Showing posts with label 2016 Panini Diamond Kings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2016 Panini Diamond Kings. Show all posts

Sunday, July 03, 2016

2016 Panini Diamond Kings hobby recap

I picked up a box on eBay for $65 and while I bought a few more things so I could use a $15 off $75 eBay promo code - I chose to make believe I applied the discount to this box purchase and just added on the other purchases.

I wanted to see if I could pull a vintage relic card and while it was more likely than finding something featuring Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig - I wasn't looking forward to the reality my actual hits [two per box] being a combination of Brian Johnson, Robert Refsnyder or Richie Shaffer.

Once I got the box in-hand, I busted through the packs in about 10 minutes and spent another few hours formally listing things out - after my anticipation of busting a full hobby box, I wanted to puke.

My first hit was a dual relic of Dalton Pompey [dud] and my second hit was a Miguel Sano dual relic auto - Sano’s certified autographs are a dime a dozen at this point and I'd picked up at least a couple of random ones last year when he was having a big rookie season.

A sneaky good pull may have partially saved this break came in the form of Kirby Puckett Originals Sapphire parallel serial #’d 18/25 - looks like the past four sales of the card on eBay have been $39.99 [May 5], $39.99 [May 14], $7.00 [May 17] and $28.95 [May 24].

Pack one
#81 Jose Abreu
#105 Yoenis Cespedes
#101 Troy Tulowitzki
#37 Harry Breechen
#30 Gabby Hartnett
#MF8 Roger Maris - Memorable Feats insert
#149 Raul Mondesi
#144 Michael Conforto

Pack two
#74 George Springer
#68 Eric Hosmer
#128 Cal Ripken Jr.
#22 Tony Lazzeri
#50 Lefty O’Doul - mini
#A12 Gerrit Cole - Aficionado insert
#184 Trayce Thompson
#180 Alex Dickerson

Pack three
#63 Dallas Keuchel
#59 Bryce Harper
#124 A.J. Pollock
#120 Matt Carpenter
#13 Lou Gehrig - image variation, though not SP’d.
Dummy card
#HC8 Will Clark - Heritage Collection insert
#177 Luke Jackson
#172 Miguel Almonte

Pack four
#34 Bob Turley
#116 Prince Fielder
#112 Jorge Soler
#13 Lou Gehrig
#3 Billy Martin
#DKM-DY Dalton Pompey - DK Materials Silver Set dual relic blue serial #’d 18/25
#168 Carl Edwards Jr.
#164 Jose Peraza

Pack five
#26 Earl Averill
#17 Roberto Clemente
#108 David Price
#93 Nelson Cruz
#38 Heinie Groh - Red Framed parallel, not serial #’d?
#E11 David Ortiz - Expressionists insert
#160 Peter O’Brien
#156 Collin Rea

Pack six
#7 Honus Wagner
#97 Sonny Gray
#104 Yadier Molina
#140 Carlos Rodon
#84 Josh Donaldson
Dummy card
#DK04 Clayton Kershaw - Originals insert
#152 Richie Shaffer
#148 Ketel Marte

Pack seven
#137 James McCann
#135 Bob Gibson
#54 Adrian Gonzalez
#51 Adam Jones
#DK016 Kirby Puckett - Originals insert Sapphire parallel serial #’d 18/25
#MF10 Ted Williams - Memorable Feats insert
#143 Miguel Sano
#183 Kelby Tomlinson

Pack eight
#88 Max Scherzer
#80 Jonathan Lucroy
#47 Jim Gilliam
#42 Johnny Sain
#137 James McCann - mini
#A14 Felix Hernandez - Aficionado insert
#179 Pedro Severino
#174 Jorge Lopez

Pack nine
#73 Garrett Richards
#67 Edwin Encarnacion
#131 Mariano Rivera
#36 Dom DiMaggio
#21 Ted Williams - image variation, though not SP’d.
Dummy card
#HC10 Greg Maddux - Heritage Collection insert
#171 Gary Sanchez
#167 Max Kepler

Pack 10
#62 Clayton Kershaw
#127 George Brett
#123 Vladimir Guerrero
#29 Frankie Frisch
#21 Ted Williams
#RS-MS Miguel Sano - Rookies Signatures Silver Set serial #’d 239/299
#163 Luis Severino
#159 Robert Refsnyder

Pack 11
#40 Jim Bottomley
#33 Bob Meusel
#12 Leo Durocher
#2 Bill Dickey
#82 Jose Altuve - Blue Framed parallel serial #’d 67/99
#E13 Ozzie Smith - Expressionists insert
#155 Travis Jankowski
#151 Greg Bird

Pack 12
#25 Don Hoak
#16 Pee Wee Reese
#119 Corey Kluber
#115 Noah Syndergaard
#92 Mookie Betts
Dummy card
#DK06 Giancarlo Stanton - Originals insert
#147 Aaron Nola
#142 Corey Seager

Friday, June 03, 2016

2016 Panini Diamond Kings blaster recap

This came out a couple of months ago and I saw a couple of breaks / reviews from at least couple of other bloggers [Capewood's Collections and Night Owl Cards] - though my BS detector says these are just like any cards [and not MLB licensed at that], the textured canvas make the cards seem a little bit more fancy.
  
Hobby boxes maybe too rich for my blood at the moment and while I thought about picking up a couple of blasters online - retail DK doesn’t come with one hit [maybe an auto or relic card] per blaster guarantee, so I was kind of iffy, even if any particular hit wouldn't be all that great.

I went into Target looking for 2016 Topps Archives but none were on the shelves yet - but these were out so I grabbed a blaster to see if I could scratch the itch.

Pack one
#22 Tony Lazzeri
#13 Lou Gehrig
#56 Andrew McCutchen

#HC6 Johnny Bench
- Heritage Collection insert
#143 Miguel Sano
#124 A.J. Pollock

Pack two

#3 Billy Martin
#19 Rogers Hornsby
#9 Joe DiMaggio
#32 Goose Goslin
- mini
#183 Kelby Tomlinson
#120 Matt Carpenter

Pack three
#93 Nelson Cruz
#84 Josh Donaldson

#59 Bryce Harper
- apparently this is an image variation, though not SP’d.
#E8 Felix Hernandez
- Impressionists insert
#179 Pedro Severino
#116 Prince Fielder

Pack four
#54 Adrian Gonzalez
#99 Stephen Strasburg
#90 Miguel Cabrera

#DK04 Clayton Kershaw
- Originals insert
#174 Jorge Lopez
#171 Gary Sanchez
#112 Jorge Soler

Pack five
#51 Adam Jones
#47 Jim Gilliam
#82 Jose Altuve

#MF8 Roger Maris
- Memorable Feats insert
#167 Max Kepler
#108 David Price

Pack six
#42 Johnny Sain
#75 Giancarlo Stanton
#69 Evan Gattis
#45 Tom Yawkey
- Red border parallel serial #’d 63/99
#163 Luis Severino
#104 Yadier Molina

Pack seven
#36 Dom DiMaggio
#29 Frankie Frisch
#64 David Ortiz

#A8 Kris Bryant
- Aficionado insert
#159 Robert Refsnyder
#140 Carlos Rodon