I'm back today with the second half of this blaster case of 2018 Donruss Racing. This is all going to be pretty similar to yesterday's break, but with a few different names thrown in. Hopefully I can come up with a few things to say in between pictures.
This batch of 10 blasters didn't have an /49 like the first one did, but it did have 3 cards /99, including a couple of inserts in Chase Elliott and Dale Jarrett, and a base parallel of Bobby Labonte.
The /199 contingent included Bill Elliott, Mark Martin, and Austin Dillon. I have a small collection of Mark Martin cards, so happy to pull something of his from this group.
The Red foil cards are numbered /299. Richard Petty is the most recognizable name here, as one of the most famous race car drivers of any era.
Mark Martin makes another appearance in the Gold /499 parallels. Other highlights include Kevin Harvick and a Kyle Larson Race Kings card.
The inserts get the Cracked Ice /999 versions, which in my opinion are some of the best-looking cards in this product. The Joey Logano Pole Position car card is pretty neat. I think Pole Position is the best insert in the set, and I'd contemplate trying to complete the base set of that insert. Bubba Wallace and Danica Patrick are both drivers who I collect, so I was glad to pull some numbered cards for those driver collections.
Another Bubba Wallace appearance is the highlight for me here, this time with a bit of firesuit in a relic card. These are the 1985 Retro relics.
Rounding out the relic cards are a quartet of Rubber Relics tire swatch cards. Probably the highlights for me here are the Matt Kenseth and Ryan Newman cards on the bottom row.
The ink from this batch of boxes comes in the form of an old-timer, Morgan Shepherd. Also in this batch of blasters was a dreaded Panini Rewards point card. 150 points will get you a whole lot of nothing in the Panini Rewards store, and you'll have to pay shipping if you want to get that nothing sent to you. I hate to waste a hit on a points card, but what can you do?
That does it for this blaster case. Like I mentioned yesterday, for $100 this blaster case was a pretty fun rip. I got 19 various hits, a bunch of numbered cards, and several base sets out of it. I'd probably do a similar deal again, but not on the same year of Donruss. You can only handle so many base cards before it gets ridiculous.
That Petty on the 85D design looks really cool. Bummer about the Panini points, but maybe you can find something cool for your collection in their store.
ReplyDeleteThere wasn't much in the points store when I looked the other day, but maybe something will pop up eventually.
DeleteIt'd be nice if you could've at least gotten enough points to potentially make paying for something from their store worth it. This won't get you anything.
ReplyDelete150 points is not a sweet spot for getting anything worthwhile.
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