Virtual SetQuests

VSQ-59H
Virtual SQ 59 Topps and 2008 Topps Heritage (59 Homage).
roughly 50% complete mostly 1959s





VSQ-CF = Corn Flakes
Virtual - collect 1 card of each serial number 1-?? every card a different player.

4/25 Jason Johnson UD 02 MVP
7/29 Schilling - 2007 Moments Milestones
8/25 Hanley Ramirez - 078 UD Masterpieces Black
9/25 Freddy Sanchez AUTO - 08 M&M
14/15 Justin Moreneau 08 Spectrum GU
18/29 Jimmy Rollins - 2007 M&M
20/25 Chris Seddon RC - 08 M&M
20/75 Rich Harden - 07 Spectrum GU
21/150 Ichro - 2007 M&M
24/2008 Manny/Youkilis - 2008 Topps Gold
27/55 Bobby Abreu, 2006 Topps 55 yrs of collection (platinum)
33/150 Hee-Sop Choi - UD Elements
35/50 Josh Hamilton - UD Masterpices Green
38/75 Glavine - UD Masterpieces
58/99 D Glanville - Pacific Revolution
60/150 Glavine - 08 M&M 233/300 Wins career
61/150 F Thomas - 08 M&M 381/500 Homers career
63/150 Chris Gomez - UD 2006
68/150 Polanco - 08 M&M 107/200 Hits 2007
77/99 Miguel Cabrera 07 UD Masterpieces (black)
94/99 Brad Hennesy - UD 2008

112/250 Mark Kotsay Topps Co-Signers (M Bradley)
121/150 David Wells - UD Elements
142/150 Adam LaRoche - UD Elements
149/150 Ken Grifffey Jr - 08 M&M 61/147 RBI
331/999 Markakis - 07 Fleer Utra
339/499 Pujols - 08 Topps CPR
532/1000 Nolan Ryan - Donruss Passing the Torch
567/999 Aaron Rakers - 06 UD Ovation Rookies
639/1125 Steve Bechler - 02 UD Plus
665/999 Glavine - 07 Fleer Ultra
741/1958 Brett Myers - 2007 Topps Heritage (1958 homage)

1075/1999 Mike Schmidt - 2005 UD Classic Moments
1110/2006 Tejada/Bedard (team leaders ) 06 Topps Gold
1245/2006 Ray King - 06 Topps Gold
1248/2006 Felipe Lopez - 06 Topps Gold
1834/2008 Klesko - 08 Topps Gold
1848/2008 Dontrelle - 08 Topps Gold

VSQ-# - VSQ Jersey Numbers

Cards with Jersey numbers 1-99, w/ number easily visible on photo.

Other VSQ ideas
VSQ-LS - VSQ LandScape
Cards numbered 1-??? all Landscape (Topps 55,56,60 Heritage for same years, Bowman TV set Cards )

VSQ-BA - VSQ Black Album
Cards # 1-300/660 of all black borders (Topps 71, UD Vintage 02, Topps 07 possibly Pinnacle)


VSQ-WG - VSQ Woody
Cards 1-660 of the 1962 and 1987 topps - the wood grain set.

VSQ-PI - VSQ Pie
Cards 1-660 fo the combined 1963 and 1983 sets, both w/ circle photos at the bottom.

VSQ-JK - VSQ Jack Kerouac
9 cards from each ballpark, but the subject is not from that team.

SetQuests

SQ-08
SetQuest 08
Topps Baseball 2008 Set Series 1,2, and 3 (Updates/Highlights)
Series 1 Completed

SQ-08YR
SetQuest 08 Year in Review
Topps Baseball 2008 Set Year in Review Set

SQ-08BBH
SetQuest 08 Baseball Card History
Topps Baseball 2008 Baseball Card History

SQ-08RC
SetQuest 08 Rookie Card 50th anniverary
Topps Baseball 2008 Rookie Card 50th Anniversary

SQ-H07+
SetQuest Hoop 07+
Topps Basketball 2007-2008 complete set

SQ-H07+6
SetQuest Hoop 07+ Bill Russell
Topps Basketball 2007-2008 Bill Russell Insert Set

SQ-UD07M
SetQuest UD 07 Masterpieces
UpperDeck Baseball 2007 Masterpieces

2008 Topps Heritage First Pack

240 Carlos Gomez
151 SammySosa
205 Milton Bradley
20 Jeff Kent
316 Melvin Mora
395 Eric Gagne
211 Mike Sweeney
469 Frank Thomas (sp)

one stinkin' met, No Phils, not even any ex-phils. The Short Print is a pretty good one in Frank Thomas - it would have been cute had Topps given Frank the same card as the original Frank Thomas (#490). Lots of Home Runs in this pack - If I am not mistaken there are 1900 of them in an 8 card pack that includes a relief pitcher and some kid that wasn't even born till 1985. Jeff Kent has 365 of them and he ranks 3rd in the Pack.

Its a fun first pack of the year. look forward to getting a box of this eventually. This pack went for $3.17 (including Tax) at a KB Toy Store. Gift to myself for spending a day w/ my GF while she went shopping.

And it is the first Heritage pack that I have used to contribute to my 1959 Topps/2008 Heritage Virtual Set, where I am trying to collect the lower 506 cards using either a 1959 card or a 2008 Heritage card. Five of the eight cards happened to make the cut, and the Frank Thomas has maded it into the book because I have the original '59 card (Banks Highlight) in a toploader for display.

2008 Topps Box Break

Jumbo Box Break

First Card: new Phillie So Taguchi

Base Cards 330/330 100% Complete Set
Doubles 42/330 12.7%
Checklists 3/3

Gold Foil Parallels (2:1) 20/330 6.1% - coallation oddity - all of my foils were in landscape format.
Gold Parallels (1:3) 3/330 45-Dontrelle(1848/2008), 141-Klesko(1834/2008), 258 Manny-Youkilis (24/2008)

50th Anniversary Topps All-Star Rookie (1:1) 10/55 18.2% 7-Justice, 9-M Ellis,17-Verlander,21-JBay,28-Garret Anderson, 31-Podsednik, 37-Boog Powell,44-Helton, 50 -Lofton,52- R Zimmerman
Own the Game (1:1) 10/25 40% HR 2Fielder, 4 CPena,6 Holliday,9Berkman,RBI 13Holliday,14 Howard,17 Lowell,ERA23Webb,24Penny.
Trading Card History (1:1) 10/25 40% - TCH6 through TCH15 Wang,Joba, GSizemore,Ichiro,Ellsbury, Fielder, Soriano, Pedro,Dice-K,Upton,Pedro
Year in Review (1:1) 10/60 16.7% - YR49 through YR58 Ortiz/Lowell,Verlander,Sabathia,F Lopez, O Perez, Smoltz, Mark Reynolds, Jeremy Accardo, Helton,Beltre

Mickey Mantle Home Run History (1:1) 10/35 28.6% 502,503,529-536
Mickey Mantle Story (1:3) 4/10 40% 51-54

Commemorative Patch Relic (1:412) CPR-AP Albert Pujols 339/499

2007 Highlights Autograph Group D (1:895) HA-ME Mark Ellis

Campaign 2008 (1:2) 5/12 41.7% Giuliani, Huckabee, Kucinich, McCain
Campaign 2008 Gold Parallel (1:5) 2/12 16.7% Paul, Richardson (aimless info - I think the Phils former organist was named Paul Richardson)

Last Card: Boof Bonser

Purchased 2008-02-11 for 95.30 (including Tax)

Reflections - The Jumbo Box contained all 330 base cards which was the basic goal as this is the first set that I have ever completed. I opened one pack each day or couple of days depending on my schedule and compared my packs with other backs being ripped various places on-line. The whole experience was interesting and enjoyable. I was hoping for a little more out of the box - The Mark Ellis Auto is probably in the bottom 3rd of the Autos, and I am not sure what to make of the Commemorative Patch Relic - doesn't seem like much of a "Relic" to me. This box didn't come up with either of the two oddball cards (Guiliani or Uzuki)

The current plan is to work on completing the Trading Card History, All-Star Rookie, and Year in Review Sets. The presidential candidates are a lower priority. I would also like to try and pick-up original cards that match the TCH set. Doubtful the more expensive ones will find their way into my collection, but finding matches for half the set seems a manageable goal.

For Series 2 I plan on getting the smaller hobby box and comparing my results. Meanwhile I would like to gather results of other box breaks that appear elsewhere.