Jumbo HTA Box Break

Wow, well that was very anticlimactic. That second box break was not nearly as awesome/fun as the first one. But I guess you always remember your first box....yes, that was a double entendre also known in the DC area as a sex funny. Ok, so I'm just gonna bang out (ok, I'll stop with the sex funnies) what I got in the second box (with comments) and then compare it to the Hobby box that I busted open earlier.

Rookie Photo Shoot Autograph (1:52 Jumbo) - Nick Fazekas
(Much like Fazekas' game, I am completely neutral with pulling this card.)
Copper Parallel (1:9 Jumbo) - 2; Vince Carter and Randy Foye
(Wow, a Vince Carter! Too bad this isn't 2000. And another Randy Foye? I feel like Peter Griffin in the episode where he becomes The Fonz. RANDYYYY!!! How does your own medicine taste, Seth McFarlane?)
Gold Parallel (1:3 Jumbo #ed to 2007) - 4; Ben Gordon, Jeff Green, Anderson Varejao, Tony Parker
(Ok, another BG? Sigh. The Jeff Green is the best of the four I suppose, but when your competition is Carlito and a Spur frenchman, it's like saying you're better than two deaf kids at hearing stuff.)
Own The Game (1:2 Jumbo)
Ok, when you're a Topps employee and you decide to have a subset called "Own The Game" and you selected Jason Kapono, Mikki Moore, and Kyle Korver because they lead the league in 3PT%, FG%, and FT% respectively, you should stand in front of a tank and light yourself on fire.
Generation Now (10:1 Jumbo)
Again, if this is the same guy who decided on "Own The Game," he should be shot underwater for this subset. Generation Now? How about Generation NO or Generation Never? Marcus Williams, Sean May, Hakim Warrick, Andrea Bargnani, Bill Walton's kid....I mean, I really have nothing more to say.
Bill Russell-The Missing Years (1:2 Jumbo) - 6 of em.
I must say, this was a nice touch. These cards look cool, but the Topps employee still needs to be repeatedly stabbed with a dull spoon for "Own The Crap" and "Generation Never" subsets.

Ok, so breaking down the two boxes:

Hobby Box ($30)
36 packs * 9 cards a pack = 324 cards
1 Generation Now Relic
1 1st Edition
3 Gold Parallels
4 Bill Russells
12 Generation Nows
4 Own The Games
3 Checklists
52 Rookie Cards
Complete Set (including Rookies) achieved

Jumbo Box ($40)
10 packs * 46 cards a pack = 460 cards
1 Rookie Photo Shoot Autograph
2 Copper Parallels
4 Gold Parallels
6 Bill Russells
10 Generation Nows
4 Own The Games
4 Checklists
70 Rookie Cards
Complete Set? No clue.

So it looks like Topps definitely bifurcated the type of special inserts that you could get with the Hobby and Jumo boxes. With the "high-end" (meaning, $3) cards, there was no overlap (finding copper and rookie autos in one box, relic card in the other). I can't even determine which box was the better value or taking value aside, which box had the better cards. I don't know what the standard of measure is here, so I'll just say the Hobby box wins out over the Jumbo box because it had less Generation Nos and checklists.

None of my special insert cards were good players (yes, I'm talking to you VC) so I am disappointed in that front. Hey, at least I didn't get a Gold Parallel Checklist card I guess. I mean, I don't know if they make those, but if I did get one.....actually, now that I think about it, that would have been a pretty sweet pull. Better than a Mikki Moore Own The Game, that's for sure.

I'll put the box buying on hiatus for now. I mean, after all, I did spend $80 (with S/H) and all I got was this blog to show for it.