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 Donruss Football Holiday Tin

Good morning Coffee and Card friends!

As expected, I didn't expect a lot of cards for Christmas from family as it's been that way the last few years.

Unlike my blogging family who sent me some really cool stuff, that's for another day.

I did get a few things to open to satisfy that craving and a couple gift cards as well so I was a happy "kid". 

The first thing I got to open was a 2025 Donruss football tin.

Last year I did pretty well when I got one of these pulling some key rookies and pulling an autograph so I was pretty excited to be able to break another one this year.

Each tin comes with 3 packs of 5 cards. Depending on where you buy them, price ranges for these can be between $12.99-$19.99.

There are no guarantees in terms of hits other than 15 cards.

Instead of boring you with mostly base cards, though I am still pro-base, I summed up the key cards I got in this break.

My best rookie pull which was Omarion Hampton, no relation to my guy Rodney.

I pulled one purple Press Proof parallel in each pack,

Mark Brunell, who still is one of my favorite quarterbacks of the 90's.

Kyle McCord. Not sure this guy will ever see the field.

This poor guy got traded to the team featured on the card with him.

Next up, inserts.

Shedeur Sanders Bomb Squad, probably my best pull of the tin.

Dominators Bijan Robinson. What a season this guy had!

 

Eric Ayomanor Elite Series Rookies. Love that shine!

Well, that does it for the tin. Nothing too great, nothing too bad. It was meh. It was what you paid for.

Let me know your thoughts on this break in comments and if you have broken one of these before.

I would also like to point out the new way pictures will be taken this year. Hope you like it!

Have a terrific Tuesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Worth The Year Wait

I have a circle of friends who I consider to be my top traders in the hobby which are the ones that I trade with most.

I also know some of them can't always mail right away, but I know when they do and when I get it, the wait will be worth it.

Just like my latest trade with @90snichefootballcard on Twitter. Bryan and I have been trading for years, roughly ten, and every time I get a mail day from him, it's incredible.

So, this one may have taken roughly a year, but it was so worth it.

Just wait and see.

*takes a sip of freshly brewed brew*

I won't be posting all of this remarkable mail day on here, you will have to check the rest out on Big Blue Cardboard so if you aren't following that blog yet, do so.

But here is what I will be sharing,

Bryan jammed packed this box with all of the goodies. There are actually more cards in here than it looks, I won't be posting them all because of this and just pulled out some for both blogs.

I have been wanting this Judge card as he is walking among the "happy little trees" and I really think he is actually a giant among them. I really, really want the Griffey like this as well. Do you have one? Let me know!!

Never wrong with getting a Judge refractor.

He is the ringleader of the Bomb Squad this year sending out bombs all over the ballparks.

One of my favorite insert designs over the years was Unleashed. For a while I was trying to chase the entire set for a variety of years, I gave that up but still have the ones I collected and will always take more in. I simply learned you can't collect it all.

I am not sure what they call this parallel, but I am digging it.

Panini should take note on how Topps still uses game used jerseys in their products and not this jersey wasn't worn by anyone at any time at any place in particular and was just printed off the presses. Sorry, it had to be said.

The next four cards I found exceptional.

   

A fun holiday chase. I wonder if there are more parallels in the run. I feel like it needs to be finished now. Either way, these make a great addition to my holiday PC.

And finally, for the part of the mail day I am posting on here, at the bottom of the box were two Gold Rush envelopes.

Before I show those off, I need some coffee.

*takes a sip*

The first autograph I thought about showing off on Big Blue Cardboard but decided just to keep it here to make it easier on me.

Joe Morris the 5'7 beast who helped the Giants win Super Bowl XXI.

  

Goose Gossage was in the other envelope. He has one of the nicest Yankee signatures other than Mariano Rivera (still need his).

Thanks Bryan!

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

This mail day was sort of like Christmas when it arrived since it took awhile, but if I can get one of these every year, once again wait until you see the series of posts on Big Blue Cardboard, it was well worth the year wait.

Have a great day everyone.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Don't forget you can start to nominate cards for the 2025 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!! Cards don't have to be autographs, patch cards, super star cards. It can be whatever you think is Hall Worthy! Find details and current nominations HERE.

Unfinished Cup:2024 Donruss Rookie Sweaters

   

It's that time of year....time for those holiday sweaters.

Oh wait.

Well, according to Panini it is with their late release of this year's Donruss Holiday.

To me, this is a product that needs to be released in November in preparation for the holidays, not something at the end of January/February. 

Oh well. I don't work there and can't control release times.

But I am here for it still.

This year is no different than the last four years of this product, I am chasing the sweater cards and just like past years, there's a lot to chase.

This includes 42 base single sweater relics and 8 dual sweater relics. So, a whopping 50.

My chase has led me to only 4 dual relics and not one single relic, yet which leaves me with miles and miles to go.

Find out what I need HERE,which I keep updated and let me know if you have any!

I hope everyone has a great Wednesday full of coffee and dreams. 

Tonight marks my final basketball game, which I forgot to mention this past Saturday we won both of our games. The first game was won 40-16 and the second game we faced each other again and this time I pulled out the 12-7 win.

It will be sad to have the season come to an end, but I am looking forward to next year already!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2024 Donruss Football Blaster Box

 

It's the first Sunday without football so thought I would bring some football to you!

With my recent lack of ripping and a big urge to want to, I wasted some of my Christmas eBay gift cards and did a trade with my buddy Shane just so I could have something to open. I will post all of the breaks on here.

I know I shouldn't have wasted resources for it, so save the lectures, but I wanted to.

I needed it.

Just like this cup of coffee.

*takes a sip*

My rip today was a blaster box of 2024 Donruss football.

There wasn't too much excitement in the break, but I did pull a few cool cards.

After the season this guy had, everyone needs a rookie of him.

Red Press Proof parallel.

Throwback Design Insert. Because what longstanding product doesn't include those now-a-days. Especially Topps brands.

Red Hot Rookies. Not a bad one to find here. He looked pretty good last season.

Champ Is Here. I wished they had won it this year. Ugh Eagles.

 

This is a great looking insert. Action All Pros. I will have to see if there are any Giants on the checklist for this one. I like it.

*Here's to another Coffee Break, hope everyone has a great day and remember, coffee is best served warm. Coffee Card blogger out*

Ratings (ratings based on 1-5 🍵 on this break. Ratings are not based on overall product run)

Design 🍵🍵
Photography 🍵
Inserts 🍵🍵🍵
Hits N/A
Price 🍵
Value 🍵🍵

Don't forget you can start to nominate cards for the 2025 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!! Cards don't have to be autographs, patch cards, super star cards. It can be whatever you think is Hall Worthy! Find details and current nominations HERE.

Coffee With Susie Essman

Another trade with @levy2628 only means there were some non-sport treasures uncovered and added to my collection.

This time @levy2628 reached out to me to see if I was interested in any of his non-sport autographs he was unloading, and I am pretty sure he already knew that answer.

YES!

So, I scrolled through a group of pictures he sent and found about four that caught my eye, and I worked out a deal for three of the four I really wanted. Which is a winning percentage, I just wished I had enough trade bait to had done them all.

In the end, I still did end up with four autographs as I chose one of the others just to fill the trade gap which is today's card I am showing off.

 

I don't know Susie Essman, upon Google it tells me she is mainly known for Curb Your Enthusiasm which is a show I have never seen, I just chose this auto because I like the Fans Of The Game set and it's technically a Yankees card.

But the other three, I definitely know and so won't you.

Stay tuned for some more Coffee With to see who else I acquired in this trade.

I'm Back

*sits down with hot coffee and some cards*

*takes sip*

*cards over coffee time commences*

Sorry that I have been missing in action on here. I have always said that family comes first, and they do.

Now that things have slowed down a little, very little, it gave me a gap in time to enjoy some cards and some coffee. Not that I haven't had my share of coffee the last few weeks.

But, that's not Cards Over Coffee.

*takes a sip*

I was able to enjoy a few things the last couple of weeks that signals that fall is in full force now.

First, I went to a high school football game at my alma mata. They lost, but it was still a fun watch (sorry for no pictures on that as I know the school frowns on photos, and I don't feel like getting sued right now with all of my other issues)

I visited and picked apples at an orchard. I figure some will be for eating, some for pie and some for bread. The taste of the fall other than pumpkin spice is apple.

At the orchard they also had some animals. I know my wife has called me one of these a few times. I am talking about a Jack people. A male. I am not sure what you were thinking (though you are definitely right if you thought what I think you are thinking)

 

Hit up a corn maze! My first one in over 15 years. I had a lot of fun, got lost a few times, then found myself. Sounds like a metaphor for life.

 

I did not though take an Emergency Exit once. I put in the valiant effort. The fun thing about this maze was that it gave you clues at each station number throughout. Your clues were answers to questions on a sheet. There were 5 different sheets to choose from in which I chose the sports one where the first question was, how many championships did MJ win with the Bulls? They weren't all easy like that, but I knew about 8 of the 10.

In this same time frame, I got a mail day that's been waiting to be posted from Dion's Autograph collection.

*takes a sip*

Dion and myself pulled off another 2 PWE trade and I landed myself a good variety of cards.

First up, some random Allen And Ginter base/insert cards,

Then some newer G-Men since my collection lacks a lot of newer stuff.

(you better ball out Jones)

(I will collect you in blue still)

(big season upcoming?)

(shake it Dexy!)

(best linebacker in the NFL)

(underrated NFL WR)

Thanks again to Dion for our latest trade, hopefully another one coming up soon.

 

And now I am ringing the victory bell. It's the end of the corn maze and the end of today's post.

Have a happy Wednesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*