Packs

Hi. Phungo opened two packs and shared that he had an obscene about of dupes in the packs. At Target, I saw that they had some 26-card packs and decided on the spur of the moment to buy two and test my luck. I don't "rip" packs and I don't "pull" cards. I open packs and I get cards. I don't use the word "hit" or "hits" with anything other than scorn and derision. It's a really stupid term.  

In my two packs I had no dupes. Which surprised me. And the luck of the draw in them was that I got three out of the four cards in the entire series that I wanted. Andrew McCutchen, Jose Ramirez, and Mike Trout. I also want Bobby Witt Jr, but our friend Jason C is sending me that. I got an Ohtani NL HR leaders card and a Stars of MLB card; but I did want the base card. So I've worked out a trade for that one.  And an after thought card that I "need" (as opposed to "want") is #22, Clayton Kershaw's final base Topps card for the future "Last Topps Cards of Hall of Famers" collection that I have going.  That's incoming through a trade too, so act surprised when I show that off. 

Getting the McCutchen was ironic because I had already bought a copy off eBay. So I'm keeping the one I landed in the pack and will trade the other away. 

Here is Pack 1:

The first card that I saw was the NL ERA leaders (Skenes, Yamamoto, Sanchez). Visible-ish in the top row, left-most card.

And here is Pack 2:

Unfortunately there were two Tatis Jrs cards, which is karma. Sometimes you get cards for players you can't stand. The only good that can come of this is that I can trade them both for a card I do want. 

The packs came with 1 foil each. Detmes Holo Foil and Schwellenbach Rainbow Foil. 

I had never seen a "Holo Foil" in person before though I've seen ample examples on the Interwebs. It's an interesting thing, I suppose; especially as the scan looks abso-smurfly nothing like the card in hand. I kind of, now, want a Pink Holo of someone. The Diamante foils are also kind of interesting. I hope to be able to see with my own eyeballs one one day.

So, overall it was really swell and my only disappointment was not getting the base Ohtani and not getting a foil card of a player (or players) I care about. I quite like the 2026 design and this is a set I might consider buying in full once they are available. 

And in the mail came this Brettian beauty for the 1980 Topps set build! 

Thanks for stopping by!