Cardfest Day 3 & 4 Recap!

Well this ended up going longer than expected thanks to Christmas Activities (like shopping and visiting family) so this break ended up taking 2 days. Why you ask? So when I started I had 10 Mega Boxes and 20 Value Packs of 2018 Topps Chrome Update. I ended up getting 22 more Value Packs, so now it's 42 Value Packs and 10 Mega Boxes. So it became a Topps Chrome Update Weekend!


Notable Base Juan Soto Base RC-9
Juan Soto Rookie Debut-10
Ronald Acuna Base RC-8
Ronald Acuna Rookie Debut-6
Shohei Ohtani Base RC-6
Shohei Ohtani Rookie Debut-7
Gleyber Torres Base #9 RC-9
Gleyber Torres Base #26 RC-6
Gleyber Torres ASG-9
Gleyber Torres Rookie Debut-5
Rafael Devers Base RC-9
Miguel Andujar Base RC-5
Walker Buehler Base RC-7
Ozzie Albies Base RC-6
Ozzie Albies ASG-4
Rhys Hoskins Base RC-6
Victor Robles Base RC-8

Refractors
Shane Bieber RC (#1/250)
Tyler O'Neill RC (#105/250)

X-Fractors
Corey Kluber (#14/99)
Stephen Piscotty (#46/99)


An International Affair
Shohei Ohtani (4)
Khris Davis (3)
Joey Votto (3)
Yoenis Cespedes (3)
Ronald Acuna (4)
Ozzie Albies (3)
Francisco Lindor (4)
Javier Baez (3)
Aaron Judge (6)
Carlos Correa (4)
Ichiro (3)
Yoan Moncada (4)
Freddie Freeman (2)
Gary Sanchez (3)
Mike Trout (2)
Gleyber Torres
Manny Machado
Rafael Devers


Pink Refractors
Gleyber Torres ASG (2)
Gleyber Torres #26 RC (2)
Gleyber Torres Rookie Debut (2)
Ozzie Albies RC
Shohei Ohtani RC
Shohei Ohtani Rookie Debut (2)
Mike Trout
Chris Sale
Jesse Biddle (2)
Fernando Romero (2)
Scott Kingery Rookie Debut
Eric Hosmer (2)
Dylan Cozens (2)
Jose Abreu
Javier Baez
Brandon Crawford (2)
Ian Kinsler (2)
Tyler Beede (3)
Carlos Santana
Mitch Haniger (3)
Tyler O'Neill
Gerrit Cole
Matt Harvey
Trevor Story
Austin Meadows RC
Manny Machado ASG (2)
Joey Lucchesi RC (2)
Matt Kemp ASG (2)
Michael Soroka Rookie Debut
Freddie Freeman (2)
Zach Cozart (2)
Clint Frazier
Alex Bregman (3)
Freddy Peralta (3)
Nick Kingham Rookie Debut
Willy Adames RC
Nolan Arenado (2)
Bryce Harper (2)
Francisco Lindor
Shane Bieber
Jordan Hicks RC (2)
Stephen Piscotty
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
Yairo Munoz (2)
Mookie Betts (2)
Victor Robles (2)
Randall Grichuk
Michael Soroka RC
Nick Kingham RC
Kenley Jansen
Evan Longoria
Jordan Hicks Rookie Debut
Felipe Vazquez
Ozzie Albies ASG
J.D. Martinez ASG




Autographs
Michael Soroka
Victor Robles
Walker Buehler
Marcell Ozuna
Amed Rosario
Jack Flaherty
Miles Mikolas

So if you follow this product, the main drive is Soto Topps Chrome Update Rookies since he doesn't have a ton of rookies to choose from. He's got autos in this along with Chrome Parallels and these can only be found at Target. Topps made a TON of this stuff, but honestly although 42 value packs and 10 Mega Boxes sounds like a TON of money to spend on this stuff, in actuality it wasn't nearly as much as you'd think. Multiple times the last couple of months, Target was running either a 20% all trading cards promotion or a  $25 off a $100 purchase promotion. There was even one sale where it was 10% off all trading cards plus $25 off a $100 Purchase plus of course the 5% you get back for using the red card. At those prices, it's not only worth the risk to buy a ton, but it's a ton of rip to rip. Hits are very difficult to come by, but I did manage 7 autos, with Victor Robles and Walker Buehler being the best of them. Considering the checklist is full of a ton of bad names, I'll take what I got despite there being no huge cards. Also I pulled a TON of all the top rookies including Soto himself. 9 Base Rookie Cards, and 10 Rookie Debut cards. Definitely cards to just hold onto and see what happens if Soto does indeed evolve into a legit superstar. This was the biggest retail break I had of the Cardfest and there's only one retail product left before we delve into Hobby stuff. Here's pics of the cards!