[aktlingit]

Gonna be a long post

So I got most of my Christmas shopping done early this year and decided to splurge on me a little too. Was in the mood for a little more retro stuff, even if it doesn't have big hits. My criteria was the box had to be under $30 and have some of my PC guys cards I don't have. Found 21 boxes, average cost $24.41.

Here are the boxes and the "interesting" hits, stuff that books for $5+ or is one of my PC guys.

• 2002 Upper Deck MVP Baseball Hobby Box
  
  • Game Souvenirs Jersey Robin Ventura mem
    
  • Game Souvenirs Bat Jersey Combos Todd Zeile mem
    
  • Derek Jeter base
    
  • Derek Jeter Checklist base
    
  • Barry Bonds base
    
  • Barry Bonds Checklist base
    
  • Alex Rodriguez base
    
  
  
• 2004 Upper Deck Diamond Collection Pro Sigs Baseball Hobby Box
  
  • Signature Collection Juan Rivera auto
    
  • Derek Jeter base
    
  • Alex Rodriguez base
    
  
  
• 2003 Upper Deck MVP Baseball Hobby Box
  
  • Gold Adrian Beltre /125
    
  • Gold Benito Santiago /125
    
  • Derek Jeter base
    
  • Barry Bonds base
    
  • Juan Gonzalez base
    
  • Alex Rodriguez base
    
  
  
• 2003 Upper Deck First Pitch Baseball Box
  
  • Star Rookie Hideki Matsui
    
  • Star Rookie Marco Scutaro
    
  • Derek Jeter base
    
  • Barry Bonds base
    
  • Barry Bonds Season Highlights Checklist base
    
  
  
• 2003 Upper Deck Standing O! Baseball Box
  
  • Die Cut Albert Pujols
    
  • World Premieres Jose Contreras
    
  • World Premieres Clint Barmes
    
  • Derek Jeter base
    
  • Barry Bonds base
    
  • Juan Gonzalez base
    
  • Alex Rodriguez base
    
  
  
• 2003 Upper Deck Victory Baseball Hobby Box
  Note: Card game so wasn't expecting much of anything
  
  • Blue Bernie Williams /650
    
  • Green Derek Jeter
    
  • Solid Hits Alex Rodriguez
    
  • Solid Hits Barry Bonds
    
  • Clutch Players Derek Jeter
    
  • Derek Jeter base
    
  • Alex Rodriguez base (2x)
    
  • Barry Bonds base (2x)
    
  • Juan Gonzalez base
    
  
  
• 2003 Upper Deck Vintage Baseball Hobby Box
  Note: The short prints drew me to this box...I didn't get a single one worth a damn lol
  
  • Stellar Stat Men Alonso Soriano / Ichiro / Vladimir Guerrero
    
  • Nolan Ryan base
    
  
  
• 2002 Upper Deck Honor Roll Baseball Retail Box
  Note: Multiple cards for each player profiling their career highlights
  
  • Stitch of Time Gold Bret Boone mem/24
    
  • All 5 different Barry Bonds base cards
    
  • All 5 different Alex Rodriguez base cards
    
  
  
• 2002 Upper Deck Minor League Baseball Retail Box
  
  • Signature Collection Corwin Malone auto
    
  • Draft Day Gems Jeremy Hermida
    
  • Draft Day Gems Khalil Greene
    
  • On The Fast Track Josh Hamilton
    
  • Nick Swisher base
    
  • Francisco Liriano base
    
  
  
• 2002 Upper Deck Ovation Baseball Hobby Box
  
  • Lead Performer Alex Rodriguez mem
    
  • Superstar Spotlights Silver #93 Ichiro
    
  • Superstar Spotlights Silver #111 Alex Rodriguez
    
  • All 6 different Alex Rodriguez base cards
    
  • All 1 Derek Jeter base card
    
  • All 1 Barry Bonds base card
    
  
  
• 2002 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres Baseball Retail Box
  
  • Bill Murphy mem
    
  • Scott Kazmir auto
    
  • Scott Moore auto
    
  • James Loney base
    
  • Francisco Liriano base
    
  • Jon Lester base
    
  • Curtis Granderson base
    
  • Brian McCann base
    
  
  
• 2002 Upper Deck Rookie Update Baseball Hobby Box
  
  • USA Future Watch Swatches Huston Street mem
    
  • Star Tributes Mike Sweeney mem
    
  • SPx Pete Zamora auto /825
    
  • Diamond Connection Jeriome Robertson /1999
    
  • Diamond Connection Jason Beverlin /1999
    
  • SP Authentic Future Watch J.J. Trujillo /1999
    
  • SP Authentic Future Watch Kevin Cash /1999
    
  • SP Authentic Future Watch Aaron Guiel /1999
    
  • SPx Juan Gonzalez base
    
  
  
• 2002 Upper Deck Series 2 Baseball Hobby Box
  
  • The People's Choice Greg Maddux mem
    
  • UD Plus Hobby Freddy Garcia /1125
    
  • UD Plus Hobby Jimmy Rollins /1125
    
  • Chasing History Juan Gonzalez
    
  • Chasing History Ken Griffey Jr.
    
  • Superstar Summit Ichiro
    
  • Superstar Summit Derek Jeter
    
  • Year of the Record Alex Rodriguez base
    
  • Year of the Record Barry Bonds base
    
  • Juan Gonzalez base
    
  • Derek Jeter Season Highlights Checklist base
    
  • Barry Bonds Season Highlights Checklist base
    
  
  
• 2002 Upper Deck Victory Baseball Hobby Box
  
  • Gold Ichiro
    
  • Big Play Makers Alex Rodriguez base
    
  • Alex Rodriguez Team Checklist base
    
  • Barry Bonds Team Checklist base
    
  • Derek Jeter Team Checklist base
    
  • Juan Gonzalez base
    
  • Barry Bonds base
    
  
  
• 2001 Pacific Private Stock Baseball 2-Pack Hobby Box
  
  • Game Gear Rafael Furcal Bat mem
    
  • Game Gear Ken Caminiti Bat mem
    
  • PS-206 Action Mini Juan Gonzalez
    
  
  
• 2001 Upper Deck Victory Baseball Hobby Box
  Note: Only card booking over $5 is the Ichiro rookie and I didn't pull one
  
  • Victory's Best Derek Jeter base
    
  • Victory's Best Barry Bond base
    
  • Victory's Best Juan Gonzalez base
    
  • Victory's Best Alex Rodriguez base
    
  • Big Play Makers Derek Jeter base
    
  • Big Play Makers Alex Rodriguez base
    
  • Derek Jeter Team Checklist base
    
  • Barry Bonds base
    
  • Juan Gonzalez base
    
  • Derek Jeter base
    
  
  
• 2000 Bowman Baseball Hobby Box
  
  • Retro/Future Roy Oswalt
    
  • Major Power Barry Bonds
    
  • Roy Oswalt base
    
  • Alex Rodriguez base
    
  
  
• 2000 Upper Deck Black Diamond Rookie Edition Baseball Hobby Box
  Note: Very shiny and pretty red/gold/black. However, for being Rookie Edition I only got one Rookie, and it was a Gold parallel, just not worth much so not listed here.
  
  • Authentic Pinstripes Derek Jeter Jersey mem
    
  • USA Anthony Sanders Jersey mem
    
  • USA Jon Rauch Jersey mem
    
  • Diamond Might Barry Bonds
    
  • Diamond Skills Alex Rodriguez
    
  • Derek Jeter base (2x)
    
  • Barry Bonds base
    
  • Alex Rodriguez base
    
  • Juan Gonzalez base (2x)
    
  
  
• 2000 Upper Deck Hitter's Club Baseball Hobby Box
  
  • Accolades Cal Ripken Jr.
    
  • Accolades Barry Bonds
    
  • Accolades Mark McGwire
    
  • Generations of Excellence Derek Jeter / Nomar Garciaparra
    
  • Hitter's Club Frank Thomas
    
  • Derek Jeter base (2x)
    
  • Alex Rodriguez base
    
  • Barry Bonds base
    
  • Juan Gonzalez base
    
  
  
• 1999 Topps Stadium Club Series 2 Baseball Hobby Box
  
  • Stadium Club Chrome Refractor Juan Gonzalez
    
  • Video Replay Alex Rodriguez
    
  • Matt Holliday base
    
  • Barry Bonds base
    
  
  
• 1999 Upper Deck Encore Baseball Hobby Box
  Note: Very shiny and cool looking
  
  • Strokes of Genius Barry Bonds
    
  • Upper Realm Derek Jeter
    
  • McGwired!! Jim Parque
    
  • Rookie Encore Gold Troy Glaus /500
    
  • Star Rookie Pat Burrell
    
  • Gold Chipper Jones /125
    
  • Driving Forces Juan Gonzalez
    
  • Pure Excitement Alex Rodriguez
    
  • Derek Jeter base (2x)
    
  • Alex Rodriguez base (2x)
    
  • Juan Gonzalez base
    
  • Barry Bonds base
    
  
  Final PC Counts:
  24x Derek Jeter
  29x Barry Bonds
  33x Alex Rodriguez
  1x Josh Hamilton
  14x Juan Gonzalez
  1x Nolan Ryan
  
  Overall, very pleased and even found 2 sets that I'll probably buy some more of at these prices, the cards are just too shiny and pretty lol

[homerjg007]

that looks like a lot of fun!

[Neifert]

Looks like you bolstered your pc a little. very nice!

[alstott9adams]

Sounds like ALOT of fun !!! congrats

[nyyankeesfan28]

Fun box breaks! Looks like you did pretty well, too.

[uvaspina]

Cool stuff, thanks for sharing!

On a side note, who the he*l is ranking these threads (like this one) at 3-stars (or less). Here, the OP took the time to post the results of TWENTY-ONE different boxes in the BOX BREAK THREAD. How is this not a 4-star (if not 5-star) post??? It probably makes no difference, but when I see a whole page of threads that have 0-3 stars something's not right.

[cweiland]

Looks like you had some fun. Lots of Jeter, ARod and Bonds too.