Breakin Wax: 2014 Panini Classics Baseball Pack Break

I was pretty excited to have found a pack of 2014 Panini Classics in my last Collector Crate. This was a product I had wanted to try especially after finding out that Panini revived the brand. Now, I knew it wouldn't be the same without MLB logos, but I thought Panini did a decent job and I think the pack I got was pretty good as well.

Here were the results.

 

In each pack of 2014 Panini Classics baseball are eight cards. Those eight cards should consist of Legends, Veterans and Rookies. Hopefully every pack would give you a variety of each.

Two rookies:

A pretty sweet Timeless Tributes parallel numbered to 25. A pretty nice pull in a one pack break.

Bonus insert of October Heroes. We all know that Pablo is one of those.

Overall, other than pulling an autograph or jersey card, I think this was a good one pack break. It left me wanting more.

Unboxing A Collector Crate Silver Baseball

I have broken two forms of football crates, a gold and silver, now what I really wanted to do was break a baseball crate and I did so.


This baseball crate is a silver level break. It comes with:

10 Random Packs mid end packs.
2 Random Game Used Cards
2 Random Autographed Cards
Plus Random Rookies, Prospects, Stars, Inserts, Serial #ed, and Parallel Cards and/or Other Bonus Items!

My crate kicked off with these NY Yankee earphones. Before deciding on my crate I told them I liked the Yankees. They now make the Crates to fit the buyer the best they can.

OH BOY...90'S AWESOMENESS!

MORE 90'S SWEETNESS!

Now here come the packs. As for what I found within, you will have to wait til I show off the individual breaks this month.

Wonder if Mattingly was in here....

Or Jeter in here....

Love the look of this product.

Then after all of the packs there are still hits to be looked at! Here is what I found in my team bag:

HOLOGRAMS+KEN GRIFFEY JR = BIG SUCCESS!

Two autographs. I really like the new Yankee rookie add. I haven't seen 2014 Stadium Club up close yet.

Then my two memorabilia cards. One of my favorite Yankees in Soriano and what's up Doc Gooden bat card. Never understood why they used bat pieces for pitchers. Baseball swatches seems to make more sense to me.

Overall, I was pretty happy. A great variety of packs from 90's to today and a bonus 1984 pack.

I also like that they specified to my team with a couple of the hits and the earplugs.

If you haven't given Collector Crate a try yet, do so. You can find more information about them HERE on their site.

********** HEADS UP********** 
It seems as if Collector Crate no longer exists. Please hesitate at this moment from ordering from them even though their site seems live. They are not responding to customers via email, Twitter, Facebook and by phone. I will keep this post up so you can see what they were once about. If any further details come to light, I will update this post again with new information. As always, I try to keep you informed on what is going on in the hobby.

Break And Review Of Collector Crate Football Gold Level Box

It didn't take long for word to spread on the hobby's next big thing and it didn't take me long to look into it. This new and brilliant idea is called CollectorCrate. CollectorCrate is a subscription service offering a surprise mystery box of sports cards delivered to your door every month. There are currently three levels and three sports (NFL,MLB, NBA) to buy from and here they are:

Bronze: $29.99
GUARANTEED TO INCLUDE:
10 Random Packs (Low-Mid End)
1 Random Game Used Card
1 Random Autographed Card
​​Bonus Items

Silver: $69.99
10 Random Packs (Mid End)
2 Random Game Used Cards
2 Random Autographed Cards
​​Bonus Items
Gold: $99.99
10 Random Packs (Mid-High End)
3 Random Game Used Cards
3 Random Autographed Cards
​​Bonus Items

I think this is a really neat concept so I really wanted to see what the next big thing is all about.

So today, I am breaking a Silver level football CollectorCrate. Tomorrow I will be doing a Gold. I will admit right off that it was really fun to open to see what was inside.

 Gold sticker found on the side marking it as a gold level

When you open the box...

The card packs. These are just as important and as much fun as the bubble wrap. Man, do I love that stuff!

Besides the card packs and hits you get in a box, you also get some bonus items.

The hobby packs at the Gold Level still with great products and great variety of years. Some of these are much more on the higher end compared to the silver level. This one even includes a pack of Totally Certified that has a guaranteed hit inside. These packs alone run around $12.

 

Here are the envelopes with the random hits inside. Since this is a gold level, there is three autos, three jersey cards.

 

Here are the hits from inside of those envelopes. The one thing that caught my attention right off was the players. They were stepped up a little from the silver level which is what you would expect with players like Mike Vick, Randy Moss and Champ Bailey.

The Autographs from their envelope. Hillman and Crick autos.

And what I considered the biggie of the autos, Kniles Davis. This guy has looked impressive this season. I also really like the card as well.

Now onto the pack hits! This to me means, inserts, rookies and actual hits.

Tyler Wilson Phenoms Gold parallel numbered to 25.

Pack pulled hits!!

SICK PATCH HIT!

 

As you would expect, CollectorCrate stepped up the game with the next level. They added an extra autograph and jersey card with better players, higher end hobby packs, and a McFarlane Playmakers instead of Small Pro. I still think these CollectorCrates are worth the chance. But, if I were you and you are just feeling these out, try the bronze level first. You can't go wrong with $29.99 on that one. Then work your way up from there if you like what you see, which I am pretty sure you will and expect you to be getting one of these golds as well. I think CollectorCrates can only get bigger and better.

In conclusion, I recommend trying out CollectorCrate. You can check out their website and more about them right HERE . You can also find them on TWITTER and on FACEBOOK where they are giving away a CollectorCrate a month! A big thanks goes out to them for allowing me to review their tremendous idea and I look forward to maybe doing more with them in the future!

********** HEADS UP********** 
It seems as if Collector Crate no longer exists. Please hesitate at this moment from ordering from them even though their site seems live. They are not responding to customers via email, Twitter, Facebook and by phone. I will keep this post up so you can see what they were once about. If any further details come to light, I will update this post again with new information. As always, I try to keep you informed on what is going on in the hobby.

Break And Review Of Collector Crate Football Silver Level Box

It didn't take long for word to spread on the hobby's next big thing and it didn't take me long to look into it. This new and brilliant idea is called CollectorCrate. CollectorCrate is a subscription service offering a surprise mystery box of sports cards delivered to your door every month. There are currently three levels and three sports (NFL,MLB, NBA) to buy from and here they are:

Bronze: $29.99
GUARANTEED TO INCLUDE:
10 Random Packs (Low-Mid End)
1 Random Game Used Card
1 Random Autographed Card
​​Bonus Items

Silver: $69.99
10 Random Packs (Mid End)
2 Random Game Used Cards
2 Random Autographed Cards
​​Bonus Items
Gold: $99.99
10 Random Packs (Mid-High End)
3 Random Game Used Cards
3 Random Autographed Cards
​​Bonus Items

I think this is a really neat concept so I really wanted to see what the next big thing is all about.

So today, I am breaking a Silver level football CollectorCrate. Tomorrow I will be doing a Gold. I will admit right off that it was really fun to open to see what was inside.

Silver sticker found on the side marking it as a silver level

When you open the box...

The card packs. These are just as important and as much fun as the bubble wrap. Man, do I love that stuff!

Besides the card packs and hits you get in a box, you also get some bonus items.

I got a Foam Finger, Small pro figure, a Dolphins dog tag, and something I found really cool, a table top football piece. Never seen one. That will save me a lot of time on folding paper.

And the final bonus items are a Cowboys small pennant (ugh) and a Seahawks decal

Now onto the bubble wrapped items. Hobby packs! Great stuff and great variety of years as well. These are actually my favorite brands.

Mystery envelopes were in the bubble wrap as well with the random hits inside..let's open these up first!!

The first envelope had two Jersey cards. Love the Strahan. What are the odds that the two jersey cards I pulled are the two teams playing tomorrow?

The second envelope had two autographs. A combination of decent tight ends.

Now onto the pack hits, inserts and rookies.

Bridgewater rookie from Finest

BOOM! Sweet looking card and pull here from Topps Prime!

Now that everything is open, the question is, was this worth the purchase? Quick answer, I think so. The hobby packs alone with my rough estimation and research came to around $45. The NFL items if you have ever been to NFL Shop online, you know even a simple key chain is almost $10. So with that many items, you know there is value there. Then you take into consideration your four hits and I think you have great return for what you pay. That's not even putting in the fact about the bubble wrap again! Like I said, love that stuff.

I think the fact that I pulled a hit in a pack shows also that they don't feel out the packs giving you straight up garbage either. So not only do you have a chance at getting possible big hits from the packs, but I also believe the quality of packs you receive are worth it as well. I mean, who doesn't love Chrome? I must also point out the fact that these are delivered straight to your house so you are not paying gas to go pick up some stuff. These are also great for those of us who don't have a hobby shop nearby but want to open some hobby. Finally, it's a mail day. Who doesn't love a mail day? Especially one that's guaranteed monthly.

In conclusion, I recommend trying out CollectorCrate. You can check out their website and more about them right HERE . I think this really could be the hobbies next big thing and I can't wait to see more from them.

********** HEADS UP********** 
It seems as if Collector Crate no longer exists. Please hesitate at this moment from ordering from them even though their site seems live. They are not responding to customers via email, Twitter, Facebook and by phone. I will keep this post up so you can see what they were once about. If any further details come to light, I will update this post again with new information. As always, I try to keep you informed on what is going on in the hobby.