I'm a sucker for gimmicks. And this year's Topps Holiday Baseball is full of gimmicks. In fact there is no subtly in this set at all. The base card design is full in your face.. I have a feeling this will be a set that you either lover or hate. And personally I love it. The holly border and inlay are bold and for some reason I love the way it looks. The Mega Boxes are Wal-mart exclusives and come with 10 packs of 10 ish cards per pack. There is one guaranteed hit in the box and I've cherry picked that pack for you to show off, but even without the hit this was one of the best packs. Let's start off with the World Series winning phenom, who as Joe Buck would not let me forget can now legally drink in the US.
I also like that the borders carry over to the back, and as usual the card numbering has a prefix.
Here's the rest of the pack.
Here is my hit. Not bad. I like the gimmicky relic cards too.
I didn't get a metallic snowflake parallel in this pack. According to the odds they fall 1:2 packs and I think I did better than that. It's hard to tell but this Correa is the parallel.
This year there are a ton of variations to chase and they come in 3 tiers. I figured I'd show you the three SPs I pulled from my Mega Box. The first SP tier is 1:7 packs. I beat the odds and pulled two of the most common variations. I'll let you see if you can see what Topps photoshopped in.
I also beat the odds and pulled a Tier 2, or rare SP, or is it SSP? Anyways this one's a little tougher to spot but Torres' card has snow falling photoshopped in. These cards fall about 1:20 packs. The super rare SPs fall 1:161, or maybe about one per case. Beckett has a nice
run down here.
I've already against my better judgement decided to put the base set together and will most likely buy at least one more Mega Box. If you want to trade dupes let know!
THAIRO! GLEYBER! I'M JEALOUS! AND MY CAPS LOCK IS BROKEN APPARENTLY!
ReplyDeleteThere are certain things that I love about these and certain things that I hate, and thanks for being that guy who forces holiday stuff down our throat on November 3!
ReplyDeleteThis is Topps best year as far as this set goes.
ReplyDeleteI think the question which really needs to be answer here is, "Would an over-sized candy cane or snow shovel yield a better OPS?" Curious minds want to know.
ReplyDeleteAlright, these look great! I'm on board!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! I wasn’t going to buy any of this... now I am. Nice pulls!
ReplyDeleteWow. They took the holiday thing to the next level. I like it.
ReplyDeleteThat's how a holiday set should be done!
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ReplyDeleteI think Topps did a great job on these cards. Joey Bats and the shovel is nice. Nice pull and good post!
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