Upper Deck Community Break Box #3: 2002 Upper Deck 40-Man

So far, so good. I’m keeping the one box per day promise going. I think I’ve narrowed my computer shutting itself off issues down to either a RAM or Registry problem. I unfortunately have no time and little know-how to fix it for a while. Hopefully my computer continues to cooperate well enough to keep […]

Upper Deck Community Break Box #2: 1999 Upper Deck Retro

Are you ready to take a trip back in time? I hope so, because we’re opening 1999 Upper Deck Retro.

Keep your fingers crossed that our time traveling is more like “Back to the Future” and less like “Blast From the Past.”

How has "cool" not become passe slang by now?

It’s worth mentioning […]

Upper Deck Community Break Box #1: 1999 Upper Deck PowerDeck

Aaaaaannnd, we’re off! For those of you who are new to the breaks, I’ll ask you to be patient. The breaking of the boxes is the easy part. I taped the whole thing, box by box, and those HD videos take a long time to upload (at least an hour each).

I’ve also been having […]

2012 Topps Allen & Ginter Case Break Recap and Review

Ginter! Gint-A-Cuffs! Fighting! Ripping! Ripping Packs! Packs of Ginter!

Video! Finally!

Slow on the draw as usual getting our video and review up for everyone to enjoy and/or summarily ignore. Then to make matters worse, we forgot to shoot our card close-ups! Shoddy craftsmanship. Just you wait. As soon as blogging becomes our full-time […]

2011-12 Panini Past & Present Basketball Video Box Break & Review

Back in March, I did something I rarely do. I posted a preview for an upcoming product. While this blog comments on hobby news here and there, it’s usually in a editorial/commentary fashion rather than a straight-up news format. What made it even more unusual was that it was for a basketball product. I’ve flirted […]

A Gimmick of Our Own… 3D Box Breaks!

Hate gimmicks? Hate ironic nostalgia of junk wax era? Hate 25 minute box break videos?!

Then this post is not for you!

If you less-than-hate any or all of those things, let me present something that is bound to amuse you for at least 5% of its running time!

THE WORLD’S FIRST* 3D** BOX BREAK […]

2012 Topps Series 1 Box Break

I just woke up after spending literally all day and night sorting the 5 cases of 2012 Topps Series One. My back is killing me. But, oh, the fun! (Of ripping, not sorting. Sorting is a nightmare). I won’t spoil anything big because we’ll have our breakdown up by tomorrow at the latest, but let’s […]

Topps Community Break Box #7: 2001 Topps Gallery

We’ve already passed the half-way mark. It’s kind of sad, isn’t it? Makes me want to start up another break against my better judgment (and financial abilities).

While National Chicle was far from a resounding success, I can’t think of a single collector that didn’t like Topps Gallery. Like any art form, it has evolved […]

Topps Community Break Box #6: 2001 Topps Fusion

How many of you knew this stuff even existed? I know I didn’t. This is about as close to modern oddball as you can get. Forget Topps Stars, this is 5 sets in 1! It takes the “Best” of different Topps worlds and “fuses” it into one globule of a set.

Designs stolen from or […]

Topps Community Break Box #5: 2000 Topps Tek

Just a quick note before we start this box. I probably won’t be shipping any of these cards out until next week. I’m sorting and counting as I write these up, so I need them around a tad longer. I’m shooting for next Monday for my ship date. Besides, you wouldn’t want to get them […]