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Card of the Day: Wade Boggs 1987 Classic Update Yellow Travel Edition Green Back #105

Posted on December 3, 2018 by sportscardinfo

Astros ’18 Topps Update Patch Contest Winner Announced

Posted on December 1, 2018 by sportscardinfo

Congrats to Royce Deyber on being the lucky winner of the Carlos Correa 2018 Topps Update Series MLB Postseason Logo Manufactured Patch Gold Parallel #’ed/99. Once Royce Deyber sends me his mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP. Thanks!

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Astros ’18 Topps Update Patch Contest! – NOW CLOSED

Posted on November 24, 2018 by sportscardinfo

This contest is for a Carlos Correa 2018 Topps Update Series MLB Postseason Logo Manufactured Patch Gold Parallel #’ed/99. Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

This contest will end Friday, November 30, 2018 @ 8:00 p.m. EST.
To enter, please leave a comment in this post.
You can enter once per day.
The winner will be selected at random.
Please provide a valid e-mail address when entering.
The winner will receive an e-mail when the contest is over.
The winner has one week to send me their contact information or the contest will be held again.
Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

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2018 Topps Update Series Baseball Hobby Box Break & Review

Posted on November 11, 2018 by sportscardinfo

Whenever Update rolls around the Frank Sinatra song “My Way” starts to play in my head. It marks the end of the current flagship design. I’m a fan of the pixelated-look Topps went with this year. It translated well over to Chrome.

Update Series showcases players in their new uniforms, and rookies who didn’t make it into Series 1 or Series 2. A hobby box comes with (1) autograph or relic, and costs just under $60. Jumbos yield (1) autograph and (2) relics, with a cost of a little over $100. As usual, retail options are also available.

(300) cards make up the base set. Parallels include: Rainbow Foil (1:10) packs, Gold #’ed/2018, Vintage Stock #’ed/99, Independence Day #’ed/76, Black #’ed/67 (Hobby/Jumbo), Mother’s Day Hot Pink #’ed/50, Father’s Day Powder Blue #’ed/50, Memorial Day Camo #’ed/25, Negative (Hobby/Jumbo), Platinum #’ed 1/1, and Printing Plates #’ed 1/1. (100) cards have Clear parallels #’ed/10.

There can’t be a Topps product like this without SP and SSP variations. 2018 Topps Update Series has a ton. CMP codes can easily help you identify them. SPs end in #30, while SSPs end in #32. Autograph variations also exist. My favorite variation is that of card #107. Normally this card is of Craig Kimbrel, but for some lucky breakers #107 will feature the Rally Goose. This bird means business. Examples sell for $30-$75.

Inserts are plentiful. You’ve got 1983 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary, 2018 Hall of Famer Highlights, An International Affair, Bryce Harper Highlights, Don’t Blink, Legends in the Making, Postseason Preeminence, Storybook Endings, and Topps Salute. All have Blue, Black, Gold, Red, and Platinum parallels along with autographed counterparts. Those Don’t Blink inserts look really cool.

Lots of high-end hits can be pulled, but that’s not the main reason why you bust this product. Most of the time your hit will be a one-color relic. Its mainly targeted towards set collectors.

Here is what I pulled:

Relic