My son and I had several hours to kill on Saturday so we decided to go to the card shop here in town. After an initial purchase of some
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]packs (especially one jumbo pack of 2011 Topps Update Series) and looking at my watch to see we still had time to kill, I made the decision to buy a box of 2011 Topps Update Series Jumbo. I was not disappointed...
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]This card came out of my initial
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] jumbo pack. I thought the card looked amazing and it convinced me that I really wanted to bust a box of Update... This 'Hope Diamond' Markakis looks awesome and I think it scanned really cool...
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]I got a bunch of the 'Cognac' parallels. I think these are cool too. I was really hoping for the Brooks Robinsom, but I got Roberto Alomar and Carl Yastrzemski instead. Not bad pulls.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The Yastrzemski looks really cool.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] I think, in getting a Hall of Famer, Yaz is a pretty good one (not taking anything away from Alomar, of course).
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Speaking of Hall of Famers, I also got this Andre Dawson diamond parallel. It looks really cool scanned as well...
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Check out this awesome Frank Thomas legends SP. In an A's uniform, no less. What a cool card, especially if you like the color green.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] I had to explain to my son that Frank Thomas' nickname was The Big Hurt. Why Daddy, he asked... "Well, son, he was big and he hurt pitchers...."
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Finally, I got a sweet Kimball Champions
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] mini, this Zach Britton. I got a bunch of others, but I was really glad I got the Britton. It came in the pack with the Markakis.
I didn't even discuss the Julio Teheran 'Next 60' auto, the Adrian Gonzalez All Star Relic or the Tom Seaver (Reds) Leather Nameplate...
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]All in all, I got a sweet box. I'd like to pick up another at some point, especially if I can chase some of the Brooks parallels... Anyone got any Brooks Robinson Diamond Parallels (or the base card as well), please hook me up.
Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:05 pm