Parallel Project

My 2013 Parallel Project updated January 18, 2024

This is an attempt to put together a set of 2013 Topps using each parallel color, one color per slot on the binder page.

Series 1

Bold = sold out on COMC

Opening Day Blue Justin Masterson, Jacoby Ellsbury

Blue Wal•Mart       (groups of cards) = need any 1 from the group;  pending

none today

Emerald

260 (Giants NLDS)

Purple Toys-R-Us

57 (Lowe), 85 (Doolittle),  162 (Kyle Seager), 206 (Rollins), 209 (DeJesus) black better?, 229 (Samardzija)

Red Target

163 (Happ), 322 (Alex Gonzalez)

Gold

74 (Jansen), 135 (Hosmer), 159 (Paulino), 237 (Lyon), (256 Mike Minor or 257 Fister), 318 (Kuroda)

Blue Sparkle (aka "silver slate" wrapper redemption; not the /10 versions)

(120 Ian Desmond or 125 Cardinals Wild Card/Holliday); 157 (C. Capps), 300 (Murphy)

193 (Matt Carpenter) or use purple Carpenter + Pink 192 Javier Lopez OR Orange or Pink 199 Avisail Garcia

Sapphire, Pink, Black, Camo, Orange

28 (Fielder - Orange); 'team color' upgrade

65 (J.P. Howell - Orange) & 72 (Parra - Camo); upgrades

85 (Sean Doolittle RC - Black or Purple); upgrade

(92 Clint Barmes or 98 Gaby Sanchez - Orange); pink & black also interesting

103 (Longoria - Orange preferred or Black); pink w/replacement for 102 Span?

(114 McGeHee - Orange & 116 McCann - Black); switch of these 2 BOTH = upgrade

(132 Vogelsong or 133 Shields - Pink); OR (130 Motte or 131 Kennedy or 133 Shields or 136 Clippard - Orange);

149 (Gallardo - Orange)  or 146 McClellan or 152 Contreras Sapphire

(201 Venters - Orange); team color upgrade w/204 Gordon going to Gold

(209 David DeJesus or 212 Eric Chavez or 214 Granderson or 216 Willingham - Pink); DeJesus black OK

(219 Beckett or 220 Dotel or 226 Derek Lowe - Pink);

(228 A. Gonzalez or 230 D. Robertson or 231 M. Mesa - Pink upgrade);

244 (Luetge - Camo);

(248 Colby Lewis or 252 Ackley - Pink OR 250 Jonathon Niese - Pink or Sapphire);

(256 Mike Minor or 257 Doug Fister - Orange); Minor best

(264 Halladay CL or 267 Kipnis or 269 Cardinals NLDS or 271 Familia - Black OR Sapphire);

(272 NL RBI or 273 Fowler or 274 Montero or 275 Cueto or 278 Garcia - Orange or Black);

(286 Profar - Pink); upgrade only

(290 Layne or 295 Brandon League - Orange); CHECK OTHER WHITE SOX POSSIBLE PINK

(308 Jennings or 309 Chavez or 311 Rajai Davis or 314 AJ Ellis or 316 Reddick - Pink);

(317 Orioles WC or 319 Bogusevic or 321 Allen Craig or 323 Brantley or 325 Millwood - Black);

Sapphire Upgrades

6 (Howard);

(92 Barmes or 93 Kearns or 97 Espinosa or 98 Gaby Sanchez);

(120 Desmond or 125 M. Holliday Wild Card);

(146 McClellan or 152 Contreras);

250 (Niese);

261 (Trevor Rosenthal); Rosenthal best  RESEARCH POSSIBLE PINK PIRATE ELSEWHERE

(264 Halladay CL or 267 Kipnis or 269 Cardinals NLDS or 271 Familia);

(300 Murphy or 301 Saltalamacchia or 305 S. Miller); if no Murphy Sparkle

(317 Orioles WC or 319 Bogusevic or 321 Allen Craig or 323 Brantley);

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Series 2 Needs  (groups of cards) = need any 1 from the group; pending

Blue Wal•Mart

407 (Pierre), 532 (Helton), 553 (Rutledge), 570 (Mesoraco), 582 (S. Smith), 618 (Uehara) maybe Emerald to make a no WalMart page

Emerald

375 (Rosario), 568 (Lombardozzi)

Purple Toys-R-Us

375 (Rosario), 408 (Crisp), 418 (Gattis RC), (435 Maurer or 436 Andrus or 440 Kinsler); (444 Walden or 448 Hudson CL or 451 Florimon least best); 464 (L. Jimenez) upgrade, (475 G. Jones or 476 Buck), (480 Berkman or 482 Bonifacio); 587 (Cain), 619 (C. Gomez), 623 (Ogando), 636 De Vries, (643 Garza or 648 Straily), 656 (Diamond)

Red Target

335 (Herrmann), 499 (B. Butler), 623 (Ogando)

Gold

359 (Sabathia CL), 418 (Gattis RC), 504 (Bourn), 509 (Boesch), 572 (Lorenzo Cain), 606 (Trumbo), 622 (A. Escobar), 627 (Price CY)

Blue Sparkle (aka "silver slate" wrapper redemption)

349 (Frieri), 453 (Tulowitzki), 490 (Cody Ross), 545 (Presley), 577 (Matt Harvey) upgrade

Sapphire, Pink, Black, Camo, Orange

334 (Derek Norris - Camo) Green/Camo example card? 

344 (Medlen - Orange) minor upgrade

(359 Sabathia CL - Pink &/or 353 Norris or 356 Dobbs or 358 H. Alvarez or 361 Kratz - Sapphire); upgrade-ish, not important

(381 W. Peralta or 387 Segura - Pink) team color upgrade & (382 JBJr or 385 Belt or 386 Br. Phillips or 388 Turner - Sapphire) OR 380 NICASIO CAMO? RESEARCH

(390 McDonald or Kohler - Black) best & (390 McDonald or 392 Kohler or 393 A. Torres or 394 U. Jimenez or 396 Chapman or 397 Aviles - Sapphire) OR (390 McDonald or 391 Wood or 394 U. Jimenez or 395 Ramirez or 396 Chapman or 397 Aviles - Orange);

(411 Guzman or 414 Buehrle or 415 Martin - Pink);

(419 Moore or 420 Porcello - Pink); or 418 Gattis RC purple

(428 McPherson or 433 Werner - Pink); McPherson orange also good

(435 Maurer or 436 Andrus or 440 Kinsler - Black); Maurer best

(444 Walden or 448 Hudson CL - Orange);

457 (Schierholtz) - Pink;

(479 K. Johnson or 480 Berkman or 482 Bonifacio - Pink);

486 (Kuvwl) - Camo;

(492 J. Molina or 495 Benoit - Orange); Benoit best though upgrade only

(537 Walker or 539 Coke or 540 Bourn Def. POY - Orange);

558 (David Murphy - Black); 551 Castillo possible but then need Murphy purple

(596 Dozier or 602 A. Sanchez - Pink or Orange or Black); orange Sanchez best

(617 Rodney or 619 Gomez - Orange);

629 (Plouffe - Black);

636 (DeVries - Black) & (634 Smyly or 635 Gyorko or 638 Cashner - Orange); Smyly best

(642 A. Jackson - Orange); upgrade 

(642 A. Jackson or 643 Garza or 645 L. Cruz - Pink);

652 (Lucroy) - Black

Possible Sapphires

(353 Norris or 356 Dobbs or 358 H. Alvarez or 361 Kratz);

(382 JBJr or 385 Belt or 386 Br. Phillips or 388 Turner);

(390 McDonald or 392 Kohler or 393 A. Torres or 394 U. Jimenez or 396 Chapman or 397 Aviles);

(443 Marson or 447 Turner or 460 Bruce);

(475 G. Jones or 476 Buck);

494 (Callaspo);

(533 Hardy or 535 Humber or 541 Lester); 

555 (Hanrahan);

568 (Lombardozzi);

(569 Ludwick or 570 Mesoraco);

(587 Cain or 588 Zimmerman);

606 (Trumbo);

618 (Uehara);

(624 Ruggiano or 631 Carpenter);

(637 Revere or 639 Hamilton or 640 J. Castro);

(646 Aumont or 649 Hanigan);

(654 B. Barnes or 658 Freese).

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Update Set - this one will be tough, with no Purple, Blue Sparkle, or Factory Set Orange Available

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Platinum CAN NOT USE - US64-US72, US82-90, US109-US117, US181-US189, US199-US207, US226-US234

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Needs after obtaining Platinum

(US85 Strop or US86 Gaudin or US87 Gattis RD or US88 Tulowitzki AS or US89 M. Young - Camo);

(US202 Cespedes CL or US205 Prince Fielder AS - Target Red);

(US236 Shaun Marcum or US238 Eric Young Jr. or US 239 Justin Masterson AS or US243 Marwin Gonzalez - Sapphire); 

US237 (Mariano Rivera CL - Target Red)

US329 (Henry Urrutia - Emerald)

US330 (Yasiel Puig RD - Gold)

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Update Series Silk Collection Need:

Mitchell Boggs

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Horizontals project

Sapphire, Pink, Black, Camo, Orange

Sapphire possibles 10 Jones, 17 Choo, 26 Utley

Pink possibles 5 Gonzalez, 12 Pierzynski, 23 Weeks

Black possibles 5 Gonzalez, 10 Jones, 17 Choo, 23 Weeks, 26 Utley

Orange possibles 12 Pierzynski, 17 Choo,  23 Weeks,  26 Utley, 30 Feliz

4 Molina - WalMart; 26 Trout - Emerald