Affordable Group Break: 2002 Fleer E-X (Hobby)

** UPDATE 04/02/21 - Break is full! **

This break will feature a retail box of 2002 Fleer E-X. 24 packs / 4 cards per pack. Hits fall 1:8 packs. 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, 04/02/21 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

Anaheim Angels $3 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Arizona Diamondbacks $5 - Adam

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID
Baltimore Orioles $4 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Boston Red Sox $7 - Rick Mantz PAID
Chicago Cubs - Ben Martin PAID
Chicago White Sox $7 - Chad Pacey PAID
Cincinnati Reds $7 - Chris Reed PAID
Cleveland Indians $4 - Jennifer Peebles PAID
Colorado Rockies $4 - John Donovan PAID
Detroit Tigers $3 - Ben Morris PAID
Florida Marlins $2 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Houston Astros $6 - Denny Wagner PAID
Kansas City Royals $4 - Matthew Brenzikofer PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $6 - Rick Mantz PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $2 - Mark Eisenman PAID
Minnesota Twins $2 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Montreal Expos $5 - Jennifer Peebles PAID

New York Mets $6 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
New York Yankees $10 - @Lost Collector PAID
Oakland Athletics $5 - Jennifer Peebles PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $3 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $5 - Wade Fisher PAID
San Diego Padres $3 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

San Francisco Giants $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Seattle Mariners $6 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $6 - Kerry Biggs PAID

Tampa Bay Rays $2 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Texas Rangers $7 - Ben Morris PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $3 - Michael Speigel

Group Break Recap: 1994 Signature Rookies KroMax, 1997 Studio & 2021 Donruss

This past weekend we broke 3 boxes as part of our weekly Affordable Group Break. This wasn't planned per se as I had just planned to rip the Signature Rookies and Studio boxes...but I know we have some members in the FB group and readers of the blog that enjoy new product. I stopped by my local LCS and they had recently gotten in a reorder of 2021 Donruss, so even though the price was a little steep, I grabbed it anyhow. This led to a long, but fun Friday night. Since the live video clocked in close to two hours, I decided a quick recap post was in order.

We'll start off with the box of 1994 Signature Rookies KroMax. I grabbed this box not really knowing much about it, but I'd never seen it before and the box said one autograph included. I always like mixing things up a bit so here we go. 

The base set is small so there were a lot of doubles. I'm pretty sure we could have completed two base sets! On the insert front we did get a few, such as these two First Rounders - this insert set highlighted some of the collegiate players that were to make a big splash at the next level. We got Donyell Marshall and Sharon Wright. Exciting, eh?

Super Acrylium are some interesting looking cards. This checklist features NBA players as opposed to collegiate players. All the cards in this product have protective covers (think Finest) so the front of these cards look rather bland, but flip them over and it gets interesting. I would've loved to peel one of these cards to see if they look as cool as I think they do.

The box mentioned an autograph, but I had no idea it contained redemptions. Blah. Not only did we get a redemption we got 3! That's almost like a slap in the face. It's a real shame too as that Dave Cowens would have been a nice card.

Time to move on to baseball...so let's fast forward a few years to 1997 with Studio. This large box contained 18 large envelope type packs that contained five cards and one 8x10 Portrait. We also had a good chance at some nice inserts too like Hard Hats and Master Strokes.

The Press Proof parallels are pretty sharp looking. The Silver versions had 1500 made while the Gold had 500 made. These are not serially numbered however.

I was really hoping we'd pull a Hard Hats insert as I think these are really cool. I love acetate and die cut cards and this set offers both. Serially numbered to 5000, these are some sharp 90's inserts. The Master Strokes cards revoke a Upper Deck Masterpiece feel to me so I've always been partial to these. I was hoping we'd see another White Sox player however...

The 8x10 Portrait cards seemed to be a hit with the crowd - Griffey and Ripken were two of the better ones pulled. The Master Strokes carried over to the 8x10s, serially numbered to 5000. I can already see these being fun to ship when the time comes!

The final box of the night was 2021 Donruss. I've been building the Donruss set since Panini brought the brand back in 2016, but with the current landscape of collecting I decided to bow out in 2021. I'm not wild on the design (or the price of boxes!), but it ended up being an extremely fun box nonetheless.

The design reminds me of 2021 Topps with the diagonal bits, but I think Topps outperformed Panini when putting the two sets beside each other. There are tons of small variations with the base set and I'm not about to try and break all those down, but here are a few examples of the base cards pulled.

These Blue Holofoil parallels fell one per pack and look rather nice in hand. We pulled some good cards such as that Alec Bohm Rated Rookie for Philly.

These Red parallels are numbered to /2021. Unlike the Topps Gold parallels that are also numbered to /2021, these were a little bit more plentiful. These aren't too bad, but looking at them makes me want a candy cane.

Career and Season Stat Line parallels return again with each numbered to a specific stat for a career or a season.

Starting with 2020 Donruss, Panini came up with some wild parallels and this idea has carried over to 2021. First we have a Liberty parallel of Aaron Nola, then a Presidential parallel numbered to /50 of Lucas Giolito. There are more crazy parallels to chase too if that is your thing. I can say building the "rainbow" of your favorite player is a little of a challenge.

These two Rated Prospect cards look pretty great. The Zac Veen is numbered ti /999 while the Wander Franco is numbered to /149.

 

I wasn't too sure about all the Unleashed cards I've seen images of from other sports sets, but once I held this Trout card in hand I can see what the fuss was all about as these are pretty sharp. this one happens to be numbered to /999.

The box guarantees 3 hits and this Red parallel of Eloy was one of them. It features a small piece of gray jersey and is numbered to /99.

Our other two hits were both autos, from the Signature Series set. Sticker autos, but not that bad of a design. I'm told Babby Dalbec is a very good prospect in the Red Sox organization...I'm a fringe Sox fan since my wife's family hails from the New England area so I'll have to read up on him. Anderson Tejeda is our other auto, but I don't know much about him.

This Donruss box seemed to offer a lot of variety and a lot of color. It was a fun rip and if boxes weren't $150+ I'd love to rip a box for myself. The break as a whole was a lot of fun and I'm glad it seems that the majority of the participants were happy with the outcome. Until we do this again next week, I'll see you all later!

Sunday Verse

 

2 Peter 1:5-8

New International Version For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Affordable Group Break: 1997 Studio

** UPDATE 03/25/21 - Break is full! **

 

This break will feature a box of 1997 Studio. 18 packs, 5 cards per pack plus one 8x10. 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, 03/26/21 at 9 PM eastern. **DIFFERENT TIME SLOT**

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

Anaheim Angels - Colbey PAID

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID
Baltimore Orioles $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Boston Red Sox $4 - Jennifer Peebles PAID

Chicago Cubs - Ben Martin PAID
Chicago White Sox $6 - Chad Pacey PAID
Cincinnati Reds $5 - Chris Reed PAID

Cleveland Indians $6 - Matthew Brenzikofer PAID
Colorado Rockies $4 - John Donovan PAID
Detroit Tigers $4 - Ben Morris PAID
Florida Marlins $2 - Diego Torres PAID
Houston Astros $5 - Diego Torres PAID
Kansas City Royals $3 - Matthew Brenzikofer PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $6 - Rick Mantz PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $2 - Mark Eisenman PAID
Minnesota Twins $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Montreal Expos $5 - Jennifer Peebles PAID

New York Mets $3 - Diego Torres PAID
New York Yankees - Ben Martin PAID

Oakland Athletics $4 - Roy Galloway PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $3 - Diego Torres PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $3 - Zachary Chakan PAID
San Diego Padres $6 - Roy Galloway PAID

San Francisco Giants $3 - John Donovan PAID
Seattle Mariners $7 - Patrick W Ayers PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $5 - Patrick W Ayers PAID

Texas Rangers $3 - Rick Mantz PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $3 - Diego Torres PAID

8x10 Master Strokes

Affordable Group Break: 1994 Signature Rookies Kromax

** UPDATE 03/22/21 - Break is full! Teams randomized & assigned - trading is now open! ** 

This break will feature a box of 1994 Signature Rookies Kromax (collegiate basketball). Each slot (13 available) will be just $3 per slot and each slot will be randomly assigned 5 different teams. Once the break is full, I'll post a video of the randomization with the assignment of teams. This sign up list will also be updated with the complete list. Trading will be allowed up until 12 noon eastern on 03/26/21. For a complete checklist check out TCDB.com. All cards ship. Price does not include shipping as stacking applies. Please submit your F&F payment after claiming: paypal.me/flywheels86. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 03/26/21 at 9 PM eastern. **DIFFERENT TIME SLOT**

01) Ben Morris PAID

02) John Donovan PAID

03) John Donovan PAID

04) John Donovan PAID

05) Joey Nigro PAID

06) Lost Collector PAID

07) Lost Collector PAID

08) Lost Collector PAID

09) Joseph Inzirillo PAID

10) Jennifer Peebles PAID

11) Michael Spiegel PAID

12) Ben Martin PAID

13) Ben Martin PAID

1. San Antonio Spurs - Ben Morris
2. Georgia Bulldogs - Ben Morris
3. Chicago Bulls - Ben Morris
4. Vanderbilt Commodores - Ben Morris
5. New Orleans Privateers - Ben Morris
6. Kentucky Wildcats - John Donovan
7. Miami Hurricanes - John Donovan
8. Boston College Eagles - John Donovan
9. Georgetown Hoyas - John Donovan
10. Louisville Cardinals - John Donovan
11. Providence Friars - John Donovan
12. UCLA Bruins - John Donovan
13. Boston Celtics - John Donovan
14. Philadelphia 76ers - John Donovan
15. Forum Valladolid - John Donovan
16. Detroit Pistons - John Donovan
17. Purdue Boilermakers - John Donovan
18. Northwestern Wildcats - John Donovan
19. Ohio State Buckeyes - John Donovan
20. Oklahoma State Cowboys - John Donovan
21. Central Arkansas Bears - Joey Nigro
22. North Carolina Tar Heels - Joey Nigro
23. Virginia Commonwealth Rams - Joey Nigro
24. Illinois Fighting Illini - Joey Nigro
25. Washington Bullets - Joey Nigro
26. Indiana State Sycamores - Lost Collector
27. Michigan State Spartans - Lost Collector
28. Dallas Mavericks - Lost Collector
29. Phoenix Suns - Lost Collector
30. Texas Longhorns - Lost Collector
31. Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Lost Collector
32. Clemson Tigers - Lost Collector
33. Siena Saints - Lost Collector
34. Arizona State Sun Devils - Lost Collector
35. Los Angeles Lakers - Lost Collector
36. Golden State Warriors - Lost Collector
37. UTEP Miners - Lost Collector
38. Duquesne Dukes - Lost Collector
39. Nebraska Cornhuskers - Lost Collector
40. Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers - Lost Collector
41. Marquette Golden Eagles - Joseph Inzirillo
42. California Golden Bears - Joseph Inzirillo
43. Indiana Pacers - Joseph Inzirillo
44. Oklahoma Sooners - Joseph Inzirillo
45. Syracuse Orangemen - Joseph Inzirillo
46. Minnesota Timberwolves - Jennifer Peebles
47. Cincinnati Bearcats - Jennifer Peebles
48. Missouri Tigers - Jennifer Peebles
49. Auburn Tigers - Jennifer Peebles
50. Florida State Seminoles - Jennifer Peebles
51. Houston Cougars - Michael Spiegel
52. Temple Owls - Michael Spiegel
53. Indiana Hoosiers - Michael Spiegel
54. St. John's Red Storm - Michael Spiegel
55. New York Knicks - Michael Spiegel
56. New Jersey Nets - Ben Martin
57. Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos - Ben Martin
58. Pittsburgh Panthers - Ben Martin
59. Xavier Musketeers - Ben Martin
60. Kansas State Wildcats - Ben Martin
61. Connecticut Huskies - Ben Martin
62. Michigan Wolverines - Ben Martin
63. Southern Illinois Salukis - Ben Martin
64. Detroit Titans - Ben Martin
65. George Washington Colonials - Ben Martin

Sunday Verse

Deuteronomy 7:9

New International Version Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

 

Affordable Group Break: 2021 Panini Donruss (Hobby)

** UPDATE 03/26/21 - Break is full! **

This break will feature a hobby box of the recently released 2021 Donruss. 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, 03/26/21 at 9 PM eastern. **DIFFERENT TIME SLOT**

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 Diamondbacks $4 - Diego Torres PAID

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID
Baltimore Orioles $8 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Boston Red Sox $10 - Ben Zurier PAID
Chicago Cubs $10 - Jennifer Peebles PAID
Chicago White Sox $10 - Ben Morris PAID
Cincinnati Reds $4 - - Diego Torres PAID
Cleveland Indians $8 - Jennifer Peebles PAID
Colorado Rockies $7 - John Donovan PAID
Detroit Tigers $7 - Ben Morris PAID
Houston Astros $4 - Diego Torres PAID
Kansas City Royals $8 - Joe Greever PAID

Los Angeles Angels $10 - Rick Mantz PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $10 - Joey Nigro PAID

Miami Marlins $4 - Diego Torres PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $4 - Diego Torres PAID
Minnesota Twins $4 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

New York Mets $4 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
New York Yankees $10 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Oakland Athletics $5 - Ben Morris PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $10 - Denny Wagner PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $7 - Wade Fisher PAID
San Diego Padres $10 - Jennifer Peebles PAID

San Francisco Giants $5 - Denny Wagner PAID
Seattle Mariners $10 - Diego Torres PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $8 - Kerry Biggs PAID

Tampa Bay Rays $8 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Texas Rangers $8 - Diego Torres PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $8 - Rick Mantz PAID

Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos $8 - Jennifer Peebles PAID

Domingo Beisbol Academy $2 - Lost Collector PAID