Decided to dive right into the hobby and opened a series 2 Jumbo box. Pulled a Red Foil Pitcher's Nightmare Slam Diego, Green Foil Javy Baez, Black Favorite sons Rizzo, Auto Bligh Madris RC, Babe Ruth Commemorative, A Gold Moncada, Moustakas, and Bednar. Also pulled a Favorite Son McCutcheon, Legends of the Game Ichiro, and a Cortes Relic. Got an itch for more so bought 4 packs from a hobby box at a local shop. Pulled a CT3 Independence Day! Huge Dodger fan and couldn't believe it. Bought 2 Hobby boxes and gonna take a break after, but I'm super pumped so far and can't wait to open the Hobby's!
After 25 years I finally took up trading cards again. I bought my first 2 packs and got a Bob Gibson Legends of the game and a Tony Gwynn card. Nostalgia rocket ship!
Great video! I ripped 2 hobby boxes of series 2 today 3 gold 311, 757,1036/2023. Major league material of Brett Baty, green Dansby Sanson 116/499, Heavy Lumber ( Gunnar Henderson), Aaron Judge crowning achievements comm. patch card HR-RBI leader and the big hit was from the silver pack autograph Masataka Yoshida topps chrome rc 64/99
I'm somewhat shocked by how expensive the All Aces Ohtani is right now (~$20). It would be double that if it was in this set instead with those odds. I'm an insert fan, so I'm glad there's a lot of interesting ones. Interested to see who will be the Home Field Advantage players this series!
Yes!!!! Awesome Corbin Carroll card . I live in AZ… Go Dbacks!!! Daughter Got a picture and autograph with him. He is super nice talented kid! Rookie of the year baby!
New to collecting, have opened 3 retail blasters from series 1 and got absolutely nothing. Preordered a Series 2 hobby box based on your recommendation and am excited to hopefully pull my first decent parallel/relic/auto!
Years ago I bought my first box of Topps jumbo baseball. Pulled a Ernie Banks auto on pack number one. I was like “ Hey nothing to this hobby”. Hahahaha
Watched your video on series 2 values, bought a hobby box ASAP. Pulled a Bogaerts auto out of the silver pack, numbered to 50. Beautiful card. Love the content my man keep it up!
Good to see hobby boxes are better this time.. didn’t bother buying any in series 1. Only got jumbos.. might pickup a box or 2 and see how good these are.. looked at a few breaks on series 2 but nothing really great yet
I got lucky, I ripped 4 Series 1 Blasters and got a Gold Outman, a Green Foil Peraza, Retail Blues of Otahni and Acuna, and a couple of Rainbow foils. Oh yeah, and a Vintage Stock of some scrub, I'd have to look to see who it was, a White Sox Pitcher I think
I ripped a TON of series 1. Jumbos & hanger boxes mostly. Will probably only get a few hangers of series 2. Although the rookie checklist is solid for series 2 I liked the series 1 better
I do like those ‘88 all-star inserts. Brings me back to my youth. Thinking I’ll put that set together, since it shouldn’t break the bank. Thanks for the preview video, Stryker!
You mentioned the whole people asking me to slow it down. Tough to dial in on the who's hot too because it changes as the season continues. Pre season it was almost strictly Harris and Adley but it's changed quite a bit since then. I do think it was nice though to describe all the nuances of collecting. Maybe make a video about the basics of collecting, explaining terms, what to look for, etc? Maybe you've made that video but I don't remember seeing it. I know it can be intimidating getting back into the hobby. Love the content though, keep it up man.
Good call on those SP/SSP. I'm back in after 30 years or so and pulled a Wander SP without knowing what I had. Some marking would be nice for these old eyes, that code is tiny. haha
im new to collecting went all out on buying retail boxes 600.00 bucks worth still waiting for it to come in the mail cant wait ive been a yankee fan for all my life
Having back surgery on 6/20? Constant pain until then? I NEED TWO THINGS: Prescription strength anti-inflammatory... AND STRYKER REPLAYS! GO STRYKER GO!
Series 1 retail was just as good if not better then hobby was for us. Pulled a Christopher Morel auto from a hanger so that was really nice. Heavy lumber acuna jr was our best hobby hit. Hopefully for series 2
Stryker should start doing voice overs for movies....chills lol....Nice first box with the rookie gold and the rookie auto. Adley was a neat card. I like the inserts in this set. That black is nice but yeah I groaned to when I saw the name.
Yeah I was collecting Basketball Cards in the late 80s early 90s, the Jordan-Bird-Magic-Shaq era, and the Inserts were the absolute fire. I don't recall ever seeing a parallel in either sport back then. I collected Baseball from the mid 70s though to about 87-88, I didn't like the junk wax trend so I quit.
Got a hobby box from series one, and was disappointed. One gold, two rainbows and a relic. The relic was numbered to 25, though. But not many hits for a hobby box. I thought the inserts where poor, so that didn’t help. I don’t like the All Aces as much as others do. Looking forward to getting series 2. The WBC cards look like a decent insert.
Haven't come out in our neck of the woods just yet, may have to go over to eBay to try and find a good deal on at least one hobby box. Will try to land some of those hangers and fat packs if they ever show up here LOL. Loved the video, you seemed to do a little bit better in this rip than what you did in the first rip of this product. Keep up the great work and you and your family have a good, safe, fun and blessed rest of your day and week.
I’m new to collecting. Do you know when these hobby boxes be available in hobby stores? Also, what do you do with all your base cards? Do you try to complete the set? Thanks.
I put the base set together in a binder. After that, I give away my extra base commons. I put them in team bags and take them to either a hospital to give to kids who are sick, or to a women/children shelter in town. There are guys online who will take your common cards and give them to children’s hospitals.
My guy Stryker using "The force" to pull hobby boxes from the topps warehouse to rip before the release date! 😂. Can't wait to rip some of these hopefully this weekend! Looking for a nice fransisco Alvarez parallel!
Kole Calhoun isn't that bad. Surprised the Yankees didn't give him a chance to play. What would be a bummer would be getting a black Aaron Bummer. That would be getting a bummer.
It sucks to see Topps pull a Panini and remove all the good hits out of retail. At least they aren't trying to sell hobby boxes for over $1000. Series 1 isn't even worth buying anymore with how they produce so many different rookie cards. If a player has a true rookie card in series 1,2 and update, whats the point?
My guy paid for the “get here yesterday” shipping
Decided to dive right into the hobby and opened a series 2 Jumbo box. Pulled a Red Foil Pitcher's Nightmare Slam Diego, Green Foil Javy Baez, Black Favorite sons Rizzo, Auto Bligh Madris RC, Babe Ruth Commemorative, A Gold Moncada, Moustakas, and Bednar. Also pulled a Favorite Son McCutcheon, Legends of the Game Ichiro, and a Cortes Relic. Got an itch for more so bought 4 packs from a hobby box at a local shop. Pulled a CT3 Independence Day! Huge Dodger fan and couldn't believe it. Bought 2 Hobby boxes and gonna take a break after, but I'm super pumped so far and can't wait to open the Hobby's!
You make sports cards so much more fun!
After 25 years I finally took up trading cards again. I bought my first 2 packs and got a Bob Gibson Legends of the game and a Tony Gwynn card.
Nostalgia rocket ship!
I’m glad to see that the Aces is back! Thanks for sharing!
It's true I saw him travel the world for these boxes!
That 88 soto is a awesome photo. Sweet Adley pull too.
I ordered one of these and it will arrive tomorrow. First box of NEW baseball cards in my ripping journey. You got my sub for sure. Cheers.
I love series 1. It's the best
Great video! I ripped 2 hobby boxes of series 2 today 3 gold 311, 757,1036/2023. Major league material of Brett Baty, green Dansby Sanson 116/499, Heavy Lumber ( Gunnar Henderson), Aaron Judge crowning achievements comm. patch card HR-RBI leader and the big hit was from the silver pack autograph Masataka Yoshida topps chrome rc 64/99
Thanks looking forward to some ripping this coming weekend. Lets go 👍
enjoying the videos sir, bought my first baseball cards today (topps 2 hobby 2023) since upper deck in 92-93, cheers
That was some good boxes sweet cards he pulled lots of different variations
That willy adames to 75 looks amazing hes my favorite player
I'm somewhat shocked by how expensive the All Aces Ohtani is right now (~$20). It would be double that if it was in this set instead with those odds. I'm an insert fan, so I'm glad there's a lot of interesting ones. Interested to see who will be the Home Field Advantage players this series!
Yes!!!! Awesome Corbin Carroll card . I live in AZ… Go Dbacks!!! Daughter Got a picture and autograph with him. He is super nice talented kid! Rookie of the year baby!
I've spent close to $400 in retail to get one Green Foil INF form the Yankees and a signed rookie Maikel Garcia from KC
Was that James Bond music? Awesome!!!
New to collecting, have opened 3 retail blasters from series 1 and got absolutely nothing. Preordered a Series 2 hobby box based on your recommendation and am excited to hopefully pull my first decent parallel/relic/auto!
Years ago I bought my first box of Topps jumbo baseball. Pulled a Ernie Banks auto on pack number one. I was like “ Hey nothing to this hobby”. Hahahaha
Series 1 was actually very good to me. Pulled an auto, green foil, ace and some golds out of retail.
Another awesome rip! You rock Stryker!
Awesome rip! Very fun content! Loving series 2 so far! Love that Mookie Betts insert!
Nice break!
Great video. I really appreciated the work on your prior video to break down the different formats and odds. Keep it up!
I love bonuses!!!
Watched your video on series 2 values, bought a hobby box ASAP. Pulled a Bogaerts auto out of the silver pack, numbered to 50. Beautiful card. Love the content my man keep it up!
Picked the Kris Bryant correct on the HR challenge. Missed on the adley, Jose Ramirez tho.
I wish Topps would sell a base cards only format.
They do... it's called the factory set
Update hangers are awesome
One of these is going to be the case hit. Thanks again for the content while I sort for days
At least it wasn't a Bummer black 😅😂
Thanks boss. Hyped about the WBC insert set.
The All Aces insert from S1 was probably my favorite insert ever out of any baseball product
Good to see hobby boxes are better this time.. didn’t bother buying any in series 1. Only got jumbos.. might pickup a box or 2 and see how good these are.. looked at a few breaks on series 2 but nothing really great yet
That’s a super tire man. It smashed, it dices and it even purées
I got a Ruiz rookie auto out of Series 1 LOL. I had no idea his actual rookie was going to be in series 2.
I got lucky, I ripped 4 Series 1 Blasters and got a Gold Outman, a Green Foil Peraza, Retail Blues of Otahni and Acuna, and a couple of Rainbow foils. Oh yeah, and a Vintage Stock of some scrub, I'd have to look to see who it was, a White Sox Pitcher I think
Ahead of the game always! Stryker Breaks FTW
I ripped a TON of series 1. Jumbos & hanger boxes mostly. Will probably only get a few hangers of series 2. Although the rookie checklist is solid for series 2 I liked the series 1 better
Can’t wait to get my hands on this, got some very high ceiling rookie potential!
I do like those ‘88 all-star inserts. Brings me back to my youth. Thinking I’ll put that set together, since it shouldn’t break the bank. Thanks for the preview video, Stryker!
Yeah man, same here, I love em
88 all star design FTW 🤘👍
You mentioned the whole people asking me to slow it down. Tough to dial in on the who's hot too because it changes as the season continues. Pre season it was almost strictly Harris and Adley but it's changed quite a bit since then. I do think it was nice though to describe all the nuances of collecting. Maybe make a video about the basics of collecting, explaining terms, what to look for, etc? Maybe you've made that video but I don't remember seeing it. I know it can be intimidating getting back into the hobby. Love the content though, keep it up man.
Thanks for ripping these new packs 😊
Good call on those SP/SSP. I'm back in after 30 years or so and pulled a Wander SP without knowing what I had. Some marking would be nice for these old eyes, that code is tiny. haha
definitely going to rip more of this than s1.
Why? Seems like not as many good rookies to chase... - WW
@@WanderingWolf365 odds are significantly better.
im new to collecting went all out on buying retail boxes 600.00 bucks worth still waiting for it to come in the mail cant wait ive been a yankee fan for all my life
Sweet silver watkins!
Having back surgery on 6/20? Constant pain until then? I NEED TWO THINGS: Prescription strength anti-inflammatory... AND STRYKER REPLAYS! GO STRYKER GO!
Give us a follow if you want to see more Topps Series 2!
Mariano rivera my faveorite card
I’m happy hobby boxes are going to be the way to go. Not a fan of jumbo boxes lol
awesomeness
Searching for 2023 Topps Series 2 in the desert is dedication!
curious why you use top loaders if sending to PSA. Do you store them in the top loaders then swap to card savers when you ship them out ? Thanks
yes
Series 1 retail was just as good if not better then hobby was for us. Pulled a Christopher Morel auto from a hanger so that was really nice. Heavy lumber acuna jr was our best hobby hit. Hopefully for series 2
Stryker should start doing voice overs for movies....chills lol....Nice first box with the rookie gold and the rookie auto. Adley was a neat card. I like the inserts in this set. That black is nice but yeah I groaned to when I saw the name.
Yeah I was collecting Basketball Cards in the late 80s early 90s, the Jordan-Bird-Magic-Shaq era, and the Inserts were the absolute fire. I don't recall ever seeing a parallel in either sport back then. I collected Baseball from the mid 70s though to about 87-88, I didn't like the junk wax trend so I quit.
Hey Stryker, should I get one jumbo and two hobby’s or 4 hobby’s? Would greatly appreciate your advice!
Very Macho Man-esque....I like it! 😂
I like the video and i liked the video
Hey bro great video! Just picked up a box of these. Can’t wait to rip into them. I’m new to all this.
Cheers⚜️🍻
I hate the golden mirrors, and I just hope and wish they bring back the regular sp and ssp etc
Does it ever make sense to send away base rookies - or any base, for that matter - for grading?
Hey Stryker- didn't you say your got screwed on those groupon coupons for fanatics? They work on series 2 hobby boxes.
Pretty sure that pic of trout and Vladdy is an ssp
Have you ever opened up a hobby box and not received any relic or auto? Because that happened to me today and everything was factory sealed.
Will that Corbin be in your eBay store?
Lol that is the card I want to I'm a big diamondback fan
Trench Coat Guy for the win!
Got a hobby box from series one, and was disappointed. One gold, two rainbows and a relic. The relic was numbered to 25, though. But not many hits for a hobby box. I thought the inserts where poor, so that didn’t help. I don’t like the All Aces as much as others do.
Looking forward to getting series 2. The WBC cards look like a decent insert.
Orange juice 🧃
Haven't come out in our neck of the woods just yet, may have to go over to eBay to try and find a good deal on at least one hobby box. Will try to land some of those hangers and fat packs if they ever show up here LOL. Loved the video, you seemed to do a little bit better in this rip than what you did in the first rip of this product. Keep up the great work and you and your family have a good, safe, fun and blessed rest of your day and week.
I’m new to collecting. Do you know when these hobby boxes be available in hobby stores? Also, what do you do with all your base cards? Do you try to complete the set? Thanks.
I put the base set together in a binder. After that, I give away my extra base commons. I put them in team bags and take them to either a hospital to give to kids who are sick, or to a women/children shelter in town. There are guys online who will take your common cards and give them to children’s hospitals.
That’s so awesome! Great to know. Thank you. Looking forward to more videos. Glad I found the channel.
I do like the WBC cards.
Can't wait for update and Elly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This video is definitely about 2s 😂
These intros are 🔥 😂😂😂
I get lots of good front the 20$ box
How do you send the Base cards to get graded?
Esteury Ruiz is who I’m chasing
So who’s included in the “red headed step child” insert? K?
Nice video man. What's the difference between the Series 1 and 2 of these 2023 Topps baseball cards?
My guy Stryker using "The force" to pull hobby boxes from the topps warehouse to rip before the release date! 😂. Can't wait to rip some of these hopefully this weekend! Looking for a nice fransisco Alvarez parallel!
On sale for $62.95 box now
Kole Calhoun isn't that bad. Surprised the Yankees didn't give him a chance to play. What would be a bummer would be getting a black Aaron Bummer. That would be getting a bummer.
So what's the best product
1 auto 2 boxes?
It sucks to see Topps pull a Panini and remove all the good hits out of retail. At least they aren't trying to sell hobby boxes for over $1000. Series 1 isn't even worth buying anymore with how they produce so many different rookie cards. If a player has a true rookie card in series 1,2 and update, whats the point?
I do have a question for you Stryker or Chat. On the aces inserts could you combine series One & Two and complete the set? Or is there a difference?
I got a numbered kris Bryant guaranteed thing it was numbered
Where do you find detail of each card? Is there a value site?
Also what do you do with the cards you place to the right? The extra cards?
And finally, sorry for all the questions where would sell the valuable cards?
I did not receive an autograph or a relic in my hobby box. Will topps make up for that if I message them, or is not guaranteed?
As always, you are #1 in the game. I am not digging Topps Series 2 right now. Maybe the retail options will be better.
If you get the grade you don’t like, do you send it somewhere else? I’m new at the collecting cards. Thank You😊
Not being ignorant here, but how were you allowed to rip early?? Even in the previous vid?
Two hobbies or a jumbo?
I’ve opened up nothing but trash in 2023 series 1 w a ton of Hangar boxes.
Rough 3 boxes so far - WW
I hope COle Calhoun didn't see that... "bummer it's Cole Calhoun" hahah
how much one box cost ?
And I think if you get plus-minus over the feet or something of the homerun it turns into an autograph or you lose it? That's what they did last year