2019 Topps Series 2 150th Anniversary Commemorative Patch Card

Year: 2019

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Flagship

Card Number: AMP-RY

Card Type: Retail Insert Manu-Relic

Insert Set: Professional Baseball 150th Anniversary Commemorative Patch Manu-relic

Card Attributes: Manu-relic

COMC Black Friday Haul #16

This year I picked up almost all my 2019 Yount cards off of COMC.  This is another one of those cards from the haul that was part of my big yearly shipment, but not actually purchased on Black Friday.  This card was picked up 3 days before the event, but I had a hard time passing it up for the price.  

Some people really hate these manu-relics, some love'em.  I'm very middle of the road and it really depends on the card.  Topps in the past has done some really nice manu-relics.  This one I'm not quite sure of.  These cards were blaster bonuses for Series 2 and the term patch is a little misleading or maybe just used wrongly all together.  The manu-relic really isn't a patch, at least in anyway I think of patches or swatches.  It looks to be made of plastic or foam.  It doesn't look terrible just seems kind of, well kind of pointless or maybe redundant.  That being said it most definitely has a place in my collection and the overall look of the card isn't terrible.

2017 Topps Update Commemorative MVP Medallion

Year: 2017

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Update

Card Number: MVPR-RY

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Commemorative MVP Award Medallion

Card Attributes: Manurelic, Heavy

I'm still just starting to dip my toes back into the eBay game.  I decided a couple years ago to stop set collecting and just focus on my team and player sets.  And to be honest I really have just been mainly focusing on Robin.  I've been pretty selective with my purchases over the last 8 months or so and have just now started to finally find some the cards I missed last year.

I ended up picking up Robin's 2017 Topps Update Commemorative MVP Medallion card for a great price.  The last one I bid on went for about 10 bucks so I was pleased to win this card for about a buck and a half plus shipping.  

The first thing I noticed when I opened the package is just how impressively heavy this card is.  I have a feeling you would have no problem picking this card out of a box.  This card commemorates Robin's 1982 MVP award and it might as well commemorate his 1989 one as well, because he didn't get two cards in the set.  I'm not a huge fan of manufactured relics, but they do have a place in my collection, and this card is very well done.  There are also numbered variations of the set.

2018 Topps Series 2 Robin Yount Checklist and Gallery

Robin finally gets his first fully MLB licensed cards in Topps Series 2.  Here's the checklist and I'll add images as they start to pop up.

2018 Topps Series 2 MLB All-Star Game Logo Manufactured Patch Relics #ASP-RY
2018 Topps Series 2 MLB All-Star Game Logo Manufactured Patch Relics #ASP-RY Black #/99
2018 Topps Series 2 MLB All-Star Game Logo Manufactured Patch Relics #ASP-RY Gold #/50
2018 Topps Series 2 MLB All-Star Game Logo Manufactured Patch Relics #ASP-RY Red #/10
2018 Topps Series 2 MLB All-Star Game Logo Manufactured Patch Relics #ASP-RY Platinum #/1
2018 Topps Series 2 MLB All-Star Game Logo Manufactured Patch Autograph ASPA-RY Robin Yount #/10
2018 Topps Series 2 Topps Reverence Autograph Patch TRAP-RY #d?
2018 Topps Series 2 Topps Reverence Autograph Patch TRAP-RY Red #/5
2018 Topps Series 2 Topps Reverence Autograph Patch TRAP-RY Platinum #/1

On the Radar - 2017 Topps Update Checklist and Gallery

So Robin has a couple cards to chase in this year's update series.  I'm a little miffed that he didn't get a card in the base MVP Award insert, but he does have a manurelic to chase and that manurelic has different parallel levels.

2017 Topps Update MVP Award Commemorative Medallions MVPR-RY
2017 Topps Update MVP Award Commemorative Medallions MVPR-RY Gold #/99
2017 Topps Update MVP Award Commemorative Medallions MVPR-RY Black #/50
2017 Topps Update MVP Award Commemorative Medallions MVPR-RY Platinum #/1

2010 Topps Series 1 Hat Logo Manurelic

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Year: 2010

Card Set: Series 1 Baseball

Card Number: MHR-94

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Manufactured Hat Logos

Card Attributes: Manurelic, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 68/99

Wow what a crappy scan.  Robin has 3 cards in the Hat Logo set.  While I'm not a huge fan of manurelic cards, I really like this set.  You get a large patch and being numbered to just 99 are fairly rare, but not so much to be unattainable.  

2009 Topps Legends Historical Commemorative Patch 1980 All-Star Game

Year: 2009

Manfacturer: Topps

Card Set: Flagship Baseball

Card Number: LPR-142

Card Type: Insert, Manufactured Relic

Insert Set: Legends Commemorative Patch

Card Attributes: Manufactured Replica All-Star Patch

I've never been a fan of Topps calling these cards relics and having them count as hits in their products.  That said I don't hate these types of cards.  I actually like the "Manurelics".  Robin has three cards in this set commemorating all three of his All-Star Appearances.  This one, obviously, commemorates his first All-Star appearance in 1980.  And while I don't hate these types of cards I do hate how cheap the patch looks.  I also hate that it looks like it was just hot glued in, which it probably was.  You can't tell from the scan but the background is just the gray backside of the back of the card.  It would have been nice had the opening been cut to fit the patch better.  If memory serves me these were inserted into Series 1 and Series 2 packs, with 75 in Series 1 and 75 in Series 2.  Although I don't remember and a quick internet search didn't help me all that much.  

2016 Topps Series 2 MLB Debut Medallion Manurelic

Year: 2016

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Flagship, Series 2

Card Type: Insert, Manurelic

Insert set: MLB Debut Medallions

Card Number: MLBD2M-9

One of these bad boys finally made it's way into the collection.  I had been biding my time and finally found one at a very affordable price.  People go either way on these manurelics. I'm torn.  I like them when like this card it's inserted as a bonus in blaster boxes.  I don't like it when they count as a hit in my hobby box.  

It's a nice looking card celebrating Robin's first appearance in a MLB game.  I was not quite a year old.  The card is thick and the medallion pretty hefty.  I like the vintage Yount image. Heck that could be from 1974.

2016 Topps Series 1 Commemorative Team Logo Pin

Year: 2016

Manufacturer: Topps

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Commemorative Team Logo Pin

Card Number: TLP-RY

Card Attribute: Manufactured Relic

Topps has been including a manufactured relic set in it's flagship for years now.  From it's retail blaster box exclusive ones to the hobby boxes.  This year Robin was featured in the Commemorative Team Logo Pins.  There are no parallels to this set and cards aren't numbered, so I was able to finally pick this card up very reasonably.  If I remember correctly the actual manurelic is manufactured in China, but the cards are still printed and assembled in Topps' Duryea, Pennsylvania plant.

The card is very think and heavy. These would be super easy to pick out of hobby packs by hand simply for the weight.  The overall look is pretty high class. It reminds me of Tribute and Dynasty, with maybe a dash of Triple Threads and Tier One or Museum Collection thrown in.

2012 Topps Series 2 Team Rings

Year: 2012

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Card Set: Topps Series 2 Baseball

Card Number: GTR-RY

Card Type: Insert Manufactured Relic

Insert Set: Gold Team Rings

Card Attributes: Manufactured Ring

Manurelics.  I'm not a huge fan.  I really don't like that Topps considers these one of your hits when it advertises one auto and two relics on it's jumbo boxes.  This isn't a relic, it's a manurelic and it's not the same thing.

But there are some manurelics I like more than others.  I really like the manufactured bat barrels from a few years ago and I like this one too.  The reason I like it is because it's such an oddball, at least to me.  The image used isn't new and the back of the card is pretty sparse, but the actual ring manurelic is pretty neat and the card is fairly hefty and thick.  And it features my favorite player so....

2010 Topps MLB Logoman Manurelic

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Year: 2010

Card Set: Finest

Card Number: LM-45

Card Type:Insert

Insert Set: Logoman Manurelic

Card Attributes: Manurelic, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 16/50

If you haven't noticed I've been featuring 2010 cards for the past few posts.  I've been working through my collection and scanning cards front and back and just happen to have been working on my 2010 Younts.  It's fun to revisit certain years and 2010 was a big one of me.  I got a new job, moved, and eventually bought a house all that year and Robin had some great cards.

One that I was really excited about when it came out was this one.  The Logoman cards were spread out though lots of different Topps products that year.  Robin's card could be found in Topps Finest if I remember right. 

Numbered to only 50 copies and there are no parallels.  This was it. The scan doesn't really do the card justice as this card is very shiny and looks great in hand.  These were tough to find back in 2010 and almost impossible to find now.  And next to the manufactured Bat Barrel cards is probably one of my favorite cards from this year.