Hit up Walmart hoping for Heritage Mega's. They had approx. 10. I picked up 3 of them for a Friday night rip. Yes, I'm single.
They also had approx. 10 2023-24 Prizm basketball mega's. One was damaged. I have zero will power.
I don't even like basketball. I guess it paid off.
Low end impulse purchase.
Hot Box!
Sample Purple Chromes
Box Topper
Red Auto /74 of my all-time favorite player!
I'm probably the only person to be excited about this hit.
Had an appointment with the LCS owner about insurance. That one lonely BB box sat there all sad by itself.
Base RC's
Base Top Prospects
Better Refractors
Color Refractors
Wave
Purple /250
Gold Lava /75
Red /10
Base Auto's
As I posted in the Morning thread, I picked up a couple of these from Costco today. I opened one at work and was very happy with the results!
Exclusive Oversized & Companion cards.
Flagship cards, nice thick cards. All of mine were base cards.
Out of one of the Update packs I pulled my...
Highlights from my Update Jumbo box yesterday.
Jorge Soler All-Star Stiches Relic
Johnny Bench MVP Medallion Black /199
Bryce Harper Topps Black Gold Autograph Redemption
Serial numbered #/25 or less. 1:18,787
Blake Snell Silver Pack Orange Auto /25
Found 4 blasters at Walmart. Simpler design. I really like it. Liked it so well I grabbed a Hobby box.
Apparently I got the Cardinals boxes.
Blaster Hits:
Ivan Herrera Green Paper /399
Moises Ballesteros Green Shimmer /99
Hobby Hits:
Atomic
Refractor /499
Lava /399
Aqua Shimmer /125...
Well, This was worth it!
1988 Auto 1:32, Mother's Day 1:134
1988 Relic 1:29, City Connect 1:29
Silver Pack Royal RC, Silver Pack Base Auto Redemption
Rainbow Foil 1:2 Rutschman RC, Gold Foil 1:2 Julio Rodriguez
SSP 1:46 So not quite a case hit
AKA Insert 1:221
I like the design! Good list of RC's and Auto's
Cardboard Connection link:
https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2023-topps-series-1-baseball-cards
Base Rookies Set Checklist
15 Michael Grove - Los Angeles Dodgers RC
16 Nolan Gorman - St. Louis Cardinals RC
31 Riley Greene - Detroit Tigers RC
34...
The absolute best A&G box I've ever ripped!
A&G guarantees 3 Hits per box. My box had 4 hits and it was a HOT box! All of the base cards were Silver Portrait parallels!
Hot box parallel examples
The Hits
(Carew bat relic, Jake Cousins Framed mini auto, Josh Winder Framed mini black Printing...
One of One Show-Off Thread!
Doesn't matter what it is; Buy back, Print plate, Base parallel, Relic, Auto, RPA, Digital, Sketch, Artwork, Pop can, Beer bottle, Wood burned, Sculpture or a drawing from your Grandchild or Grandparent. It can be Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey, MMA, WWE...
I think the TCDb/SportLots release sounds good. Hopefully it will help some of us fills needs on our want lists.
Who knows about the Panini redemption release! I think I still have 6 I'm waiting to be fulfilled going back to 2014. I feel sorry for anyone that purchased a specific redemption...
https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2022-topps-series-2-baseball-cards
A few observations (Actually complaints):
Why can't Topps get the rookies that made the opening day roster into series 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No Witt, Jr., No Julio Rodriguez, No Torkelson!!! I'm sure there are others I missed...