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You specifically implied this off season. Now you’re saying he ragged the Shough draft pick and the new coach staff after the previous offseason.

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Any value in gettting topps chrome retail boxes?

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I guess it all depends on your definition of value. But I would say in most scenarios the answer is No. If your just collecting and want a handful of $3-$5 big name players, then you will be happy.

The Topps chrome value/blaster boxes are $40. The chances of you pulling a card close to the cost of the box are slim. You would have to be lucky and grab the box that has the "case hit"..... or pull an Ohtani. They will have big hits though if you buy enough of them :lol:

The chrome mega boxes will be out in about a week. I ordered a box so we will see what the 2026 mega's will be like, but I imagine a lot of the same as the blasters, except they will have x-fractors. and even then x-fractors will only move the value up by $1 unless its Ohtani or the current flavor of the month like Murakami.

Now, other Topps sets like Series 1 or 2, Stadium Club, and Heritage. Then, yes. Those value boxes are only $25. and most of them have variation cards so your odds increase a bit on finding that $10-$20 card.

I am a sucker for Topps Archives blaster boxes. Easily the most fun rip for cost. My first Archives box I pulled a $100 Ohtani image variation and a Skenes image variation on the next box. But they have taken me back to even by now. But such a cool set of cards. Same for Heritage.

I will say that Bowman Chrome retail is a resounding Yes for value. Both Blaster and mega boxes will reward you big time. But don't get cocky bc those reward hits can be repetitive with the same hits on your next box.

I pulled the Ohtani I mentioned in the OP from a Bowman mega box from Dick's. Someone sold that same card for $5K.

I agree with just about everything you posted.

But I have the option with this Miz card bc I pulled it. I wasn’t the guy who invested in it.

The pitcher market in real time is bonkers, but the long term always fades for the reasons you listed.

A couple years ago when I started collecting again (Previously the junk wax era, but I do have some whales from 80-85 as a kid) It took me a few months to wrap my head around the new era of collecting and wasted quite a few bucks in making some rookie maneuvers.

A lot of the single cards I bought I have flipped knowing the immediate “must have bc it’s new” and it paid off. Some of them I will have to hope for no injuries or hall of fame trajectory.


But as of the last calendar year I have only bought boxes and I always rip them with my son. I have quite a few examples from my OP that make this way of collecting so much more enjoyable for us. I have had some good luck grading a decent handful also.

I sell the players that we don’t collect and it pays for the hobby. But we do keep players that I think, or that I know should appreciate, whether we like to collect them or not. I’ve managed to build a substantial collection this way and it just feels great having it, regardless if the value is still at its peak years from now.

Basically. I want to be the guy who finds it and not the guy who spends extra to get it. We love the hunt.

It’s only half about the money and half about the feeling of the whole process of collecting.

We love NFL too. But it is basically a QB or nothing brand. So our baseball collection dwarfs our football collection.

The box was $250. 80 cards

1 guaranteed auto (I got actually got 2 autos but the other was nothing crazy. Prob a $10 card)

I also hit a Murakami insert and an Ohtani refractor


Basically I got an insanely good hobby box 10x its value in just 3 cards. Which is rare.

Normally you will get close to your $250 in value.

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Boy names need some work

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You hate Jesus and the bible or sumthin?

6/27/26

Can anyone shed some light on this card?

It’s a Stanton Cyberstats insert. That black X is printed on the card. It doesn’t look like it is stamped, but it’s possible.

I pulled this from an Topps Archives blaster box.

It is missing a layer or 2 of print graphics and obviously his name is unfinished.

I have searched everywhere and haven’t even seen a single other card with this. I even emailed Topps and they dodged the question about the black X.

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Adding a hand pounded chicken breast and avocado makes it a fuller meal.

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So a chicken sandwich with avocado.

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Nobody goes there anymore,

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it's too crowded

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:lol:

to clarify. I like the player. just not at 8th overall.