Description

2011 Tristar Obak is a 120-card set released August 10th, 2011. Each 24-pack box will yield three short-prints, four autographs, serial-numbered to 100 copies or fewer -- one of which is a Cut Signature serial-numbered to 75 copies or fewer; two full-sized parallels serial-numbered to 75 copies or fewer; one T-212 parallel serial-numbered to 75 copies or fewer, and a Cabinet box topper serial-numbered to 80 copies or fewer.

While not licensed by either MLB or the MLBPA, Obak does feature autographs from the likes of Ken Griffey, Jr., Cal Ripken, Jr., and a rookie year autograph of Mike Trout.

Only 1800 serial-numbered Hobby boxes were produced.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack. 24 boxes per case. 1800 boxes produced.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	120	-	?
short set	110	-	?
SPs	10	-	1:8
Orange "75"	11	75	PAR
Gold	11	50	PAR
Green	120	25	PAR
Orange "10"	110	10	PAR
Blue	120	5	PAR
Purple	121	one-of-one	PAR
T-212	24	-	one-per-pack
T-212 Brown	24	75	MINI PAR
T-212 Green	24	25	MINI PAR
T-212 Blue	24	5	MINI PAR
T-212 Purple	24	one-of-one	MINI PAR
Autographs	49	100	AU
Autographs Orange	26	75	AU
Autographs Brown	35	50	AU
Autographs Green	44	25	AU
Autographs Blue	46	5	AU
Autographs Purple	47	one-of-one	AU 1/1
T-212 Autographs Green	6	10	AU
T-212 Autographs Blue	6	5	AU
T-212 Autographs Purple	6	one-of-one	AU 1/1
Cut Signatures Bronze	3	75	CUT
Cut Signatures Blue	7	50	CUT
Cut Signatures Green	39	25	CUT
Cut Signatures Red	30	5	CUT
Cut Signatures Purple	18	one-of-one	CUT 1/1
Cut Signatures Dual	3	one-of-one	CUT 1/1

PAR: Odds of finding a parallel: 1:12/packs.
MINI PAR: Odds of finding a T-212 parallel: 1:24/packs.
AU: Odds of finding an Autograph: 1:8/packs.
CUT: Odds of finding a Cut Signature: 1:24/packs.
1/1: Odds of finding a one-of-one Autograph or Cut Signature: 1:576.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
2 Nolan Ryan
3 Josh Gibson
4 Frank Grant
5 Cal Hubbard UMP
6 Carl Hubbell
7 Pete Incaviglia
8 John Henry Lloyd
9 Jim Bottomley
10 Jesse Burkett
11 Tom Cheney
12 Andre Dawson
13 Hugh Duffy
14 Hughie Jennings
15 Charles Radbourn
16 Gus Weyhing
17 Chief Wilson
18 Hack Wilson
19 Jack Chesbro
20 Ed Delahanty
21 Jim Gentile
22 Glen Gorbous
23 Pete Gray
24 Ernie Harwell
25 Addie Joss
26 Bob Montgomery
27 Dale Murphy
28 John Olerud
29 Tip O'Neill
30 Doc Powers
31 Germany Schaefer
32 Bob Addy
33 Doug Allison
34 Roger Bresnahan
35 Jack Clements
36 Judge William Cooper
37 Ford Frick COMR
38 Rich Gossage
39 George Hancock
40 Elston Howard
41 Bill Klem UMP
42 Kenesaw Mountain Landis COMR
43 Dickey Pearce
44 Jacob Ruppert
45 Eiji Sawamura
46 Joe Start
47 Bill Stern
48 Moses Fleetwood Walker
49 Arch Ward
50 Mickey Welch
51 William Wheaton
52 Joe Carter
53 Bobby Thomson
54 Cap Anson
55 Ross Barnes
56 Roger Connor
57 Joe Cronin
58 Marty Kavanagh
59 Mike O'Neill
60 Jim O'Rourke
61 Lee Richmond
62 Jimmy Sebring
63 Harold Baines
64 Ron Blomberg
65 Shawon Dunston
66 Danny Goodwin
67 Tim Pyznarski
68 Johnny Vander Meer
69 Don Schwall
70 Roy Sievers
71 Manny Banuelos
72 Brandon Belt
73 Bobby Borchering
74 Zach Britton
75 Christian Colon
76 Randall Delgado
77 Paul Goldschmidt
78 Jerad Head
79 Jared Hoying
80 Brandon Laird
81 Jake Lemmerman
82 Lance Lynn
83 Wil Myers
84 Edward Salcedo
85 Gary Sanchez
86 Jonathan Singleton
87 Jameson Taillon
88 Mike Trout
89 Alex White
90 Will Clark
91 Charlie Gehringer
92 Cool Papa Bell
93 Frankie Frisch
94 Michael McGreevy
95 Fred Merkle
96 Al Simmons
97 Paul Waner
98 George Bush POTUS
99 William Taft POTUS
100 Whitey Ford
101 Elmer Gedeon
102 Roy Gleason
103 Hank Gowdy
104 Eddie Grant
105 Hank Greenberg
106 Stan Musial
107 Phil Rizzuto
108 Red Schoendienst
109 Cecil Travis
110 Cole White
111 Cal Ripken, Jr. SP
112 Whitey Ford SP
113 Roy Gleason SP
114 Hank Gowdy SP
115 Eddie Grant SP
116 Hank Greenberg SP
117 Stan Musial SP
118 Phil Rizzuto SP
119 Cecil Travis SP
120 Cole White SP

Parallels

All 120 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Green (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to five)
Purple (one-of-one)

Orange

All 120 base cards are also available in an Orange parallel. Cards #1-110 are serial-numbered to ten, while cards #111-120 are numbered to 75 copies.

Gold

The last ten cards in the base set (#111-#120) are also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

Graham McNamee

A card of broadcaster Graham McNamee (sequentially-numbered #79) was not available in the base set but is available in the following parallels.

Orange (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
Green (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to five)
Purple (one-of-one)

Inserts

T-212

Seeded into each pack is a T-212 card. Each measures 1 3/8" X . Each is also available in the following parallels.

Brown (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
Green (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to five)
Purple (one-of-one)

1 Ken Griffey Jr.
2 Cal Ripken Jr.
3 Nolan Ryan
4 Josh Gibson
5 Bobby Thomson
6 Joe Carter
7 Cap Anson
8 Paul Waner
9 Charlie Gehringer
10 Jack Chesbro
11 Doc Powers
12 Cole White
13 Kenesaw Landis
14 Manny Banuelos
15 Zach Britton
16 Mike Trout
17 Roy Gleason
18 Eddie Grant
19 Whitey Ford
20 Whitey Ford WWII
21 Hank Greenberg
22 Hank Greenberg WWii
23 Stan Musial
24 Stan Musial WWII

T-4 Cabinet

Each sealed Hobby box contains one of fifteen T-4 Cabinet boxtoppers. Each is serial-numbered to 80 copies and also available in the following parallels.

Brown (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Green (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to five)
Purple (one-of-one)

T4B1 Nolan Ryan / Tom Cheney
T4B2 Ron Blomberg / Mickey Welch
T4B3 Roy Gleason / Cole White
T4B4 Bob Montgomery / John Olerud
T4B5 Ernie Harwell / Bill Stern
T4B6 Joe Carter / Bobby Thomson
T4B7 Manny Banuelos / Whitey Ford
T4B8 Jameson Taillon / Mike Trout
T4B9 Gus Weyhing / Hugh Jennings
T4B10 Pete Incaviglia / Roger Connor
T4B11 Don Schwall / Roy Sievers
T4B12 Will Clark / James Thomas Bell
T4B13 Tim Pyznarski / Johnny Van der Meer
T4B14 Brandon Laird / Gary Sanchez
T4B15 Red Schoendienst / Stan Musial

Autographs

Each Autograph is serial-numbered to 100 copies and also available in the following parallels.

Orange (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
Brown (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Green (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to five)
Purple (one-of-one)

NOTES

Cards A3, A12, A22, A31, A38, A39, A43, A44 and A45 are not available in the Orange parallel.
Cards A7, A8, A14, A20, A25, A28, A33, A34 and A47 are not available in either the Orange or Brown parallels.
Cards A19 and A42 are not available in the Orange, Brown or Green parallels.
Cards A2, A9, and A37 are not available in the Orange, Brown, Green or Blue parallels.

A1 Harold Baines
A2 Manny Banuelos
A3 Brandon Belt
A4 Ron Blomberg
A5 Bobby Borchering
A6 Zach Britton
A7 Joe Carter
A8 Will Clark
A9 Christian Colon
A10 Randall Delgado
A11 Shawon Dunston
A12 Andy Etchebarren
A13 Daniel Fields
A14 Whitey Ford
A15 Jim Gentile
A16 Roy Gleason
A17 Paul Goldschmidt
A18 Danny Goodwin
A19 Rich Gossage
A20 Ken Griffey, Jr.
A21 Ron Hansen
A22 Jared Hoying
A23 Pete Incaviglia
A24 Brandon Laird
A25 Jake Lemmerman
A26 Ben McDonald
A27 Bobby Montgomery
A28 Dale Murphy
A29 John Olerud
A30 Gregg Olson
A31 Dylan Owen
A32 Tim Pyznarski
A33 Cal Ripken, Jr.
A34 Nolan Ryan
A35 Eduardo Salcedo
A36 Aaron Sanchez
A37 Gary Sanchez
A38 Jerry Sands
A39 Red Schoendienst
A40 Don Schwall
A41 Roy Sievers
A42 Sting
A43 Jameson Taillon
A44 Mike Trout
A45 Alex White
A46 Cole White
A47 Cole White
A48 Mason Williams
A49 Alex Wilson

T-212 Autographs

Each T-212 Autograph is serial-numbered to ten and also available in the following parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to five)
Purple (one-of-one)

T-4 Cabinet Autographs

Each T-4 Cabinet Autograph is serial-numbered to five and also available in a one-of-one Purple parallel.

Cut Signatures

NOTE: Plenty of these Cut Signatures feature players who, as of 2011, were not dead.

Bronze

Each Cut Signature Bronze is serial-numbered to 75 copies.

Ernie Banks
Harmon Killebrew
Frank Robinson

Blue

Each Cut Signature Bronze is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

Luis Aparicio
Ernie Banks
Ron Blomberg
Bob Feller
Harmon Killebrew
Frank Robinson
Al Rosen

Green

Each Cut Signature Green is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

Luis Aparicio
Ernie Banks
Yogi Berra
Ron Blomberg
Lou Boudreau
Dolph Camilli
Bert Campaneris
Andre Dawson
Bobby Doerr
Carl Erskine
Bob Feller
Rick Ferrell
Lefty Gomez
Jason Heyward
Todd Hollandsworth
LaMarr Hoyt
Al Hrabosky
Catfish Hunter
Monte Irvin
Fergie Jenkins
George Kell
Don Kessinger
Harmon Killebrew
Ron Kittle
Bill Madlock
Bake McBride
Denny McLain
John Montefusco
Gary Peters
Johnny Podres
Robin Roberts
Frank Robinson
Al Rosen
Don Schwall
Joe Sewell
Sonny Siebert
Enos Slaughter
Duke Snider
Jerome Walton

Red

Each Cut Signature Red is serial-numbered to five.

Luke Appling
Earl Averill
Al Barlick
Yogi Berra
Ron Blomberg
Bobby Doerr
Don Drysdale
Carl Erskine
Charlie Gehringer
Lefty Gomez
Todd Hollandsworth
Al Hrabosky
Carl Hubbell
Catfish Hunter
Monte Irvin
Fergie Jenkins
George Kell
Harmon Killebrew
Bill Madlock
Eddie Mathews
Bake McBride
Denny McLain
Johnny Mize
Gary Peters
Robin Roberts
Frank Robinson
Don Schwall
Joe Sewell
Virgil Trucks
Early Wynn

Purple

Each Cut Signature Purple is a one-of-one

Joe Adcock
Dolph Camilli
Max Carey
Joe Cronin
Curt Flood
Todd Hollandsworth
Catfish Hunter
Bake McBride
Gil McDougald
Joe Medwick
John Montefusco
Joe Nuxhall
Gary Peters
Albert Pujols
Pee Wee Reese
Charlie Sheen
Bob Turley
Bucky Walters

Dual

Each Cut Signature Dual is a one-of-one

Joe McCarthy / Walter Alston
Charlie Root / Babe Ruth
Ichiro / George Sisler