2016 Topps Archives 65th Ann. breaks

I’d be hard pressed to spend $20 on random blaster boxes at any given time, but I had to make another Walmart trip - to see if they had the 2016 Topps Holiday Mega Boxes or these on the shelves somewhere.

I picked up the three Archives 65th Anniversary boxes I saw, with each box [$25] containing one pack of 16 cards with a guaranteed autograph - I was hoping things might work out for my $80 impulse buys, but after the fact, something still hurts with the results rather typical as far as the guaranteed autograph cards I pulled.

The basic cards look like cheap reprints but I don't think that's any different any other Topps Archives releases from the past few years or so - where the cards are on thin card stock and there is just something fake about handling and looking at the cards up close as opposed to cards that truly mimic the original cards.

Box 1

#A65-JC Jose Cruz

#A65-CS Curt Simmons

#A65-EM Eddie Mathews

#A65-NR Nolan Ryan

#A65-KG Ken Griffey Jr.

#A65-OS Ozzie Smith

#A65-R-MS Miguel Sano - Rookie Short Print variation

#A65-CS Curt Simmons - autograph

#A-65-VL Vernon Law

#A-65-BD Bucky Dent

#A-65-BW Billy Williams

#A-65-BM Bill Mazeroski

#A-65-DM Don Mattingly

#A-65-JB Johnny Bench

#A-65-FH Frank Howard

#A-65-WM Willie Mays

Box 2

#A65-BH Bryce Harper

#A65-CK Clayton Kershaw

#A65-I Ichiro

#A65-JCO Jeff Conine

#A65-FVI Fernando Vina

#A65-JRI Jose Rijo

#A-65S-JR Jackie Robinson - Base Short Print variation

#A65-VL Vern Law - autograph

#A65-SL Sparky Lyle

#A65-RF Rollie Fingers

#A65-TF Tito Francona

#A-65-RC Roberto Clemente

#A-65-VL Vernon Law

#A-65-BD Bucky Dent

#A-65-JR Jackie Robinson

#A-65-RCA Rod Carew

Box three

#A65-AP A.J. Pollock

#A65-KB Kris Bryant

#A65-BH Bryce Harper

#A65-CK Clayton Kershaw

#A65-I Ichiro

#A65-JCO Jeff Conine

#A65-FVI Fernando Vina

#A65-JRI Jose Rijo

#BD-M Millie - Bull Durham insert / ‘buyback’ from 2016 Topps Archives

#A65-JC Jose Cruz - autograph

#A65-RF Rollie Fingers

#A65-TF Tito Francona

#A-65-RC Roberto Clemente

#A-65-VL Vernon Law

#A-65-BD Bucky Dent

#A-65-JR Jackie Robinson