Mike D's Adventures in Wax

[homerunderby]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

Next up was a 1987 Topps Mini League Leaders Wax Box.

36 packs, 7 cards per pack. I paid $15 delivered.

The 1987 Topps Mini Leaders set has 77 cards.

We learned a few things "ripping" this one:

• We like mini cards
• Small sets are the way to go, as we have a chance at complete sets more easily
• Lots of mini cards were packed in plastic "wax" packs, which are less fun
• When we bag up plastic wax pack wrappers to drop in plastic bag recycling at the local grocery store,my wife looks at us funny

We actually ended up about 5 cards short of a complete set, so not the best collation. Not sure what we'll do with these...maybe if I see more boxes cheap I'll grab more to try to get more complete sets.

An "X" out box...at the end of the year, Topps liquidated unsold product, but they marked up the box so it couldn't be sold back into retail (I guess). You see a lot of 1984 Topps football like this, at least you did until they got busted in the late-80's for Marino and Elway Rookies.

[ALBB]

back in the 80s90s, If I saw big letters on a baseball card pack/wrapper saying - LIMITED EDITION.. ..sadly..I bought it ! LOL

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by ALBB

back in the 80s90s, If I saw big letters on a baseball card pack/wrapper saying - LIMITED EDITION.. ..sadly..I bought it ! LOL

I finally figured out the 'Limited Edition' only meant the manufacturer wasn't going to make them forever.

[Mike D.]

Just ordered today:

1988 Topps American Baseball Wax Box

42 packs, 5 cards each

Picked up two wax boxes for just under $42 delivered.

Also picked up another 1987 Topps Wax Box for my son (he wants to build a set) - $18.15 delivered.

[Mike D.]

So, I actually ended up buying one full and one almost full wax box of the "1988 Topps American Baseball", for a total of 90 packs.

[Mike D.]

90 packs, 5 cards per pack

[Mike D.]

These packs all have gum in them, too. Not the pink US gum, but a smaller, softer, Irish gum. I'm still not trying it (it IS over 30 years old), but it at least looks edible.

The gum did stain one card per pack, though, with a few exceptions.

So, 90 packs x 4 cards per pack is 360 cards.

There are 88 cards in the set, so with perfect collation, we'd get 4 sets. I know we won't but we'll see what we do get.

[mantleman]

Limited to one person each on the planet......lol