Random Wax: 2022 Topps Archives Blaster

 2022 Archives: I've seen this Griffey Jr. photo before and I've never cared for it.  Not sure why but it's not for me.  Still, he's a legend and I like him as much as anyone else.  If he stayed healthy you have to believe he chases Hank Aaron's 714 home runs.

This design isn't necessarily a favorite of mine but no complaints about these 3B studs and a PC guy of mine in Uncle Larry.

Greatness.  Not only the card back but one of the best hitters the league has ever known in Tony Gwynn.  Career .338 hitter?  Crazy.

I like Goldy and Mookie is still great even if he isn't a Red Sox now.

If only saves were on here as well.  Amazing career and one of my favorite Braves of all-time.

Never a big fan of '87 Topps but there are worse out there.  Some good photos here including that Longoria even though it's a head and shoulders type.

A career Pittsburgh Pirate, Mazeroski was a 8X Gold Glove winner and won two World Series rings with the Buccos.

Hunter Greene earned his first all-star appearance this year and Jeremy Pena had his time in the sun as the ALCS and World Series MVP during the Houston Astros 2022 World Series run.

Not a Big Foil card guy. 

More retired greats.  Feels like every Ozzie card should show him on defense.

Amazing players, all in different ways.

Braves win, Braves win!  Such a great and surprising World Series run.  Since then, the Phillies and this Bryce Harper guy have stood in Atlanta's way.  I really like Archives, and this was a fun box.

BREAKDOWN:

56 – Total Cards

20 – Retired Greats

19 – 1963

17 – 1987

17 – 1978

10 – RC

 3 – Big Foil

1 - 1961 Topps MVP

1 – 1955 Topps Scoop

1 - 1992 Topps Major League Debut

Random Wax: 2022 Topps Baseball Archives Blaster

2022 Archives:  We'll kick off this Archives blaster with one of the greatest to play third base.  Eddie Matthews was a 12-time all-star and won two World Series Championships.  One with the Milwaukee Braves (1957) and one with Detroit (1968) as a reserve. He was top five in MVP voting twice and batted .271/.376/.509 with 512 home runs across 17 seasons.

Plenty to show off in this box including reigning National League MVP Ronald Acuna, now Padre Xander Bogaerts and the recently retired Adam Wainwright.

Rodriguez had a great second season to his career.  Here we have the '78, '87 and '63 designs.

Big Foil.

Love all the retired greats in this set. Pedro is a personal favorite and Johnny Bench always looks good on cards.

Dave Winfield could hit, play defense and won a Championship in Toronto of all places.

That Rickey is a Major League Debut card.  We also have a Silver Parallel #/99 and a 1961 Cy Young insert.

1955 Topps Scoop.  Love this photo from the home run derby.

I really like the Bo Bichette card.  Good photo and overall it really works for me.

Really nice-looking Greetings card.  I like all the elements that go into this card, and it stands out.

Fun box of cards.  Archives normally is.  Hoping Mike Trout can get healthy and back to the stud he's been in the past.  Even if it is without Ohtani.

BREAKDOWN:
56 – Total Cards
18 – 1978
17 – 1987
17 – 1963
13 – RC
13 – Retired Greats
3 – Big Foil
1 – Greetings
1 – ’55 Topps Scoops
1 – Silver Parallel #/99
1 – 1961 Topps Cy Young
1 - 1992 Topps Major League Debut

Random Wax: 2022 Topps Baseball Archives Blaster

2022 Archives:  We'll kick off this blaster for a nice-looking Mike Schmidt card.  Many consider him the best third baseman of all time.  I don't think I'd put up much of an argument with them.

Really good pull in this box.  Here we have the '63 design. Not my favorite look but I'm good with it.

This '78 design is pretty nice and has more players like Trout and Altuve who are always good pulls.

The Astros would go on to win the 2022 World Series so these '87 cards are appropriate to share.  Jeremy Pena hasn't lived up to his playoff exploits but it was still fun.

One of the Big Foil inserts.

Wander Franco is another guy still figuring it out.  He's only 22 so there's still time.

The back of the Postcard insert for Joey Votto.  Twenty-five home runs in 230 at bats?  Wow.

Of course the retired greats are a huge draw to this set.

Greatness.

This was a fun box.  You get the variety that comes with Archives, great players and fun designs from the past.

BREAKDOWN:
56 – Total Cards
18 – 1987
17 – 1978
17 – 1963
16 – RC
15 – Retired Greats
3 – Big Foil
1 – Postcard
1 - 1961 Topps MVP
1 – 1955 Topps Scoop
1 - 1992 Topps Major League Debut

2022 Topps Archives Blaster

2022 Archives:  The Phillies are looking for their first championship in over a decade.  Bryce Harper dealt with injuries but still had a good year and has played really well in the playoffs.  Harper is a fun player to watch and is looking for his first World Series ring.

First up is the 1963 design.  I like it with the dual photo thing going on.  Great Kershaw photo while Austin Riley looks a little perplexed.

Next up is 1978 with Kyle Schwarber who is all smiles going into the World Series.  Schwarber led the NL in homers (46) as well as strikeouts (200).  A good design overall.

This has a pretty good postcard vibe for a Postcard insert.  I like the look.

1987 is not a design I cared for back in the day but I like it in new iterations which we see a lot of lately.  That red Bellinger is #/75.

A back to one of the '63 cards showing plenty of greatness in the form of David Ortiz stats.

Some rookie love across the different designs.  Funny Witt photo.

A Big Foil insert.

Retired greats greatness.  That Clemente is a '92 Topps Major League Debut insert.  Rickey and Molitor are favorites of mine.   I like that Drysdale photo.  I'll always remember him from his appearance on The Brady Bunch.

These are '55 Topps Scoop and '61 Topps MVP inserts.  And that is Jorge Soler of the, as of this moment, World Champion Atlanta Braves.  Getting it all in while I can.

BREAKDOWN:
56 – Total Cards
18 – 1963
17 – 1978
17 – 1987
12 – RC
12 – Retired Greats
3 – Big Foil
1 - Postcard
1 - 1961 Topps MVP
1 – Red Parallel #/75
1 – 1955 Topps Scoop
1 - 1992 Topps Major League Debut