2016 Wacky Packages First Edition Blaster

So I went ahead a bought two blasters of the Wacky Packages as I was impressed, although that may be a little too strong, with the inserts in 2016 Topps Series One. 

The set consists of 90 base cards, which includes Franchise cards,  MLB Event cards, Minor League cards and Ballpark Food cards. 

There are some parallels available in 'Hobby' boxes: Grass coloured, baseball seamed, Ludlow backs and Gold. In the 'collector' boxes parallels are available in Sepia,  Black Ludlow Back,  Red Ludlow Back and Wood.

There are a number of relics available as well, Active Stars autographs, Mascot autographs, Ticket stubs and Stadium Set relics.  

The Red Sox checklist consists of:

#42 Red Sox Tea Party Bags

#44 Red Sox Boston Cream Pie.

                                               

Each blaster contains 4 packs of 10 cards and two exclusive stickers. 

Blaster 1:

Pack 1:

#18 D-backs Back Scratcher 

#30 Mets Matzo Ball Soup

#33 Orioles Feather Dusters 

#39 Pirates Eye Patch

#40 Pirates  Parrot Crackers grass 

#42 Boston Tea Party bags

#43 Rays Florida Orange Juice

#54 Tigers Flea Collar

#71 Asheville Tourists Selfie Stick

#88 Chuckin' Strips

 Pack 2:

#5 Astros  O’s grass

#9 Braves Bubble Gum

#15 Cubs Catcher’s Mitt

#50 Royals Dazzler

#62 All-Star Game Telescope

#64 MLB Record Breaking Hits

#75 Charlotte Stone Crabs Cakes

#78 Richmond Flying Squirrels Caramel Corn

#83 Nacho High Cheese

#85 Pop Fly Corn

The backs of the stickers create bigger versions of the stickers. 

 Pack 3:
#1 Athletics Body Spray

#8 Blue Jays Blue Crayons

#25 Mariners Cocktail Sauce

#48 Rockies Road Game Ice Cream

#53 Tigers Big Cat Litter

#55 Twins Cookie Cutter grass

#61 7th Inning Stretch Taffy

#67 Bowling Green Hot Rods Pretzel Rods

#82 Bench Fries

#84 Soda Pop Foul

                                                         

Pack 4:

#6 Astros Model Rocket Kit

#13 Cardinals Eggs

#28 Marlins Fish Food

#41 Rays Tanning Lotion

#57 White Sox Laundry Detergent

#58 White Sox Relish

#66 Akron Rubber Ducks Bubble Bath grass

#69 Myrtle Beach Pelicans Storage Bags

#80 Vermont Lake Monsters Maple Syrup

#90 Grand Slam Burger

Exclusives:

#3 Angels Halo Polish

#60 Yankees Big Apple Juice

Blaster 2:

Pack 1:

#10 Braves Cutlery Set

#17 Diamondbacks Snake Oil

#18 Diamondbacks Back Scratcher grass

#20 Dodgers Sushi

#22 Giants Magic Beans

#24 Indians Summer

#35 Padres Deep Friar

#36 Padres Head Shavers

#44  Red Sox Boston Cream Pie

#56 Twins-icle Ice Pops

Pack 2:

#28 Marlins Fish Food

#41 Rays Tanning Lotion

#46 Reds Catch-Up

#49 Royals Blue Cheese

#57 White Sox Laundry Detergent

#58 White Sox Relish

#64 MLB Record Breaking Hits grass

#69 Myrtle Beach Pelicans Storage Bags

#80 Vermont Lake Monsters Maple Syrup

#90 Grand Slam Burger

Pack 3:

#31 Nationals Monument Polish

#40 Pirates Parrot Crackers

#43 Rays Florida Orange Juice grass

#45 Reds Mustache Wax

#52 Rangers BBQ Sauce

#55 Twins Cookie Cutter

#66 Akron Rubber Ducks Bubble Bath

#72 El Paso Chihuahuas Hot Dog

#81 Hot Dogger

#89  Peanut Gallery Peanuts

Pack 4:

#5  Astros O’s

#14 Cardinals Red Wing Sauce

#23 Indians Can O’ Corn
#30 Mets Matzo Ball Soup grass
#32 Nationals Gnats Bug Spray
#47 Rockies Rock Candy
#51 Rangers Oven Range
#70 Nashville Sounds Ear Plugs
#79 Biloxi Shuckers Oyster Crackers
#88 Chuckin' Strips

Exclusives:

#18 Diamondbacks Back Scratcher

#30 Mets Matzo Ball Soup

My interest in these has definitely peaked. I now have the two Red Sox stickers from the set.

Although someone had a great time creating these stickers - Reds Catch-Up, Nashville Sounds Ear Plugs, as my son would say they need to be locked in a 'punitentiary'. 

2011 Topps baseball stickers

When Topps reintroduced baseball stickers in 2011, I was very excited. Too excited in fact, as I spent a partial arm and leg to get both the book and 6 packs of stickers from Canada no less. 
I liked the stickers so much I also started the 2012 book, which was a little easier to acquire but just as difficult to complete. I am still a few stickers short on both sets. 
Topps continues to make the sticker albums, 2015 has recently been released. 
These five packs came up for auction on ebayUK. I was the sole bidder. Lucky me.
There are 8 stickers per pack. I still need the following 34 stickers to complete the album:

9 43 44 46 59 70 71 73 81

109 133 138 146 147 149 162 168 173 178 180 191 200

224 227 243 245 248 251 258 259 264 277 294   

301 307.

Pack 1:

#49 Adam Dunn White Sox

#94 Maicer Izturis Angels

#141/304 Padres/Cubs

#231 James McDonald Pirates

#238 Albert Pujols Cardinals

#262 Casey Blake Dodgers

#270 Will Venable Padres

#283 Aubrey Huff Giants

Pack 2:

#37 Juan Rivera Bay Rays

#82 Delmon Young Twins

#100 Josh Willingham Athletics

#114 Jack Wilson Mariners

#150 Tim Hudson Brewers

#156 Omar Infante Marlins

#182 Ryan Zimmerman Nationals

#251 Dexter Fowler Rockies- needed

Pack 3:

#5 JJ Hardy Orioles

#87 Tsuyoshi Nishioka Twins

#124 Mitch Moreland Rangers

#176 Carlos Ruiz Phillies

#183 Ian Desmond Nationals

#191 Starlin Castro Cubs - needed

#214 Ryan Braun Brewers

#242 Chris Young D-backs

Pack 4:

#28 Johnny Damon Bay Rays

#42 Aaron Hill Bay Rays

#85 Danny Valencia Twins

#115 Jack Cust Mariners

#131 /306 Royals/Pirates

#192 Blake DeWitt Cubs

#198 Jay Bruce Reds

#282 Freddy Sanchez Giants

Pack 5:

#20 Curtis Granderson Yankees

#25 Mark Teixeira Yankees

#138 /301 Brewers/ Rangers- needed

#170 Shane Victorino Phillies

#227 Ronny Cedeno Pirates- needed

#228 Neil Walker Pirates

#248 Miguel Montero D-backs- needed

#249 Daniel Hudson D-backs

5 cards taken form the wants list, 3 from one pack! Leaving 29 to go.

For the second day NO Red Sox.

2011 Topps baseball stickers

 One of the New Year type decisions I made about collecting baseball cards was to actively, seriously, somewhat desperately, try to complete the sets on the side bar which have been sitting there uncompleted for far too long.

Two sets which have been harder to complete than I thought they would be are the: 2011 Topps baseball stickers and 2012 Topps baseball stickers.

With that in mind I purchased 7 packs of stickers from a seller in Germany. A fellow UK Blogger Martyn, who writes Abitrary Crap, recommended this seller in Germany when I had my unfortunate incident with Panini Triple Play.

I only have 42 stickers from a possible 309 to go, but as we now move squarely into 2013 and possibly another album- this needs to be struck from the incomplete list. If you are a student of mathematics and/or sticker collecting you will understand that the odds are not in my favour.

I have seven packs, each containing 8 stickers.

 

Pack 1:

#41 Yunel Escobar Blue Jays

#62 Carlos Santana Indians

#77 Alcides Escobar Royals

#160 Jason Bay Mets

#165 Daniel Murphy Mets

#199 Scott Rolen Reds

#208 Chris Johnson Astros

#257 Chris Iannetta Rockies

 

Pack 2:

#14 Jed Lowrie Red Sox

#35 Sam Fuld Bay Rays

#48 Carlos Quentin White Sox

#188 Marlon Byrd Cubs

#226 Pedro Alvarez Pirates

#241 Xavier Naby D-backs

#265 James Loney Dodgers

#275 Nick Hundley Padres

 

Pack 3:

#33 Sean Rodriguez Bay Rays

#56 Grady Sizemore Indians

#124 Mitch Moreland Rangers

#130/303 Indians/Phillies

#187 Alfonso Soriano Cubs

#214 Ryan Braun Brewers

#228 Neil Walker Pirates

#273 Orlando Hudson Padres

 

Pack 4:

#13 Kevin Youkilis Red Sox

#49 Adam Dunn White Sox

#94 Maicer Izturis Angels

#104 Cliff Pennington Athletics

#153 Josh Johnson Marlins

#238 Albert Pujols Cardinals

#256 Todd Helton Rockies

#270 Will Venable Padres

 

Pack 5:

#29 B.J.Upton Bay Rays

#144 Jason Heyward Braves

#151 Logan Morrison Marlins

#174 Chase Utley Phillies

#195 Matt cain Cubs

#201 Brandon Phillips Reds

#283 Aubrey Huff Giants

#289 Joe DiMaggio Yankees

 

Pack 6:

#4 Mark Reynolds Orioles

#32 Reid Brignac Bay Rays

#86 Jason Kubel Twins

#98 Jeff Mathis Angels

#221 Jonathan Lucroy Brewers

#255 Jonathan Herrera Rockies

#274 Anthony Rizzo Padres

#279 Cody Ross Giants

 

Pack 7:

#24 Robinson Cano Yankees

#55 Michael Brantley Indians

#78 Chris Getz Royals

#97 Kendrys Morales Angels

#128/305 Yankees/Astros

#166 Ike Davis Mets

#230 Chris Snyder Pirates

#261 Andre Ethier Royals



 

From 7 packs, there was 1 sticker I needed #238 Albert Pujols. 

2012 Topps Baseball Stickers

Who says you need to complete one album before starting another?

The Topps 2012 Sticker Collection has 309 stickers to collect.

Theer are 245 players past and present, 9 Highlights and Hijinks, 25 Team mascots and 30 Team logos(2 per sticker).

Not a great deal of difference between this year and last year except there are no foil stickers in this years outing. 

So again I will bravely attempt to complete the whole sticker album.

I need 8 stickers to complete the set.
6, 125, LOGO 152, 160, 204, 207, 235, 290

How I get there:
20/04/12 (8 pkts 66 stickers from Waxaholic) 6, 12, 18, 21, 22, 23, 30, 36, 38, 39, 40, 46, 54, 67, 73, 74, 82, 89, 91, 93, 105, 106, 109, 111, 118, 120, 124, 130, 133, 138, 145, 151, 159, 169, 173, 175, 176, 185, 188, 194, 198, 206, 209, 217, 219, 220, 222, 226, 231, 238, 246, 249, 254, 258, 266, 267, 269, 271, 276, 279, 286, 292, 300, 304, 308, 309
16/10/12 (64 stickers from Toddfather) 3, 5, 13, 14, 17, 28, 29, 33, 37, 43, 45, 48, 51, 55, 57, 61, 64, 65, 69, 77, 78, 79, 81, 85, 87, 94, 95, 108, 115, 121, 126, 137, 139, 142, 144, 149, 161, 166, 174, 182, 190, 196, 208, 212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 221, 225, 228, 230, 233, 237, 241, 242, 251, 261, 265, 273, 277, 281, 289, 294, 306, 307.
03/12/12 (4 stickers from Baseball Dad) 86, 92, 100, 260
10/05/13 (67 stickers from Jeff UK Sports Cards) 2, 7, 8, 16, 19, 26, 32, 35, 44, 52, 58, 62, 83, 90, 97, 98, 102, 103, 110, 112, 113, 119, 123, 128, 129, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148,153, 154, 155, 156, 162, 163, 164, 168, 169, 172, 177, 180, 187, 189, 203, 205, 210, 211, 215, 223, 234, 236, 239, 244, 257, 264, 268, 280, 285, 288, 291, 293, 296, 301, 303
16/08/13 (103 stickers from Waxaholic) 1, 4, 9, 10, 11, 15, 20, 24, 25, 27, 31, 34, 41, 42, 47, 49, 50, 53, 59, 60, 63, 66, 68, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 80, 84, 86, 87, 88, 96, 99, 101, 104, 107, 114, 116, 117, 122, 127, 131, 132, 136, 143, 150, 157, 158, 165, 167, 170, 171, 172, 178, 179, 181, 183, 184, 186, 191, 192, 193, 195, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 224, 227, 229, 232, 240, 243, 245, 247, 248, 250, 252, 253, 255, 256, 257, 259, 262, 263, 270, 272, 274, 275, 278, 282, 283, 284, 287, 295, 297, 298, 299, 302, 305. 

2011 Topps baseball Stickers

I have waited long enough to obtain one of these albums and some stickers. I may be a little behind others who are collecting but I am finally here and looking forward to completing it.

So there are 309 stickers to collect.

270 players, 9 legends and 30 team logos. The stickers come 8 per packet. 

I have 28 stickers left to complete the whole set.
I need:
9 43 44 46 59 70 71 73 81
109 133 146 147 149 162 168 173 178 180 200
224 243 245 258 264 277 294  
307.

17/11/2011 58stickers (7 packets) purchased from eBay 3, 11, 17,  21, 27, 34, 36, 41, 45, 57, 60, 74, 77, 85 ,93, 99, 101, 106, 111, 112, 114, 115, 117, 123, 125, 126, 134 ,139, 143, 152, 153, 159, 163, 165, 171, 183, 188, 192, 197, 198 ,202, 206, 211, 212, 220, 231, 235, 262, 266, 276 ,281, 282, 283, 286, 287 ,293, 296, 297.
28/11/2011  22stickers from dayf  1, 23, 38, 52, 79, 80, 84, 105, 113, 161, 176, 177, 194, 229, 233, 244, 250, 253, 256, 284, 288, 290
28/11/2011 30stickers (4packs) from dayf 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 32, 37, 56, 65, 69, 98, 102, 104, 116, 120, 126, 156, 169, 172, 174, 181, 190, 199, 218, 222, 240, 263, 272, 274, 305
10/01/12 90stickers purchased from eBay 2, 4, 13, 15, 29, 30, 33, 35, 39, 40, 47, 48, 50, 53, 55, 62, 63, 68, 78, 82, 83, 86, 94, 95, 97, 98, 103, 127, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 140, 144, 146, 150, 151, 158, 160, 166, 175, 162, 165, 186, 187, 188, 193, 195, 201, 207, 208, 209, 214, 216, 221, 223, 226, 228, 230, 234, 236, 237, 239, 241, 247, 249, 254, 255, 257, 260, 261, 265, 268, 269, 270, 271,  273, 275, 279, 283, 291, 292, 299, 300, 302, 303, 306, 308, 309
27/01/12 37stickers from Ted 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 17, 25, 49, 58, 61, 64, 67, 72, 88, 89, 90, 107, 119, 121, 122, 145, 148, 154, 167, 179, 182, 184, 185, 196, 204, 213, 215, 217, 225, 232, 246, 267
16/10/2012 5 stickers from Toddfather 5, 87, 170, 189, 280
03/12/2012 29 stickers from Baseball Dad 10, 16, 20, 28, 31, 51, 54, 66, 75, 76, 92, 96, 108, 110, 124, 129, 141, 142, 143, 155, 157, 164, 205, 210, 242, 252, 285, 298, 304
07/02/2013 1 sticker from 7 packs on eBay 238
10/05/2013 7 stickers from Jeff UK Sports Cards 42, 91, 118, 135, 276, 287, 295 
16/05/2015 6 stickers from purchased from eBay 138, 191, 227, 248, 251, 301 
03/12/2015 1 sticker form COMC 259

2011 Topps Baseball stickers

Part of my witness relocation program with Dayf was 4 packs of Topps baseball stickers. Not looking for Red Sox in these packs because I (maybe stupidly) decided to pursue the whole set of stickers. From these four packs, each containing 8 stickers, I obtained 30 cards(2 swaps) which takes me below the 200 mark of stickers left to collect. I have a feeling it will be a long 2012.
If anyone is interested I now have 9 swaps 3, 34, 45, 85, 99, 176, 198, 220 and 290.

2012 Topps Premier League Sticker Collection

I need another pursuit like I need a hole in my head. I am attempting this because I feel it will be easier than trying to track down 2011 Baseball stickers. I want to help Big B with a completed collection as well.
462 stickers to collect. Onward and Upward.

I need 363 stickers to complete the whole book:
1
ARSENAL 3 6 7 10 11 12 13 16 19 20 21 22 23 24
ASTON VILLA 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44 46
BLACKBURN 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 68
BOLTON 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
CHELSEA 91 92 94 95 96 97 100 102 103 105 106 107 108 109 111 112
EVERTON 113 116 119 121 122 123 125 126 128 131 132 133 134
FULHAM 135 136 137 139 141 143 145 147 149 150 151 152 153 155 156
LIVERPOOL 157 158 159 163 164 168 170 173 174 175 177 178
MAN CITY 180 183 184 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 196 197 198 199 200
MAN UTD 201 202 203 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222
ANNIVERSARY 223 224 225 226 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 241
NEWCASTLE 243 244 246 247 248 249 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 263 264
NORWICH 265 266 267 269 270 272 274 275 276 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286
QPR 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 308
STOKE 309 311 312 313 314 316 317 318 319 320 324 325 328 329 330
SUNDERLAND 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 340 341 342 343 345 347 348 349 350 351 352
SWANSEA 354 356 357 358 361 362 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 372 373 374
TOTTENHAM 375 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 385 386 387 388 389 390 392 393 394 395 396
WEST BROMWICH 397 398 399 400 401 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418
WIGAN 419 420 421 423 424 425 426 428 429 430 431 432 434 435 436 437 438 439 440
WOLVES 441 442 443 444 445 446 448 449 450 451 452 453 458 459 460 462

21/12/2011 50 stickers (10 packets) purchased from newsagents £5.00
24/12/2011 49 stickers (10 packets purchased local newsagents £5.00
28/12/2011 (10 packets purchased from newsagents £5.00

1989 Topps Baseball Yearbook Stickers

In the new year, the Topps Premier League 'Official' sticker collection hit the shelves. A tabloid newspaper called the Mirror gave away 42 of the stickers for free. Six stickers per day for a week and included was a voucher to claim your free album. Although I wasn't able to get all the free stickers, I was able to claim 4 free albums.

I am a big fan of stickers, there are a few full albums(and empty ones) amongst my collection. I like the fact that they are tucked away neatly inside the book. I know that Brian from Waxaholic is a fan of stickers, he is so close to completing last years Premier League set.

So today I present the Topps Baseball stickers from 1989.
The disappointing thing about collecting Premiership stickers is that you discard the back. There has been some attempts at making them usable, quiz questions, trivia and making some sort of mosaic, but lets face it the manufactures have failed to find a way to make them anything but rubbish. They should look no further than the ingenious Topps sticker cards. Sticker on one side and a collectible card the other. Although they are not the photographic quality of the regular Topps cards, it solves the problem of the virtually worthless sticker back.

From this pack I receivedthese cards:

#14 Joe Carter Indians

#20 Dave Winfield Yankees
#42 Vance Law Cubs
#53 Darryl Strawberry Mets
#65 John Franco Reds

And you will have to excuse my ignorance as to who the players on the stickers are.