tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post9027791232062929583..comments2024-03-04T07:33:09.398-05:00Comments on The Phillies Room: 2006 Topps Phillies Fan Appreciation Day #20 Chase UtleyJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161762602291616465noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-83515362410858200062012-10-03T07:25:47.992-04:002012-10-03T07:25:47.992-04:00You both have now convinced me that I should be co...You both have now convinced me that I should be collecting these.<br /><br />Thanks for giving me something else to chase! ; )Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161762602291616465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-82458833581560080192012-10-01T10:40:38.829-04:002012-10-01T10:40:38.829-04:00This year the full set of inserts is (was?) down t...This year the full set of inserts is (was?) down to $30. I've been buying them since I moved back into the area in 2005--and somehow I have a 2000 set, but I have no memory of how or where I bought that. If anyone has any spares of 1998, 1999, or 2001-04, I'd love to make a trade.<br /><br />The 2000 set is just loose; the 2005-present sets are in ordinary Staples-type binders with a laser-printed insert in the spine listing the "cards" and the series during which each was issued. Each series sold together like that is numbered the same, usually some low number. Most of my sets are in the 100s to 500s, but somehow I came across set #10 this year. And then I saw #32 (Lefty!) later and bought a second one. I guess that'll be my son's some day....<br /><br />Anyway, they seem to be not in high demand as the Phils have them in stock all of September, and even in the Golden Era (which may have ended in 2011), they were available through the postseason.<br /><br />I'm surprised how few people apparently buy programs. Some of them are numbered as low as xx of 1500 or 1750. Assuming they make sets out of at least 300, that means that in a three-game series, they may sell no more than 1200 programs, or 400 a game--which means that fewer than 1 in 100 fans buys a program for any given game. I guess I always thought that it would be a higher number.Steve F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00753488569249068229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-45728792337721427952012-09-28T12:27:53.686-04:002012-09-28T12:27:53.686-04:00A have a couple of the full sets from the early 20...A have a couple of the full sets from the early 2000s, and I got them in exactly the manner you described. For my collection purposes, I count them as cards. However, I can see how some would not view them that way -- especially since they are something of a pain to store (I use 8"x10" sheets, but those fill up binders rather quickly.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-17049103377232272832012-09-28T11:09:45.529-04:002012-09-28T11:09:45.529-04:00Those photo inserts have intrigued me for a long t...Those photo inserts have intrigued me for a long time. Are they "cards"? Should I collect them?<br /><br />Towards the end of the season and at the beginning of each season, you can usually buy a full set of the inserts from the Newstands. But the price (I think $50?) is usually too much for me to justifying picking up a set.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161762602291616465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-34016547887383602822012-09-28T10:43:28.482-04:002012-09-28T10:43:28.482-04:00I know it's not the same as a card, but the Ph...I know it's not the same as a card, but the Phillies did issue a photo insert of Frandsen for their newstand magazine. I was up in Philly two weeks ago, and when I visited the team store at CBP, that was the available photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com