February 2014 Affordable Group Break - 2014 Donruss Box 2

I got home late from work on Saturday and I just didn't have the energy to sit down in front of the computer to open the last box.  My wife offered to help so we each took 12 packs and got to rippin'.  Bad news that our streak of good luck ended with the 1st box.  While Panini advertises 2 autos and 1 mem in each hobby box...this one fell a little short.  I've already filled out the form w/ Panini online and I'm mailing in the box top tomorrow so hopefully soon we'll get our missing auto and mem.  So until that happens the total card counts will be a little off.  For now enjoy the pictures of the inserts and the one lone hit the box did yield.

148/389

239/390

040/199

696/999

525/999

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Card Counts for both boxes

Legend:  Base cards | Inserts | Hits

Cardboard Collections:  Braves / Pirates - 25 | 3 | 0
CaptKirk24:  Nationals / Orioles - 35 | 3 | 0
Matt Pederson:  Cubs / White Sox - 15 | 3 | 0
Roy-Z:  Blue Jays / Brewers - 25 | 2 | 0
buckstorecards:  Mets / Cardinals - 29 | 3 | 0
arpsmith:  Giants / Rockies - 20 | 2 | 0
daddyohoho:  Phillies / Indians - 20 | 1 | 0
Jeff:  Angels / Padres - 13 | 5 | 0
The Dutch Card Guy:  Dodgers / Athletics - 27 | 5 | 0
Play at the Plate:  Rangers / Astros - 17 | 4 | 2
The Lost Collector:  Yankees / Rays - 31 | 7 | 1
Josh D.:  Royals / Reds - 24 | 7 | 0
The Junior Junkie:  Mariners / Marlins - 18 | 1 | 1
Jeff S.:  Twins / Red Sox - 18 | 1 | 1
Cool Breeze:  Tigers / Diamondbacks - 24 | 3 | 0

In addition to waiting for our missing hits, I'm mailing in the 48 wrappers for the two mail in packs.  The players in the packs will go to the people that picked those teams.  Just seems appropriate.

I'm going to do my best to get these cards in the mail tomorrow, but it may be Tuesday depending on my work schedule.  A big thanks to everyone that participated.  I'm not quite ready to return to hosting a group break every month, but I may pick another upcoming product in the coming months.  If you have any suggestions of what to break, shoot me an e-mail with your suggestions.

February 2014 Affordable Group Break - 2014 Donruss Box 1

Well the first of two boxes of 2014 Donruss has been opened and I've got to say I love this product!  Good news is the collation wasn't as bad as what others have seen and we got an extra hit!  Below you'll find the video for those of you that like that sort of thing.  You can also skip on down for scans of the inserts and hits.  At the bottom you'll find a card count for each participant to see how well your teams performed and how you stack up against others.

158/400

255/400

54/99

054/199

86/99

72/99

999/999

012/999

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Card Counts

Legend:  Base cards | Inserts | Hits

Cardboard Collections:  Braves / Pirates - 14 | 2 | 0
CaptKirk24:  Nationals / Orioles - 16 | 1 | 0
Matt Pederson:  Cubs / White Sox - 8 | 2 | 0
Roy-Z:  Blue Jays / Brewers - 8 | 2 | 0
buckstorecards:  Mets / Cardinals - 15 | 1 | 0
arpsmith:  Giants / Rockies - 11 | 0 | 0
daddyohoho:  Phillies / Indians - 8 | 0 | 0
Jeff:  Angels / Padres - 7 | 2 | 0
The Dutch Card Guy:  Dodgers / Athletics - 14 | 2 | 0
Play at the Plate:  Rangers / Astros - 7 | 3 | 1
The Lost Collector:  Yankees / Rays - 16 | 5 | 1
Josh D.:  Royals / Reds - 12 | 2 | 0
The Junior Junkie:  Mariners / Marlins - 10 | 1 | 1
Jeff S.:  Twins / Red Sox - 8 | 1 | 1
Cool Breeze:  Tigers / Diamondbacks - 11 | 2 | 0

CaptKirk24 and The Lost Collector tied for the most base cards with 16 each, however The Lost Collector leads everyone with a total of 5 inserts.  The 4 hits were even distributed, however 3 of the 4 hits went to randomly assigned teams!

I hope everyone is satisfied with the first box.  If I hadn't already given up set building this would be a fun set to go after.  The cards in hand are beautiful and I think everyone will like them.  I'm going to try and do the 2nd box tomorrow after work.  I may do another video, but if I do expect to see another post just like this one...only w/ updated card counts for all.  Thanks everyone!

While we're waiting for the group break boxes to arrive...

Now those of you reading this that are participating in this month's Affordable Group Break may or may not want to watch the latest Panini Unwrapped video featuring 2014 Donruss.  If you are as excited as I am about this new "throwback" product then you'll gladly watch the video.  If you don't want to be spoiled then you can proceed about your Thursday.

I should have these boxes in hand tomorrow (according to UPS).  I'll get to ripping and posting cards via my blog and on my seldom used YouTube channel.  Make sure to subscribe on YouTube if you haven't already.  I'll also be posting images and links to my blog on my Facebook page.  By Liking the Facebook page you can easily stay up to date with what is going on here at Cardboard Collections as well as view some nifty card scans of some Atlanta Braves players.

Group Break boxes have shipped and a 2014 Donruss wrapper redemption?

 

First off, I got the UPS notification yesterday that our 2014 Donruss group break boxes have shipped.  Tracking info has them delivered at my home Friday.  I have to work this Saturday, but I plan on getting the boxes opened either Friday or Saturday night with the results posted over the weekend.

At this point I'm still leaning towards doing an old fashioned post w/ the interesting cards scanned in, as opposed to doing a video.  Or I may do a recap video and show case the hits.  Either way the results will hopefully be posted to my blog over the weekend.

Guess that means I should hurry up and clean off my desk and hook up my new scanner I got for Christmas!

Also, I saw today that Panini is doing a wrapper redemption for 2014 Donruss.  24 wrappers will yield a 3 card pack w/ the last few Rated Rookie cards.  This means I should be able to get 2 packs.  Question is how do I go about making this fair to all the participants.  Chime in and let me know what you think about the wrappers.  How should we go about this?