tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post119863118942094794..comments2024-03-28T13:44:09.103-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: I don't know what I havenight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-56114820577765905432016-07-01T13:54:10.703-04:002016-07-01T13:54:10.703-04:00I love me some Topps Archives, but the inclusion o...I love me some Topps Archives, but the inclusion of two Koufax's and no Gwynn is cardfoolery.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-40496043066512731942016-06-27T17:09:41.579-04:002016-06-27T17:09:41.579-04:00The SPs are definitely less scarce this year, for ...The SPs are definitely less scarce this year, for what it's worth. Last year I bought 2 hobby boxes and got zero SPs. This year I again bought 2, and got an SP in each.defgavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338984361942309651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-22667436179447331082016-06-25T18:10:20.762-04:002016-06-25T18:10:20.762-04:00It may be a huge difference to you, but it's n...It may be a huge difference to you, but it's not to me. And I'm not getting into why because you obviously don't agree (huge surprise).<br /><br />And don't tell me what I did. No matter what I wrote, it's still just opinion. I was speaking for me and me alone and I was aware that was what I was doing when I wrote it, because I WROTE IT.<br /><br />night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-91225171702492217622016-06-25T18:02:12.339-04:002016-06-25T18:02:12.339-04:00NO, you have every right to say you don't like...NO, you have every right to say you don't like Archives and give the reasons why. That's not what you did. You made a definitive statement that "Archives is garbage and always has been garbage and it needs to die on a garbage pile of garbage" as though your opinion is fact, attempting to invalidate any other opinion. And there's a huge difference between SPing the hell out of 30 cards and 10 cards. Huge. If the 10 cards are essential to you feeling you have an entire set, its feasible to get them without taking out a second mortgage. That is not the case with 30 SPs distributed 1 per 3 boxes, especially when those 30 cards contain some of the most desirable players in the set. It also means that, even if the frequency is the same, the population is higher this year (because there are only ten in the rotation, instead of 30). So, last year, Kris Bryant was an SP. That's (conservatively) two to three hundred dollars right off the top...for one SP of 30. Not the least bit reasonable. This year, Maeda is probably the top SP and you can get it for $15, if you want it. Less if you hunt a little bit. Koufax ten bucks or less. Everyone else $2 tops. Completely doable. Total cost for this years SPs (while the market is at its highest) is less than 20% of what one SP would have cost you last year. Huge difference.Stubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010142558613227433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-13563761098795679452016-06-25T05:02:29.596-04:002016-06-25T05:02:29.596-04:00You are right about this years set looking close t...You are right about this years set looking close to the original counterparts. The 1991 cards are spot-on with the logos. <br /><br />Topps could put in current players in an Archives 'cards that never were' set making draft pick cards, top prospect cards, or by issuing cards of players in sets the year before they debuted. With the way MLB changed the card rules in 2006, most current players don't have a draft pick card unless they were drafted in 2004 or earlier, and 2005 was the year that prospect cards went bye-bye because of the MLB rules as well.<br /><br />I'm sure Topps probably wouldn't listen to me, but if the right people stumble upon it and the idea is tweaked the right way, anything is possible. Jeremya1umhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631055539594841302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-16595666682499511612016-06-25T00:09:40.655-04:002016-06-25T00:09:40.655-04:00Wait -- I have a card blog and I'm not allowe...Wait -- I have a card blog and I'm not allowed to discuss what I like and don't like? I'll write about whatever the hell I want. That's what blogging is. You don't like it, don't read it.<br /><br />I don't understand what the difference between SPing the hell out of 30 cards and 10 cards is. It's still a pain in the ass to try to find the 10 cards. And if I'm collecting the set, it doesn't make me feel any better that I'm "only" missing 10 instead of 30.<br /><br />Archives did replicate the old sets better this year than it has in the past. I've written about that, too. That's what I do, point out what I think is the good and the bad. Archives has a long way to go to become what it should be. Collect whatever you want, but don't tell me what I should write about it.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-18423284406480594132016-06-24T23:46:03.617-04:002016-06-24T23:46:03.617-04:00"Archives is garbage and always has been garb..."Archives is garbage and always has been garbage and it needs to die on a garbage pile of garbage."<br /><br />Hey, I don't piss all over the 1975 set or say such things about the Dodgers (with the exception of one crappy infielder). You don't like Archives, don't collect it. In fact, I don't even think you should keep any of those Archives Dodgers. Just burn them or whatever.<br /><br />I happen to like Archives. Its just a fact that any old Topps design is better than any new Topps design. Now, last year, what they did with the SPs was borderline criminal and I joined the boycott. But, by reducing the number of SPs to just 10, keeping most of the stars in the 300 base cards, and having some SPs be as superfluous as a second Koufax, they've made it so the people who care about the 310 card set can care about the 310 card set and the rest of us can be happy with a 300 card set. Plus I think this year's Archives are as close to their original counterparts as Topps has come with the product in years.<br /><br />The hobby is what it is today, whether that's for the good or the bad. I don't envy Topps for having to balance all the different kinds of collectors, investors, speculators, case breakers, flippers, builders of rainbows and other hobbyists to arrive at some formula that allows them to keep torches and pitchforks at bay from one segment or another while still turning a profit from an ever shrinking market.<br /><br />And, no offense, Jeremy, but there's probably no idea that hasn't been bandied about the Topps boardroom before. You know who proposed an Archives set of "cards that never were"? You know who argued that they should at least include SOME "cards that never were"? Keith Olbermann. If they didn't do it for him (cause they love that guy), they aren't going to do it for you. Not to mention a contract that prohibits Topps from doing a set--any set--that does not include current players. I give them kudos for green-lighting "virtual" cards. I don't get it, I don't want it, I'd have laughed the suggestion out of my office. But they've got an audience for them and they're making some money off of them. That right there tells me they have a better feel for their market than I do.Stubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010142558613227433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-89431748344811351362016-06-24T22:40:35.448-04:002016-06-24T22:40:35.448-04:00I have a plan to fix Archives and make it into a &...I have a plan to fix Archives and make it into a 'cards that never were' set. Hopefully in a few months I'll have some customs done and I'll post an idea for how Topps could make the set happen. No SPs, I promise. <br />I got a few packs of Archives. Haven't pulled the Koufax, but if get any more packs and pull one, it's yours. Jeremya1umhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631055539594841302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-84789739683190293102016-06-24T20:17:30.144-04:002016-06-24T20:17:30.144-04:00Two koufax cards in archives with one as an sp is ...Two koufax cards in archives with one as an sp is lame but I think joe mauer has two base cards in the set which is worse gcrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06025001883745401515noreply@blogger.com