Box Break: 2018 Topps Heritage, Hobby Box 2 of 2

So I busted the second box of 2018 Topps Heritage and it was also quite a decent box but nothing earth-shattering. The main thing for me is that I hope it will get me within 75% of completing the first 400 cards of the set. Here we go with the box highlights:

Some Base Cards

 

Short Prints

 

Inserts

 

Rookie Variation, Black Border Variation and Chrome Refractor Parallel (#’d to 569)

 

The Hit

I would have been a wee bit happier getting a Dodgers game-used card rather than one of the Astros but I recognize that an Altuve GU is still a big hit. After all Altuve is the 2017 AL MVP, a three-time batting champion and five-time All-Star. At this point, none of these are for trade unless there are duplicates (which can be found in the Stadium Trading Block). Oh there’s something I forgot to mention in these Heritage box breaks…

The Box Toppers

As of this post, I still have not opened these two toppers (or is it box loaders?). If I can find some suitable binder pages for the ad panel cards, then I will attempt to collect the 15-panel set. I would much prefer to store the ad panels in a binder page along with the rest of the Heritage set. As for the “original” 1969 card, I will probably trade it away unopened. It turns out that Topps did indeed insert original 1969 cards but then foil-stamped them with a 50th anniversary logo. This effectively alters the card and diminishes the collectibility/desirability of the card in my opinion. As a set collector, I don’t see a foil-stamped 1969 card belonging to any real set. Besides, I’m 99% of the way to actually completing the ’69 set and I’m extremely sure none of the box loader ’69s will be a card I need to complete my set (the cards I need are high $ cards).

So how far will I get in collecting the first 400 cards of the set? Stay tuned…