Finished Cup: 2021 Donruss Rookie Sweaters Single Relic

It's late, I am up watching what I am hoping will be an Eagles loss in their game vs the Bucs with a sore shoulder. So, since I am not sleeping yet, hopefully I can sleep with my shoulder, I thought I would put up a quick post on here to try and continue to catch up with Christmas mail days.

I am also doing this without coffee, it is late. That's the only reason. When have I ever posted Cards Over Coffee without coffee?

Today's mail day post helped me finish a set I have been chasing for two years thanks to the generosity of Twitter pal, @TyRecino.

Ty is always checking in with me on Twitter to see what some of my needs are for my Sweater sets chases. When he found out I was only three away from completing the 2021 single relic set, he said, it's completed now as he picked up the final three cards.

I waited until Christmas before I opened the package up, as I did with every package that arrived around that time.

Inside was a trade we did (I will be posting this on Big Blue Cardboard), an Eli Manning surprise and the final three cards were the set ones I needed.

First up, Justin Fields. He had an up and down season mixed in with some injuries.

Tylan Wallace who made that unforgettable overtime punt return touchdown against the Rams this season.

And Javonte Williams who seemed to had been lost in the Denver offense that used multiple running backs. I will never understand that Denver offense this year and why they benched Russell Wilson. I am a Wilson fan, I hope he can come back and play somewhere else next year and prove Denver wrong.

And that does it. Set complete. Now I need to tackle the dual relic set for 2021 that I don't own a single card of yet.

Thanks again to Ty for the help and the few other goodies he sent as well.

I hope everyone has a good night's sleep, hopefully I will to. I just took some ibuprofen. 

Maybe a new post tomorrow if I can find time as I have a cleaning at the dentists.

*Coffeeless Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2021 Optic Football Blaster Box (relic pull!)

*sits down on this sunny Sunday to get ready for a new post before a day of football begins*

*takes a sip, has box by his side and gets ready*

It's another football Sunday! Woooooooooooooo! I just hope it goes better than this past Monday Night's game.

With fall and football in the air, I decided it was time to finally post a box break I did awhile back that has been sitting in drafts waiting for me.

*takes a sip*

This year, Panini said, "hey-let's release all of the hot products at the end of the football card season all within weeks of each other" when it comes to Prizm, Optic and Select. I don't know what the strategy was to that, but it's been hard to find any of it on the shelf. I also wonder if they did it that way because of such a weak 2022 rookie class. That way they can still make some money.

I have been lucky so far to have been able to open a tiny bit of each product thanks to my father's timing in Walmart. He lives within minutes of it so in-between each job he does, he checks in to see if anything is on the shelf. Comes in really handy because otherwise, the "kid flipper" cleans off the shelf and I wouldn't have any.

Last month, my pops timed it right and grabbed me a blaster of Optic football. I wasn't sure what to expect from it, but I knew I just wanted some.

*takes a sip before moving onto the box*

Each blaster box of 2021 Optic football comes with 6 packs of 4 cards each. There are no guarantees other than three purple shock parallels and each blaster box goes for $35. Once again, I miss the $20 box days.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

I won't bother boring you with the base cards but will show off my Rated Rookie finds. At the time, I was super stoked to pull the Lance. Now that he is out for the season, not so much. Kids, don't invest in cards....EVER.

There are 200 cards in the regular base set and 100 cards in the Rated Rookie base set.

There are also plenty of parallels to find for both.

Veteran Base,

Fire, Freedom, Holo, One Hundred, Red Stars, Rocket, Stars, White Sparkle, Aqua /299, Orange /199, Blue /179, Silver Circles /125, Red /99, Orange Scope /79, Pink Velocity /79, Purple /50, Lime Green /35, Black Pandora /25, Ice /15, Purple Stars /15, Gold /10, Green /5, and Gold Vinyl 1/1.
PREMIUM BOX SET PARALLELS: Base Wave /299, and Black 1/1.


Rated Rookie Base,
Blue Hyper, Blue Scope, Bronze, Fire, Freedom, Green Velocity, Holo, Holo Variation, One Hundred, Pink, Purple Shock, Red Hyper, Red Mojo, Red Stars, Rocket, Stars, Teal Velocity, White Sparkle, Aqua /299, Orange /199, Blue /179, Silver Circles /125, Red /99, Orange Scope /79, Pink Velocity /79, Purple /50, Lime Green /35, Black Pandora /25, Ice /15, Purple Stars /15, Gold /10, Green /5, Gold and Vinyl 1/1.

PREMIUM BOX SET PARALLELS: Base Wave /299 and Black 1/1.

Holo Silver Base

Holo Silver Rated Rookie

 

Purple Shocks. These look pretty cool!

*takes a sip before moving onto the inserts*

The inserts in Optic are kind of bland if they don't have some shine.

Like this, The Rookies. Bleh. Trey Lance, now bleh as well. There are 20 cards in the set.

Legendary Logos is pretty cool. There are 20 cards in the set and all of them are holo silver.

The final pack also had a surprise....

 

Blasters no longer have relic guarantees, so just to pull one is cool now. Nothing big but looks cool.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

Well, not too much to brag about in this break. I have set aside some of the cards I pulled in here for trading buddies I hope to send to them soon. For now, I will also tuck the Trey Lance cards away just in case.....unless I get a good trade offer for them.

Let me know your thoughts on the product and the break.

Best of luck to your teams today, Go Giants and have a Super Sunday!

*Coffee Card Blogger out*

Missing

*sits down and takes a sip with much on the mind. takes another sip hoping that the sweet taste of coffee will take away some of the stress*

For the past couple of weeks, I have been desperately looking for a misplaced card in my house. I had it on my special card stand and cannot remember for the life of me where it went after I did some cleaning on the stand. Did I throw it away with some junk papers I had on there? Did I put it in a random box? Did it fall behind something?

So far, I have dug through all of the boxes I have used recently, for sorting, checked behind the obvious places it could have fallen, found the envelope it originally came in which was in the trash, so I searched the trash...with gloves on of course and I have also looked in other card stacks that were on that stand as well.

NO SUCH LUCK.

This is worse than the time that I mistakenly added sugar free creamer in my coffee. And that was pretty bad I may add.

*takes a sip feeling lucky that it doesn't have the sugar free taste*

I have lost cards before, who hasn't, and they usually pop up a few days later when I think of a spot they could be. This card is different. I have no idea where else to look as I have looked and re-looked everywhere possible. The even bigger problem is, it's not a card I can just go out and replace. It's a 1/1.

THIS IS THE ONLY VERSION OF IT!!!

It's the same amount of pictures I have of it. ONE.

 

This 1/1 printing plate features 6 comediens including my favorite, Chevy Chase. I took this picture a day or two after getting the card to send a thank you on Twitter to the person I traded for it from.

The picture is all that I have now. (plays Memories by Maroon 5 in the back of his mind before jumping to Take A Picture by Filter)

I have not and will not give up the search for this card yet, but at some point, I realize I will have to let it go. I cannot let it continue to consume my mind wondering where it went too much longer.

In comments today, let me know if there was ever a card you lost and if you ever found it.

Hope everyone has a Super Saturday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2021 Panini Limited Football (nice hit!!)

*fall is in the air, or winter with a brisk 39 on the thermometer this morning. sips coffee for warm comfort. *

*takes another sip*

*takes a gulp*

*time for some...sip...sip...cards over coffee*

I didn't get my hands onto a lot of football for 2021 so having the access to do so is exciting. Today I am breaking a box of 2021 Panini Limited which used to be a favorite to open but haven't opened too much the last few years so I am hoping it is still a fun one.

With football season starting this week, let's rip this box and hope for the best!

*takes a sip, realizes coffee is almost gone. gets up and brews the next cup*

Every box of Panini Limited football comes with 3 packs of 5 cards each. You will find 2 autographs and 1 memorabilia card per box. Boxes run roughly $485.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

BASE:

There are 100 base cards in the set to collect featuring all veterans.

PARALLELS:

You can find the following base cards parallels for Limited,

Silver /149, Gold /75, Ruby /49, Holographic /23, Amethyst /15, Emerald /10, Sapphire 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.

I pulled a gold, you can tell by the gold/rainbow foil on the card details. These are numbered to 75. Also, do you feel bad for Sam Darnold getting ditched again from a starting job or just think that he can't be a starting QB?

INSERTS:

There are only two insert sets to find in Limited. One is 2000 Limited Tribute Veterans and the other is 2000 Limited Tribute Rookies which is what I pulled.

Here is a Greg Rousseau. I like the throwback cards.

HITS:

My first hit is of former Eagle now Viking WR Jalen Reagor. This features a nice Patch piece.

My second hit was a Cole Kmet autograph. If you can call this an autograph.

 

And my final hit was a whopper! Trey Lance rookie patch autograph!! This is why there are no base card rookies, all rookies look like this in the set.

I think I need to find myself a Toney like that Lance.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

This was a quick break with only 15 cards involved, but the Lance was a nice find. It was the card that saved this break, but still, the high prices on these boxes still didn't bring back the full value of the break.

But, from what I have seen online, there are some really cool hits to pull in here so maybe other breaks will bring back the value.

Ratings (ratings based on 1-5 🍵 and on a per box basis. not for overall product)

Design 🍵🍵
Photography 🍵
Inserts: 🍵🍵
Hits 🍵🍵🍵
Price 🍵
Value 🍵🍵 (and a half cup)

Your thoughts on this product welcomed in comments!

*takes one final sip*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2021 Prizm Football Hanger Box

*sits down, gets ready for a new Cards Over Coffee post*

*takes a sip*

I have been good boy recently when it comes to retail buying. I haven't been buying. Mostly because of lack of funds but also because I am trying to make better decisions of what I collect and open. No more of the I see, I need approach. I guess you can call it "Collecting Maturity".

There are some products still though that are weak spots for me because of the rookie cards and because of the shininess.

Today's Coffee Break is just that.

Since 2012, anytime I had the opportunity to open some Prizm football I have. It's my favorite Panini football product and every year I find myself chasing certain rookie cards and whatever NY Giants parallels I could get my hands on.

So, when my father picked up two hanger boxes of Prizm, I pleaded my case for one since I hadn't found any yet.

Luckily for me, he obliged.

Here is my first Prizm football rip,

Each hanger box of 2021 Panini Prizm football comes with 20 cards. There are no guarantees other than hopefully a good time....and 4 hanger exclusive Red Ice prizms. Each hanger costs $26.

BASE:

This years base set is 440 cards deep, which is huge for Prizm. Also makes it very hard to pull the good rookies.

Especially with only one per hanger box.

I have traded for two of my rookie wants from this years set with Lawrence and Toney, but still want to chase down Mac Jones, Zach Wilson, and Trey Lance.

INSERTS:

It's Prizm so it has a tendency to be overflowed with parallels, here are the options for inserts,

Green, Green Ice, No Huddle, Blue Ice /99, Purple Power /49, Gold /10, Gold Vinyl /5, and Black Finite 1/1.

 

New Recruits has 10 cards to collect in the set.

PARALLELS:

I already touched base on the insert parallels, now onto the base card parallels.

*takes a sip, this could be awhile*

Black & Red Checker, Black & White Checker, Blue, Disco, Green, Green Ice, Lazer, Light Blue, Neon Green Pulsar, Orange Ice, Pink, Purple Pulsar, Red, Red Ice, Red/White/Blue, Silver, Snakeskin, White Sparkle, Orange /249, Purple Ice /225, Blue Wave /199, Hyper /175, Red Wave /149, Purple /125, Blue Ice /99, Green Scope /75, Orange Wave /60, Purple Power /49, Red Shimmer /35, Blue Shimmer /25, Navy Camo /25, Forest Camo /15, Gold /10, Gold Shimmer /10, Gold Vinyl /5, Green Shimmer /5 AND Black Finite 1/1.
NO HUDDLE PRIZMS: Base No Huddle, Blue /79, Red /50, Purple /35, Pink /15, AND Neon Green /5.

Green

OH SNAP! What I first thought was a silver Trey Lance wasn't. However, this silver Variation Trey Lance is almost as cool and a great find.

 

I followed that up with Davis Mills Red Cracked Ice.

 

The rest of the Red Cracked Ice.

And that's it. Probably literally too.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

This was a pretty solid break with Trey Lance and Davis Mills. Not to mention I landed the Plaxico base card I needed for my Giants collection. There was nothing to complain about this break.

Thoughts on my break and Prizm welcomed in comments.

Have a great Wednesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary Baseball

As baseball season, and my Yankees, roll on we are seeing more baseball releases make their way out there.

However, just like with some football products, there were some delays, so we are seeing some late products getting into our hands.

One of the latest products I was excited about last year, forgot about it, and now have it in hand for today's Coffee Break.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

Every box of 2021 Tops Chrome Platinum Anniversary baseball comes with 24 packs of 4 cards. Each box comes with multiple refractors and one autograph per box. Sort of set up like regular Topps Chrome. Each box is roughly $125-$150.

BASE:

The base design uses the iconic Topps 1952 design that gets the chrome treatment.

The base set itself is MASSIVE. 700 cards in total, I don't think I have ever seen a chrome product with so many cards in a set.

Back of the card.

The base set consists of players from the present like Cole.

 

Past like Fred Lynn and Jackie Robinson (was hoping for a Griffey base in my box but no such luck)

Future like this Apostel.

And it also includes some bad centering on some cards. Makes it feel more authentic right?

PARALLELS:

Of course, with a chromed product, you are going to get a massive number of refractors.

Here are the offerings for this product,

Refractor, Prism, Black & White Mini-Diamonds, X-Fractor, Aqua Wave, Blue Mini-Diamonds /199, Red Atomic /100, Green/Yellow 70th /99, Rose Gold Mini-Diamonds /75, Platinum 70th Mini-Diamonds /70, Gold/Rose Gold 70th Wave /50, Orange/Yellow 70th /25, Black/Gold 70th /10, Black/Red 70th Mini-Diamonds /5, SuperFractor 1/1.

Base refractors fall 1:4 packs. I love the Torre find.

X-Factor falls 1:24 packs. This card however won't slap you in the face.

Kyle Cody seems surprised by my Will Smith comment or was aiming to have one of those faces you get by kids in one of their expensive school photo shoots, is a mini Rose Gold Mini-Diamond /75

Aqua Wave (my favorite parallel so far I have seen)

Blue Mini Diamonds /199

AUTOGRAPH:

 

Meh. Nothing big here. That's the way my Chrome breaks go.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

It's a sharp looking product, including the base. I like the parallels, even though I had to do some research to distinguish them. I wouldn't mind however seeing this be another product in rotation every year.

My box didn't provide much value, but that's because I was saving that for you guys to go out and buy.

Thoughts on today's break welcomed in comments!

Have a great Wednesday.

Coffee Card Blogger Out!

Coffee Break:2021 Panini Contenders Fanatics Mega Box Break #2

*the final post of my republished breaks is here, I see you spilling your coffee all over to celebrate. time for some new break content on here!*

*takes a sip to celebrate myself*

Today, is box #2 of the Panini Contenders contest win I got from @SabertoothCards.

Let's check out if it can beat box #1.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

2021 Panini Contenders Football Fanatics Mega Box comes with 10 packs of 8 cards. Each box comes with 2 autographs and runs about $99-$125.

I won't bother showing all of the base I landed, so I will go straight to the meat of the product.

SSP Stardust parallel!! Pretty cool looking. Different kind of card stock used on these.

Other base card parallels are, Red Zone, Stardust, Playoff /199, Championship /99, Cracked Ice /21, Super Bowl 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.

Inserts do have parallels, Emerald, Orange, Ruby, Sapphire, Silver /99, Gold /25, and Platinum /10.

Playoff Ticket with those big time games in the playoffs and with 15 of them to collect. I already own the Eli which is the most important one on the checklist anyways. I remember this game really well, I am sure Bronco fans do to. I was a huge Jacksonville fan as my Team #2 back in the 90's.

Legendary Contenders and nobody is more of a legend than Barry who is one of 15 on the checklist. Williams is an Orange.

Rookie Of The Year has those candidates chasing the award with 30 of them in the set. I need a Toney like this.

Chain Movers is new to Contenders and I dig it. There are 30 of them to collect as well.

Tyreek is an Orange.

Gladiators. I like this design as well.

Power Players features all of those defensive guys from past and present with 25 cards in the set to collect.

Round Numbers with rookies who were drafted in the same round and with 20 cards to collect. Not too bad of a pull at all!

Winning Ticket has a $$$$$ design and 10 cards to collect.

Now my two autographs...

A kicker.........

and

 

a defensive player. This is at least a Championship Ticket parallel.

ROUGHER break than the first one.

Your thoughts on this break welcomed below.

HUUUUUUUUUUUGE thanks to @SabertoothCards for the prize pack. You are very generous. Go give them a follow on Twitter if you haven't yet.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*