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 Tuesday, March 31, 2009
UD Spectrum Baseball
Posted by Tuff stuff
We're back, minus the video camera. But at least we have a new product, though Tuff Stuff pricing analyst and huge baseball fan Joe Clemens is not a fan of this product, which is... Upper Deck Spectrum Baseball- 5 cards/pack
- 14 packs/box ($80)
First off, the box is about three times bigger than it needs to be. There's lots of padding here that's not needed. But I guess size is a perception. Secondly, this product comes after UD's Series 1 Baseball. So why are there players in here in uniforms way out of date? You can see someone who has joined a new team in mid-season being in an old uniform (though Series 1 was updated). CC in an Indian uniform? Ehh, OK.  But why are there players in a uniform for a team in which he did not play for in 2008? It was 2007! Eric Bedard in an Orioles uniform? Come on! And then there are those purple colors! So what did we get? Spectrum includes a Spectrum of Stars subset with a bunch of celebrities included. We got an autograph of Ian Somerhalder, from the TV series "Lost." Ian doesn't know how to spell his last name - he just signs "Ian S." Our other "hit" was a James Loney signed patch card numbered to 26 and a Rick Ankiel patch card numbered to 99. We also received two red parallel cards numbered to 250 - Justin Morneau and Ivan Rodriguez - and a green parallel numbered to 99 - Tim Hudson. And there you have UD Spectrum Baseball - at least one box anyway.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:34:27 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
2009 Topps Series 1 Baseball
Posted by Tuff stuff
We've already covered one of the baseball staples for the year, and Tuff Stuff's Joe Clemens and Scott Fragale have busted open another: 2009 Topps Baseball Series 1- 10 cards/pack
- 36 packs/box ($75)
Topps
advertises one auto/relic card per box, but that's not really the goal
here. This is one of the sets the average collector goes after and set
builders attempt to complete. the art is great, the team leader cards
is what everyone recognizes from years ago and the inserts make for
just a great set all around. But enough babbling, here is what we found: - Chase Utley World Series patch card (numbered to 100)
- Justin Upton Magenta Printing Plate (numbered to 1)
Ring of Honor Inserts- Lou Pinella
- Tony LaRussa
- Francisco Rodriguez
- Brad Lidge
- Kevin Mitchell
58 Years of Collecting Gold Parallels (all numbered to 2009)- Akinori Iwamura
- Omar Vizquel
- Casey Kotchman
- 2008 AL Strikeout Leaders: Burnett, Santana, Halladay
- Jack Wilson
- Jose Bautista
Legends of the Game Inserts - Lou Gehrig
- George Sisler
- Jackie Robinson
- Cy Young
- Carl Yastrzemski
- Mel Ott
(We got six of the 25 cards in this insert) Turkey Red Inserts- Ervin Santana
- Carlos Quentin
- George Sisler
- Ben Sheets
- Cristain Guzman
- Shane Victorino
- Brian Giles
- Babe Ruth
- David Wright
Whew,
that's a lot to cover, and the video below covers a lot more. We ran a
little long, but we captured all of the exciting parts. Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:29:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
2008 SP Authentic Football
Posted by Tuff stuff
Before baseball dominates the releases for the spring and summer, we'd busted open some football product. Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors Monthly's Editor Scott Fragale and pricing analyst Joe Clemens did the honors of breaking open: 2008 SP Authentic Football- 5 cards/pack
- 24 packs/box ($120)
These cards offer good photography of the players, but in this design they are just "floating" out in space. The back are nice with full stats and bio information. We were supposed to get three autos in this box, but we nabbed just two: - Jacob Tamme (numbered to 999 in the Rookie Authentics Signatures line)
- Gosder Cherilus (numbered to 25 in the SP Authentics Gold line)
We also opened four Rookie Authentics base cards: - Jamey Richard (numbered to 1,399)
- Louis Rankin (numbered to 999)
- Lex Hilliard (numbered to 1,399)
- Pierre Garcon (numbered to 999)
For the rest of the break, please check out the video:
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:37:43 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, March 02, 2009
2008 Playoff Contenders Baseball
Posted by Tuff stuff
It's a long time coming, but we finally have some video box breaks back on the board. We did a trio of them one afternoon, complete with pricing analyst Joe Clemens and Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors Monthly's Editor Scott Fragale. We kick it off with:
2008 Playoff Contenders Baseball- 5 cards/pack
- 24 packs/box ($110)
If you're unfamiliar with Donruss/Playoff baseball product, it's going to be a lot of players you've never heard of, but they could also be the stars of tomorrow. The players in this set are minor leaguers, some of which might get the call this year. Hence, the draw to the five autographed card (on average) advertised to be in each box. These "Rookie Tickets" in our box included: - Cord Phelps
- Clark Murphy
- Buster Posey
- Michel Inoa
- A redemption for card No. 113.
We also nabbed some inserts: - Legendary Rookies – Willie Mays (numbered to 1,500)
- Draft Class - Jon Jay and Lance Lynn (numbered to 1,500)
- Rookie Roll Call - Rafael Rodriguez (numbered to 1,500)
- Round Numbers - Allan Dykstra and Anthony Hewitt (numbered to 1,500)
For the rest of the box, please see the video below: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:57:36 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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