Radar alert, New Yount on the horizon.

Figure I'd throw this out there for anyone who cares about new Yount cards.  2013 Topps Five Star is about to hit the streets tomorrow.  Mr. Yount has a base card in the set. It's card number 43 and the base is numbered to just 60 cards! There are also Rainbow Foil parallels numbered to 10 and the Five Star 1/1 card.

Robin will have a bat knob card in this years set. I remember the bat knob from last years National Treasures went for big bucks.

This product had some QC problems last year with chipped edges and honestly it's really expensive. Not as spendy as some of Panini's super high end stuff, but this is a product well worth letting someone else bust and picking up the scraps later on ebay.

I'll be adding the base and rainbow foil to my want list, but I have no expectations of ever seeing the other cards.

2013 Topps Triple Threads Sepia Unity Relic Bat card

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Card Set: Triple Threads

Year: 2013

Card Number: TTUJR-RY

Card Type: Relic

Relic Set: Sepia Unity Relics

Relic Type: Bat

Card Attributes: Bat Relic, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 10/27

You know the best part of about Topps Triple Threads each year is the base cards. Seriously. It seems that those are the only cards in the set that change.  Look at all the relics and auto cards in this years set and they look exactly like all the years past.  But for some I guess that's a good thing.  I have a hard time keeping up with every insert set in Triple Threads too, mainly because there are a ton and on top of the each set has about 5 parallel versions.  

It was a little overwhelming for a player collector. Until I realized that I could be happy with just one representative card for my collection.

I ended up picking up this beauty recently and for a great price.  This is from the Unity Jumbo Relic set.  The base cards in the set are numbered to only 36.  This one happens to be the Sepia parallel numbered to 27. And there are 4 more parallel versions numbered even less.  But I'm happy to finally have this one card in the collection.  Not that I wouldn't hunt down the other parallel versions of the card for the right price, but I'm happy to have just the one Unity Jumbo Relic card in the collection.   Now to find some cheap base.

2013 Topps Update Commemorative Coin Card

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Card Set: Topps Update

Year: 2013

Card Number: PCC-RY

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Pennant Chase Commemorative Coin Card

Card Attributes: Coin, Serial Numbered

Serial Number:  49/99

When I saw the checklist of 2013 Topps Update I was pretty excited to see Robin had a coin card this years set

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While I hate that Topps calls these relics they are pretty sweet cards.  

I had been watching just about every one of these copper level coin cards on ebay that have been up for auction. I was biding my time.  I finally was able to snag one for a decent price.  Still it was more than I really wanted to spend on the card, but there comes a time when sellers stop putting these up for 99 cents and letting the market determine final price and just start listing them as Buy It Now with insane price tags. 

I will say this it's a great card. It's super heavy. The coin is solid and the card looks amazing in hand.  There are two more levels of coin cards the Wrought Iron and Steel, numbered to 50 and 10, but I'm not really worried about them, if I can find either at a great price I'll bite, but I'm glad to have at least this great tribute in the collection now.

The theme of the Coins is Pennant Chase and this coin commemorates the 1982 World Series team that lost to the Cardinals in seven. Sadly the one and only time the team made it.

2013 Topps Museum Collection

2013 is shaping up to be a great year for new cards and parallels for Robin Yount. I haven't even bothered to try and figure out exactly how many new cards were put out this year, but it's well over 30.

In this year's Topps Museum Collection, Robin has a base card in the set with all the parallels that go along with it and a couple of relic cards and their parallels as well. I still need the blue to round out my parallel set. There is also a red parallel, but since it's numbered 1/1 I won't even bother to list it as a possibility.

2013 Gypsy Queen Mini Framed Relic

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Card Set: Gypsy Queen

Year: 2013

Card Number: GQMR-RY

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Mini Framed Relics

Relic Type: Bat

I had to wait a long time before I got to pick up my 2012 Gypsy Queen Yount bat relic, but this year I snagged one early and for a decent price. 

I really like the black border this year on the cards and the fact that the image used is different then the ones used on his other cards in this set.  However this is another recycled image by Topps. With just a quick look through some of his issued cards over the last couple of years this is the same image used in his 2012 Golden Giveaway card and I sure it was used else where. But that's another blog post for another time.

Chasing History trifecta

Well the year is still fairly young and I've picked up all the new 2013 Younts.  Finally.

I already featured Robin's Silver Slugger Award card, and if Topps continues its Trophy cards into Series 2 and Update I'm sure we'll see at least one MVP card for him as well.  

Robin is in the Chasing History set has card #CH-34.

This insert also has Autograph and relic versions for some of the cards, Robin doesn't have any of those.  He does have two retail foil parallels of this card though and I was able to pick both of them up relatively cheap.

The first is what has been call the Silver or White Foil parallel.  

From the scan you really can't tell that it's all that much different from the base card.  But in hand it's very shiny.

Next up we have the Gold foil parallel card.

It has nice gold foil and the banner is gold as well.  It is also very shiny.  I've seen the the new 2013 Panini National Treasures has quite a few premium Yount cards in it.  I'll be featuring a few that I know I'll never own, but there are a couple I'll at least try and snag.

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2013 Yount Silver Slugger Award card.

Every year I get pretty excited about the possibility of growing the Yount collection with new cards.  I've got most of Robin's base cards from his playing days, so when new cards come out I'm always eager to be able to add something new.

This year in 2013 Topps Series 1 Robin has a few cards to chase, 4 so far by my count and I have already secured most of these.  I'll post about his Chasing History cards when I get the other two parallels in my grubby little hands.  But he also has a card in the Silver Slugger Manu-relic set.

And this card is pretty sweet.  It's also very heavy and very thick!

The scans really don't do the card justice and for a manufactured relic it's pretty sweet. Kind of like those manufactured bat barrels from a few years ago.

2013 Allen and Ginter Yount card!

Just a heads up for any Yountophiles like myself. I was looking through the 2013 Topps' Allen and Ginter checklist and noticed that Mr. Yount will be featured on his own relic card in the set.  At least tentatively.  I'm not sure if he's just in one of the mini framed retired stars or will have a regular sized one as well like in last years Gypsy Queen.  

Here's the mock up of what the retired framed mini's will look like.

I didn't see him on the regular checklist though and that's disappointing.  It would be nice to get Robin on at least one base A&G card one of these days.