Rips of the Weak

Next up, bo x number 3 of the 4.  I got another box of Update hobby in the case that I did not get an autograph the first time.  Again I did not expect anything other than a fun rip but was rewarded with the risk  The price was right at $50 a box too so that sure helped. Purchase price of (each) box Hits, numbered, parallels PC cards (Since I only collect baseball - Washington Nationals, Trea Turner, Steven Kwan, Corbin Carroll, Asian Born Players) Key Rookies My favorite card of the rip Last sold price for hits Overall thoughts on the box

Alright box number 2 of the 4 boxes I get during a recent LCS sales.  This is the first hobby of Update that I have opened and I did not expect anything other than a fun rip.  Given the odds of getting an autograph is minimal I was fully waiting for the relic pack.  I turned out pleasantly surprised.  With the below criteria in mind, let's see what we get! Purchase price of (each) box Hits, numbered, parallels PC cards (Since I only collect baseball - Washington Nationals, Trea Turner, Steven Kwan, Corbin Carroll, Asian Born Players) Key Rookies My favorite card of the rip Last sold price for hits Overall thoughts on the box

I went a bit on a spree with my sale at an online card store. The prices were right and I've never ripped the boxes I purchased before.  I never felt the price was justifiable but with this sale it seemed decent.  I'm going to break out the boxes in a post each due to the last number of cards that come with a hobby box.   With the below criteria in mind, let's see what we get! Purchase price of (each) box Hits, numbered, parallels PC cards (Since I only collect baseball - Washington Nationals, Trea Turner, Steven Kwan, Corbin Carroll, Asian Born Players) Key Rookies My favorite card of the rip Last sold price for hits Overall thoughts on the box

Up next are two boxes of Stadium Club blasters! I have a special place in my heart for Stadium Club. In addition to great quality pictures and card stock I hit my very first autograph pull, which just so happened to be a PC card that I was looking to buy on eBay during the time - Steven Kwan Chrome RC auto #'d to 50. Stadium Club 2023 was also the first hobby boxes I have ever purchase and was rewarded handsomely. I am also trying to complete my first set ever with Stadium Club 2023. So here we go with two boxes of Stadium Club. With the below criteria in mind, let's see what we get! Purchase price of (each) box Hits, numbered, parallels PC cards (Since I only collect baseball - Washington Nationals, Trea Turner, Steven Kwan, Corbin Carroll, Asian Born Players) Key Rookies My favorite card of the rip Last sold price for hits Overall thoughts on the box

So here we kick off with my first recorded break for this blog!  This inaugural post starts off with Topps Stadium Club 2023 Blaster and Topps Update 2023 Hanger.  With the below criteria in mind, let's see what we get! Purchase price of (each) box Hits, numbered, parallels PC cards (Since I only collect baseball - Washington Nationals, Trea Turner, Steven Kwan, Corbin Carroll, Asian Born Players) Key Rookies My favorite card of the rip Last sold price for hits Overall thoughts on the box

As the title says, welcome to my blog.  Before you comment that I spelled 'weak' wrong in my title - it was intentional.  Like many of you who have stumbled on this blog I have come back into the hobby during the pandemic.  And it has shown in my bank account.  No matter how hard I try to stick to a budget, buy only singles, and walk past the card aisle in Walgreen it is just so fun that I can't help but be the weak and buy another box...and another...annnd another. The hobby has changed since I last collected and I am starting to feel the guilt of spending on this newly re-loved hobby of collecting cards.  I love the joys and rush of ripping open cards but realized that the fun is short lived that I hope that this blog will help me prolong the enjoyment of each box break.  So in order to better quantify the impact (financial value and sentimental value) to my collection with each rip I hope to have this blog be a log for myself on my card collecting journe...