2013 Heritage Help

So even after my last post I don't really hate this year's Heritage.  I just hate SP's and the price point of the product.

But I am going to complete my Brewer's team set for the product.  I already have a team set coming minus the SP's so that's where the Help comes in.  I know that a few of you out there are going to put this set together.  While a lot of you, like me, probably are not and just pick up a few packs or blasters here and there.  So I'd like to ask anyone out there if you happen to come across any of these Brewers SP's and don't want them, I would like to trade for them.  This year the Brewers have 4 players in the SP section of the set.

460 - Ryan Braun
476 - Yovani Gallardo
497 - Jonathan Lucroy

Here's what they look like.

There is also one action photo variant that I know off too.  I'm not sure about color variants.

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And I'm also looking for  the Gallardo relic and any other Brewers inserts and parallels.

Thanks CB out.

Simmer Down Now.

With the launch of Series 1 Baseball less than 2 weeks away and the announcement that Topps decided to add SP's of  Albert Pujol's in his new Angels jersey and Jose Reyes in a Marlin's jersey. There has been a small fervor in the sportscardblogosphere over it.  The cards will be #331 and 332 respectively and be short printed in Series 1.  But both cards will have non-SP versions in Series 2 with different photo's most likely ones not photoshopped.  I really don't understand what the big deal is.  This is just like in 2010 where Topps had to keep the Strasmania going and issued a super SP of Strasburg #661 only available through the Cards Your Mother Threw out giveaway website.  He also had a none SP version released later in the Update series.

For me I could give a rat's ass about the SP cards.  I don't chase the one's Topps already does with inserting SP's of HOFer's or Sparkle variations or whatever, unless they are cards for my Player or Team collections.  For me as a set collector, the base set is one through 330 for Series one, no SP's.  I either trade away or sell all the stuff I don't want and to be honest these added  SP's adds a little value to the box. Because while I'm not a completist as a set collector there are plenty of people who are, or people willing to chase down the first Pujols or Reyes card in his new uniform.

For Topps this is pretty much  more of the same.  It's not game changing, it's not surprising, it's just par for the course.  Just my 2 cents.