Among the sizeable number of new releases that are arriving at hobby shops and online retailers is 2022 Panini Playbook Football. As per usual (one of my wife's favorite phrases), we grabbed one out of the newly arrived case and broke one for your amusement.Playbook is the definition of a Brief Box Break as the box consists of four total cards.Hearing that there are a mere four … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2022 Panini Playbook Football Hobby
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Brief Box Break: 2022 Panini Contenders Football Blaster
The store recieved the new blaster box version of the 2022 Panini Contenders Football product last week. As always, we decided to crack one for your (and our) entertainment.With eight cards per pack and five packs per blaster, Contenders promotes one autograph or Rookie Ticket Swatch per box, on average. My question has always been about the "on average" piece. If we are … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2022 Panini Contenders Football Blaster
Brief Box Break: 2022 Limited Football Hobby
2022 Panini Limited Football was one of four major sports card releases arriving at hobby shops Wednesday morning. We brought in a 14-box case and decided to dive into one of the boxes for the shop--and for your entertainment. The boxes consist of five cards per pack and three packs per box. Collectors will also find two autographs and one memorabilia card per … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2022 Limited Football Hobby
Brief Box Break: 2022 Prizm Football Hobby
Without question, one of the most popular releases each football year is Prizm Football. Collectors of all ages eagerly await its arrival. The base rookie cards are in demand and there is plenty of parallel/insert/autograph content to keep folks interested throughout a break. Prizm has always been one of my personal favorite products since its inception and it's one of the … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2022 Prizm Football Hobby
Brief Box Break: 2022-23 Origins Basketball Hobby
This week, we decided to open a box of 2022-23 Panini Origins Basketball. We were able to acquire a full case in stock of this product, which is just arriving at hobby shops and online this week. Origins is a seven card box that promises two autographs or memorabilia cards so this will indeed be a very brief break. The artistic, smoky, high-end design has come a long way since … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2022-23 Origins Basketball Hobby
Brief Box Break: 2022 Wild Card Auto Mania Pro-Look Football Retail
Offering four autographs per box, 2022 Wild Card Auto Mania Pro-Look's retail edition includes one magnetic case auto numbered to 10 or less and three snap case sealed autographs, of all of the young rookies and prospects in the football landscape. Hot rookies Brock Purdy and Kenny Pickett join rookie to be CJ Stroud on the cover of the box. The three autographs … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2022 Wild Card Auto Mania Pro-Look Football Retail
Brief Box Break: 2022 Bowman Inception Baseball Hobby
Although we only got a few boxes of the brand new 2022 Bowman Inception Baseball, after a slow start and realizing they barely sell for cost online after paying fees and shipping, we decided to crack one in store.Bowman was known as The Home of the Rookie Card, which then turned into The Home of the 1st Card. Now, Bowman has a new Inauguration gold stamp of approval on their … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2022 Bowman Inception Baseball Hobby
Shop Talk: New Arrivals; Lost and Found; Vintage Time Capsule Walk-In
Tony Reid chronicles the happenings inside Sports Zone, the Central Pennsylvania store where he works. —– It was a sports card heavy week at the shop, which as you know by now, is my favorite kind of week. We got a ton of restocks, new releases, and all kinds of cards to fill our shelves. We recently did box breaks on 2022 Bowman Inception Baseball (gorgeous product), 2022 … [Read more...] about Shop Talk: New Arrivals; Lost and Found; Vintage Time Capsule Walk-In
Brief Box Break: 2022 Topps Chrome Allen & Ginter Hobby
We decided to crack a box of the brand new 2022 Topps Chrome Allen & Ginter product. Nearly every collector loves the Topps chromium technology and Allen & Ginter has a huge following. Just as with the traditional line of Ginter, Chrome also has the pop culture, oddball and off the wall cards mixed in with past and present baseball players.Although there are no … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2022 Topps Chrome Allen & Ginter Hobby
Brief Box Break: 2022 Zenith Football
I felt like I took a time machine back to the mid-90s when the new Zenith Football cards arrived in the shop.The Zenith name goes way back but Panini is using it now and apparently there's enough to go around as the shop was able to acquire several cases, something that's rarely possible these days.Each box consists of one shiny, silver, six-card pack that promises two … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2022 Zenith Football