A pair of redundant repack hanger boxes
A place I sometimes get my food from has a Walgreens in the same strip mall, so while the restaurant was closing and I had to a neighboring joint to get my grub for the night - I walked over to Walgreens to see if there were any 2021 Topps with whatever store exclusive parallels they come with.
Just as I figured, there were no Topps on the shelves and I ended up grabbing these repacks - with all the cards out in the world, these are the last things I want to be opening, but there are no unopened products on the shelves.
Ironically, I'd spent the same afternoon updating my A-Z archive of commons, slaving away at some tedious sorting - I wonder how I get to the point where there are these loose pockets of cards I’ve got to sort out in ABC order and funnel in boxes that maybe impacted.
Even though I’m in the middle of being overwhelmed in the here and now - I still knowingly add more junk to the mix.
Going through the second pack, what was peculiar was similar sequence that repeated from the first - I assumed the cards are sorted into the hanger boxes by machine, but can Fairfield really add just about the same brand / year for different random players, multiple times over.
I thought I’d get a different mix of cards but between the boxes I bought but ended up with 28 pairs of dupes - that fascinates me, but makes me think twice about ever picking up another Fairfield repack hanger.
Pack one
80 cards plus 1 1991 Score Series 2 pack with 16 cards
1991 Score Series 2
#538 Andy Benes
#542 Dave Clark
#447 Mike Aldrete
#453 Mike Bielecki
#780 Terry Steinbach
#875 Rickey Henderson - MVP subset
#870 Benito Santiago - The Franchise subset
#855 Kirby Puckett - The Franchise subset
#737 USA flag
#743 Ray Stephens
#757 Ed Vosberg
#763 Rodney McCray
#4 Roberto [Clemente] Romps - Magic Motion World Series trivia card
#598 Bill Krueger
#595 Kelly Gruber
#600 Kevin Maas
#592 Wes Gardner
1989 Score Rick Cerone #396
1989 Score Manny Lee #326
1992 Score Pat Kelly #185
1992 Score Scott Terry #219
1992 Score Kevin Elster #103
1992 Score Jeff Brantley #157 1986 Fleer Tom Paciorek #91
1986 Fleer Willie Upshaw #72
1986 Fleer Willie Randolph #115
1986 Fleer Gary Redus #189
1994 Upper Deck Cal Eldred #431
1986 Fleer Star Stickers Dave Kingman #67
1994 Upper Deck Melido Perez #471
1994 Upper Deck Pete Incaviglia #491
1991 Score Alfredo Griffin #442
1991 Score Jerry Browne #481
1991 Score Mike Gallego #476
1992 Score Daryl Irvine #726
1990 Donruss Mike Bielecki #373
1992 Score Steve Avery #797 1987 Donruss Candy Maldonado #327
1992 Donruss Alejandro Pena #772
1990 Donruss Rolando Roomes #360
1992 Leaf Randy Tomlin #256
1991 Donruss Scott Radinsky #332
1994 Donruss Gary DiSarcina #478
1988 Donruss Phil Garner #174
1990 Swell Baseball Greats Harry Walker #33
1986 Topps Jeff Stone #686
1981 Topps Freddie Patek #311
1992 Leaf Scott Radinsky #281
1989 Fleer Mike Marshall #66
1998 Topps Willie Greene #104
1994 Ted Williams Goin’ North - checklist
1994 Ted Williams Ralph Garr #42
1990 Donruss Billy Hatcher #616
1991 Donruss Al Leiter #697
1993 Pinnacle Gregg Olson #97
1986 Donruss Earnest Riles #359
1991 Donruss Studio Vince Coleman #202
1992 Topps Stadium Club Wally Joyner #122
1992 Classic World Class Athletes Matt Scoggin #24
1991 Leaf Tony Pena #33
1994 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice Ramon Martinez #190
1990 Donruss Andres Thomas #263
2012 Topps Opening Day Joe Mauer #80
2016 Topps Sonny Gray #4
1987 Topps Bob Boone #166
2014 Panini Golden Age Angela Cartwright #98
1987 Topps Wayne Tolleson #224
2014 Topps Heritage Russell Martin #343
2014 Bowman Jayson Werth #47
2006 Upper Deck Noah Lowry #794
2016 Leaf Babe Ruth #28
2016 Topps Jake Odorizzi #316
2020 Topps Gallery preview Cody Bellinger #GP-10
1990 Donruss Joe Oliver #586
1987 Topps Pedro Guerrero #360
1991 Leaf Rick Dempsey #484
1989 Topps Mel Hall #173
2003 Donruss Classics Wade Miller #57
2008 Upper Deck Grady Sizemore #363
2016 Donruss Jonathan Lucroy #141
2004 Topps Cracker Jack Carlos Delgado #149
1992 Donruss Willie Banks #760
2002 Fleer Showcase Ben Grieve #83
2016 Topps Archives Ryan Braun #226
1989 Topps Larry Sheets #98
2011 Topps Lineage Roy Oswalt #93
2016 Topps Raudy Read #136
2016 Topps Atlanta Braves team card #135
2016 Topps Jose Pirela #284
2016 Topps Yan Gomes #353
2016 Topps Eric Hosmer #86
2013 Bowman Chrome Kelvin De Leon #BCP86
2010 Topps Scott Downs #357
2010 Topps Kevin Slowey #434
2010 Topps A.J. Pierzynski #605
2009 Upper Deck Carlos Lee #666
Pack two
81 cards plus 1 1991 Score Series 2 pack with 16 cards
1991 Score Series 2
#489 Mike Schooler
#491 Chris James
#509 Pete O’Brien
#511 Storm Davis
#865 Tim Wallach - The Franchise subset
#860 John Olerud - The Franchise subset
#845 Zane Smith
#840 Frank Thomas
#689 Matt Williams - Master Blaster subset
#691 Darryl Strawberry - Master Blaster subset
#709 Bernard Gilkey
#711 Paul Faries
#38 Cookie [Lavagetto] Comes Through - Magic Motion World Series trivia card
1989 Score Rick Cerone #396
1989 Score Manny Lee #326
1992 Score Rex Hudler #184
1992 Score Bill Spiers #218
1992 Score Kevin Elster #103
1992 Score Jeff Brantley #157
1986 Fleer Jesse Orosco #90
1986 Fleer Louis Thornton #71
1986 Fleer Willie Randolph #115
1986 Fleer Joe Price #188
1994 Upper Deck Dave Hollins #432
1986 Fleer Star Stickers Ozzie Guillen #49
1994 Upper Deck Melido Perez #471
1994 Upper Deck Pete Incaviglia #491
1991 Score Alfredo Griffin #442
1991 Score Jerry Browne #481
1991 Score Mike Gallego #476
1992 Score Daryl Irvine #726
1990 Donruss Mike Bielecki #373
1992 Score Steve Avery #797
1987 Donruss Candy Maldonado #327
1991 Donruss Alan Mills #338
1992 Donruss Damon Berryhill #771
1990 Donruss Larry Anderson #359
1992 Donruss Doug Jones #253
1991 Donruss R.J. Reynolds #101
1994 Donruss Steve Bedrosian #479
1988 Topps Phil Garner #174
1990 Swell Baseball Greats Steve Stone #27
1986 Topps Jerry Hairston #778
2012 Panini Elite Extra Edition Alex Mejia #169 - Prospects autograph serial #’d 603/799
1981 Topps Rupert Jones #225
1992 Leaf Dave Hollins #278
1989 Fleer Mike Marshall #66
1998 Topps Rey Ordonez #103
1994 Ted Williams Rocky Colavito #146
1994 Ted Williams Ralph Garr #42
1990 Donruss Billy Hatcher #616
1991 Donruss Al Leiter #697
1993 Pinnacle Omar Vizquel #95
1986 Donruss Earnest Riles #359
1991 Donruss Studio Dwight Gooden #204
1992 Topps Stadium Club Wally Joyner #122
1991 Pinnacle James Lofton #136
1991 Leaf Tom Bolton #47
1994 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice Jose Lind #176
1990 Donruss John Cangelosi #565
2012 Topps Opening Day Ted Lilly #180
2016 Topps Carlos Santana #339
1987 Topps Bob Boone #166
2014 Panini Golden Age D.Wayne Lukas #132
1987 Topps Wayne Tolleson #224
2014 Topps Heritage Peter Bourjos #397
2013 Topps Cody Ross #490
2005 Bowman Ben Sheets #88
2016 Leaf Babe Ruth #74
2016 Topps Nathan Eovaldi #168
2019 Topps Gallery Austin Meadows #28
1990 Donruss Greg Briley #463
1987 Topps Pedro Guerrero #360 
Ugh, that stinks! I've been wary of repacks for a while but this seals the deal for me. I'm not going to buy another one.
ReplyDeleteFunny enough, I just posted about one of these this morning and how bad it was. Historically these have been fun, but seeing what I got, and now seeing yours...makes me really wonder if the company who does these is holding back the more fun stuff. They are probably flipping it elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteI just read the Lost Collector's post - he got a dud repack too. This is no bueno.
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