Has the Junk card era ended? If so, when?

OhioLawyerF5 · #27 03-29-2025, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Balticfox

So then I take it that Elly de la Cruz is available in that pose in that rainbow of effects. But is there a whole set, or a certain subset, of other players available that way? And do you have any Cruz cards in those other rainbow colours?

And is this the Aqua Cruz or is it part of a different RayWave Refractor parallel series of effects?

(Not mine.)

It's complicated. The card you posted is from the regular Topps Chrome set. It is the Aqua Raywave parallel. There are a TON of parallels in that set with lots of colors and patterns. The one I posted is technically from a different product called Topps Chrome Logofractor Edition. All the parallels in Logofractor Edition have that same pattern with the MLB logo.

https://www.baseballcardpedia.com/in...me_Logofractor

https://baseballcardpedia.com/index....4_Topps_Chrome

Here are all the parallels in the regular Topps Chrome release:

Refractors � (1:3 hobby, 1:1 jumbo, 1:1 breaker, 1:4 value, 1:3 monster)
Pink Refractors � (1:4 value)
Prism Refractors � (1:6 hobby, 1:2 jumbo, 1:7 value, 1:7 monster)
RayWave Refractors � (1:9 value, 1:4 monster)
Sepia Refractors � (1:4 value)
X-Fractors � (1:1 monster)
Negative Refractors � (1:89 hobby, 1:27 jumbo, 1:3 breaker, 1:249 value, 1:101 monster)
Magenta Speckle Refractors � /350 (1:102 hobby, 1:31 jumbo, 1:3 breaker, 1:285 value, 1:116 monster)
Purple Speckle Refractors � /299 (1:119 hobby, 1:36 jumbo, 1:3 breaker, 1:334 value, 1:136 monster)
Sonar Purple Refractors � /275 (1:109 value, 1:73 monster)
Purple Refractors � /250 (1:143 hobby, 1:44 jumbo, 1:4 breaker, 1:403 value, 1:164 monster)
Aqua Refractors � /199 (1:179 hobby, 1:55 jumbo, 1:5 breaker, 1:503 value, 1:205 monster)
Aqua Lava Refractors � /199 (1:179 hobby, 1:55 jumbo, 1:5 breaker, 1:503 value, 1:205 monster)
RayWave Aqua Refractors � /199 (1:151 value, 1:101 monster)
Blue Refractors � /150 (1:238 hobby, 1:73 jumbo, 1:6 breaker, 1:669 value, 1:271 monster)
RayWave Blue Refractors � /150 (1:200 value, 1:134 monster)
Sonar Blue Refractors � /125 (1:285 hobby, 1:87 jumbo, 1:7 breaker, 1:804 value, 1:326 monster)
Lightboard Logo � (1:280 value, 1:140 monster)
Green Refractors � /99 (1:361 hobby, 1:110 jumbo, 1:9 breaker, 1:1,016 value, 1:413 monster)
Green Wave Refractors � /99 (1:185 hobby, 1:57 jumbo, 1:62 breaker)
RayWave Green Refractors � /99 (1:304 value, 1:203 monster)
Sonar Green Refractors � /99 (1:361 hobby, 1:110 jumbo, 1:9 breaker, 1:1,016 value, 1:413 monster)
Blue Wave Refractors � /75 (1:245 hobby, 1:76 jumbo, 1:82 breaker)
Gold Refractors � /50 (1:714 hobby, 1:218 jumbo, 1:18 breaker, 1:2,014 value, 1:817 monster)
Gold Wave Refractors � /50 (1:367 hobby, 1:113 jumbo, 1:122 breaker)
RayWave Gold Refractors � /50 (1:601 value, 1:402 monster)
Big Apple Refractors � less than 50 copies each (Fanatics Fest NYC boxes only)
Orange Refractors � /25 (1:388 hobby)
Orange Wave Refractors � /25 (1:733 hobby, 1:226 jumbo, 1:244 breaker)
RayWave Orange Refractors � /25 (1:1,201 value, 1:800 monster)
Black Refractors � /10 (1:1,833 hobby, 1:564 jumbo, 1:626 breaker)
RayWave Black Refractors � /10 (1:3,012 value, 1:2,013 monster)
Frozenfractors � /-5 (1:506 jumbo)
Red Refractors � /5 (1:7,117 hobby, 1:2,163 jumbo, 1:173 breaker, 1:20,184 value, 1:8,336 monster)
Red Wave Refractors � /5 (1:3,657 hobby, 1:1,127 jumbo, 1:1,251 breaker)
RayWave Red Refractors � /5 (1:6,024 value, 1:4,025 monster)
Printing Plates � 1/1 (1:8,896 hobby, 1:2,722 jumbo, 1:218 breaker, 1:25,281 value, 1:10,610 monster; each has Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions)
Superfractors � 1/1 (1:35,584 hobby, 1:11,011 jumbo, 1:834 breaker, 1:104,587 value, 1:40,062 monster)

As you can see, it gets insane. It's why I said we may be in a junk parallel era. It's why I pick one or two that I like of each player I collect, and that's it.

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