[mooncricket916]

Anyone know how to tell the difference between these?

[savagenate]

No clue...the hobby and blaster boxes look and feel the exact same.

[mooncricket916]

No clue...the hobby and blaster boxes look and feel the exact same.

Yeah I noticed that too. Been looking at pics on ebay and other places and none of the cards look different at all.

[uwash97]

Might be a thickness issue, ie "thin" vs "thinner" but I don't know for sure. It's also possible that there is no difference.

[mooncricket916]

I was kinda thinking another error in the database. Valor was there and then all of a sudden the retail listings were there too. I've bought the retail packs and seen some hobby breaks and they all look the same. Never thought about the thickness issue, I'll have to try and research that.

[savagenate]

Lol, if it's thickness, it's miniscule...I can't feel or see any difference. I mark mine all as hobby. If someone wants to dispute a hair in thickness, too bad lol. I think it's an error as well.

[apisano]

I just looked it up, and it says that it is a difference in smoke, thickness, color on the card.

[apisano]

Ok I originally bought the Aaron Donald base rookie when only retail was out and just bought another one pulled from a hobby pack and....... I can't see any difference. So now I'm lost too

[Marinocollector]

Ok I originally bought the Aaron Donald base rookie when only retail was out and just bought another one pulled from a hobby pack and....... I can't see any difference. So now I'm lost too

One of the issues maybe that the first run in the special retail mix boxes had hobby packs too. so I think it may get confusing.

[bojesphob]

Well, they also had Prime this year listed as Retail base and Hobby base, and there is no difference between those this year. Not sure, though, as I've got different packs and such of retail Valor and bought some that were called "hobby" as singles and I can't really see any differences between them.