Anyone Collect Cards?

I do! mostly FB, BB and Soccer have some BKB but looking for dual autos and rpa's.

 

It sucks that there aren't a lot of kids out there that collect soccer cards. Part of the problem is they are not easy to find in stores.

I have a deal with my 7 year old son. Every time we go to a game I'll buy him 1 pack of TOPPS MLS 2015 Trading Cards for every goal we score. Then +1 pack if we win the game. It helps him stay more interested in the game on the field now. He has a vested interest in goals scored and a final win, lol. The cards are sold there at the stadium, so we go at the end of the game.

After accumulating enough cards I then ask him to put together what he considers a strong team. Who do you have as your best keeper? Who are your best defenders? Do you want to drop a defender to add a forward to your dream team (442 to 343)?

I'm trying to see if there's a game I can come up with based on the player stats where we can create 2 teams and play against each other to score goals. Kind of like a Pokemon game (or TOPPS Match Attax which is sold in England). But again the problem is my son has no one else to play this with, other than me. And the TOPPS cards have crappy stats on the back. Just Games Played, Assists, Goals, and Shots on Goal. No defending stats, passes completed, YC/RC, fouls, etc... to really develop any kind of game off of that. They have stats for baseball... why not add that to the soccer cards??

I think they should focus on improving their cards with more stats and developing an actual game with them. Then it will add a "fun" dimension to the cards that does not exist with baseball, hockey, etc,... and it could help take off from there.

Otherwise, they're too hard to find, boring to just collect and stare at, and why bother when other sports cards are so easy to find/buy at local stores (and their dads are probably encouraging their kids to buy baseball cards like they did when they were young).

 

me and my kid we just collect them and look for autograph cards or relic cards. and try to complete number sets. We love the thrill of hunting and discover rare cards.

we usually get 2014 chrome which for the price has 3 autos guaranteed.
http://www.blowoutcards.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21_47&products_id=9043

I don't know we just love it and if the card is super rare or a big name we can sale it and get a big chunk for it!

 

Bought a box of the Panini Prizm 2014 World Cup cards right before the world cup began. Pulled a dual autographed Van Persie/Arjen Robben numbered 8/10. Looking to try my luck with another box really soon.

 

did you sell it? this one is a similar card of yours sold in ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-Panini...10?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item4196571ab6

 

Why was it sold for so much?? It's not like they're really autographed by the player. They're just machine printed signatures from the factory line.

 

mmmmm....... no they are not! all are hand sign by the player. Like all the sets of the big companies are hand sign and relic cards are guarantied to be worn by the player.
They are 2 types of autographs, on card or sticker. the fifa world cup set was sticker auto. topps chrome MLS are on card. Here is a link of the players signing stickers for the prizm set.
http://www.cherrycollectables.com.a...-delivers-worlds-greatest-autograph-checklist

 

My first post here!

I'm a big card collector and actually work with a card company as a photo editor. In terms of soccer I don't collect much of the newer stuff, but I do have all the 1980s and 1990s MISL sets put out by Pacific. I've just started a project to try to get as many autographed as I can (hence my screenname).

 

I collect Sporting Kansas City, various tobacco cards, and American players cards. I've got my SKC collection scanned and am currently building a website for them and MLS card collecting in general.

 

Cool! prices are crazy high right now, I have my eye in a couple of Villa autos..... will see

 

I used to collect real soccer cards yellow cards and the occasional red card. But don't we all.

 

I created a simple game where kids collect MLS trading cards and put together a team of players in a valid formation (4-3-3, 3-5-2, 4-4-2, etc...)

Kids then go head to head comparing TOPPS stats (Shots, Goals, Assists) to score goals and win the game.

Ex:
The kids decide they'll play using Shots as the stat.
They put together their team.
Child 1 decides to play Kaka. Child 2 decides to play David Villa. Since Villa has more shots than Kaka, attack is stopped, ball is turned over to child 2 and both cards are placed in discard pile.
Child 2 decides to attack with Giovinco. Child 1 defends with Lloyd Sam. Since Giovinco has more shots than Sam the attack succeeds and child 2 scores a goal. Both cards go into discard pile and child 1 gets the kickoff to attack and score.

And you repeat until all 11 players are used.

You can use Club cards and All Star cards as Power Ups to give your player and extra 5 pts on any stat you are using (max of 3 power up cards per team can be played)

My kids are enjoying this. They're learning all the different players in the league and remembering who the good and bad players are. Unfortunately, they can only play with each other because no other friends play this at school or follow MLS, let alone collect the trading cards.

 

I do.

Anyway, I also started a thread on American soccer and players cards : http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/trading-cards-in-american-soccer.2033802/

 

I have always mostly collected baseball but recently realized what about soccer? I just never had thought to collect, I guess. So I started off thinking I'd go into some vintage stuff to start with - focusing on Pele for now. I'm excited to research it all...lots of foreign sets, etc....very interesting cards!

 

credit card maybe

 

I purchase MLS trading cards every year. This year TOPPS introduced throwback cards on the 1987 baseball design. The throwback cards contain so many more stats (Games played, fouls committed, offsides, goals, assists, yellow and red cards, and more...) than just the 4 stats on the standard card set.

Why can't these extra stats and information be included in the standard set every year? Does it increase the cost of the cards?

I think many MLS fans would appreciate the extra stats. If you agree feel free to send your comments to:

https://topps.custhelp.com/app/ask

 

I just busted open 9 cases of the 2015 Donruss soccer cards if anyone is looking for sets inserts , autographs or bulk lots send me a private message

 

I opened up a hobby box of MLS Stadium Club this weekend. 2 autos, nothing major.