✹The PERENNIAL Shohei Ohtani Thread✹

[Trueblue]

Heritage 17

[seanrs1]

Picked this up on COMC (for double what I paid for my patern 8).
Bowman High Tek pattern 7 with a PR of likely 25 or less.

I now have patterns 3 through 8. Anyone else a fan and have all 8?



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[BC Hunt]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

Heritage 17

under $350? (edit, looking ahead to later in the year/off season it could be under $350 I suppose)

Heritage is a good call, #600 purple refractor maybe too

[JWBlue]

Originally Posted by seanrs1

For those that are buying/collecting Ohtani cards this year...what are you looking to pick up! I am a low end collector, so if there is a low end RC ($350 or less) that I don't have, I will consider purchasing.

The team set with him hitting seems undervalued.

They seem impossible to find in mint let alone graded Gem Mint. Even the graded Gem Mints don't look like they are.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/35440044284...Bk9SR96ywr-_Yw

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

Heritage 17

love this card.

the history behind it is also seemingly forgotten

[Rage]

Topps New Era is a fun flagship style one too with a relatively low print run.
The Chrome image variations from both complete set and normal Chrome also

[seanrs1]

Originally Posted by seanrs1

For those that are buying/collecting Ohtani cards this year...what are you looking to pick up! I am a low end collector, so if there is a low end RC ($350 or less) that I don't have, I will consider purchasing.

Its interesting how everyone interpreted this question! I was not actually asking for suggestions of cards I should buy that are under $350 or less. I just meant I am on the lookout for Ohtani cards that are $350 or less that I don't have (like the 2018 Bowman High Tek pattern 7 I just picked up). I kind of like the low print run odd ball cards that I think can appreciate more than others in the future when collectors start to look for other Ohtani cards they don't have.

For all of you that made suggestions, thank you! I have every card that was suggested already.

What I was really asking was two things...who is still buying Ohtani cards this year and what are you looking to pick up. I added my price range just to let you know I will not be competing with you for any cards you suggest as most on here seem to be into the flagship, bowman chrome, chrome etc. SP's, SSP's and numbered cards (especially in PSA10).

[Rage]

Originally Posted by seanrs1

Its interesting how everyone interpreted this question! I was not actually asking for suggestions of cards I should buy that are under $350 or less. I just meant I am on the lookout for Ohtani cards that are $350 or less that I don't have (like the 2018 Bowman High Tek pattern 7 I just picked up). I kind of like the low print run odd ball cards that I think can appreciate more than others in the future when collectors start to look for other Ohtani cards they don't have.

For all of you that made suggestions, thank you! I have every card that was suggested already.

What I was really asking was two things...who is still buying Ohtani cards this year and what are you looking to pick up. I added my price range just to let you know I will not be competing with you for any cards you suggest as most on here seem to be into the flagship, bowman chrome, chrome etc. SP's, SSP's and numbered cards.

Yup I never stopped buying Ohtani, just had to adjust my targets as prices keep rising YoY. Recently I've been keeping my card buying budget low so I've been targeting:
For non 2018 I go for gold refractors /50 I can find for $100 or less, and some other blue/red/atomic refractors that I like the look of.
For 2018 I've been picking up some random Stadium Club parallels, numbered Bowman platinum parallels, and always looking to pick up Optic/Prizm holos/parallels for cheap.

I think I'm past my days of picking up solid flagship/Bowman serial numbered cards for now....until the off season or a steal deal appears

[hammertime]

Originally Posted by JWBlue

The team set with him hitting seems undervalued.

They seem impossible to find in mint let alone graded Gem Mint. Even the graded Gem Mints don't look like they are.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/35440044284...Bk9SR96ywr-_Yw

I was going to say the same thing. Cool image and really tough gem.

[JWBlue]

Originally Posted by hammertime

I was going to say the same thing. Cool image and really tough gem.

I have 2 unopened sets that I swear it looks like every card has sharp corners. Debating whether to open.

[Qubits]

The only Ohtani card I'm specifically on the hunt for is the #700 black in a PSA 8 or 9. Though I'm considering putting that one on hold until after I finish my Jackie Robinson run. On that quest, I just snagged a well centered 1953 PSA 4 today from my local shop.

[oddstuff]

Originally Posted by JWBlue

The team set with him hitting seems undervalued.

They seem impossible to find in mint let alone graded Gem Mint. Even the graded Gem Mints don't look like they are.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/35440044284...Bk9SR96ywr-_Yw

That's a pop 230 (out of 1227 submitted) for gem 10s (409 9s, 366 8s). If you want a decent low pop card, people have generally ignored the all star stamped 700...pop 191 gem 10s (out of 278 submitted...puzzling after all these years people haven't cracked opened their All Star sets and submitted both the Ohtanis and the Acunas for grading).

[seanrs1]

Originally Posted by oddstuff

That's a pop 230 (out of 1227 submitted) for gem 10s (409 9s, 366 8s). If you want a decent low pop card, people have generally ignored the all star stamped 700...pop 191 gem 10s (out of 278 submitted...puzzling after all these years people haven't cracked opened their All Star sets and submitted both the Ohtanis and the Acunas for grading).

I was under the impression there were 3000 or so 2018 all star sets, but I have not been able to confirm. Definitely an under rated card by print run.

[Trueblue]

There's a team All-Star set and a complete set All-Star set. The team All-Star set is card number 5 .The complete set All-Star set is card number 700. They both have the same front stamp.

[oddstuff]

Topps doesn't release factory sets production numbers...so it's anybody's guess. Some of the factory sets did have numbered inserts that one can pull from the bonus packs so those sets you can get an idea. Based off of the 2018 factory sets that did have numbered inserts, that would be a starting point as to what the overall print run might have been for all the different 2018 factory sets. Prior to the 2018 sets, the all star sets were generally an after thought so that print run most likely was lower than the other 2018 sets that had numbered inserts...so one can deduce what the ceiling may be for the all star sets. The other way to try to get idea would be looking at submission numbers to PSA and BGS as a starting point.

[ThoseBackPages]

the 2018 ASG Factory Sets were sold at Targets

[ThoseBackPages]

[Trueblue]

I had a few of those but cracked them for the PSA 10s that are in my slab case.

2018 sealed is just so sweet.

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

I had a few of those but cracked them for the PSA 10s that are in my slab case.

2018 sealed is just so sweet.

NICE!

i still have that one sealed

[Trueblue]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

NICE!



i still have that one sealed

Hope you used the target coupon! The good ol days

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

Hope you used the target coupon! The good ol days

$25 off $100 spent!

the good old days indeed, Brother

[oddstuff]

Some people don't know that the all star set has TWO Ohtanis in it...both cards are foil stamped on the front with the all star game stamp. On the back, the regular card is 700...while the other card, same image, has "5 of 5" Complete Sets (this card is part of a pack of 5 extra cards). So you've got two Ohtanis and the Acuna...all 3 cards foil stamped which make the cards different over all the other pack pulled and factory set versions.

[oddstuff]

Never got around to grading the 5pack version.



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[hammertime]

Topps stamp and RC shield on opposite sides too.

[ThoseBackPages]

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