Monday, June 23, 2014

Topps BUNT

Cynical Buddha, over at Collector's Crack, turned me on to Topps BUNT. It is an app for both android and iPhone.  I use it on my android phone.  I can't explain it.  You get virtual coins for checking in each day and a bonus for checking in every day for the week.  Then you can go to the store and purchase virtual packs.  You can play cards and depending how the players do, you get points.  There is a leaderboard.  I think that if you get to the top you get special cards.  There are at least five levels of rarity.  Rainbows and everything.

Today I saw an Allen and Ginter pack.  I purchased two of them (5,000 coins each pack).  I came away with a Freddie Freeman card.




People already want to trade me for it.


I also got a Topps Fireman.




Here's a common card.



Uncommon.


Rare.


Scarce.


Super Rare.


Topps is doing a good job with updating the app, but maybe that means that there are issues with it.  I don't play the cards so much, just collect them by purchasing packs.  One can get virtual coins by spending real money.  I'm not going there.

If you'd like to be my BUNT friend my user name is MARK_AUBREY.

Sorry I didn't take the time to crop the screenshots.  I did, scale them down in size.  You're welcome.
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7 comments:

  1. night owlJune 24, 2014 at 3:10 AM

    I don't really get the whole Topps Bunt thing, but they need to make that Topps Fireman thing an actual card set.

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    1. Mark AubreyJune 24, 2014 at 4:11 PM

      I do like the Fireman. Firemen? Unless they used a lime green/yellow truck.

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  2. --DavidJune 24, 2014 at 6:58 AM

    I tried the app when they first launched it and couldn't get into it for whatever reason. These are a modern-day version of the CyberAction Digibles in my opinion: http://www.tribecards.net/2010/06/talking-with-founder-of-digibles.html

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    1. Mark AubreyJune 24, 2014 at 4:22 PM

      It reminds me of Baseball Boss. "A free online baseball game that combines fantasy baseball and baseball card collecting." Yeah, that didn't stick around long.

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  3. CommishbobJune 24, 2014 at 11:16 AM

    I downloaded it thinking it was the successor to their Pennant app which they abandoned a year or so ago without a word of explanation (a great app that had every boxscore from 1952 to the minute you opened the app). I played with the Bunt app for a few minutes but it didn't look like anything I wanted to mess with.

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    1. Mark AubreyJune 24, 2014 at 4:26 PM

      I stumbled across BackToBaseball.com. They have a phone app that has some great historical data and fantastic search abilities. I don't use it often, but when I do...

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  4. Alex MarkleJune 25, 2014 at 5:14 PM

    I just added you as a friend! I downloaded the app last week, but I am still figuring things out. Awesome "cards" you showed off.

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