[pbean]

thanks for all your input folks, and yes, Bakerman that would be a sweet box concept

it's kinda funny the difference between yesterdays and todays collectors ..... I swear pbeanjr must think I'm "nuts" at times. Any chance I get to open a retro box I'm on it while I'm sure he's more interested in pulling todays stars etc.

keep your thoughts coming .....

pbean

[htoutlaws]

(05-26-2011 07:41 PM)chibearsboy Wrote:  at 44 i grew up with the older wax and had the best times busting the 72-78 topps wax from our local woolworths drugstore in highland park illinois in my youth.. i have to say i have NEVER had that kind of feeling with modern boxes... hunting for walter,doug buffone,butkus and any league leaders dual insert.. the team checklists and saving all the cowboys cards for the kid with the funny accent who lived down the street...Jeb i think his name is...Hmmmm.....pbean? i think it is good memories from our child hood thet makes it so fun to open old school now... i will buy an old box or packs here and there but i wish i could find more around that werent priced out of this world...
OLD SCHOOL I SAY!
: )

Man. I'm with ya. I can still smell that powdery bubblegum when you cracked a pack open! LOL! I used to hate when a good player had that gum film on it.

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(05-26-2011 07:49 PM)pbean Wrote:  I remember all the eraser marks on my checklists as you added and traded cards away lol, boxes full of California Golden Seals that you couldn't give away lol ..... Mark "the Bird" Fidrich ..... was totally stoked pulling my first Score Barry Sanders RC ..... still have that card today

My first pack of 1978 Topps cards had a Roger Staubach! Everyone in the block wanted it.

[hodee5]

As an older collector(is 41 old? Yeah, it is!), I still prefer the newer stuff. I still get kinda jazzed at the single color jersey cards. I look at it this way, living in Wisconsin, I've been to the old County Stadium to watch the Brewers, and to the new Miller Park to see them. No comparison, new is, to quote Herb Tarlek of WKRP, "mucho bettero"!

[pbean]

(05-27-2011 09:20 PM)hodee5 Wrote:  As an older collector(is 41 old? Yeah, it is!), I still prefer the newer stuff. I still get kinda jazzed at the single color jersey cards. I look at it this way, living in Wisconsin, I've been to the old County Stadium to watch the Brewers, and to the new Miller Park to see them. No comparison, new is, to quote Herb Tarlek of WKRP, "mucho bettero"!

I'm not against "new" product, just love the older boxes where they weren't full of sooooooo many RC's, inserts, sps, mem, and autos ..... getting a hobby box with that one great pull used to be so much fun imho.

Just busted a box of 2000? Topps Chrome and my "hit" was a Thomas Jones RC ..... was stoked to see it was first Gem Mint, but it still carried a great BV

it wasn't full of 6 RC's a pack, an insert in every other etc. etc. etc. it just had one RC and two refractors ..... really brought back some cool memories of getting "the box" just like the ol' days

[younglover]

Definitely the older box. I remember when we still had an lcs in my town and I would go down and bust packs hoping for an Emmitt Smith 'red seige' or some great Fleer Ultra insert so I could trade for Niners stuff. All I ever seemed to get was Dan Wilkinson but there was always something in a box that I would like. I loved trying to make sets including the insert sets.
I used to get gift certificates from the lce or boxes of cards for Christmas and my birthday and always had a blast. Now I would feel really bad if my family spent that kind of money on me and all I ended up with was some scrub.

[patsfan129]

I actually prefer the new stuff...I dont break many boxes, so I like to get really cool cards for my Pats PC

[coltsfan1961]

I still remember when proline came out with an auto per box. Cheap looking cards but you got an autograph. The wives were cute also. And Wild Card was the absolute bomb. Getting a striped card. I think it was a first for boxes that cost about $60. .I was absolutely stoked to pull a 50 stripe Emmitt smith. Of course the coilation forced you to buy two, three even four boxes to make a set. I ended up trading around and made 20 complete sets which cost me an arm and a leg to ship in for a factory 20 stripe set. And remember the Actual WILD Cards. They may have been the first redemption type cards. Who would have thought we would be so lucky searching to pull a Emmitt and getting a Favre rookie instead. Upper Deck did the search for Joe auto. And Stadium Club had the Super Team cards. Shame the dual auto I pulled of rice and montana is worth petance of what it used to be.
For the earlier poster that mentioned Mark the Bird. I seen him pitch when he was in triple A. Dad used to get box seats from work all the time.

[megatronford]

I don't know what I prefer, but I enjoy busting anything. I wonder where the industry is going next, from jersey cards, shoe cards, draft hats, and helmet cards, ticket autographs, what else can these companies come up with.

[pbean]

(05-28-2011 01:10 PM)coltsfan1961 Wrote:  I still remember when proline came out with an auto per box. Cheap looking cards but you got an autograph. For the earlier poster that mentioned Mark the Bird. I seen him pitch when he was in triple A. Dad used to get box seats from work all the time.

still got my Chris Speilman and spent alot of time at Tiger Stadium watching "the Bird" play

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(05-28-2011 01:13 PM)megatronford Wrote:  I don't know what I prefer, but I enjoy busting anything. I wonder where the industry is going next, from jersey cards, shoe cards, draft hats, and helmet cards, ticket autographs, what else can these companies come up with.

Joe Boxer ???