Coffee Break:2020-2021 Donruss Basketball Value Pack Break

*coffee is ready, creamer is getting poured in and a pack of cards is waiting to be opened. We all know it's time for a cup and some Cards Over Coffee*

Today is going to be a beautiful day with temperatures in the 60's and 70's and will be full of sunshine. So instead of a normal long post, I want to get outside and do a short Coffee Break.

So, let's get on with it!

Each 2020-2021 Donruss basketball value pack break comes with 30 cards. I believe there is one of the holo green&yellow laser parallel per pack. Each value pack is $10-$20 each depending on how/when you bought the pack.

The base card set is built up of 250 cards with 200 base and 50 Rated Rookies.

You can chase the following parallels, Green Flood, Green Laser, Green & Yellow Laser, Light Blue Laser, Orange Laser, Red & Gold Laser, Yellow Flood, Press Proof Silver /349, Press Proof Purple /199, Purple Laser /99, Red Laser /99, Blue Laser /49, Yellow Laser /25, Red & Blue Laser /15, Gold Laser /10, and Black Laser 1/1.

CHOICE PARALLELS: Red /99, Blue /49, Gold /10, Black Gold /8, and Black 1/1.

There are 12 insert sets to chase with the following parallels Green Flood, Red Laser /99, Yellow Laser /25, and Purple Laser /15.

Donruss offers a nice mix of veterans, rookie and legends in their hit selection of jersey, patch and autographed cards.

Let's see what my pack entitled and see if I can finally get my first Lamelo Ball Rookie.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

 

*takes a sip before closing*

There wasn't much to brag about in this pack break but I really liked the parallel. I also added a new card to the RJ Barrett collection and finding Giannis is never a bad thing.

I hope you all have a great day and let me know in comments if you opened any and how your break went.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Cards From A Blogger

*coffee is poured and cards are next to the computer and are ready to be discussed. It's time for some #CardsOverCoffee*

I realize every time I get a package or pwe from a fellow blogger, how I don't trade enough with my own kind. Is there a reason for that? I don't think so. I always have plenty of trade bait of every team from every sport but maybe it's wondering if they have something I like. I would say 95% of card bloggers are die hard baseball card collectors and I have been slowly drifting further away from that sport other than late 90's inserts/parallels/set building (which for me is 1995-1999), Ken Griffey Jr and Derek Jeter. It's mainly football and non sport for me at this point other than obviously that 90's stuff for every sport.

I can't say that all bloggers may not have something for me, because one definitely has me figured out. Dennis from Too Many Verlanders blog fame recently sent a package my way that included a little bit of everything I collect.

*takes a sip, gets ready to show off the package*

  

 

Dennis sent along some eye popping Giants cards. Only a couple I had, so the rest are brand spankin' new.

 

This Frank Gifford I have, but this is a huge upgrade to mine that has bad corner issues. Out with the old, in with the new! Still need a Gifford autograph card at some point.

*takes a sip, coffee is starting to get a little cold. Maybe it's time this cup goes out with the old and comes in with the new*

 

I don't nearly collect Griffey as deeply as I used to, but I have a feeling it will be making a bigger comeback soon. These two new cards helps.

Always was a fan of these Boss inserts of the 90's. Colorful and embossed, awesome.

Paul Perkins auto from Infinity

Ramses Barden Red Zone parallel autograph. This card is numbered to 30.

Here's a new one for me, Jai Lewis autograph. A Giants player I had no autographs of. Big plus here!

Hakeem Nicks Freshan Orientation relic

Paul Perkins Mirror Red relic.

Another Ramses Barden autograph. This time from Topps Magic.

This wasn't the end of this mail day however. Dennis threw up some trade bait on his blog and fortunately I was one of the first able to claim.

Keep in mind, I am not a Twins fan.

But I am a 1997 Leaf Fractal Matrix fan.

So I claimed every one he tossed up.

Also claimed this Chuck Knoblauch Artist Proof which will also go in my 90's collection.

Next card, yes another Twin, is this Marty Cordova Stadium Club Matrix card. Really beautiful parallel and I will take 'em all!

 

The next card, well, this doesn't quite fit with what I listed above. But, it is a side PC. I collect oddball relics you don't see every day. Move over jersey cards, Authentic Game Used Court swatches are winners!

And the final card, yes I do have this Rueben Randle. But, in my collection a different numbered card counts as a different card. So welcome Rueben Randle number 200something.

Thanks to Dennis for the latest mail day.

*takes a sip before closing*

There are a couple bloggers I trade with a couple of times yearly, with Dennis being one of them and a couple of former bloggers I trade with as well. But, maybe it's time I start to reach out to other bloggers and see what we can work out.

*until then, Coffee Card Blogger Out*

90's Cards Over Coffee:1995 Summit Baseball Box Break

*takes a sip after a long few weeks. Sits down and gets ready for a new Cards Over Coffee post*

The 90's are back! Well, not really, though I really wished. But, they are back on here as we get ready to see how another box break went from my trade with Shane from Beckett's Cheap Wax Wednesday fame.

Today's break comes from one of my first favorite product lines of the 90's which only lasted for two releases in Score Summit. Some call it Score series 2 but to me, it would be more of an elegant Score than be apart of Score itself. Or in Coffee terms instead of having a Cup #2 at home, it would be like having your second cup at Dunkin' or Starbucks.

*takes a sip from cup number one at home*

I have never opened a box of Summit baseball and only a handful of packs. However, I have opened a ton of the football product and am still chasing both the base and parallel Ground Zero set pretty hard. I am creeping completing both but I know someday I will reach the ultimate goal.

So I am really excited to finally be able to rip a baseball box of this.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

Every box of 1995 Summit Baseball comes with 24 packs of 7 cards. This is a 90's box so no guarantees other than a good time which is how the hobby should be. Boxes when this was snagged ran about $20-$25. I don't quite remember since this was back in November.

When you open the box up, you see a nice display of packs. Rumor had it back then, Summit was laid out so you could find the inserts by counting packs and rows.

*takes a sip, moves onto pack 1*

The Summit baseball design is exactly like the football one which is great.

There are 200 cards in the base set with a few subsets as well in 

Special Delivery

Bat Speed

Checklists

And Rookie which weren't really rookies. Baseball is so complicated when it comes to rookie cards.

*takes another sip, is feeling hungry and may need a snack at least before cup 2*

The parallels in Summit are stunning. In football they were called Ground Zero and in baseball are known as Nth Degree. These fall 1:4 packs.

I was really hoping to find my boy Griffey Jr, but most of these aren't bad names to complain about at all.

I am tempted to chase this one like I am with Ground Zero. At the very least, I want both Griffeys.

*takes another sip before I move onto inserts*

New Age falls 1:18 packs. This is a great looking card.

The next pull was 21 Club, a little bit of a letdown compared to the first insert. These are 1:36 packs.

 

Then came the Big Bang...falling at an incredible 1:72 packs or 1:3 boxes is, Big Bang. Such an incredible card. I was doing Hammer Time after this pull.

*takes a sip before finishing up the post*

That was fun and now has given me even more sets to chase especially when it comes to Big Bang and Nth Degree. I really hope to open another box someday.

Let me know in comments if you have ever opened or own any cards in this set!

*takes a sip, Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2019-2020 NBA Hoops Premium Stock Cello Pack Break 2

  *takes a sip, gets ready to open another pack of Hoops Premium on Cards Over Coffee*

The heat is on....on! Well, not anymore. Things should be cooling back down today and I am fine with that. I am someone who likes the temps to be in the 70s, not any higher. But, I don't like to complain too much about the heat either knowing that winter will be here faster than I can blink an eye and I am saying that in June.

Speaking of heat, my last pack of NBA Hoops Premium Stock lacked that. I am hopeful that today's pack will have more heat then the last. Only one way to find out.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

 

2 Packs Within15 cards per pack
3 Laser Parallels
1 Silver
1 Prizm
1 Insert
$19.99 A Pack

Summary:Basically, Panini takes a basic product and once again chromes it from base to inserts.

Speaking of base, there are 300 cards in the base set which has plenty of parallels to find. You would expect that out of a chromed product.

The following parallels can be found in the base set,

PRIZM PARALLELS: Silver, Blue, Green, Red, Teal.
CRACKED ICE PRIZM PARALLELS: Blue, Green, Red, Purple /25, Gold /10, Black 1/1.
DISCO PRIZM PARALLELS: Purple.
FLASH PRIZM PARALLELS: Base, Red, Green /99, Blue /49, Purple /35, Pink /25, Gold /10, Black 1/1.
LASER PRIZM PARALLELS: Silver, Blue /99, Gold /10, Black 1/1.
MOJO PRIZM PARALLELS: Silver, Blue /99, Gold /10, Black 1/1.
SCOPE PRIZM PARALLELS: Silver.
SHIMMER PRIZM PARALLELS: Base, Green, Red /88, Gold /8, Black 1/1.
WAVE PRIZM PARALLELS: Blue, Red, Teal.
BOX SET PULSAR PRIZM PARALLELS Base, Black, Blue, Gold, Green, Red.
PREMIUM BOX SET PRIZM PARALLELS Base /149, Gold Vinyl 1/1.

There are also plenty of inserts to chase as well with the following parallels, Holo, Blue, Red, Gold /10, Black 1/1.

The autographs in the set are very rookie heavy with some veteran content.

Here is how my pack went,

 

*takes a sip before closing*

This pack was much hotter than the last one. Zion, Rui and Nunn rookies. A couple of nice parallels and a Kevin Durant base card. I was much more happy with this round.

Let me know your thoughts in comments.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*