2015 Topps Archives Silver

Year: 2015

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Archives

Card Number: 32

Card Type: Base Parallel

Parallel Set: Silver Border

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 059/199

COMC Black Friday Haul #42

Keeping with the last couple posts we have another parallel to show off.  One of the things I really love about COMC and one of the main reasons it's become my primary online shopping source is it allows me to play the long game when it comes to picking up parallels like this.  Had I tried to pick this up off of eBay back in 2015 it would have likely cost me close to $10 with shipping.  That's a lot more than I paid for it or would have wanted to pay for it.  Overall I love the card and photo choice.  I would gripe about the photo being overused, but to be fair there are multiple photos of Robin in this pose taken throughout his career.  It's very possible this is reused image, as in  Topps was reusing lots of the same image over and over around this time frame.  Still a great card and still low numbered and a great addition to the collection

2019 Panini Prizm Red Prizm

Year: 2019

Manufacturer: Panini

Set: Prizm

Card Number: 216

Card Type: Base Parallel

Parallel Set: Red Prizm

COMC Black Friday Haul #41

I may be in the majority but I really do like all the different parallels I get to chase nowadays. I'll be honest base prizm and the base prizm prizm parallel are pretty meh, but add some color and these card really pop, it even helps take away from the terrible airbrushing and photoshopped jersey colors.

The Red prizm parallel is one of the more fairly common, as these fall 4 per box and are unnumbered and shouldn't be confused with it's numbered cousin the Red Mojo refractor.

2019 Topps Chrome - Greatness Returns

Year: 2019

Manufacture: Topps

Set: Topps Chrome

Card Number: GRE-9

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Greatness Returns

COMC Black Friday Haul #40

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, we are getting closer and closer to finishing featuring the Yount cards I picked up last year and got delivered during my COMC Black Friday haul.  These cards actually represent not only the card I picked up during the event, but had been accumulating all year long.

Next up is the Chrome version of the flagship insert, Greatness Returns.  And it seems odd to me that I should have acquired the Chrome version before the regular flagship version. A great card and one of many that featured both Robin and Christian from last year and I would bet one of many more to come.

2005 Donruss Diamond Kings HOF Heroes Red Framed HH-86

Year: 2005

Manufacture: Donruss

Set: Diamond Kings

Card Number: HH-86

Card Type: Insert parallel

Insert Set: HOF Heroes

Parallel: Red Framed

COMC Black Friday Haul #39

You would think working from home during this COVID-19 pandemic would lead to more blog posts, but I work 10 hour days so after I'm done doing what I can I really don't want to be on the computer anymore.  Ahem.  I'm fine, how are you all doing?

Next up, and I can't believe I'm still working through my Black Friday COMC haul pick ups, is Robin's 2005 Donruss Diamond Kings red framed HOF Heroes HOF-86.  Robin has two cards in this set and besides the different card numbering the image is different.  This card has a Sepia or Black and White, it's hard to tell, image.

2019 Topps Allen and Ginter X

Year: 2019 

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Allen and Ginter X

Card Number: 352

Card Type: Base

COMC Black Friday Card Haul #38

With a little down time due to the Coronavirus I'm trying to get  a bunch of these Black Friday posts set up as possible.  I also realize that there are going to be a ton of 2019 cards to post about.

Next up is Robin's 2019 Allen and Ginter X card.  Topps has been doing the online A and G X for a few year's now.  I'm not a huge fan of the set.  Oh I like the look of the cards.  If this had just been a black base parallel I would have liked it just as much, but paralleling a set and repackaging it has another whole product seems to me like a big lazy cop out.  But to each their own.  I was able to snag this base card and Robin's base mini parallel, which I've already featured, during this last Black Friday event.  Nice to see Topps didn't bother fixing their numbering screw up either in this set.

2019 Topps Faces of the Franchise Black Parallel

Year: 2019 

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Flagship

Card Number: FOF-16

Card Type: Insert Parallel

Insert Set: Faces of the Franchise

Parallel Set: Black

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 168/299

COMC Black Friday Card Haul #37

I've featured the base card and the blue parallel so far.  I was able to snag this black serial numbered parallel during Black Friday to add to the rainbow.  It's a great card with a great premise.  The choice of Yeli, Yount, and Fingers highlights 3 of the 4 Brewers who have won an MVP title.  Ryan Braun being the other player.  With Christian's new contract it's possible he'll retire a Brewer as well.

2019 Topps 150th Anniversary of Professional Baseball #150-138

Year: 2019 

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Flagship (Series 1)

Card Number: 150-138

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: 150 Years of Professional Baseball

COMC Black Friday Haul #36

The last post featured Robin's first card in this insert set and now it's time for the other.  The 150 Year's of Professional Baseball Series 1 insert was subdivided into 3 sub-sets, Greatest Players, Greatest Seasons, and Greatest Moments.  This card celebrates Robin's great 1982 season in which he took the Brewers to their only World Series appearance and he won his first MVP title.