Things That Cost $2000

For $2-Large you can buy....

...a Dyson G-Force vacuum cleaner.

...16.12 Barrels of light sweet crude.

...a hour with a "high-end" New York call girl.

...4.22 shares of Google.

...one pack of Razor Oval Office Cut Signature Edition.

The most signifcant card in 20 years?

No, they don't have a license, and they probably never will. But the first of the Razor promos have hit The National and made their way to eBay. Get a good look at the "Bowman Killer."

Topps Moments & Milestones: (2007-2008)

Topps Moments & Milestones will not be returning in 2009.

Discuss.

Gimmickry to the Tenth Power

Well, I guess it was inevitable. Rather than one gimmick card of a non-existent player, or a card of a player commemorating a non-existent milestone, Allen & Ginter has a whole team's worth of non-existent bullshit!

Randomly inserted into packs are a ten card set of fake 19th Century players called "Team Orange." Apparently, this Team Orange has something to do with that equally idiotic "Crack the Code" promotion.

I already know what you're thinking: "Who the fuck cares anymore?"

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And in a related story, the continuing boycott of all Topps baseball products by famed card collector and cardblogger Chris Harris is about to enter its third month.

Sweet Mullet of Gary Gaetti!

Most of you have probably seen it already, but Deadspin just posted a two-minute preview of the Sklar Brothers Topps webcom.

1st Impressions: Stadium Club "SE"

Just when I thought Topps was starting to get its act together, comes this. Topps is bringing back Stadium Club. But instead of the "Stadium Club" we all remember, Topps is giving The Hobby another overpriced gimmick-infused product. (And you thought we were in a recession!)

Each $25 five-card Hobby waxpack will yield an autograph, a gimmicked "rookie," and a serial-numbered parallel.

Let me repeat that: each $25, five-card Hobby waxpack will have an autograph, a gimmicked "rookie," and a parallel. That leaves only two base set cards in each pack. (Good luck actually trying to collect this.)

So like I said, this isn't the real Stadium Club, it's more like last year's Ultra "SE." It's Stadium Club "SE."

To be sure, 2008 Stadium Club will get Joe Collector in a tizzy, and I have a feeling that Joe is who Topps is marketing SC-SE to. (I can only imagine Joe's reaction on the Beckett Boards when the sell sheets are finally posted.) But for the rest of us... Hopefully, Topps will follow UpperFleerDeck's lead and make a stripped-down gimmick-free version of Stadium Club for retail.

Street Date: November 3rd. More details as they develop.

(h/t's Wax Heaven and Fielder's Choice)

Topps, Ripping off Fanboys since 2008.

From the Stale Gum '08 TA&G Fantasy Prototype Gallery....


From this year's Allen & Ginter....


Still waiting on Hunter S. Thompson, Matt Drudge, and El Wingador for '09!

Topps Makes Amends (Sort of)

2008 Topps Allen & Ginter is now live and should be available at your favorite Hobby establishment. As noted elsewhere, Topps added a card of Kosuke Fukudome to TA&G, and he'll be appearing in all the remaining 2008 Topps baseball products.

The first of the Fukudome A&G's have hit eBay, and it appears to be readily available for collectors. In other words, it's not a gimmick card.

However, there's one minor issue: Fukudome's card is NOT numbered as part of the base set. And despite the addition of the omnipresent MLBPA "ROOKIE CARD" logo on the front of the card, this is NOT a "true" rookie card.

Given the flak received from this blog (and others) over the Topps Series Two Fukudome kerfuffle, Topps deserves some credit for actually listening to the collector. Fukudome was nowhere to be seen on the provisional checklist, and Topps added him at the last minute. However, would it have killed Topps to have slapped a "351" on the reverse side?

CHOLLY! CHOLLY! CHOLLY!

Well, it is the most original video box break I've seen on YT.



I wouldn't recommend ripping packs with a carving knife, though.

Recall Uggla: 2008

Some people say that Dan Uggla is the best second baseman in the National League. Others are calling him an MVP candidate.

But does an MVP ground into an inning-ending double play with the go-ahead run on third?

Does an MVP strike out looking at a 67 MPH curve ball?

Does an MVP commit three errors in a game?

Is that the kind of performance worthy of an "All-Star?"

Does 0-for-4 with three strike outs and three errors reflect your values?

We say no!

We need to stand up for our values and recall Dan Uggla.

Dan Uggla: A disgrace to the National League. A disgrace to baseball.

RECALL UGGLA!

Paid for by the committee to recall Dan Uggla and retroactively add Pat Burrell to the National League All-Star Team.