Saturday Night Five: Five More Black Friday Boxes

[sanjosefuji]

Keeping myself from tearing into all of the boxes I picked up on Black Friday is a lot more difficult than I thought. The original plan was to spread things out between now and Christmas, but at the current rate I'll be finished by next week.

Regardless... at least I had enough self discipline to keep myself from busting all of them the day they arrived.

This morning I decided to start my day off with some football boxes, since the NFLplayoff picture is starting to take shape. I'm way too lazy to scan all of the cards, so I'll stick to showing off the highlights of each box.

I started off with three boxes of 2012 Turkey Red in hopes of pulling a nice Andrew Luck or Russell Wilson card. Each box contains only eleven cards: 9 base cards, 1 mini, and 1 autograph. This product was probably my biggest gamble based on the price point ($34.95 per box), what you get in a box, and the overall odds of pulling anything significant.

But the Turkey Reddesign has always been one of my favorites and the 2012 NFL Draft Class is pretty loaded. Let's see how I did:

Box #1: 2012 Topps Turkey Red Football

I was pretty excited to pull a Russell Wilsonrookie card for my Seahawks PC in the first box I opened. Throw in the Marvin McNuttprinting plate and Mark Barronautograph and I was pretty content with the box.

Box #2: Another 2012 Topps Turkey Red Football

Okay. I knew it couldn't last. At least the Cyrus Gray is a short print autograph.

Box #3: Final 2012 Topps Turkey Red Football

Another subpar box. But at least I pulled an autograph of a CALalum. It's a shame that Jones can't play the Jets a six or seven times a season.

While the Turkey Redboxes were definitely a gamble, the two value boxes I picked up are a pretty safe bet. Each value box contains: 5 packs of Topps football, 1 hobby pack ofTopps Platinum, and 1 exclusive Chrome refractor ofAndrew Luck or RGIII.


At $9.95 a box, it's hard to lose money based on the entertainment value alone. Plus, who knows... maybe I'll pull a nice card for one of my PC's. Time to find out...

Box #4: 2012 Topps Football Value Box

I don't have a lot of Luck... so I was happy to find this one. I also pulled this cool Nick Folesrookie card out of my Topps Platinum pack. He's definitely done a pretty decent job in Philadelphia.

Box #5: Last 2012 Topps Football Value Box

Nothing too special out of the final box... although the Bart Starrrookie reprint is pretty cool.

I didn't pull anything of major significance out of either of these boxes, but I've got to admit... they were pretty fun to bust.


Happy Saturday and sayonara!


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[hayn]

Nice break on box #1 of your Turkey Red. Yes, I agree with you Fjisan, it's a gamble for the price. Overall, nice cards.

[sanjosefuji]

Thanks hayn!

Nice break on box #1 of your Turkey Red. Yes, I agree with you Fjisan, it's a gamble for the price. Overall, nice cards.

[Murphy03]

Love seeing box breaks. Nice cards to say the least and at a good price point. Its hard to bust anything under $80 and hope for decent returns. If you decide to trade the Gray or Morris rc, let me know. Have a Happy New Year.