The Odorizzi is a gum stained variation. We hit between 9-10 SP's in each box, including a few packs with 2 SP's in them. I think that's just a little higher than the average odds. And I luckily hit the Polanco SP, which is the only Pirates SP in the base set. No luck on either of the McCutchen variants, though.
Heritage box 2 was a little less exciting.
But box 3 and 4 were solid.
The Samardzija is a mini /100. We had pretty nice luck, hitting three autographs out of 4 boxes. I don't know if autos are more common than in past releases of Heritage, but it's definitely a nice bonus.
Not much luck for my Pirates, but it's always nice to see the hits spread out amongst the teams.
Donruss was one of my favorite breaks last year. The set has a ton of serial numbered cards, some nice inserts, and a good number of hits per box.
There wasn't much love for the Pirates on the checklist this year, but we had a couple solid boxes.
Box 1
Box 2
I was hoping to hit at least one McCutchen image variation, since he has them in all three products. No such luck. But I did hit a nice Gregory Polanco parallel /99 from Donruss.
And we had a ton of inserts from Donruss.
Opening Day was a big disappointment this year. I don't like the blue rainbow foil nearly as much as the blue sparkle cards, they got rid of the serial numbering, and we only had about 3-4 blues per box. I'm guessing they ramped up production this year, since I remembering hitting blues every 2 or 3 packs last year.
The inserts were pretty meh, and again not much in the way of Pirates.
But between all the boxes, we had plenty of inserts. It seemed like things were pretty well split up among the teams, which is always nice for a group break.
By the end of the night, we had a 400 card box filled with inserts, SP's, and parallels. Not bad for a couple hours of breaking.
I'm looking forward to seeing what Pirates I got, and I'll have a highlight up when I get my cards in.
Heritage box 2 was a little less exciting.
But box 3 and 4 were solid.
The Samardzija is a mini /100. We had pretty nice luck, hitting three autographs out of 4 boxes. I don't know if autos are more common than in past releases of Heritage, but it's definitely a nice bonus.
Not much luck for my Pirates, but it's always nice to see the hits spread out amongst the teams.
Donruss was one of my favorite breaks last year. The set has a ton of serial numbered cards, some nice inserts, and a good number of hits per box.
There wasn't much love for the Pirates on the checklist this year, but we had a couple solid boxes.
Box 1
Box 2
I was hoping to hit at least one McCutchen image variation, since he has them in all three products. No such luck. But I did hit a nice Gregory Polanco parallel /99 from Donruss.
And we had a ton of inserts from Donruss.
Opening Day was a big disappointment this year. I don't like the blue rainbow foil nearly as much as the blue sparkle cards, they got rid of the serial numbering, and we only had about 3-4 blues per box. I'm guessing they ramped up production this year, since I remembering hitting blues every 2 or 3 packs last year.
The inserts were pretty meh, and again not much in the way of Pirates.
But between all the boxes, we had plenty of inserts. It seemed like things were pretty well split up among the teams, which is always nice for a group break.
By the end of the night, we had a 400 card box filled with inserts, SP's, and parallels. Not bad for a couple hours of breaking.
I'm looking forward to seeing what Pirates I got, and I'll have a highlight up when I get my cards in.
You broke the odds with the autos. I think Chris only pulled a couple in the group break he held. Plus.....holy crap with the Harper. I'm sure the Nats holder was pleased.
ReplyDeleteDonruss makes for a great group break. The checklist has a little bit of everything to please the masses.
More often than not we seem to have a nice hit in the group breaks. It's a double edged sword - I would have loved to see some more Pirates on the insert checklists to improve my chances, but at the same time that also means more cards I need to chase down.
DeleteThe buy in was only around $20, it definitely helps everyone feel like they got their money's worth even without landing anything too major. I do wish there was another Pirate or two on the Donruss auto checklist.