Last pack from the box and we have a big card to talk about...
A shame that we didn't get a single Jay, but a minor point when we get a fantastic pull that beats the odds.
Unwinding with baseball cards...and hockey cards....and Magic cards...and who knows what else...
Last pack from the box and we have a big card to talk about...
A shame that we didn't get a single Jay, but a minor point when we get a fantastic pull that beats the odds.
In no way am I becoming a fan of the Panini Chronicles baseball cards, but I am at least begrudgingly accepting that there is some interest in them. I could see liking some of the insert designs and looking to collect them as sets since most are managable in size.
A bit disappointing on how little stat backs there are on any of the sets. At least we have something on the Spectra card, but it is the oddball from the set for it. Torres has had a subpar 2024 compared to his prior years, but that's true of a number of players this year (Toronto - I'm looking at pretty much most of the roster on that one unfortunately).
Today we have another pack of 2022 Panini Chronicles baseball cards, and spoiler - still no base cards.
Rodolfo is another player who struggled to stay at the MLB level with a low average - under .220, while Ryan Vilade lasted 7 games.
Just feels like Panini is pushing out all these sets in one release of "maybe" Rookies- like Bowman on steroids.
Still - at least these are all "inserts" for keeps.
I generally do not like Panini sets and today, we get to start to explore why that is. Don't get me wrong, I know there are many out there that like them, and that's great - glad you do, and enjoy it. It's just not my cup of tea and let's see why.
The backs are all very different - but the same as well since we have no stat lines on any of them. Well, the Crusade card is serial numbered to 199 which is cool though, so nice there.
Whether I like the product or not, I have a feeling it is going to score well as, even if there is no Jays content, these are all inserts and hard to not have a SN card without some points on odds - so say every 12 packs is reasonable. I have a feeling this box is going to do well and though I won't like to admit it - I'm going to like a bunch of the cards (but still don't like the lack of a "set").
You are going to really love the look of this product...
We end with a bunch of 30 years of SummerSlam inserts which cover some nice memories. I will say that the Ultimate Warrior and Rick Rude feud was pretty solid, though my fave Rude feud will always be him and Jake The Snake Roberts.
As for this box - the Carmella card saved it a bit because I did have a number of the inserts already...
- Anything below a 2 is not great, which makes sense as there must be lots of dupes or unneeded cards
- Anything between a 2 - 3 is decent - likely alright coverage of the base set, maybe a decent insert or two
- Anything above a 3 means great base card coverage or fantastic inserts, and the higher number, the better
We opened the cube yesterday, and today, let's look at the three packs which I am not keeping unopened - the three 2022-23 Upper Deck MVP hockey packs. Six cards per pack, hopefully we get something solid as the unopened packs are great, but the included cards didn't hit too much.
Wow - that is a nice pack to end for a Toronto fan. The gold script parallel cards are every 17.5 packs, and getting a Leaf to boot is amazing. Factor in the Ice Battles is also a Leaf card, is also actually the exact same card, and this is a Kerfoot hot pack indeed!
The packs did a great job of making up for the underwhelming 50 card singles and brings the opening to being one of the best so far this year. No complaints there at all - and only two base dupes here as well, so nice little build ahead of whenever I open the box I have for this set.
Here we go with something I actually picked up within the last few months at Walmart.
I doubt the three packs I open tomorrow will add greatly to the value of this box, but I will say, the packs and cards - not too shabby all considering, so I will take this outcome so far happily.