I mentioned the other day how I had some really terrible luck with retail boxes. I nearly swore off retail buying entirely after that fiasco and it wasn’t until a trip right before Christmas that I decided to buy anything again. I had become enamored with those chrome sparkle parallels. I was having bad luck finding a Brock Holt gold parallel and I saw one little blaster and decided to try my luck. It’s a good thing I did.

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It started off nicely with a couple of Sox and a David Price. Harper and Martin were nice additions as well, but we’re still just talking base cards…

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David Ortiz, Bryce Harper, Ted Williams. Not bad, ok, things are definitely turning around, feeling good about this box…

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Astros’s hot box apparently, Tucker and McCullers RCs, that guy who’s name I’m never going to pronounce properly, and a Biggio insert. Pretty good. Definitely feeling good about this box…

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Rainbow Trout. Get it? Ha.

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Two the the “Pride & Perseverance” inserts? I thought those were kinda hard pulls. Not bad, maybe I can use them as trade bait. At this point I’m done with the packs of Update and I’m moving on to the sparkle Chrome. I’m already convinced this was a great box, but the card gods weren’t finished…

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Lindor and Rondon RCs, pretty good. Honestly, I just like the way these look. I’m a sucker for shiny stuff.

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Porcello, Sox card, ok, I’m pleased with that. Pillar I like, Ichiro insert, also good stuff…

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Oh my.

Ok. Ummm…

Wow.

Was not expecting that. Especially after my previous luck.

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That’s just a pretty card. There are completed listings out there on ebay for between $150 and $200. As much as I want to list it, I can’t bring myself to do it. This thing deserves a good home and not just to be flipped for profit. I’m not that guy. For the time being, it’s staying with me until Sam and I can work out a trade of some sort. It’s either going to be in my collection, or his, but either way it’s staying “in the family”, as it should.