Check Out My Casas!

That's what COMC stands for, right? Because it's time for another COMC mailday. This one was very baseball heavy. Well, OK, it was almost entirely Triston Casas. See, it occurred to me that the Red Sox rising star wears number 36. How did I not have a massive collection of his cards? So, I decided it would be fun to collect the rainbow of his Topps rookie card. Or, maybe it's not a rainbow since I'm involving several brands. Basically, anything that looks like his base Topps RC. You'll understand when you see them.

Wanna see? I'm only going to show the Red Sox cards. There are other baseball, football, and basketball cards in the shipment. If you want to see everything, Check Out My YouTube video!

But, enough chatting, let's get to the cards!

We'll start it off with this Pedro 2008 Topps Moments and Milestones. I don't know if I really want to dedicate myself to these cards. But, always glad to add a Pedro...especially one with a big "36" on the front. 

Speaking of 36, let's roll with the Casas cards! Thankfully COMC adds a slip of paper saying what each card is. Otherwise, not sure I'd know this is his 2023 Topps Chrome refractor.

And here is his Topps Chrome pink refractor!

Switching to his regular Topps, but the Gold Star Parallel version.

And his Meijer Purple parallel.

Another set...his 1st edition. I don't even know what that is.

Followed by his Topps Holiday. Always love this set.

This is apparently his Topps Collector's Box Silver Pattern Foil. If you say so.

And this would be his slightly less interesting base rainbow foil.

Back to Topps Chrome for his Sepia refractor.

Best guess? That's his Topps gold foil.

This one might be his Topps Chrome Prism refractor.

While this one sure looks like his Topps Chrome Logofractor.

Which leaves this one as his Topps Chrome x-fractor!

And there you have it. Thirteen new Casas RCs to add to the rainbow. Wonder how many I can eventually end up with. I'm starting to just need the big boys at this point.

That may have to wait for the next shipment.

Which one is your favorite?

2023 Topps Series One Blaster!

More Cards! Yup. It's another blaster of 2023 Topps Series One! I don't know about you, but I'm having trouble shaking the shopping mentality from the pandemic shortages when it comes to buying cards. I still feel like if I see blasters in the wild, I should buy a bunch because you never know when they'll show up again. So, I bought a couple of these right away. I know. By now I should realize that they'll be around. Especially the Topps flagship. But, I just can't help myself. So, we're opening another box.

How did this box go? Let's find out!

I'm just now noticing that the design of the box mimics the design of the cards. Am I the only one who didn't realize that right away?

And the same thing with the packs. Very well done.

My first impression is the "future star" may be generous when talking about Duran. But, he's apparently been playing better this spring, and might just earn a bigger role with the Sox than I might have expected. No a huge fan of the "Future Stars" banner here. Seems like an afterthought in the design

A nice Sox rookie here. Like how the red jersey works with the card design.

Speaking of future stars, here's a nice RC of Brayan Bello. If he's as good as most people think, this will be a key card from this box.

Ditto. Not a bad box if you're going to get the RC of two Red Sox supposedly can't miss stars. No complaints here.

Not a future star. Or a Red Sox.

Ditto. 

My goodness these Stars of MLB cards are hideous. They were a terrible forced set last year, and Topps, for some reason, decided to continue it through to this year. I don't get it at all. At least Devers is definitely a Star of MLB.

And there you have it. It was basically a Red Sox hot box, grabbing the top to Sox base cards. Not a bad haul at all.

How did your box go?

2021 Bowman Blaster!

I feel like I've opened a lot of Bowman lately. That's certainly not a bad thing. After all, when most of the cards are people you've never heard of, it's good to amass as many as possible to hold onto for the future. You never know which one will be the good one in five years. 

Let's see how this blaster went!

Here's what the box looks like.

Apparently there are six packs in each box. At twelve cards per pack, that's actually quite a lot. These days.

OK, I know this guy. The Red Sox top prospect is on a speed course to the big club. Not sure why I never noticed before, but the Bowman design allows the photo to bleed over the border. I love it when that happens.

This guy I know too! Even if these packs are rookie hunts, fun to get a vet every now and then. Also interesting that the card design is a mirror image of the Kassas with all the design elements on the opposite side of the card. I also see that this card had two photo elements overlapping the border. 

And those are the best two cards in the blaster. Not exactly a hot box. But, two good Sox cards is a good blaster.

How did yours go?