Saturday, June 21, 2008

75-Card Loose/Repack Walgreen's

I was at a conference this week in Hot Springs, Ark, and one night I decided to walk next door to the Walgreen's beside the hotel where I was staying. There are two card shops in Hot Springs, but one is more about comics than ball cards and the other was too hard to find in the amount of time I had.

In any case, while traversing the aisles at Walgreens looking for snacks, I came across a loose-card repack of 75 baseball cards for $3.99, or maybe $2.99. Either way, I figured it would make for interesting fodder for Pack-a-Day.

There were a TON of 1987 Topps cards, and a pretty healthy selection of 1986 Topps.. Perhaps "healthy" is the wrong word. Most of the cards proved to be 'healthy' in the sense that there were a lot of the same brand/year, and not in the sense that they were GOOD for the average collector. Having said thatm though, there were a few gems in the package... Was it worth the money spent? Does it matter?


2006 National Pastime National Baseball Card Day - Nomar Garciaparra - Dodgers
1987 Topps - Tim Stoddard - Yankees
1987 Topps - Steve Bedrosian - Phillies
1989 Topps - Andy McGaffigan - Expos
1992 Bowman - Brook Fordyce - Mets
1990 Fleer - Jaime Navarro - Brewers
1983 Topps - Paul Splittorff - Royals
1987 Topps - Luis Quinones - Giants
1987 Topps - Mike Bielecki - Pirates
1987 Topps - Ruppert Jones - Angels
1987 Topps - Kirk Gibson - Tigers
1987 Topps - Danny Gladden - Giants
1987 Topps - Dennis Boyd - Red Sox
1987 Topps - Henry Cotto - Yankees
1987 Topps - Atlee Hammaker - Giants
1987 Topps - Gene Garber - Braves
1987 Topps - Mike Smithson - Twins
1991 Upper Deck - Manny Lee - Blue Jays
1994 Collector's Choice - Kevin McReynolds - Mets
1990 Upper Deck - Dave Dravecky - Giants
1991 Upper Deck - Paul O'Neill
1993 Topps Team Yankees - Bob Wickman - Yankees (DUH!)
1991 Score - Jerry Kutzler - White Sox
1995 Donruss - Bob Wolcott - Mariners
1991 Score - Troy Afenir - A's
1991 Score - Mike Rochford - Red Sox
1993 Upper Deck - Mark Whiten - Cardinals
1991 Upper Deck - Steve Olin - Indians (TRIBE!)
1989 Topps 1988 All-Star - Darryl Strawberry - Mets
1989 Topps 1988 All-Star - Terry Steinbach - A's
1989 Topps 1988 All-Star - Whitey Herzog - Cardinals
1991 Toys-R-Us Rookies - Kent Mercker - Braves
1991 Toys-R-Us Rookies - Randy Tomlin - Pirates
1991 Toys-R-Us Rookies - Brian McRae - Royals
2005 Fleer National Pastime - Magglio Ordonez - White Sox
2004 Fleer InScribed - Randy Johnson - Diamondbacks


1989 Bazooka Shining Star Starter Set - Vince Coleman - Cardinals
1989 Bazooka Shining Star Starter Set - Walt Weiss - A's
1989 Bazooka Shining Star Starter Set - Gregg Jefferies - Mets
1985 Topps - Terry Kennedy - Padres
1985 Topps - Dave Collins - Blue Jays
1989 Donruss - Mike Schooler - Mariners
1989 Donruss - Dennis Rasmussen - Padres
1991 Stadium Club - Lance Dickson - Cubs
1991 Upper Deck - Jeff Russell - Rangers
1992 Upper Deck - Ken Caminiti - Astros
1996 Fleer E-XL - Ken Hill - Rangers
1992 Pinnacle Shades - Chuck Knoblauch - Twins
1987 Topps - Terry Forster - Angels
1992 Upper Deck - Mickey Morandini - Phillies
1994 Upper Deck - Glenn Williams - Braves
1987 Donruss - Darrell Porter - Rangers
1992 Upper Deck - Gary Thurman - Royals
1993 Fleer Ultra - Willie McGee - Giants
1994 Fleer - Norberto Martin - White Sox
1991 Donruss - Mark Lewis - Indians (TRIBE!)
1991 Donruss - Mark Lewis - Indians (TRIBE!) - Wait, TWO of them? Deja Vu...
1986 Topps - Tony Bernazard - Indians (TRIBE!)
1986 Topps - Kevin Gross - Phillies
1988 Topps - Fernando Valenzuela - Dodgers
1986 Topps - Gary Woods - Cubs
1986 Topps - Tim Wallach - Expos
1991 Topps - Lee Guetterman - Yankees
1992 Donruss - Darrin Chapin - Yankees


1991 Score - Brady Anderson - Orioles
1987 Topps - Tony Gwynn - Padres
1987 Topps - Joe Carter - Indians (TRIBE!)
1989 Star - Al Silverstein - Blue Jays
2005 Fleer - Ryan Freel - Reds
2005 Fleer - Tomo Ohka - Nationals
1990 Ames All Stars - George Bell - Blue Jays
1990 Ames All Stars - Kirk Gibson - Dodgers
1990 Star - Tom Marsh - Phillies
1986 Topps - Harry Spilman - Astros
1986 Topps - Joe Nolan - Orioles
1986 Topps - Dan Schatzeder - Expos
1989 Donruss MVP - George Brett - Royals

3 comments:

William said...

You may have gotten some scrubs, but at least you didn't get bipped.

capewood said...

These kinds of repacks always have tons of 1987 Topps cards. I'm trying to build the 1987 set through repacks. I envision that there is a warehouse somewhere that is packed with 1987 Topps cards. These also tend to have a lot of these Star minor league cards. I tried to make sense of them for awhile but I'm pretty much sick of them now and right into the circular file they go. And you've got one of the Bazooka Soaring Stars cards. These started showing up about 4 months ago. Where is are all these old cards hidihg?

--David said...

I don't know where they're hiding, but I can tell you where to find them if ya want them! Go to your local Walgreens (though I saw the same kinds of repacks at tagret the other day, too). email me (davidinark@yahoo.com) and I'll be happy to send you whatever 1987 Topps I got left from this repack, if you want 'em...