2023 Series 1, it was almost impossible to pull 2 #'d cards in a box. This is the minimum of what flagship Hobby should be, especially since there isn't a guaranteed auto. Excited to get my hands on some.
Love the trenchcoat hookups! This is what hobbies for series 1 should have been! Id argue the checklist for rookies in series 2 is better than series 1!
Definitely gonna grab a hobby box. Probably rip a lot of retail too. Lots of good pulls in hobby, just about hoping to get the right match of player and parallel!
How trench coat guy got this so far in advance, to get this to you for a video 4 days before release is beyond me! that said, glad he did, cuz it's nice seeing some new rookies and inserts. for some reason, series 1 is only a few months old, but seems like its been out for years. great as always stryker!
Excellent video may have to look into trying to land me at least one maybe two of these Hobby boxes but looking to land me a bunch of retail hanger and fat packs. Can't wait to see you rip a case of these hobby, hangers and fat packs. Keep up the great work and you and your family have a safe and blessed rest of your day and enjoy what's left of this glorious weekend.
Opened two series one and had no where close to these hits. Did pull a heavy lumber Acuna Jr from a series one hobby but that was the best thing weve hit. Awesome video!
I did pretty well in my series 1 boxes. Series 2 hobby looks just as good if not better indeed. Looking forward to ripping some as well. Will be able to get more since I don't have to buy jumbos this time!!
Not bad. As much as I'd like to rip, I think I'll just wait for the walmart sets and get myself a gold stars set. Chrome looks like its going to be a very loaded release with all these rookies if they hold up.
Hobby is worth buying again...but the big auto numbered parallels seem to be hiding in the jumbo boxes per the odds. Great content and thanks for sharing the rip.
You’ve got one of the better channels for tips honestly. Your style and flow through is nice. Also side note, the BEST PART OF HOBBY IS NOOOOOOOO STARS OF MLB !!!!!!!!!
I understand the focus on gold (/2023) borders, it's instinctive and historical to prefer gold, but I'd rather have TWO green foil boards (/499) like you have here. Those are better "dart throws."
As an informed Twins fan, I can tell you that Matt Wallner has potential to be a stud. He is younger version of Joey Gallo, but with a much higher batting average. The power is very comparable.
Tout of the 2 blaster boxes I opened for series 1 I got 1 parellel(Aaron judge /299) for series 2 I assume I’ll get like 2-5 parellels per 2 blasters, but fanatics isn’t helping any by making blasters worse than Fat Packs. FAT PACKS!
I have found my cinci reds peanut bags taste better, of course at the ball park helps. Here in lex,ky we have had NCAA and high school baseball all weekend through in girls NCAA softball weekend in heaven. 😊
I thought series 2 was to introduce players that didn’t make it into series 1… but idk. Btw what do you think of the 2 big pitchers who debuted lately? Like 2 big time rookies that came up (one did terribly though)
@@StrykerBreaks you have Abbot, the #1 pitcher in the minors before being in the majors, Steele the kid from the cubs, Hunter Brown from the Astros, Taj Bradley of the Rays. (It says Taj hit 105 on the speedometer). This is an insane season for young pitching… and the Mets thought “you know what sounds good? Let’s become Florida and be the place pitchers go to finish their career, but we will pay them $40m a year.
@@StrykerBreaks oh I guess I should add I wrote my own bot that takes into account a players projected stats using math that would make most people cry. So far my numbers for players is near perfect, especially once I took into effect players on the DL. So I have a whole months worth of code tracking every statistic for every player using every stat on the internet. People use Sabermetrics. I laugh at Sabermetrics because I infused this bot with really high end advanced calc to find a baseline within a few hundred thousand baselines. Even for rookies I use it by comparing their hitting to rookie pitchers that have similar stuff or similar hitters to mlb hitters a hundred thousand times to find a middle. (I should also include the only people that have a computer as powerful as mine is DARPA. It’s entirely solid state and still had an internal nitric liquid cooling system that exists so I could write an OS that sends information from that computer to the computer on the other side of my room and therefor I don’t have to get up because my phone can access the smaller one in my room. So yes, I basically wrote windows so I can send info from my computer to another computer and to my phone, and that allows me to use my phone to view the computer OS and change the station on my TV)
I'll likely be only buying hangers or fat packs this time. I've seen hobby online at $110 per and to me thats too much. If they were $90 or so then yes I'd probably buy 2 or 3 to stash. Imo you shouid get one gold, auto, or low # card per hobby box. I'm sure not spending $250 for Jumbo to be guaranteed an auto. Thank you for sharing! You're the best Stryker
Legends of the Game Griffey Jr will be 🔥 Question do they come in parallels? Sorry about the no gold hit.. I've opened alot of series 1 retail and never hit a gold # and gold is my favorite
Matt Wallner had reached 8 consecutive at bats before the twins sent him back down for Max Kepler who’s had like one hit since coming off the IL…and wallner is still crushing in the minors. Gosh I hate being a twins fan sometimes…who am I kidding, most of the time
What is a good shop to hit up in your area? Michigan is my second home...but I am having trouble finding a decent hobby shop in western Michigan...Can you help me out Boss? Also..why is Meijer so expensive? I😢
Hi There , i am a massive baseball fan based in Cape Town South Africa and can only get cards online via Amazon etc . Which packs and ranges would you suggest i purchase
Regarding the off-center black parallel, if time is not an issue, send it back to Topps for a replacement. "Miscut" is one of the reasons for a replacement on their website. On Panini's website, under damaged card replacement, "centering" is the option you'd click on. I've been opening up 2022 Optic and Mosaic football, and quality control is non-existent, thus I recently sent some cards back. I have one card ready to go back to Topps from a Bowman 2023 Megabox.
@@kangtheconqueror9545 With Panini, you have to provide the wrapper, along with a receipt print-out. With Topps, no wrapper required. Panini is currently covering 2022 and most of 2021, but you have to have patience. Here is Panini's exact wording: "Cards are made available as they are received. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. Panini America Inc. Will send a compatible card in its place if the specified card is not available to ship within 4 months or 8 months depending on what timeframe is selected during the reservation process."
I bought 2 fat packs a few weeks ago at the local grocery store thinking I'm bored and here is 16$ wasted but pulled a Corbin Carroll holofoil from one pack and a purple Corbin /799 out of the other...thinking maybe I should start playing the lottery lol!
Why are gold parallels so hard to get if they made 2023 of each card? They were way easier to get in 2018 when there was 2018 of each player. That's 5 more cards of each player. It doesn't make sense Stryker.
Extremely small sample size but mehhh yes more color but names not that great and the black so far OC really no value there either. Makes my decision to just grab a complete set off ebay in about a month just that much more solid.
2023 Series 1, it was almost impossible to pull 2 #'d cards in a box. This is the minimum of what flagship Hobby should be, especially since there isn't a guaranteed auto.
Excited to get my hands on some.
Love the trenchcoat hookups! This is what hobbies for series 1 should have been! Id argue the checklist for rookies in series 2 is better than series 1!
Definitely gonna grab a hobby box. Probably rip a lot of retail too. Lots of good pulls in hobby, just about hoping to get the right match of player and parallel!
I’m just excited for volpe.
i definitely like having better odds. i felt like there wasnt much reason to rip s1 because it was nearly impossible to hit anything.
How trench coat guy got this so far in advance, to get this to you for a video 4 days before release is beyond me! that said, glad he did, cuz it's nice seeing some new rookies and inserts. for some reason, series 1 is only a few months old, but seems like its been out for years. great as always stryker!
Excellent video may have to look into trying to land me at least one maybe two of these Hobby boxes but looking to land me a bunch of retail hanger and fat packs. Can't wait to see you rip a case of these hobby, hangers and fat packs. Keep up the great work and you and your family have a safe and blessed rest of your day and enjoy what's left of this glorious weekend.
I’ve opened about 6 series 2 hangers and got a blue, purple, and another blue foilboards and a Mother’s Day pink /50, also two goods
Thanks for ripping! Excited to pick up my hobby box on Wednesday hopefully. Glad they're packing heat in the affordable hobby versions again
Matt Wallner has been absolutely crushing the ball in the Twins minor league system.
“Minor league”
Opened two series one and had no where close to these hits. Did pull a heavy lumber Acuna Jr from a series one hobby but that was the best thing weve hit. Awesome video!
Looks aight. Thanks for sharing. Best part of the video…the SD background!!🤘🤩🤘
Waiting till target has them in store i rip here and there so im excited hopefully hangers will be bangers
I did pretty well in my series 1 boxes. Series 2 hobby looks just as good if not better indeed. Looking forward to ripping some as well. Will be able to get more since I don't have to buy jumbos this time!!
Not bad. As much as I'd like to rip, I think I'll just wait for the walmart sets and get myself a gold stars set. Chrome looks like its going to be a very loaded release with all these rookies if they hold up.
Hobby is worth buying again...but the big auto numbered parallels seem to be hiding in the jumbo boxes per the odds. Great content and thanks for sharing the rip.
Loving this series 2! Much better than 1. Can’t wait for mine to arrive
I will pick up a box or tow of the Series 2. Looking forward to the release day.
Thanks for sharing Stryker! Cool Legends of the Iron Man! I like the feel of more parallels and inserts.
DEFINITELY GRABBING COUPLE OF BOXES 💪💪💪
I pre ordered my hobby from the Collector Store. Not sure how legit they are but hoping they come clutch
Do need to find me one of these boxes
Nice box here. Hope I can get a hobby box. That's my preference.
You’ve got one of the better channels for tips honestly. Your style and flow through is nice. Also side note, the BEST PART OF HOBBY IS NOOOOOOOO STARS OF MLB !!!!!!!!!
I have a hobby of this product getting delivered today and you don’t know how happy I am to hear that 😂
Not too bad for series two. Makes ya wonder why series one couldn’t have been the same. Appreciate the early look
So do some packs not have any inserts? Don’t series 1 hobby packs always contain inserts?
I'm feeling slightly underwhelmed, but it does seem to be a step up from Series 1. It's nice that some of the retail won't be total junk this time.
Solid. I'm excited for series 2.
New sub! I'm just now getting back into baseball and I collect the dodgers!
AWESOMENESS STRYKER !!
Have 2 coming in soon
Give us a follow if you want to see more Topps Series 2!
i got 3 yoshidas, 1 anthony volpe, and a corbin caroll all in one hanger box
Such fun😊
Thanks for breakdown man. Looks like a solid product.
Jordan Walker in series 2.. Nice!
way to get the hobby early. always love the videos and info.
Yessssss🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Matt Wallner could be a stud! I've been holding on to a few of his Bowman chrome 1st autos waiting for him to pop! Good stuff!
Love me some Trench Guy videos!
Look forward to opening Series 2 enjoyed the video!
Really nice box opening! Thank you for sharing ✌️
I pulled a spencer steer rookie on card auto with the 35th anniversary symbol
World premiere?! Man this guy has exclusive content. Considering subscribing
Why even consider wtf so hard about it why wouldn't u just to show love. Idk maybe I'm bred different
@@zyxwvut3397 homie chill
@@zyxwvut3397 Woooosh.
Definitely better than Series 1 hobby! Thanks for sharing! You’re the best
After seeing that I want to give you my gold Jack suwinski card it says 1 out of 62 series 1 but man what a let down on that
I understand the focus on gold (/2023) borders, it's instinctive and historical to prefer gold, but I'd rather have TWO green foil boards (/499) like you have here. Those are better "dart throws."
I preordered a hobby box, hoping it arrives soon.
As an informed Twins fan, I can tell you that Matt Wallner has potential to be a stud. He is younger version of Joey Gallo, but with a much higher batting average. The power is very comparable.
Amazing rip! You rock Stryker!
Glad to see there were no Stars of MLB in every pack like they have been doing. They were getting to be watered down
If I’m not mistaken those are only in retail boxes. Also, I’m pretty sure they’re still there in series two.
Just bought 3 of these after watching your video. 99$ each
I like that you jump straight into the good stuff
Sorry Stryker, spin it whatever way you want, but that box was terrible. Yikes!!!!!
My thoughts exactly
Tout of the 2 blaster boxes I opened for series 1 I got 1 parellel(Aaron judge /299) for series 2 I assume I’ll get like 2-5 parellels per 2 blasters, but fanatics isn’t helping any by making blasters worse than Fat Packs. FAT PACKS!
I have found my cinci reds peanut bags taste better, of course at the ball park helps. Here in lex,ky we have had NCAA and high school baseball all weekend through in girls NCAA softball weekend in heaven. 😊
I want to ask as a rookie. What do you do with all the base cards? Sell them in a lot or donate, etc?
I got Chris Bryant black parallel for my thicc card
The photography in Series 2 is much better than Series 1
Wasn’t there supposed to be a separate WBC product this year? What happened with that?
I thought series 2 was to introduce players that didn’t make it into series 1… but idk.
Btw what do you think of the 2 big pitchers who debuted lately? Like 2 big time rookies that came up (one did terribly though)
Not sure which big pitchers you're talking about but I did swoop up Andrew Abbott before his start against the Brewers and he was impressive.
@@StrykerBreaks you have Abbot, the #1 pitcher in the minors before being in the majors, Steele the kid from the cubs, Hunter Brown from the Astros, Taj Bradley of the Rays. (It says Taj hit 105 on the speedometer).
This is an insane season for young pitching… and the Mets thought “you know what sounds good? Let’s become Florida and be the place pitchers go to finish their career, but we will pay them $40m a year.
@@StrykerBreaks oh I guess I should add I wrote my own bot that takes into account a players projected stats using math that would make most people cry.
So far my numbers for players is near perfect, especially once I took into effect players on the DL.
So I have a whole months worth of code tracking every statistic for every player using every stat on the internet.
People use Sabermetrics. I laugh at Sabermetrics because I infused this bot with really high end advanced calc to find a baseline within a few hundred thousand baselines.
Even for rookies I use it by comparing their hitting to rookie pitchers that have similar stuff or similar hitters to mlb hitters a hundred thousand times to find a middle.
(I should also include the only people that have a computer as powerful as mine is DARPA. It’s entirely solid state and still had an internal nitric liquid cooling system that exists so I could write an OS that sends information from that computer to the computer on the other side of my room and therefor I don’t have to get up because my phone can access the smaller one in my room. So yes, I basically wrote windows so I can send info from my computer to another computer and to my phone, and that allows me to use my phone to view the computer OS and change the station on my TV)
I'll likely be only buying hangers or fat packs this time. I've seen hobby online at $110 per and to me thats too much. If they were $90 or so then yes I'd probably buy 2 or 3 to stash. Imo you shouid get one gold, auto, or low # card per hobby box. I'm sure not spending $250 for Jumbo to be guaranteed an auto. Thank you for sharing! You're the best Stryker
Legends of the Game Griffey Jr will be 🔥 Question do they come in parallels? Sorry about the no gold hit.. I've opened alot of series 1 retail and never hit a gold # and gold is my favorite
Definitely going to try a hobby box
Matt Wallner had reached 8 consecutive at bats before the twins sent him back down for Max Kepler who’s had like one hit since coming off the IL…and wallner is still crushing in the minors. Gosh I hate being a twins fan sometimes…who am I kidding, most of the time
Trenchcoat guy. Clutch.
What is a good shop to hit up in your area? Michigan is my second home...but I am having trouble finding a decent hobby shop in western Michigan...Can you help me out Boss? Also..why is Meijer so expensive? I😢
Let's go baby 5 min gang!
Awesome to see new product!!!
Hi There , i am a massive baseball fan based in Cape Town South Africa and can only get cards online via Amazon etc . Which packs and ranges would you suggest i purchase
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Thanks for the rip
Way to respect the hobby.
Hey Stryker thank you for the bangin debut 🔥
Regarding the off-center black parallel, if time is not an issue, send it back to Topps for a replacement. "Miscut" is one of the reasons for a replacement on their website. On Panini's website, under damaged card replacement, "centering" is the option you'd click on. I've been opening up 2022 Optic and Mosaic football, and quality control is non-existent, thus I recently sent some cards back. I have one card ready to go back to Topps from a Bowman 2023 Megabox.
You can send cards back to Panini? Will they replace it or just give you points?
@@kangtheconqueror9545 With Panini, you have to provide the wrapper, along with a receipt print-out. With Topps, no wrapper required. Panini is currently covering 2022 and most of 2021, but you have to have patience. Here is Panini's exact wording:
"Cards are made available as they are received. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. Panini America Inc. Will send a compatible card in its place if the specified card is not available to ship within 4 months or 8 months depending on what timeframe is selected during the reservation process."
Nice parallels but they're the players you don't want. You have to get a good player parallel for it to be worth something.
Logan O’Hoppe is one of the rookies I really want from this set
Corey Kluber doesn’t deserve to have a parallel lol
As an Indians fan he definitely deserves that lol
You mean the Corey Kluber with 2 Cy Young awards?
😂😂😂
I loved him during his prime but he's definitely not on that level anymore.
@@zachbush7923 agreed. But he definitely still deserves the respect.
My home run challenge is of Carlos Correa…. Want to trade? Haha
I bought 2 fat packs a few weeks ago at the local grocery store thinking I'm bored and here is 16$ wasted but pulled a Corbin Carroll holofoil from one pack and a purple Corbin /799 out of the other...thinking maybe I should start playing the lottery lol!
I see those peanuts Stryker, hard order from San Diego wasn’t it?
Israel? We had 9 guys who could play baseball? Darn, I was waiting for a call asking for my skills.
I got a Garrett Mitchell 1/1 BL card. How much you think it will be worth?
Sell sell sell!!!
Let’s go
Only one Volpe?
Noticed the Padres peanut bag. I just bought some at Albertsons. Do you live in San Diego area. I live in Vista. Been following you for many years.
No Tony sent them to me as a gift. I opened it last stream.
@StrykerBreaks I am originally from Detroit. Still a Tigers fan since the 60's.
1990 Topps throwbacks will b hard to parallel will they not?
🤘🍀🔥
You getting rid of that Wallner Silver pack please let me know!
You selling that silver pack Wallner?
I was gonna say when the video started where is the trench coat guy?!
Why are gold parallels so hard to get if they made 2023 of each card? They were way easier to get in 2018 when there was 2018 of each player. That's 5 more cards of each player. It doesn't make sense Stryker.
Series 1 ,, glad I only bought 2 hobby boxes, it sucked.
This is the set that is trying to break the internet.
I would have watched it all if I could have seen some cards. Atleast the Rookies
Hey man! What camera are you using these days?
Hey Dave! I'm using a Cannon EOS M200
Damn, it's already series 2??
Extremely small sample size but mehhh yes more color but names not that great and the black so far OC really no value there either. Makes my decision to just grab a complete set off ebay in about a month just that much more solid.
is it less than $100?
The trench coat guy didn’t have any?
When does retail come out
What brand and where do you buy your top loaders from? I keep getting these cheap Chinese garbage ones. Thanks
cardshellz.com a US veteran owned company. Use code stryker10 for $10 off 1st order of $50 or more.