LOADED or BUSTED? 2024 Topps Update Blaster Boxes PUT TO THE TEST

[@pace1134]

Blaster are currently available at Best Buy for 24.99

[@FLYFISHTIE]

on the bright side the cold hands parallels do up the odds in your breaks! Have a great week.

[@Monsterbox_Cards-ci6gr]

Dude! Great to hear your thoughts on differences in distribution. I have some conspiracy theories on Regional distribution and collation. As a set builder, I notice certain patterns in product from the same source. So I buy from different places around the US to mix it up. Cheers!

[@jeffjones8866]

Got a gold mirror of josh gibson yesterday. I'm happy with my blaster box.

[@LetsTurn2]

The one blaster I have opened was from a hobby shop. I didn't know there was a difference in batches. I pulled 2 short print holiday parallels and an independence day rookie parallel. If you ever have the time, check out the vid. I'd appreciate any feedback. Awesome vid as always!

[@shakascloset1700]

I'll check it out 👍

[@AZSportsCardRips]

Pretty good from retail. I had to buy hobby jumbos to get an Indepemdence Day (& Father’s Day, plus a bunch of gold /2024). Jumbo Hobby is the format for me.

[@Shumanbreaks]

I ordered 3 blasters from target got a Holliday HFA Ohtani jack o lantern and Chourio base Holliday

[@AZSportsCardRips]

Card junkie & Stryker subbie here. Wow. Just hit one local GameStop - ALL SOLD OUT of Update. Went to another GameStop that just last week had fat packs - and for a dollar less than Walmart’s $7.99 price - and they were sold out. Only a few blasters left. My go-to Barnes & Noble had one Update blaster box left and I took it. Last week the blaster I bought there I hit a Jackson Merrill rainbow foil true RC. Wish me luck !

[@jimbrand8310]

I pulled a skenes from 799 from a blaster from hobby shop. But it had a couple of white spots on left edge. And a Jackson Holliday/2024. Those were the first blaster I opened.

[@jams1953]

Looking forward to watch you open the fanatics blasters

[@StrykerBreaks]

Can’t wait to get them!

[@billypetro1940]

Absolutely love Topps update. I love your videos keep em coming. It’s weird sometimes retail blasters are awesome and other times they’re terrible. In the end it’s all a gamble and it’s usually not in the buyers favor unfortunately. It’s still fun regardless. Again love the content!!

[@notbopzy8951]

got 1 blaster from my hobby shop, pulled Jackson Holliday HFA! only update i’ve opened. Very satisfied

[@robertfrank1472]

Guess I should feel lucky for pulling a Skenes debut holiday out of the 5 blasters I ordered from Topps. Excited to receive the fanatics boxes

[@davidarce5201]

My fanatics blaster are now delayed a week. Hopefully I can find some regular blaster til then.

[@Kbunk_Youth_Football_Wrestling]

I've opened 3 retail blasters and all of the holiday cards were base ones....but I did get a Mothers Day Josh Gibson and an Acuna Stratospheric Stars. The later seems pretty rare as they come out at 1 per every 5 blaster cases.

[@thelegend6191]

They should just number those holiday parallels if they're short printed. It would make them more valuable it seems, to me

[@cjsgamehouse223]

Hey Stryker. Nice vid but you missed another paw patrol Aaron judge at 14.59

[@BabyJesus440]

nice catch

[@cjsgamehouse223]

@@BabyJesus440 Thanks

[@markthompson7503]

Good morning Stryker....always love the comparisons

[@jakebovair]

14:59 you hit another paw patrol

[@olelindbo9096]

Nice catch I missed that had to look back.

[@Bryan45552]

I think I've ripped around 15 target blasters, with Elly debut holiday and Gold /2024, an Adam Duvall SSP, Jack O'Lantern Ohtani Trout and SIX paw patrols are the highlights. Glad the paw patrols sell so easily

[@fultonunfoilssportscards962]

They also say Holiday parallels inside like the last couple fanatics blasters

[@alexsaavedra2905]

I'm loving the blasters. Have only opened 6 from target online. Fun rips. Pulled 2 of those Judge paw patrols so definitely not too rare. As far as dart throws, you're not wrong. Only big parallel I've pulled outside of a Soto HFA was a Skeenes Duo card skeleton out of 50. Just bought 10 hangers from Gamestop, hopefully they'll be fun as well.

[@AZSportsCardRips]

Great vid as always Stryker 👍 I bought one of the last 3 blasters at Barnes & Noble and not a bad rip: Jackson Merrill RC rainbow foil (NOT rookie debut), Tyler Black RC blue foil /999 & Jack Leiter RC Halloween base parallel. Not a bad rip, only one royal blue parallel and not of a rookie. Zero gold /2024 which I found a lot of in hobby jumbos. All Walmarts/Targets near me are out of Update. GameStop was well-stocked on blasters but someone cleaned them out of hangers (though they’re available on their site).

[@pdubya-L]

It ain't science, but it's close enough, thanks for the experimentation Stryker!

[@mnplumberman]

Got my 1st 10 hangers from Game Stop. Hit a Langford True RC Blue, Skenes debut blue, Holliday Rainbow Foil, 2 mems, Shota Debut gold, Wynn debut Yellow Crackle /50, Caminero Mythical /299, Paw Patrol, a couple other #'d cards, and a few decent Yellows. The number of dart throw were what I was hoping for and this time they luckily hit pretty good.

[@bobgriffin8472]

Endless update rips. Of all kinds. Let’s goo. My 7 blasters were better than my jumbo. Jus sayin’. Thanks again Stryker

[@kenwest922]

Got a Cats on backup shortstop. Also pumpkins.

[@BrewersKill823]

4 boxes from GameStop were BANGERS. black elly 89, paw patrol parallel, black caminero relic, holiday rainbow fractor, skenes chrome stars, and more color (orange red foils, gold/2024, etc)

[@jasonward3295]

Funny, we thought the same thing about Logofractor boxes, because they had "hobby direct" ones that we ripped a case of and it was fire. It had a red acuna auto, orange J Dom auto, etc.. Then ripped the ones you bought online from Topps and Fanatics, they were ok, but not like the first case.

[@RobOwenMusician]

What is up, Stryker! Hope you're enjoying this mild weather we're having here in Mid-Michigan.

[@jjmccloud8540]

I opened a couple blasters today, and got an error card. Hector Neris base holiday parallel, they have his name as "H...CTOR". His base card has the E in his name so it's not across the board. But my luck hasn't been too great on the parallels either. Always love watching you rip.

[@MikeLeonard-d1t]

I am not sure how expensive a gunnar henderson 2024 topps gold crackle /50 would be but by any chance do you think it could be expensive

[@robmiller5841]

You hit Jackson Holliday /999 that was a good pull.

[@ashem-a11]

but didn't you say they have outside auditor to make sure they don't do anything fishy, wouldn't stacking the first couple of boxes with one player be that? just wondering

[@krisbolhuis846]

That's what i love about you! I watched your first video this morning while i was catching walleye in iowa. You took one for the team with a dozen crappy blasters. Now you say, "F that garbage! I'll open more!!!" Lol. Love it! No wonder you have over 100k subs! You're the man! Keep ripping brother! And get me some caminero cards!! ❤❤

[@TizzyTown]

How were your black/gold inserts as far as print quality? All of my Mystical and one Black Gold had what looks like glue/adhesive marks underneath the top of the card finish. Sent them back to Topps already just think I had a bad box.

[@andrewmcneal683]

Baseball cards are the greatest hobby!

[@jacobludwig4423]

What do feel about topps mlb Japan edition 2023 Thanks for your time and wonderful content.

[@mperry0913]

Great video! This was exactly what I was commentating on yesterday. Different SKUs means it's very possible certain blasters contain better/more hits. Love to see a video where you get 3 from a Target, Card Shop, Fanatics/Topps, Walmart, Meijer, and Gamestop and I bet there will be major differences. Okay. Taking off the conspiracy hat for now. lol

[@Marceaucards]

Ah I'm trying to get a large rainbow of strand I have a ton from reg topps, heritage and chrome

[@fluffyknuckles1228]

We had absolute garbage luck on pulls from 5 hobby direct blasters and 2 jumbo packs. Have 3 more direct blasters on the way and 5 fanatics promo boxes coming. Hopefully better luck with those!

[@fluffyknuckles1228]

I just want to get my nephew one good hit to get him hooked!

[@joesmith-es1zy]

I've noticed a lot of the green parallels seem to have faded looking photos, I assume it has something to do with the printing process.

[@Hot_Streak_Sports]

I pulled a mummy paul skens and didnt notice it was numbered to 50 till i saw you pull a mummy 😂 thanks for helping me out brother keep up the great work

[@marcmikesell5280]

I’ve opened 8 blasters from my LCS and haven’t pulled anything notable along with 2 target blaster and 6 fats packs from game stop with nothing notable from either of those either. I keep watching videos of people pulling heat from up and my buddy bought his first baseball blaster ever because I told him he should try update and he got an auto, legend HFA and a black cars parallel all out of his first blaster. The good stuff just isn’t coming my way lol.

[@DexterTheDuck]

My GameStop boxes sucked vs what I ordered from Ebay (I assume Topps direct)

[@mnplumberman]

More than anything, I would love to know who exactly gets/sells EA vs. SE vs. Hobby Direct. Have seen a few rumors, but never a concrete answer. In Series 2, I noticed you could hit the Insert Platinum 1/1's out the the SE Hanger/Blasters but not the EA. I hit a City to City Corbin Red auto /25 out of a Hanger box. I noticed the EA hanger odds was 1 : 13,442 and the SE were 1 : 14,311. Both high odds, but 900 Hanger boxes is a pretty big difference at those odds. Also for the gold to /50 autos of that insert the SE odds are actually better. So it would be nice to know which product I am actually buying.

[@ryanj7956]

Cool experiment, thanks for sharing! Logistically, it seems tough for Topps to spend too much time filtering for such a massive product like this but it seems plausible that a disproportionate number of good hits go to Hobby (not sure about h blasters). Also, I'm confused as well about the Fanatics boxes. All three releases have had incorrect info on the site and also the odds are even different from both the site and reality.

[@crawfish777]

New subscriber loving the channel keep up the great work just getting back to collecting after 30yr layoff glad I found someone to teach me the odds and end just ripped a jackson merrill holiday parallel 4/10 cats not sure what the value is be real happy for a low number !! Thanks agian!!

[@bendonahoe9235]

Got a 1/1 Cody Bellinger stars of mlb platinum out of a blaster from Target

[@robmiller5841]

What’s the print run on the blues?

[@Chip-dg7wy]

I opened five blasters from target and all my parallels were junk, $7 card was probably the best. Maybe the issue is there are no stars just about 15 cards we would like to hit out of 350. At least when you’re missing rookies but hitting Witt, Ohtani, and Judge parallels it feels better. There are so many bad cards in the checklist that it makes me miss pulling a vet parallel. Or maybe they saved the good ones for fanatics. I hope so because I have 24 boxes coming 😂

[@brandonreed9226]

Thanks for ripping those duds and getting them out of the way. Ive got 3 blasters on the way from Target. OH SKEENES SKEENES SKEENES MOFOS!

[@FSLong1]

The problem is when your LCS charges $35 for a blaster, is it worth it at that price? Also be sure to double check any Autumn Tales cards, because I missed it the first time when I pulled it and it ended up being a Babe Ruth #'d 75!

[@SidneyMartell]

Some of my buddy s are giving up on collecting and buying cards sad I will continue cause have love for the hobby..

[@midwesttrainchasers8587]

Sadly card collecting has become an addiction not a true hobby anymore

[@jasonvtsportsguy2692]

Awesome video! Love baseball cards!

[@SamuPlay01]

Can you please talk about the CT scanning situation bro? I have being collecting cards since 2020 and now I’m afraid to buy those boxes 📦 because I saw the news 📰 that came out about this situation.

[@mnplumberman]

Nobody is CT scanning newly released retail or even Flagship Hobby. It is only a concern on higher end or older products. It is a concern, but at this point doesn't effect 99% of the hobby.

[@SamuPlay01]

@@mnplumbermanthanks appreciate the answer bro! 😎 let’s keep going than.

[@PastPresentBall]

Ripped 6 fat packs today got one numbered and one rainbow…that was it

[@CGCHARLI3]

Love the vids!

[@dthompson929]

Got 6 blasters from target....a mummy ohtani japanese hr record & a skenes let him cook gold parallel/75 along with the judge paw patrol & a skenes Halloween parallel so i think i did ok👍⚾️

[@bmac6730]

Oh yeah, it can be worse! Imagine opening a box of cosmic chrome, and it's basically a series 2 retail box with cosmic chrome backgrounds.

[@raginggamer2109]

I bought 10 blasters from game stop yesterday (3 different stores) and two of the blasters had no Holliday cards)

[@altonT]

2 blasters from GameStop, 3 from my LCS. About the same. One box from each had 2 numbered, the others had 1. Pulled a holiday /50. Why do they call it a mummy when there are skeletons on it?

[@JBoles-pb9nc]

You’re a numbers guy and I know you share your data freely on odds, but what would you be willing to share your short term profit % on your personal rips?

[@riggedgame012]

i ordered blasters from GameStop and pulled Independance Day Junior C, Paw patrol x2 , X2 Fathers day Ohtani...out of only 5 blasters

[@buffetline2605]

Doing the real work!

[@danielmaldonado4741]

Bought 5 blaster box from GameStop and they were really brutal!!! 😩😩

[@jeffreywarrick75]

Good video, Stryker! I'm not seeing much of a difference between the blasters. Very random. I have 6 online Target blasters... opened 3 so far, and got only base Halloween cards. The Fanatics blasters have been delayed until at least Nov 7th. I want your Michael A. Taylor parallel card! I'll buy if you put it on your ebay store. Big fan. He was great with the Nats and helped us win the World Series. 😃

[@uncfester8230]

Hey atleast no Sal frelicks ..lol i have noticed thru the years the initial load usually has the better rookies better hits ..golds of names ..i have always wondered do they send the majority if the Skenes numbered to the pittsburgh area …but of all the huge rookies how thru all those blasters have you not hit one gold of a stud or even debut ..also seems like the lower numbered parrallels are in the hangers ..small sample size but from what i have watched

[@billcain7821]

Excellent video and I do have to agree with you when rippin fer yerself you seem to do a swing and just miss foul. When rippin fer a break you seem to continue hitting it out of the park fer everyone. Can't wait to see you rip those Fanatic Blasters, it should prove to be interesting to say the least yes, no, maybe, sometimes, always, never? You and yer family have a good, safe and blessed rest of yer day and upcoming week.

[@ericfroman2990]

Stryke-Man... thanks for taking all the crappy parallels out of circulation. You are "salting" the field for everyone else 🤣🤣🤣. Sorry Brotha!

[@JonMayer-vx9np]

Got 4 holiday parallels in each of the 3 blasters from GameStop. All base parallels, no rare ones.

[@bigtbomb]

It seems you are really trying to like retail but hobby remains king.

[@xKalamity]

tough scene the past couple of videos... hopefully you'll get another heavy lumber fat pack case to make up for it

[@nevercold808]

They definitely nerfed the pull rates on the big name parallels with these blasters. That was kinda ridiculous for the amount you ripped.

[@olelindbo9096]

Cold dead hands McGee 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@EmBee_that_dude]

Hey Stryker. Great video man. Maybe next time you open some personal stuff you can act like it's going to be a break and fool the card Gods.

[@Slashingsanta]

I got a Elly and Jrod pumpkin

[@radicooldad5219]

Was it Westburg or Holliday that finished the season poorly and was demoted? I opened 4 blasters from Target and got 3 of those Paw patrol cards. Not rare or that cool, hope I don't see another one of those... Thanks for the rip!

[@pirate64664]

Can we see your entire collectiom?

[@djmynyl]

You open so many packs for us. That sometimes you take the l so that we don't have to.

[@CletusMoon]

Someone somewhere found the mother load of all the Skenes and Jacksons from these blasters 😂 just not Stryker this time

[@rayveck493]

Look at the bright side No cabbage

[@kenwest922]

Lol

[@Mr.KrustyRipszz]

Stryker you the man 💯 Dodgers for the Win 🏆 Yankees suck 😂

[@StrykerBreaks]

Thanks for watching! 😁

[@brocklowe118]

I got 6 from game stop and got zero names

[@michaelv6354]

Seems like for the money you gotta buy hobby just for the guaranteed autos.

[@Chip-dg7wy]

Except 90% of the autos you don’t even want.

[@bobgriffin8472]

Now that was a poo poo platter of parallels. See it even happens to the best

[@StrykerBreaks]

Indeed!

[@FleshXHoarder74]

I love by the end you can't hold back you're yucks lol

[@AZSportsCardRips]

I just hit a Golden Image Variation while ripping a ‘24 Topps Update blaster (last one at Barnes & Noble). Also hit a Paul Skenes Topps Chrome (Stars of MLB), a Gold /2024 dual RC, a Halloween RC & a Royal Blue dual RC. Love your channel Stryker! P.S. Please check out my videos including the Golden Image Variation pull- thx!

[@krisbolhuis846]

Why do you gloss over the rookies, the Jacksons, langford, elly, skenes, and completely discount Caminero? Lol. No disrespect to the others but Caminero will have the best career numbers in this set. I checked Grays sports Almanac.

[@cheeriosP]

You got a lot of pitchers and no names numbered # cards

[@timothymorrell4023]

only 180 ghosts and in 2 videos you have pulled 4 ....

[@chrishayes4166]

Paw patrol are goofy and look dime a dozen. Sell sell sell. Retail as a whole is really looking like quantity and not quality this year.

[@russellbradleigh3393]

PP-2 seems to be everywhere but I’d be pretty happy if I pulled PP-1

[@KashifMashi-q5q]

😢😅

[@josephalicia6761]

Hmmmmm

[@mle6271]

YAK I mean YUK pack and vomit boxes!!!!!!

[@SidneyMartell]

Topps and fanatics is ripping us off..hobby way to get better hits I buy pannini take chances got elly auto from pannini numbered to 35..

[@clydeorris4093]

Panini is total garbage my guy. Topps is wayyyyyyyyyyy better. You need a head check. Sounding like a Harris fan boy right now.

[@RipCityRipsftw]

We’ve got a Bronny fan on our hands

[@alexslepak53]

A complete waste of blasters or hangers, you know better only hobbyvor jumbo makes sense,if you gonna go cheap go buy scratch off tickets instead this way you can just throw it out instead of thinking you have a gold mine lol

[@mnplumberman]

You obviously know nothing about Flagship.

[@JTT311]

Few could get smoked this bad on a half case and remain jovial 🫡 that Elly is the only nice card