x1 Mega Box 2025 Stadium Club - Auto Hit

[Boinks]

All F/T unless marked.

Is it just me or do these feel cheaper than previous years? There's definitely less gloss. Also I am not a fan of the design, the white stripe that fades out on the top and bottom makes the photography look soft. Seems to be less parallels this year too, but I'm not sure if it's less inserts overall. I hit an auto so I can't really complain.

Notable base:
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1 Frank Thomas
16 Elly De La Cruz *PC
19 Cal Ripken Jr.
32 Mike Trout
99 George Brett
111 Cody Bellinger *PC
126 Bryce Harper
135 Ken Griffey Jr.
152 Juan Soto
155 Pete Alonso *PC
172 Derek Jeter *PC
174 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.


Notable base rookies:
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9 Nick Kurtz RC
60 Cam Smith RC
61 Drake Baldwin RC
64 Justyn-Henry Malloy RC
102 Dylan Crews RC
108 Agustin Ramirez RC
115 Luisangel Acuna RC
157 Thomas Saggese RC
175 James Wood RC
179 Kumar Rocker RC
187 Roki Sasaki RC
196 Ben Rice RC *PC
200 Hyeseong Kim RC

Parallels:
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Sepia Parallel 16 Elly De La Cruz *PC
Sepia Parallel 104 Giancarlo Stanton *PC
Sky Blue Parallel 23 Benton Doyle
Sky Blue Parallel 41 Adael Amador RC
Sky Blue Parallel 96 Gunnar Henderson
Sky Blue Parallel 101 Ryan Zimmerman
Sky Blue Parallel 114 Zach Wheeler
Sky Blue Parallel 121 Max Fried *PC
Sky Blue Parallel 151 Shane McClanahan
Sky Blue Parallel 177 Joe Mauer
Sky Blue Parallel 179 Kumar Rocker RC

Inserts:
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Concentration 9 Cade Horton RC
Concentration 15 Shota Imanaga
In Case Of Emergency Break Glass 6 Albert Pujols
In Case Of Emergency Break Glass 13 Jacob Wilson RC
In Case Of Emergency Break Glass 21 Kyle Tucker
Savage Sluggers 1 Julio Rodriguez
Savage Sluggers 17 Manny Machado
Yours For The Taking 7 Coby Mayo RC
Yours For The Taking 19 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Autographs ZD Zach Dezenzo RC Astros

[pwaldo]

All F/T unless marked.

Is it just me or do these feel cheaper than previous years? There's definitely less gloss. Also I am not a fan of the design, the white stripe that fades out on the top and bottom makes the photography look soft. Seems to be less parallels this year too, but I'm not sure if it's less inserts overall. I hit an auto so I can't really complain.

Yes it is cheaper. It seems like Fanatics has finally started their cost cutting moves on to the sets now. They ended MC and closed down eTopps and they just released a bare bones Topps Stadium Club. The photography is garbage, the design is bad, parallels have been changed and removed, they removed the chrome cards from it, etc. I don't even think you are guaranteed an autograph in every box in TSC now so you did do well.

[Boinks]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...odds-analysis/

Looks like autos are 1:3 mega boxes. They literally doubled the print run from last year though. No First Day Issue cards this year, wow... I was looking forward to the eventual Stadium Club basketball release, but now I'm hesitant.

[spuds1961]

Yes it is cheaper. It seems like Fanatics has finally started their cost cutting moves on to the sets now. They ended MC and closed down eTopps and they just released a bare bones Topps Stadium Club. The photography is garbage, the design is bad, parallels have been changed and removed, they removed the chrome cards from it, etc. I don't even think you are guaranteed an autograph in every box in TSC now so you did do well.

Agreed I bought 3 before I realized I should’ve just bought one to try. Did get 2 of 3 boxes with autographs and a couple of greens to 199 prince fielder and Matt Shaw. I will see how close I am to the set but won’t buy anymore as it is subpar to prior years.

[spuds1961]

All F/T unless marked.

Is it just me or do these feel cheaper than previous years? There's definitely less gloss. Also I am not a fan of the design, the white stripe that fades out on the top and bottom makes the photography look soft. Seems to be less parallels this year too, but I'm not sure if it's less inserts overall. I hit an auto so I can't really complain.

Notable base:
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1 Frank Thomas
16 Elly De La Cruz *PC
19 Cal Ripken Jr.
32 Mike Trout
99 George Brett
111 Cody Bellinger *PC
126 Bryce Harper
135 Ken Griffey Jr.
152 Juan Soto
155 Pete Alonso *PC
172 Derek Jeter *PC
174 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.


Notable base rookies:
------------------------------
9 Nick Kurtz RC
60 Cam Smith RC
61 Drake Baldwin RC
64 Justyn-Henry Malloy RC
102 Dylan Crews RC
108 Agustin Ramirez RC
115 Luisangel Acuna RC
157 Thomas Saggese RC
175 James Wood RC
179 Kumar Rocker RC
187 Roki Sasaki RC
196 Ben Rice RC *PC
200 Hyeseong Kim RC

Parallels:
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Sepia Parallel 16 Elly De La Cruz *PC
Sepia Parallel 104 Giancarlo Stanton *PC
Sky Blue Parallel 23 Benton Doyle
Sky Blue Parallel 41 Adael Amador RC
Sky Blue Parallel 96 Gunnar Henderson
Sky Blue Parallel 101 Ryan Zimmerman
Sky Blue Parallel 114 Zach Wheeler
Sky Blue Parallel 121 Max Fried *PC
Sky Blue Parallel 151 Shane McClanahan
Sky Blue Parallel 177 Joe Mauer
Sky Blue Parallel 179 Kumar Rocker RC

Inserts:
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Concentration 9 Cade Horton RC
Concentration 15 Shota Imanaga
In Case Of Emergency Break Glass 6 Albert Pujols
In Case Of Emergency Break Glass 13 Jacob Wilson RC
In Case Of Emergency Break Glass 21 Kyle Tucker
Savage Sluggers 1 Julio Rodriguez
Savage Sluggers 17 Manny Machado
Yours For The Taking 7 Coby Mayo RC
Yours For The Taking 19 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Autographs ZD Zach Dezenzo RC Astros

About the same as my boxes you did well with the Zach descenzo autograph I got a Kyle Manzardo and johan sanoja at least I think that’s his name. As pwaldo said no chromes and seems harder to hit numbered cards and they just feel cheap.

[Boinks]

Well, just to be sure I bought a blaster. It was WAY worse than half of a mega, if you can believe. I only got 5 parallels and 2 inserts. Yes, 2 inserts! Two of the packs were just base packs. All of my base was exactly the same as the base I got from the mega here by the way... Just terrible.

[spuds1961]

Well, just to be sure I bought a blaster. It was WAY worse than half of a mega, if you can believe. I only got 5 parallels and 2 inserts. Yes, 2 inserts! Two of the packs were just base packs. All of my base was exactly the same as the base I got from the mega here by the way... Just terrible.

It’s beginning to look like the nightmare we were expecting with Fanatics having this much control. Prices are skyrocketing and products are getting more watered down. I am a collector more than a seller but it would be nice getting your money’s worth on your purchase.

[Boinks]

It’s beginning to look like the nightmare we were expecting with Fanatics having this much control. Prices are skyrocketing and products are getting more watered down. I am a collector more than a seller but it would be nice getting your money’s worth on your purchase.

And they can't tell us that they're putting in less inserts so that they have more value, ie: there's less of them printed and in circulation. Because I looked it up and they made double the amount of product than they did last year.

[spuds1961]

And they can't tell us that they're putting in less inserts so that they have more value, ie: there's less of them printed and in circulation. Because I looked it up and they made double the amount of product than they did last year.

That’s why I usually stick to flagship hanger boxes but they even raised them 2 dollars this year and I don’t think the hits will be as plentiful.