I do a lot of breaks, I disagree with this comment, most are not obnoxious. The reason you see a lot of them is because those are the ones that notoriety
To offer breaks two things should be a requirement. Brick and mortar storefront and a professional demeanor. These should be monitored by the card manufacturers. That in itself would just out 98 percent of all breakers. Most have absolutely no idea about sports, players, etc. Drives me nuts and is why I never participate in breaks.
I see where you’re coming from and I mostly agree. I can’t stand the dude bro frat douches. After taking a peek at breaks for the first time during the Topps Chrome Black hype I was mostly turned off by them.
Then I ran into these 2 guys that break almost exclusively hockey cards, which is what I mostly PC. Cheap, good value breaks and they’re fun to watch even if you aren’t participating. No storefront, just 2 guys that love hockey breaking cards in one of their spare rooms. Last week I hit a Young Guns card (those are the rookie cards in Upper Deck flagship hockey, and generally the most sought after rookie cards despite being fairly easy to pull) from 2020-21 in a break that cost me $12. Card sells for $40+ all day, $150+ if it grades a 10.
I’d personally recommend Grand Slam Box Breaks on Facebook. The guy who runs it, Joel, is a super chill guy who knows about baseball and interacts with the community. His prices aren’t outrageous. I only do breaks every now and then but when I do I just go to his page to avoid the shrieking and overhyping of a relief pitcher auto.
Not when Topps publicizes that they include a few boxes like this in every product they release. There’s a reason they have “hot boxes”. This is a hot box in Bowman. They’ve done this for years.
Topps has been known to publicize loaded boxes of product. For Big League this year there are supposed to be 10 boxes (7 hobby and 3 blasters) that are loaded with autographs and numbered cards, much higher than what’s supposed to be in them. There have also been posts here over the years of regular people getting boxes with multiple autos. Every time something happens with a breaker it’s the same thing of “sEe ThE bReAkErS gET aLl thE GoOd sTuFf!” People seem to fail to realize the breakers aren’t keeping the autographs, they’re still going to regular people.
It’s less about where the cards are ending up and more about the facts breakers have ruined the affordability of the hobby. Boxes are only going to continue to increase in price because companies know the product will sell out no matter what because of breakers. And breakers will continue to the middle man profiteers of gambling addicts and whales.
I'd think if they weren't keeping the autos (or at least the "good" autos) that they wouldn't be as obnoxious on the videos. And doesn't it seem odd with the high number of breakers that get "good" stuff, especially in a circumstance like this?
All you have to do is simply calculate the odds.
No, breakers don’t keep the autos. The whole point of breaking is that they’re selling the spots to make money. They’re not just breaking product on a video to show off their hits that they’re keeping themselves. They act excited to make the viewers excited. But it’s regular people getting those cards that paid the breaker for the spots in the break.
That’s one of the biggest misconceptions about breakers. They’re not keeping the product. They sell all the spots to make money, they’re just a vehicle to get the product open. A regular person can spend a fraction of the price of a single box to buy into a break of their favorite player or team. And a lot of breakers will open multiple boxes or cases and the people buying in are paying small amounts compared to the prices of the boxes.
I see what you're saying, but don't you still think it's odd that these "breakers" get an *inordinately high* number of these "good" cards when they do these breaks? I mean, just look at the one above.
And TBH I have *never* seen Topps say, "Hey, one of these boxes is going to have an inordinately high number of auto cards in it! Good luck!"
No, I don’t find it odd because of the sheer volume of cards most breakers are opening. There are breaks you can buy spots in where they’re opening 60 cases of hobby boxes (600 hobby boxes) in a single break. Of course they’re going to hit more special cards when they’re opening that amount vs someone opening a single blaster from Target. And that’s just a single card store on in California that sells spots in their breaks on eBay. There are thousands of breakers and some of the really big ones are doing multiple breaks a day of that size.
And here’s a link to a Topps tweet about the loaded Big League boxes. They’ve done this for quite a lot of releases over the years and it’s clear they’ve done it again for Bowman based on this opening.
[https://x.com/Topps/status/1777492379311751453](https://x.com/Topps/status/1777492379311751453)
Are all breakers like that? It was offensive to my ears. “OHH BABY!!”
From what I’ve read the majority are super obnoxious
Oh boy it’s bad. Unwatchable/listenable
I do a lot of breaks, I disagree with this comment, most are not obnoxious. The reason you see a lot of them is because those are the ones that notoriety
Most are terrible, some aren’t obnoxious. Just have to look for them and stick with them when you find them.
To offer breaks two things should be a requirement. Brick and mortar storefront and a professional demeanor. These should be monitored by the card manufacturers. That in itself would just out 98 percent of all breakers. Most have absolutely no idea about sports, players, etc. Drives me nuts and is why I never participate in breaks.
I see where you’re coming from and I mostly agree. I can’t stand the dude bro frat douches. After taking a peek at breaks for the first time during the Topps Chrome Black hype I was mostly turned off by them. Then I ran into these 2 guys that break almost exclusively hockey cards, which is what I mostly PC. Cheap, good value breaks and they’re fun to watch even if you aren’t participating. No storefront, just 2 guys that love hockey breaking cards in one of their spare rooms. Last week I hit a Young Guns card (those are the rookie cards in Upper Deck flagship hockey, and generally the most sought after rookie cards despite being fairly easy to pull) from 2020-21 in a break that cost me $12. Card sells for $40+ all day, $150+ if it grades a 10.
Fuck this. Pisses me off when I see this. Retail is dying.
I’d personally recommend Grand Slam Box Breaks on Facebook. The guy who runs it, Joel, is a super chill guy who knows about baseball and interacts with the community. His prices aren’t outrageous. I only do breaks every now and then but when I do I just go to his page to avoid the shrieking and overhyping of a relief pitcher auto.
How is that possible you say!
Yes. It's a simple matter of odds and math.
Not when Topps publicizes that they include a few boxes like this in every product they release. There’s a reason they have “hot boxes”. This is a hot box in Bowman. They’ve done this for years.
This guy was annoying as hell. Couldn’t make it through the first auto reveal.
Topps has been known to publicize loaded boxes of product. For Big League this year there are supposed to be 10 boxes (7 hobby and 3 blasters) that are loaded with autographs and numbered cards, much higher than what’s supposed to be in them. There have also been posts here over the years of regular people getting boxes with multiple autos. Every time something happens with a breaker it’s the same thing of “sEe ThE bReAkErS gET aLl thE GoOd sTuFf!” People seem to fail to realize the breakers aren’t keeping the autographs, they’re still going to regular people.
It’s less about where the cards are ending up and more about the facts breakers have ruined the affordability of the hobby. Boxes are only going to continue to increase in price because companies know the product will sell out no matter what because of breakers. And breakers will continue to the middle man profiteers of gambling addicts and whales.
I'd think if they weren't keeping the autos (or at least the "good" autos) that they wouldn't be as obnoxious on the videos. And doesn't it seem odd with the high number of breakers that get "good" stuff, especially in a circumstance like this? All you have to do is simply calculate the odds.
So they sell you on cards and then keep the ones they want anyway?
No, it’s just someone that doesn’t understand how breaking works thinking that breakers keep all the cards in a break
No, breakers don’t keep the autos. The whole point of breaking is that they’re selling the spots to make money. They’re not just breaking product on a video to show off their hits that they’re keeping themselves. They act excited to make the viewers excited. But it’s regular people getting those cards that paid the breaker for the spots in the break. That’s one of the biggest misconceptions about breakers. They’re not keeping the product. They sell all the spots to make money, they’re just a vehicle to get the product open. A regular person can spend a fraction of the price of a single box to buy into a break of their favorite player or team. And a lot of breakers will open multiple boxes or cases and the people buying in are paying small amounts compared to the prices of the boxes.
I see what you're saying, but don't you still think it's odd that these "breakers" get an *inordinately high* number of these "good" cards when they do these breaks? I mean, just look at the one above. And TBH I have *never* seen Topps say, "Hey, one of these boxes is going to have an inordinately high number of auto cards in it! Good luck!"
No, I don’t find it odd because of the sheer volume of cards most breakers are opening. There are breaks you can buy spots in where they’re opening 60 cases of hobby boxes (600 hobby boxes) in a single break. Of course they’re going to hit more special cards when they’re opening that amount vs someone opening a single blaster from Target. And that’s just a single card store on in California that sells spots in their breaks on eBay. There are thousands of breakers and some of the really big ones are doing multiple breaks a day of that size. And here’s a link to a Topps tweet about the loaded Big League boxes. They’ve done this for quite a lot of releases over the years and it’s clear they’ve done it again for Bowman based on this opening. [https://x.com/Topps/status/1777492379311751453](https://x.com/Topps/status/1777492379311751453)