Sports Cards and Memories: Box Breaks: 4 Boxes of 18-19 Optic FOTL Basketball

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Box Breaks: 4 Boxes of 18-19 Optic FOTL Basketball

I wasn't going to end last night with that terrible awful Crown Royale Break, so I went ahead and opened up my 4 boxes of FOTL Optic which came in yesterday. Optic doesn't come out until the 30th so it's nice to be able to open this stuff earlier than the regular Hobby stuff (which I have a case of it coming in next week). Obvious the chase is Luka, especially the exclusive Purple Stars Parallel numbered to 13. So did this break redeem the Crown Royale Break? Here's what I got

Notable Base RC's Marvin Bagley III (2)
Collin Sexton (2)
Jaren Jackson Jr.
Mo Bamba
Michael Porter Jr.

All Stars
Kyle Lowry
Bradley Beal (2)
Damian Lillard (2)
Karl Anthony Towns

All Stars Silver Holo
Joel Embiid

All Stars Red Holo
Giannis Antetokounmpo (#81/99)

Retro Series
Oscar Robertson
Larry Bird (2)
Kevin Garnett
Tim Duncan (2)
Ray Allen (2)
Gary Payton
Drazen Petrovic

Retro Series Silver Holo
Ray Allen
Anfernee Hardaway
Charles Barkley
Tim Duncan

Heart
James Harden
Jimmy Butler
Giannis Antetkounmpo (2)
LeBron James (2)
Kobe Bryant
Andrew Wiggins

Heart Silver Holo
Giannis Antetokounmpo

Heart Red Holo
John Wall (#84/99)

All Clear For Takeoff
Russell Westbrook
Dennis Smith Jr.
LeBron James

All Clear For Takeoff Silver Holo
Dominique Wilkins

Swishful Thinking
Kemba Walker
Steve Kerr (2)
Paul George

The Rookies
Luka Doncic (2)
Marvin Bagley III

The Rookies Silver Holo
Luka Doncic

Silver Holo
Kevin Knox RC
Mo Bamba RC
Jevon Carter RC
Chimezie Metu RC
Kyle Kuzma
Josuf Nurkic
Myles Turner
Danny Green
Robin Lopez
Kyrie Irving
Willie Cauley-Stein
Nikola Vucevic
John Wall
Mario Hezonja
Carmelo Anthony
Nikola Jokic

Orange Holo
Robert Williams III (#199/199)
Donte DiVincenzo RC (#40/199)
Denzel Valentine (#98/199)

Lime Green Holo
Aaron Holiday RC (#86/149)
LaMarcus Aldridge (#100/149)
Aaron Gordon (#22/149)
Gary Harris (#77/149)

Red Holo
Clint Capela (#46/99)
Jeff Green (#27/99)
DeMarcus Cousins (#91/99)

Pink Velocity
Landry Shamet RC (#27/79)
Markelle Fultz (#35/79)

Blue Holo
Otto Porter Jr. (#18/49)

Black Velocity
Svi Mykhailiuk RC (#38/39)
Jrue Holiday (#26/39)
Avery Bradley (#6/39)

Purple Stars Holo
LEBRON JAMES (#5/13)
Kawhi Leonard (#12/13)
Robert Williams III RC (#5/13)
Karl Anthony Towns (#1/13)

Rated Rookie Autographs
Shai Gilgeious-Alexander
DeVonte Graham
Isaac Bonga

Signature Series Gold
Trae Young (#10/10)

Overall Thoughts: So...was it enough to help stomach that putrid Crown Royale break? YES...yes it was! Despite a limited presence of Luka (just two regular inserts and a silver insert parallel, no base) this break was AWESOME! First of all the Purple Stars Parallel. Keep in mind, it's a 200 card base set, with 4 boxes, you're bound to probably hit a common or two. I knocked those OUT OF THE PARK. When you're WORST Purple Stars hit is Karl Anthony Towns, that's pretty damn solid. The Kawhi is a super nice card, and I love that Optic features in game action shots of players in their new teams, so it's cool to have Kawhi as a Raptor. Robert Williams...geez I can't get away from this dude! Although he's not a top tier rookie, he's definitely not the worst rookie you can get, but mannn that's the 3rd low numbered parallel I've pulled of him (The Revolution Lava numbered to 10, The Black Gold from Prizm numbered to 5 and now this). And the ultimate topper....the LEBRON. Considering Lebron doesn't have autos to chase anymore, his low numbered parallels are always going to be in a high demand as far current cards go. And this is perfect in so many aspects, first unlike Prizm (which admittedly parallels sell for a ton more) this card not only features LeBron in a Lakers Uniform, but it's a game action shot of him, not just a photoshoot. The purple also goes perfect with the Lakers color scheme. A Lakers Lebron Parallel numbered to a mere 13 copies? Yup..that's a MONSTER card and definitely worthy of the #1 pull of the year so far. To top it off..my last box had a Gold Auto of Trae Young..one of the more popular rookies of this year's class. Another Top 5 pull! What a total yin and yang of breaks last night..from the absolute worst to so far in this early year my absolute best break. Like I stated earlier, I do have a case of regular hobby coming in next week, so hopefully I'll see some better Lukas in there, but I am more than happy with the break I had of this last night! Pics of the cards