Box Break: 2017 Donruss Elite Football

 

So after a pretty successful Bowman Platinum break, I felt like I was due for a letdown and typically football does that to me. Elite looked like a fun product to bust and so I bit the bullet and ordered a box and finally got to open it yesterday. Here's what I got

Rookies
Amara Darboh (#442/499)
Deshaun Watson (#418/499)
Sidney Jones (#387/499)

Red Parallel
Todd Gurley (#118/149)

Purple Parallel
Thomas Rawls (#36/99)
Zach Cunningham RC (#13/99)
Adam Shaheen RC (#34/99)

Orange Parallel
Taco Charlton RC (#10/25)

Aspirations
Jameis Winston (#54/97)

Face to Face Purple Parallel
Tom Brady/Ben Roethlisberger (#6/49)

Fired Up
Tom Brady (#281/299)

Family Ties
Travis/Jason Kelce (#219/299)

Rookie Elitist
Christian McCaffrey

Man Coverage
Ronnie Lott

College Ties
Jimmy Graham/David Njoku

Title Waves
Terrell Davis

Home Field Advantage
J.J. Watt


Pro Bowl Standouts Jersey
Eli Manning

Turn Of The Century Auto
John Ross (#44/99)

Pen Pals Auto
John Ross

Overall Thoughts: Well, very satisfied with the break! I usually complain about getting multiple hits of the same player, because usually the player sucks but I'll take two autos of John Ross (one of them on card) over some of the other guys in the set all the time! I really like the look of the base set (sooooo shiny!!) and inserts too. It was cool pulling a couple of Brady inserts (one numbered to 49) and then of course pulling the DeShaun Watson rookie was nice. The Eli Jersey is filler but overall a very fun and successful break! I kept the mojo going! Here's pics of the cards!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 5 Pulls of 2017 

#1- 2016 Donruss Optic Gold Vinyl Cam Newton 1/1 

#2- 2017 Bowman Platinum Platinum Cuts Gleyber Torres Autograph (#14/25) 
#3- 2017 Bowman Platinum Autographs Gleyber Torres Green Parallel (#16/75)  
#4- 2017 Topps Heritage 1968 Topps Game Rookies Aaron Judge
#5- 16-17 Donruss Optic Jaylen Brown Rookie Signatures

Box Breaks: 8 Hangers, 4 Blasters, and 2 Collector Boxes of 2017 Bowman Platinum

 

So as I stated on Friday, Bowman Platinum has been on of the hottest products of the week thanks to it A)Having Cody Bellinger's first rookie card and B)Being a Wal Mart Exclusive. Everyone is wiping out Wal Marts clean all over the country buying these up. I was lucky that my Dad took a trip to our local Wal Mart and was able to buy it the inventory as they were stocking. I just got finished ripping it all and here's what I got!

8 Hanger Packs


Aaron Judge RC

Exclusive Prospect Cards (1:1)
Willie Calhoun
Ian Happ
Brady Aiken
Anthony Alford
Jorge Mateo
Joe Jimenez
Yadier Alvarez
Dylan Cozens


Bowman's Next Generation (1:2)
Anthony Alford
Jahmal Jones
Nick Gordon
Anderson Espinoza

Bowman's Next Generation Purple (1:43)
Brendan Rodgers (#206/250)

Rookie Radar (1:2)
Orlando Arcia
Yulieski Gurriel
Manny Margot
Jose De Leon

Platinum Presence (1:4)
Mickey Moniak
Tyler Glasnow

Purple Parallel (1:13)
Nick Gordon (#66/250)

Orange Parallel (1:127)
Tyler Austin (#7/25)

Blaster #1

Rookie Radar (1:7)
Yoan Moncada


Bowman's Next Generation (1:7)
Anthony Alford

Platinum Presence (1:7)
Josh Donaldson


4 Card Parallel Pack
Brendan Rodgers
Mitch Keller
Nelson Cruz
Danny Salazar

Blaster 2

Cody Bellinger Base RC

Rookie Radar (1:7)
Yulieski Guerriel

Bowman's Best Next Generation (1:7)
Nick Senzel

Green Prospect Parallel (1:79)
Thomas Szapucki (#64/99)


Platinum Presence (1:7)

Orlando Arcia

4 Card Parallel Pack
Matt Chapman
Fernando Romero
Tyler Austin
Jorge Alfaro

Blaster #3

Cody Bellinger Base RC


Bowman's Next Generation (1:7)
Cody Bellinger

Green Parallel (1:79)
Mark Trumbo (#90/99)

Platinum Presence (1:7)
Trevor Story

Rookie Radar (1:7)
Tyler Glasnow

4 Card Parallel Pack
Andrew Benintendi
Anthony Alford
Joe Jimenez
Brandon Belt

Platinum Cuts Auto Black Parallel (1:841)
GLEYBER TORRES!! (#14/25)

Blaster 4

Rookie Radar (1:7)
Hunter Renfroe

Rookie Radar Purple (1:156)
Jorge Alfaro (#174/250)

Bowman's Next Generation (1:7)
Cody Bellinger

Green Parallel (1:79)
Trevor Story (#42/99)

Platinum Presence (1:7)
J.P. Crawford

4 Card Parallel Pack
Mickey Moniak
Brendan Rodgers
Corey Seager
Mookie Betts

So 1 Judge, 2 Bellinger Base and 2 Bellinger Next Gen in the Hangers and Blasters, oh yeah and the Torres Auto lol. Not too bad I must say. Onto the collector boxes!

Collector's Box #1

Aaron Judge Base RC


Bowman's Next Generation (1:5)
Josh Staumont
Eloy Jimenez
Victor Robles
Kyle Lewis

Rookie Radar (1:5)
Hunter Renfroe
Yoan Moncada
Jose DeLeon
Yulieski Guerriel

Platinum Presence (1:11)
Anderson Espinoza
Dansby Swanson

Purple Parallel (1:33)
Jose Bautista

Green Prospects Parallel (1:84)
Max Fried (#82/99)

Autograph (1:19)
Alex Kirilloff

Autograph Green (1:158)
GLEYBER TORRES (#16/75)

Collector's Box #2

Aaron Judge Base RC


Bowman's Next Generation (1:5)
Ozzie Albies
Nick Senzel
Harrison Bader
Brendan Rodgers


Rookie Radar (1:5)
Tyler Glasnow
Alex Bregman
Dansby Swanson
Cody Bellinger

Platinum Presence (1:10)
Paul Goldschmidt
Corey Seager


Purple Parallel (1:33)
Francisco Lindor (#248/250)

Purple Prospect Parallel (1:121)
AJ Puk (#132/250)

Autographs (1:19)
P.J. Conlon

MLB Autographs Orange Parallel (1:1,186)
Jacob DeGrom (#12/25)

Oh man was this a fun break. I think I did pretty good Autograph wise to say the least, two different Torres and a DeGrom numbered to 25! Pulled 3 Judge Base, Two Belly Bases, and 3 total Belly inserts, not to mention multiple copies of other rookies such as Bregman, Swanson, Moncada etc. I never do prospect driven products but I had a BLAST with this! I actually went to another Wal Mart today and they had 4 blasters still. I picked them up but will try to flip them on Ebay and see if I can make a little money. Definitely worth picking up!! Here's pic of the better cards! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 5 Pulls of 2017

#1- 2016 Donruss Optic Gold Vinyl Cam Newton 1/1 

#2- 2017 Bowman Platinum Platinum Cuts Gleyber Torres Autograph (#14/25)

#3- 2017 Bowman Platinum Autographs Gleyber Torres Green Parallel (#16/75)

#4- 2017 Topps Heritage 1968 Topps Game Rookies Aaron Judge
#5- 16-17 Donruss Optic Jaylen Brown Rookie Signatures

Box Breaks: 3 Blasters of 2017 Bowman

 

Like I said, I'm totally HOOKED on this baseball craze. With one of the most LOUSY basketball seasons of all time, not only because of the predictability of the Finals, but a horrible weak rookie class, it's nice to sink my teeth into something that's ON FIRE like baseball is. Even Retail is being bought at a record pace seems like, with everyone searching for Aaron Judge  cards. I decided to take a shot at three Blasters of Bowman baseball. I don't typically do Bowman breaks, but I decided to give it a whirl. Here's what I got

Blaster 1

Bowman Buyback (1:12)
Ian Kinsler 2007 Bowman Silver

Silver Parallel (1:71)
Matt Manning (#314/499)


Refractor (1:47)
Joe Jimenez (#113/499)

1951 Bowman Reproductions Insert (1:16)
Carlos Correa

Talent Pipeline (1:11)
Victor Robles/Erick Fedde/Austin Voth

Bowman Scouts Top 100 (1:8)
Trent Clark

Rookie Of The Year Favorites (1:8)
Andrew Benintendi

Blaster 2

Aaron Judge Base

Bowman 70th Parallel (1:94)
Kohl Stewart

Rookie Of The Year Favorites (1:8)
Jose De Leon

Talent Pipeline (1:11)
Eloy Jimenez/Ian Happ/Mark Zagunis

Bowman Buyback (1:12)
Dickie Thon 1990 Bowman Bronze

1951 Bowman Reproduction Insert (1:16)
Clayton Kershaw


Bowman's Scouts Top 100 (1:8)
J.P. Crawford

Blaster 3

Prospect Paper Autograph (1:69)
Patrick Weigel


Rookie Of The Year Favorites (1:8)
Jharel Cotton

Purple Refractor (1:94)
Joe Jimenez (#55/250)

1992 Bowman (1:11)
Yoenis Cespedes

1951 Bowman Reproduction (1:16)
Whitey Ford


Bowman's Scouts Top 100 (1:8)
Reynaldo Lopez

Silver (1:71)
Ryan Braun (#374/499)

Talent Pipeline (1:11)
Chase Vallot/Ryan O'Hearn/Jorge Bonificio

Overall Thoughts: Well..nothing big, but did pull an auto and a Judge Rookie. I'm also a big fun of the Bowman 1951 and 1992 Inserts. They look pretty cool. A Fun rip considering how much the hobby stuff is going for. Here's some pics of my pulls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 5 Pulls of 2017

#1- 2016 Donruss Optic Gold Vinyl Cam Newton 1/1 

#2- 2017 Topps Heritage 1968 Topps Game Rookies Aaron Judge
#3- 16-17 Donruss Optic Jaylen Brown Rookie Signatures
#4- 16-17 Donruss Optic Larry Bird The Champ Is Here Gold Holo (#4/10)
#5- 2016 Donruss Optic Derrick Henry Rated Rookie Autograph (#43/150)

It's definitely going to be a fun weekend!

 

Well..I got myself some ripping to do this weekend! The highly anticipated Bowman Platinum hit Wal Mart shelves this week and they have been selling like HOT CAKES. People are having difficult finding these as they contain Cody Bellinger's first official Rookie Card. I lucked out and while I was at work, asked my Dad (my parents are the greatest by the way) to swing by our local Wal Mart just to check if by chance they had them in stock, in reality thinking yeah right they probably don't. My Dad was there AT THE PERFECT TIME...they stocking the new cards as he got there. I had him pick up all the Bowman Platinum they had 2 Collector Boxes, 4 Blasters, and 8 Hanger Packs. If that wasn't enough, my orders for Elite and Topps Tier came in earlier this week. I just hadn't had a chance to open them yet, along with 3 Bowman Blasters I picked up at Wal Mart last weekend. If anything, it should be a fun journey for sure! Hopefully I pull some nice cards to make it even better! I'm going to start with the Bowman Blasters tonight and open the rest throughout the Weekend. Can't wait to get started!!

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I thought I had my blog set to receive notifications when someone posted on my page to publish comments since I've been getting a lot of spam comments recently..I guess I haven't because I had no idea I had many comments to approve! I apologize for not responding as I always appreciate feedback on my blog! I'll have to check out the moderating comments section more often from now on!

Box Break: 2017 Topps Series 1 Baseball

 

This whole Aaron Judge spectacle has been very fun to follow this baseball season. It's gotten me hooked on baseball cards for the first time in a long while. Yes, I dabble in baseball every now and then, but Judge has me hooked this season. Now it's too late to delve into earlier season products which prices have gone THROUGH THE ROOF FOR..but in the next coming weeks I've got Topps Tier 1 coming in (before the price went up) Topps Stadium Club, and Allen & Ginter all coming in. I decided to get a box of 2017 Topps off Ebay which was only $60 thanks to a $15 dollar coupon. Felt that reasonable to give it a shot. Worst case scenario, hope to pull at least one Judge base rookie. Let's see what I got!

Aaron Judge RC


1987 Topps (1:4)
Yulieski Gurriel
Orlando Arcia
Francisco Lindor
Freddie Freeman
Hunter Pence
Xander Bogaerts
Aledmys Diaz
Greg Maddux
Ryne Sandberg

Topps Salute (1:4)
Miguel Cabrera
Kyle Seager
Orlando Arcia
Robin Yount
Joe Musgrove
Joey Votto
Manny Machado
Joe Mauer
Ian Kinsler


Ultimate Card Giveaway (1:6)
1988 Topps Rene Gonzales Bronze
1974 Topps World Series Game #6 Silver
1990 Topps Bip Roberts Bronze
1989 Topps Steve Farr Gold
1985 Topps Mike Krukow Bronze
1987 Topps Andy McGaffigan Silver

Bowman Then & Now (1:8)
Mike Trout
Robinson Cano
Albert Pujols
Miguel Cabrera


First Pitch (1:8)
Keegan Michael-Key
Brett Eldredge
Luis Coronel
Jeremy Piven
Joe Mantegna

Rediscover Topps (1:8)
Hank Aaron
George Brett
Reggie Jackson
Mike Trout

5 Tool (1:8)
Corey Seager
Francisco Lindor
Kyle Seager
Hunter Pence
Miguel Cabrera

Rainbow Foil (1:10)
Jordan Zimmermann
Drew Smyly
David Ortiz League Leader
Scooter Gennett


Gold Parallel (1:15)
Ivan Nova (#419/2017)
Dioner Navarro (#573/2017)


MLB Network (1:36)
Ryan Dempster

Negative (1:135)
Edinson Volquez


Major League Materials Relic (1:46)
Prince Fielder

Overall Thoughts: Well, got the Judge rookie, which I know, isn't the hardest card to pull in the world, but it's still to pack pull it rather than just buy offline. Other than that though, pretty basic box of Topps that's pretty underwhelming for the most part. The Prince Fielder relic couldn't be more of a boring pull and the only other card worth talking about is the Negative parallel of Edinson Volquez which is a 1:135 pack pull..but it's Edinson Volquez. Anyways, wasn't expecting too much out of Flagship Topps. Here's a sampling of the insert cards and hits of the break.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 5 Pulls of 2017

#1- 2016 Donruss Optic Gold Vinyl Cam Newton 1/1 

#2- 2017 Topps Heritage 1968 Topps Game Rookies Aaron Judge
#3- 16-17 Donruss Optic Jaylen Brown Rookie Signatures
#4- 16-17 Donruss Optic Larry Bird The Champ Is Here Gold Holo (#4/10)
#5- 2016 Donruss Optic Derrick Henry Rated Rookie Autograph (#43/150)