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 Group Break:1997 Pacific Prism Invincible (Hobby)

** UPDATE 10/15/21 - Break is FULL! **

This break will feature a hobby box of 1997 Pacific Prism Invincible. 36 packs / 3 cards per packPrices 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, 10/15/21 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

Anaheim Angels $3 - Diego Torres PAID

Atlanta Braves $5 - Hal Sauceman PAID
Baltimore Orioles $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Boston Red Sox $5 - Shane Salmonson PAID
Chicago Cubs $5 - Ben Martin PAID
Chicago White Sox $5 - Chad Pacey PAID
Cincinnati Reds $3 - Diego Torres PAID
Cleveland Indians $3 - Shane Salmonson PAID
Colorado Rockies $4 - John Donovan PAID
Detroit Tigers $4 - Paul Dionne PAID
Florida Marlins $4 - Ben Martin PAID
Houston Astros $4 - Andrew Rein PAID
Kansas City Royals $3 - Ben Morris PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $4 - Shane Salmonson PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $3 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Minnesota Twins $3 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Montreal Expos - $4 - Adam McKenzie PAID

New York Mets $3 - Victor Torres PAID
New York Yankees $6 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Oakland Athletics $3 - Victor Torres PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $3 - Diego Torres PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $4 - Zachary Chakan PAID
San Diego Padres $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

San Francisco Giants $3 - Diego Torres PAID
Seattle Mariners $6 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $6 (I'll offer $1 discount for any Brian Jordan cards pulled) - Kerry Biggs PAID

Texas Rangers $5 - Ben Morris PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $3 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Group Break - 1997 Pacific Prism Invincible

The third box is my first ever Pacific product represented in a group break - 1997 Pacific Prism Invincible.  I've always been a huge fan of Pacific and I've searched high and low for something Pacific to feature in a group break, but finding reasonably priced boxes can be hard.  36 cards per box, 3 cards per pack with the chance of some nice inserts.

 

Front and back of the base card

 

Platinum parallels (2:37)

Sizzling Lumber (1:37)

Sluggers & Hurlers

The box beat the odds when it came to inserts as the above Sluggers & Hurlers were seeded 1:145 packs!  Just about every team got a few cards, but as with the last box the Dodgers came out on top.  The bonus blaster of 2008 UD Timelines is up next!  The card count below has been updated to reflect the total number of cards per team through 3 boxes.

Key:  B = base, I = insert

Atlanta Braves | B/35, I/2

Baltimore Orioles | B/26, I/0

Boston Red Sox | B/27, I/1

California Angels | B/24, I/1
Chicago Cubs | B/22, I/2

Chicago White Sox | B/31, I/1

Cincinnati Reds | B/28, I/2

Cleveland Indians | B/28, I/5

Colorado Rockies | B/27, I/3

Detroit Tigers | B/22, I/1

Florida Marlins | B/21, I/1
Houston Astros | B/23, I/5
Kansas City Royals | B26/, I/3

Los Angeles Dodgers | B/35, I/4

Milwaukee Brewers | B/27, I/2

Minnesota Twins | B/16, I/2
Montreal Expos | B/26, I/1

New York Mets | B/31, I/3

New York Yankees | B/22, I/2

Oakland Athletics | B/25, I/4
Philadelphia Phillies | B/28, I/0
Pittsburgh Pirates | B/20, I/1

San Diego Padres | B/34, I/2
San Francisco Giants | B/24, I/2
Seattle Mariners | B/26, I/1

St. Louis Cardinals | B/21, I/2

Texas Rangers | B/19, I/1
Toronto Blue Jays | B/26, I/1

May's Affordable Group Break is Now Open! Teams starting at $5.00 shipped!

Over the last few weeks it seems like a lot of bloggers are hosting group breaks and if you are like me you only have so much $$ to go around.  That said I hope you find this month's offerings and prices to your liking.  Teams start as low as $5.00 shipped.  We're busting 3 different boxes with possible bonuses depending on how successful the sign ups are.

**EDIT** I meant to mention that all the boxes are IN HAND so the quicker we fill this up the quicker we can start the fun! 

**5/13/11 EDIT** All the teams have been claimed! As promised the box of 1997 UD will be added to the break!

First box is 1995 Topps Series 1.  36 packs per box, 1 Spectra Light card per pack.

This box oughta beef up each team's stack plus give us one per pack insert.

The second box was a hobby exclusive, 1996 Fleer Emotion-XL.  18 packs per box.

I am very excited about this box.  The matte framed cards are reminiscent of the current paper frame cards from Gypsy Queen.  Inserts include Legion of Boom, Rare Bleed (pseudo 3D cards), D-Fense and N-Tense.

The third and final box (?) is 1997 Pacific Prism Invincible.  36 packs per box.

I've wanted to offer up a Pacific product ever since I started doing group breaks, but prices are all over the place and haven't always fit into my range until recently.  From the box's odds we should get 2 Platinum parallels (2:37) and 1 Sizzling Lumber (1:37).  Other inserts include Gate Attractions (1:73) and Sluggers & Hurlers (1:145).  Gems of the Diamond are seeded 2 cards per pack.

Depending on how many teams are claimed I should be able to throw in some bonus packs and or blaster(s).  If the whole break fills up I'll throw in a bonus box:

1997 Upper Deck Series 1.  
I believe this is the first year of game jersey cards!  28 packs per box, 12 cards per pack.  Inserts include:  Meet the Stars Trivia (1:3), Rock Solid Foundation (1:7), Power Package (1:23), Ticket to Stardom (1:24), Amazing Greats (1:138) - these are wooden cards!  Finally Game Jersey cards (1:2500).

To sign up please leave a comment to claim your team or teams.  Please submit your payment upon signing up.  The sooner people sign up & pay the sooner I can order the boxes.  Prices per team include shipping.  Payments can be sent via PayPal to cardboardcollections at yahoo.com  * Please note this is a new e-mail address than I have used in the past.  Please make sure to mark your payment as a GIFT and include your shipping address in the notes along with the team(s) you are claiming.

THE TEAMS FROM THIS LIST ARE $10.00 for the 1st team, $7.00 for each additional team
Atlanta Braves - Colbey (paid) 
Baltimore Orioles - Ryan of "O" No!!! (paid)
Boston Red Sox - hiflew (paid)

Chicago Cubs - The Real DFG (paid)

Cincinnati Reds - FanOfReds 
Cleveland Indians - Jason of One Out Away (paid)
Colorado Rockies - hiflew (paid)
Detroit Tigers - Chris (paid)
Houston Astros - DailyDimwit (paid)  
Los Angeles Dodgers - Spiegel83
Milwaukee Brewers - cynicalbuddha (paid)
Minnesota Twins - Chris (paid)
New York Mets - Ryan G (paid)
New York Yankees - BA Benny

Philadelphia Phillies - Ryan G (paid)

San Francisco Giants - SportsCardRadio (paid)
Seattle Mariners - Chris (paid)

St. Louis Cardinals - 82RedBirds (paid)
Texas Rangers - Chris (paid)

THE FOLLOWING TEAMS ARE $5.00 (no other discounts apply)
Angels - AngelsInOrder (payment sent)
Chicago White Sox - cynicalbuddha (paid)
Florida Marlins - Chris (paid)
Kansas City Royals - Josh (paid)
Montreal Expos - TheBrooklynMet (paid)
Oakland Athletics - Chris (paid)
Pittsburgh Pirates - The Real DFG (paid)
San Diego Padres (any Tony Gwynn cards are being kept) - Chris (paid)
Toronto Blue Jays - Justin (payment sent)