Busting a pair of 2016 blasters

Last weekend at the grocery store, there were a few discounted 2017 Ginter blasters for $14.99. I was really tempted to grab one, but was strong and resisted. It's because I know I can get cheaper blasters at the monthly card show if I want to succumb to the retail ripping route (which I know isn't the best use of my money, but nice to scratch the itch to rip a few packs). At the last show, I snagged 2016 Heritage High Numbers and 2016 Stadium Club blasters for $10 each. Half price.. hard to beat that. I'm not collecting these sets, but for the price, seemed like cheap breaks, and would likely provide a few cards for my various player collections, a chance at a hit, and plenty of trade bait for sets that typically have a fair amount of set collectors after them (even if most of them have completed the sets by this point).

Seeing as I had an opening in my Black Friday Stockpile schedule, I held off opening the blasters until 6/1. So let's check out how I did.

First up is the Heritage.

Welp, I picked out 3 cards that I thought could be added to PCs, but nope, turns out I've already got all these.

As far as other notable cards, I pulled 3 SPs and a couple inserts.

So that blaster was a bit of an "ouch" with zero cards added to my collection, and no hits or even one lousy parallel. Oh well. Some trade bait, at least. Anybody still working on 2016 Heritage High Number? Let me know and let's trade!

Now to see if I have better luck with the 2016 Stadium Club blaster.

Possible PC hits? Looks like I needed the Miggy insert. I'm familiar with that neat Koufax card thanks to it being featured on many blogs, but turns out I didn't have it in my modest Koufax PC, so there's a keeper. Eddie Murray turned out to be a dupe for me, though.

Got 3 gold parallels, highlighted by a Schwarber RC. He's a guy I kinda collect thanks to his WS heroics, so there's another keeper, and probably the best card of this dual break.

Anybody still working on 2016 Stadium Club? I've got a stack available for trade.

So anyways, even at half-price, turns out this was not a good purchase for me. Oh well.

"You got the dud"