2021 Panini Mosaic mega box recap

Even with the lure of Shohei Ohtani on the packaging, a $34.99 price tag was a no go as far as an impulse purchase of a Panini Mosaic baseball blaster at Walmart - with a Target gift card handy, maybe I was looking to buy a mega box [$49.99], until settling for a couple of mega boxes of 2021 Topps Chrome Update.

As is, I am on the mailing list of an online retailer offering mega boxes for the same price as the blasters from Walmart - there was still some interest and while I've tried not to be a Panini baseball guy, I was looking for something different. 

I also got a 2021 Panini Chronicles mega box - which was priced a little less than they would outright from a big box store. 

Pack one - right side

#28 Rowdy Tellez

#83 Framber Valdez

#107 Carlos Correa

#165 Kyle Seager

#249 Luis Garcia

#289 Yermin Mercedes

#33 Josh Donaldson - Prizm parallel

#PD16 Nick Madrigal - Pro Debuts

Pack two - bonus Reactive Red parallels

#5 Roberto Alomar

#63 Isiah Kiner-Falefa

#21 Buster Posey

#168 Eugenio Suarez

#126 Max Scherzer

#183 Ryan Zimmerman

#283 Andrew Vaughn

#233 Jorge Mateo

Pack three

#85 Kenya Maeda

#43 Keston Hiura

#138 Gleyber Torres

#195 Trevor Story

#264 Ian Anderson

#215 Deivi Garcia

#V2 George Kell - Vintage insert

#ACE13 Aaron Nola - Aces insert

Pack four

#1 J.P. Crawford 

#153 Alex Bregman

#111 Will Smith

#258 Ha-Seong Kim

#209 Anderson Tejeda

#250 Jake Cronenworth

#198 Corey Seager - Silver Prizm parallel

#BF3 Marcelo Ozuna - Big Fly insert

Pack five 

#10 Albert Pujols

#68 David Fletcher

#134 Ramon Laureano

#191 Cavan Biggio

#149 Mike Soroka

#201 William Contreras

#ATG11 Alex Rodriguez - All-Time Greats

#PD8 Brailyn Marquez - Pro Debuts; Reactive Blue parallel 

Pack six - left side; bonus Reactive blue parallels

#91 Trent Grisham

#49 Starling Marte

#7 Andrew Benintendi

#194 Devin Williams

#152 Donovan Solano

#176 Jack Morris

#283 Andrew Vaughn

#249 Luis Garcia

Pack seven

#40 Aaron Nola

#97 Jacob deGrom

#123 Fernando Tatis Jr.

#180 Anthony Rizzo

#240 Tucker Davidson

#281 Jonathan India

#P10 Joey Votto - Producers insert; Mosaic Green parallel 

#P11 Billy Williams - Producers insert

Pack eight

#55 Hanser Alberto

#137 Salvador Perez

#194 Devin Williams

#152 Donovan Solano

#232 Mickey Moniak

#275 Nick Niedert

#56 Walker Buehler - Silver Prizm parallel 

#WT4 Nolan Arenado - Will to Win insert

Pack nine

#13 Kwang-Hyun Kim

#70 Trevor Bauer

#176 Jack Morris

#133 Dylan Bundy

#226 Brent Rooker

#271 Jahmai Jones

#SCR-CA Chase Antle - Scripts auto

#ACE7 Justin Verlander - Aces insert; Prizm Mosaic parallel 

Pack 10

#27 Early Wynn

#190 Cedric Mullins

#148 Adam Wainwright

#222 Dane Dunning

#ATG10 Larry Doby - All-Time Greats insert

#208 Evan White

#239 Keegan Akin - Prizm parallel

#V12 Bob Feller - Vitnage parallel 

I pulled no cards of the cover boy Ohtani but that's how it goes - I just had to shake my head at my guaranteed autograph hit, where I saw another copy pulled in another break and thought it would just be the worst that was my pull as well.   

I still don't get how a pitcher who has barely pitched in the past 3 years is my guaranteed autograph hit - I realize retail is a real crap shoot, but Panini should have done better besides inserting an autograph of an undrafted free agent who hasn't logged 1 inning in pro baseball.