Coffee Break:2025 Mosaic Football Holiday Box

I was trying to think of another post to do instead of this one today, but with the NFL Playoffs going on and it being the last of my Christmas stuff to post, I said, let's just do it.

So, here we are.

*takes a sip of freshly brewed coffee*

*takes another sip, begins to rip*

 

2025 Mosaic Holiday is a new addition to the Panini lineup. I think they are just creating products at this point to make all of the money they can before their final important license is lost.

Every box comes with one pack of ten cards and costs just under $12. In those ten cards you get one "candy cane" parallel and the box itself has an embedded ornament. Those two things are really the only difference between the product and regular Mosaic.

Here was my embedded ornament,

Chase. Not a bad one to get out of the six.

Now onto the pack rip. Which I only picked out the key cards from the pack to show off.

My first Russ in a Giants uniform card.

This guy played really well to end the season, could be a guy to watch next season.

Plain and boring insert. This isn't the 90's anymore.

And the Candy Cane parallel. These are pretty nice. I wished it had been a better player, but at least the card looks cool. I have actually a few of these since.

That was about all the excitement you get from these. The other cards were all base. No other parallels or inserts.

Other than the Candy Cane parallel, pretty boring/lame product.

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

I have finally finished up my posts for the 2025 Christmas season. Now it will finally be time to move onto this year.

Hope everyone has had a great weekend!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2025 Donruss Football Blaster Box

I mentioned a few posts ago, before the streak of Christmas ones that I hoped you enjoyed, that I got a couple retail surprises for Christmas.

Two of which were Donruss related.

The first one was the Donruss holiday tin that I shared previously, and today is a blaster box that I apparently forgot to save a picture of.

So, picture it. A blaster box......you got that in your mind now.....

Now let's take a sip, so we can rip!

There are 6 packs of 15 cards so you are getting a ton of cards for the price of $27.99. The only problem, about 80 of those are base. There are also no guarantees and since I am never lucky enough to pull a Downtown, I wasn't expecting too much from this break.

Let's see if I was right.

Unlike the tin, I did find some Giants cards for my collection.

It was only two, but that was two more than last time!

I have heard these blasters are tough when it comes to finding the good rookies as they only appear one-per-blaster.

Here was mine. Not too bad. He had a decent season for the team he played on.

Yup, another McCord parallel. If only this was a Giant.

Bo Nix throwback insert.

White Hot Rookies. I need the Dart version of this still to pair with my Red Hot Rookie.

Brett Favre insert.

Rookie Revolution. Shiny...however...looks like literally their product Revolution.

 

Dominators Trevor Lawrence. It's too bad the way their season ended on Sunday. They played so well for a team that was unexpected to win as much as they did.

And that's it. 

It was meh like the last break.

There is one break left to show from my surprise Christmas presents.

Hope you come back and read it.

*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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Coffee Break:2024 Zenith Football Value Pack

 

So, I am officially back from a swamped/busy vacation break and now need to catch up on mail days, mailing stuff out, your comments on this blog (I reply to everyone), new posts, along with some upcoming appointments, errands and who knows what else in-between. 

Oh, and a dead washing machine today. Seems to be my luck. I had to sell both kidneys, my nose and one of my webbed toes but a new one will be delivered on Monday.

Sigh.

But here I am making a new post and because it's late, coffeeless. It's okay though, I am happy to finally get back on here.

*yawns, but continues on*

In my last post, I mentioned that my mother had grabbed me a value pack of 2024 Zenith football. Zenith as many long-time readers know, was one of my favorite 90's product lines (I know I probably say this line too much, but I simply love the 90's)

I am sure like most products that get revisited and brought back from the dead, it won't be the same kind of product it once was but hoping for some fun anyways.

Here are some of the "best" cards I found in my pack.

We kick it off with the 90's, well some players from the 90's I liked watching.

Up next....

A NEW ELI! (need to update my PC numbers on TCDB in my haha spare time)

A top pick who should be even better in year 2 with more help for Caleb Williams.

And another guy who should be better as well.

I don't know much about Washington, but with the Dolphins trading everyone away, this guy may be important next year.

A solid oline piece for the Chargers, but finding o-lineman and.....

d-lineman in packs is like finding rookie pitchers in baseball. They are simply dreadful to find (unless they are NY Giants of course)

And I found an insert, cool looking with design and being chromed, but wished it was the Nabers version!

The break wasn't overly exciting. A lot of bland base and I felt it was missing the charm of the 90's Zenith as expected. The 90's were so much better.

*yawns again, probably should finish up post and go to bed and not have a repeat of blacking out with the phone in hand from being too tired*

I will be back soon with tons of things to share including highlights from my week of vacation. I also have a couple blogger mail days, a huge reader Grady M mail day, a year in waiting mail day and all kinds of other fun stuff. 

So, have your coffee ready. Maybe dessert to. More to come.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2024 Topps Allen and Ginter Value Pack (autograph pull!)

*takes a sip, gets ready for a new post on Cards Over Coffee*

Before I begin with today's post, I wanted to remind everyone who hasn't voted yet, get your vote in for the 2024 Cards Over Coffee Hall Of Fame Cards. You can vote under that post HERE.

Speaking of voting, Nachos Grande is doing some End Of The Year Blogging Awards (hobby ones too). You can vote on those HERE.

Now onto today's post. Sip first.

I mentioned a few posts ago that my parents were coming over for their Christmas and that I had a feeling that some cards would be involved. Not only did my father bring a nice box of trade bait, but my parents also picked out a cool gift for me as well.

A value pack of 2024 Topps Allen And Ginter! 

Each of these come with 14 cards and cost less than $7. It is my first rip in a long time. Allen and Ginter is my second favorite Topps product other than Topps Chrome. I still haven't opened a pack of that yet. If I don't, a streak of opening a new year's worth since 1996 will come to an end.

But, at least my much shorter streak of opening Ginter continues.

I don't usually get Allen and Ginter retail due to lack of luck with it, but this pack surprised me.

I think this was my first Chisholm Yankee card.

Rookie cards of hitters are always welcomed.

Some non-baseball subjects which happens to be my favorite part of this product.

A couple non sport inserts including another dog card. Between the two rounds from Oren and now this one, I really wonder how many I am off from the complete set. I should check.

A mini-Trout chrome card. I haven't ever seen these before in Allen and Ginter, so it kind of surprised me.

And a mini non baseball card. There are so many subjects in this year's product I don't know.

Then came the biggest surprise of them all...

 

An autograph! I don't know who in the world this is, but an auto is an auto especially from a hanger pack. It's impressive. Especially since I used to break/review hobby boxes for Topps and every time I pulled three relics. Autographs were near impossible to find. Not today I guess!

Thinking the next time I get to open something that I need my father to use his magic for it.

*takes a final sip thinking about pulling something bigger next time he brings a pack*

Well, I spent time showing off the pack I opened for Christmas from my parents, now I will have to show off my box of trade stuff I landed from my father. I can't say it's the best stuff he has ever brought over, but there are a few hidden gems in there.

Thoughts on my pack pull welcomed in comments!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*