tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58691749540215911482024-03-13T20:31:44.342-04:00The Pack GamblerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-80446259678150872352014-12-03T20:26:00.000-05:002014-12-03T20:26:51.680-05:00One last GoodbyeThank you all once again for being very loyal readers, followers and friends of The Pack Gambler.
It's been a blast talking with you about our hobby and helping out where we could. We'll miss each and everyone of you as you were what made The Pack Gambler in demand and made it work.
To my fellow Canadian Collectors: keep pushing the envelope to have products travel north of the borderAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-12432177682068910292014-10-20T19:07:00.001-04:002014-10-20T19:07:35.318-04:00Thank you all very much!
Dear Gambler Followers,
As most of you found out last night, we will no longer be a part of the hobby in this capacity after December 2014.
It has been a great few years covering the hobby and making new friends. We were looking towards some sponsorship and support funding to keep everything going with reviews and keeping up within the hobby, but unfortunately some opportunities didn't Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-14632838726277008272014-10-02T19:02:00.000-04:002014-10-02T19:02:14.557-04:00Product Review: 2014-15 UD MVP Hockey Hobby BoxHockey is in full effect in the collecting world for 2014, and another popular products has arrived a few weeks ago that has been a staple, MVP. The comparable low-end product to O-Pee-Chee, MVP brings new technology to its brand and offers boxes below $60 each.
The 2014-15 set is 200 cards strong, but also has 100 short print cards making it 300 in total for complete sets. SPs land 1 per pack Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-5817905799023599872014-09-21T19:19:00.001-04:002014-09-21T19:19:07.781-04:00Product Review: 2014 Upper Deck Team Canada Juniors Hobby BoxUp here in Canada we celebrate Hockey every chance we get. Once of the more special moments of the Hockey season happens around Christmas with the World Juniors. It just seems fitting that Upper Deck would create a Team Canada Juniors product to celebrate the great game of hockey for Canadians.
Whether your a hockey fan or just a collector in Canada this is the product we have been waiting for. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-46994360936241198172014-09-18T18:50:00.000-04:002014-09-18T18:50:59.455-04:00Product Review: 2014 Panini Donruss Series 2 Baseball Hobby Box
I've said it on Twitter, Blogs and other posts.......It's too bad Panini doesn't have a piece of the MLB licence. Since they came back into creating Baseball products, Panini has been on top of their game with cool designs, great photography and overall amazing products. The 2014 Donruss Series II product is no exception.
The follow up release to the popular Series I, Series II brings us even Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-57817787057366508562014-09-17T20:19:00.003-04:002014-09-17T20:19:29.316-04:00Derek Jeter - The King of CardboardCan you think of any baseball products produced since 1994 that didn't have Jeter in it? Didn't think so. Jeter has not only been the face of Baseball since his inception but he's been the face of our Hobby.
Year after year every product has had a base card and at least the minimal 1 insert. Among the plentiful parallels, subsets and inserts are some of the nicest autographed cards and relics Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-3029890208061984992014-09-04T21:45:00.000-04:002014-09-04T21:45:06.223-04:00Product Review: 2014-15 UD O-Pee-Chee Hockey Hobby BoxIf your looking for a large set to collect and love hockey, 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee is the perfect fit for you. Since I was a little kid trading cards at the playground, O-Pee-Chee has been one of the most popular names in Canada for trading cards.
500 Regular Base set cards plus an additional 100 Marquee Rookies and Legends make up the 600 total card set. Both the Rookies and Legends are Short Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-42992944355245524432014-08-31T11:45:00.000-04:002014-08-31T11:45:01.614-04:00Product Review: 2014 Topps Chrome Baseball Hobby BoxIf you’re a baseball card collector, this is the product your very familiar with. Topps Chrome has always been the standout amongst the giants for popularity and continues to be so with it's 2014 edition.
This year the product will have some slight changes the packaging offering the standard Hobby box as well as a Jumbo Box version. The difference between them is cost, 4 exclusive 1989 Chrome Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-76352087503093706972014-08-11T20:57:00.000-04:002014-08-11T21:01:01.905-04:00Product Review: 2013-14 UD SPX Hockey Hobby BoxOne of the Hobby's most recognized products is back with the 2013-14 edition of SPX. Going back to the 1996-97 product, SPX has always brought the best Upper Deck technology through it's sets.
This years product is again a mid-high range for those collectors at around $100 per hobby box. Each hobby box comes with 12 packs with 4 cards per pack. In addition, each hobby box will receive 1 Bonus Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-16227411878045057002014-08-02T11:10:00.001-04:002014-08-02T11:14:08.250-04:00Product Review: 2014 Tristar Hidden Treasures Game Changers BaseballEvery year I love hearing and seeing what Tristar has in store for us collectors. This year, one of the products that peaked my interest was Hidden Treasures Game Changers. Typically when you think of a series like this from Tristar you think of average players from the past or present filling up the boxes. This Hidden treasures product seems to be the same but with some slight variations to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-46113736508246744332014-07-14T20:49:00.000-04:002014-07-14T20:49:25.083-04:00Product Review: 2014 Topps Chipz Baseball Who would have thought that these Chipz would be as collectible as first thought? I didn't think so, but for some reason this year I was intrigued. Was it the low price er pack? Was it that you could collect multiple version of a player? Was it that you could pull a relic? Nope, it was just the fun of it all. Ripping open a pack of 4 Chipz that could be anyone, any colour and worth every penny.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-83768516450960333452014-07-12T14:22:00.001-04:002014-07-12T14:22:30.338-04:00Product Review: 2014 Topps Allen & Ginter Hobby Box
Since 2006 the following of Allen &
Ginter has increased, the 2014 edition will be no different. With two of the
top rookies Abreu and Tanaka making their first appearance on the famous brand,
the 2014 release is one of the highly anticipated products of the year.
Like every year, A&G try and bring you
back to the modern very early day of baseball card collecting. A white card
front Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-18891916271167930362014-07-08T20:09:00.001-04:002014-07-08T20:09:49.515-04:00Product Review: 2013-14 Panini Rookie Anthology Hobby Box
This will be the last year I’ll be able to rip open a new
box of Panini Rookie Anthology. It’s sad to say but so true with the new Hockey
agreement with Upper Deck. However let’s not get into a debate over that hobby
news and instead celebrate the 2013-14 release of Rookie Anthology from Panini.
For the past two years this has by far been the best content
for Hockey. The concept has always Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-16970591063797926692014-06-02T21:00:00.000-04:002014-06-02T21:00:10.489-04:00Product Review: 2014 Topps Archives Hobby Box
Being a fan of baseball card collecting , you have to love Topps Archives. I can say without a doubt that Archives is my favorite brand that Topps brings back for it's third installment in 2014. This year 1973, 1980, 1986 and 1989 all play a part in the 250 card set. 200 cards are in the regular base set with the final 50 cards as Short Prints.
One of the cool things about this set is that itAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-70583441810981311722014-05-26T21:15:00.001-04:002014-05-26T21:15:16.188-04:00The Story behind that PC find Part 4 - 2007 Topps Derek JeterPart 4
It's only fitting that on this the final year of "The Captains" career that we run a story about a chase to find his 2007 Topps card.
"Stupidest card in the hobby", "Crazy that someone would want that card", "Really cool" and "Huh" have been just some of the descriptions used towards this card. It's not the most popular with collectors but will be talked about along with some of the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-52298548336841552502014-04-14T21:21:00.001-04:002014-04-14T21:21:49.668-04:00Product Review: 2014 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball Hobby Box
For the past couple of years this has been the product that I keep going back to. Topps Gypsy Queen is a very close version of another Allen and Ginter product but keeps to Baseball only specifics. 2014 Gypsy Queen is in for another great year in the hobby.
The richness of the design and photography bring collectors back each year to complete the set. 300 cards deep with 50 SP's to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-3213556004307065272014-04-09T20:32:00.000-04:002014-04-09T20:32:27.241-04:00Product Review: 2014 Press Pass NASCAR Total Memorabilia It's been a long time since a new product caught my eye like this one did. 2014 Press Pass Total Memorabilia is a high end NASCAR release that is sure to get the attention of all racing collectors. Press Pass has always brought some very cool designs and memorabilia to racing fans and this year is no different.
With being a high end product you are limited to only 5 packs per box with 9 cards Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-25764784731305325572014-03-13T20:41:00.000-04:002014-03-13T20:41:08.479-04:00Who to collect in the 2014 MLB season Part 2 - National LeagueWe featured Part 1 with the American League on Tuesday. Today we dive into the Senior Circuit. 2014 should be a good one for those in the NL. Collectors also should have a have time stocking up on youth and superstar talent.
Finishing this 2 Part series is the National League;
Atlanta Braves:
Don't hesitate: Chipper Jones
- Yes he's retired and yes he'll be in the HOF someday soon. So why Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-78281071342749245742014-03-11T19:17:00.001-04:002014-03-11T19:20:38.789-04:00Who to collect in the 2014 MLB season Part 1 - American LeagueThe 2014 MLB season is fast approaching. If your a collector of baseball cards and memorabilia you know that you need to be on top of your game to snag those prospects and superstars at the start of their great season ahead.
Being a baseball collector myself for the last 20+ years, I've put together a listing of players to collect in 2014. Some are looking to have bounce back seasons while othersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-1693522301814424492014-02-22T10:48:00.001-05:002014-02-22T10:49:53.993-05:00What are you receiving in Game Used Relic cards?Have you ever wondered what is really inside your game used card? Ever wonder how much you are really getting inside your card of that players uniform, bat or other pieces or memorabilia? Collectors spend most of their money on game used or autograph cards, these in turn become some of their prized possessions in their collection. Game used relic cards continue to grow and have a strong secondaryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-67998873245589358042014-02-10T21:31:00.000-05:002014-02-10T21:31:04.275-05:00Product Review: 2014 Topps Series 1 Jumbo PackBeing that Spring Training has arrived, you can't go wrong with busting open a new baseball product. Now this isn't release date new but new in the sense of 2014 products. 2014 Topps Series 1 is a typical solid seller each year as it kicks off the new campaigns of MLB teams hunting down that elusive World Series Championship. Now you've seen us review Hobby Boxes in the past but being this is a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-17410998128507609672014-02-08T09:36:00.000-05:002014-02-08T09:36:42.162-05:00The Story behind that PC find Part 3 - Troy Tulowitzki
Part 3
In early 2006 I started to collect a young Short Stop by the name of Troy Tulowitzki. He was just about to come up to the majors and already was pinned to be in most the 2007 baseball products. One of these products was Upper Decks SP Authentic. The set he was going to be in was called "By The Letters". This was a very cool product where Upper Deck put together manufactured Letters of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-61667564198146534272014-02-01T08:25:00.004-05:002014-02-01T08:25:57.801-05:00How does the Baseball Hall of Fame selection impact collectors?
January 8th 2014 Frank Thomas, Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine were selected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. All three very deserving of this honor. The question we thought during this time was "Will this impact collecting cards of these players?"
All the time in our hobby we've seen a slew of cards hit eBay and other trading sites when someone has broken a record, dominated their sport or has Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-20509120023359228182014-01-25T13:22:00.000-05:002014-01-25T13:22:06.061-05:00Product Review: 2014 Upper Deck National Hockey Card DayJanuary & February is a special time to collect hockey cards. For the past few years Upper Deck has provided fans across Canada and the US free cards to collect to celebrate National Hockey Card Day.
Hardcore collectors try and challenge themselves to complete the set within the day of going to different retailers or hobby shops and ripping open packs. Some even after a week are still tryingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869174954021591148.post-91993075936746553742014-01-07T08:41:00.001-05:002014-01-07T08:41:29.921-05:00The Story behind that PC find Part 2 - 1995 Fleer Flair Preview Set (written by guest blogger: Sport Card Collectors)Back when I first started collecting, I dabbled into different products and different sports. But when I came upon Fleer 1995 football...I became addicted.
Every time I went to the grocery store, I needed more. Yup, back then cards were pretty much found EVERYWHERE. The one thing that caught my eye about Fleer was its unique color design and its inserts. I had actually put together aAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597673882789376712noreply@blogger.com0