2021 Topps Stadium Club Blaster!

It's time for another blaster! Another 2021 Stadium Club one. It's been quite a while since I opened one of these on here. I wonder if there are different cards in this one. Only one way to find out, right?

Let's see how this one went!

Here's the box. I'm trying to decide how I like the recent trend of focusing on a single player on the box. On the one hand, it's clean and artistic. On the other hand...there are cards other than Christian Yelich in the box...right?

I mean even the packs have the same one player. Starting to wonder if this is a player set.

OK, we're safe. There's another player in this box! Great shot too. The ball is in the air. All of Chris Sale makes it in the shot. And the graphics aren't blocking any of the player. Near perfect.

Wow. This shot is near perfect as well. What a magnificent use of the horizontal orientation. On thing better would be if the name graphic were on the other side so it wasn't covering JD's thigh.

A third amazing shot. I guess this is a Stadium Club set after all. A wonderfully cropped show showing Xander's beaming smile. In this case, I don't mind Xander's missing legs. This shot does it all.

So, a better box than last time. But, that's not saying much. Three Red Sox cards with incredible photographs. Nothing too extraordinary though. Still always a fun box to open.

How did your box go?

2021 Topps Stadium Club Blaster!

It's time for another blaster! Another 2021 Stadium Club one. Yes, I know we just did one of these a couple weeks ago, but there are different cards in this one. So that makes it ok, right?

Let's see how this one went!

The box. Interesting that for a set that is centered on the photography, the box design is simply an elegant photograph. Wonder if that was intentional.

Some packs thrown about.

I remembered the master photo this time! Glad this Adell RC didn't find its way into the recycling.

Great classic looking reprint type 1991 card of Boggs. This design will alway mean "Stadium Club" to me.

And, a current design on this Rafael Devers card. Although, it's the sepia version. A nice looking card.

So, two Red Sox cards. Nothing too extraordinary though. Still always a fun box to open.

How did your box go?

2021 Topps Stadium Club Blaster!

It's time for another blaster! Another 2021 Stadium Club one. I know we just did one of these, but I apparently was able to grab a few at once, making more for me to open!

Let's see how this one went!

Another box.

More packs, with the exact same picture as the box.

At this point in my last box, I talked about the weird Master Photo card Topps slipped into the box. This time? I honestly forgot about it, and didn't remember the white card carefully snuck into the white box before it made it to recycling. Hope it wasn't a valuable one. Are there valuable ones?

Not a Red Sox card. But...a couple Red Sox cameos. I wonder what the end result of this picture is. Everyone seems to be looking intently...even if Vazquez seems a bit more laid back. 

Here's a Red Sox card. A nice shot of Chris Sale about to make a batter look foolish.

Another non Red Sox card with a Red Sox cameo. This one has a nice old shot featuring two future Hall of Famers. I'm going to guess Ripken is safe. Any ideas?

So, not the greatest box in the world. One Red Sox card, and two cards of people doing well against the Red Sox. That's no fun. 

How did you box do?

2021 Topps Stadium Club Blaster!

It's time for another blaster! This is the first blaster of 2021 Stadium Club I've opened. I've always been a big Stadium Club fan, like many of us, going back to when I shelled out big bucks for the 1991 Phil Plantier RC. Oh well.

Let's see how this one went!

Yup. There's the box.

Topps seems determined to put things inside Stadium Club blasters that are impossible to store. First those widevision things, and now these monstrosities. I never understood the master photo concept, even back in the day. So, they trim a little bit of the border off a photo before making a card? Cool, I guess.

Here are the packs. 

And the base card. As always, the picture is the focus and any graphics barely intrude upon it. Not sure I can ask for much more out of a design.

I liked the concept of these in 1995 following the work stoppage. They provided "what if" stats extrapolating the season to a full 162 games. Same thing here. How good was Story's 2020 when using his projected stats?

Love the sepia parallels too. For a set focused on photography, that's a great touch.

Here's the closest thing to a Red Sox player in the box. It's even a red foil variation, which is fun. A nicely cropped portrait of 'Tendi.

Which means the box was a bit of a dud. I looked for the autographs that the box advertised, and didn't see any. Didn't see much of anything, really.

But, it was still fun!