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: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 Score Football Blaster Box

*All five senses are fully alive this morning especially the coffee sense. The coffee sense does like to be treated with a full cup when I wake up and the plan is to give it so. Coffee is poured, cards are ready and laptop is out. Cards over Coffee is here!*

Coffee has me feeling energized, despite the long week with both sister-in-laws up. One is staying another week since it has been 15 months since we last all saw each other. 2021 has already been a better year and now being 2 weeks after the second dose of Pfizer, my full vaccination kicks in. I still plan on wearing my mask into places regardless, fully vaccinated people can be spreaders, but I feel a lot better than I did a year ago.

I also have been feeling better about my luck in retail being able to actually find something here and there. Just like today's product, the new 2021 Score football.

2021 Score Football Blaster Box

132 Cards Per Blaster

$19.99 Per Blaster

1 Lave Parallel Per Blaster

No Guaranteed Hits

Summary:With the rise of the hobby in 2020, it has driven a lot of product prices through the roof including a collector/set collector driven product in Score where normal hobby boxes would cost $100-$150 normally have now reached a ceiling of $300. 

This years base set is 400 cards deep with veterans, rookies (not in NFL uniforms or defined by an NFL team) and legends. The design is something you typically see in Score, but the photographs and high gloss are well received.

Base card parallels are both bland and shiny and include the following, Gold, Green, Purple, Red, Scorecard, Lava /575, Dots Red /460, Dots Gold /225, Spokes /110, Showcase /100, Gold Zone /50, Artist Proof /35, Blue Explosion /20, Red Zone /20, Die-Cut /10, First Down /10, End Zone /6, Gem Masters 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.

There are also plenty of inserts to find in Score like there usually is. Roughly 15 different insert sets to chase including a huge Tom Brady tribute one. Not sure why they did a Tom Brady tribute and not a Drew Brees one since he is the one to actually retire.

Inserts have the following parallels, Gold, Green, Purple, Red, Showcase /100, Gold Zone /50, Red Zone /20, End Zone /6, and Gem Masters 1/1.

There is more memorabilia sets to chase in Score then autographs, but the autograph checklist is pretty solid with veteran, legend and rookies to chase.

Let's dig into this blaster,

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

 

(lava parallel-the blaster hit)

 

(surprise!)

*the break is over, carefully sets cards to the side and takes another sip. Stomach is starting to rumble so need some breakfast before I brew a second cup*

Score was fun like it usually is and is intended to be. It was also fun to find a surprise relic card as they used to come every box. This year, I have seen them in about 1:4 blasters.

I certainly hope I can find some more but you never know these days. Sadly, people are flipping Score even though I cannot say this enough, Score is not a flipping product. It's as basic as it comes and isn't worth a whole lot. Which also means I am telling all of you readers desperate for a box or pack to open not to overpay for it and not to pay for anything flippers sell in the first place.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2021 Leaf Draft Football Blaster Box

*takes a sip, gets ready to rip a blaster box on today's Coffee Break. Wondering if breakfast will come sooner rather than later today...*

 

2021 Leaf Draft Football Blaster Box

50 Card Set

2 Autographs Per Blaster Packed Separately

$22 A Blaster

Summary:Leaf Draft continues it's run at being one of the first football products that releases around draft time. This year they switched up their usual pack ripping retail experience to simply offering up a complete set of cards along with the usual two autographs.

*takes a sip, begins to ...well...open up a box and a boxed set...not as much fun..*

Here are the key cards that my blaster yielded:

 

*takes a sip before concluding today's coffee break*

I was pretty bored with this years Leaf Draft retail product. I have nothing against getting a complete set, but I wouldn't mind having a pack or two to rip. Maybe add a pack of parallels, maybe some short prints. Something that would add some perk to this product.

*I need some breakfast before I ramble on about this product, Coffee Card Blogger out!*

I would also like to wish everyone reading today's post a Happy Memorial Day. I hope everyone has a safe weekend, also drink coffee, not alcohol*