Yesterday, I managed to knock out the first half of my second 2014 Topps Allen & Ginter's hobby box. Today, let's start cranking through the second half, shall we?
Pack 13:
Pack 13 produced my first Air Supremacy card of the box - this one being the F-86 Sabre. I enjoy learning a bit about each plane in the set but ultimately I prefer boats!
Pack 14:
The 14th pack of the box produced a nice Al Kaline Pastime's Pastime card (I'm impressed that I still like this insert set seeing as how you get a card from it in every other pack on average). The set is a lot nicer than the similar Hometown Heroes of past years.
The other card of note in the pack was this Tony Gwynn A&G back mini.
Pack 15:
The second hit of the box ended up being a framed relic of Adrian Beltre. The framed relics are actually really tough pulls this year (1:174 for Version A and 1:175 packs for Version B). Unfortunately, I don't think the secondary market treats them as rare - but I'll probably find out for certain when I list this card on eBay (assuming no one wants to trade for it since there are so few Rangers fans out there)!
Pack 16:
Pack 16 had another Air Supremacy card (F-16 Fighting Falcon) in it which is appreciated.
That said, my real favorite card of the pack was this base short print of the Polar Vortex. I hated last winter (thanks to the aforementioned Polar Vortex) but it's still a kickin' card to own. Good stuff by Topps, I only wish there were more truly oddball things like this in the base set!
Pack 13:
Pack 13 produced my first Air Supremacy card of the box - this one being the F-86 Sabre. I enjoy learning a bit about each plane in the set but ultimately I prefer boats!
Pack 14:
The 14th pack of the box produced a nice Al Kaline Pastime's Pastime card (I'm impressed that I still like this insert set seeing as how you get a card from it in every other pack on average). The set is a lot nicer than the similar Hometown Heroes of past years.
The other card of note in the pack was this Tony Gwynn A&G back mini.
Pack 15:
The second hit of the box ended up being a framed relic of Adrian Beltre. The framed relics are actually really tough pulls this year (1:174 for Version A and 1:175 packs for Version B). Unfortunately, I don't think the secondary market treats them as rare - but I'll probably find out for certain when I list this card on eBay (assuming no one wants to trade for it since there are so few Rangers fans out there)!
Pack 16:
Pack 16 had another Air Supremacy card (F-16 Fighting Falcon) in it which is appreciated.
That said, my real favorite card of the pack was this base short print of the Polar Vortex. I hated last winter (thanks to the aforementioned Polar Vortex) but it's still a kickin' card to own. Good stuff by Topps, I only wish there were more truly oddball things like this in the base set!
I would love to deal for that Beltre!
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