Monday, January 03, 2022

2021 Topps Update blaster recap

I finally got my hands on some 2021 Topps Update and while it may not be a big deal, I feel like retail offerings are still trickier to find in-person - one of the stops tagging along with my mother running errands was at a Barnes and Noble book store where I've heard of accounts where they've sold cards in the past year [i.e. 2021 Bowman Mega Boxes].

On the other hand I don't know if each store just put the cards out in the shelves and I've never seen them [not that I go to bookstores much at all in the here and now] - what happened however, was when I was waiting in line to make a purchase, I saw someone approach the counter and ask the sales associate for trading cards.

I couldn't believe my eyes when the person dug out some blasters for the person look at - when I finally had a chance, I followed suit to ask for some cards myself and ended up with this blaster, along with two $10 hanger boxes.

It's kind of a minor miracle but I guess it happens where I get an opportunity to find cards when I'm not really expecting to - at my local Target, I did find some loose hanger boxes, so I grabbed a couple more in the wild.

Pack one
#US84 Bailey Ober RC
#US273 Mike Minor
#US148 Daniel Vogelbach
#US175 Ha-Seong Kim - Rookie Debut
#US100 Jon Lester
#US288 Carlos Rodon - Rodon Twirls No No
#US4 Mitch Moreland
#US285 Vladimir Gutierrez - Orange Foilboard parallel, serial #'d 034/299
#ASG-18 Bo Bichette - 2021 MLB All-Stars insert
#70YT-31 Mark McGwire - 70 Years of Topps insert
#T92-42 Kyle Lewis - Topps 1992 Redux insert; the originals had a thinner card stock and a back of the cards had 'creamier' feel. 
#US121 Trevor Stephan / Nick Sandlin - Rookie Combos RC
#US323 Jorge Ona RC
#US204 Willians Astudillo

Pack two
#US211 Luis Patino RC
#US140 Andrew Vaughn - Rookie Debut
#US196 Akil Baddoo RC
#US309 Keibert Ruiz - Rookie Debut
#US9 Jose Urena
#US161 Michael Wacha
#US201 Brad Miller
#US64 Archie Bradley
#US157 Josh Reddick - Rainbow Foil parallel
#T70P-RY Robin Yount - Topps 70th Anniversary Logo Patch
#T02-46 Randy Arozarena - Topps 1992 Redux insert
#US285 Vladimir Gutierrez RC
#US322 Adam Ottavino 
#US173 Sam Hentges RC
#US83 Joe Panik

Pack three
#US207 Zack Collins
#US291 Eric Sogard
#US153 Daniel Lynch RC
#US95 Hunter Renfroe
#US144 Taylor Trammell / J.P. Crawford - Leather Flashers
#US172 Giovanny Gallegos
#US150 Zack Wheeler
#US58 Austin Dean
#86B-47 Jacob deGrom - 1986 Topps Baseball insert
#T92-33 Giancarlo Stanton - Topps 1992 Redux insert
#US14 Dane Dunning
#US59 Steven Matz
#US230 Charlie Culberson
#US87 Matt Harvey

Pack four
#US70 Alex Vesia RC
#US279 Asdrubal Cabrera
#US82 Jordan Holloway RC
#US252 Raisel Iglesias
#US12 Nick Gordon RC
#US243 Lane Thomas
#US46 Ryan McKenna RC
#US237 Will Craig RC
#ASG-7 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 2021 MLB All-Stars insert
#T92-28 Christian Yelich - Topps 1992 Redux insert
#US266 Sterling Sharp RC
#US222 Brady Singer - Rookie Debut
#US57 Seth Elledge RC
#US78 Jed Lowrie

Pack five
#US107 Nivaldo Rodriguez RC
#US48 Bo Bichette / Marcus Semien - Veteran Combos; Fast Friends
#US129 Sean Doolittle
#US21 Huascar Ynoa RC
#US38 Julio Teheran
#US254 Cole Tucker
#US42 Tyler Nevin RC
#BG-25 Jo Adell - Topps Black Gold insert
#T92-24 Cody Bellinger - Topps 1992 Redux insert
#US182 Ashton Goudeau RC
#US263 John Gant
#US191 Shane McClanahan - Rookie Debut
#US256 Josh Palacios RC
#US281 Elias Diaz 

Pack six
#US111 Jackie Bradley Jr.
#US47 Taylor Trammell
#US71 Sam Huff RC
#US261 Luis Garcia - Rookie Debut
#US295 Cristian Pache - Rookie Debut
#US154 Frankie Montas
#US199 Pat Valaika
#US50 Josh Bell
#TC92-2 Aaron Judge - Topps 1992 Redux insert; Chrome
#T92-9 Ryan Mountcastle - Topps 1992 Redux insert
#US274 Tyler Ivey RC
#US270 Merrill Kelly
#US327 Tony Watson
#US143 Jake Cronenworth - Rookie Debut

Pack seven
#US49 Martin Maldonado
#US257 Ke'Bryan Hayes - Rookie Debut
#US209 Jordan Luplow
#US185 Khalil Lee RC
#US197 Dylan Carlson - Rookie Debut
#US208 Brian O'Grady
#US187 Tyson Miller RC
#US219 Francisco Mejia
#86B-8 Javier Baez - 1986 Topps Baseball insert
#ASG-4 Nelson Cruz - 2021 MLB All-Stars insert
#T92-4 Shohei Ohtani - Topps 1992 Redux insert
#US317 Myles Straw
#US133 Garrett Whitlock RC
#US234 Carlos Hernandez RC

2 comments:

The Lost Collector said...

That Judge chrome looks nice! Also jealous you got a Black Gold! I bought one blaster and didn't get one.

Jon said...

Sounds like you were in the right place, at the right time!