Parallel Project

My 2013 Parallel Project updated December 19, 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

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

none today

Emerald

132 (Vogelsong), 227 (Altuve)

Purple Toys-R-Us

206 (Rollins), 209 (DeJesus) black better?, 229 (Samardzija)

Red Target

none today

Gold

135 (Hosmer)

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) upgrade

(92 Clint Barmes or 98 Gaby Sanchez - Orange or Black); OR (92 Barmes or 93 Kearns or 97 Espinosa or 98 Gaby Sanchez - Sapphire);

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

(114 McGeHee - Orange & 115 Hudson or 116 McCann - Black or Purple); switch of these BOTH = upgrade, first thing is orange 114

133 (James Shields - Pink)

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

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

(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 OR Orange);

244 (Luetge - Camo);

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

(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);

is there another Gold Rockie?

(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), 496 (Sizemore), 532 (Helton), 553 (Rutledge), 570 (Mesoraco), 582 (S. Smith), 616 (Balfour)

Emerald

555 (Hanrahan), 618 (Uehara) - Sportlots both

Purple Toys-R-Us

408 (Crisp), (435 Maurer or 440 Kinsler), (444 Walden or 448 Hudson CL or 451 Florimon least best); 464 (L. Jimenez) upgrade, 587 (Cain), 636 De Vries, (643 Garza or 648 Straily), 656 (Diamond)

Red Target

335 (Herrmann), 499 (B. Butler), 656 (Diamond)

Gold

359 (Sabathia CL), 384 (Jake McGee)

Blue Sparkle (aka "silver slate" wrapper redemption)

349 (Frieri), 545 (Presley), 577 (Matt Harvey) upgrade, 619 (Cishek)

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

(382 JBJr or 385 Belt or 386 Br. Phillips or 388 Turner - Sapphire) OR 380 NICASIO CAMO? RESEARCH

(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);

(428 McPherson or 433 Werner - Pink);

(444 Walden or 448 Hudson CL - Orange);

457 (Schierholtz) - Pink;

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

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

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

(617 Rodney or 619 Gomez - Orange);

(624 Justin Ruggiano or 625 Domonic Brown or 626 Gio Gonzalez or 631 Chris Carpenter - Black); allows no Wal•Mart blue page

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

(642 A. Jackson - Orange); best 

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

(646 Aumont or 649 Hanigan - Sapphire);

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);

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

(443 Marson or 447 Turner or 460 Bruce);

(476 Buck);

(533 Hardy or 535 Humber or 541 Lester); 

555 (Hanrahan);

568 (Lombardozzi);

(587 Matt 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, US298-US306

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Needs after obtaining Platinum

(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)

US299 (Ian Kennedy - Camo)

US306 (Pat Neshek - 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

2013 Topps parallels

Pink

132 Vogelsong or 

133 Shields

209 David DeJesus or 

212 Eric Chavez or 

214 Granderson or 

216 Willingham

219 Beckett or 

220 Dotel or 

226 Derek Lowe

228 A. Gonzalez or 

230 D. Robertson or 

231 M. Mesa

248 Colby Lewis or

250 Niese or

252 Ackley

286 Profar

308 Jennings or 

309 Chavez or 

311 Rajai Davis or 

314 AJ Ellis or 

316 Reddick

359 Sabathia CL

381 W. Peralta or 

387 Segura

411 Guzman or 

414 Buehrle or 

415 Martin

419 Moore or 

420 Porcello

428 McPherson or 

433 Werner

457 Schierholtz

479 K. Johnson or 

480 Berkman or 

482 Bonifacio

642 A. Jackson or 

643 Garza or 

645 L. Cruz

Black

103 Longoria  (orange better)

116 McCann

317 Orioles WC

319 Bogusevic

321 Craig

323 Brantley

325 Millwood

596 Dozier

602 A. Sanchez

629 Plouffe

624 Justin Ruggiano

625 Domonic Brown

626 Gio Gonzalez

631 Chris Carpenter

636 DeVries

Orange

28 Fielder    upgrade

65 Howell     upgrade

92 Barmes

98 G. Sanchez

103 Longoria

130 Motte

131 Kennedy

133 Shields

136 Clippard

149 Gallardo

201 Venters   ???

272 NL RBI

273 Fowler

274 Montero

275 Cueto

278 Garcia

290 Layne

295 Beague

344 Medlen    upgrade

391 Wood

394 U. Jimenez

395 Ramirez

396 Chapman

397 Aviles

444 Walden

448 Hudson CL

537 Walker

539 Coke

540 Bourne Defensive POY

596 Dozier

602 A. Sanchez   best team color

617 Rodney

619 Gomez

634 Smyly     best

635 Gyorko

638 Cashner

642 A. Jackson     upgrade