Classic Wax 18 Pack Baseball Box (Part 1)

 

I've done a couple of Repacked Wax posts, so here is another repack offering called Classic Wax. The concept is the same, and there is also 18 packs of 15 cards (which I will break up into 2 posts)...although these are a bit more expensive ($99.99 after shipping and handling). So let's see if that translates into higher end cards. 

Pack 1

1978 Topps Greg Minton

1990 Fleer Tony Gwynn

1988 Leaf Dave Winfield

1975 Topps Clyde Wright

2005 Bowman Joe Mauer

1985 Topps Dave Bergman

1976 Topps Pete Rose

1982 Fleer Gary Lucas

1986 Leaf Diamond Kings Orel Hershiser

1990 Donruss Dale Murphy

1989 Topps Roberto Alomar

1982 Topps Mike Tyson

1987 Hygrade Baseball's All-Time Greats Paul Waner

1988 Classic Red Terry Steinbach

1989 Upper Deck Tony Phillips

A  1976 Pete Rose? Not a bad start at all. I must say I do enjoy watching all the YouTubers open these boxes...especially when they pull something like that 1987 Hygrade Paul Waner and have absolutely no idea what or who that is.

Pack 2

2020 Topps Heritage Scott Kingery 

1986 Fleer Baseball's Best Reggie Jackson

1976 Topps Tom Veryzer

1990 Fleer Ken Griffey Jr 

1994 Pacific Robin Yount

1964 Topps Len Gabrielson 

1982 Donruss Diamond Kings Johnny Bench

1989 Upper Deck Andre Dawson

1993 Classic Four Sport Brian Anderson

1992 Conlon Collection Freddie Lindstrom

1980 Topps Cardinals Future Stars George Frazier/Tom Herr/Dan O'Brien 

1984 Topps Alejandro Pena

1986 Donruss Diamond Kings Jerry Koosman

1981 Donruss Jeff Newman

The first 60's card is a 1964 Topps. One of the things I noticed is that the conditions of the older cards are much better than Repacked Wax (as they should be). A card like the 1992 Freddie Lindstrom would also bring confusion to most YouTubers.

Pack 3

1980 Topps Ron Guidry

1983 Topps Super Veteran Al Oliver

1989 Pacific Baseball Legends Phil Cavaretta

1990 Donruss Robin Yount

1986 Topps Eddie Murray

1973 Topps Marty Perez

1988 Fleer Lee Smith

1970 Topps RBI Leaders Harmon Killebrew/Boog Powell/Reggie Jackson

1991 Leaf Tom Glavine

1982 Topps St Louis Cardinals Batting & Pitching Leaders Keith Hernandez/Bob Forsch

1976 Topps Stan Thomas 

1982 Fleer Reggie Cleveland

2000 Topps Francisco Cordova

1989 Topps George Bell

The 1970 Topps RBI Leaders card was a quite good shape...although miscut, a common occurrence in these types of boxes.

 Pack 4

1996 Fleer Update Kevin Brown

1986 Topps Alan Trammell

1978 Topps Jerry Royster

2005 Topps David Ortiz

1990 Donruss Lee Smith

1975 Topps Ted Kubiak

1985 Topps Dave Meier

1976 Topps Rod Carew

1982 Fleer Juan Eichelberger

1986 Leaf Doyle Alexander

2003 Upper Deck Russ Ortiz

1977 Topps Vern Ruhle

1982 Topps Alvis Woods

2004 Topps Traded Jim Crowell

1976 Topps Rod Carew! My only complaint so far is that the majority of packs only had 14 cards instead of the 15 that was stated on the wrappers.

Pack 5

1978 Topps Bob Bailor

1990 Fleer Dave Winfield

1977 Topps Dock Ellis

1985 Topps Bret Saberhagen

1987 Donruss Highlights Mark McGwire

1973 Topps Phil Gagliano

2020 Topps Nolan Arenado

1962 Topps Don Larsen

1989 Donruss Eric Plunk

1986 Topps Quaker Chewy Granola Bars Jim Rice

1981 Topps Larry Milbourne

1983 Fleer Dave Frost

1979 Topps Mario Guerrero

2011 Topps Jaime Garcia

Classic Wax also has more of the oddball type cards...unfortunately I already have most that I've pulled so far.

Pack 6

1985 Topps Wally Backman

1987 Fleer Garry Templeton

1978 Topps Paul Linblad

1982 Donruss Diamond Kings Joe Morgan

1981 Donruss Steve Renko

2000 Fleer Impact Roger Clemens

1982 Topps Bo Diaz

1984 Topps NL All-Star Mike Schmidt

1990 Donruss MVP Alan Trammell 

1974 Topps Andy Etchebarren

1982 Fleer Richard Dotson

1986 Leaf Lloyd Moseby

1977 Topps Larry Lintz

1983 Fleer Greg Pryor

I especially like the Larry Lintz card. It's not every year that someone plays in 68 major league games but only gets 1 official at bat. (He actually had 4 plate appearances, but walked twice and sacrificed once.)

Pack 7

1976 Terry Crowley

1980 Bert Roberge

1986 Donruss Highlights Roger Clemens

1981 Donruss Byron McLaughlin

1990 Donruss Jose Canseco

1985 Topps Ryne Sandberg

1979 Topps Carlton Fisk 

2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Bobby Dalbec

1992 Fleer Ultra Willie Wilson

1968 Topps Rookie Stars Larry Colton/Dick Thoenen

1983 Donruss Kent Tekulve

1993 Fleer Ultra Mark McGwire

1971 Topps Billy Conigliaro

1983 Fleer Jim Slaton

2008 Topps Opening Day Wladimir Balentien

1968 Rookie Stars...so close yet so far.

Pack 8

1984 Topps Traded Rick Sutcliffe

1979 Topps Joe Morgan

1988 Fleer Tim Raines

1987 Topps Cal Ripken

1958 Topps Gino Cimoli

1990 Fleer Lee Mazzilli

1973 Topps Johnny Briggs

1991 Donruss The Rookies Pat Kelly

1977 Topps Ron Blomberg

2020 Topps Paul Goldschmidt 

1982 Topps In Action Steve Garvey 

1990 Score Bo Jackson

1987 Donruss Gene Garber

1989 Toys "R" Us Cecil Espy

I was happy to pull a card from 1958...even though it was also a tad miscut.

Pack 9

1978 Topps Duffy Dyer

1986 Donruss Highlights Kirby Puckett

1984 Topps Traded Ray Burris

1987 Fleer Limited Edition Roger Clemens

1983 Donruss Manny Trillo

1963 Topps Earl Francis

1993 Classic Four Sport Jamey Wright

1971 Topps Steve Renko

1990 Donruss Diamond Kings Ken Griffey Jr.

1979 Topps Jesus Alou

1989 Toys "R" Us Kevin Elster

1991 Fleer Ultra Fred McGriff

2021 Topps Heritage Dodgers Rookie Stars Keibert Ruiz/Mitch White

1987 Topps Opening Day Bob Ojeda

The 71's weren't bad...some rounded corners and chipping but these are so tough to find in good condition. 

Not a bad first half...there was also Bret Saberhagen and Bobby Dalbec Rookies that snuck by...but that '76 Pete Rose makes the first half quite impressive. You don't buy these hoping for a good ROI, but I'm certainly not going to complain if I do. Next post will be the second half of the box.

Thanks for reading!

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