2008 Topps Inserts Needed

Year In Review:

4,5,7, 9, 11-20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 46, 48,
59, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71, 72, 77, 79, 80, 81, 85, 92, 95, 96, 97, 98,
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 120,

124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 137, 138, 139, 140, 144,
147, 149-156, 158, 159, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 173, 174, 175

Trading Card History:
6, 14,15,18,
34, 47, 48, 50,
52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72

All-Star Rookie:  14, 19, 26, 38, 40-43, 45,46,49,
52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 65, 68, 69, 71, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 85, 86, 87, 90, 92, 93, 97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120

Campaign 08: Completed

2009 04 11 - YIR #134 Russell Branyan (dime box)
2009 08 27 - from The Phillies Room 3 YIRs, 2 ARs, and Hillary
2009 09 03 - Whole bunch of YIR, Biden, Thompson, Edwards , AR-51, TCH 5, 16 Exton Dime Bin
2009 09 27 - C08 Mitt Romney Gold Card - completes set!!
2009 12 05 - VF Show - TCH 31,32, 33, 35,36, 43-46,49
2010 05 06 - YiR #135 David Price/10 draftees sign on final day - pack pulled
2010 05 15 - AR 95 Ramon Santiago Exton Dime Box
2011 11 11 - Oaks - AR2 Sheffield , AR15 H Ramirez 

2008 Topps Series 2 - Base

1/330 needed 99% complete


These are the 3 cards I still need


586 Coco Crisp



updated 2008 12 15 - trade with White Sox Cards (11 cards)362,431,489,593,594,600,603,621,623,638,650

2009 01 29 - received Trade with Taste Like Dirt (29 cards) 333 339 359 375 378 392 411 417 419 428 432 446 462 467 468 469 472 475 478 481 482 492 493 507 539 551 588 601 612

2009 04 11 - Plymouth Meeting Dime Box (8 Cards) 399 406 422 541 558 560 620 645
2009 06 06 - Swag from Night Owl Cards (6 cards) 361 365 476 501 561 563

2009 08 27 - Cards from The Phillies Room 443, 490
2009 10 13 - From All Tribe Baseball #529 Masahide Kobayashi

2010 11 06 - Rack Pack from Jo!!! #533 Kyle McClellan  1 to GO!!!

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.