Coffee Break: 2025 Topps Series 1 Easter Egg

Happy Easter everyone!

My coffee is ready, and I am ready for a new post!

I know I am way behind the rest of you when it comes to breaking Series 1, but to keep up the tradition yearly for myself, here it is. 

Despite my decreasing interest in baseball cards.

But a tradition is a tradition.

*takes a sip, begins to.....crack?....then rip?*

There are 59 cards in every egg and each one comes with one special insert. The egg tins run for about $15 each.

59 cards in a tin is a lot to post and since many of you have seen plenty of Series 1 already and probably broke the yolk on some yourself,  I am just showing off the key cards in my break. Which is what most people come for anyways for any kind of break posts.

This was the highlight base card find for me, well besides some guy named Ohtani. There weren't any rookie card names I recognized.

There is one name that stands out on this list, yes, it's Judge if you had to ask. Beautiful parallel.

And here is a second one I pulled.

My third parallel is what I believe they call a Pastel. These look pretty cool too, if only they were shiny.....you all know me and shiny.

I won't even talk about this card; everyone knows I can't stand these types of inserts.

 

Call To The Hall. Kind of a lazy design.

And wow, a third Judge in this tin. Awesome! And this year's Stars Of The MLB design, superb. It's different than the last couple of years and really stands out.

And that's it. 

One thing I like most about these special edition cards such as holiday and this spring/Easter one are the parallels. Those are the main chase for me regardless of player.

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

I just wanted to finish up today's post with a moment to thank Jesus for everything in my life and for his resurrection. Today He Has Risen!

*says a prayer*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Late To The Party

This isn't usual for me, but I was late to the party.

Being someone who is all about being on time, I was quite late this time. Fortunately for me, all of the snacks or in this case, Topps Series 1 was still waiting for me.

This will be the first time in seven years I won't be ripping open a hobby box and I am okay with that. Both hobby and retail come with one hit and 99% of the time for me it's usually a manufactured or plain swatch relic anyways for both. I am really only losing out on the extra base cards, and I don't chase the set anyways.

One of the main reasons I am late is that my Walmart didn't have any in stock when many others did. They are always late with new releases, so I wasn't surprised when I went to look for some and none was there.

When they finally did show up and made it on the shelves, I had the option of a Hanger Box or a Blaster Box. I went blaster since I wanted the guaranteed hit instead of mostly base cards.

So, here we go!

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

The blaster boxes come with 7 packs of 14 cards each. There is one commemorative patch and each box is roughly $25.

There was a lot of talk early about the design for this year's product and I don't have any issue with it. It reminds me of Sunday Night Football when they announce the players, and their heads pop up with their name. Of course, we can't hear the cards talk to us like the SNF players but maybe someday. Who knows where this hobby is heading.

Here is the card back for this year for those of you who haven't seen it yet.

Along with the regular base there is also subset base of,

Future Stars,

 

Rookies (I didn't pull any of the main guys I still need for my rookie card PC)

MLB Leaders

 

Team Cards

and Celebration Cards. Great photograph on this one.

Overall, there are 330 cards to chase in the base set. This number always feels like Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Not too many cards, not too few, it's just right.

In Walmart related Series 1 products you can find Blue Border parallel cards,

I found Aaron Nola as mine and it was oddly the only parallel I found in the whole box. I had expected to pull at least a rainbow foil.

The inserts this year for Topps are a little more jazzed up than usual. I like the improvements made but would fix one spot as you will see below.

Welcome To The Club has 24 cards to collect. It's always fun to see a name like Eric Davis still getting some recognition on cardboard.

1988 Topps set. I am so tired of these throwback sets. There are 100-too-many in this set and these re-used sets need to go!!!!!

Greatest Hits has 25 cards to chase. I really like the design and shine to these.

Speaking of that rainbow shine, Stars Of The MLB fall one-per-retail pack and have 30 cards in the set. 

Home Run Challenge card. I never do these and usually give or trade them away. I would rather get something for nothing.

And in my last pack, well I made it my last pack since you can feel which one the "hit" was in,

Team Logo Commemorative patch of Aaron Judge. This is a better hit than I have had in Series 1 hobby the last seven years. Always feels good to pull a PC card especially when you are drinking coffee doing so.

This will probably be my only rip of Series One this year as I felt satisfied enough with what I got. No need to get into trouble and double dip like George Constanza did as my helping of one round was good. Though I do need to find the other rookie cards for my collection and if any of you have doubles of the key guys, let me know!

Hoping to be on time for the next product release, but if my Walmart continues the way it has been, it will be someone else's fault for me being late to another party.

Coffee Card Blogger Out.

Coffee Break:2022 Topps Series 1 Hobby Box

*takes a sip, sits down with a hobby box of the first new baseball cards of the season in hand. this should be fun. it's time for some #CardsOverCoffee*

After about a year away, Coffee Break is back and ready more than ever!

Just like baseball fans after hearing that baseball will finally be back.

Today, I will be ripping the anticipated 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball box as it's the first product of the new season.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

Each hobby box of 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball comes with 24 packs of 14 cards. Each box comes with 1 autograph or relic card along with one silver box topper pack. Boxes currently are running $130.

Speaking of that silver pack, I sometimes save that for last as I like the shiny, but this time, I said, let's rip it first.

The pack sits atop Mt. Topps.

Here are my results,

Not much to be excited about for me. A rookie pitcher and a few named guys. That's usually how my breaks go.

BASE:

The base set still has the popular white border along with some action photography. I will say this years design has me thinking Bowman baseball. I will be curious what that will look like in comparison.

The base set features only Wander Franco. At least that what it sounds like from most collectors. Maybe they don't realize there are another 329 cards as well.

There are Topps Gold Cups subsets

Rookies...duh

Future Stars

League Leaders

Team Cards

More team cards

And some fun photography. It's not Stadium Club level photography, but not too shabby.

PARALLELS:

Overall, you can find the following parallels,

Premiere Party, Rainbow Foil, Royal Blue, Gold /2022, Green Foil /499, Advanced Stats /300, Orange Foil /299, Red Foil /199, Vintage Stock /99, Independence Day /76, Black /71, Mother’s Day Hot Pink /50, Father’s Day Powder Blue /50, Memorial Day Camo /25, Platinum 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.

Rainbow Foil falls 1:10 packs. Still one of my favorite parallels.

Golds are getting tougher to find with maybe one-per-box finds.

And final parallel, Orange Foil /299. This card is certainly Purty.

*takes a sip before moving onto the inserts. starting to think of a good breakfast to eat as well*

INSERTS:

You can find the following parallels in many of the inserts,

Blue, Black /299, Gold /75, Red /10, Platinum 1/1, and Wood 1/1.

I will say for the first time in many years, I really liked the look of this years inserts.

Generation Now has 30 cards to collect and features a nice rainbow foil touch.

The Home Run Challenge cards are back again! Pick the day, get it right, win a card! There are 30 players in this set.

50 cards with a mix of legends and veterans make up Welcome To The Show.

15 Cards of the Flashiest Feet in the game. I like the design of these, however, I can't wait for the chromed version. At least I hope it's included in that product.

And when it's not 86 Topps, it's 87 we see time and time again. The 35th anniversary set features 100 cards.

How great looking is this card?! Nice die cut, touch of rainbow foil. Beautiful!!  25 Cards make up the Diamond Greats Die Cuts.

HITS:

9 times out of 10, your hit in a box will be a relic. Well...

At least its game used and the best player I have pulled out of my many years of breaks.

There are plenty of other great hits though to find, I just don't have the luck to find them. Maybe you will!

*takes a sip before ending today's post*

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

Well, the price point like every box now-a-days is steep. These used to be more like $70 for a hobby box. I always love getting Series 1 every year to get the new rookies and Yankees, but I usually stick to retail which is what I will probably just stick to.

As much as I can't stand the repetitive '87 Topps, I do really like that McGwire relic. If only they had used the original photo for it.

Thoughts on my break and on Series 1 welcomed in comments.

Have a great Tuesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Ripping 2021 Before 2022

*sits down finally to do today's post. electricity was out so no coffee until now as well. it was a long start to the morning but here I am and ready for a new post*

*takes a sip*

This week is the long-awaited arrival of a new baseball card season as 2022 Topps Series 1 kicks off. Though we may not have baseball for a while, we can at least anticipate the excitement that the new baseball card season can bring.

Today, a lot of group breakers are celebrating by ripping packs a day before tomorrow's release. So, I thought I would join in on the fun, except I am ripping a Hobby Box of last year's Series 1. Either way, let's join in on the celebration, sit down with a cup of coffee and let's see some #CardsOverCoffee.

Each hobby box of 2021 Topps Series 1 baseball comes with 24 packs of 14 cards along with one autograph or most likely found relic per box. There is also one four-card silver pack that tags along. Boxes are still hanging around just under $100.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

I have never once pulled an autograph from the silver packs and most of mine have provided poor player results as well.

 

I am happy to inform you that luck continued with today's break. Don Mattingly was as good as it got in the pack. By the way, when seeing the last 15 years of '86 Topps being included in its flagship and update series as a celebratory insert, if it's done this way, I am okay with it.

*takes a sip before showing off the rest of the break. I need my coffee infusion before doing so*

You usually end up with a few parallels, nothing like it used to be, in every break. Out of the parallels I will say that Rainbow Foil still remains my favorite.

Here's another rainbow foil and my one and only gold /2021 of Austin Riley.

A new Griffey for the PC....

Mo knows how to "cut" down the batters

They haven't revisited this design for an insert...oh wait....

Short Print! I didn't pull one in my box break last year for Series 1. I know of a person I will send this too!

And DRUMROLL for my hit...it came in the last pack and I felt this was the moment I was going to pull an autograph....

And nope. Another relic card. At least this time it wasn't Albert Pujols. Needed to pull this in 2020 Topps and not 2021. At least there is a stripe on the relic.

Well, not too much happening with this break. I do like the Williams Sp and Robert wasn't a terrible pull. It's also numbered too.

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

I am not sure when I will get my hands onto any 2022, but hopefully sooner rather than later. I will be hunting down the Franco rookie card for my rookie collection.

In comments today, thoughts on my break, thoughts on 2022 Topps Series 1 and what are you looking for in the product when it releases.

In the meantime, have a great Tuesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*