We polled and you answered. I know that not everyone that commented is interested in participating in a case break of 2012 Topps Archives Baseball for one reason or another, but for those that are we have our sign-ups ready to go!
This should be a great, nostalgic, insert and autograph heavy break and there’s a good chance that your team will walk away happy. Here’s what we can likely expect:
–10 boxes per case, 24 packs per box, 8 cards per pack for roughly 1,920 total cards.
–240 base card set comprised of 200 current players using the 1954, 1971, 1980 and 1984 Topps designs and 40 short print cards (1:4 packs) featuring fan favorites.
**There will also be a gold parallel of the set (1:12 packs) along with printing plate 1/1s, and a recently announced SP of a Bryce Harper rookie card for card #241.
Inserts
–1967 Topps Stickers (25 subjects – 1:8 packs)
–1968 Topps 3D (15 subjects – 1:8)
–1969 Deckle Edge (15 subjects – 1:12)
–1977 Topps Cloth (25 subjects – 1:6)
–Topps Rookie Reprints (50 subjects – 1:4)
–Insert printing plate 1/1s
Hits
All Autographs are On-Card. The odds of these hits are unknown except for the Fan Favorites at 2/box
–Two Fan Favorites Autograph cards per box (up to 75 subjects, list not finalized but includes such players as Ken Griffey Jr., Willie Mays, Don Mattingly, Will Clark, Sandy Koufax, and many more)
–Also available will be autograph redemptions for Yu Darvish and Bryce Harper
–Autographed Originals – buyback autos #/5 and specially stamped (includes Kaline, Banks, Bench, Musial, Gibson and more)
–Framed 1983 Mini Autographs – #/25 includes Kemp, Pujols, Chipper, Cano, Sandberg, Schmidt, Molitor and more
–1956 Topps Relics – in the style of 1956 Topps includes Clemente, Niekro, Castro, Lincecum, Carlton, Mattingly and more
Please check out SportsCardRadio or BaseballCardPedia for checklists as they currently stand. More should be announced closer to release.
PRODUCT UPDATE:
There’s a whole lot of new information that was just announced on May 11th. Here’s the rundown including the full autograph list:
Fan Favorites Autographs
Hank Aaron Atlanta Braves
Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers
Willie Mays San Francisco Giants
Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle Mariners
Jose Oquendo St. Louis Cardinals P (one for each of the 9 positions he’s played)
Jose Oquendo St. Louis Cardinals 1B
Jose Oquendo St. Louis Cardinals 2B
Jose Oquendo St. Louis Cardinals SS
Jose Oquendo St. Louis Cardinals 3B
Jose Oquendo St. Louis Cardinals C
Jose Oquendo St. Louis Cardinals RF
Jose Oquendo St. Louis Cardinals LF
Jose Oquendo St. Louis Cardinals CF
Don Mattingly New York Yankees
Jim Abbott California Angels
Vida Blue Oakland Athletics
Bill Buckner Chicago Cubs
Jay Buhner Seattle Mariners
Will Clark San Francisco Giants
Chili Davis California Angels
Cecil Fielder Detroit Tigers
George Foster Cincinnati Reds
Ron Gant Atlanta Braves
Ken Griffey Cincinnati Reds
Tom Herr St. Louis Cardinals
John Kruk Philadelphia Phillies
Ray Lankford St. Louis Cardinals
Jack McDowell Chicago White Sox
Roger McDowell New York Mets
John Olerud Toronto Blue Jays
Terry Pendleton Atlanta Braves
Boog Powell Baltimore Orioles
Luis Tiant Boston Red Sox
Robin Ventura New York Mets
Mitch Williams Philadelphia Phillies
Buddy Bell Texas Rangers
Bob Boone Philadelphia Phillies
Brett Butler Los Angeles Dodgers
Doug DeCinces Baltimore Orioles
Doug Drabek Pittsburgh Pirates
Oscar Gamble New York Yankees
Bobby Grich California Angels
Von Hayes Philadelphia Phillies
Frank Howard Washington Senators (will go to the Rangers)
Carney Lansford Oakland Athletics
Bud Harrelson New York Mets
Dennis Martinez Montreal Expos
Ben Oglivie Milwaukee Brewers
Lance Parrish Detroit Tigers
Bobby Richardson New York Yankees
Dave Righetti New York Yankees
Bobby Thigpen Chicago White Sox
Andy Van Slyke Pittsburgh Pirates
Maury Wills Los Angeles Dodgers
Willie Wilson Kansas City Royals
Wally Backman New York Mets
Steve Balboni Kansas City Royals
George Bell Toronto Blue Jays
Sid Bream Atlanta Braves
Joe Charboneau Cleveland Indians
Jack Clark St. Louis Cardinals
Cecil Cooper Milwaukee Brewers
Shawon Dunston Chicago Cubs
Dick Groat Pittsburgh Pirates
Cleon Jones New York Mets
Wally Joyner California Angels
Jimmy Key New York Yankees
Dave Kingman New York Mets
Ron Kittle Chicago White Sox
Ed Kranepool New York Mets
Bill Lee Boston Red Sox
Mickey Lolich Detroit Tigers
Greg Luzinski Philadelphia Phillies
Bill Madlock Pittsburgh Pirates
Bake McBride Philadelphia Phillies
Al Oliver Pittsburgh Pirates
Amos Otis Kansas City Royals
Steve Rogers Montreal Expos
Mike Scott Houston Astros
Ken Singleton Baltimore Orioles
Jim Wynn Houston Astros
Framed 1983 Minis
Ryne Sandberg Chicago Cubs
Reggie Jackson California Angels
Mike Schmidt Philadelphia Phillies
Jim Rice Boston Red Sox
Dennis Eckersley Boston Red Sox
Carlton Fisk Chicago White Sox
Paul Molitor Milwaukee Brewers
Fergie Jenkins Chicago Cubs
Nolan Ryan Houston Astros
Bert Blyleven Cleveland Indians
Albert Pujols Angels
Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers
Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles Dodgers
Matt Kemp Los Angeles Dodgers
Chipper Jones Atlanta Braves
Adrian Gonzalez Boston Red Sox
Robinson Cano New York Yankees
David Ortiz Boston Red Sox
Jose Bautista Toronto Blue Jays
Nelson Cruz Texas Rangers
Felix Hernandez Seattle Mariners
Eric Hosmer Kansas City Royals
Starlin Castro Chicago Cubs
Tony Gwynn San Diego Padres
Ryan Zimmerman Washington Nationals
Other autographs
1986 Yu Darvish
1975 Gary Carter (the only sticker auto – for obvious reasons)
1984 Bryce Harper
OTHER NEW ANNOUNCMENTS
–There will be 100 Touched by Greatness Cal Ripken Jr oversized boxtopper cards which include an auto and a handprint of the Iron Man
–boxtopper autos of 2 stars from “The Karate Kid” – Martin Kove and Billy Zabak as well as other 80s movies star autos
–10 different 1/1 booklets featuring 6 player autographs (these are also sticker)
–88 buyback autos of Frank Robinson
–50 different cut autos of celebrities like James Earl Jones, Bob Barker and Vanna White
–redemption cards for 50 uncut sheets of 2012 Topps Archives
–50 more original Topps player contracts
IF WE GET A NON-SPORT HIT IN OUR CASE, IT WILL BE RANDOMED AMONGST ALL TEAMS THAT HAVE NOT HAD A HIT YET (including any teams that do not sell). IF ALL TEAMS GET A HIT, IT WILL BE RANDOMED AMONGST ALL TEAMS WITH THE FEWEST AMOUNT OF HITS. ANY NON-SPORT NON-HIT CARDS THAT MAY BE IN THE PRODUCT WILL BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
Also in this product, there will be special redemption cards for great items from the Topps Vault. These will not pertain to one specific team, so if we happen to get lucky enough to nab one, I think the best thing to do will be to poll the participants at that time. A simple randomization may be in order, or perhaps we can sell it as a group and get more boxes of something for everyone. We’ll cross that bridge if we happen to be lucky enough to cross it. These items are:
–Topps Original buybacks with stamps (these would go to a specific team)
–Originals redemptions for a vintage pack, set or card
–various vault items such as an uncut half-sheet of 1968 Topps including Nolan Ryan’s rookie card!; 1971 uncut sheet; 1985 Mickey Mantle Woolworth’s autographed contract; and 17 other items.
Like I said, it should be a fantastic break for everyone involved. Too make things fair, we’ve set up pricing tiers. Just looking at the preliminary checklists, it’s obvious that some teams will be better represented than others. The Yankees being the obvious and most regular offender. The Giants will also have a large amount, so we’ve had to price these the highest. The other teams have been structured based on the preliminary data we have.
UPDATE: We have reduced the price for the 5 teams that do not have an autograph listed on the publicized checklist. Now only $13!
If you want to claim multiple teams, please take $3 off if it’s in the $13 no-auto tier, or $7 off your second team if it’s from the $20 and up levels. For the time being, please only claim 2 teams. We may open it up again later. Payments can be sent to our PayPal using the Communitygum at gmail dot com address. Please mark your payment as “goods” and be sure to provide your address and the team you’re claiming in your PayPal payment for quick and easy reference.
The product is scheduled to release on 5/23, so the sooner we can get this filled and paid, the better. If all goes according to plan, we should be able to get a live u-stream going of the entire case so that all can watch.
Lastly, I’ll mention that I know a couple people suggested doing something with all the extra team set cards we’ll inevitably find. Unfortunately, I know we won’t have enough to give everyone a full set. So, when you leave your comment below, please let us know which method of handling you prefer.
Do you want to get all doubles/extras? Do you want only one or two team sets? How would you like to distribute the leftover team sets? I’m thinking possibly give one set to each other team in the division, but maybe you have another idea. Let’s hear it!
$50
Yankees – Yanksandbeans (PAID)
Giants – Bretsyboo (PAID)
$40
Braves – Waxtopia (PAID)
Dodgers – stealing home (PAID)
Mariners – Nick M. (PAID)
Phillies – Brad (PAID)
Red Sox – Brad (PAID)
$30
Cardinals – Bretsyboo (PAID)
Cubs – Project1962 (PAID)
Mets – Yanksandbeans (PAID)
Nationals – YanksandBeans (PAID)
Orioles – Zach (PAID)
Pirates –
Rangers – Nick (PAID)
Reds – Aaron (PAID)
Royals -Aaron (PAID)
Tigers – RobbyT (PAID)
$20
Angels – Dutch Card Guy (PAID)
Astros – Daily Dimwit (PAID)
Athletics – Destry (PAID)
Blue Jays – Dave (PAID)
Brewers – Nick P (PAID)
Indians – Baseball Dad (PAID)
Padres – Nick (PAID)
White Sox – Nick P (PAID)
$13
Diamondbacks – Project1962 (PAID)
Marlins – Project1962 (PAID)
Rays – Destry (PAID)
Rockies -Aaron (PAID)
Twins – Dutch Card Guy (PAID)
This looks a lot like last year’s Lineage in a lot of ways. The base set appears to be loaded with Braves, but not so much in the inserts at the moment. As much as I’d like to pull the trigger I’m going to roll the dice and wait for the rest of the insert checklists to be revealed. Someone else may beat me to the Braves, but it’s a chance I’ll have to take.
Thanks for running this great break. I just sent over payment for Yankees, Mets and Nationals
Love to take the Yankees and Angels. I will skip the $7 discount to pay for extra postage to Europe (if the extra postage turns out to be more let me know !). Also happy to exchange doubles with other teams to get closer to completing the base set.
Thanks !
I will take the Mariners and Phillies, the 73 dollars will be sent tonight.
Orioles please!!
Oh I’d like 1 team set and perhaps team sets of other teams if we get so lucky. So my vote is 1 and give any others away.
I would like the Toronto Blue Jays please.
i’m in for the Dodgers.
Mariners for me. I think one team set and give others away as you mentioned.
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Okay guys, thanks for the early and often responses. As expected and feared, there are some conflicts here and we’ll send out emails to those affected. There truly must be a better way to do this- conflicts pop up in every group break and I always feel terrible, but here’s the deal so far:
The Yankees were claimed by Yanksandbeans via comment and Twitter just minutes before Dutch Card Guy claimed them with the Angels, but Yanksandbeans comment didn’t get auto-approved for some reason. Dutch Card Guy, if you still want the Angels they’re yours, but you have right of first refusal given that you may have ordered them thinking you’d get both them and the Yankees. Either way, you’ve got a refund coming your way. Deepest apologies for the inconvenience.
The Mairners were claimed first by Nick M. via email. Brad, the Phillies are yours if you still want them. Same deal here- sorry about the conflict not being publicly visible before you ordered both teams and, again, you have right of first refusal on the Phillies if you’d prefer not to do just one of your teams.
Once again, apologies for the trouble and we’ll get it squared away via email as well- just wanted to issue public apologies to these guys!
I’m in for the Indians ! Payment tomorrow. I can always use doubles but I’m open to other ideas.
I would still like the phillies, can i have the red sox as well? Please confirm before i send the paypal payment thank you
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Indians are yours, Baseball Dad!
Confirmed Brad- Red Sox are yours!
Money has been sent
Requesting Cincinnati Reds. Flexible of extras, fine with Reds doubles or other team sets.
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Reds are yours, Aaron!
I’m interested in the Tigers as well as all Tigers doubles.
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Tigers are your, Robby!
I forgot to comment about the team sets idea. Personally I would like 2 phillies team sets, and 2 red sox ones and then i’d be open to trading the other ones for any other team for varieties sake
Payment sent. Never been part of a case break before. Looking forward to it!
I’ll take the giants and cardinals…glad I stumbled across this site! I want a museum break!
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Giants and Cards are yours- thanks for getting in! Museum is a little rich for our blood most likely but I can ask our distro folks what the going rate for a case is. Might be better to do a hit draft style break for that since I doubt anyone’s gonna pony up for the less popular teams on a super high end break!
I forgot, I would REALLY prefer to get all of the cards from the sets. I have a lot of fellow cardinals fans I give my extra cards to in order to keep them interested and such. Asking what the going price for a case would be would be awesome. Maybe if there is enough interest and some Yankees fan wants to pay a couple of hundred and a first born, and some Astros fan wants to give up belly button lint we can make it add up. I bought into Museum only to have the guy cheat on the break and steal a Yu Darvish redemption so I am hungry to get into a fair one.
Would like the rangers if it’s still available. Please let me know!
I’ll take the Rangers!
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Waxtopia was beat out by minutes after the Yu Darvish auto addition announcement by Topps. Our first rush! Nick, we’ll send you an email.
As for the non-sport additions, we’ll have to figure out how to handle those. We’ll update you guys on the decision before the break!
Braves still available?
Payment for Braves sent!
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I will take the Astros!
Question: not that we’ll actually pull one, but I’m assuming the player contracts would go to the team the player was with the year the contract was signed? Just curious how that would work. Seems like some of those contracts should be pretty easy to discern. Anyways, just curious…
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Good question. Yes, I think it is only fair that it goes to the player’s team. If the person played for more than one (see Nolan), we’ll see if there’s a date on it and give it to his team at that time. If not, we’ll random between all the possible teams he played for. Hope that works for everyone!
I have selected the Reds, and am wondering if a decision has been made regarding extra team sets. Although I wouldn’t mind extra Reds (I would like 2 complete sets), I am thinking of selecting an additional team or two, if that would increase my chances of getting a complete base set. Any updates on distribution of extra cards or selecting more than two teams?
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@aaron, I’ll have an update for you tomorrow. It would be today, but we’ve both had other obligations and can’t get the post together yet. Thanks to everyone for their patience.
I will take the Brewers and the White Sox. Let me know who to pay. This is my first post, saw it Re-Tweeted by Topps.
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Hi Nick, thanks for joining! You can send payment over to communitygum@gmail.com. With the two teams it looks like your total would be $37. Please mark it as “goods”. Here’s hoping we find some good stuff for you.
So excited for this case break. Seems like an awesome bunch of cards. I have only done a couple box breaks, so this will be so much more fun. Is there a time for the box break to occur?
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We’ll keep everyone posted as to the exact time of the break once we know the case is on it’s way. Most likely it will be Thursday or Friday night, approximately 8pm CST. Keep watching the blog and/or our Twitter as we’ll be keeping everyone up to speed in both places. Thanks!
Regarding (base)team sets, I would prefer to have at least 2 sets of Braves but after that I’m fine with trading within division. I want to keep any/all Braves parallels and inserts.
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