2018 Topps Allen & Ginter Blaster Box #1

Picked up a blaster box while out shopping.  Nothing major in this blaster except for some rookies.

Rookies: Garrett Cooper, J.P. Crawford, Paul Blackburn, Willie Calhoun, Brian Anderson, and Zack Granite. 

And here are the odds for a retail blaster box.

2018 Topps Allen & Ginter Hobby Box Break #1

Each year Topps Allen & Ginter gets this unusual hype that you don't normally see for most card sets.  It's because of the unusual combination of non-sport autographs in the set, non-baseball autographs in the set, and weird non-sport insert cards. 

It's a strange set, and oddly satisfying.

Each year I try to buy myself one hobby box.  Here's the box for this year.

The hits were a Dexter Fowler and Charlie Blackmon relic, and a framed mini autograph of Madison Keys (tennis player).

I'm pretty happy with these hits.  Getting an autograph is good since not every box is guaranteed to have an autograph.

Here are the hobby pack odds.

And I got this strange mini which had a peculiar finish on it.  It turns out these are glow in the dark minis and are case hits.  They are SSP (super short print).  Some people speculate that these are 1/1s but they're not.  I've seen a few duplicates on eBay already.  Too bad I got a non-player.  This is the rarest card that I got in my hobby box but I'm thinking if I tried to sell it I would probably only get $10 for it.

I got a good number of rookies, including: Jack Flaherty, Rafael Devers, Scott Kingery, Garrett Cooper, Brandon Woodruff, Nick Williams, Ryan McMahon, Ryder Jones, and Amed Rosario.

But the most important rookie card in the box... a Shoei Ohtani rookie! 

2018 Score Football Hobby Box #2

Since my first box of 2018 Score Football was so good, I decided to buy a second one.  This one kind of sucked.  Here are the hits.  Also not pictured were 150 Panini points.  I got Panini points in my first box too.  So it seems like each box has three autographs and one Panini points card.

Leighton Vander Esch, a linebacker from Boise State, was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys with the 19th overall pick (1st Round).

Dallas Goedert, a tight end from South Dakota State, was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 49th overall pick (2nd Round). 

Quadree Henderson, a wide receiver from Pittsburgh, went undrafted but has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers.  He seems to be a return specialist. 

Here are the notable color inserts: Brandin Cooks #/35, Zach Ertz #/10, and Demarco Murray #/50.

Here are the rookie color inserts: Chase Litton, Carlton David #/50, and Calvin Ridley.

Overall, this box was way worse than the first box.  Still though, there aren't many Panini Football products where you can get three autographs (and one Panini points card) for about $100.