PACK WARS EPISODE 8

 And we are back again, back for another Pack Wars!

I am not sure how long this series will go for as I only have one more battle left in drafts and it doesn't really seem to be much of a hit for readers, so I will decide after the next one whether I will continue these or not.

In the meantime, for those that do enjoy these, let's check out today's battle.

VS 

It's a battle of two hanger boxes, 2020 Donruss and 2021 Prestige football.

Let's see what was inside of the Prestige first,

(boo yeah!! I intercepted this one in the pack)

(my first card of his)

Now onto the Donruss break,

 

I am not sure which box to choose here. A few solid rookies in Donruss but a decent pull from Prestige and a PC card.

Let's hear your thoughts in comments below!

CARDBOARD REVIEW:2020 Panini Rookies and Stars

2020 Rookies and Stars comes out full force that contains both rookies and stars. I haven't seen this product in a few years as it has been a Target exclusive and as much as I hoped and prayed we would get a Target in our dying mall, it hasn't happened. Not even a Walmart within an hour either.

But, fortunately I have been able to pick up and trade for singles of cards I have needed the last few years. This year however, I was able to break a box.

Wanna see how it went, well, read below!

 

Each hobby box comes with 6 packs of 10 cards each. There will be 2 autographs and 2 memorabilia cards per box as well and boxes are currently priced in 2020 levels at $240.

BASE:

 

A 200 card base set builds up this years Rookies and Stars. There are 100 veterans and

100 rookies. These were my best rookie finds in this break.

Rookies and Stars base design stays to its true self with a white/color background and no action photography.

PARALLELS

You can find the following parallels, Green, Purple, Red, Orange /99, Longevity /80, True Blue /49, Red & Blue /35, Gold /10, Black & Blue /5, Platinum 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.

I found a Red/White/Blue /35 in this break.

INSERTS:

Base Inserts have the following parallels, Orange /99, True Blue /49, Purple /39, Gold /10, Green /5, and Platinum 1/1

Chrome Inserts have the following parallels White, Red /75, Pink /50, Purple /35, Orange /25, Gold /10, Green /5, Black 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.

Rookie Rush has 20 cards to collect. Not bad to find a Herbert.

Action Packed...kept the name...just not the embossing (paging Panini) has 30 cards to collect.

Pulled an orange /99 parallel.

There are 20 cards to find in Ticket Masters. I found a few decent names in my break.

Touchdown Club has 10 cards to collect

Standing Ovations takes a dive back in design to the late 90's. The only difference is that these aren't numbered like those days. There are 20 cards to find in this set.

Great American Heroes takes on a fun design and are chromed. This is one of the red parallels /75. Pat Tillman is a great man both on the field and off the field for this country. I wished I could land his Fleer rookie card someday.

Stellar Rookies and Chase Young was one for sure. This is an Orange /25 parallel as you can tell by the background color.

HITS:

Two Cross Training Rookies of Kmet and Shednault. Both showed some flashes this season.

AJ Dillion auto. He came up big in a couple of games. Could be the future back there.

And Jordan Love True Blue parallel /35. The way Aaron Rodgers played this season, Love could be sitting back for a few years.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Not a bad break at all with the /25 Chase Young, AJ Dillion and Jordan Love autographs.

I really liked the chrome based inserts in this product and are probably my favorite designed cards overall for it.

RATINGS BASED ON THIS BOX BREAK

Design ⭐⭐

Inserts ⭐⭐⭐

Parallels ⭐

Hits ⭐⭐⭐

Value  ⭐⭐⭐

Fun Factor ⭐⭐

25 Days Of Cardmas:2020 Donruss Holiday Blaster Box

  

What a great way to kick off the holiday season! A box break of a holiday product!

This wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for a contest win from @acc2107 with retail shelves around me always empty.

So I got lucky.

Each blaster box comes with 88 cards and one exclusive rookie holiday sweater card. I assumed this product would be similar to Hoops winter product for basketball where all of the cards had some "snow" on them separating them from the regular product. 

But, this wasn't the case.

The same photos and design were used. That part was a bit disappointing, however, this break wasn't.

Zack Moss who has played well in spots for the Bills.

 

Ben Dinucci got a start with the Cowboys in their rotating QB doors. It's just too bad his play didn't equal the excitement collectors had for the start.

 

Unlike this guy who is tearing it up in LA. Bright future ahead for this runaway 2020 OROY player.

 

Both Tua and the play of the Dolphins has been surprising. He and this team have a bright future ahead.

Great start to this box so far. Let's see how the rest of it goes,

 

Also one-per-holiday blaster box of Donruss is this Red and Green Optic parallel. These look spectacular!

Gallup 90's Donruss

Duvernay Elite Series rookies

The Holiday sweater card was in the last pack...

Not too bad at all! CeeDee Lamb has played well for the Cowboys. Being a big Giants fan I dislike the team and player, but dig the card with the multi-color relic.

Thanks again to Adam for the blaster box.

I will be posting more about these Rookie Sweater cards as the month goes on.