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filmmaker 07-21-2015 08:59 PM

1990 Topps Frank Thomas NNOF
 
Just watched this on youtube:

https://youtu.be/cbWZQAWbAJ4

Awesome find!

7nohitter 07-22-2015 03:52 PM

Wow, awesome find

ruth-gehrig 07-22-2015 06:45 PM

That was neat!

packs 07-23-2015 08:49 AM

That's what it's all about!

7nohitter 07-23-2015 11:51 AM

i foolishly just bought a couple of those packs on ebay.

Econteachert205 07-23-2015 12:08 PM

Bought one also... Lottery ticket

ATP 07-23-2015 12:47 PM

To me, there is no way that video was real, it was staged, for quite a few reasons. The card sticks out like a sore thumb in the stack like it was placed there. It's dinged too and the others aren't. The way they were acting and filming it didn't seem genuine at all.

almostdone 07-23-2015 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATP (Post 1434287)
To me, there is no way that video was real, it was staged, for quite a few reasons. The card sticks out like a sore thumb in the stack like it was placed there. It's dinged too and the others aren't. The way they were acting and filming it didn't seem genuine at all.

I agree. I hope I'm wrong and pulls le this can still happen but the whole set up doesn't make sense. He opens "10,000" cards and then decided to film on the pack that holds it.
I've done magic shows for years and am pretty good at slight of hand detection. He "cuts" the pack with scissors but you can't actually se he cutting the plastic. Also he reads off a bunch of names as he goes through the pack then as it drags on he starts going faster and skipping names as if he is trying to get to something.
Like mentioned the corner I'd dinged on the one card while he is so carful with the rest.
Like I said I hope I'm wrong but seems a bit fishy to me.
Just my take on it.
Drew

packs 07-23-2015 02:19 PM

No offense to the skeptics but this video was most likely edited down to show only the portion that would be of interest. He could have opened those packs you're talking about not seeing. But why would you want to sit through that?

vintagesportscollector 07-23-2015 02:42 PM

Count me as one of the skeptics too, but this looks completely faked. He could have edited down the video, but they filmed that amount of lead in/setup for every pack?? Plus all the signs already pointed out. Would be nice if it was real, but seems doubtful.

GoCubsGo32 07-23-2015 03:19 PM

At :41-:45 you can see him placing the "cut" plastic right by the package to make it seem like he's "cutting" it.The camera pans up, and he's talking so you focus on that. There's not that much wiggle room to hold it to the side like that.

7nohitter 07-23-2015 03:42 PM

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7nohitter 07-23-2015 03:43 PM

fake or not, i still bought 3 packs for a whopping $5....

Has anyone seen the video of the guy who opens the '86 Fleer and gets the Jordan sticker AND RC in the same pack? I think that one is fake.

howard38 07-23-2015 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoCubsGo32 (Post 1434345)
At :41-:45 you can see him placing the "cut" plastic right by the package to make it seem like he's "cutting" it.The camera pans up, and he's talking so you focus on that. There's not that much wiggle room to hold it to the side like that.

Good eye...I thought it was faked even before you pointed that out but it is the nail in the coffin. Very poor execution and worse acting.

Duluth Eskimo 07-23-2015 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7nohitter (Post 1434354)
fake or not, i still bought 3 packs for a whopping $5....

Has anyone seen the video of the guy who opens the '86 Fleer and gets the Jordan sticker AND RC in the same pack? I think that one is fake.

If you ever ripped it back in the day, it wouldn't seem that tough. Back in 1987 I remember this stuff at 2 boxes for $10 at the Ben Franklin in the town I grew up in. My cousin bought quite a bit and I ridiculed him for "wasting" his money on basketball. Guess who had the last laugh. It wasn't tough to put 132 card sets together

TATSR 07-26-2015 10:33 AM

Good marketing
 
Looks like a good way to unload some 1990 jumbo racks. I wonder how many he sold?

pokerplyr80 07-26-2015 01:37 PM

I agree with everyone who say this looks fake. As was mentioned already no one who had gone through thousands of cards already would be reading the names off of common players, or act excited to pull a Greg Jefferies or Deon Sanders card (I believe those were two he mentioned). The thing with the scissors seemed strange even before I went back and noticed he didn't really cut the pack.

mcgwirecom 07-26-2015 03:38 PM

I finally watched it. Bad acting. What, does he do all that set up talking before opening each pack? And if you look carefully you can see the Thomas card has way more wear on the corner. You can see it coming in the deck, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

filmmaker 08-22-2015 05:48 PM

The video was purely entertainment. The Frank Thomas NNOF is 100% Authentic, however, it did not specifically come in this pack.

Just wanted to see reactions and comments. A lot of the comments bash it, but everything was executed extremely well.

Thanks for watching.

UnVme7 08-22-2015 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by filmmaker (Post 1445102)
The video was purely entertainment. The Frank Thomas NNOF is 100% Authentic, however, it did not specifically come in this pack.

Just wanted to see reactions and comments. A lot of the comments bash it, but everything was executed extremely well.

Thanks for watching.

Wait, so you're the guy who made this, or just shared it?

7nohitter 08-22-2015 09:05 PM

As a result of that video I've bought close to 30 1990 Topps Jumbo's over the past month....several correct Thomas', but no NNOF.

Gues that's about $13 I'll never get back!

conor912 08-27-2015 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7nohitter (Post 1445153)
As a result of that video I've bought close to 30 1990 Topps Jumbo's over the past month....several correct Thomas', but no NNOF.

Gues that's about $13 I'll never get back!

I think several RC's of a HOFer for $13 is a pretty good haul, if you ask me.

DHogan 08-27-2015 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7nohitter (Post 1434262)
i foolishly just bought a couple of those packs on ebay.

Foolish me. I have an unopened case of 1990 Topps in my cellar.

JustinD 08-27-2015 07:32 PM

The best breakdown of the impossibility of this pull ever -

http://www.radicards.com/statistics/...ical-breakdown


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