On the Radar - Topps Online 150 Years of Professional Baseball on-demand card

I was hoping Robin would be featured in this set.  I was really hoping he'd get an artists rendition card and he still might.  Robin has card #130 in the set and celebrates his 1982 MVP award.

Like the rest of these cards these will be available till next Tuesday or you can wait and pick them up on the secondary market.

This card has been added to the master 2019 checklist along with all the other 5x7 and new 10x14 posters available on Topps.com.

2013 Panini Hometown Heroes Zip Code Parallel

Year: 2013

Manufacturer: Panini

Set: Hometown Heroes

Card Number: 19

Card Type: Base Parallel 

Parallel Set: ZIP Code

Next up in my COMC Black Friday haul delivery is this 2013 Panini Hometown Heroes ZIP Code Parallel.  I had been looking for one of these cards since 2013.  The ZIP Code parallels fall 1:12 packs which equates to one per hobby box. NO clue what the insertion rate was for the 24 pack retail boxes. I couldn't find any print run information on the cards but as a box hit and the full 300 card set is paralleled any one card is pretty hard to get.  This was not a card I nabbed on Black Friday, no this card had been sitting in my portfolio since last January.  I can count the number of times I've seen this parallel or Robin's come up for sale on one hand so when this popped up on COMC or under $4 I grabbed it.  Overall I actually really like this set, it's fun and has some great inserts and bright in your face colors that really pop.  This card however is pretty terrible, with most of Yount's face obscured, the terrible photoshopped uniform color and airbrushing.  But I'm glad to be able to finally cross this card off my wantlist.

2008 Upper Deck Premier

Year: 2008

Manufacture: Upper Deck

Set: Premier

Card Number: 196

Card Type: Base

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 80/99

Continuing my series of new Younts from my COMC Black Friday hall.  One of the things I love is on Black Friday is to sit in front of my computer with a nice hot cup of coffee and go hunting for cards I need and hopefully find some deals.  It also always surprises me when I find something I though I had, but didn't.  There were quite a few of those cards this year and this 2008 UD Premier base card is one of those cards.  Upper Deck had a couple premium baseball brands near the end of their run on baseball with sets like Ultimate, Sweet Spot, and Premier.  As a matter of fact this base card is rarer than the base cards in this year's Topps Transcendence.  And lets face it Upper Deck could do high end and low end.  The base cards for the Premier set were numbered to just 99.

The front features a great full bleed photo and a nice little design for the serial numbering.  On the back we only get one line of yearly stats, Robin's 1982 MVP season and total career stats. 

There are 3 parallel set for the base cards all very low numbered, Blue #/15, Silver #/5, and Gold #/1.

2016 Topps Transcendent Collection Sketch Reproduction

Year: 2016

Manufacture: Topps

Set: Transcendent Collection

Card Number: TSCR-37

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Sketch Reproduction

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 56/65

Yesterday I finally got my COMC package from their Black Friday event.  I picked up a ton of new Younts from the Black Friday sale, but I also had a bunch of cards sitting in my portfolio that I had been picking up all year since the last Black Friday sale.  The package took almost 2 weeks to get to me.  COMC used Pitney Bowes as a third party shipper.  If COMC had just put my package in the mailbox or had USPS pick it up it most likely would have been in my mailbox about 3 days after mailing in from Redmond, Washington.  Instead the package took a trip to Nevada, then spent 4 days in California and then disappeared for 4 or 5 days till it showed up in my mailbox.  That being said my cards were very well packaged and none were damaged and to be fair COMC's delivery estimate was January 4th.  Ahem anyways, this year I picked up 53 new Younts from COMC. COMC has become my main avenue for picking up new Younts.  So for the next couple months I'll be presenting all the new cards I picked up.

First up is the one card I really wanted to get my hands on and it was by far the most expensive card I've ever bought off of COMC.  But this card also happens to come from, at least at the time, the most expensive baseball card product every made.  I had been watching what some of these Sketch Reproduction card have gone for in the past and I was happy to pick it up for about $25.  I picked this card up during COMC's Spring Cleaning sale way back earlier in the year and have been looking at it in my portfolio just waiting to get it in hand.  I have no illusions that I'll ever own the original sketch of this card, but I'm happy to add this unique card to my collection.  And this one will start off the COMC Black Friday collection posts. 

2005 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts

Year: 2005

Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: SP Legendary Cuts

Card Number: 69

Card Type: Base

Back when Upper Deck was putting out Baseball Cards, the SP Legendary Cuts set was a fan favorite.  At least I remember it that way.  It was also one of the first sets that was hit driven and the base set is largely an after thought for the set.  The base set is just 90 cards and has only one parallel compared to the insert sets that have multiple parallels, relic parallels, and auto parallels.  

But I like the overall stately look of the base cards for the 2005 set. And you can see by how little effort that was put into the backs of the base cards how much of an afterthought they were.

2019 Topps Transcendent Collection Robin Yount Checklist

Robin is again featured in the most expensive baseball card product in the world.  And like the first time he's featured in the original sketch set and reproductions, but also has a couple autos, literally two, both numbered 1 of 1.

2019 Topps Transcendent Collection - Franchise Favorites Repoductions #FFR-RY #/100
2019 Topps Transcendent Collection - Franchise Favorites Sketch FFS-RY #/1
2019 Topps Transcendent Collection - Autographed Patches #AP-RY #/1
2019 Topps Transcendent Collection -  1953 SuperFractor Autographs #53S-RY #/1

2003 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic Patch

Year: 2003

Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: Sweet Spot Classic

Card Number: P-RY3

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Souvenir Logo Patch

Card Attributes: Manufactured Patch, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 333/350

Note: Hand Numbered

Lest we forget the Manurelic has been around for awhile now.  Case in point is this 2003 Sweet Spot Classic Souvenir Logo Patch.  This is one of three cards Robin has in the set.  One is another unnumbered Manurelic featuring the glove/ball logo and one game-used patch card numbered to 150.  I like this card, I like the commemorative World Series Patch and I like the photo used.  I even like hand numbering on the card.  

2019 Topps Gallery Yount Checklist

Robin isn't featured in the base card set this year, but does a have a few cards in the inserts and autographs.

2019 Topps Gallery - Hall of Fame Gallery #HOFG-16
2019 Topps Gallery - Hall of Fame Gallery Green #HOFG-16 #/250
2019 Topps Gallery - Hall of Fame Gallery Blue #HOFG-16 #/99
2019 Topps Gallery - Hall of Fame Gallery Orange #HOFG-16 #/25
2019 Topps Gallery - Hall of Fame Gallery Red #HOFG-16 #/1
2019 Topps Gallery - Hall of Fame Gallery Autographs HOFA-RY
2019 Topps Gallery - Master and Apprentice #MA-YY (w/ Christian Yelich)
2019 Topps Gallery - Master and Apprentice Green #MA-YY #/250
2019 Topps Gallery - Master and Apprentice Blue #MA-YY #/99
2019 Topps Gallery - Master and Apprentice Orange #MA-YY #/25
2019 Topps Gallery - Master and Apprentice Red #MA-YY  #/1

2019 Topps Dynasty Robin Yount checklist

Robin is featured in this year's Topps Dynasty Autograph patch set again.  Topps couldn't be bothered to actually release a checklist with actual card designations on it so I peicing this together from ebay listings. Here's what I've found:

2019 Topps Dynasty Autograph Patches #DAP-RY1  #/10

2019 Topps Dynasty Autograph Patches #DAP-RY2  #/10

2019 Topps Dynasty Autograph Patches #DAP-RY3  #/10

2019 Topps Dynasty Autograph Patches Silver #DAP-RY1  #/5

2019 Topps Dynasty Autograph Patches Silver #DAP-RY2  #/5

2019 Topps Dynasty Autograph Patches Silver #DAP-RY3  #/5

2019 Topps Dynasty Autograph Patches Gold #DAP-RY1  #/1

2019 Topps Dynasty Autograph Patches Gold #DAP-RY2  #/1

2019 Topps Dynasty Autograph Patches Gold #DAP-RY3  #/1

2003 Fleer Showcase

Year: 2003

Card Manufacturer: Fleer

Card Set: Showcase

Card Number: 98

Card Type: Base

With Robin retiring in 1993, he unfortunately (or was it fortunate?) missed the rise of the insert and parallel craze of the late 90's and early 2000's, at least as an active player.  Once the HOF and tribute sets started coming out Robin got thrust right into the mix.  I may be one of the few that really enjoys a lot of the parallel sets.  For me as a player collector I know I'll never own the majority of the high end cards produced for Robin, but with all the inserts and parallels, and parallels of the inserts, I'll always have stuff to try and chase and to me that's a lot of the fun of collecting.  

The 2003 Fleer Showcase set is one of those great early mid 2000s sets that has a great checklist featuring stars of the day and HOFers and retired players.  Plus this set has some really cool insert and relic sets.  I'm a sucker for gimmicks.  This set does have a couple base parallels, one very attainable and the other not so much.  I really like the overall simple design and I like the photo used for Robin's card.  

2008 Topps Triple Threads Emerald Parallel

Year: 2008

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Triple Threads

Card Number: 138

Card Type: Parallel

Parallel Set: Emerald

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 235/240

2008 was the third year of Topps' mid-high end product.  This wasn't Topps' most premium brand at the time, that was Sterling, but Triple Threads was a close second. It's a set that's composition really hasn't changed much since it was first introduced in 2006.  The base cards in the 2008 set have this bumpy texture to them which is kind of odd, but I love that the serial numbering is huge.  I also like the vintage image used for the card and we can date the image to sometime pre-1978 from the uniform and batting helmet.

Additionally while the backs are pretty much a right-off, the card number is large and the back is colored to match the parallel and isn't just a back used across all the parallels like alot of Topps' sets today.

2019 Topps Triple Threads Robin Yount Checklist and Gallery

Robin's got a base card and a bunch of other cards to chase in this year's Triple Threads

2019 Topps Triple Threads #30
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Amethyst #/299
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Amber #/199
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Emerald #/259
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Gold #/99
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Citrine #/75
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Onyx #/50
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Sapphire #/25
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Ruby #/1
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Printing Plate Black #/1
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Printing Plate Cyan #/1
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Printing Plate Magenta #/1
2019 Topps Triple Threads #30 Printing Plate Yellow #/1
2019 Topps Triple Threads - 150 Years of Baseball Triple Autograph Relic w/ Yelich and Hank Aaron #150YAR-AYY #/9
2019 Topps Triple Threads - 150 Years of Baseball Triple Autograph Relic w/ Yelich and Hank Aaron #150YAR-AYY Sapphire #/3
2019 Topps Triple Threads - 150 Years of Baseball Triple Autograph Relic w/ Yelich and Hank Aaron #150YAR-AYY Ruby #/1
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Bat Nameplate Book #BNP-RY #/1
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Deca Autographed Relic Combo Book with 9 other players #DARCB-8 #/10
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Deca Autographed Relic Combo Book with 9 other players #DARCB-8 Gold #/5
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Deca Autographed Relic Combo Book with 9 other players #DARCB-8 Ruby #/5
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Deca Relic Combo Book w/9 other players #DRC-8 #/10
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Deca Relic Combo Book w/9 other players #DRC-8 Gold #/5
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Deca Relic Combo Book w/9 other players #DRC-8 Ruby #/1
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Windows into Greatness Autograph Relic Book #WGAR-RY #/5
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Windows into Greatness Autograph Relic Book #WGAR-RY Gold #/3
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Windows into Greatness Autograph Relic Book #WGAR-RY Ruby #/1
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Windows into Greatness Relic Book #WGR-RY #/10
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Windows into Greatness Relic Book #WGR-RY Gold #/5
2019 Topps Triple Threads - Windows into Greatness Relic Book #WGR-RY Ruby #/1

On the Radar - 2019 Topps Update

After looking through the released checklist for 2019 Update I was a little bummed and relieved that Robin wasn't featured in any of the inserts sets.  Fast forward to yesterday, when the product was released and low and behold Robin is once again featured as a Legends variation subject.

2019 Topps Update #168 - Legends Variation

It's an interesting photo choice, but it's nice to see an image that to my knowledge hasn't been used for a trading card yet.

2019 Robin Yount Topps Wall Art 5x7's Checklist.... so far

For the past few year's Topps has been offering oversized versions of it's products available exclusively from their website.  Here is a checklist of what has been offered so far this year.  I'll try and remember to update this post after the 2019 sets have all been released and I'll add these cards to the 2019 running checklist.

2019 Topps - 84 Topps 5x7 #T84-32 #/49
2019 Topps - 84 Topps 5x7 #T84-32 Gold #/10
2019 Topps - 84 Topps All-Stars 5x7 #94AS-RY #/49
2019 Topps - 84 Topps All-Stars 5x7 #94AS-RY Gold #/10
2019 Topps - 150 Years of Professional Baseball 5x7 #150-55 #/49
2019 Topps - 150 Years of Professional Baseball 5x7 #150-55 Gold #/10
2019 Topps - 150 Years of Professional Baseball 5x7 #150-138 #/49
2019 Topps - 150 Years of Professional Baseball 5x7 #150-138 Gold #/10
2019 Topps - Cactus League Legends 5x7 #CLL-29 #/49
2019 Topps - Cactus League Legends 5x7 #CLL-29 Gold #/10
2019 Topps - Faces of the Franchise #FOF-16 #/49
2019 Topps - Faces of the Franchise 5x7 #FOF-16 Gold #/10
2019 Topps - Franchise Feats 5x7 #FF-16 #/49
2019 Topps - Franchise Feats 5x7 #FF-16 Gold #/10
2019 Topps - Greatness Returns 5x7 #GR-5 #/49
2019 Topps - Greatness Returns 5x7 #GR-5 Gold #/10
2019 Topps - Historic Through Lines 5x7 #HTL-47 #/49
2019 Topps - Historic Through Lines 5x7 #HTL-47 Gold #/10
2019 Topps Allen and Ginter 5x7 #352 #/49
2019 Topps Allen and Ginter 5x7 #352 Gold #/10
2019 Topps Allen and Ginter - Ginter Greats 5x7 #GG-50 #/49
2019 Topps Allen and Ginter - Ginter Greats 5x7 #GG-50 Gold #/10
2019 Topps Archives 5x7 #295 #/49
2019 Topps Archives 5x7 #295 Gold #/10
2019 Topps Stadium Club 5x7 #182 #/49
2019 Topps Stadium Club 5x7 #182 Gold #/10

2019 Topps Gold Label Yount Checklist

Robin is in a couple of the insert sets in this year's Gold Label.
2019 Topps Gold Label - Framed Dual Auto w/ Yelich #FDA-YY #/10
2019 Topps Gold Label - Framed Dual Auto w/ Yelich #FDA-YY Black #/5
2019 Topps Gold Label - Framed Dual Auto w/ Yelich #FDA-YY Gold #/1
2019 Topps Gold Label - Golden Greats Framed Autograph Relics #GGAR-RY #/25
2019 Topps Gold Label - Golden Greats Framed Autograph Relics #GGAR-RY Black #/5
2019 Topps Gold Label - Golden Greats Framed Autograph Relics #GGAR-RY Gold #/1
2019 Topps Gold Label - MLB Legends Relics #BLR-RY #50
2019 Topps Gold Label - MLB Legends Relics #BLR-RY Black #/5
2019 Topps Gold Label - MLB Legends Relics #BLR-RY Gold #/1

2008 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts Base card

Year: 2008

Manufacture: Upper Deck

Set: SP Legendary Cuts

Card Type: Base

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 094/550

2008 a time right before the age of exclusivity.  I miss Upper Deck in the baseball card game.  Sure they deserve their exile, but man they also put out some great sets back in the day.  Hard to believe we are closing in on 10 year's of Topps exclusiveness.  SP Legendary Cuts was on interesting product the relied heavily on relic hits for the set, but there are some really nice autographed cards and combo relic cards in the set.  The base cards are numbered to only 550 and there's only one parallel set, the Memerable Moments numbered to just 1.  The base cards had a nice appeal with a great color head shot and an action black and white photo.  Robin has lots of cards to chase in this set as well from all the relic parallels to some great autographed cards.  

2019 Panini National Treasures Yount Checklist

Robin has a few cards to chase in this set.

2019 Panini National Treasures Hall of Fame Materials HOF-RY #/99
2019 Panini National Treasures Hall of Fame Materials HOF-RY Platinum #/1
2019 Panini National Treasures Hall of Fame Materials HOF-RY Black Printing Plate #/1
2019 Panini National Treasures Hall of Fame Materials HOF-RY Cyan Printing Plate #/1
2019 Panini National Treasures Hall of Fame Materials HOF-RY Magenta Printing Plate #/1
2019 Panini National Treasures Hall of Fame Materials HOF-RYYellowPrinting Plate #/1

2019 Panini National Treasures Decades Booklet #5 with 5 other players #/5

2019 Panini National Treasures Decades Booklet #5 Holo Gold #/3

2019 Panini National Treasures Decades Booklet #5 Holo Platinum Blue #/1

2019 Topps Allen and Ginter

Year: 2019

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Allen and Ginter

Card Number: 352

Card Type: Base

Robin is featured in this year's Allen and Ginter. That means we get to chase all the parallels for this set as well and his online exclusive Allen and Ginter X cards.  Interestingly enough Topps seems to have messed up the numbering for the set, completely skipping cards 301-350, so we get these high numbered SP cards.  I had thought it would be great if Topps actually did that on purpose and those missing cards might so up some where else.  

Overall a nice simple design this year.  The backs look like every other Allen and Ginter issue.  I do like that Topps has continued to put the set year on the front of the card.  It makes for identify the set much easier since a lot of A and G sets look very similar.

2019 Topps Archives Signature Series Retired Player Edition Ultimate Robin Yount Checklist and Gallery

Robin is listed as one of the signers in this year's Archives Signature Series Retired Edition.  Topps doesn't usually release a checklist with the cards signed and serial numbering so this post will serve to archive the cards that I can document for the set.

1981 Topps #515 #/1
1982 Topps #435 #/1
1983 O-Pee-Chee (All-Star) #389 #/1
1983 Topps #350 #/1
1983 Topps Glossy Send-Ins #5  #/1
1987 O-Pee-Chee #76 #/1
1988 O-Pee-Chee #165 #/1
1987 Topps #773 #/15
1987 Topps Boardwalk and Baseball #9 #/1
1988 Topps K-Mart Memorable Moments #33 #/1
1989 Topps #615  #/1
1990 Bowman - Art Insert Contest Card #/1
1991 Topps Stadium Club #509 #/1
1992 Topps Gold #90 #/1
1994 Topps #310 #/1
2002 Topps Tribute #40 #/1
2003 Topps Gallery #55 #/1
2010 National Chicle #210 #/1
2016 Topps Allen and Ginter X #117 #/1
2016 Topps Bunt #180 #/18
2016 Topps Update - 3000 Hit Club #3000H-11 #/1