Coffee Break:2025 Topps Holiday Baseball Mega Box

Here is Box #3 in this series. Before I begin with this one, I want to mention I kept the other holiday mega box sealed. I have been collecting sealed holiday boxes for a few years now and will show them off as my Christmas post this year.

I don't know why I am, but, wanted to.

 

Today's box is my way of continuing to show off of retail wax that I got in the 9-card lot of autograph Daniel Jones cards I traded away. If you missed that, here is the ARTICLE.

I started with the football boxes and now moved to baseball saving basketball Value Hanger Pack for last.

Without further ado, let's start to rip and take a sip with these highlights,  

Before I show off the highlights, I want to point out that these Mega Boxes no long guarantee an autograph or relic card. For $29.99 a box, you want that. What used to be a good deal is no longer that on these. It's typically what Fanatics has been doing with Topps products so far.

Rant over, now the highlights.

My ornament pull. I like this years design.

Base card design. It feels recycled to me.

Some silver parallels,

Blue? I don't know a lot about this years product.

First short print find,

Jazz Gingerbread cookie. Kinda lame parallel/Sp.

These look good!

But, not as good as having holiday chrome!! What do you bet they will release a Topps Holiday Chrome next year. Mark my words and bookmark this post!

Final Sp,

 

Mike Trout. Remember when he was hobby relevant?

Well not too much there to get excited about. I do like the Trout Sp, the chrome card and ornament, but outside of that, not much in here. I miss finding a hit per box.

Alright, we have one Coffee Break left in this trade coming up tomorrow.

Hopefully it ends on a good note since the first three breaks were not that great.

We will see on that.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Don't Be A Turkey, Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

All I know is if I was a hunter, last week I would have been in turkey heaven and this would be in my oven. Maybe could have even gotten another one for next year.....or a few years.

But, I am not a hunter. I couldn't kill an animal if I wanted to. 

Instead, Mr. Butterball is already in the oven waiting to be slowly cooked and served around noon while I am prepping the rest of the meal while watching the Macy's Parade.

I don't have a lot of time today, but just wanted to say I appreciate all of you that come here to read my sometimes long and sometimes short posts. I guess you can say I am thankful for you.

There are a lot of things I am thankful for such as my family, God, the hobby, blogger/Twitter friends, life, basketball, and pretty much everything that makes my everyday life go. Big, little, positive and negative things I am also thankful for.

Well, as I said, this will be a short post. I don't want the potatoes boiling over on the stove.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2025 Mosaic Football Blaster Box #2

Well....well...well...what do we have here....that's right box #2 in my trade break.

I am beginning my show off of retail wax that I got in the 9-card lot of autograph Daniel Jones cards I traded away. If you missed that, here is the ARTICLE.

I thought I would start out with the football blasters first and now it is time for the second football one.

Without further ado, let's start to rip and take a sip with these highlights,  

 

My first Woody Marks rookie card. Yeah, that was supposed to be exciting, this is the best excitement I have for a guy with a unique name.

Dart Variation! Bad part, I already had two of these....this one will be going to a friend.

Sadly, that was it for the rookie highlights.

Now inserts.

This is a subset and a player I strongly dislike, but wanted to show it off to add some meat to this post.

This guy has been playing lights-out good, despite how bad this season has gone for the Giants, he has been a bright spot. This card is also a new PC piece.

Now onto the parallels.

Ughhh another Eagle. This time A.J. Brown. This is a "Mosaic" parallel.

Another "Mosaic" parallel. This time a rookie insert of McMillian who has played really well in Carolina.

Will Campbell. Another team I despise and an offensive lineman, ugh.

This guy started on my fantasy team but it wasn't long before I cut him.

Team color match on this Elevate. This is the one-per-blaster Orange Fluorescent.

Silver of Audric Estime. I have seen and heard the silvers seem to be the tougher pulls this year.

 

And finally, Justin Jefferson green parallel. Good player, bad team. Seems there is a lot of that.

There you have it. Another break and another kind of dull one at that but at least two Giants were in this one. To put these into perspective. Each Mosaic blaster box was $29.99. I have a feeling I didn't lure that back with either box break or even combined.

But, let me know in comments what you think.

In the meantime, I will finish my cup and get ready to seize the day.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

BEFORE I CLOSE OUT, DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR YOU FAVORITE BLOGGERS AND TRADING CARD PRODUCTS IN NACHO GRANDES END OF THE YEAR AWARDS.

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Which by the way, I did not vote for myself in any category. I want this to be a real vote. It's no fun if I do it myself. I want to hear what the readers think.

Coffee Break:2025 Mosaic Football Blaster Box #1

It is time!

I am beginning my show off of retail wax that I got in the 9-card lot of autograph Daniel Jones cards I traded away. If you missed that, here is the ARTICLE.

I thought I would start out with the football blasters first.

Without further ado, let's start to rip and take a sip with these highlights,

Dillion Gabriel rookie card. He started off okay as the Browns starter, now he is riding the pine for the other Browns rookie with a bigger last name and background.

The next three rookies are base card variations. But, before you get too excited, they are actually worth less than the base rookies. I don't know why.

Cam Ward is an okay football player on a really bad team. I am kind of glad now the Giants got who they got in Jaxson Dart.

Judkins has shown flashes this season. Could be a big part of the Browns next season.

And Ashton Jeanty. This guy was real fly in college, than he came to the Raiders where all NFL players hopes and dreams die.

Next up, insert pulls. The inserts in Mosaic unless they are parallels are really dull like the base.

Not bad names on the insert pulls, it's just that they aren't worth much and are kind of lame.

Let's hope the parallel pulls are better.

No relation to my main PC guy, but Omarion has had a great start to the season when he is healthy on the field. Solid find here with the green parallel.

Kyle Williams rookie insert parallel.

Kareem Hunt "Mosaic" parallel.

New to blasters this year, the Fluorescent Orange parallel. Kind of cool and not a bad player to find either. This parallel falls one-per-blaster this year.

And finally,

 

Mean Joe Greene green parallel. Say that five times fast without coffee in your mouth.

Nothing to really too exciting in box one. No Giants for my PC. No autograph finds. No case hits. Not really any player PC finds either like Mahomes. I would say the Hampton was the find of the box then Jefferson.

Let me know if you agree in comments.

Tomorrow I will post the other box break of Mosaic, let's hope it outdoes box one.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

BEFORE I CLOSE OUT, DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR YOU FAVORITE BLOGGERS AND TRADING CARD PRODUCTS IN NACHO GRANDES END OF THE YEAR AWARDS.

DETAILS ON THIS LINK:

https://fanofreds.blogspot.com/2025/11/tcdb-monday-turkey-day-approaches.html

Which by the way, I did not vote for myself in any category. I want this to be a real vote. It's no fun if I do it myself. I want to hear what the readers think.

Monday Thoughts With Matt

It's Monday again.

It's okay. You have this new post to comment on and I hope a cup of coffee like me. That will make it better.

Right?

 

Well, it should.

Or maybe my holiday themed mug will. We all know how much I love Christmas.

Anyway, this new Segment didn't really do too well last week, but I don't plan to give up on it quite yet. What I didn't mention in the first post of this series is that my Monday thoughts may not always be just hobby specific. It will be based on whatever my actual thoughts are.

With Thanksgiving coming up this week, that has me thinking what my favorite food is for the holiday. Is is the turkey? stuffing/dressing? cranberry sauce? dessert? I honestly don't know how to answer this. But, if I had to choose, I think my mashed potatoes might have the edge.

Without gravy though. I am not a gravy fan. (I see the shock on your face)

So for today's Monday topic, tell me in comments your favorite Thanksgiving dish, food or dessert item.

We all know the key beverage is coffee so I wasn't going to include drinks as part of it :)

Hope everyone has a good Monday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Will This End Up As A Smart Move?

It doesn't happen often for me, actually has never happened at all, that I collect a ton of cards of a certain player, they leave my team, turn good and the value of their cards go up a little.

I usually have Kadarius Toney type results.

But, we are talking about a win this time and that win was Daniel Jones.

He was terrible for my Giants never quite hitting his stride in NY, was cut last year and ended up on the Vikings practice squad before turning into a backup quarterback for their playoff run and then this past offseason ended up on the Colts roster and earned his starting job there.

So far this season, he has led the Colts to a 8-2 start, has thrown for over 2600 yards, 15 touchdowns and has completed close to 70% of his passes.

Pretty impressive for a guy who was the laughing stock of the NFL.

When I found out that he was having a decent season, I said to myself, self, I have thirteen Daniel Jones autograph cards and he is playing well and the values might be at the best they will ever be right now. So, now that he isn't a Giant, shouldn't I find a way to turn some of these into something I want more? Especially since most don't feature him in a Giants uniform.

So that's what I did. I pulled out nine of this autographs, all rookie ones with some numbered, and posted them for trade.

The surprising part, there wasn't a single bite.

Despite his hot start, not a single person wanted to trade for this lot....or even a single card from it.

After pushing them and pushing them, I had come to the point where I was just going to keep them and hope he continued to do well so I could turn them into something even bigger at a later date. Then at the same time, I became concerned if I didn't move them soon, he would get hurt or turn back into that Giants quarterback again and that I may never see anything from them.

This led me to seek an alternative route to move them.

I started trade talks with a long time trading friend and we came to an agreement for a trade.

I ended up sacrificing some value and in return, I got some wax to open.

It wasn't the full ideal trade I had hoped for, but it was something. It gave me an opportunity to open some wax I may not have been able to otherwise. I can't remember the last time I opened something so it was kind of exciting.

But, would I get my value back in the long run after moving on from those Jones? That is for me to share with you guys and for you to be the judge of.

Coming up, I will be posting some Coffee Breaks of the following products that I landed in this trade,

• 2 2025 Mosaic Football Blaster Boxes
• 2 2025 Topps Holiday baseball boxes
• 1 Hanger pack of 2025-26 Topps basketball

And then a bonus post where I will sum up the "best hits" and compare it to the nine Daniel Jones autographs to see if I made the right move or not.

Of course with feedback from you guys as well.

Thanks for reading today's post. Sorry for the lack of coffee for this one, but it's eleven pm. I shouldn't even be awake still, but I had some homework to do and wanted to get a post up.

Now that the post is done, time to go back to homework.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Monday Thoughts With Matt

It's Monday. Let's not let it bring you down.

I just want you to grab a cup of your favorite warm beverage in your wife's mug, or your own, 

then walk over and sit down in your most comfiest chair, take a breath, relax.

Let's just talk in this NEW segment.

Today, I just want to talk about your feelings on the rumor that Fanatics/Topps might be buying out Panini America and your thoughts about the ramifications that may have on the hobby.

I believe that any one company running the show for any type of business is bad. It gives the consumer no options, higher prices, lower quality products, and less innovation since there is no competition to drive those things. Not to mention the overproduction that Fanatics has done since taking the Topps name.

I think this kind of move will be terrible for the hobby. It's bad enough they are monopolizing the main three licenses (football is soon and sorry hockey guys, hockey isn't a top three sport in the hobby) and now if they buy out the last big competition they have left, they will rule it all and the downfall of the hobby could be on it's way.

But, that's just my thoughts.

Take a sip, another deep breath, and give me your input below. I will be curious on your thoughts.

Now it's my turn to sit back, relax and take a sip to read your replies.

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