Box / Pack Breaks

Another day, another box. Here we go…. Continue reading “2011-12 Upper Deck Series 1 – Box Break #2”

I love Upper Deck brand hockey cards as much as I love criticizing Upper Deck the company. Heck, maybe I like Upper Deck brand cards even more. This set of cards has been one of the few things the card company has gotten right consistently for the past two decades.

I went to a card show recently and bought 3 boxes of 2011-12 Upper Deck Series One. Here are the results of my first box: Continue reading “2011-12 Upper Deck Series 1 – Box Break #1”

My third–and perhaps last–box of 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions. We’ll skip the formalities and cut right to it: Continue reading “2011-12 Parkhurst Champions box break #3”

I went to a card show this past weekend, and picked up a lot of great hockey cards, including two more boxes of 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions. (Last week, I posted the results from my first box). Continue reading “2011-12 Parkhurst Champions box break #2”

Last weekend, I purchased a box of 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions from AU Sports Memorabilia, a card shop I frequent every week or so. The owners, Scott and Frank, are two of the nicest sport card dealers I know. Frank collects hockey cards, and mentioned that they had a box of 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions in stock. I was intrigued–and all this extra teaching I’ve done this semester has amounted to some extra cash. I might as well enjoy some of the added funds, right? Continue reading “2011-12 Parkhurst Champions box break #1”

Warning: Lack of sleep has made me loopy and belligerent. Read this box breakdown at your own risk!

Yep, I bought a second box of these while at The National. Unfortunately, I didn’t do as well as I did in my first box. Continue reading “2010-11 SP Authentic Box Break #2”

When I attended The National Sports Collectors’ Convention earlier this month, I participated quite a bit in Upper Deck’s wrapper redemption program.

Buying 5 packs of 2010-11SP Authentic earned me one voucher for a redemption pack. In total, I bought 50 packs of SP Autentic (two 24-pack boxes plus 2 additional packs).

Here are the results from my first box: Continue reading “2010-11 SP Authentic Box Break #1”

I enjoyed my first box of In The Game’s Decades 1980s enough that I decided to buy a second box a day later. I actually did a “pack wars” type break with Justin G. (Hopeful Chase) and Tim (DFG). Those guys each got a Mario Lemieux game-used card. And me? I did OK… Continue reading “Decades 1980s: National Edition – Box Break #2”

While at The National, I bought not one but two boxes of In The Game’s Decades 1980s hockey cards. These boxes were the so-called “National Edition,” which cost about $10 more than a regular box of Decades, but here’s what made the “National Edition” more enticing to buy:

• It entitled you to an autograph from U.S. Olympian Mark Wells
• It entitled you to a special 1/1 jersey card only available at The National
• One of the jersey cards was swapped out for a special Chicago Blackhawks quad-jersey card
• It was possible to get a Dominik Hasek autograph in a National Edition box

Here is what I got in my first box. Continue reading “Decades 1980s: National Edition – Box Break #1”

I had no intentions of buying Panini’s Luxury Suite hockey cards.

That is, until I went to The National.

In order to get the special, show-only redemption packs from Panini, you had to buy certain cards. I had two options:

• Buy packs of stuff I already had (Donruss or Pinnacle).
• Buy packs of higher-end stuff (Zenith or Luxury Suite).

I opted for the latter.In a way, this forced me to try a product that I normally would not have. But I just don’t need any more Donruss doubles, you know?

A box of 2010-11 Luxury Suite hockey has four packs. Each pack has 3 cards. Here’s what I got: Continue reading “2010-11 Luxury Suite Box Break”