2023 MLB Topps Series 2: Modern Day Junk Wax?
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@jimfree0
@jimfree0 15 сағат бұрын
TGIF~! Nice parade of hits~!! I've seen cards that have mold and swelling from probable storage in a musty garage with freezing winters - these almost look as if they've just been heated up a few times. No mold culturing, and apparent liquidized gum damage. I'd bet these were stored outside of Phoenix, as opposed to outside Detroit. I like the design, harkens back to the 1979 cards with that lovely shade of blue, although there's something about the design that seems to highlight the left/right centering deficiencies, and those cuts do not highlight one of Canada's finer softwood products lol.
@jimfree0
@jimfree0 15 сағат бұрын
Bonus that biggest hits happened geographically farthest away from gum as possible.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 15 сағат бұрын
You might be right about the storage. It’s like the gum liquefied at some point to cause sticking at the bottom. But there wasn’t any mold on the gum or any moldy odors. The design is solid, but yes it makes off centered cards a lot more obvious. And to your second point, luckily the best cards survived the sticky stuff! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend!
@jimfree0
@jimfree0 15 сағат бұрын
@@WayBackSportsCards Do you remember where they shipped from?
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 14 сағат бұрын
According to the eBay listing it shipped from Melrose, NY. It’s just a little bit north of Albany.
@jimfree0
@jimfree0 14 сағат бұрын
@@WayBackSportsCards Thanks - I was wrong.
@chrisjames5823
@chrisjames5823 Күн бұрын
I have the jeter graded 10. No idea what its worth
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards Күн бұрын
Recent eBay sold listings for the Jeter card in a PSA 10 show between $75-90
@sailor663
@sailor663 3 күн бұрын
good video
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 3 күн бұрын
Appreciate the kind words - thanks for watching!
@ehrenkrause9861
@ehrenkrause9861 3 күн бұрын
34:59 after watching what you went through the only thing I didn't get was the All-Star cards but the MLP refractors I've got pretty much everybody but a few others
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 3 күн бұрын
Don’t get me wrong, the cards I pulled look great. I just wish I pulled at least one rare card or a bigger name on the serial numbered cards.
@ehrenkrause9861
@ehrenkrause9861 3 күн бұрын
I just opened up 20 blaster boxes of 2023 series one. Got a couple autos but actually it was really disappointed. Everybody said it was actually a good checklist and a good set but nothing but a couple of autographs but nothing notable from a star or Hall of famer. That's my sentiment what I quit back in 1991
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 3 күн бұрын
What autograph did you pull?
@ehrenkrause9861
@ehrenkrause9861 3 күн бұрын
@WayBackSportsCards I'll have to dig into the box, but nobody I've heard of. Rookie auto. The nice thing, there on card signatures. I did pull a Michael grove 21/25 I think camo? Can't find anything on it.
@t.o.408
@t.o.408 4 күн бұрын
That was rough. I've got one of these Costco bundles coming my way and now I'm wishing I hadn't spent the $90. It's supposed to also come with a factory set and a blaster box in addition to the two boxes you opened, so hopefully I can squeeze some value out of it. The saddest thing about your boxes was I think your best card (Gunnar Stars of MLB Chrome RC) might have come out of the first pack you ripped. It was all downhill from there...
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 3 күн бұрын
Yeah I got the same factory set and blaster box too. The factory set has a 1:3 chance of being all parallels, but at those odds, the cards still aren’t rare. And unfortunately I didn’t hit anything from the blaster box. I just didn’t include those in this video.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 3 күн бұрын
Luckily it’s only $90 and not more. Rip it and have some fun with it. My advice is just to keep your expectations within reason.
@MGAF688
@MGAF688 4 күн бұрын
2023 was way overproduced. There is a ton of it on shelves and we are in 2025. Early predictions suggest 2025 Topps Series I is mass produced as well based on the almost impossible odds to pull any numbered cards from retail.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 4 күн бұрын
100% agree - Costco selling $99 packages with multiple 2023 Topps boxes tells you everything you need to know. I was still hoping to pull something with a slightly lower SN or longer odds. In the end it was just very disappointing.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 4 күн бұрын
And I think you might be right about 2025. Time will tell. Although I’m tempted to buy a box, but if I do it’s gonna be the Jumbo Pack box.
@uwone7778
@uwone7778 4 күн бұрын
I've opened a couple of cases of series 2, but only Jumbo's. Every other platform will disappoint you. Jumbo's can be had for less than $150 a box, but gives you the best odds of pulling anything decent.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 4 күн бұрын
Definitely agree. I’m tempted to pick up some 2025 when it comes out next week. If I do, it’s gonna be a jumbo pack box. I post the video here if that happens.
@kitescuriosities7717
@kitescuriosities7717 5 күн бұрын
I absolutely LOVE those little box sets from the 1980s. There are dozens of different brands and retailers. I have several in my collection.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 5 күн бұрын
Me too. These are a great way to get some affordable cards of a lot of great players. I go out of my way to buy these when I’m at shops and shows because they usually sell for cheap.
@kitescuriosities7717
@kitescuriosities7717 5 күн бұрын
Same, @! You have a great eye for quality cards and value!👍
@shanehulburt5661
@shanehulburt5661 5 күн бұрын
That's awesome too bad it's so far off center. I have one that looks identical to that one
@thewaxpackdad
@thewaxpackdad 5 күн бұрын
WOW! Incredible Joe Mo!!!
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 5 күн бұрын
Thanks! Still super excited to have pulled the card. Didn’t think I’d get it with just the 2 packs.
@mikeschultz6383
@mikeschultz6383 6 күн бұрын
It’s always the big name card that’s way off centered strange.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 6 күн бұрын
You said it! I should do a video on this topic as a conspiracy theory!
@chuck-thecornerstorecardco1205
@chuck-thecornerstorecardco1205 6 күн бұрын
Awesome pull, I wasn't as lucky as you but I certainly had fun opening the 5 packs I had.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 6 күн бұрын
Yours was still a great rip. Any time we get to open some old cards, it’s a good day.
@jimfree0
@jimfree0 6 күн бұрын
1982 turned out to be a bit of a momentous year for you personally, but with the '81 Fleer pack and now these two triumphs, you have the touch with 1981 packs~!
@jwagvideos
@jwagvideos 6 күн бұрын
FYI, Parrish, Branch, Hannah, and Stenerud are Hall of Famers, too.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 6 күн бұрын
Good callout. Unfortunately I didn’t get to see some of these guys play. 66 of the 528 cards in the set feature HOFers though…not a bad percentage.
@jimfree0
@jimfree0 6 күн бұрын
What an iconic design. I can almost imagine the smell. Congratulations WBSC~!
@jimfree0
@jimfree0 6 күн бұрын
Dwight Clark/Dwight Hicks alternative RC Team Leader card makes it a Niners fan dream break~!
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 6 күн бұрын
An understated classic design for sure. The smell…pure 44 year old cardboard! Thanks for watching.
@lms1320
@lms1320 7 күн бұрын
Opened a jumbo hobby box for Christmas. Didnt pull one card worth more than $3. Out of a jumbo hobby! This product can be super rough.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 7 күн бұрын
The only way to hit anything big is to buy a $500/box product, be a breaker, or absolutely catch lighting in a bottle. The rest of us get products like 2023 Topps Series 2 where we’re pulling super mass produced stuff.
@cloudsey420sufccards
@cloudsey420sufccards 8 күн бұрын
Cool rip bud 👍 Thanks for sharing 👍
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 8 күн бұрын
Appreciate your kind words. Thanks for watching and have a great day!
@NJac05
@NJac05 9 күн бұрын
The crunchiest pack opening ever
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 9 күн бұрын
😂 unfortunately crunchy didn’t result in a great pack
@justinwonder22
@justinwonder22 10 күн бұрын
i had so many of them
@MikeSchmidt-TheHotCorner
@MikeSchmidt-TheHotCorner 10 күн бұрын
That was a fun unboxing
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 10 күн бұрын
Thanks! Appreciate it! I’ve unboxed a few other 80s baseball sets like these in my Shorts videos and I’ve got a few more coming over the next few months. Thanks for watching.
@KiDfaceAutographz
@KiDfaceAutographz 12 күн бұрын
Love those
@vikingwarrior7292
@vikingwarrior7292 13 күн бұрын
where snoop dogg coolio flavor flav notorious b i g aka biggie smalls where those rappers also i subbed to you
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 13 күн бұрын
Thanks for the sub! Flavor Flav is on the Public Enemy cards. Unfortunately Snoop, Coolio and Biggie aren’t in the set. This set was probably a couple of years too early for Biggie honestly. This is like a 1990/1991 era set.
@jimfree0
@jimfree0 14 күн бұрын
Chulada, büey - nice translations too~! Kind of a slick, glossy take on the 1986 Donruss design.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 14 күн бұрын
All those years of Spanish in school were taken so I could do this one video! Now that you mention the 86 Donruss design, I’m seeing what you’re saying - good call! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend!
@TCBsprtscards
@TCBsprtscards 14 күн бұрын
Very cool rip, I was looking at getting one of these but it was sold out when I went to buy it on one of the retailers! Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 14 күн бұрын
I had never seen these before. It’s so hard to find an early 2000’s box of baseball cards in this price range so I was all over it! Hope you can find some of these soon - I think you’ll have a good time ripping these. Have a great weekend and thanks for watching!
@jpmnky
@jpmnky 15 күн бұрын
As great as that RB rookie class was it was an equally terrible WR class.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 15 күн бұрын
Fair point. I opened these a long time ago, but I think Jordy Nelson might be the only big WR name in the set, but correct me if I’m wrong.
@jpmnky
@jpmnky 15 күн бұрын
These were only around two years, 2008 and 2009. Fun rips and set builds. Think it was a 200 card base set with really cool insert sets, especially these 08 cards.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 15 күн бұрын
I love these sets because it’s affordable for everyone
@jpmnky
@jpmnky 15 күн бұрын
You probably did these already but any 1992-93 basketball rips looking for Shaq would be awesome. The way Fleer Ultra changed their style, it was the Shaq Fleer Ultra RC that reminded me of it.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 15 күн бұрын
YES! I did 1992-93 NBA Fleer Ultra Series 2. I pulled multiple Shaq rookies and some nice inserts (Rejectors and Playmakers). It’s one of my most viewed videos so if you search for it, sort by most viewed.
@jpmnky
@jpmnky 15 күн бұрын
Pre 2020 all the stuff from that era were $10/boxand couldn’t move anything. You just never know. And if you’re interested in building it that box should have you close to a complete set. Maybe it is complete. I built this in 1992 at 11 years old. Was worthless for decades. Now it’s a $25-40 set. And technically speaking it is vintage now.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 15 күн бұрын
It’s crazy to think these are vintage because so many still exist. But from an age standpoint alone, it really is vintage! But it’s also still junk wax!
@jpmnky
@jpmnky 15 күн бұрын
You’d love 1997 Pinnacle Inside. The pack was in a can you had to open with a can opener. I kept my Elway and I e Bowl 30th cans sealed. Made ashtrays out of the other handful.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 15 күн бұрын
I have a bunch of cans of those! I opened some a couple of years ago and I thought I made a video of it, but I can’t find it in my archives. Perhaps I never posted it. I’ll have to pick up more and do another video.
@Nickfromthecity
@Nickfromthecity 15 күн бұрын
This brought me back to 94. Great pack 👍
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 15 күн бұрын
Me too! This was around the time I started buying basketball jerseys and I remember having the Shaq USA jersey from Champion
@sportsandstuffwithmr.hudco7829
@sportsandstuffwithmr.hudco7829 16 күн бұрын
Regular 84’ had no Gooden RC lol 81’ Rickey is an awesome card!!
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 16 күн бұрын
@@sportsandstuffwithmr.hudco7829 yep, I was mistaken in the video. I corrected myself in the video notes. But yes, really stoked about the 81 Henderson card. Thanks for watching!
@baseballloreandcollectible7171
@baseballloreandcollectible7171 17 күн бұрын
good video. I love older pack openings. You didnt make it boring. well spoken and enjoyable
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 17 күн бұрын
Thank you - appreciate the kind words. I usually gravitate to the cheaper cards, so it was exciting to open something that goes for more than $1 a pack. I'd love to get my hands on some earlier 80's or even some 70's cards in the future. We'll see. Thanks for watching and have a great night!
@alexanderestrada1
@alexanderestrada1 19 күн бұрын
Nice i just pulled ken greffey jr dont know how much hes worth
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 19 күн бұрын
If it’s a base card from the set, I’m guessing it’s just worth a couple of bucks. But it’s a Griffey though, so it’s probably a nice card worth keeping in the collection.
@angrytacoz7836
@angrytacoz7836 21 күн бұрын
Nice 3 buck Bryant card
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 21 күн бұрын
I’ll take it!
@Joseph-l6w
@Joseph-l6w 22 күн бұрын
New subscriber Fun videos.... Thanks man 👍
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 22 күн бұрын
Thanks for subbing, and thanks for the kind words. Have a great day!
@Joseph-l6w
@Joseph-l6w 22 күн бұрын
Fun video Thanks
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 22 күн бұрын
Thanks for checking out a couple of videos. Hope you enjoyed them!
@battlefieldbartender5671
@battlefieldbartender5671 22 күн бұрын
Man, the Junk wax era lives!
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 22 күн бұрын
So much junk wax still out there…just waiting to be opened!
@ColtBaron17
@ColtBaron17 22 күн бұрын
I can’t stand the thing you do with cards.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 22 күн бұрын
What specifically can’t you stand?
@mr.bloodvessel260
@mr.bloodvessel260 24 күн бұрын
What are the odds of getting Lacock and Kuntz in the same pack?
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 24 күн бұрын
I think it’s similar to the odds of pulling a 1/1! All joking aside, a lot of these older packs are collated in a similar way so my guess is that it’s somewhat common. Whoever collated these was not without a sense of humor!
@jcfight30
@jcfight30 24 күн бұрын
Nice vid.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 24 күн бұрын
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
@jonathancracolici536
@jonathancracolici536 24 күн бұрын
Have you found any cool places to get vintage baseball cards in Japan? Everything I see online is new product at places like Mint. I prefer cards from the 1940s to 1980s.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 24 күн бұрын
No! I was in Tokyo for a week and I only found one sports card shop where I bought these packs. I was looking everywhere for a shop. I must have been looking in the wrong places. I also couldn’t find stores to buy NPB baseball hats, other than at the stadium in Yokohama. I thought baseball was going to be much more prominent than it was.
@ilovebaseballcards9334
@ilovebaseballcards9334 25 күн бұрын
Great variety and fun video
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 25 күн бұрын
Appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching!
@jonathancracolici536
@jonathancracolici536 25 күн бұрын
The scoreboard behind Sasaki is bragging about his perfect game. Its saying "13 consequtive strikeouts, a new japanese record, 19 strikeouts in one game, tying the japanese record."
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 25 күн бұрын
Awesome - thanks for the translation. Very timely comment too with Sasaki on his way to MLB!
@jonathancracolici536
@jonathancracolici536 24 күн бұрын
@@WayBackSportsCards Yeah! I just thought it was funny that you said "He set some records I think... I dont have them offhand" and the records were on the card literally in your hand. He's something else. He doesn't have a big pitch mix, but his velo is just so high and his movement on his fork is a big vertical drop. Its really hard to hit a pitch that looks like a mid-90s 4SFB until it suddenly plunges into the dirt.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 24 күн бұрын
@@jonathancracolici536LOL! I gotta learn Japanese!
@jmanoable
@jmanoable 25 күн бұрын
You take so long to flip through the cards, downright painful
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 25 күн бұрын
Sorry about that. It’s not every day I buy 40 year old cards. I wanted to enjoy this and talk about the cards. I move much faster in my other videos.
@miket2419
@miket2419 25 күн бұрын
Gooden was in the 1984 traded set. Cool video, brother man!
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 25 күн бұрын
Yep, I missed that. Thanks for checking out the video - glad you enjoyed it!
@JulieFarnum
@JulieFarnum 25 күн бұрын
Never seen these
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 25 күн бұрын
I hadn’t either - such a weird product,right?
@bigson1973
@bigson1973 25 күн бұрын
Decent pulls on those packs. Doc Gooden was in the traded set in 84 not base set
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 25 күн бұрын
Yeah good catch, I missed that on the Gooden RC. Thanks for watching!
@shanehulburt5661
@shanehulburt5661 25 күн бұрын
I'm a new sub. The 81 fleer pack was very nice. Gooden's 84 Topps was in the traded set👊
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 25 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching! And yeah I got the Gooden card wrong. Good catch!
@ernestcruz6316
@ernestcruz6316 25 күн бұрын
That '81 Donruss Vern Ruhle is actually an error card they never corrected. The photo is really of his teammate Ken Forsch. Donruss was known mostly for non-sports cards at that time. The prices on those Topps Kirk Gibson rookie cards are ridiculous considering he'll probably never make the Hall of Fame. It's part of why I stopped collecting in the '90s. Investors were making it totally about money and it ceased to be a hobby for me and a lot of other folks too.
@WayBackSportsCards
@WayBackSportsCards 25 күн бұрын
Agree with you on the hobby getting ruined by $. Feels like it’s happening again these days. With that said I like the older stuff. I open some modern products but do it occasionally. Thanks for watching though! Have a great night.
@aarondersnah863
@aarondersnah863 25 күн бұрын
The Vern Ruhle card does have a corrected version. I have the corrected version, but I never had the error with the picture of Ken Forsch. The Bob Piccolo 81 Donruss card in this video is also an error card. There was a corrected version of it showing his first name as Rob.