2001 Topps Gallery Video Box Break

Here’s Isaac’s 2nd try at a video box break. I wanted to get him an Albert Pujols rookie card for his birthday but thought it would be more fun if he actually pulled the card from a fresh pack. I found a 2001 Topps Gallery Hobby Box for a good price on ebay and pulled the trigger. It wasn’t until *after* the box arrived that I realized that the rookie cards were short printed and inserted 1:6 packs or so. Gulp… Let’s see what’s in that box. Isaac, take it away!

Part One

Part Two

Birthday Blaster Box Break!

The Birthday Blaster was awesome!!! There were 10 hobby packs and one bonus pack. Here are the cool cards:

2009 Piece of History Red Sox 674 of 999
2006 Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor of Mike Butia 7 of 50
2009 Icons James Shields 575 of 999
2008 SPX Carlos Lee Dual Patch 30 of 50. How cool is it that its part of the "Brewers?"
2009 T206 Cole Hamels Jersey Relic
2011 Gypsy Queen Fukudome Jersey Relic
2011 Gypsy Queen Cody Ross Cyan Printing Plate 1/1!!!
2008 Spectrum Grady Sizemore Jersey Relic 45 of 50

Dad: That Gypsy Queen pack had 8 base, 1 insert, 1 SP (I think), and both hits. I'm convinced they stuck the Ross in that pack to make up for the horrible Cubs relic!!!

Happy Birthday, Buddy!

Isaac turns nine today! Mom, Dad and his little sister made him a custom Birthday Blaster Box to open over breakfast! It'll be a busy day, but here's the plan:

- Breakfast + Birthday Blaster Box
- Baseball Practice
- Team Picture
- Cardinals vs. Brewers at Busch III
- Dinner with Grandma & Grandpa
- Open Presents!!!
- Cookie Cake and Ice Cream

And now, the awesome blaster box!

Gypsy Queen Rack Pack II - Another Iron Horse!

Here are the results of our 2nd Gypsy Queen Rack Pack. We’ll start with one of the best cards we’ve ever pulled out of a pack.

Lou Gehrig Framed Mini Jersey


The bonus pack of green framed was packed with a Cardinal’s HOF’er.


And now the inserts…


And finally – Adara


All of the mini’s were base cards but its hard to believe all of these cards came from one rack pack!

An Awesome T206 Leftover

Our local card shop is downsizing. They are not closing, just moving to a smaller space. He marked down the last packs of T206 to $2.50 so we bought two packs last week. Isaac pulled this one out of the second pack!


As always, its up for trade for similar Cardinals’.

Gypsy Queen Rack Pack

Some cards from the value rack pack…

Favorite Player Base

Sticky Fingers Insert (there were actually three inserts, one per pack in this rack pack)

The retail only green sparkly / glittery framed card. We got Strasburg, Price and The Mang.

Gypsy Queen Value Packs at Target

St. Louis area Targets now have Gypsy Queen singles, blasters and value packs. The value packs are similar to the 2010 Chrome value packs: three retail packs and a three card bonus pack of retail only framed parallels for $8.99.