2020 Football Mini Break

** UPDATE 08/28/20: Teams have been assigned. Trading is now open, please make your trades via comments on this post. Trading closes at 3 PM Eastern on Saturday, 08/29/20. We'll plan to break at 5 PM Saturday. **

This mini break will feature a blaster & value pack each of 2020 Panini Prestige and Donruss Elite. The blasters should feature an auto or game used memorabilia card. $3 per slot. All cards ship. Price per slot does not include shipping as stacking applies. Once the break is full, I'll randomly assign the teams to all participants in the order they sign up. Results will be posted afterwards. Please note the Carolina Panthers will not be assigned as I, the host, am keeping them. I will allow trading of teams for a select amount of time before we break live on YouTube. Please submit your F&F payment after claiming. paypal.me/flywheels86

01 - Kerry Biggs PAID - Falcons
02 - Ben Martin PAID - Cowboys
03 - Hal Sauceman PAID - Texans
04 - Hal Sauceman PAID - Bears
05 - Hal Sauceman PAID - Bengals
06 - Hal Sauceman PAID - Ravens
07 - Paul Dionne PAID - Saints (traded to Jason McQuitty)
08 - Jason McQuitty PAID - Lions (traded to Paul Dionne)
09 - Jason McQuitty PAID - Browns (traded to Wade Fisher)
10 - @Lost_Collector PAID - Giants
11 - @Lost_Collector PAID - Vikings
12 - Trevor P PAID - Rams
13 - Trevor P PAID - Seahawks
14 - John Donovan - Bills
15 - John Donovan - Dolphins
16 - Denny Wagner PAID - Steelers
17 - Ben Morris PAID - Eagles
18 - Ben Morris PAID - Raiders
19 - Bean's Ballcard Blog PAID - Broncos
20 - Bean's Ballcard Blog PAID - Redskins
21 - Bean's Ballcard Blog PAID - Chargers
22 - Base Card Hero PAID - Jaguars
23 - Base Card Hero PAID - 49ers
24 - Tim B PAID - Colts
25 - Tim B PAID - Cardinals
26 - Ben Martin PAID - Buccaneers
27 - Denny Wagner PAID - Titans
28 - Wade Fisher PAID - Chiefs (traded to Jason McQuitty)
29 - Jason McQuitty PAID - Jets (traded to Wade Fisher)
30 - Jason McQuitty PAID - Packers
31 - Jason McQuitty PAID - Patriots

Affordable Group Break - 1995 Leaf Limited Series 2

* 08/27/20 UPDATE: Prices dropped on remaining teams *

This break will feature 1995 Leaf Limited Series 2. Prices listed beside each team. All cards ship. Stacking applies so the price does not include shipping. If you have questions on how this works please let me know. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 08/28/20 at 10 PM eastern. 

To claim your team(s) please comment with your request and submit your payment at that time. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me (flywheels@yahoo.com) your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID
Baltimore Orioles $3 - Chad Pacey PAID
Boston Red Sox $3 - Denny Wagner PAID
California Angels - Colbey PAID
Chicago Cubs $2 - Ben Martin PAID
Chicago White Sox $3 - Chad Pacey PAID
Cincinnati Reds $1 - John Donovan  PAID
Cleveland Indians $3 - Paul Dionne PAID
Colorado Rockies $2 - Adam Kaningher PAID
Detroit Tigers $2 - Ben Morris PAID
Florida Marlins $1
Houston Astros $3 - Denny Wagner PAID
Kansas City Royals $1 - Josh Den Hartog PAID
Los Angeles Dodgers $5 - gcrl PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $1 - Mark Eisenman PAID
Minnesota Twins $3 - Base Card Hero PAID
Montreal Expos $1
New York Mets $1 - John Donovan PAID
New York Yankees $2 - Lost Collector PAID
Oakland Athletics $1 - Ben Martin PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $1
Pittsburgh Pirates $2 - Wade Fisher
San Diego Padres $2

San Francisco Giants $3 - Ben Martin PAID
Seattle Mariners $5 - Ben Martin PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $1 - Kerry Biggs PAID
Texas Rangers - $3 - Ben Morris PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $1 - John Donovan PAID

Affordable Group Break - 1991 Classic Best Minor League

* 08/27/20 UPDATE: Prices dropped on remaining teams...just $.50 each! *

This break will feature 1991 Classic Best Minor League. This box should yield a good number of cards for the various teams. Each team will be just $1 $.50!! All cards ship. Stacking applies so the price does not include shipping. If you have questions on how this works please let me know. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 08/28/20 at 10 PM eastern. 

To claim your team(s) please comment with your request and submit your payment at that time. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me (flywheels@yahoo.com) your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

** If we are lucky enough to pull a Mike Schmidt auto, it will be randomly assigned to all participants based on the number of teams purchased (i.e. 2 teams = 2 entries)

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID
Baltimore Orioles $1 - Paul Dionne PAID
Boston Red Sox $1 - John Donovan PAID
California Angels $1 - John Donovan PAID
Chicago Cubs $1 - Ben Martin PAID
Chicago White Sox $1 - John Donovan PAID
Cincinnati Reds $1 - Paul Dionne PAID
Cleveland Indians $1 - John Donovan PAID
Detroit Tigers $1 - Ben Morris PAID
Houston Astros $1 - John Donovan PAID
Kansas City Royals $1 - Josh Den Hartog PAID
Los Angeles Dodgers $1 - Josh Den Hartog PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $1 - Mark Eisenman PAID
Minnesota Twins $1 - Base Card Hero PAID
Montreal Expos $1 - John Donovan PAID
New York Mets $1 - John Donovan PAID
New York Yankees $1 - Lost Collector PAID
Oakland Athletics $1 - John Donovan PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $1 - Ben Martin PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $1 - Wade Fisher PAID
San Diego Padres $1 - Ben Martin PAID

San Francisco Giants $1 - John Donovan PAID
Seattle Mariners $1 - John Donovan PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $1 - John Donovan PAID
Texas Rangers $1 - Ben Morris PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $1 - Ben Martin PAID

Affordable Group Break - 2003 Fleer Avant (Hobby)

** 08/20/20 UPDATE: Prices dropped, let's fill this up! **

This break will feature 2003 Fleer Avant (Hobby). Notable RCs include: Anquan Boldin, Jason Witten, Dallas Clark, Andre Johnson. Prices are listed by each team. All cards ship. Stacking applies so the price does not include shipping. If you have questions on how this works please let me know. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 08/21/20 at 10 PM eastern. 

To claim your team(s) please comment with your request and submit your payment at that time. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me (flywheels@yahoo.com) your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Arizona Cardinals $2 - John Donovan PAID

Atlanta Falcons $1

Baltimore Ravens $2

Buffalo Bills $3 - Ben Morris PAID

Carolina Panthers - Colbey PAID

Chicago Bears $1 - Johnny Robinson PAID

Cincinnati Bengals - Colbey PAID

Cleveland Browns $1

Dallas Cowboys $4 - Hal Sauceman PAID

Denver Broncos $2 - John Donovan PAID

Detroit Lions $2 - Scribbled Ink PAID

Green Bay Packers $3 - cynicalbuddha PAID

Houston Texans $2 - John Donovan PAID

Indianapolis Colts $4 - Spiegel83 PAID

Jacksonville Jaguars $1

Kansas City Chiefs $2 - Jason McQuitty PAID

Miami Dolphins $1 - Johnny Robinson PAID

Minnesota Vikings $3 - Kerry Biggs PAID

New England Patriots $2 - Scribbled Ink PAID

New Orleans Saints $1

New York Giants $1

New York Jets $2 - Ben Martin PAID

Oakland Raiders $2 - Denny Wagner PAID

Philadelphia Eagles $2 - Kerry Biggs PAID

Pittsburgh Steelers $3 - Wade Fisher PAID

San Diego Chargers - Colbey PAID

San Francisco 49ers $2 - Ben Morris PAID

Seattle Seahawks $1

St. Louis Rams - Colbey PAID

Tampa Bay Buccaneers $1

Tennessee Titans $2 - Denny Wagner PAID

Washington Redskins $1

Affordable Group Break - 1996 Fleer/Skybox Circa (Hobby)

** 08/21/20 UPDATE: Break is FULL! **

This break will feature a box of 1996 Fleer/Skybox Circa (Hobby). The box has 24 packs w/ 8 cards per pack. Prices are listed by each team. All cards ship. Stacking applies so the price does not include shipping. If you have questions on how this works please let me know. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel (youtube.com/flywheels) on Friday, 08/21/20 at 10 PM eastern.

To claim your team(s) please comment with your request and submit your payment at that time. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me (flywheels@yahoo.com) your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: paypal.me/flywheels86

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID

Baltimore Orioles $3 - Ben Martin PAID

Boston Red Sox $3 - Bulldog PAID

California Angels $3 - Bulldog PAID

Chicago Cubs $3 - Trevor P PAID

Chicago White Sox - Colbey PAID

Cincinnati Reds $3 - Ben Morris PAID

Cleveland Indians $3 - Scribbled Ink PAID

Colorado Rockies $2 - Johnny Robinson PAID

Detroit Tigers $2 - Scribbled Ink PAID

Florida Marlins $1 - Denny Wagner PAID

Houston Astros $3 - Denny Wagner PAID

Kansas City Royals $3 - Josh D PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $3 - Joey Nigro PAID

Milwaukee Brewers $2 - Ben Martin PAID

Minnesota Twins $3 - Base Card Hero PAID

Montreal Expos $1 - Ben Martin PAID

New York Mets $2 - Ben Martin PAID

New York Yankees $5 - @Lost_Collector PAID

Oakland Athletics $3 - Denny Wagner PAID

Philadelphia Phillies $1 - Josh D PAID

Pittsburgh Pirates $3 - Wade Fisher PAID

San Diego Padres $4 - Ben Martin PAID

San Francisco Giants $3 - Denny Wagner PAID

Seattle Mariners $5 - Tim B PAID

St. Louis Cardinals $2 - Josh D PAID

Texas Rangers $2 - Ben Morris PAID

Toronto Blue Jays $1 - Denny Wagner PAID

Affordable Group Break Changes - Not on Facebook? Not a Problem!

I mentioned in my recap post I posted earlier this morning that moving forward I wasn't going to post sign ups here on the blog...and several readers have expressed their displeasure in this decision. My goal is to simplify things while try to appeal to as many people as possible. I understand that I have people who have followed this blog for years, or followers on Twitter who aren't on Facebook and have no interest in using Facebook and/or joining my group. I hear you!

While I mull over what to do, I am going to try to appeal to those non-FB users by creating a post on Sunday announcing the product for that week's breaks. If you are interested in more info or want to inquire about claiming a team, all you'll have to do is leave a comment and I'll confirm that team(s) availability.

Hosting these Affordable Group Breaks goes back quite a bit here on this blog and I don't want to alienate any of my long time readers and fellow collectors. I'm open to suggestions as well so don't hesitate to comment or reach out to me. Until then, I appreciate everyone's patience and of course your continued support.

Now that is out of the way, this week's break will feature both baseball and football. 2002 Donruss Fan Club & 1996 Pacific Litho-Cel. If you're interested please leave a comment and I'll let you know the availability.

Angels $3, Diamondbacks $2, Orioles $3, Red Sox $3, Cubs $3, Reds $4, Indians $3, Rockies $2, Tigers $2, Marlins $2, Astros $4, Royals $3, Dodgers $3, Brewers $2, Twins $2, Expos $2, Mets $3, Yankees $4, A's $4, Phillies $2, Pirates $2, Padres $3, Giants $3, Mariners $3, Cardinals $4, Rays $2, Rangers $3, Blue Jays $2

Cardinals $3, Falcons $2, Ravens $2, Bills $3, Bears $2, Bengals $2, Browns $1, Cowboys $4, Broncos $4, Lions $3, Packers $4, Oilers $4, Colts $2, Jaguars $2, Chiefs $3, Dolphins $3, Vikings $2, Patriots $3, Saints $2, Giants $2, Jets $2, Raiders $2, Eagles $2, Steelers $2, Chargers $2, 49ers $3, Seahawks $2, Rams $2, Buccaneers $2, Redskins $2

Group Break Results - 2003 Upper Deck Series 2 & 2006 Bowman Jumbo football

Another week, another Affordable Group Break is in the books. This break featured two boxes, two sports again. On the baseball front we ripped a hobby box of 2003 Upper Deck Series 2. On the football front we ripped a jumbo hobby box of 2006 Bowman. If you just want to see a brief recap of what was pulled from the boxes, keep on reading.

We'll start out with the box of UD baseball. I wasn't super familiar with this year of Upper Deck as I was't collecting in 2003, however the first few packs I opened I became a fan. Of course the photography featured was top notch, with many images capturing some plays on the diamond, or players interacting with the fans. The design was also nice, clean and simple. This may be a set I revisit in the future for myself.

Like with any modern trading card set, there were a few inserts we were chasing, including these Masters with the Leather. The gold foil corners have a textured look and feel. Not the best looking insert Upper Deck has made, but not bad.

Superior Sluggers highlighted some of the best hitters in the league. I like how they included their home run and RBI totals on the left hand side of the card. 

The box promised two memorabilia cards and this National Pride card featuring Team USA was our first hit. The card feature a plain gray piece of jersey, but at least the design was dressed up a little more. Nice looking set in my opinion.

The other memorabilia card pulled was this Leading Swatches Shawn Green. I've seen a lot of boring memorabilia cards over the years so kudos to Upper Deck for coming up with a design that is at least somewhat stands out in a crowded field of jersey cards.

Moving on over to football, the Bowman jumbo box promised one rookie relic and two rookie autographs and delivered as promised. 

I really like the design of the Draft Day Selection relic. Relic cards are so common place in today's hobby that I can appreciate it when these type of cards mix it up and offer something different.

The two Signs of the Future are sticker autos, but again that is pretty par for the course. The Fasano auto was pulled from a pack, while the Jacobs auto was already inserted in a penny sleeve and top loader and tucked underneath the "Scouting Report" insert in the box.

The box also yielded thick gold parallels and Chrome versions of the rookie class. While I didn't include any pictures of these due to time restraints, we did pull some nice parallels such as a Vernon Davis gold RC.

Overall this was another fun break. I'm glad that both boxes, especially the football yielded so many cards for the different participants. So many that I nearly exhausted my supply of penny sleeves and team bags! I'll have to hit up my LCS this week to restock before we do this again next week.

One note that I do want to address. Up until now I've been posting the sign ups for these Affordable Group Breaks both here and in my Facebook group, however this has caused a few issues with people claiming a team that was claimed on another front. I don't want to upset anyone, but the majority of the claims are coming from the FG group so moving forward I'm just posting the sign ups there. If you are on FB or want to set up an account, I encourage you to join the group so that you don't miss out on anything. You can also follow me on Twitter (@flywheels) as I post info there as well on these breaks. I hope everyone understands. I want to get back to using this blog more for, well card blogging and not just "pimping" my breaks. If you aren't on FB or Twitter and you still want to participate, please reach out to me and we'll work something out.

Affordable Group Break - 2003 Upper Deck Series 2 (Hobby)

** UPDATE 08/06/20 - Break is FULL! **

This break will feature a box of 2003 Upper Deck Series 2. The box has 24 packs w/ 8 cards per pack. This box should yield two relic cards. For more info on this set, be sure to visit the Trading Card Database or BaseballCardPedia for checklists. I'm posting these signs up to the Facebook group, my blog and on Twitter all at the same time so if you want to claim a team(s), I recommend you don't wait.

Prices are listed by each team. All cards ship. The price does not include shipping. Stacking applies so if you bought into a previous break or want me to hold your cards until you see what's next, I'll send you a PayPal invoice for shipping whenever you're ready. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 08/07/20 at 10 PM eastern. I'll update all of my social media outlets (FB group, Twitter @flywheels) as teams are claimed.

To claim your team(s) please comment with your request and submit your payment at that time. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: paypal.me/flywheels86

Anaheim Angels $2 - Rod Richards PAID

Arizona Diamondbacks $3 - Ben Morris

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID

Baltimore Orioles $2 - Nick Dusenbury PAID

Boston Red Sox $4 - Roy Galloway PAID
Chicago Cubs $5 - Ben Martin PAID
Chicago White Sox - Colbey PAID
Cincinnati Reds $5 - Drew Inman
Cleveland Indians $1 - Rod Richards PAID
Colorado Rockies $2 - Rod Richards PAID
Detroit Tigers $2 - Paul Dionne PAID
Florida Marlins - Colbey PAID
Houston Astros $4 - Denny Wagner PAID
Kansas City Royals $3 - Jason McQuitty PAID
Los Angeles Dodgers $5 - Ben Martin PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $1 - Mark Eisenman PAID
Minnesota Twins $1 - Rod Richards PAID
Montreal Expos $2 - Rod Richards PAID
New York Mets - Colbey PAID
New York Yankees $7 - @Lost_Collector PAID
Oakland Athletics $2 - Rod Richards PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $2 - Paul Dionne PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $3 - Wade Fisher PAID
San Diego Padres $3 - Rod Richards PAID

San Francisco Giants $4 - Brandon Bronzan PAID
Seattle Mariners $3 - Andrew Rein PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $4 - Kerry Biggs PAID

Tampa Bay Rays $1 - Rod Richards PAID
Texas Rangers $3 - Roy Galloway PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $1 - Rod Richards PAID

Affordable Group Break - 2006 Bowman football (Jumbo)

** UPDATE 08/06/20 - Break is FULL **

This break will feature a jumbo box of 2006 Bowman. For more info on this set, be sure to visit the Trading Card Database for complete checklists. I'm posting these signs up to the Facebook group, my blog and on Twitter all at the same time so if you want to claim a team(s), I recommend you don't wait.

Prices are listed by each team. All cards ship. The price does not include shipping. Stacking applies so if you bought into a previous break or want me to hold your cards until you see what's next, I'll send you a PayPal invoice for shipping whenever you're ready. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 08/07/20 at 10 PM eastern. I'll update all of my social media outlets (FB group, Twitter @flywheels) as teams are claimed.

To claim your team(s) please comment with your request and submit your payment at that time. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Arizona Cardinals $3 - Denny Wagner PAID

Atlanta Falcons $3 - Roy Galloway PAID

Baltimore Ravens $1 - Dennis Blay PAID

Buffalo Bills $3 - Roy Galloway PAID

Carolina Panthers - Colbey PAID

Chicago Bears $3 - Ben Martin PAID

Cincinnati Bengals $1 - Dennis Blay PAID

Cleveland Browns $2 - Wade Fisher PAID

Dallas Cowboys $3 - Bill Beck PAID

Denver Broncos $1 - Lobo Solitario PAID

Detroit Lions $2 - Ben Morris

Green Bay Packers $3 - Drew Inman

Houston Texans $4 - Bill Beck PAID

Indianapolis Colts $3 - Spiegel83 PAID

Jacksonville Jaguars $1 - Lobo Solitario PAID

Kansas City Chiefs $3 - Jason McQuitty PAID

Miami Dolphins $3 - Ben Morris

Minnesota Vikings $1 - Lobo Solitario PAID

New England Patriots $3 - Roy Galloway PAID

New Orleans Saints $3 - Denny Wagner PAID

New York Giants $1 - Dennis Blay PAID

New York Jets $3 - Ben Martin PAID

Oakland Raiders $1 - Dennis Blay PAID

Philadelphia Eagles $1 - Dennis Blay PAID

Pittsburgh Steelers $3 - Wade Fisher PAID

San Diego Chargers - Colbey PAID

San Francisco 49ers $3 - Brandon Bronzan PAID

Seattle Seahawks $1 - Lobo Solitario PAID

St. Louis Rams - Colbey PAID

Tampa Bay Buccaneers $1 - Dennis Blay PAID

Tennessee Titans $3 - Denny Wagner PAID

Washington Redskins $1 - Lobo Solitario PAID

Group Break Results - 1999 Collector's Edge 1st Place & 1999 Pacific Crown Collection

This weekend's break returned to ripping two boxes, 1 football and 1 baseball. I thought I'd try my hand at 1999 Collector's Edge 1st Place on the football side of things...something different, hoping team and player collectors would need these cards for their collections. On the baseball side of things I was super excited about opening a Pacific product, specifically 1999 Pacific Crown Collection. I love just about all of Pacific's offerings so you can rest assured that if I can find a box of Pacific for a decent price, I'm buying it! What you can't count on is whether or not I'll feature it in a break!

The rookie class if 1999 may not have had the lasting power as previous classes, however there were some players that went on to have a decent NFL career including Donovan McNabb. Surprisingly no one initially claimed the Eagles, however once I dropped the price Dennis of Too Many Verlanders swooped in grabbed them along with a few other teams for just a buck each!

Collector's Edge had their fair share of parallel sets and the Gold Ingot set were seeded 1:1. Above are some of the highlights of these goil foil board parallels pulled.

Galvanized was another of the parallel sets. These cards were serially numbered to 500 for veterans and 100 for rookies. We pulled two, both Chargers players.

Future Legends inserts fell 1:6 packs. Hmmm...not many of these quite turned into legends! None the less, the rainbow foil makes these cards look pretty sharp.

I'm not quite sure that neither Daunte Culpepper or Cade McNown were quite the QBs that people thought they be. These Successors inserts fell 1:12 packs.

Loud & Proud inserts fell 1:12 packs and also featured a nice rainbow foil. I'm told this Jerry Rice is going to one of the participants son and was thrilled to see this card pulled when they watched the video. That makes me happy.

Excalibur fell 1:24 packs. One participant was hoping for a Favre, but we ended up with Flutie instead.

Perhaps the highlight of the box was this Pro Signatures Authentics auto of Akili Smith...and I use the word highlight loosely! While it may not have been the player many were hoping we'd pull, it's not a bad design and it's an on card auto...a nice looking auto at that. The Bengals weren't claimed in this break so I decided to use Random.org to randomly assign the card between all of the participants. The winner told me to keep the card so I'll be putting it up for trade on TCDB soon.

Next we moved onto the Pacific box. This box had the potential of yielding some awesome die-cut cards. The odds were against us as some of the inserts fell 1:3 boxes or more.

It's been awhile since I last visited this set so I had forgotten how nice these cards look. At 12 cards per pack and 36 packs per box I had a lot of cards to sort once the break was over. I don't mind the work as it means most of the teams received a decent amount of base cards.

I believe it was the first (or second?) pack and we found out first insert, this Platinum Blue parallel of Alex Fernandez. These were seeded 1:73 packs!

Latinos of the Major Leagues were seeded 2:37 packs so these were right on the average. These cards feature Latino players (duh) and have an etched foil background that is rather colorful.

Team Checklists are seeded 1:37. In past (or future) Pacific sets this insert would also receive the die-cut treatment. This version however just features holographic foil.

This was another ful break, even if we didn't hit one of the awesome die-cut inserts from the Pacific box like Tape Measure or In the Cage. Next week's break will also feature two boxes, one baseball and one baseball. Thanks to everyone that participated!