There are many different types of collectors out there. Some collectors prefer to rip packs, some collectors prefer to buy single cards, and some prefer to just do trades. I tend to do a little of all of the above. For many that are in to just ripping packs, retail blaster boxes, which typically sell for around $22~$23 dollars after tax, are their go to for acquiring cards and hoping for a nice hit. I enjoy ripping a blaster from time to time but I typically stick with hobby, it's what's available in Korea, and my retail luck is typically pretty bad. I have spent up to $250 bucks on retail at one time to only get 1 auto and I could have bought 2 hobby boxes and gotten multiple autos and other hobby only cards.
Anyway, about a month or two ago I noticed people on Twitter posting vintage pick ups with the
#betterthanablaster (
@ShaneKatz73 I believe). I thought to myself that I could also get behind the movement. After all, I am trying to expand my vintage Cardinals collection and I am working on a Bob Gibson vintage PC. So while funding my
COMC store credit in order to pay for the processing of
my submission, I decided to throw a bit of extra money in my account to play a little #betterthanablaster too. This bit of extra cash led to the following additions to my Gibby PC for a cost of about $22 so I would guess that qualifies as #betterthanablaster worthy.
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| 1960 Topps #73 |
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| 1963 Post #166 |
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| 1965 Topps #12 |
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| 1966 Topps #225 |
For $22, I don't feel like this was a bad deal. I have a feeling that there will be many more #betterthanablaster purchases in the near future when I have a spare $20 in the COMC account.
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