Difference between Hobby / Retail box
- Thread starter AyiosYiorgos
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Hobby:
- More Expensive.
- Less Packets Per box more per pack.
- Has More or Better Hits. (e.g autos, GU, Patches)
Retail:
- Cheaper.
- More packs per box less per pack.
- Less Hits or Different insert sets (eg product has 8 total insert sets. hobby has insert sets 1-4, retail has insert sets 5-8 ).
- May have parallel sets (eg normal is blue border parallel set might be gold border).
Blaster Box:
- Very cheap.
- More packs then hobby box less than retain box.
- Usually 1 hit max per box or none.
- Good for building base sets for poor people.
- May have parallel set hot packs (eg normal is blue border parallel set might be gold border).
There is a lot of variation from series to series and product line.
- More Expensive.
- Less Packets Per box more per pack.
- Has More or Better Hits. (e.g autos, GU, Patches)
Retail:
- Cheaper.
- More packs per box less per pack.
- Less Hits or Different insert sets (eg product has 8 total insert sets. hobby has insert sets 1-4, retail has insert sets 5-8 ).
- May have parallel sets (eg normal is blue border parallel set might be gold border).
Blaster Box:
- Very cheap.
- More packs then hobby box less than retain box.
- Usually 1 hit max per box or none.
- Good for building base sets for poor people.
- May have parallel set hot packs (eg normal is blue border parallel set might be gold border).
There is a lot of variation from series to series and product line.
retail will either have no hits or the odds of getting an auto or gu are pretty high compared to a hobby box where you are guaranteed X # of hits per box. they will sometimes have retail exclusive hits.
retail/blaster boxes are the ones usually sold at supermarkets
not all have a retail release
retail/blaster boxes are the ones usually sold at supermarkets
not all have a retail release
AyiosYiorgos
Card Addict
I assume both are talking about Basketball series? I also assume Select who do the NRL / AFL their version would be the two series they do per year (or did) always include the Champions series which was cheaper and hardly any chase cards etc, that would be its "retail" version...
What about NON -Sports? I have not really noticed the Hobby / Retail scenario, but then again i have recently got into non-sport cards...
What about NON -Sports? I have not really noticed the Hobby / Retail scenario, but then again i have recently got into non-sport cards...
lukesicari
formerly DW8
Since we are on the topic...what is a 'longevity' box?.....
2010/11 Panini Rookies & Stars Longevity Basketball Hobby Box | Dave and Adam's Card World
2010/11 Panini Rookies & Stars Longevity Basketball Hobby Box | Dave and Adam's Card World
non sport does have some retail stuff, mainly topps.
with some of the star wars releases they have Target retail blaster boxes that had exclusive red sketch cards in them
i think longevity is sort of like a topps/topps chrome thing
they have R&S / R&S Longevity
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GF4L response sounds more near the mark that mine
lukesicari
formerly DW8
Thanks Matt, yer because it says less packs but more cards a pack, but you still got 3 hits so not that bad in the end
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