Whats up everybody! Today we continue to search for our first win in the Value Challenge Series where we open wax to see if we can turn a profit. Enjoy!
@@huxbux I got out of the hobby cuz I was in it from 88 to 95. So I'm part of the junk wax era. I just started collecting again last year. I am absolutely floored at how the hobby has changed in my absence of some 28 years
@CaptShriver My story is pretty similar. Collected during the 80s and 90s. A few years back I was moving and came across my cards buried in boxes in a closet, and got back into it. I too was shocked prices. In 2022, I assumed there'd be a some price regression post boom. I'm still waiting.
Wow, Panini and Fanatics are truly ripping us off. I see many people leaving the hobby just like in the 90's. You get only 20% of value in the opened product.
I'd hope everyone knows it's a losing proposition, but that's the point of the series. And for sure, competition would do wonders for the hobby. Sadly, that's no happening anytime in the future.
My friend that was a slaughter of epic proportions. I'm sorry for your loss. It happens. I went through three mega boxes of donruss of donruss basketball didn't make my money back
Confusing video. The first part of it I was trying to figure out how you had footage of my last optic rip then I noticed the different background. GL on your next rip!
Question.... I pulled a Ja Morant bomb squad red/green numbered 25/ 75 the other day. My question is are those numbered bomb squad cards with the color are those CASE HITS?? I also pulled out of donruss, a purple the rookies purple numbered card. Is that also a CASE HIT?
i posted on Redditbasketball cards but i bought a case of Optic blasters glitter. basically 20 boxes sealed. My thought process was would there be a guarantee phazes aka a case hit? Or would there be any checkerboard? How many number cards? Conclusion was no Phazes from the case (20 box), only 5 number cards. Of the 5 number cards one of them was a blue signature series auto number card, an insert my house lime gold, blue glitter and some other card i dont remember. So yeah, even buying a case doesnt guarantee a phazes or checker board.
Maybe if it hits shelves next week. Man it's been dry for retail releases. I had planned on Topps Chrome Monster boxes for the next one. Might not be the best product to get a dub 🤣
You may have to go all the way down to the value packs at Family Dollar, $1 a pack plus tax, for this year's Donruss basketball, chasing the yellow parallel. People were paying $40 for a Wemby and the other top rookies. Question, while you are comping the cards, do you think you might get more selling them? It would be interesting to see if you liquidated all the cards you got from the rip.
@@huxbux Either as a lot or may be too tough to individually sell them. Love your PSA reveals. I just submitted my first 20 cards. 16 baseketball and 4 baseball. I started with 40 and spent about 8-10 hours going over them. I bought the kit from amazon with the centering tool, magnifying glass and micro fiber cloth. So needless to say i can't wait to get see the results. I stream on whatnot and plan on doing a reveal on there
@jorycener8633 It's an interesting idea. Never tried out whatnot personally, but I've been thinking about it more and more. Sounds like your going to do well on your sub. If you screened out half the cards, means you're being particular. If I had to guess, my "no" rate is about the same. Gonna have to let me know how you do on it.
@@huxbux if you ever want to chat about WhatNot I’d be happy to. And I’d ask that if you do give it a try I have a referral link where we both get something.
Honestly ripping boxes is not as big a loss as people make it out to be. By itself it’s a total waste of money but with grading you always have a shot at making profit. Also you pull a lot of rookies that could pan out in a couple of years ala Brunson, Halliburton and SGA. Time will tell if you really lost money my friend.
Agreed. I've started doing more grading this year and if it wasn't for that, I don't know if I'd still be ripping. And for sure with NBA rookies it takes time. 3-4 years. For this season, I'm expecting 1-2 rookies from 2021 to take the leap.
@@huxbux I ripped a bunch back in the 90s to 2000s desperately searching for Eric Lindross/Shaq/Drew Bledsoe and inserts. 5 years ago. I found my star and rookie non inserts shoebox that I couldn’t sell yet at the time, and found a few Brady RCs (press pass) a few Lebron topps and about 25 Kobe Fleer/upperdeck/skybox base RCs and a bunch of RCs of Tim Duncan Allen Iverson and Ray Allen and of course some Shaq Bledsoe and Lindross. I sold most but still have atleast two of each.
Whats up everybody! Today we continue to search for our first win in the Value Challenge Series where we open wax to see if we can turn a profit. Enjoy!
the blasters are just brutal in optic!
Yea I much prefer the Megas and hangers.
I enjoy your videos very much. I love the seriousness in your voice when you talk about the hobby.
Glad you enjoyed! I'd say I'm a serious guy, but that's my voice. I try and covet both sides of the coin.
@@huxbux I got out of the hobby cuz I was in it from 88 to 95. So I'm part of the junk wax era. I just started collecting again last year. I am absolutely floored at how the hobby has changed in my absence of some 28 years
@CaptShriver My story is pretty similar. Collected during the 80s and 90s. A few years back I was moving and came across my cards buried in boxes in a closet, and got back into it. I too was shocked prices. In 2022, I assumed there'd be a some price regression post boom. I'm still waiting.
Optic is brutal! Thanks for taking one for the team 💪🏼
Anything to help 😁
I’m so jealous 😂 someone has worse luck than me. That was sad to watch 😂
What can I. If you got it, you got it 😉
Wow, Panini and Fanatics are truly ripping us off. I see many people leaving the hobby just like in the 90's. You get only 20% of value in the opened product.
People are still shocked by losing money busting wax, but then keep buying wax. 😅 I really wish there was more proper competition in the space.
I'd hope everyone knows it's a losing proposition, but that's the point of the series. And for sure, competition would do wonders for the hobby. Sadly, that's no happening anytime in the future.
Gotta love Murray and jokic! 😮
Sorry that you lost money,I like the mega boxes and hangers you get more and better hits in them. Fun video as always.
I agree. Gonna need to do an episode with those at some point.
I hit a Brandon miller /10 from these from Best Buy and multiple other numbered .. Best Buy opting blasters have showed me love
Boss! I've never gotten cards from a Best Buy. Might have to 😁
Rippin’ n Tearin’ them blasters!! GET SOME!!!🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
I got something...not much of it tho 🤣
Optic is tough. The $30 tag is intriguing but the hits are tough to come by. Waiting for Mosaic retail. Hopefully it’ll appear soon.
I'll be interested to see if Mosaic retail got beefed up this year. It's been pretty bad in years past.
These videos are always so entertaining to me
That was really a rough one! I do like this format and the production of it. Thanks!
Thanks! It's a fun exercise that sometimes really hurts 🤣
Nice! Thanks for sharing
Another nice content.. thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
First time watching and I love these reviews it helps me with choosing which packs to purchase and which ones to avoid
Thanks for checking out the channel! Happy to hear it helps in deciding what to buy.
Tough one man. Hang in there🙂
Locked and loaded for Episode 8 👍
This video reminds me of my optic luck this year, been rough
Not shockingly, it was decent at release. Not so much of late.
Maybe try the prizm basketball mega box with the red parallels and the optic basketball mega box with purple parallels
I might have to try that. Need more safe floor products for sure.
You're gonna go broke if you continue this series. Lol.
I can't wait for the next one!
The Series is gonna file for chapter 11 within the year 🤣
Love your cool 😎 videos.
3 boxes? Gotta get at least one win! Good luck!
I'll keep it for my next rip. Thanks for watching!
My friend that was a slaughter of epic proportions. I'm sorry for your loss. It happens. I went through three mega boxes of donruss of donruss basketball didn't make my money back
I never expect to make my money back, but it's not unreasonable to want 50% in value back. It's just not going to happen these days.
Confusing video. The first part of it I was trying to figure out how you had footage of my last optic rip then I noticed the different background. GL on your next rip!
Let's find a wax ripper anonymous group 😉
Select is the way to go this year I think
Select is my favorite so far this year. But tried it twice in the series and took losses. 😒
That was rough. You'll get it next time.
I sure hope so 🤞
You will get em next time brother!
Here's hoping!
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Question.... I pulled a Ja Morant bomb squad red/green numbered 25/ 75 the other day. My question is are those numbered bomb squad cards with the color are those CASE HITS?? I also pulled out of donruss, a purple the rookies purple numbered card. Is that also a CASE HIT?
Those are both great cards, but not considered case hits. Still congrats!
@@huxbux thank you and thank you for taking the time to answer the question. I appreciate it
Ouch! That was a tough one.
Roughest yet. I believe in episode 8.
@@huxbux Can't wait to see it.
i posted on Redditbasketball cards but i bought a case of Optic blasters glitter. basically 20 boxes sealed. My thought process was would there be a guarantee phazes aka a case hit? Or would there be any checkerboard? How many number cards? Conclusion was no Phazes from the case (20 box), only 5 number cards. Of the 5 number cards one of them was a blue signature series auto number card, an insert my house lime gold, blue glitter and some other card i dont remember. So yeah, even buying a case doesnt guarantee a phazes or checker board.
You'd expect a Phases and a Checkerboard out of a sealed case. That's kinda crazy.
Yikes is right. Hope number 8 is lucky.🍀
Got 3 more shots before 10. It's gotta happen before that...right? 😐
@@huxbux thought you broke the streak when u pulled the tri color Wemby, u get a PSA 10 on that and boom money back with profit.
@Sincity702boy For sure made money on that one, but I mean just the Value Challenge Series. We're 0-7 so far.
@@huxbux I get it, it’s been fun watching ‘em. Select football for 8? Always a fun rip.
Maybe if it hits shelves next week. Man it's been dry for retail releases. I had planned on Topps Chrome Monster boxes for the next one. Might not be the best product to get a dub 🤣
You may have to go all the way down to the value packs at Family Dollar, $1 a pack plus tax, for this year's Donruss basketball, chasing the yellow parallel. People were paying $40 for a Wemby and the other top rookies. Question, while you are comping the cards, do you think you might get more selling them? It would be interesting to see if you liquidated all the cards you got from the rip.
If I have to stoop to a $1 pack, I've hit rock bottom 🤣 Do you mean like selling all the cards in one lot?
@@huxbux Either as a lot or may be too tough to individually sell them. Love your PSA reveals. I just submitted my first 20 cards. 16 baseketball and 4 baseball. I started with 40 and spent about 8-10 hours going over them. I bought the kit from amazon with the centering tool, magnifying glass and micro fiber cloth. So needless to say i can't wait to get see the results. I stream on whatnot and plan on doing a reveal on there
@jorycener8633 It's an interesting idea. Never tried out whatnot personally, but I've been thinking about it more and more. Sounds like your going to do well on your sub. If you screened out half the cards, means you're being particular. If I had to guess, my "no" rate is about the same. Gonna have to let me know how you do on it.
@@huxbux if you ever want to chat about WhatNot I’d be happy to. And I’d ask that if you do give it a try I have a referral link where we both get something.
Not too shabby
What did you do with cj stroud optic DT?
I literally just sent it for grading yesterday. I'm terrible getting cards off to PSA.
Just bought some of these so let’s hope my luck is better!
Goodluck brotha!
At least you’re loaded up on Tatum..
There's a bright side to everything 😁
Honestly ripping boxes is not as big a loss as people make it out to be. By itself it’s a total waste of money but with grading you always have a shot at making profit. Also you pull a lot of rookies that could pan out in a couple of years ala Brunson, Halliburton and SGA. Time will tell if you really lost money my friend.
Agreed. I've started doing more grading this year and if it wasn't for that, I don't know if I'd still be ripping. And for sure with NBA rookies it takes time. 3-4 years. For this season, I'm expecting 1-2 rookies from 2021 to take the leap.
@@huxbux I ripped a bunch back in the 90s to 2000s desperately searching for Eric Lindross/Shaq/Drew Bledsoe and inserts. 5 years ago. I found my star and rookie non inserts shoebox that I couldn’t sell yet at the time, and found a few Brady RCs (press pass) a few Lebron topps and about 25 Kobe Fleer/upperdeck/skybox base RCs and a bunch of RCs of Tim Duncan Allen Iverson and Ray Allen and of course some Shaq Bledsoe and Lindross. I sold most but still have atleast two of each.
Sweeeet! ✨
Wow! Unbelievable, that sucks bro.
Twas a rough one
Oof rough one. The next one is gonna be THE ONE
Fingers crossed 🤞
Better luck next time
Starting to think maybe boxes aren't the play
Singles is the way to go for sure
@@huxbux don't stop though, i live vicariously through you
@@RagingAcidI enjoy it too much to stop. We all good 👍
I send you my condolences.
I happily accept 😁 Thanks for watching!
You pulled a wemby #ed lol no luck?
Would you believe me if I was trying to convince the Card God's? 🤣 I haven't pulled a parallel of Wemby in Optic tho. Does that count? 😬
Comment entry lessss go
Ruff
Pretty much 😑
you will do better next time with a wemby
Wemby feels necessary to win these.
Don't forget tax
I'm not trying to make it any more difficult than it already is 🤣 But yes, if you pay taxes factor that in.
Bad boxes
💯