I haven’t been buying much retail unless it is an impulse buy or something that I really want. These would fall under the impulse category.
Both pretty underwhelming but we are talking about one off retail fat packs. I was more curious about Unparalleled. Hockey is in my blood and was an impulse buy. It feels like MVP is more of a set builders product. I am past the point where I want cards just to have cards. If anything, these will be given to a kid for Halloween.
Player of the Day is back and better than ever; well worth trying if that is your cup of tea. I figured why not and went for it. I am glad I did as the Minshew rookie card is awesome. The other pack is fitting that I got it from an SoCal sports card shop with Rivers and Gurley. I heard that their were autographs and memorabilia cards in here but I have yet to see any. There are definitely decoy cards.
Guess what? I have a pack to give away of this. RT the Twitter link below. Open to everyone in the USA; and if you are outside and willing to pay shipping then enter as well.
I finally found some out in the wild. I offered to pick some of these up for the card shop but it looks like they had their day as a quick scan of eBay sold listings can see people dumping these for $15. That said, I love basketball and am looking forward to seeing Zion and Ja Morant this season. I also have a few other rookies that I am high on. So let’s see what this box is made of.
The autograph wasn’t anything special but I did pull inserts of players that I am excited about in Cam Reddish and Dylan Windler. My autograph is of a guy who will probably be cut in training camp but it is so early that you never know. I will never forget the year that I pulled a couple of Paul Millsap autographs and look at what he turned into.
I see Target has raised the price on these to $29.99. I feel that is just greedy. Then again, I see people grabbing these out of greed and not because they want them or will open them. This is a solid product at $19.99 but with the amount of filler autographs this isn’t worth much more, even if hobby packs are selling for $60.
I am very disappointed about the base design this year as I feel that Panini is coasting by having it be too close to past years versions. Perhaps it is time for an update there.
Let’s post a quick break. I picked up a Topps Heritage box of the current season for $60 when it came out and just opened it. Truthfully, I cannot stand Heritage as a standalone but as a player collector, I always chase these cards as they tend to be more expensive when sold as standalone base.
A fun rip. I knew most of the players. Jake McCarthy auto. I didn’t open the Box Topper but because it was yellow, you could see through it. It was a Wander Franco one.
I have been pretty big into building sets for about a year now. I have also enjoyed Upper Deck a ton lately. I also enjoy cheap products. I also….
So this box is currently on sale at multiple places for under $20. The selling point on the checklist was Jameis Winston. I personally grabbed it for Devin Funchess and Todd Gurley. I also like the patch cards coming out of this. We aren’t talking about a deep checklist. It is 2019 and we have seen the players develop already. USA Football is good for some signers in the CFL who just don’t sign that often; specifically offensive lineman. So let’s take a quick peak into what I grabbed.
The cards were protected pretty good. I didn’t get any names but if this was 2012/13, I would have been ecstatic as I got an offensive lineman auto. That said, look how beautiful the cards are.
Today one of my Danish brothers joined me as we opened up a soccer product.
The box did not give anything close to a full set. Most people are not buying this product for a set though. For a $30 autograph chase, you could do a lot worse. I personally feel that soccer, especially European products are an underappreciated market. You could easy stumble into some big names at a low cost box here.
I had no idea that they made retail packs of these until I saw them on the Walmart website. I had to take a flyer on it.
3 packs inside. This is a pack by pack breakdown.
Look mom, I got a hit.
Today we have a $10 rack box of Panini Chronicles that you can find at your average big box retailer. No guarantees but a fun product. I enjoy this product so much that I was surprised to learn that the majority of card shop owners and dealers do not like it. I guess no one is doing a Chronicles set. Regardless, I love it.
I was surprised not to see any of these on YouTube and wanted to put it out there because I was curious myself. Parkhurst is my personal favorite hockey release of last season. I actually put together two of the insert sets from the product and am considering doing a ‘View From the Ice’ set for myself.
If you aren’t familiar with Loot Locker, you get 3 hobby packs of your chosen sport for the price of a blaster. In the back of my mind, I told myself that I wanted to grab a pack of Artifacts before they dried up. When the lineup of packs was released and I saw Artifacts I jumped.
I have horrible luck with the Loot Locker and the streak continued.
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