Purchased: Online Packs: 20 (5 cards each) Promised Hits: Two Autographed Rookies, One Autographed Rookie/Veteran Patch, Five X-Fractor, One Refractor Parallel Rookie, One Platinum Die-Cut Rookie. Base Set: 100 Veterans & 50 Rookies First hit: Jeremy Langford Auto Patch Second Hit: Rookie Auto La’el Collins Sapphire Refractor #053/150 *Note added 5/3/2016, I’m using this image to show cards I no longer have available. Third Hit: Jeremy Langford Sapphire Refractor Not a fan of having the same player show up in the same box. It would be great for a Bears fan. Fourth Hit: Rookie Auto P.J. Williams Fifth Hit: Tom Brady Die-Cut Platinum Player (PDC-TB) X-Fractors Rookies (x5) Box Summary 20 Gold Parallels (No Duplicates) 20 Rookies (No Duplicates) 5 – Xfractor Rookies 5 – Promised hits 48 Base Cards (No Duplicates) Set Completion Summary BASE: 91% (137 of 150) GOLD: 43% (43 of 100) 13 X-Fractor Rookies (1 duplicate) 11 Flame “Orange” Refractor Rookies 3 Die-Cut Platinum Players On the positive side I […]