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Inside the Pack: Unpacking the Different Types of Sports Card Boxes Available for Purchase. Blaster box. Hobby box. Jumbo box. What does it all mean? While most people love opening packs of cards, the boxes that hold those packs come in different variations, which can be confusing to new collectors or to people who don’t frequently purchase ...
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Hobby Boxes: usually contain some type of guaranteed hit (either set amounts of autos, relic cards, colored parallels, etc) Mega Boxes and Blaster Boxes: Usually do not contain a guaranteed hit, but will have retail exclusive parallels to incentivize buying that product.
- Hobby vs. Retail Sports Card Boxes
- Blaster Boxes
- Cello Packs/Cello Boxes
- Fat Packs
- Hanger Box
- Mega Boxes
- Which Retailer Should I Buy Sports Cards from?
- What Else Should I Know?
Hobby boxes typically have a higher proportion of rare cards such as silvers, numbered cards, autographs, and memorabilia items. Some exclusive parallels are only available in hobby boxes. Also, some prestigious releases do not have a retail equivalent, such as the Topps Transcendent Collection or Panini National Treasures. Overall, retail and hobb...
Blasters are generally considered the baseline retail release. 1. Retail Price is around $20. 2. Typically have eight or fewer individual packs inside. 3. Will often guarantee (or “average”) one limited card (ie: an autograph or jersey card) per box. 4. Often have a parallel exclusive to blaster boxes, and sometimes exclusive to the specific retail...
Companies call these cello packs because they package the cards using a transparent material, which is quite similar to cellophane. 1. Retail Price is typically $10. 2. Vintage cello packs typically have the top and bottom cards plainly visible. Packs with stars visible are more valuable. 3. Vintage cello packs don’t have gum (or gum-stained cards)...
A fat pack is a single pack typically with a hole in the top fitted onto a peg. 1. Retail price is typically $5 – $10. 2. The cards are directly inside the pack, not protected by additional smaller packs inside. 3. Fat packs are generally “fat” and contain 25-35 cards. 4. Similar to cellos, sealed boxes of fat packs are more desirable than loose pa...
Hanger boxes are rectangular boxes intended to hang on a hook at retail. 1. Retail price is typically $10-$17. 2. Typically inside the box is a single pack of cards. 3. Hanger Boxes often contain exclusive parallels or other chase cards. 4. The number of cards varies by release, but generally, they have more cards than cello packs and fewer than a ...
Mega boxes are most similar to the hobby box counterparts because they contain more cards and typically offer better-guaranteed parallels. 1. Retail price is typically $40 – $60 2. Offers the most cards of any retail format. 3. Typically is one of the more desirable formats, in part because there are usually fewer of them than other formats.
Retailers have different pricing, policies, and products so it can make a difference, but not a big one. 1. Target tends to have the best prices, with Walmart next and Meijer the worst. It isn’t rare for Meijer to have 30% higher prices than Target 2. There may be more than one type of each format – sometimes a Walmart hanger is different from a Ta...
Some of the best cards you can find in retail boxes may not have immediately apparent value. Very often, their popularity only becomes apparent over time. A great example of that is the beautiful Topps Baseball Target Red parallels of the early to mid-2010s. However, there is some concern that the tremendous amount of retail flipping we see right n...
Aug 31, 2020 · Hobby Box vs Retail Boxes (Blasters & More) A hobby box of cards is generally going to have more “hits” than a retail box like a blaster. That is, more autograph or jersey cards (yes, real autograph cards).
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A Hobby box is a sealed box containing packs of sports cards, which are bought from individual dealers and smaller sports card shops. They aren’t available to collectors at the big retail stores like Walmart and Target.
Apr 16, 2019 · Tips on choosing between hobby and retail sports card boxes and packs. Includes pros and cons for each as well as other things to consider before buying.
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Retail sports card boxes, often sold as blasters or megas, are a cheaper & more convenient alternative to Hobby boxes. Look for exclusives.
