PACK WARS EPISODE 6

I know it must feel I open a lot of wax for this series, but secret is, I had to trade for most of these. Some I found at Walgreens and Walmart, but a good chunk I acquired through trading. I basically did it so I can do this series and just to have the weekly rip. When this series is over, I won't have any more to rip.

Today's matchup is two more shiny products and my first multi-sport battle crossover. Let's check it out.

 VS 

First, let's rip the NBA Hoops Premium

LeBron and RJ Barrett, good start

Iverson silver

Bleh

Bleh

Meh

Now onto the Chrome,

(solid)

(this would have been a great pull last year)

(Cabrera and Vlad Jr refractor)

 

Well, I can't pick a winner here. Both seemed equal but I will let you guys help me out in comments and tell me which break you think gets the trophy.

REVIEW:2021 Topps Allen and Ginter

Okay, okay, okay. I expect all of the hate to flow in on this one, but to be honest, that just means there is more for me. Give me all of your Allen and Ginter!

This product isn't about the baseball cards to me, this is about the oddity stuff.

It's about the non sport guys for me. The quirky inserts. The sometimes wacky base cards such as Egg, etc.

And for me, 2021 didn't disappoint in that nature.

In every 2021 Allen And Ginter is 24 packs of 8 cards. Each box has three hits and 24 mini parallels and boxes currently run $150.

Also inside of every box is a N43 Boxloader

And this was mine.

Can't say I was an overly huge fan of the box topper or design of it. I think a chromed box topper is much more interesting.

BASE:

The base set for Allen Ginter this year is built up of 300 cards and 50 short prints.

Players include legends of the game

Players of the future

and players of now.

And of course my favorite part of Allen Ginter,

The non sport guys. I was happy to find two (Biggs and Garlin) of the four I really wanted. Still need a Kevin Nehgandi and especially a Mark Anthony. Have one? Let me know!

This years also added some extra football guys which I believe started last year. I do find it odd for football to be included. This to me is a baseball/non sport/oddity product. I am not going to complain when you find young guys like Lawrence and Waddle. I would prefer a Topps football product in general though :) I miss those days and especially Topps Chrome.

And to end out my talk about the base, this card is just cool. Definitely a PC card.

INSERTS:

 

T51 Murad Reimagined has 50 cards to collect at 1:4 packs

Rallying Back has 10 cards to collect and falls 1:8 packs

Deep Sea Shiver has 16 cards to collect that falls 1:8 packs

Historic Hits falls 1:4 packs and has 50 cards to collect

Birds Of A Feather falls 1:8 packs and has 10 cards to collect

Arboreal Appreciation has 15 cards in the set that falls 1:8 packs.

Far Far Away mini insert falls 1:10 packs and has 15 cards to collect

World Leaders has 25 cards to collect and falls 1:50. One of the tougher minis to pull.

22 cards make up Mascots in Real Life and falls 1:50 cards.

Base mini cards fall 1 per pack

Allen Ginter back falls 1:5 packs

Black Border falls 1:10 packs

HITS:

I have never had much luck in finding more than relic cards in Ginter. I have NEVER EVER EVER PULLED a RIP card, that's a dream for me. And rarely ever have pulled an autograph.

Here are my hits this time which also includes a football one, 

(this is cool, material must be an suit?)

That's it for my hits. I wished I had pulled something non sport for them. Really want a Marc Anthony, Jason Biggs and a Jeff Garlin relic and auto.

Leave me your thoughts on this break below!

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

Ginter's price tag isn't really that bad considering other products on the market that promise three hits per. There are a lot of big hits to find including baseball and non sport.

I hope everyone keeps me in mind if they find any of the cards I am seeking out or even dupes of the non sport I already have.

REVIEW:2018 Bowman Platinum Baseball Collectors Box

Finally! A product exclusive to only Walmart. If we aren't going to find all products in shops or online stores, I prefer a product to Walmart over Target. Why? Well, I have 0 Targets around me. There will be one soon, the first in my state, but it's over two hours away. That's quite the drive for a retail exclusive card product. Especially if I take the drive and they are sold out.

There are three ways to buy Bowman Platinum. Fat Packs, Blasters and Collectors Boxes. Today we take a look at a Collectors Box. Retails hobby box.

This stuff at one point this year was hotter than Jennifer Love Hewitt in the 90's.

Every Collectors Box of 2018 Bowman Platinum baseball comes with 20 packs of 5 cards each. Each box comes with 2 autographs and boxes run roughly $90.

The base set is 100 cards deep. The set includes players of today and tomorrow. The base card design is quite different. A wavy player-getting-squeezed-out-of-a-tube-of-toothpaste design is the best way to describe it. So this could technically be Crest Bryant ;)

 

There are also Bowman Prospects to chase as well. 100 of those to collect in all. The Gleyber Torres is sadly an error card that features Ronald Torreyes by mistake. Sigh.

 

 

There are also Sp base card photo variations. Luckily the code on the back helps with determining those like in flagship. Codes ending in 264 and variations end in 303.

I pulled two parallel cards in my break. Seager is a green /99 while the orange C.J. Chatham is orange /25 and falls 1:191 packs.

 

Inserts in Bowman Platinum have the following parallels of Purple /250, Green /99, Orange /25, FoilFractor 1/1 and include,

Prismatic Prodigies. The Duplantier is a purple /250. These fall 1:5 packs and there are 40 to collect.

 

Platinum Presence. 20 cards fall 1:10 packs.

 

And Rookie Revelations. These look awesome by the way and are the best designed of this years product by a mile. This would have made a great base card design. There are 20 of these to collect and fall 1:5 packs.

 

Now onto my two autographs

 

And a green /99

  

Other hits not found in my box but could be in yours include,

• 80-Grade Prospect Autographs
• Platinum Cut Autographs
• Platinum Rookie Auto Pieces
• Platinum Patches
• Hunter Greene Short Prints
• Hunter Greene Short Prints
• Prismatic Prodigies Autographs
• Rookie Revelations Autographs

OVERALL: Not a bad break. I actually had fun busting the packs and looked forward to every pack after. I have always been a fan of this product whether it was done in football (Topps Platinum) or baseball and the designs have always been eye appealing.

I didn't hit it too big in this box, but I have seen plenty of other noteworthy breaks. I think it's a winner no matter which platform you decide to open of it. I have seen hits out of the blasters and fat packs.

 

Please take a minute out to thank Topps for providing the box to review. Some of the cards you see above will be included in the Fantasy Baseball contest! Follow Topps on all social media sites and check out their website HERE for cards and more!