Here's the thread for the May 2008 OFFICIAL TCC Baseball Group Box Break.
Here is a list of teams and the members who held them in the April break.
I will make adjustments to this list if teams change, and as people verify with me that they want to be in the May break, and as they pay for their teams.
Those who participated last month have first dibs at renewing their team purchase or choosing another team. So, if you participated in the April break, let me know what you would like to do.
Here are the rules:
Cost: $30--this covers the cost of the boxes and the shipping and supply costs.
The boxes we break will depend on member input and how much money we get. The more members, the more money, the more boxes (or the more higher end the boxes can be).
You can buy as many teams as you want, the first is $30 and each additional team is $25.
How the remaining teams will be distributed will depend on the number of teams left. Once that is determined we can discuss again how those teams will be distributed. Generally we just random off cards from those teams.
Here are some "decision rules," so there is no confusion.
If a card features more than one player from different teams, then there will be a random drawing between the owners of the teams featured on the card. The owner who is chosen by the random drawing will receive the card.
If a card features a player in a different jersey than the team labels on the card, the card will go to the team of the jersey the player is in.
Game used and auto cards from teams who are not chosen during a particular month will be randomly awarded amongst all members of the break.
If a card features a player in a college uniform, it will be awarded to the team the player was drafted by.
If a card features a player in a minor league uniform, it will go to the team that the minor league club is an affiliate of.
The rest of the cards that are from teams who are not chosen during a particular month will be randomly distributed amongst all participants in the break.
Baltimore--CaptKirk42 (paid)
Boston--taz99 (paid)
Chi. White Sox
Cleveland--RGBII (paid)
Detroit--5toosweet (paid)
Kansas City--Jackstraw (paid)
LA Angels--Luke2411 (paid)
Minnesota--Derek4484 (paid)
NY Yankees--BlackJack (paid)
Oakland
Seattle
Tampa Bay--taz99 (paid)
Texas-- Luke2411 (paid)
Toronto
Arizona--taz99 (paid)
Atlanta--RGBII (paid)
Chi. Cubs--Jackstraw (paid)
Cincinnati--5toosweet (paid)
Colorado
Florida--dd316 (paid)
Houston
LA Dodgers
Milwaukee--pavi39 (paid)
NY Mets--snkpockt137 (paid)
Philadelphia--Jackstraw (paid)
Pittsburgh--BobTCC (paid)
St. Louis--Luke2411 (paid)
San Diego--maple19 (paid)
San Francisco
Washington--CaptKirk42 (paid)
Shawn said he could probably find us another good case of something.
Let me know if you're going to stay in. Even if you've already said something in the other thread, go ahead and let me know here, so I'll have it all in one place.
Need payments by the 20th!!!
I may keep the Marlins again if we decided on a cool case.
I have to stick with just the Tigers for now.
If some funds become available, I will pick up another team.
Might have to drop one of my teams. Don't really want to, but the MOJO has been dry and funds are getting tight.
I will stay in May but as I say I might drop to one team. I need a bit of time to think about it.
sahetu said he was out for sure...he post that in last month topic. I sent money already for Yankees and Rangers...I might keep the mets...If anyone wants them just LMK.
Yep I'm out.
I'm in again, same teams.
Collect Hard!,
RGBII
If doing a case will take the Jays as long as their some in the brand you pick and what year
do not want colorado
mike
I'll keep the three teams I have...Cubs, Phils and Royals.
Thanks, TD
Jeremy,
I'm in again and will continue to stick with the Pirates.
-Bob
I am back in for this month. Another case sounds great! I would like to keep the Red Sox and Dbacks. I will give up to Dodgers. I might pick up another team by the deadline depending on cash flow.
Still need some ppl to check in...Denko2, Bravesfan10 and Pavi39.
Looks like Houston, LA Dodgers, and NY Mets. Not sure if Jeremy is going to drop the astros, and if anyone wants the mets they can have them. Looks like 14 ppl in 100% 2 spots are being held untill pick a case or group of boxes
with the 14 thats only 350...not sure we can get a case with that. Even if Maple19 stays in, captkirk42 keeps both teams and I keep the mets only gives us 425. Not sure if we can get a case for that.
By my count we have 17 spots verified or paid for. That means we have $425 to spend.
I don't think we can get a good case with that. We need to get those other members to verify. I'll try to get some pms out later this evening. Feel free to contact them yourself if you have time.
Ill have to sit this one out. Got my funds going for my auto set needs. Good Luck to all
It's hard to say if I want to join. I don't know what product you are doing. I don't want to pick a few teams that don't hardly have hits. If I take 2-3 spots, will that give you an idea of what product we could afford? In a perfect world I would take the Yankees, Royals, and Cardinals. But they are all taken. So if you could give me an idea of what products you are looking at then I'll let you know if im in.
Thanks
Chris
Any Idea on case or boxes to do this month?
Here are some of the boxes that have been good to us
Prime cuts (05 and 09)
SPX (06, 07, and 08)
Exquisite
Premier
Sweet Spot 08 and 07 have been hit or miss
Heroes have been hit or miss
Ultimate has been ok think we have only done 06 and 07
09 topps Jumbo was a nice boxes but too much base since we have done it already
07 Elements seems like you will have a great box or a dud... extreme hit or miss
Boxes that we have not done yet that I think might be good to do
08 Co-Signers
06 Finest
01 Fleer E-X seen a 2 boxes on here and looked nice
09 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts comes out june 3
09 Spectrum
we have talk about doing 08 TTT which I think hits a Extreme hit or miss product.
I think 08 Triple Threads is a bad idea.
Heroes is a decent product and SPX has always been good to us. Shawn said he might be able to get us a case of Premier, but we'll need more than the $550 we spent on the Exquisite Case last month to get it.
I'll pm him and see what he can do for us and get back to you guys.
I am sure once the case is decided on that more teams will be snatched up. I am still not sure if I can pick up another team. I will send payment on Monday.
Jeremy,
Just sent PayPal payment for the 3-teams...would enjoy another case break, but if all else fails a few high end boxes in the mix would not be bad.
TD
Payment sent for both teams.
Got a pm out to Shawn. Waiting to hear back.
Thanks for the payments guys.
I would like to pick up the Rays if Dekno2 is out. Jeremy I will pay you for the three teams today. If the group can get enough teams picked up this month, I hope we can break a good case of something!
Shawn said he can get another Exquisite Rookies case for $570.00 if you wanted to do that again. He's also looking into a case of 08 Premier, but he's not sure yet on what he can do for that.
So, are we interested in doing another Exquisite Rookies? If we can get the teams purchased we got last time, we can do another case of that, plus some other stuff.
Just let me know.
We need 6 more team taken to do Exquisite again. The last case was nice but not if I would really want to do an other case of it so soon. If the group wants to do an other case I can pick up an other team...With me and Taz picking up a 3 team means we would need 4 more. If Exquisite had more old school ppl that would be great. I kind of like to see some 08 prime cuts busted. Help Richard out some. I sure I am going to end up get an other team.
Once a case is decided I can pick up another team and pay right away.
I am fine with Exquisite but would really like to see something else busted.
My payment for the Brewers has been sent.
I would be willing to claim the Dodgers, particularly if we occasionally do some "old school" stuff.
ill take the mets this month if blackjack doesnt want em
Not sure if anyone pm jeremy about the mets, They are pretty much open. I asked the group if anyone wanted them. Last month they did have that big of a chance for hits So I pick them up to try to help Cody with his wright collection.
Jeremy let me know if you had issues with my payment.
I've confirmed payment from all those who said they had paid.
I put Sneaky Pockets down for the Mets. Thanks for coming back.
bajmurray, I need to know for sure if you're going to take the Dodgers because that will play a role in what boxes (case) we get.
For what it is worth, I am okay with another case of Exquisite.
i am not a huge fan of exquisite rookies but would do whatever anyone else wants.
I am going to pass, thanks.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
By all means, let's get Steven (snkpoct1370)
in here. I haven't had anyone to harass since
Candler (Bravesfan10) bailed.
Collect Hard!,
RGBII
I will not be in this month bought a car
and No Extra Cash
Mike
Payment sent.
So what is the plan? Seems like a case is out. So what kind of boxes should we get? Lets see if we can get some ideas flowing.
Here is a suggestion, if we don't do a case (prices from Blowout). Tried to get a mix of new/ semi-old.
2009 Bowman Jumbo $82
2008 Stadium Club $140
2008 SP Authentic $55
2008 SPX $105
2007 Bowman Best $115
Total $495
i think we should get atleast one box of 2005 reflections in here. they are on sale at blowout for $80 a box right now
http://www.blowoutcards.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8_13&products_id=59
o i forgot you like to use shawn. Well i would still like reflections. its a very nice product and a solid price.
I have not heard anything from Bravesfan10 and dekno2, so their teams are now available.
I still need payment from Bob, Ted, and Sneaky Pockets, ASAP.
As far as boxes go, as it stands right now, we have $475 to spend.
So, I like this selection:
2005 UD Reflections $80
2008 Stadium Club $140
2008 SP Authentic $55
2008 SPX $105
2007 Bowman Best $115
$495
IF we can get one more team picked up.
whats ur paypal addy?
I will pick up the Reds again. Will send payment tonight.
Payment sent for Reds.
Thanks
didn't we do 07 bowman best and it was really bad? If I am think right the "big hits" was Bill Hall auto, Pence gu and a fielder gu..I could be thinking about an other break I was in.
I will donate to the cause...give me the Reds.....
Payment sent.
I made updates. Everyone has paid but BobTCC .
And thanks to Abel for taking the Reds, we now have the money to do the box selection listed above. I'll send it to Shawn and see if we can get a break done by the end of this month.
And, I promise, I'll get these things going much quicker now that the summer is upon us. The last couple of months have been very very hectic.
Thanks for the patience.
I think most of us in the group know that you can get busy with school and all. I couldn't help out much this month my jobs are running dry . Not alot of ppl looking for new homes and less ppl looking to fix the stuff going wrong with the old ones.
Any update on the timing of the break?
I have a PM out to Shawn on the boxes and have not heard anything. I will call this weekend, if I don't hear from him by tomorrow.
Any word?
This all seems in limbo still so i would like to join if possible.
I would take Houston
I also would be against Stadium Club and perfer a product like prime cuts, but that just my opinion.
once you hit me up with your paypal i can pay asap
Well, I called Shawn and he said he had not been on the site in a while to check my pms about boxes. So, I told him to check his pms and get back to me about what he could get the box list I sent him for. He said he would respond in about an hour. That hour turned into several hours and I didn't hear from him until last night.
He sent me a PM last night at like 1am saying that if I was on to give him a call. I wrote back and said I was going to bed, but asked that he send me a PM with the box prices.
He never got back to me.
Anyone interested in doing a 10 box case of 08 UD Heroes?
They are $534 at Blowout. 4 hits a box (sometimes more) lots of nice stuff. I've seen some great hits out of these. I like it because there are HOFers, retired players and current stars in it. It's not just rookies and no-name guys.
If that's something you want to do, I can cover the difference myself.
With Derek4484 coming in (if he still chooses to do so, that would put us at $525.
Let me know. I think this would be great, if you ask me.
That would work for me....TD
Fine with me as well.
Collect Hard!,
RGBII
OKay I am in but would now prefer the Twins
while wishing i had the Yankees.
Payment sent
Heroes is fine with me.
Lets get the Heroes case.
Sooner the better.
BlackJack should clean up again...
A Heroes case is fine by me.
No word from Shawn, so I'm going to purchase the case. I'm also going to post the thread for next month, because there's a little twist.
I'll make the announcement in the thread.
Case has been purchased. I'll update on shipping information as soon as I receive it.
i am not a huge fan of heroes. I will sell the mets for $25 ($5 discounted) paypal. let me know if anyone is interested.
if not i will just keep them
payment sent
mike
Not a big fan of heroes myself. I might be trading one of my teams I had offers on both. Going by past months, I am sure there is a waiting list on both teams and wouldn't want that to be an problem. Next month lets try to stay away from Heroes and Exquisite. I think Prime Cuts, Permier, 09 A&G, maybe some of the new 09 stuff would be nice.
I would really like to try 08 Co-signers and 06 finest.
The case will be here on Wednesday. So, let's plan to break then.
I, on the other hand, do not like the Co-Signers product. For the price, I just see too many no-name rookie hits out of it. I'm indifferent about 06 Finest.
But, we can try something different next month. If everyone wants to do a Co-Signers that's fine.
When does AG come out?
I think the end of the month
Not a Fan of Co-Signers, If we do that one I might have to work something out with folks that like it.
I am Fan of A&G. This link http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/first-look-2009-topps-allen-ginter/ says it's due to arrive the "week of" 29 June.
Case will be here on Wednesday. How about a break Wednesday night???
What time do you think we will break on Wednesday?
does anybody want the mets at a discounted price of $25?
Late tomorrow would be fine with me...Jeremy did you ever get my PM I sent you...I was doing 3 things at once when I was writing to you. Not sure if I forgot to send it or if it was even readable Sometimes when I am writing to 3 ppl at the sametime pm get mixed up. Too many chemicals at young age makes me have "Blonde Moments." Any way I don't want to mess you up or the group by doing a trade at the last min. Going by the front page I don't think you got it. I got to do a little driving tomorrow (about 3 hours from you) Not sure when I will get back...I should be here a few hours before the break.
BlackJack, I did get your pm and I will respond to it right after this. Sorry for the delay, we've been out of town for most of two days. My wife's sister came into town for a visit and we've been back and forth in between the airport and so on.
Anyhow, I'm planning on doing the break tonight. Right now, I'm going to say 5pm CST. We have some friends coming for dinner at 7pm, so that should give us enough time. If not, then I can do the rest tomorrow.
Let me know if this will work.
Dont matter to me. I can always check out the vids. I say sooner the better.
Here is the case, in all its glory!!!
I checked and the serial numbers are sequential, so it doesn't look like anyone messed with our case. We should be good to go around 5pm unless the weather knocks the power out.
On the doppler it looks like Burkburnett is all red (heavy storm). Hang in there Jeremy.
I'm going to head on over to Ustream and see if I can get it fired up. That last two months, the first time I tried to start streaming Ustream froze on me and I had to reboot the whole computer. So, I'm going to start early now in case that happens again.
Well I'm going to start. Come join when you can.
I am watching but my chat is not working.
I am still watching. Still no chat available
It doesn't show me who is watching and chat doesn't work for me either. I think UStream is full of bugs.
I'm in chat all alone. It's that or everyone is ignoring me.
Collect Hard!,
RGBII
I will have pictures up later tonight or in the morning. We have company coming for dinner and I have to cook some food.
I will also do the random tomorrow. We have several cards to random off.
Thanks for the patience this month. I had fun opening all these packs and all these boxes.
I was a little frustrated that the hits were in the same place in every box. I guess that's not uncommon with case breaks.
For those of you who decide not to watch the breaks on the videos, that's fine. The first three packs of all the boxes had three hits in them. Then the 5th row right side pack had the auto in it every time. Kind of anti-climatic when that happens. But, anyhow it was fun.
Lot's of hits. 41 altogether. We didn't get shorted on any of the boxes, so that was nice.
Last thing...we've done Heroes several times before. If you don't want your base, let me know, and it would save me some time packing this stuff up and sending it out. Whatever base you don't want, I'll just give them to the local YMCA or Boys/Girls Club. I'll still send all inserts, etc. Just let me know!!
Checking out the videos now. So far looks pretty good. 3 down and a zillion to go.
RE: BASE I want one of my regular base, any dupes of the regular base can go to the YMCA Club or where ever.
anyone know if theres any mets pulled?
What happened to Box 7 video?
Congrats on the Nolan Ryan Auto, Jeremy!
I've got hits coming up in pictures here shortly. Just got to get them uploaded.
The box 7 video would not let me save. For whatever reason (and it seems I have at least one problem with Ustream every month), it would not let me type anything in the description field for that video, and the only way I could move on to record the next box was to press "cancel." I thought it would let me try to resave it, but it wouldn't. It just cleared it all out. RGBII and taz99 were there for the box 7 break. I know at least one of them saw it, so you can verify with them that I did break it and the cards from it will be sent. I'm sorry for that issue.
I think I got shutout of this break.
No hits!
I believe there was a Verlander triple jersey with two other guys I will have to random between the three of you for. So, you might get that one. Plus there are several cards in the drawing, so don't get too worried yet.
Man I can believe you.....What did I do to you? Come now and the thing is you talked me in to it all. To start off....The Nolan Ryan....kick between the legs....then the Kinsler....Dirt to the face...Now you send your storm to my redneck backdoor trailerpark. I am crying from the pain trying to dirt out of my eyes and this beer can I am in feels like it about to fly away. REALLY WHAT DID I DO. That would have been MY 1st Nolan Ryan auto. I bet on Halloween you steal candy from kids.
Hey I was think about use the Jeter since you can really see the auto that good. But I was think of the Mantle gu or the Nolan ryan Triple from prime cuts would work better....or maybe one of the Mattingly quads.
HEY....I see what you are doing...trying to get the heat of you.
It seems like every one got a hit....Thats if 5too gets the triple
Any way I am glad to see you had a good month.... 1 month to make up for 20.
But thats what Nolan Ryan does....Make ppl happy. thats if you on the right side
More pics...
What show off all your hits for a change.
If you didn't run this break I think I would have to tell you to leave.
Hey, I just can't believe I finally had a good month. It's been a while. I think the best month I've had up until tonight was when I got an SPX Rookie Redemption that ended up being Longoria. Other than that, the only other decent card I've gotten was a Vlad auto out of Finest.
No, take that back, when we did our anniversary break, I didn't get one card from my teams. but I did get a Tony Gwynn auto from the drawing.
8 hits...2 auto and a sweet patch....AND a Holy Grail to a ranger collector.
BUT I STILL HAVE THIS
Which is one of the many reasons why I don't have a Ryan auto.
When I show ppl it get this
Only 900 of them in the world.....
Been used in the music video, Movies, and TV shows.
SE Black and gold 79 Banit
and now for the better look
BAM
I had the Starsky and Hutch car too but I sold it on ebay...lol I also have Slayer...The sword from blade. lol Movie Geek
Is that the Smokey and the bandit car?
I love the Blade movies.
That's very cool!!!
Its the 79 remake...The one in Movie 1 was a 77...movie 2 was a 80 and movie 3 was an 82. The one in movie 3 was also used in the TV show Night Rider....Had one of them 2 but it was just the body and did have time to rebuild it.
I'll have to get you a pic of the Blade sword...It does have the trick handle like in the movie but I seen it and had to get...I think I only paid 30 for the sword. I spent more on base.
Dwight who won the Cards Team not Pick
thanks For the Break
Mike
Jeremy did have time last night to do the drawing. He guest comming over for dinner and boosting about his pull. He is going to do it today...I think.
Ouch looks like the Twins came up with nothing.
Ill take just a few base sets seeing how it looks like i got nothing else.
Its all good though.
Alright, here's the random drawings:
I took myself out of the list since I got plenty of cards this month. I don't need anymore.
First Drawing:
Joe Blanton Jersey /100
There were 12 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
1. Derek4484
2. maple19
3. BobTCC
4. 5toosweet
5. Jackstraw
6. pavi39
7. dd316
8. snkpoct137
9. CaptKirk42
10. BlackJack
11. RGBII
12. taz99
Timestamp: 2009-06-11 18:39:37 UTC
Derek4484 wins the Joe Blanton Jersey /100
Second Drawing:
Carlos Lee Jersey /50
There were 12 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
1. 5toosweet
2. snkpoct137
3. pavi39
4. Derek4484
5. dd316
6. BobTCC
7. taz99
8. Jackstraw
9. maple19
10. BlackJack
11. RGBII
12. CaptKirk42
Timestamp: 2009-06-11 18:40:33 UTC
5toosweet wins the Carlos Lee Jersey
Third Drawing:
Brad Penny Jersey /50
There were 12 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
1. Jackstraw
2. taz99
3. snkpoct137
4. pavi39
5. 5toosweet
6. BlackJack
7. BobTCC
8. maple19
9. Derek4484
10. RGBII
11. CaptKirk42
12. dd316
Timestamp: 2009-06-11 18:41:29 UTC
Jackstraw wins the Brady Penny Jersey
Fourth Drawing:
Chad Billingsley Auto /100
There were 12 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
1. taz99
2. dd316
3. 5toosweet
4. CaptKirk42
5. RGBII
6. pavi39
7. BlackJack
8. snkpoct137
9. Jackstraw
10. BobTCC
11. maple19
12. Derek4484
Timestamp: 2009-06-11 18:42:16 UTC
taz99 wins the Billingsley Auto
Fifth Drawing:
Daric Barton Auto /150
There were 12 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
1. pavi39
2. BobTCC
3. CaptKirk42
4. RGBII
5. BlackJack
6. Jackstraw
7. maple19
8. dd316
9. 5toosweet
10. snkpoct137
11. Derek4484
12. taz99
Timestamp: 2009-06-11 18:43:02 UTC
pavi39 wins the Daric Barton Auto
Now for the Brandon Webb/Justin Verlander/Felix Hernandez Triple Jersey:
No one had the Mariners so it is between:
5toosweet
taz99
Here are the results:
There were 2 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
1. taz99
2. 5toosweet
Timestamp: 2009-06-11 18:44:43 UTC
taz99 wins the Triple Jersey
Now for the purple parrallel of Mike Schmidt/Ernie Banks/Frank Robinson 01/25!
Jackstraw purchased two of the teams on the card, so he gets two entries into the drawing. Captkirk42 has the Orioles so he gets the other entry.
Here are the results:
There were 3 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
1. Captkirk42
2. Jackstraw
3. Jackstraw
Timestamp: 2009-06-11 18:47:38 UTC
LOL!!! Captkirk42 wins the purple parallel 01/25
I'm interested in the Billingsley auto!!
Very nice ride there, BlackJack.
Does Texas have a law that allows you to register
it a "Historic" automobile. Maryland and many others
do, it awards a special tags(s) and will cut your insurance
rate. I'm quite sure that it would meet the requirements
and worth your research efforts.
I have to add this (every silver lining has a black cloud).
The photo needs to be taken in Southern California or another
photogenic background. That particular portion of Texas
looks pretty bleak.
Collect Hard!,
RGBII
We have something like that here...It a Classic car tags...When I check in on it last I was to young for it... still am. Plus I have to do a miles check every year with the DMV and alot of other little thing that I really don't have the time for. The one pic was a run down park...its a really bad pic but I really don't take alot of pics of the car. I only drive it like once a month. I got it just the way it is with real low miles. Right now the car has less then 13,000 miles one the car and I am the 2nd owner of it. That car live better then some ppl...its has its own room with A/C and a bathroom. I keep his room between 70 to 80...Which in Texas the summers get up there. Most ppl that see can't believe what I paid for it.
Jeremy...Not sure if you planed on doing this or not but hold my cards untill your other break. Its what like a week away. For once I didn't get a ton of cards so you should be fit it with what ever I get in the june break. Also I sure I have all the base and then some from heroes...Not sure what inserts and #ed cards I have but I might beable to use them...I collect a few yankees. Also I might need the YSL for a friend that was talking about try to do the set. I get with you later about that.
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