I'm not the biggest fan of Gypsy Queen. Like many of you, I can't pass on the opportunity to crack open some new product. Yesterday, I found myself walking around my local Target to pick up a few household items. The lure of the card aisle was once again to great to ignore. I quickly picked a value pack of the new Gypsy Queen and went on my way. I've seen the product pop upon a few blogs already and actually liked the design a bit better than past years. Here were my three packs and the three 'special' white bordered cards.
I didn't do too bad on the white bordered pack. I got the Ironman, a rookie, and a Ray. In one of the regular packs, I pulled the bronze bordered Shelby Miller on the top row. It is serial numbered out of 499. A fairly boring McCann and an awesome throwback George Springer round out the first scan.
Big Mac, Robbie Alomar, and another great Astros throwback highlight these 6. I've got to say that it seems wrong seeing David Robertson in a ChiSox uni.
Not too much exciting here, but I did land a new Jordan Zimmermann and I kinda like the Marcell Ozuna shot.
Minis came one per pack, as per usual. This Eovaldi sporting the Yankees jersey looks so much better than the one that I pulled out of the retail team set.
Overall, ripping these packs was fun, but didn't really yield many keepers for me. At least my pack busting urges were temporarily satisfied. I plan to hold on to the Baez white border, McCann, Springer, Zimmermann, and the Eovaldi mini. All the rest are up for grabs if anyone wants them. Comment or send me an email if you'd like to claim any of them. Thanks for reading and Happy Friday.
I love the Astros throwback uniforms. Look great on cards.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree!
DeleteStill not a Gypsy Queen fan, but I'll admit that this edition does look a little better than the horrific run of past couple years. Can't get enough of those Astros throwbacks.
ReplyDeleteNick, I know you're a fan of the throwbacks. If you haven't seen, GQ has an insert called The Queen's Throwbacks. You should check it out!
DeleteNever cared for GQ. This issue caught my eye! I'm picking up a few packs tomorrow. Perhaps I can trade you some GQ Yanks for the framed Ripken.
ReplyDeleteJulie, I'd be happy to send the Ripken your way(along with a few other cards for good measure).
DeleteYeah, hate to me a "me,too" sort. I've always disliked Gypsy Queen. Always figured you were either a Ginters guy or a Gypsy Queen guy. I was a Ginters guy. Don't know what it is, but I was seduced by the Queen this year. In so many ways, they look like all the other GQ issues before and yet...these look better. Give this year's designer an "A"; he/she got me.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. I can't quite put my finger on what makes it different enough that I kinda like it.
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ReplyDeleteLike that bronze shelby would you wanna trade I pulled some yankees in my 3 pack from target as well
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