2021 Topps Chrome Update Series mega box recap #2

Pack one

#USC85 Shane McClanahan - Rookie Debut

#USC19 Andrew Vaughn - Rookie Debut

#USC91 Adam Duvall - Purple parallel

#USC67 Zack Wheeler

Pack two

#USC66 Geraldo Perdomo RC

#USC61 Michael Taylor - Purple parallel

#CPDC-22 Robin Yount - Platinum Players insert

#USC93 Rougned Odor

Pack three

#USC7 Ka'ai Tom RC

#USC58 Jorge Mateo

#USC2 Jarred Kelenic - Rookie Debut; Purple parallel

#USC59 Brent Honeywell RC

Pack four

#USC63 Ke'Bryan Hayes - Rookie Debut

#USC81 Clarke Schmidt - Rookie Debut

#USC100 Nolan Arenado - Purple parallel

#USC79 Taylor Trammell RC

Pack five

#USC42 Jameson Taillon

#USC80 Gilberto Celestino - Purple parallel

#CUSA-PW Patrick Weigel - autograph

#USC12 Ha-Seong Kim - Rookie Debut

I'd rather get a 'hit' from a Topps branded product opposed to Panini, where it might be worth something if it's a decent player - however, I don't know if pulling a fringy big league reliever sticker dump auto from Topps is that much better than finding a 'Chase Antle' sticker dump auto from a Panini baseball product.

Pack six

#USC49 Hirokazu Sawamura RC

#USC14 Victor Gonzalez - Purple parallel

#BGC-8 Cody Bellinger - Topps Black Gold 

#USC76 Marcus Semien

Pack seven

#USC27 Akil Baddoo RC

#USC6 Kevin Pillar

#USC56 Huascar Ynoa - Purple parallel

#USC57 Lance Lynn

Pack eight

#USC99 Charlie Morton

#USC5 Garrett Whitlock - Purple parallel

#ASG-35 Nelson Cruz - 2021 MLB All-Stars insert

#USC62 Khalil Lee RC

Pack nine

#USC24 Mark Melancon

#USC74 Jonathan India RC

#USC26 Tyler Stephenson - Rookie Debut; Purple parallel

#USC70 Logan Gilbert RC

Pack 10

#USC71 Bryan Garcia RC

#USC64 Adolis Garcia

#USC15 Ryan Weathers - Rookie Debut; Purple parallel

#USC86 Joey Bart - Rookie Debut

2021 Topps Chrome Update Series mega box recap #1

Pack one

#USC99 Charlie Morton

#USC32 Tyson Miller - Purple parallel

#CPDC-49 Fernando Tatis Jr. - Platinum Players insert

#USC84 Vladimir Gutierrez RC

Pack two

#USC24 Mark Melancon

#USC79 Taylor Trammell - Purple parallel

#BGC-19 Clayton Kershaw - Topps Black Gold insert

#USC-21 Jake Odorizzi

Pack three

#USC74 Jonathan India RC

#USC71 Bryan Garcia RC

#USC67 Zack Wheeler - Purple parallel

#USC45 Blake Snell

Pack four

#USC64 Adolis Garcia

#USC93 Rougned Odor - Purple parallel

#ASG-31 Brandon Woodruff - 2021 MLB All-Stars insert

#USC-37 Yermin Mercedes RC

Pack five

#USC40 Jo Adell - Rookie Debut

#USC89 Sixto Sanchez - Rookie Debut

#USC76 Marcus Semien - Purple parallel

#USC75 Josh Reddick

Pack six

#USC8 Taylor Trammell - Rookie Debut

#USC25 Jake Cronenworth - Rookie Debut

#USC57 Lance Lynn - Purple parallel

#USC77 Nick Maton RC

Pack seven

#USC9 Dane Dunning RC

#USC62 Khalil Lee - Purple parallel

#CPDC-59 Juan Marichal - Platinum Players insert 

#USC39 Ryan Mountcastle - Rookie Debut

Pack eight

#USC68 Kohei Arihara RC

#USC70 Logan Gilbert - Purple parallel

#BGC-21 Ke'Bryan Hayes - Topps Black Gold insert

#USC54 Dylan Carlson - Rookie Debut

Pack nine

#USC44 Francisco Mejia

#USC3 Josh Bell

#USC86 Joey Bart - Rookie Debut; Purple parallel

#USC12 Ha-seong Kim - Rookie Debut

Pack 10

#USC94 Joc Pederson

#USC41 Estevan Florial - Rookie Debut; Purple parallel

#ASG-43 Chris Taylor - 2021 MLB All-Stars insert

#USC51 Cristian Pache - Rookie Debut

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. 

2013 Topps Mega Box recaps

These were $14.98 each at Walmart - I lured myself into buying a couple of boxes, not knowing what could be in the Chrome packs and hoping for the best.

I guess it's nice to rip something - when I feel like I'd rather cut back much of the time.

Box one

Topps Chrome Update packs

Pack one
#MB-34 Brian Wilson
#MB-26 Jake Peavy
#MB-10 Chris Archer
#MB-3 Matt Harvey - All-Star subset

Pack two
#MB-15 Michael Cuddyer - Home Run Derby subset
#MB-29 David Wright - Home Run Derby subset
#MB-42 Wil Myers
#PH-16 Nolan Ryan - Postseason Heroes insert

Regular Topps Update - eight card packs

Pack one
#US 245 James Shields
#US 113 Samuel Deduno
#US 6 Joel Peralta
#MM 39 Kevin Gausman - Making their Mark insert
#PH-7 Reggie Jackson - Postseason Heroes insert
#US 228 Matt Moore
#US 202 Yoenis Cespedes - checklist
#US 130  Jesse Chavez

Pack two
#US 259 Nolan Arenado
#US 44 Jason Bay
#US 233 Anthony Rendon
#TM 2 Babe Ruth - 1971 Topps mini insert; it seems par for the course for me to pull Babe Ruth cards from Topps releases over the last several years, I kind of just file them away somewhere like he's just another guy.
#US 326 Jake Peavy
#US 86 Chad Gaudin
#US 196 Brayan Pena
#US 194 Xavier Paul

Pack three
#US 266 Jed Lowrie
#US 32 Adeiny Hechavarria
#US 161 Jim Henderson
#US 4 Matt Adams
#FF-6 Shelby Miller / Bob Gibson - Franchise Forerunners insert
#US-190 Steve Delabar
#US-238 Eric Young Jr.
#US-174 Jose Mijares

Pack four
#US 287 Brandon Morrow
#US 97 Alexi Amarista
#US 121 Jason Frasor
#US 198 Brian Bogusevic
#CH-124 Joey Votto - Chasing History insert
#US 214 Jean Segura - All-Star subset
#US 92 Jeanmar Gomez
#US 199 Juan Lagares

Pack five
#US 69 Martin Perez
#US 29 Scott Van Slyke
#US 246 Don Kelly
#US 134 Justin Verlander
#PH 16 Nolan Ryan - Postseason Heroes insert
#US 12 Brandon Phillips - All-Star subset
#US 89 Michael Pineda
#US 320 Chris Archer

Box two

Topps Chrome Update packs

Pack one
#MB-1 Robinson Cano - Home Run Derby subset
#MB-20 Gerrit Cole 
#MB-31 James Shields
#MB-50 Francisco Liriano - Gold refractor serial #'d 103/250

Pack two
#MB-43 Mariano Rivera - All-Star subset
#MB-54 Chris Davis - Home Run Derby subset
#MB-40 Oswaldo Arcia
#PH-5 Greg Maddux - Postseason Heroes insert

Regular Topps Update - eight card packs

Pack one
#US 39 Shin-Soo Choo
#US 84 Stephen Drew
#US 128 Bartolo Colon - All-Star subset
#US 20 Carlos Gomez - Gold parallel serial #'d 0452/2013
#TM 43 Frank Thomas - 1971 Topps mini insert
#US 296 Joe Nathan - All-Star subset
#US 291 Logan Schafer
#US 277 Sonny Gray

Pack two 
#US 29 Scott Van Slyke
#US 246 Don Kelly
#US 198 Brian Bogusevic
#US 53 Craig Kimbrel - Gold parallel serial #'d 0749/2013
#TM 9 Robinson Cano - 1971 Topps mini insert
#US 296 Joe Nathan
#US 199 Juan Lagares
#US 89 Michael Pineda

Pack three
#US 39 Shin-Soo Choo
#US 84 Stephen Drew
#US 134 Justin Verlander - All-Star subset
#US 310 Boone Logan - Emerald Foil parallel; 1:6
#FF 8 Nolan Ryan / Yu Darvish - Franchise Forerunners insert
#US 294 Chris Denorfia 
#US 320 Chris Archer
#US 291 Logan Schafer

Pack four
#US 195 Chris Johnson
#US 99 Derrick Robinson
#US 102 Christian Friedrich
#US 128 Bartolo Colon
#CH 104 Nomar Garciaparra - Chasing History insert
#US 41 Dan Haren
#US 277 Sonny Gray
#US 138 Danny Salazar

Pack five 
#US 156 Laynce Nix
#US 38 Denard Span
#US 284 Stephen Pryor
#US 197 Josh Collmenter
#MM 36 Carlos Martinez - Making Their Mark insert
#US 317 Oswaldo Arcia
#US 148 Ben Zobrist
#US 248 Jason Grilli