The Breaks

Okay, it’s time to share some more 2019 Topps Series 1 Baseball cards that I got from a few group breaks. I think I may have overdone the group break buy-ins this year but those darn things are so darn attractive to me–darn it!

For each of these breaks, I was really hoping to get the Dodgers spot but, except for one group break, they were already taken. As one old-school rapper once proclaimed, these are the breaks…

The Mets Cards

These cards are from a pick-your-team full jumbo case break from my local card shop, Hall of Fame Baseball Cards, located in Arcadia, CA. You can view their videos here. Along with 84 Mets base cards (lots of duplicates), I got some nice inserts/parallels and a 1984 Jacob DeGrom jersey card.

2019 Topps Series 1 Mets Inserts
2019 Topps Series 1 Mets Inserts
2019 Topps Series 1 Mets inserts/parallels a Mets relic and silver pack 1984 chrome cards
2019 Topps Series 1 Mets inserts/parallels and a Mets relic

Silver pack promo cards (1984 Topps chrome design) were also included and as you can see above, I got two Darryl Strawberry cards. One of those will go to the Stadium Fantasium Trading Block. (Fun fact: According to my gf, Darryl Strawberry’s grandmother used to live three houses over from us.)

The Angels Cards

I bought into a second jumbo case break at Hall of Fame Baseball Cards but this one was a random team break. No Dodgers for me in this case break but that’s okay because the Angels are my second favorite team. From this break I got 93 base cards, some more nice inserts, a couple of cool silver pack 1984 chrome cards but no relic or auto.

2019 Topps Series 1 Angels inserts
2019 Topps Series 1 Angels inserts
More 2019 Topps Series 1 Angels inserts with 1984 chrome cards
More 2019 Topps Series 1 Angels inserts with 1984 chrome cards
The Dodgers Cards (Woohoo!)

So I thought I was done buying into group breaks with Hall of Fame Baseball Cards. But about a week after I bought into the above case breaks, Hall of Fame Baseball Cards offered a pick-your-team hobby 1/2 case break. I checked to see if the Dodgers were still available and sure enough they were still available. Of course I jumped on this. So this half-case break resulted in 68 Dodgers base cards, a few Dodgers inserts (including my first Revolution of the Game insert), a Joc Pederson Advanced Stats cardback (#’d to 150, inserted 1:75 hobby packs), a Corey Seager SP (shortprint) and a Clayton Kershaw Retro Hat Logo relic. I am very pleased with these Dodger cards.

2019 Topps Series 1 Dodgers inserts and a SP
2019 Topps Series 1 Dodgers inserts and a SP
2019 Topps Retro Hat Logo Patch RHLP-CK front and back
2019 Topps Retro Hat Logo Patch RHLP-CK front and back
The Cubs Cards

Another case break I had bought into was one done by online casebreaker Crackin’ Wax. I’ve been in case breaks with Crackin’ Wax‘s husband-and-wife team for maybe three or four years now and they are top-notch. You can see there YouTube videos here. This was a pick-your-team jumbo case break. Again I was too late to take the Dodgers so I chose the Cubs. I ended up with 142 regular base, a Willson Contreras vintage stock variation (#’d to 99), a short-print Kris Bryant photo variation card, a 1984 Kris Bryant jersey relic, and quite a few inserts/parallels/chrome cards.

2019 Topps Series 1 1984 Cubs inserts/chrome and a Cubs relic
2019 Topps Series 1 1984 Cubs inserts/chrome and a Cubs relic
More 2019 Topps Series 1 Cubs inserts including a variation SP and a vintage stock card
More 2019 Topps Series 1 Cubs inserts/parallels including a variation SP and a vintage stock card
2019 Topps Series 1 Cubs parallels
2019 Topps Series 1 Cubs parallels

I do love the insert cards and parallels and I’m glad I got plenty of  those from these group breaks. I think I did pretty decent too with three hits out of four breaks. The two SPs, the vintage stock card, the Advanced Stats card and the Home Run Challenge cards are also very cool.

Sorting through all of these Series 1 cards in preparation for Series 2 will keep me very busy for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, stay tuned…

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