So I finally got around to opening the 2 boxes of 2008 TriStar Prospects Plus that I bought during Black Friday. I still have 6 boxes of 2008 TriStar Projections to open though. Anyhow, these boxes were both surprises to me as I have opened a ton of these over the past few years and never had any like either of these. First off, if you aren't familiar these boxes have 9 "guaranteed hits", which are 4 autographs, 4 serial numbered cards (to 50 or less), and 1 jersey card. The names in this set include Buster Posey, Jake Arrieta, Eric Hosmer, Brett Lawrie, Madison Bumgarner, and many more. So there is definitely a good chance at landing a decent hit. Anyhow, as I said I never have had boxes like this before, so here they are.
Box 1:
Green Parallel (#'d/50): Bryan Shaw, Logan Forsythe
Green Diecut Parallel (#'d/50): Austin Jackson
Gold Diecut Parallel (#'d/25): Tim Fedroff
Jersey Card: Christian Friedrich
Farm Hands Autographs: Mike Lee
That's not a typo, I was shorted 3 autographs in 1 box. At least I got base cards of all the top names. This was the first time I didn't land the appropriate number if hits, so I thought it must be a fluke, and I opened box #2.
Box 2:
Green Parallel (#'d/50): David Cooper, Ryan Lavarnway
Green Diecut Parallel (#'d/50): Corban Joseph/Ryan Wilkes
Gold Parallel (#'d/25): Brian Matusz, Dusty Coleman
Gold Diecut Parallel (#'d/25): Robbie Ross
Farm Hands Autographs: Brad Hand, Ryan Perry, Jay Austin, Aaron Shafer
This time I got 2 extra serial numbered cards but missed the jersey.
At least the boxes were cheap (only $15 this time), but these were definitely the worst boxes of this product I have ever opened. The interesting thing is that the boxes explicitly state GUARANTEED for each of the hits, though it's been 8 years since the product was released I am considering reaching out to TriStar to see if they will offer to do anything about this (although I know they no longer make cards). I figure the worst that can happen is that they simply say NO.
Box 1:
Green Parallel (#'d/50): Bryan Shaw, Logan Forsythe
Green Diecut Parallel (#'d/50): Austin Jackson
Gold Diecut Parallel (#'d/25): Tim Fedroff
Jersey Card: Christian Friedrich
Farm Hands Autographs: Mike Lee
That's not a typo, I was shorted 3 autographs in 1 box. At least I got base cards of all the top names. This was the first time I didn't land the appropriate number if hits, so I thought it must be a fluke, and I opened box #2.
Box 2:
Green Parallel (#'d/50): David Cooper, Ryan Lavarnway
Green Diecut Parallel (#'d/50): Corban Joseph/Ryan Wilkes
Gold Parallel (#'d/25): Brian Matusz, Dusty Coleman
Gold Diecut Parallel (#'d/25): Robbie Ross
Farm Hands Autographs: Brad Hand, Ryan Perry, Jay Austin, Aaron Shafer
This time I got 2 extra serial numbered cards but missed the jersey.
At least the boxes were cheap (only $15 this time), but these were definitely the worst boxes of this product I have ever opened. The interesting thing is that the boxes explicitly state GUARANTEED for each of the hits, though it's been 8 years since the product was released I am considering reaching out to TriStar to see if they will offer to do anything about this (although I know they no longer make cards). I figure the worst that can happen is that they simply say NO.
Collecting John Stockton, Karl Malone, Ivan Rodriguez, Gary Carter & UF player rookie year cards. Plus Jedd Gyorko rookie and prospect cards.
Jedd Gyorko 2010-2013: Have 329/419 including 1/1s
Wantlist: http://sites.google.com/site/sportscardsite/set-needs/
Jedd Gyorko 2010-2013: Have 329/419 including 1/1s
Wantlist: http://sites.google.com/site/sportscardsite/set-needs/