Coffee Break:2020 Playbook Football Hanger Box

*takes a sip, time for another product replublish on cards over coffee*

Let's go back a couple of years, actually let's not and just visit cards from that time. I don't ever want to relive 2020 again. 

That's when the world started to go crazy.

The hobby boom started then as well, and many products were hard to find except today's. It feels that Playbook doesn't get a lot of respect in retail. I have seen many others hit well with it while others like myself...don't.

Maybe today will change my Playbook luck. Let's take a look.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

Every hanger box of 2020 Playbook football comes with 1 pack and 30 cards. These boxes currently can be found for $15 or so. Pretty reasonable when you can find rookie cards of Tua, Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert among others.

I will start with the base which you can only find in retail form.

 

There are 100 veterans

 

and 100 rookies to collect. I pulled a Justin Jefferson so all is good with my rookies.

Parallels seem to be the only guarantee in these boxes.

I pulled 5 purple parallels. A few big names in the mix as well.

You can also find these parallels too,

Orange, Purple, Gold /49, Platinum /25, Green /10, and Red 1/1.

Along with the base and parallels, there are inserts to find in the pack as well.

Next Up featuring those upcoming rookies. There are 40 of these to chase.

25 cards make up Zoning Commision.

 

25 cards make up the Blitz insert. These inserts connect with the Panini Blitz football app as well.

Well, that was it. Nothing too exciting for you to jump out of your seat at. I am not a huge fan of one pack rips either I am realizing.

Let me know in comments your thoughts on this product and your favorite card.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2022 Donruss Baseball Hanger Box #2

*takes a sip, starts to get this one coffee blog ready after being published elsewhere first*

I hope you enjoyed the last Donruss Hanger break, because deja vu, we are at it again with another Hanger Box of 2022 Donruss baseball.

Let's see how today's break goes in comparison to the last box.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

Every 2022 Donruss Baseball Hanger Box comes with 50 cards which is a lot of base, 6 holo orange parallels, 2 diamond parallels, another parallel and a couple inserts. Each Hanger Box is $15.98.

Aaron Judge base for my collection.

Some Retro '88s however some variations of them as well. I don't ever remember referring to Ichiro as Ichi.....

My best Diamond King. He has played okay in pinstripes this year.

There are 280 cards in the base set to collect.

Now onto parallels which Donruss offers the following,

Holo Blue, Holo Orange, Holo Pink, Holo Purple, Holo Red, Independence Day, Liberty, Yellow, Red /2,022, Career Stat Line /500 or less, Season Stat Line /400 or less, One Hundred /100, On Fire /75, America /50, Presidential Collection /46, Voltage /25, Artist Proof /10, Press Proof /5, Number One 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.

Independence Day parallel again for my bonus parallel in my break. Luckily I don't have to see Ruth with a B on his hat.

My Orange Holos this time are,

Nothing too outstanding but a Dodgers card that may make a surprise to someone's mailbox.

Now onto my insert finds, once again my Diamond Parallels were inserts.

UNLEASHED!! My favorite insert for 2021 Donruss has returned! Very cool! This years Unleashed has 20 cards to collect.

Bomb Squad with 10 cards in the set to collect. Another great looking insert.

Inserts also have the following parallels,

Diamond, Pink Fireworks, Rapture, Vector, Silver /349, Blue /249, Red /149, Gold /99, Green /25, and Black 1/1.

The inserts once again set this product apart and honestly because of this, I would rather open Donruss than Topps flagship. Read that again if you need to.

Thoughts on my break welcomed in comments. I want to hear truly if you would rather open this than Flagship but do it without the logo worries in mind.

*takes a final sip for today's post*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

So Glad I Didn't Pay This Part 1

*takes a sip of morning coffee, it hits the spot on this very cold bitter day.*

Panini Prizm. One of the most popular products, at least for football and basketball, out there. 

It's a product I enjoy to rip every year to land some of the top rookies and NY Giants cards for my collection. This year in the hobby as we all know, has been a different. The days of walking into a retail outlet like Walmart to find a pack, blaster or hanger of cards just isn't there. So top that off with the most popular product of Prizm, the odds of finding any in a store are the same odds as winning Powerball or a years supply of coffee.

So instead of wasting time texting my father to stalk Walmart or putting myself in Covid's way by going there, I went searching for ways to trade for some via the internet.

It didn't actually take me very long before I found an online card shop that had some Prizm they were willing to trade and we made a deal. What I didn't know, was that what I traded for came marked for what they were going to sell them for in the shop.

My mind was blown. (insert the Will Ferrell GIF)

*takes another sip of coffee. Looks outside his kitchen window at the wind blowing and waits to see a witch on a broom circulating in the gusts. Nothing yet. Probably even too cold out there for a witch*

Today I will be showing off one of the breaks while following up with the other tomorrow. 

I just had to show you what I got from this "expensive break".

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

(before I do a small breakdown, take note of the price. Yeah, $60 for a hanger box! Insane!!)

Every hanger box of 2020 Panini Prizm football comes with one pack of 20 cards. If you go by the $60 price tag, that means every card in this box should be valued at $3. Normally, I believe the hangers would go for $12-$15. Each hanger comes with 4 exclusive Red Ice Prizms.

*opens box, takes a sip*

I pulled the pack out and on top is Blake Jarwin. That's gotta be a #hobbyfail start right?

The second card is this Julio Jones. This years base card design is similar to years pasts which is fine for a product like this. Also ignore the green reflection on the card, the room I took the picture in has brightly colored walls. This is just a base card.

The next base card was the last best base card I found. This one was of Jets/Patriots great Curtis Martin.

Overall, there are 400 base cards in the set broken up with 300 being base and 100 being rookies.

Speaking of rookies, ONE. ONE ROOKIE IN THIS PACK. Rookie cards are what this product depends on and it appears Panini made it extra tough this year to find them. Cam Akers wasn't too bad of a find though after his big game last week.

*takes a sip/gulp before looking at the parallels*

The first parallel card I found in this break was a Green Prizm of Xavien Howard.

Then came the Red Ice Prizm parallels.

Mercole Hardman Jr. These are eye pleasing.

Joe Mixon

Kirk Cousins

Oh, rookie parallel. James Proche. Almost Joe Burrow...same division at least.

And there was also one insert to find,

Go Hard Or Go Home is a new insert line in Prizm this year. Can't go wrong with a Lamar Jackson find. There are 10 of these to find in the set.

*enjoys the rip just as a rip*

I think it's plain to see not every card in this break was valued at $3. The "money hit" was most likely the Cam Akers rookie card but even that really isn't something to brag about. It will however make my first rookie card of him so it's a nice collection piece regardless.

Tomorrow I will be showing off a blaster box and the results from that. Will that one hit home or will it crumble? Grab a cup of coffee and come back tomorrow to see.

Speaking of grabbing a cup of coffee and crumble, my stomach tells me it's time for breakfast and another hot cup.