Affordable Group Break: 2018 Baseball Treasure

 

This break will feature a box of 2018 Baseball Treasure. These are coins embedded on a trading card. Each team is just $2! 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, 12/03/21 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: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Arizona Diamondbacks $2 - Diego Torres PAID

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID
Baltimore Orioles $2 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Boston Red Sox $2 - Shane Salmonson PAID
Chicago Cubs $2 - Ben Martin (courtesy of Denny Wagner) PAID
Chicago White Sox $2 - Chad Butler PAID
Cincinnati Reds $2 - Rick Mantz PAID
Cleveland Indians $2 - Rick Mantz PAID
Colorado Rockies $2 - John Donovan (courtesy of Joseph Inzirillo) PAID
Detroit Tigers $2 - Paul Dionne PAID
Houston Astros $2 - Denny Wagner PAID
Kansas City Royals $2 - Rick Mantz PAID

Los Angeles Angels $2 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $2 - Rick Mantz PAID

Miami Marlins $1- Rick Mantz PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $1 - Rick Mantz PAID
Minnesota Twins $2 - Rick Mantz PAID

New York Mets $2 - Chad Butler PAID
New York Yankees $2 - Shane Salmonson PAID
Oakland Athletics $2 - Chad Butler PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $2 - Ben Morris PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $2 - Chad Butler PAID
San Diego Padres $2 - Diego Torres PAID

San Francisco Giants $2 - Denny Wagner PAID
Seattle Mariners $2 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $2 - Patrick W Ayers PAID

Tampa Bay Rays $1 - Rick Mantz PAID
Texas Rangers $2 - Chad Butler PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $2 - Kari PAID

Washington Nationals $2 - Paul Dionne PAID

Affordable Group Break: 2021 Panini Chronicles (Hobby)

** UPDATE 12/02/21 - Prices dropped on remaining teams **

 

This break will feature a hobby box of 2021 Panini Chronicles. Box should yield 4 hits - 3 autos & 1 memorabilia card. If you aren't familiar with the Chronicles brand - this set features a plethora of designs across the Panini portfolio, some of which are only used in their football sets. Despite not being 100% licensed cards, this set features some of the most beautiful cards released by the company.

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, 12/03/21 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: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Arizona Diamondbacks $5 - Adam McKenzie PAID

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID
Baltimore Orioles $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Boston Red Sox $8 - Shane Salmonson PAID
Chicago Cubs $7 - Ben Martin PAID
Chicago White Sox $7 - Daniel MacBeth PAID
Cincinnati Reds $5 - Chris Reed PAID
Cleveland Indians $6 - Marcus Scott PAID
Colorado Rockies $5 - John Donovan PAID
Detroit Tigers $7 - Ben Morris PAID
Houston Astros $7 - Denny Wagner PAID
Kansas City Royals $5 - Diego Torres PAID

Los Angeles Angels $8 - Shane Salmonson PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $7 - Joey Nigro PAID

Miami Marlins $7 - Adam McKenzie PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $4 - Diego Torres PAID
Minnesota Twins $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

New York Mets $7 - Bret Pastornack PAID
New York Yankees $10 - Lost Collector PAID
Oakland Athletics $4 - Paul Dionne PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
San Diego Padres $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

San Francisco Giants $7 - Denny Wagner PAID
Seattle Mariners $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $7 - Kerry Biggs PAID

Tampa Bay Rays $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Texas Rangers $6 - Diego Torres PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $7 - Paul Dionne PAID

Washington Nationals $7 - Daniel MacBeth PAID

I Won a Prize from the 11th Annual the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web hosted by Collector's Crack!

 

As you all know by now, the Atlanta Braves won the 2021 World Series championship...but so did I...well, sort of. Cynical Buddha over at Collector's Crack hosted again his Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web this year and I corrected picked the Braves over the Astros! As promised, the winner would get a little care package in the mail that was carefully curated based on the winner's favorite team...so in my case that would be the Braves.

I figured it would be fun to record the opening of the package and my reaction to what was inside, so instead of a traditional blog post, let's do the video thing! 

Thanks again to Mark for the great cards and the easy contest. Let's do it again next year!!

Group Break Recaps - October 2021

Well, here it is the week of Thanksgiving and I'm just getting around to creating a post highlighting some of the cards pulled from our Affordable Group Breaks in October. Man, is time flying or what?!

The first product we opened in October was a hobby box of 1997 Pacific Prism Invincible. Pacific products always seem to garner a lot of attention with in my breaks and that's perfectly fine with me as I'm a huge fan of (most) of their products released in the 90's and 2000's.

The Platinum parallels roughly fall two per box - we ended up w/ Mike Mussina (Orioles) and Robin Ventura (White Sox). I think I almost prefer the silver foil on these to the gold foil on the base cards.

Pacific was known for their crazy die-cut cards and while this Sizzlin' Lumber card of Robin Ventura (White Sox) is rather tame compared to some of the other cards they'd go on to make, it's still a nice 90's era insert none the less.

Our next break featured 4 hanger boxes of 2021 Topps Chrome. At the time I found these I was shocked as most retail shelves around me (and even during my work travels) turned up nothing. This was my first opportunity to rip Chrome so I was just excited as everyone else who claimed a team.

We pulled a total of 7 Refractors from the hanger boxes with some notable names like Mookie Betts (Dodgers) and Alex Bregman (Astros).

Not to be outdone we found 3 Prism Refractors as well that included Khris Davis (A's), Yasmani Grandal (White Sox) and Jack Flaherty (Cardinals).

Everyone like the shiny colored cards! We pulled a red parallel of Shogo Akiyama (Reds) and a Teal Wave parallel of Sean Murphy (A's).

The Beisbol Refractor inserts were represented by Fernando Tatis, Jr. (Padres) and Gleyber Torres (Yankees).

A nice mixture of the 1986 Retrospective Refractors were pulled, including some heavy hitters (Acuna!) and a few rookies.

A week or so later I lucked up again and found more new product on the shelves of my local Walmart so in rare fashion we ripped new product in consecutive breaks.

2021 Bowman Platinum were once again retail exclusives and each box touted two autographs, so I grabbed it up hoping it'd make for a fun break.

Being a Bowman product you know it's all about the prospects and rookies. Here are just a few of the RCs pulled.

Two different colored parallels pulled - blue /150 Mario Feliciano (Brewers) and a green /50 Patrick Bailey (Giants).

Plenty of inserts were to be had including Renowned Rookies and Meteoric. Not a bad selection of players if I do say so myself.

While I can't say I had heard much of either of the two autograph subjects pulled, the participants in the chat section of the livestream said the Vargas auto was the best of the two pulled.

I'm glad that cards are slowly starting to appear once again on retail shelves, if for no other reason it gives me even more variety of product to feature for everyone. I appreciate everyone's continued support and I look forward to hosting more Affordable Group Breaks soon. If you're reading this and have never participated, but want to there are two different ways you can sign up. Right here on the blog I post sign ups, but if you are a Facebook user you can also join my group and participate there.

Until next time!

Affordable Mini Break: 2021 Panini Absolute Football

** UPDATE 11/19/21 - Break is full! **

 

This mini break will feature two retail blasters of Panini Absolute football. 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, 11/19/21 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: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Arizona Cardinals $3 - David Marshall PAID

Atlanta Falcons $2 - Ben Martin PAID

Baltimore Ravens $2 - Denny Wagner PAID

Buffalo Bills $2 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Carolina Panthers - Colbey PAID

Cincinnati Bengals $2 - Andrew Rein PAID

Chicago Bears $3 - Denny Wagner PAID

Cleveland Browns $2 - Denny Wagner PAID

Dallas Cowboys $3 - Denny Wagner PAID

Denver Broncos $3 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Detroit Lions $2 - Ben Morris PAID

Green Bay Packers $3 - David Marshall PAID

Houston Texans $2 - Trevor P PAID

Indianapolis Colts $2 - Colbey PAID

Jacksonville Jaguars $4 - Joe Greever PAID

Kansas City Chiefs $3 - Andrew Rein PAID

Las Vegas Raiders $2 - Denny Wagner PAID

Los Angeles Chargers $3 - Jonny Watt PAID

Los Angeles Rams $2 - Ben Morris PAID

Miami Dolphins $3 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Minnesota Vikings $2 - Denny Wagner PAID

New England Patriots $3 - Shane Salmonson PAID

New Orleans Saints $3 - John Klimavicz PAID

New York Giants $3 - Victor Negron PAID

New York Jets $2 - Trevor P PAID

Philadelphia Eagles $2 - Joe Greever PAID

Pittsburgh Steelers $3 - Larry French PAID

San Francisco 49ers $3 - Jonny Watt PAID

Seattle Seahawks $2 - Denny Wagner PAID

Tampa Bay Buccaneers $3 - Shane Salmonson PAID

Tennessee Titans $3 - Denny Wagner (c/o Ben Martin) PAID

Washington Football Team $2 - Trevor P PAID

Affordable Group Break: 1999 Pacific Crown Collection (Retail)

** UPDATE 11/19/21 - Break is full! ** 

This break will feature a retail box of 1999 Pacific Crown Collection. 36 packs / 12 cards per pack. 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, 11/19/21 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 $4 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Arizona Diamondbacks $4 - Adam McKenzie PAID

Atlanta Braves $5 - Andrew Rein PAID
Baltimore Orioles $5 - Daniel MacBeth PAID
Boston Red Sox $4 - Shane Salmonson PAID
Chicago Cubs $5 - Ben Martin PAID
Chicago White Sox $5 - Andrew Rein PAID
Cincinnati Reds $4 - Chris Reed PAID
Cleveland Indians $5 - Marcus Scott PAID
Colorado Rockies $4 - John Donovan PAID
Detroit Tigers $4 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Florida Marlins $4 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Houston Astros $4 - Adam McKenzie PAID
Kansas City Royals $4 - Jonny Watt PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $5 - Jonny Watt PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $4 - Jonny Watt PAID
Minnesota Twins $4 - Ben Morris PAID

Montreal Expos - Colbey PAID

New York Mets $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
New York Yankees $6 - Ben Martin PAID
Oakland Athletics $4 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $4 - Jonny Watt PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $4 - Zachary Chakan PAID
San Diego Padres $5 - Fred Pike PAID

San Francisco Giants $4 - Fred Pike PAID
Seattle Mariners $6 - Daniel MacBeth PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $5 - Adam McKenzie PAID

Tampa Bay Rays $4 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Texas Rangers $5 - Ben Morris PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $4 - Victor Negron PAID