First Buzz: 2021 Topps Chrome baseball cards - Page 25

rwperu34 · 08-24-2021, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Archimedes

The breakers aren't the problem, right? It's the people who buy into breaks that are the problem.

There is no problem.

DaBaddestHic · 08-24-2021, 11:05 AM

I'm really interested in the Lite version if I can get my hands on some. I don't care about the autos that much - I just wanna build a base set and maybe hit some fun parallels. I hope they go on sale to the general public soon and I can grab some.

ClevelandIC · 08-24-2021, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DaBaddestHic

I'm really interested in the Lite version if I can get my hands on some. I don't care about the autos that much - I just wanna build a base set and maybe hit some fun parallels. I hope they go on sale to the general public soon and I can grab some.

It looks like 50/50 on MC people buying them so I think these will hit some type of public sale! Good luck if you can get some. I hope there are black refractors in these

Brando1975 · 08-24-2021, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mcwildcats

Yep, Target is the way to go on these. I'll be patient.

They are on Target now. I would have bought some at 20 but won't touch them after this price increase. Have a feeling Chrome Platinum Anniversary will be more fun.

k13 · 08-24-2021, 07:54 PM

Chrome is dead without psa.

bpc3qh · 08-24-2021, 10:18 PM

Got my first blaster in the mail. Nothing too amazing--35th anniversary cards of Carlson and Hayes were the big highlights. Still fun to rip.

mjaredc50 · 08-25-2021, 08:36 AM

Anybody have their Topps.com Chrome order ship yet? Mine still says processing, seems like a long time.

PumpnDumpling · 08-25-2021, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by mjaredc50

Anybody have their Topps.com Chrome order ship yet? Mine still says processing, seems like a long time.

Pretty standard, they will likely ship in the next 1-6 weeks

cj828282 · 08-25-2021, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by mjaredc50

Anybody have their Topps.com Chrome order ship yet? Mine still says processing, seems like a long time.

My order just shipped this morning. So it is happening slowly.

Stech36 · 08-25-2021, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mjaredc50

Anybody have their Topps.com Chrome order ship yet? Mine still says processing, seems like a long time.

Yeah, be prepared. It could take a few weeks. Amazingly enough, that’s normal

mjaredc50 · 08-25-2021, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Stech36

Yeah, be prepared. It could take a few weeks. Amazingly enough, that’s normal

they seem fairly quick with Montgomery club orders, I guess I don't buy enough non-MC stuff

kon jelly · 08-25-2021, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by mjaredc50

Anybody have their Topps.com Chrome order ship yet? Mine still says processing, seems like a long time.

Mine is out for delivery today. After watching some breaks online I kinda hope the delivery driver runs over the box and I need to get a refund...

315er · 08-25-2021, 09:31 AM

Opened my second blaster, one of the packs only had 2 cards, two had 3 cards. C'mon Topps.

BlueRefractor · 08-25-2021, 09:33 AM

All this hate on Chrome this year but Target sold 80k blasters in less than 24hrs.

BirdsFan55 · 08-25-2021, 09:34 AM

Just opened my first 3 blasters. Two of them had 0 hits and the third had a Voit /99. No big name rookie base cards either, might as well have just lit my money on fire.

goin3d · 08-25-2021, 09:35 AM

bought my yearly case, working through ripping 7 boxes and will stash 5 away. So far no complaints and i like the look of the cards. Did hit a /50 vaughan auto so that's something!

BirdsFan55 · 08-25-2021, 09:59 AM

On a different note, 2020 sapphire had 31 autos compared to 77 in the regular chrome checklist. What are the guesses for the number of autos in sapphire this year? The same ratio would give about 53-54 autos. Ya'll think more/less/about right?

Thor34 · 08-25-2021, 10:26 AM

Nobody sharing pull successes here?

315er · 08-25-2021, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Thor34

Nobody sharing pull successes here?

Have there been any?
OK, I opened my 3 blasters from Dick's, as I posted, in one of the boxes, one pack had 2 cards, two had 3 cards and one had 6, all said and done, shorted 2 cards.
No autos.
2 parallels, magenta Brandon Crawford 249/399 and green shimmer Nate Pearson 145/199.
Few duplicates, one was the 1986 Alex Bohm, another the normal Bohm, so no gripes there.
Notable rookies: Mize, Mountcastle, J. Sanchez, Bart, Bohm, Carlson, magenta Chisholm, Pache, Luis Garcia, 86 Carlson, Adell, Gimenez
PP: Trout

cspaced25 · 08-25-2021, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Thor34

Nobody sharing pull successes here?

Between here and Reddit breaks I have seen just one good pull, a Derek Jeter auto. That’s it. So far glad I did not buy any!

Minelayer · 08-25-2021, 11:20 AM

It's gotten to the point where if I see someone pull a non pitcher auto its a nice surprise.

thewesdub · 08-25-2021, 11:22 AM

I was going to buy a jumbo box, but then I watched some breaks and saw people's pulls on Reddit...anecdotally there were a LOT of pitcher autos being pulled. Very few interesting parallels. So instead I took $60 of the money I was going to spend on the jumbo and just bought all of the parallels I wanted off of eBay.

Timsterino · 08-25-2021, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Minelayer

It's gotten to the point where if I see someone pull a non pitcher auto its a nice surprise.

But that’s Chrome every year. No different now.

msl90 · 08-25-2021, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by thewesdub

I was going to buy a jumbo box, but then I watched some breaks and saw people's pulls on Reddit...anecdotally there were a LOT of pitcher autos being pulled. Very few interesting parallels. So instead I took $60 of the money I was going to spend on the jumbo and just bought all of the parallels I wanted off of eBay.

Smart, I am gravitating toward a similar boat

avicke · 08-25-2021, 11:26 AM

Just got my first 3 blasters in from Dicks today - I don't think you can ask for anything more in terms of beating the odds (2 autos, aqua shimmer to 199, and the Kluber Negative) - and with the deep class that most all are underperforming - think this easily is a huge sleeper retail product - even at the higher msrp.. There, I said it. Hot take, I know. Not too often you feel the need to at least sleeve every rookie you pulled... Especially for those of us that rip in volume...

08-24-2021, 11:05 AM	#602
DaBaddestHic Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,311 DaBaddestHic	I'm really interested in the Lite version if I can get my hands on some. I don't care about the autos that much - I just wanna build a base set and maybe hit some fun parallels. I hope they go on sale to the general public soon and I can grab some. __________________ Supercollecting Carlos Delgado (Always looking - PM me) Want List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-9lweoNywcAp-ApoiwSnXGqzQz5-rjoXo3DkOAzXmDY/edit?usp=sharing

08-25-2021, 09:33 AM	#614
BlueRefractor Member Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Houston Posts: 58	All this hate on Chrome this year but Target sold 80k blasters in less than 24hrs.
$BlueRefractor is offline$

08-24-2021, 07:54 PM	#605
k13 Banned Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 12,617	Chrome is dead without psa.

08-24-2021, 10:18 PM	#606
bpc3qh Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Virginia Posts: 328	Got my first blaster in the mail. Nothing too amazing--35th anniversary cards of Carlson and Hayes were the big highlights. Still fun to rip.

08-25-2021, 08:36 AM	#607
mjaredc50 Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Winston Salem, NC Posts: 12 mjaredc	Anybody have their Topps.com Chrome order ship yet? Mine still says processing, seems like a long time.

08-25-2021, 09:31 AM	#613
315er Member Join Date: May 2021 Posts: 305	Opened my second blaster, one of the packs only had 2 cards, two had 3 cards. C'mon Topps.

08-25-2021, 09:34 AM	#615
BirdsFan55 Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 436 cardinalsfan55	Just opened my first 3 blasters. Two of them had 0 hits and the third had a Voit /99. No big name rookie base cards either, might as well have just lit my money on fire.

08-25-2021, 09:35 AM	#616
goin3d Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 234 cardboard_heros	bought my yearly case, working through ripping 7 boxes and will stash 5 away. So far no complaints and i like the look of the cards. Did hit a /50 vaughan auto so that's something!

08-25-2021, 09:59 AM	#617
BirdsFan55 Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 436 cardinalsfan55	On a different note, 2020 sapphire had 31 autos compared to 77 in the regular chrome checklist. What are the guesses for the number of autos in sapphire this year? The same ratio would give about 53-54 autos. Ya'll think more/less/about right?

08-25-2021, 10:26 AM	#618
Thor34 Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Maine Posts: 1,466	Nobody sharing pull successes here?

08-25-2021, 11:20 AM	#621
Minelayer Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Bay Area Posts: 212	It's gotten to the point where if I see someone pull a non pitcher auto its a nice surprise.

08-25-2021, 11:22 AM	#622
thewesdub Member Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Texas Posts: 683	I was going to buy a jumbo box, but then I watched some breaks and saw people's pulls on Reddit...anecdotally there were a LOT of pitcher autos being pulled. Very few interesting parallels. So instead I took $60 of the money I was going to spend on the jumbo and just bought all of the parallels I wanted off of eBay.

08-25-2021, 11:26 AM	#625
avicke Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 1,682 avicke	Just got my first 3 blasters in from Dicks today - I don't think you can ask for anything more in terms of beating the odds (2 autos, aqua shimmer to 199, and the Kluber Negative) - and with the deep class that most all are underperforming - think this easily is a huge sleeper retail product - even at the higher msrp.. There, I said it. Hot take, I know. Not too often you feel the need to at least sleeve every rookie you pulled... Especially for those of us that rip in volume...