so basically Topps put out another fail. Surprise. With no incentive to make great products... guess what? No great products. No one seems to like Lineage. There are issues about it for sure. The backs are the worst backs in card history. They are so bad, I couldn't bring myself to scan them. Also, their bastardization of the Spanish language is unforgivable.
I bought two packs at my LCS for $10. And I got CHIPPER!!!!!!
Let's see what else I got.
Jay Bruce and Kurt Suzuki. Yawn.
A Mutt, Ike Davis.
Nolan Nolan Rollin', Keep those cattle rollin', RAWHIDE!
Young Mr Weeks.
And a very shiny Todd Helton refractor.
Hey look! A pop up pecker version of Joe Mauer.
Pack two.
A Brandon Beachy rookie! Brandon has the second most strike outs among rookie starters.
some Sox rookie I've never heard of.
This is my dude. The one I pull in every single pack and brand of cards I buy. Nice to see you again Pedro.
Now to me, it looks like the same guy designed both of these sets. That's the brand new Victory hockey set at .99 cents per pack. Except the card stock is better on the Victory.
And that takes me to my point about Lineage. It would've been a really great set IF
1) They didn't let an 8 year old design the backs.
2) Lose the autos and the Patch cards
3) Put this baby out at $1.50 per pack.
Imagine the fun of chasing the useless but fun inserts and the base set with the cool old guys (except paul O'Neill) at $1.50 per pack. The quality and value per box would be spot on.
But at $5 per pack, and crappy autos, this is one epic loser of a product. So I'll trade for my Braves. Or buy them for .18 cents each off of Sportslots.
You can buy packs for a fiver if you want, but I doubt you will.....
oh yeah, all of the cards here, except for the Braves, are up for trade. Yes, even Paul O'Neill.
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I think the blasters are a pretty good deal because of the cool stickers, standups, minis, and a guaranteed hit. I don't think the hobby is that great since most people have been pulling crappy autos.
I would like the pop up pecker Mickey Mantle. I do have a package to go out to you. I also have a post almost ready to publish that explains what my being behind on everything ! I just pulled the same Chipper and Paulie.
CCC... no blasters here in Canada, so it's Hobby or nuthin'.
Dad, the Mantle is yours.
If they ditched the base cards and the "hits" and just made cheap packs with the inserts, this would have been a fun product.
Man, I'm so out of the loop now on baseball cards. I don't even smell it now when everybody is getting crapped on.
Hey, I'd be interested in the Ike Davis.
Do you need any other Braves from the set? I've got boo koos thanks to Community Gum's case break.
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