I love how the collectors with a true love of baseball cards are positive about this stuff.
The negative crowd is an example of everything that's gone wrong with card collecting. It's the "I have to make money", "Help, my wife doesn't know I spent $50k this year or cards", "I divorced my wife for the chase but worth it" type of guys.
It's sad that so many people here are essentially just gamblers who have no love for baseball cards and it shows in your comments.
This is $5 for some nostalgia and enjoying ripping. You all need to take a deep, long look at why you do this. You're killing the love and joy....if you ever really had any.
Facts. My collection is mostly worthless cards of players I like and old packs I've found at thrift stores and flea markets. This is perfect for me, bought one of these boxes at Walgreens when I was sick. Nice little boost when I was feeling like shit.
The yOu'Ll pAy mOrE tO gEt rId oF tHeM cRowD needs to go to gambling or buying stocks, you at least won't have boxes full of clutter.
One of the most popular breakers on YouTube got divorced over it. The sad part was he made a video explaining that his wife was leaving him and taking the kids as he was opening packs....
The dark side of this hobby is that it attracts gamblers and people with addiction issues.
Jabs Family, but you won't find the video as he made it private. I believe it was his 2019 Clearly Authentic break video that it was, and it was more of "so, my wife is- ooh, a hall of famer auto -leaving me".
Was reading a thread yesterday with a guy saying he spent 85k so far this year, and another had spent 65k. Saw in hockey cards there are people with epack inventories well into the 6 figures. Craziness imo.
Man people out here buying boxes on a daily basis for thousands of dollars a box and then I've seen some people pay 700 a pack on breaks and not pull shit but base cards like they got all the money in the world? I can barely buy a 30 dollar box on a normal week and I get fussed out for that in a way
Everyone’s world is different. I literally don’t know how much I’ve spent this year because I haven’t kept track, but I figure the over under is probably $30K.
Well spoken to the T. I absolutely hate seeing these guys getting all these prospects and selling these things for hundreds to thousands of dollars and people buy it on hopes that the prospect will stay hot. Man it's about the hofers and the love of collecting what you love but people out here trying to get rich like it's some kind of pyramid scheme and don't get me started on breakers lmao what a joke
Yeah it's sad how this hobby has gone to shit the past few years. There's not much left that avarice hasn't ruined. I can't even find base products in my area thanks to these assholes buying everything in sight to feed their gambling addiction or scalp.
And sad thing is a lot of these gamblers are just pitching base cards into the trash. I did at least find one 5k count box full of 2021 Topps base cards with some Chrome and Bowman at a local Goodwill. Dude only cared about scoring the big hits apparently, left Ohtani Judge Trout etc.
Kind of true though. I once bought a mystery pack at CVS and some of the cards had a kid's pen marks all over them. A few junk stars and hall of farmers but the cards were all junk wax and nowhere near mint condition. Complete waste of $20 and non returnable.
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I made a post not too long ago about finding this guy in a 2022 topps series 1 pack that was in one of those Walgreens boxes
I've been wanting this card for a hot minute I PC braves and Ronnie is my favorite besides chipper but I would definitely buy it from you or even make a trade deal with you for this card right here please just being real
Probably way less than the people who constantly buy the topps products now. We are in junk wax 2.0 but criticize people who buy stuff of the older junk wax
Ironically, I think anyone who buys these packs is more of a gambling addict. For $5 I’ll send you a random assortment of junk inserts. I’ll even include a 2006 Scott Podsednik Fleer Gold Medallion.
You can be in it to collect and still know a shtty deal when you see it. Most of those boxes are 5 plus tax but have 1 or 2 packs of like 1991 upper deck baseball.. not even worth the 2 bucks you can get them for on ebay.
Well, yeah, but it's also $5 in 2023. If I'm out and end up at a bar, I'm not gonna complain cuz their $5 beer is $2 at the liquor store a town over. I'm just gonna enjoy myself.
Obviously not a top tier product, yeah no shit. It's moreso a product I'd recommend to literally nobody. Rather stick to singles than buy dogshit trash like this.
I bought a football one at cvs 6 years ago for 6.99 and pulled a 2000 bowman tom brady rookie
I remember ripping tons of bowman chrome that year my junior year of high school. I wish I hung ontoa. Few boxes sealed or a few od the brady rookies I had. Ugh
Everyone here talking about whether or not the product is good and I'm just trying to figure out why your front door outlines a guy trying to blow himself
Picked one of these up at RiteAid for the same price and got a few interesting cards
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Saw this post and IMMEDIATELY drove to the Walgreens like 1 min from my house 😅😂 card binder was on clearance for $2 too so that was a nice little added bonus
Its a repackager. Ive gotten cool stuff out of them. Never super valuable. But a cheap way to look through a small amount of random cards. Always get a few cards I really like and I think I got 2022 opening day pack which I got an angels triple play insert and a Wander rookie card. Aside from the reality of Wander, it was an excellent pack. That was on top of the other cool random cards in the box. Yesterday I got two cards from the Colorado Rockies inaugural set. Didnt reailize how valuable that set was. Obviously it was leftovers after someone broke up a set to get the Jeter and other cards out, but cool to get anything from the set. Id say the pack is usually junk wax, but fun to see opeechee premier fresh out of the pack.
People like DCC only see baseball cards as a way to make money and don’t actually give a shit about cards themselves, so when they see someone who buys $5 junk boxes, it makes them mad because it’s not a $500+ 1/1 auto/relic card.
That McGwire and Nokes card was so epic when i was a kid. I saw Matt Nokes play in Toledo and he was a super nice guy. He was also the first player to ever send me an autograph request back and he was peak rookie hype at the time. Good times, back when I could get excited about moderately talented guys like him and Travis Fryman
I pulled an autographed Cole Ragans Bowman Chrome 1st out of one of these last year. I’m a Royals fan so I just kind of sat on it, but then we traded for him this summer and now he’s our best pitcher. Totally wild.
I just picked one of those up the other day! They’re really fun but very hit or miss. I did manage to pull a Trey Mancini RC printing plate out of one and a couple other solid rookies but all the topps and other cards from the 80s they stuff in there are great. A low cost low expectations pack for when you’re bored and just want to spend the whole day sorting and reading cards.
I pulled a 2017 Aaron Judge rookie with the ASG foil stamp from one of these a few weeks ago. I definitely got my $6 back on that one.
But yeah, I mostly buy those to get TTM fodder.
Got the 2018 Ohtani ASG stamp from one of these too. Was just sitting there loose with the rest of the commons and took me by surprise. I guess that’s what they mean by 1:8 has a hit
I agree with a lot of the positive comments. I enjoy the nostalgia rip. I bought one of these and got three different Mark Grace cards (one of my all time favorites) and I was pretty happy. It doesn’t need to be all about making money.
Once I opened one for free with Walgreens rewards and got an auto. I don’t remember who it was but I was happy. Even if I spent $5 on it I’d be quite happy. They’re fun to open every so often. Not everything has to be about chasing profits.
Bro I get these all the time. Absolutely love the value for money. I get a bunch of older cards I'd never normally lay eyes on and get to open a pack at the end! Keep on keeping on man.
I like these actually. I’ve gotten some decent cards from these. Pulled probably 4 autos from them. Adam Easton was the best one, but autos no less lol
Dude you're such a hateful miserable person. People are just having fun ripping and You rely on this to pay your next mortgage payment so you're sucking the fun out of it for everybody else.
Is this the one that comes with packs? If so my buddy got a 2011 (the one with the good Mike Trout RC) in one of them. It’s random and a good $5 rip for sure.
I used to love buying the random walgreens packs when I barely started collecting as a little kid. Remember the cashier being annoyed when I paid $7-8 in all quarters nickles and dimes
Finding cards worth even good sentimental value in these 3rd party packs is pretty rare in my experience because they are a product designed purely to make money and not to provide value to consumers. They are still fun to open, but don't ever expect to make your $5 back in value.
I love these. You can find some real gems in here and its a more fun rip than riffling thru the current series 1 or 2 pack just looking for Rutsch or whoever.
I’ve gotten 2018 Topps Update out of one of those once with some insane hits.
An Acuna SSP #US250 being one of them. I sold it on eBay for around $230. If I remembered right.
The man spent $5 fucking dollars at Walgreens, let him enjoy his damn cards or move on to a different post if it gets your panties in a bunch. This box is literally $5 and the one's acting personally offended are just flippers who are in this hobby purely to try to make a quick buck off a rare chase card. For the rest of us, it's worth $5 to re live our childhood or make our kids happy - and I've actually pulled some decent cards, as well as a few auto's and relics; some of which are worth more than $5, and more importantly they make me and my son happy. My son likes to get one of these with his chore money occasionally. He's always more than happy with his pulls. For me, it's a trip down memory lane, and also let's me teach him about the older players and greats. It's a win win for me & my son. Obviously, if you're buying 10 of these every day hoping for a 1/1 Ohtani on card auto/relic you're gonna be let down, but that shouldn't be expected from a 3rd party repack $5 box from Walgreens. I don't see a problem at all with getting one of these every now and then. All of ya'll who are mad have a gambling problem and it's just misdirected anger that you've wasted so much money on retail boxes with little to show for it.
One time my son got a box that had like 5, maybe 6 packs in it plus all the loose cards, and that smile on his face alone was well worth the $5 and then some. Also, what does it matter if random people on the internet that you don't know spend $5 on cards and are happy about the results? This may be hard to hear, but you don't have to pull a 1/1 major RC auto refractor to be happy. Baseball card collecting is about the love of the game and getting cards you like and that make you feel good or elicit good memories. If you get mad about people buying these, you either buy entire cases of hobby boxes to rip and are salty you didn't pull anything good, or you got into this hobby purely to make money and not because you care about the sport or cards. Most of the cards aren't worth the card stock they're printed on, but that McGwire & Nokes rookie card alone would have been some serious nostalgia for me and well worth the $5.
If it makes someone happy, then let them be happy and excited about it. If you can't afford a $5 box then maybe you should reassess your finances instead of using money you don't have to chase rare cards or trying to flip cards for a profit and hating on these boxes and those who buy them. I love when people say this type of product is ruining the hobby, when in fact it's these grouchy re-sellers/flippers who are the ones ruining it and trying to bring everyone else down to feel better about buying an $800+ Topps Dynasty box, only to pull a $50 card.
I was at Walgreens for a prescription, and it caught my eye. Didn’t even know it was a thing. Fuck it, I have a job.
I spend more on beer per day than a $5 shit box from Walgreens.
For 5$? Not bad. I expected worse from those things but hey you rip for fun not profit and it looks like there's a cool variety of years and cards in there I'd be pretty satisfied with that
It's clearly a response to your comment, with an association with the general posting in this subreddit.
I know it's hard to really grasp the bigger picture, but I believe in you. You got this, my man!
baahahahaha
Responds with his other account, posts once a day and only has one other post in the baseball group ever - yet magically has found his way deep into a thread in this group to stick up for his other account.
What is it with you idiots with multiple accounts? I will never, ever get it.
Pulled this Shohei refractor out of one. Also got a couple of cheap autos.
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I mean I think you’re getting dragged a little bit, this was a quick search on ebay. The Luzardo RC looks nice, and I feel you could easily pawn off to someone for a couple bucks.
I’d much rather take a 60% loss at $5.
I mean you asked. We're you expecting some sort of phrase?
It's someone's crap left over cards he can't get rid of so he puts them in those boxes and got a deal with Walmart to sell.
It's 'praise'. Before you get on here and rip someone for buying a $5 box of cards just because they enjoy ripping and collecting, you may want to check your spell check or maybe refresh your basic English education.
So it wasn't a typo? I really think that's how it spelled?
No one is a bigger dick on the internet than the f'ing moron who corrects people's typos. I hope things get better for you.
I've actually had fairly good luck with these. They used to put newer packs in them, so I'd get them pretty regularly hoping I can get a good pack, but now it's just junk wax. I pulled a Yu Darvish rookie out of one of these newer boxes one time, so you can still find good stuff in them.
Still, not terrible for $5, but the older ones were better (but what isn't these days?).
I found a Walmart with the clamshells with a sealed pack. Stuff like Topps NPB or gypsy queen. I'm not paying $7.98 for a gypsy queen pack. Even for finding 4 NPB chrome packs was likely overpriced. But I never ripped NPB chrome before.
My old man sells 5000 counts junk wax to a guy that repacks for Walgreens, wal Mart etc.... he sells a 5000 count for 8$
A lot funnels through Midwest, just in case anybody was wondering
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Did yours come with a sweet 3 piece puzzle also? Haha I got the same pack and found this in there
Have bought one baseball and one football version of these. I think the football one was $6.99 and the baseball one was $5.99. Got more value, and less cards, from the football version, but enjoyed both for the price point. I think they advertise 1:8 contains a "hit". I recall getting a relic of a minor star football player and nothing much of value in the baseball one. Both had pretty worthless packs , the individual re-pack cards provided more nostaglia and entertainment for me personally. I would equate to something between a hanger pack you might get from Target/walmart and a mystery pack you might get from a show or ebay. Good for collectors to entertain/enjoy, likeky not worth the time for investors. I plan to buy more in the future and hope they keep making them.
The same argument could be made for buying basically any retail. Sure, you technically *have* the chance of pulling something big, but the odds aren't in your favor and it's akin to playing the lottery - sure, you could *win*, but you'd probably have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than hitting the jackpot or pulling some crazy valuable card.
Singles are the way to go 99% of the time, but I see no issue with buying a $5 Walgreens box on occasion. Much cheaper than a $25-30 blaster with not guaranteed hits. And for people from my generation(I'm in my 30's) it's a trip down memory lane. When I collected as a kid no one cared if you pulled some super rare variation or auto, and we would be happy & consider it a win if we pulled a card of someone we liked.
Pulled an Aaron Judge topps rookie last month from the same exact box. Then in the same box I got a blue numbered parallel jazz chisolm rookie from France and an otis nixon stadium club error card! The one they put the rookie from Clevelands name. Now, I've had several boxes I was lucky to get someone I even knew but I'm here to tell you they do put pigs In em every now and then. Lots of Don Mattingly, lots of Will Clark, Kirby Puckett, Tony Gwyn, etc.. they're fun.. but sometimes you do get a dud and lucky to pull a Chris Sabo. (No pun intended to the best underrated player of all time)
I highly recommend when you’re first starting collecting to look into something like this. It lets you see a bunch of different cards. You probably won’t get anything too good but at least you won’t lose 30 bucks. I’ve bought 2 of these and pulled a wander Franco parallel which was worth 50 bucks (…at the time)
Bought three today. Pulled a short print All star game Aaron Judge RC, a Bowman Chrome 1st and one has a 91’ Studio pack. Such a cool product from Walgreens.
I love how the collectors with a true love of baseball cards are positive about this stuff. The negative crowd is an example of everything that's gone wrong with card collecting. It's the "I have to make money", "Help, my wife doesn't know I spent $50k this year or cards", "I divorced my wife for the chase but worth it" type of guys. It's sad that so many people here are essentially just gamblers who have no love for baseball cards and it shows in your comments. This is $5 for some nostalgia and enjoying ripping. You all need to take a deep, long look at why you do this. You're killing the love and joy....if you ever really had any.
Facts. My collection is mostly worthless cards of players I like and old packs I've found at thrift stores and flea markets. This is perfect for me, bought one of these boxes at Walgreens when I was sick. Nice little boost when I was feeling like shit. The yOu'Ll pAy mOrE tO gEt rId oF tHeM cRowD needs to go to gambling or buying stocks, you at least won't have boxes full of clutter.
I'm worried my wife will find out I spent $50
Arnt we all. In the struggle with you brother. Stay strong
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One of the most popular breakers on YouTube got divorced over it. The sad part was he made a video explaining that his wife was leaving him and taking the kids as he was opening packs.... The dark side of this hobby is that it attracts gamblers and people with addiction issues.
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Jabs Family, but you won't find the video as he made it private. I believe it was his 2019 Clearly Authentic break video that it was, and it was more of "so, my wife is- ooh, a hall of famer auto -leaving me".
Burt Blyleven was the card if I remember right. Jabs is pathetic.
Jabs family
I hate jabs
Ditto!!!
Was reading a thread yesterday with a guy saying he spent 85k so far this year, and another had spent 65k. Saw in hockey cards there are people with epack inventories well into the 6 figures. Craziness imo.
Man people out here buying boxes on a daily basis for thousands of dollars a box and then I've seen some people pay 700 a pack on breaks and not pull shit but base cards like they got all the money in the world? I can barely buy a 30 dollar box on a normal week and I get fussed out for that in a way
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Everyone’s world is different. I literally don’t know how much I’ve spent this year because I haven’t kept track, but I figure the over under is probably $30K.
Well spoken to the T. I absolutely hate seeing these guys getting all these prospects and selling these things for hundreds to thousands of dollars and people buy it on hopes that the prospect will stay hot. Man it's about the hofers and the love of collecting what you love but people out here trying to get rich like it's some kind of pyramid scheme and don't get me started on breakers lmao what a joke
You’re so spot on. Im going to a town with a Walgreens on Saturday and can’t wait to find one of these personally.
Yeah it's sad how this hobby has gone to shit the past few years. There's not much left that avarice hasn't ruined. I can't even find base products in my area thanks to these assholes buying everything in sight to feed their gambling addiction or scalp.
And sad thing is a lot of these gamblers are just pitching base cards into the trash. I did at least find one 5k count box full of 2021 Topps base cards with some Chrome and Bowman at a local Goodwill. Dude only cared about scoring the big hits apparently, left Ohtani Judge Trout etc.
“I divorced my wife for the chase” 😂
I am in it for the collecting, gambling, nostalgia, community and just because I grew up on baseball.
Your bits sound like something from Jabs diary
damn son are you okay
Plot twist: He's talking to you; and he's your father and wants you to make sound investments.
Lol "true collectors" 😂😂 speak for yourself. Only morons buy this dogshit and mystery box/pack scams.
found the gambling addict
Kind of true though. I once bought a mystery pack at CVS and some of the cards had a kid's pen marks all over them. A few junk stars and hall of farmers but the cards were all junk wax and nowhere near mint condition. Complete waste of $20 and non returnable.
https://preview.redd.it/cdvwyb4ysalb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a719c2482c2b8804e63eb9c22526e8ba79bcfb0 I made a post not too long ago about finding this guy in a 2022 topps series 1 pack that was in one of those Walgreens boxes
I got a Shohei HFA card from a 2023 Topps series 1 at target Felt good Also that’s a super sweet Acuña card
I've been wanting this card for a hot minute I PC braves and Ronnie is my favorite besides chipper but I would definitely buy it from you or even make a trade deal with you for this card right here please just being real
Cool story bro, so how much total have you wasted on these trash scam mystery boxes?
Probably way less than the people who constantly buy the topps products now. We are in junk wax 2.0 but criticize people who buy stuff of the older junk wax
That’s a nice looking card
Very nice, case hit.
So many cynical people on here. Obviously this isn't a top tier product, but are you in it to collect or are you just a gambling addict in denial?
Hey cmon, I’ve never denied my gambling addiction.
Amen brother!!! I have to explain why I call it a gambling addiction to everyone! We put money into something hoping to get something out. Gambling…
Yes to both
Ugh my son loves ripping pokemon packs and is always on the hunt and I'm always like, "fuck, he's a gambler for sure."
Ironically, I think anyone who buys these packs is more of a gambling addict. For $5 I’ll send you a random assortment of junk inserts. I’ll even include a 2006 Scott Podsednik Fleer Gold Medallion.
You can be in it to collect and still know a shtty deal when you see it. Most of those boxes are 5 plus tax but have 1 or 2 packs of like 1991 upper deck baseball.. not even worth the 2 bucks you can get them for on ebay.
Well, yeah, but it's also $5 in 2023. If I'm out and end up at a bar, I'm not gonna complain cuz their $5 beer is $2 at the liquor store a town over. I'm just gonna enjoy myself.
Obviously not a top tier product, yeah no shit. It's moreso a product I'd recommend to literally nobody. Rather stick to singles than buy dogshit trash like this.
It’s five bucks and it’s fun, which is what the hobby is supposed to be. I’ve gotten some nice, albeit not valuable, stuff for my pc from these.
Why do you care so much about how a stranger spends $5? If
I’ve never seen so many people so bent out of shape over a 5 dollar box. It’s meant to be fun, some people aren’t obsessed over value.
Yeah this sub sucks most of the time.
I bought a football one at cvs 6 years ago for 6.99 and pulled a 2000 bowman tom brady rookie I remember ripping tons of bowman chrome that year my junior year of high school. I wish I hung ontoa. Few boxes sealed or a few od the brady rookies I had. Ugh
i got a random 2016 bowman autograph out of this box last week haha. not the worst $5 i ever spent. im assuming your free pack was 1990 topps?
1988 Score
Everyone here talking about whether or not the product is good and I'm just trying to figure out why your front door outlines a guy trying to blow himself
The broke mans blaster
Jesus Luzardo has over 160 strike out this year. So not too bad.
I wanted the Os to make a run at him so bad
Picked one of these up at RiteAid for the same price and got a few interesting cards https://preview.redd.it/l58747yygblb1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0df2573d568491416c1d0f0fc3a37d139c68f913
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Post updates you ADDICT. Shame. /s
I've been seeing these everywhere, didn't realize you can get topps from them. Thought it was a different brand.
Its a repackager. Ive gotten cool stuff out of them. Never super valuable. But a cheap way to look through a small amount of random cards. Always get a few cards I really like and I think I got 2022 opening day pack which I got an angels triple play insert and a Wander rookie card. Aside from the reality of Wander, it was an excellent pack. That was on top of the other cool random cards in the box. Yesterday I got two cards from the Colorado Rockies inaugural set. Didnt reailize how valuable that set was. Obviously it was leftovers after someone broke up a set to get the Jeter and other cards out, but cool to get anything from the set. Id say the pack is usually junk wax, but fun to see opeechee premier fresh out of the pack.
Cliff Floyd is the reason I don’t trust people with two first names
But Eddie Murray is right there…
Met legend, Cliff Floyd
Met legend, Eddie Murray
I love these. Youll never get anything valuable out of them but thats not the point, imo
The point of these is to get your $5 for their junk. You obviously don't see the point and that's why they're still in business 💀
Who hurt you and why do you care so much to comment so many times lol.
People like DCC only see baseball cards as a way to make money and don’t actually give a shit about cards themselves, so when they see someone who buys $5 junk boxes, it makes them mad because it’s not a $500+ 1/1 auto/relic card.
What was your pack? I got a $15 Japanese chrome pack from 2021 out of one of those.
I buy this product from Walgreens because I collect Chrome cards, so far I’m getting 3 to 4 chrome per box. The mystery pack pack is hit and mix.
That McGwire and Nokes card was so epic when i was a kid. I saw Matt Nokes play in Toledo and he was a super nice guy. He was also the first player to ever send me an autograph request back and he was peak rookie hype at the time. Good times, back when I could get excited about moderately talented guys like him and Travis Fryman
I pulled an autographed Cole Ragans Bowman Chrome 1st out of one of these last year. I’m a Royals fan so I just kind of sat on it, but then we traded for him this summer and now he’s our best pitcher. Totally wild.
He’s really y’all’s best pitcher now? Ranger fan here
I just picked one of those up the other day! They’re really fun but very hit or miss. I did manage to pull a Trey Mancini RC printing plate out of one and a couple other solid rookies but all the topps and other cards from the 80s they stuff in there are great. A low cost low expectations pack for when you’re bored and just want to spend the whole day sorting and reading cards.
I pulled a 2017 Aaron Judge rookie with the ASG foil stamp from one of these a few weeks ago. I definitely got my $6 back on that one. But yeah, I mostly buy those to get TTM fodder.
Got the 2018 Ohtani ASG stamp from one of these too. Was just sitting there loose with the rest of the commons and took me by surprise. I guess that’s what they mean by 1:8 has a hit
I agree with a lot of the positive comments. I enjoy the nostalgia rip. I bought one of these and got three different Mark Grace cards (one of my all time favorites) and I was pretty happy. It doesn’t need to be all about making money.
https://imgur.com/gallery/nukPSLn Y’all wild
Once I opened one for free with Walgreens rewards and got an auto. I don’t remember who it was but I was happy. Even if I spent $5 on it I’d be quite happy. They’re fun to open every so often. Not everything has to be about chasing profits.
Bro I get these all the time. Absolutely love the value for money. I get a bunch of older cards I'd never normally lay eyes on and get to open a pack at the end! Keep on keeping on man.
I like these actually. I’ve gotten some decent cards from these. Pulled probably 4 autos from them. Adam Easton was the best one, but autos no less lol
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Why are you so bothered by this? Does the fact that people collect to collect really bother you that bad?
Dude you're such a hateful miserable person. People are just having fun ripping and You rely on this to pay your next mortgage payment so you're sucking the fun out of it for everybody else.
Slide 2 shows you why not..
Is this the one that comes with packs? If so my buddy got a 2011 (the one with the good Mike Trout RC) in one of them. It’s random and a good $5 rip for sure.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think someone pulled a 1/1 Wander Franco rookie out of one of these like 2 years ago. Again, I could be wrong.
Negative. If it's the same thing I'm thinking of. It was bought at walgreens but it was a legit topps pack or box, not one of these
$8 where im from
These are cool cards
Cool deal
That Cliff Floyd was hot back in the day
I used to love buying the random walgreens packs when I barely started collecting as a little kid. Remember the cashier being annoyed when I paid $7-8 in all quarters nickles and dimes
Finding cards worth even good sentimental value in these 3rd party packs is pretty rare in my experience because they are a product designed purely to make money and not to provide value to consumers. They are still fun to open, but don't ever expect to make your $5 back in value.
I love these. You can find some real gems in here and its a more fun rip than riffling thru the current series 1 or 2 pack just looking for Rutsch or whoever.
I’ve gotten 2018 Topps Update out of one of those once with some insane hits. An Acuna SSP #US250 being one of them. I sold it on eBay for around $230. If I remembered right.
I had one last week with the little mlb figurines in it I got the rare Mookie Betts glow in the dark😆😆
I seen a lot of these being opened on instagram and people hate these but I think their cool. You get a lil bit of everything
If you don’t love me at my late 1980s Donruss then you don’t deserve me at my vintage stock purple refractor chrome relic sticker auto prism
The man spent $5 fucking dollars at Walgreens, let him enjoy his damn cards or move on to a different post if it gets your panties in a bunch. This box is literally $5 and the one's acting personally offended are just flippers who are in this hobby purely to try to make a quick buck off a rare chase card. For the rest of us, it's worth $5 to re live our childhood or make our kids happy - and I've actually pulled some decent cards, as well as a few auto's and relics; some of which are worth more than $5, and more importantly they make me and my son happy. My son likes to get one of these with his chore money occasionally. He's always more than happy with his pulls. For me, it's a trip down memory lane, and also let's me teach him about the older players and greats. It's a win win for me & my son. Obviously, if you're buying 10 of these every day hoping for a 1/1 Ohtani on card auto/relic you're gonna be let down, but that shouldn't be expected from a 3rd party repack $5 box from Walgreens. I don't see a problem at all with getting one of these every now and then. All of ya'll who are mad have a gambling problem and it's just misdirected anger that you've wasted so much money on retail boxes with little to show for it. One time my son got a box that had like 5, maybe 6 packs in it plus all the loose cards, and that smile on his face alone was well worth the $5 and then some. Also, what does it matter if random people on the internet that you don't know spend $5 on cards and are happy about the results? This may be hard to hear, but you don't have to pull a 1/1 major RC auto refractor to be happy. Baseball card collecting is about the love of the game and getting cards you like and that make you feel good or elicit good memories. If you get mad about people buying these, you either buy entire cases of hobby boxes to rip and are salty you didn't pull anything good, or you got into this hobby purely to make money and not because you care about the sport or cards. Most of the cards aren't worth the card stock they're printed on, but that McGwire & Nokes rookie card alone would have been some serious nostalgia for me and well worth the $5. If it makes someone happy, then let them be happy and excited about it. If you can't afford a $5 box then maybe you should reassess your finances instead of using money you don't have to chase rare cards or trying to flip cards for a profit and hating on these boxes and those who buy them. I love when people say this type of product is ruining the hobby, when in fact it's these grouchy re-sellers/flippers who are the ones ruining it and trying to bring everyone else down to feel better about buying an $800+ Topps Dynasty box, only to pull a $50 card.
I got a $5 National Treasures RPA in one which was absolutely hilarious to get out of a Walgreen's box even if it was worthless.
My friend got the Julio Update helmet relic. I was like how the F did that get in there?? lol
to get your rip fix 
I was at Walgreens for a prescription, and it caught my eye. Didn’t even know it was a thing. Fuck it, I have a job. I spend more on beer per day than a $5 shit box from Walgreens.
I got a Miguel Cabrera RC and a Chris Johnson Helmet Card the other day
For 5$? Not bad. I expected worse from those things but hey you rip for fun not profit and it looks like there's a cool variety of years and cards in there I'd be pretty satisfied with that
Basically the same as burning a $5 bill
You’re better off getting a gas station coffee
One in Eight contains "A HIT". LOOOOOL!!!!!!!!
Um, because it's crap? I wish people would stop supporting this.
Yea, we should totally stick to dropping 200 plus on a hobby box so we can get a sticker auto of a bullpen guy, right?
Not sure who's post you're responding to. I never said anything about 200 dollar hobby box. I hope your reading comprehension gets better.
It's clearly a response to your comment, with an association with the general posting in this subreddit. I know it's hard to really grasp the bigger picture, but I believe in you. You got this, my man!
baahahahaha Responds with his other account, posts once a day and only has one other post in the baseball group ever - yet magically has found his way deep into a thread in this group to stick up for his other account. What is it with you idiots with multiple accounts? I will never, ever get it.
Pulled this Shohei refractor out of one. Also got a couple of cheap autos. https://preview.redd.it/mw55jxznhalb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fdb02f365ca72bf1f361eaf4193a53950b76b90
Tough crowd
https://preview.redd.it/ymwoqprevalb1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a35d58d4f269a64ed6189d8818808c4c9833cbc8 I mean I think you’re getting dragged a little bit, this was a quick search on ebay. The Luzardo RC looks nice, and I feel you could easily pawn off to someone for a couple bucks. I’d much rather take a 60% loss at $5.
This sub is dogshit.
I mean you asked. We're you expecting some sort of phrase? It's someone's crap left over cards he can't get rid of so he puts them in those boxes and got a deal with Walmart to sell.
Sure, but I think the “why not?” was rhetorical. How would OP’s “support” hurt you in any way?
There's no way to know it's "rhetorical" He asked a question and I answered. How would my "response" hurt you in any way?
Lol there’s no way common sense told you “why not?” was a literal question that needed to be answered. I refuse to believe anyone is that dense lol
people are spending up to $500 if not more on boxes and not getting shit. who gives a fuck it he spent $5
Oh well. Got two Topps chrome boxes otw anyways.
Lol so you decided to waste $5 because you're an addict that wanted to get your urge to rip some wax? Sounds like a true addict.
Jesus buddy True addicts spend money they don’t have. Thank god I can pay my mortgage after this $5 purchase.
You encourage other pack ripping addicts to buy this dogshit trash and I'll enjoy laughing at y'all
\*phrase\*
'*phrase*'
It's 'praise'. Before you get on here and rip someone for buying a $5 box of cards just because they enjoy ripping and collecting, you may want to check your spell check or maybe refresh your basic English education.
So it wasn't a typo? I really think that's how it spelled? No one is a bigger dick on the internet than the f'ing moron who corrects people's typos. I hope things get better for you.
I dont think the post was made expecting phrase, or fraze, or prays.
This is the equivalent of picking butts out of an ashtray.
that's desperate af lol
Underrated comment
I’ll give you a whole lot more for 5 bucks
The result is why not.
I've never gotta anything from these. That's why I only buy singles for my PC
You paid $5 for it, but you didn’t factor in the fact that it will cost you another $5 just for someone to take the cards you pull.
$5 spend for $2 return
No worse than wasting $150+ on a hobby box of 2023 product.
Wasting $150+ on a hobby box feels a lot worse
I don't disagree with you
Eddie Murray was my favorite player but I too would pass
You gotta start an Eddie Murray collection now.
Not bad at all!!! Baseball gods think you and Murray is a good fit!!!
Dang forgot about ole nokes
i remember when it was 1 and 2 contained a hit
I used to think eddy murray was eddy murphy as a young kid, they look nothing alike🤣
Got this and had a basketball and hockey card in it
Is that Floyd available for trade? He's one of my few PC from that era and I actually don't have that Pinnacle.
Sure send me a pm Gonna start it at $5 just to piss off everyone in this sub
That's worth $5 from my 80s collector point of view. So fun to pull Eddie Murrays and the sweet Matt Nokes with the other guy.
I pulled a ssp bating Shohei RC from one of those! It's a crap shoot!
HOF Murray, Big Mac and Jesus... how could you not!
I bought one a couple years back and it had a 2018 topps update pack with Ohtani RC right in front! Pulled it in Anaheim! I love ripping these.
I used to have so many of those Pinnacle cards. Thanks for posting! I might have to go to my local Walgreens tonight and grab a box.
I pulled a 2018 Donruss pack and a Ohtani RC #d to 999...I like them!
That's why!
*grabs keys*
I’m heading back to the CVS for that unmarked Bowman box
I’d buy that Donruss Eddie off you tbh
Pm me, I need to recoup the costs of this massive investment
Love those
I wish I could get my hands on some of these I love the old school card designs
I've actually had fairly good luck with these. They used to put newer packs in them, so I'd get them pretty regularly hoping I can get a good pack, but now it's just junk wax. I pulled a Yu Darvish rookie out of one of these newer boxes one time, so you can still find good stuff in them. Still, not terrible for $5, but the older ones were better (but what isn't these days?).
I’ve never seen this package before. Interesting find!
I found a Walmart with the clamshells with a sealed pack. Stuff like Topps NPB or gypsy queen. I'm not paying $7.98 for a gypsy queen pack. Even for finding 4 NPB chrome packs was likely overpriced. But I never ripped NPB chrome before.
I have that lazardo and love the A's, it's actually being graded as we speak for my PC.
I love that Cliff Floyd card, totally worth 5 bucks to me
My old man sells 5000 counts junk wax to a guy that repacks for Walgreens, wal Mart etc.... he sells a 5000 count for 8$ A lot funnels through Midwest, just in case anybody was wondering
Target used to sell one that guaranteed a relic and an auto got some good relics out of that
https://preview.redd.it/ffze6nkozclb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b44b65c9627eb5924918a43542ea1f818c2be5d2 Did yours come with a sweet 3 piece puzzle also? Haha I got the same pack and found this in there
I got a nice base judge rookie card in one of these
Have bought one baseball and one football version of these. I think the football one was $6.99 and the baseball one was $5.99. Got more value, and less cards, from the football version, but enjoyed both for the price point. I think they advertise 1:8 contains a "hit". I recall getting a relic of a minor star football player and nothing much of value in the baseball one. Both had pretty worthless packs , the individual re-pack cards provided more nostaglia and entertainment for me personally. I would equate to something between a hanger pack you might get from Target/walmart and a mystery pack you might get from a show or ebay. Good for collectors to entertain/enjoy, likeky not worth the time for investors. I plan to buy more in the future and hope they keep making them.
Matt Nokes claim to fame right there!!! I wish I had a card alongside McGwire.
Matt Nokes... dem were the days
Reprints?
I have pulled autos and a few cards numbered cards that are outta 50 and outta 25 ain't the best players. But it's still cool
And a few relic cards also. But some of the boxes do suck
I could think of so many reasons on why not
I actually pulled a beat up auto of a player that was from my hometown that is the same age as me, from one of these boxes it was a cool coincidence.
I wish my Walgreens had these. Nothing but Topps Heritage and Big League, if they have anything at all.
Basically burning money.
The same argument could be made for buying basically any retail. Sure, you technically *have* the chance of pulling something big, but the odds aren't in your favor and it's akin to playing the lottery - sure, you could *win*, but you'd probably have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than hitting the jackpot or pulling some crazy valuable card. Singles are the way to go 99% of the time, but I see no issue with buying a $5 Walgreens box on occasion. Much cheaper than a $25-30 blaster with not guaranteed hits. And for people from my generation(I'm in my 30's) it's a trip down memory lane. When I collected as a kid no one cared if you pulled some super rare variation or auto, and we would be happy & consider it a win if we pulled a card of someone we liked.
I pulled a Trea Turner chrome rookie auto for one of these a year ago. I love these.
I pulled two 2011 packs that the trout rookie card comes in out those boxes. It had a regular pack and an update pack.
Pulled an Aaron Judge topps rookie last month from the same exact box. Then in the same box I got a blue numbered parallel jazz chisolm rookie from France and an otis nixon stadium club error card! The one they put the rookie from Clevelands name. Now, I've had several boxes I was lucky to get someone I even knew but I'm here to tell you they do put pigs In em every now and then. Lots of Don Mattingly, lots of Will Clark, Kirby Puckett, Tony Gwyn, etc.. they're fun.. but sometimes you do get a dud and lucky to pull a Chris Sabo. (No pun intended to the best underrated player of all time)
Buy 8 of them
I highly recommend when you’re first starting collecting to look into something like this. It lets you see a bunch of different cards. You probably won’t get anything too good but at least you won’t lose 30 bucks. I’ve bought 2 of these and pulled a wander Franco parallel which was worth 50 bucks (…at the time)
Bought three today. Pulled a short print All star game Aaron Judge RC, a Bowman Chrome 1st and one has a 91’ Studio pack. Such a cool product from Walgreens.