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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Cole Mining

It has been a little overwhelming lately with all the new sets coming out.  My main interests have been Fire, Update and Heritage Minors. Being that I really don't care about getting the cards right away I usually just do some searches on eBay to get a gage on pricing. Last week this brought up a pleasant surprise.


When doing a search for "2017 Pirates" on eBay this beauty popped up with a BIN of $19.99. I thought this seemed like a nice deal for a non printing plate 1/1 so I immediately pulled the trigger. The card had only been online a few hours so I'm guessing this was just good timing as I don't think it would have lasted long with the buyer friendly price.

Quick question.....

What have you guys thought of the Fire set? Hoping to pick up a few of the Pirates soon. I like that it is retail only.  Now if we can just get them to make Topps Total again as a retail release!

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  1. defgavOctober 19, 2017 at 11:07 PM

    Congrats on the shrewd 1/1 pickup!

    As for Fire, it doesn't really interest me based on what I've seen. Meh. I'll hope to add a few cards from it via trades and cheap card show pickups.

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    1. BobWalkthePlankOctober 20, 2017 at 3:07 PM

      I was happy with it. Nice to find a solid name for a good price.

      I'm looking forward to getting a few myself to see if they are worth a blaster pickup. Definitely mixed reviews.

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  2. DMAOctober 19, 2017 at 11:19 PM

    Nice card of Cole!

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  3. gcrlOctober 20, 2017 at 12:09 AM

    plenty of fire on the target shelves here. i bought a couple of blasters and will send you a pirate or two that were in there. i'm not too impressed, but at least it's different. collation still sucks.

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    1. BobWalkthePlankOctober 20, 2017 at 3:08 PM

      Thanks Jim! With that in mind I may just hold off from buying a box.

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  4. KinOctober 20, 2017 at 4:42 PM

    I liked it for what it was. I bought two of the hang fatpacks. I might be biased since I pulled a numbered card, and Judge and Bellinger rookies, though.

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    1. BobWalkthePlankOctober 20, 2017 at 11:11 PM

      I guess it is hard to be completely shocked with a new set since so many resources online exist to research before release. I guess card stock, checklist and collation can still get you.

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  5. Collecting CutchOctober 20, 2017 at 7:12 PM

    Awesome Cole!

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  6. Zippy ZappyOctober 20, 2017 at 10:34 PM

    Woof! Great add!

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  7. Peter K SteinbergOctober 21, 2017 at 3:48 PM

    Not interested in Fire or the design or concept. Too much "technology" in that there's very little of an actual photograph, too much digital-design.

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    1. BobWalkthePlankOctober 30, 2017 at 12:42 PM

      I'm all for "different" so I will give any set a chance. Some just work better than others.

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