2024 TOPPS SERIES 2 (8) HANGERS VS. (4) BLASTER BOXES RETAIL REVIEW

[@Bryan45552]

Today I opened a hanger box with my nearly 1-year-old son for Father's Day. I gave him some commons to crawl around with, and he started chewing Lucas Sims. About a minute later, Sims gives up a 3-run Homer to Willy Adames so my Brewers could win on my 1st Father's Day. A special moment for this proud Papa.

[@StrykerBreaks]

😂 good stuff

[@TrueREDSfan1]

Hey, what a great memory. I'm a Reds fan, so I'm happy something good came from yesterday's loss. Awesome, man.

[@SpecialistGuava]

😂😂😂happy Father’s Day man

[@Baseballify]

W son happy Father’s Day 😂

[@farmtownsports]

Love it!! 🤣

[@andrewmoore1488]

Always thankful for your breakdown videos. You're so much more informative than a lot of other channels are especially for a guy like me who just likes to collect and doesn't care so much about selling anything. Keep up the great work.

[@fles0050]

Out of 6 hangers: (1) image variation SP (1) orange foil /299 (2) yellow foils (2) red foils /199 (3) rainbow foils (1) retail blue (12) retail yellows and a Jackson Chourio SP Pretty happy

[@averytingle5260]

I got my dad 2 hangers for Father’s Day and he pulled a Jackson Chourio short print out of one.

[@snkrheadndaatl77]

Where did you get the code to check if the card was an sp or ssp? I've been looking but can't find it

[@MrHahaveryhappy]

How can you what is a short prints

[@stoopkid2006]

? ​@@MrHahaveryhappy

[@brianware8934]

My first hanger of series 1 I got from BiMart and got a yellow Evan Carter. Waiting for that one to come back from PSA.

[@acatal008]

As I’m watching this just pulled Chrome Yamamoto, Chrome Carter, Chrome Rafaela, Aqua Sale numbered, Purple numbered and that’s 2 boxes in! Hangers really are bangers 😅

[@chidvon5064]

I got a rookie Yamamoto yesterday

[@frootloopfaygo]

I got a /799 Yamamoto rookie and /2024 Yamamoto gold rookie

[@cameroncan2]

3 hangers, pulled a 34/50 spencer steer yellow crackle foil, and a 134/199 kirby puckett all star relic

[@poketrainerjosh83]

My first hangers I got the yellow and yellow foil of ely in the two boxes from same store

[@chrisc4264]

Thank you for sharing. Due to cost and finances, I'm going to have to hold out for Chrome and Update. Chrome should have MVP buybacks and the Update checklist should be loaded. If buying Series 2, I'd avoid blasters as you demonstrated. In the past, hangers have been bangers. Hangers or fat packs seem the best way to go.

[@WinningScore-e6z]

Great review! Loved the comparison between hangers and blaster boxes!

[@robertkoch9997]

I opened 2 blasters got a trevor story independence day and 2 statue of libertys, opened 1 hobby got a jackson merrill sp, ezequiel duran camo, mike trout 89 as relic and a miguel rojas platinum 1/1, diggin the hobby boxes, great video! Happy Fathers Day!

[@christopherhankerson1770]

Great video!! I just started collecting again after years. I got an /10 Marcell Ozuna that is clear. Are those pretty valuable? It’s hard to find them on eBay or anything since there are only 10 out there but idk if it’s something I should sell or hold onto?

[@burno7799]

Jabs definitely pulled an SP out of retail. You two are my go-to channels and I'm just glad you both got a card in Big League. I've only pulled yours though.

[@burno7799]

It was a Jackson Merrill out of a hanger box

[@alexsaavedra2905]

Nothing beats these breakdown videos

[@iancoen1792]

Any parallels that are exclusive to one format are essentially base cards when compared to the set as a whole from all formats.

[@erynlabrador4500]

Pulled the Victor Wembanyama first pitch ssp. I’m in Hilo Hawaii blaster box from Target🤙🏽

[@jasonalloyd]

I like when you do these comparison videos. It's nice to get 4-5 parallels a box but Topps seems to avoid putting good parallels in these boxes like you said. Getting 32 parallels is nice but only 2 were good lol.

[@conanvalencia329]

Have opened a ton of retail and got no SP but I did get a 1 of 5 holiday parallel fireworks of Baltimore brotherhood

[@popsdyer731]

Great info, I’ll be looking for hangers myself. Although around here they are rare

[@HoldFastCards]

A little late to the party on this video. But today I pulled the Wyatt Langford SP, Vladdy superstars red 8/10, and a judge black relic /199. Out of three hangers

[@fwofred2018]

Pulled 2 SPs out of a retail display box. They were not turned backwards. You either have to know the variation image or check the code on the back. At least the codes are a little easier to read this year.

[@StrykerBreaks]

Good to know! Thanks for the heads up.

[@snkrheadndaatl77]

What are the codes? I've been trying to find them but have been unsuccessful

[@snkrheadndaatl77]

What are the codes? I can't seem to find them

[@JeffTigerThomas]

Hangers are Bangers! And the Meijer by me in Grandville this past Friday had a Buy One Get One 40% Off on all sportscards.

[@harrybrass007]

That's really cool. I was in the same store last Friday as well.. Bought 2 hangers and 2 fat packs. Didn't like the price though of 10.59 for a fat pack and 14.99 for a hanger. With the sale you save a few bucks though...

[@JeffTigerThomas]

@@harrybrass007 Yeah, I bought two of the hangers. After the discount they were something like 11.99 each.

[@ChesaFreakBoyzFishingVideos]

You can get the sp’s outta hangers. I’ve pulled a borderless Riley green. Sold for 80 raw. Got a homefield advantage Pete Crowe Armstrong and a single logo border sp/parallel. It’s been insane

[@LetTheWrite1inn]

Pulled a blue Shota, and first pitch Victor wembanyama from a blaster

[@ABoeing-]

I grabbed one blaster in the mall, and pulled a beach umbrella Nationals card, along with a blue foil Miguel Vargas. Going to grab hangers from now on, but glad my blaster hit. (Barnes and Noble never fails)

[@thomasprokop2749]

I bought 6 hangers and I’ve done pretty good so far. Pulled a #697 SP of Jackson Holiday a Black Border Ella da la Cruz 89 theme insert and. Yellow crack ice of Shota Imanaga

[@JesusHidrogo19]

I got Holliday SP off a series 2 value pack accidentally while I was at Ace hardware

[@SeanIceCream]

opened two blaster and got a check stroud auto an a Mother’s Day pink kershaw

[@mailman6155]

I seen a cut auto 1/1 of Honus Wagner pulled out of series 2 (jumbo) yesterday! 😮😮

[@StrykerBreaks]

WOW!

[@dthompson929]

I think you are definitely right Stryker....hangers are bangers & I pulled a city to city Henry Davis auto /99 & a team card camo /25 in 2 out of the 7 that i purchased...love your info on the breakdowns 👍⚾️

[@genegrim6111]

I bought two blaster boxs. In one of the boxs I got a pack with 24 cards in it. I was wondering my it was so thick.

[@JonGeandreau-kg1kj]

That happened to me from series one. Like 20 cards in one pack and a few packs with only 9 or 10 cards in them

[@its_DanB]

I just got a Spencer strider Red all star 1989 insert /10 out of a hanger… 1:7600 boxes! Was so cool seeing it come out of retail

[@brooksbreaks]

My best hit so far from the six blasters I've opened is PCA Golden Mirror.

[@scottie2d145]

I bought 4 hanger boxes from Target and hit a Cleveland Guardian Gold Mirror Variation. I have pulled my best cards from hangers this year.

[@liamcross395]

I'm going for hangers, but if they aren't on the shelf. I will buy some blasters. Thanks for sharing Stryker 👍 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

[@StrykerBreaks]

Thanks!

[@jjmccloud8540]

So I've heard some people calling the base holiday inserts "crop circles", and I feel that's about as good a description as is possible. Plus it adds an alien type vibe to the set which is always a plus for me. I did pull a Golden Mirror Pete Crow-Armstrong out of a blaster, but I don't expect that to be easy by any means.

[@rickhenderson399]

could be twenty per box but if they are all team cards and nonames what is the chase

[@richardtreanton8168]

My first fat pack is a 2024 BLB Topps and about 2 or 3 cards in I pulled Jasson Dominguez RC To The Moon. Fat packs are bangers.

[@axcelmandujano5067]

Did you found Jackson Merril Rookie? Thanks for the videos, love the content

[@Bendagoat-h5y]

I got a a lot of numbered cards from series 2 and my brother pulled a Jung hoo lee rookie auto

[@ramirohernandez4708]

Opened my first blaster. Pulled a Wemby blue border

[@StrykerBreaks]

That’s a beauty

[@MrRealtorGuy]

Awesome content, definitely subscribing. I’m new to collecting and the chart you made is definitely what I needed to watch! What’s your thoughts on the Topps Chrome? Do you recommend that over these or is the same?

[@StrykerBreaks]

Welcome aboard!

[@MrRealtorGuy]

Do you recommend the Bowman chrome or the topps boxes on the spreadsheet?

[@davidtran8695]

Hangers are bangers! I opened 1 blaster and got absolutely wrecked. I opened 3 hangers and I got a Ronald Acuña game-used base relic card, a Jonah Heim auto /50, and a Junior Caminero yellow rookie card

[@birdrules66]

Pulled a Austin Riley Team Color Match SP, Imanaga summer Beach Umbrella parallel, and a Red /10 Mike Schmidt on card auto out of 4 Blasters. My Blasters were on fire!

[@bowdownuw]

Got a blaster at Fred Meyer this morning for my son when grabbing some seeds and Gatorade for LL All Star Tourny… He pulled a gold Yamamoto

[@strewbarrry]

Pulled a Miguel Cabrera 89 orange chrome /25 from a hobby. Used your link of course

[@BillsMafia315]

If it’s an actual in game used relic, I feel like that’s absolutely amazing to have in the PC.

[@robhanson2653]

Opened one single blaster from my wife from Amazon and hit a ho lee vintage stock. Most likely the best you can expect to do unless you slap a whole case and then there's no guarantees

[@jodymarty3179]

I pulled a 22 Bobby rc sp from retail. But nothing from 24 so far.

[@treyvillarreal7834]

I hit a verlander golden mirror from series 1 in a hanger box

[@jakebeck6429]

We did pull a Jackson Holliday SP out of a target hanger. The one where he is batting.

[@StrykerBreaks]

Got ya, thanks!

[@coachlukez]

I have a Fanatics Box coming in and can’t wait for those Aqua’s!

[@Burroww]

Could you link me a fanatics box please ?

[@sidezskateshop1556]

Not liking the hits at the end, they were cozy and safe in the middle! Also noticing a bunch of base out of the hangers are missing the gloss on them / not printed right?!

[@chemoservantes]

You can pull 🔥 from Hangers, I ripped 20 and pulled 2 autos, one was a Dual Auto /10, a Golden Mirror, and multiple #'d parallels including a Ohtani /75.

[@stoopkid2006]

Lies

[@chemoservantes]

@stoopkid2006 The Dual Auto was Fisk/Varitek, the Golden was Steer. Look on the Bay at sold ones. You'll see three sams seller and if you look at available items you'll see the Ohtani plus a few others I pulled from 20 Hangers. The other auto I kept since it was a PC.

[@Todd2x]

Not sure if you're going to see this, but I went into my local B&N and i was looking for some hanger boxes. I didn't see any so I opted for one blaster, as I was checking out I spotted the hangers in a new location hanging up. I obviously couldn't return the blaster so I went home and ripped it. I pulled a 1989 Daniel Palencia auto. I pulled a purple speckle parallel, a rainbow, a blue, a hotdog, and 3 of the regular dotted holiday parallels. I also got one of the celebrity inserts, a HR challenge, and some other good name rookie inserts. Then again, I probably got super lucky and the sample size was only one box. I got the box for $24.95 with tax. I will probably stay away from blasters though, I just got really lucky.

[@SlowGraffitiVideo]

My brother got me a blaster for my birthday and I pulled a De La Cruz Hidden Gem. Then I wasted around $500 on Blasters over the summer, nothing. Bought one Hanger at Meijer Friday and pulled a Cruz gold /299. I’m just getting back into the game after a 30 year lapse so this channel has been priceless to discover.

[@RayRay_Davit]

"...I have yet to meet someone who collects relics ..." Lolz. Maybe the kindest way to say relics are low on the totem pole. This video is gold. Let's go.👍

[@oleary1580]

Pulled Yamamoto RC gold out of 50 in my 1st hobby box

[@xaviersanchez308]

That Fedde is cool! Need it for my White Sox collection!

[@PaulDigman]

I got the Jackson Chourio SP in a hanger box.

[@StrykerBreaks]

Good to know, thanks!

[@MirBandz]

I got a Cj shroud out of a Walmart blaster

[@thatguyronwaiters6485]

Got a hobby and it was pretty good no rookie parallels but I got a mother's day jose miranda,blue fantasy favorites judge and a baseball stars autograph of jackson Merrill 😅 I'm pretty good with that 😉

[@chrisduganesq]

I opened a blaster and got an /5 holiday of Daniel Fry...but Hangers are still bangers...got 2 golden mirror variations already...

[@dynamitelii501]

I purchased 4 Hobby & 2 Fanatics through the links, thanks!

[@CesarAbrego-gu9iq]

Oh and yesterday I pulled your sp with that same hat.😊🎉🎊

[@StrykerBreaks]

Yes!!!

[@WithTheBee]

When you say retail, what are you considering retail vs non retail? Are Fanatics boxes not the same?

[@ricog2343]

Call me crazy but all products offered for series 2 are legitimately really good I’ve had amazing luck this time around in all formats. Love a lot of the new inserts/ SSP’s A lot of fun for a very reasonable price

[@ricog2343]

Also my condolences, those blasters were trash compared to the 12 I opened lol I will say it was very hit or miss. In 12 blasters I had 3 hot dogs, an umbrella /50, 2 true photos, a team border, an Independence Day No names whatsoever but I mean for retail I couldn’t complain at all lol

[@peasey3041]

First two blasters, I pulled a Pete Crow-Armstrong HFA and a Bryce Harper Covering the Field /10.

[@SpockolateChips]

Appreciate you doing this but wish I would have watched before buying blasters. Blasters in series 1 and 2 have been killing me. Going forward I feel like blasters are pretty rough

[@CesarAbrego-gu9iq]

I've had extremely great luck with hangers. Out of only 6 I hit a 89 Josh Jung auto. A Manny Machado jersey relic a First Pitch auto of CJ Stroud.😳😮😊 Out of only 2 Mega box's 1 had a Heavy Lumber of Ken Griffey Jr.😳😮😊 Out of 6 blaster's a base relic of Lindore to 99 and 2 Umbrella parallel's a hot dog one and a Statue of Liberty parallel.😳😮😊

[@DroptheShip173]

The retail blasters can surprise you at random, I pulled a lhfa Babe Ruth from this same blaster, but yeah not many parallels

[@Mike-z7l2q]

Update will be 🔥 Skenes Halloween blaster parallels and Yellow Crackle Nice vid again 👍

[@karlkoch6807]

Thank-you for the education

[@bmhitman98]

I’ve pulled a retail blue elly and one of the yellow ellys

[@boy1da23]

I just pulled your Big League SP card from a blaster I ordered on Amazon lol

[@StrykerBreaks]

Nice!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@brianware8934]

Blasters are bad at $30, they’re $35 at my local Walmart. Only other place to get blasters is 45 miles away from me. Def grabbing hangers. Did that for series 1 too.

[@Deevoized]

Just too many parallels that not many people care about at this point. On top of that, it's hard to trust "Short print" because you see hundreds of the rookie SPs already on eBay. Hangers for sure feel like the "best" retail format, but even those are kind of rough.

[@briangarven4514]

I just bought a jackson Merrill sp at a card show from a guy who supposedly pulled it along with an andrew jones auto in a hanger box.

[@phillyPhantic-211]

Love the video, but love the knife more

[@colemontgomery6879]

Stryker I’ve bought 1 blaster and pulled a true photo out but I’ve heard blasters aren’t the best thinking I just got lucky with mine

[@HipsterHairdoooo]

First 2024 series 2 Hobby box I pulled the Funny Face Jackson 1/1 Endy Rodriguez silver pack Gold Gunner Not normal but earned lol

[@RayRay_Davit]

Ope.... forgot to mention i pulled a Wyatt Langford SP outta a hanger from Walmart ✌️

[@justbaseballcards5563]

13 gold 13 chrome 7 blue shimmer 5 purp 23 blue 30 rainbow 5 green 3 aqua 2 orange 1 red 6-7 hrc 6 yellow foil 2-3 yelllow crackle . Hanger case average

[@justbaseballcards5563]

Broke 15 of each. These were the averaged yields.

[@justbaseballcards5563]

Ssp are in both

[@justbaseballcards5563]

Havent pulled the holiday sssp. Usually get 2 auto and 2-3 relics in both. 40/70 lumber HFA Platinum Performers all found in both.

[@justbaseballcards5563]

Sorry, both hanger cases and blaster cases.

[@kimberlymaxfield2196]

How many hangers per case

[@jackteppo9633]

I pulled a Jordan Lawler yellow. Don't know what it's value is. Can't find it

[@RawGradeCards]

Happy Fathers Day Stryker!! As of right now, staying away from retail. Although I wouldnt mind a hot dog pararrel of a good rookie 🌭🌭🌭

[@jaybarnes8034]

You and Zack Hample are the best.

[@raffy313]

What's the best format to find short prints?

[@jasonward3295]

2022 Update hangers, I pulled some monsters of Bobby and Julio, so just luck of the individuals.

[@nickbadry4122]

Got a numbered hotdog refractor

[@darksparkgaming1558]

I pulled Oswald Peraza purple #561/799 in my blister pack. I’ve tried to do some research on it but haven’t been able to find anything yet. Any input would be appreciated!

[@jackteppo9633]

I live in the Cleveland area and they have $1 hotdog nights. Sugardale.

[@nickbadry4122]

Opened two blasters today got 4 numbered cards and a rookie elly de la cruz... the homerun challenge say they're expired for whatever reason

[@SidneyMartell]

Got Mitchell number to 50 holiday in blasters 2 numbered parallels

[@castortroy22]

I just hit a CAMO /25 out of a hanger!

[@AnthonyDorney]

Definitely a lot of parallels in hanger boxes! Blasters just seem meh to me in comparison. Hangers are definitely bangers I bought 3 from my local walmart and the 1st one had a Yamamoto rookie HFA in it along with an Imanaga yellow rookie!

[@adamwilson7627]

Where does everyone buy their cards from?? I want to make sure my son is getting legit boxes. Especially the jumbo ones

[@lastcalll2291]

Appreciate the breakdown. 🤝

[@goxybr]

I pulled a Jackson Merrill out of a hanger box.

[@henryfinlay4010]

Mr. Stryker I can't find anything on a fantasy favorites out 10 for freddie freeman. From retail. Any guess on what it's worth?

[@chrisduganesq]

Does anybody know if the Phiilies Kevin Hart cards are out of Fanatics only blasters or not? I havent hit one yet between series 1 and 2...Its driving me INSANE..thx.

[@frontrowcards778]

GREAT COMPARISON VIDEO