Breakin' Wax: 2021 Donruss Football Mega Box (decent break)

It's so hard finding good cards in retail still. Yes, I have found cards on the shelf, but Topps Update, Topps Heritage, WWE stuff, WNBA, Wild Card, are not products of interest.

But, never find good football or basketball cards on the shelf. They sell out and I just simply don't time it right.

However, I did time this one right. I showed up to Walgreens and BOOM, there sat four boxes of 2021 Donruss football Megas. I wanted all four, but not at $50 a pop. First of all, it was close to Christmas when I found this and I had already drained a lot of funds and I never would spend that much to begin with.

So, I grabbed one and called it good. (after some pleading with the Mrs to do so too)

Every Mega Box comes with an autograph. I was hoping for a top veteran auto or something for my Giants PC.

Slayton Bronze for my PC.

Retro Series

Throwback design

My Rated Rookies that consisted of about nobody (well the Patriots running back wasn't too bad but wasn't also the Patriots QB)

Some shiny!!

And then, some Pink Optic. The outside of the box said that they were rare, but I got one in every pack. I also couldn't find out info on these to see if they were actually rare or if they are one per pack.

But either way, I landed the top pick and a Toney for the PC!

And now the autograph unveil....

 

Shawne Merriman Signature Marks autograph.

Overall I am not going to complain about this box break. It may have been my best retail break of 2021 other than the Allen Ginter Judge auto I landed.

Your thoughts on my break are welcomed below!

Cardboard Review:2021 Certified Football

I have not been able to open a lot of football products this year, so it's always nice to be able to do so.

With costs above my budget and rarely any retail, my favorite sport to open is becoming as rare as finding an actual collector anymore.

I have seen plenty of baseball though, if only I was still into collecting it deeply.

Anyways, enough of my whining and complaining, let's check out today's break,

In every box of 2021 Certified Football comes 10 packs of 5 cards each. Each box should have one autograph and one memorabilia per. Boxes currently sit at $430.

BASE:

Base cards in Certified have always remained the same front and back I feel. Front has foil, back has one year stats and a write up. There is nothing wrong with that though if it works.

The base set is built up of 100 veterans

and then 100 rookies numbered to 399.

PARALLELS:

The following parallels can be found,

Mirror /299, Bronze /249, Pink /199, Orange /149, Red /99, Blue /75, Teal /50, Gold /25, Purple /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

Mirror /299

Orange /149

 

Teal /50

The parallels overall are pretty stunning.

INSERTS:

Most inserts have the following parallels,

Bronze /249, Pink /199, Orange /149, Red /99, Blue /75, Teal /50, Gold /25, Purple /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

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Certified Stars has 25 cards to collect

Gold Team has 20 cards to collect

Seal Of Approval has 20 cards to collect as well.

Bronze Seal Of Approval /249

2021 Graffiti. These are sooooooooooooo sweet in person. Not a bad find of Mac Jones.

2021 Graffiti Blue /75

Dark Horses. Really cool look to these.

HITS:

New Generation Patch card

Michael Carter New Generation Patch card.

Shawne Merriman Mirror Signatures /35

 

And my other autograph is a Top 5 NFL pick in Kyle Pitts. This is also a Freshman Fabric Mirror Signatures Pink.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

I always about the money aspect of things for the first part of my thoughts as a lot of people worry about that first. I would say, the biggest hit of this box was actually the Graffiti Mac Jones insert. The rest were meh. Pitts has a bright future, but collectors really don't seek out tight ends that much. Sort of like an offensive lineman who can catch.

As for the fun aspect, the Graffiti cards are that and the mirror parallels look the best they have in years. The patch cards are nice and it's fun seeing signatures of guys you may not see all the time like the Merriman. The checklist for those signatures is full of names like that.

In comments today, let me know your thoughts on this product.