Topps Chrome Ben Baller Edition(?)

[kyle121592]

Well box 2 went about 10 mins unripped....how did I do?

[Callmethevreez]

Originally Posted by smanzari

Ha, I've been saying this all along- sometimes things just show up with Topps

Im getting to feel this way as well. I randomly got an email on Sept 14th telling me that 2 boxes of Topps Chrome have shipped.

Pretty routine right? Should just be regular Chrome, nothing to see here. However, I ordered two boxes of regular chrome back in August and have had them since the 21st of Aug. I had already received the its shipped message.

Something fishy right? Two boxes of BB Chrome is what I should have coming, and a couple days after its suppose to ship, I get a 2nd email about regular chrome that i already recieved?

[metsy617]

my box came in with some damage so decided to open, no die cuts but the following color
green ref michael baez
green ref ramon laureano,
green ref jean segura
green ref willy adames
blue ref travis demeritte
blue ref masahiro tanaka
gold ref oscar mercado
gold ref aaron nola
gold ref gavin lux
gold ref 85 topps kris bryant
best base rookies were bichette, cease, solak, may and aquino

[erock02]

Originally Posted by kyle121592

Well box 2 went about 10 mins unripped....how did I do?

Only thing missing is a Mike Trout base, what an amazing box!

[glassnickels]

Got mine delivered that. Flipped it immediately for $600. No interest at all in the cards so it was pretty easy to decide and I know I'd be lazy listing any cards I hit anyways.

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[ayalar09]

Its crazy, I saw Phil say hes popped about 10 of these boxes and gotten no color.

I was watching Jaspy's the last couple nights and some of the boxes were coming out with 7-9 color cards. Including a Bichette Red out of 5!

Also saw one auto popped in the boxes i've seen...a Nico H. Gold /50.

[bustsomewax]

Opened my one box, still have one coming. Probably pretty average?

https://i.imgur.com/mLHQDUb.jpeg

Harper Blue is a sharp looking one. All for sale.

[irishfury]

Originally Posted by ayalar09

Its crazy, I saw Phil say hes popped about 10 of these boxes and gotten no color.

I was watching Jaspy's the last couple nights and some of the boxes were coming out with 7-9 color cards. Including a Bichette Red out of 5!

Also saw one auto popped in the boxes i've seen...a Nico H. Gold /50.

From everyone here Im almost certain where ever he got his boxes weight packs and resealed.

[maguirem]

Isn't that easy to actually reseal?

[erock02]

Originally Posted by irishfury

From everyone here Im almost certain where ever he got his boxes weight packs and resealed.

The packs looked a little off to me as well. looked pretty loose and not uniform at all.

If max someone can get is 2 boxes, how was he able to buy 10 from the same batch where no one else has had that issue (yet?) He said he bought them at flipped prices, so he would have had to find multiple different sellers who not only had the same batch, but also got their boxes in time.

[jdhaugh11]

Originally Posted by erock02

The packs looked a little off to me as well. looked pretty loose and not uniform at all.



If max someone can get is 2 boxes, how was he able to buy 10 from the same batch where no one else has had that issue (yet?) He said he bought them at flipped prices, so he would have had to find multiple different sellers who not only had the same batch, but also got their boxes in time.

That is true, when I watched the video, the packs looked very wrinkly and loose.
I didn't notice the shrink wrap part, need to go back and check those.
But didn't he say he got these from multiple sellers? So how did he get 10 bad boxes?

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[BonVoyage]

Originally Posted by jdhaugh11

That is true, when I watched the video, the packs looked very wrinkly and loose.
I didn't notice the shrink wrap part, need to go back and check those.
But didn't he say he got these from multiple sellers? So how did he get 10 bad boxes?

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Pretty off. Seems like it would be slim odds of either situation (getting no color from 10 boxes OR getting resealed boxes/packs from multiple sellers).

[rippev]

We need Macgruber here to solve the mystery of Phil’s boxes.

[jdhaugh11]

Originally Posted by rippev

We need Macgruber here to solve the mystery of Phil’s boxes.

MacGruber might solve it in the end, but wouldn't he accidently blow up all the boxes in the process? LOL

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[rngrdanny22]

Originally Posted by rippev

We need Macgruber here to solve the mystery of Phil’s boxes.

[JRX]

The box in his video looked ok, but the packs did look more wrinkly than what is in Houdini's vids. It would be interesting to know where he got them from. It wouldn't shock me if someone or groups of people tried to swindle him. He has deep pockets and is out there on social media etc.

[marktheshark]

Just got my 1 MC box.

Key base: Robert RC, Lux RC, Trout, Acuna, Soto

1985: Yordan, Lewis

Red /5: DeJong
Gold /50: Kepler, Laureano
Blue /75: Grisham RC, Yastrzemski
Green /99: Morejon RC, Berrios

Die Cut: Bellinger

IMG_8520 by Mark H, on Flickr

[beanman25]

Dejong looks awesome in red!

[Jblaw1]

Originally Posted by irishfury

From everyone here Im almost certain where ever he got his boxes weight packs and resealed.

How would you weigh these? Reason I ask is that I’ve seen Phil weigh packs to get the good ones but the difference is the autos and refr are on different stock. When you open a regular box of chrome you can tell the hits by looking at them sideways the stand out.

Here all of the product is on the thicker stock. Would the infinitesimal numbering on refr and autos really show up as different weight?

Phil also said one pack had 8 cards in it which sounds like packing issues.

The part that does sound odd to me is he got them from multiple sources. The odds of 1 person getting all of the boxes missing hits from multiple vendors is slightly less than me being Batman.

[JRX]

Maybe he thought he was getting them from different people.

[Gurds]

When I got my box from Topps the other day my packs were looser than what normal chrome packs were. Packs were wrinkly too. Thought it was strange but mine came directly from Topps and I hit 7 parallels, a die-cut and the two 85 inserts.

I just think that's how the packs are. They are a different kind than is normally used in boxes.

[cj828282]

The shrink wrap on one of my boxes was very loose and I took a picture before opening. Thankfully, there were 7 parallels, the die cut and two 1985 inserts. So many weird issues with this product.

[1989FF]

Originally Posted by Jblaw1

How would you weigh these? Reason I ask is that I’ve seen Phil weigh packs to get the good ones but the difference is the autos and refr are on different stock. When you open a regular box of chrome you can tell the hits by looking at them sideways the stand out.

Here all of the product is on the thicker stock. Would the infinitesimal numbering on refr and autos really show up as different weight?

Phil also said one pack had 8 cards in it which sounds like packing issues.

The part that does sound odd to me is he got them from multiple sources. The odds of 1 person getting all of the boxes missing hits from multiple vendors is slightly less than me being Batman.

In this pic below from (post 2615) it appears the hits are thicker. Open box, pull heavier packs, reseal box.

As for 10 boxes...

Someone with connections (my buddy knows a printer employee etc).

or

Multiple memberships. Early on with set 1 a person told me every employee (at their job) had a membership. No idea if they were telling the truth.

Originally Posted by cj828282

Here is a picture of the cards. You can see the hits but the base do appear to be a similar size.




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[jdhaugh11]

Originally Posted by marktheshark

Just got my 1 MC box.



Key base: Robert RC, Lux RC, Trout, Acuna, Soto



1985: Yordan, Lewis



Red /5: DeJong

Gold /50: Kepler, Laureano

Blue /75: Grisham RC, Yastrzemski

Green /99: Morejon RC, Berrios



Die Cut: Bellinger



IMG_8520 by Mark H, on Flickr

You might want to go see to Doc with that Red DeJong!

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[JRX]

I mean 10 boxes was what 5-6k on secondary market maybe more? Wouldn't shock me if this was intentional and they targeted Phil. They'll use the argument that he made x millions so why should he care about this etc.