We finally were able to find some new cards for Retail Therapy. We scored a blaster box of 2020 Topps Series 2 at our local Target. We’ve been looking for these since they were released back in late June. Like almost all products this year, Series 2 has been selling out as soon as it is stocked on retail shelves. It appears that with Topps Archives hitting retail stores, Series 2 has become a little more available.
Series 2 has a strong rookie class. You can find Luis Robert, Shogo Akiyama, Shun Yamaguchi, Kwang-Hyun Kim, Randy Dobnak and personal cheeseball Ryan McBroom. Robert is obviously the big draw in this product as he is probably the hottest name in the hobby right now. His cards are drawing tons of bids on eBay and bringing in big prices.
We got our Blaster Box from Target. The box was $19.99 for 7 packs and includes one bonus pack that features a Player Medallion card. Each pack has 14 cards and features one Turkey Red Insert. The Target Blasters also contain the Feranando Tatis Jr. Highlights Set, which is a really fun insert set.
Here’s a look at what we found in our box!
Pack 1:
Brock Burke Rainbow Foil Rookie, Brusdar Graterol Turkey Red, Willi Castro Rookie, Brian O’Grady Rookie, Kevin Newman Future Stars, Gerrit Cole, Gio Urshela, Luis Rengifo, Steven Duggar, Wil Myers, Noah Syndergaard, Brett Gardner, Travis d’Arnaud, Stevie Wilkerson.
Pack 2:
Lou Gehrig Turkey Red, Fernando Tatís Jr Highlights Card 8, Cal Ripken Jr. WARriors of the Diamond, Masahiro Tanaka 1985 Topps Blue Version, Andrew McCutchen, Marcus Stroman, Martín Pérez, José Osuna, Miguel Sanó, Salvador Perez, Mark Canha, Sean Manaea, Nick Ahmed, Eric Hosmer.
Pack 3:
JT Realmuto Turkey Red, Topps Now Yordan Álvarez & Pete Alonso, Domingo Leyba Rookie, Robert Duggar Rookie, Max Fried Future Stars, Chad Wallace Rookie, Willie Calhoun, Josh James, Billy McKinney, Dallas Keuchel, Derek Rodríguez, Andrew Knapp, Cole Hamels, Braves New World Albies & Acuña Jr.
Pack 4:
Randy Johnson 1985 Topps, Junior Fernández Turkey Red Rookie, Kean Wong Rookie, Ji-Man Choi, Félix Hernández, Dinelson Lamet, Kris Bryant, Dustin Pedroia, Nomar Mazara, Kevin Cron, Carlos Carrasco, Joey Wendle, Seattle Mariners Team Card, Chicago White Sox Team Card.
Pack 5:
Fernando Tatís Jr. Highlights Card 28, Eugenio Suárez Turkey Red Chrome, Anthony Kay Turkey Red Rookie, Tom Eshelman Rookie, Lamonte Wade Jr. Rookie, Ryan McBroom Rookie, Corey Kluber, Chris Shaw, Pedro Severino, Justin Smoak, Chris Sale, Robbie Ray, Trevor Williams, James McCann.
Pack 6:
Sandy Koufax Turkey Red, Jake deGrom Significant Statistics, Hunter Harvey Rookie, Luis Urías Future Stars, Kolby Allard, Brian Goodwin, Dexter Fowler, Maikel Franco, Ender Inciarte, Dellin Betances, Stephen Piscotty, Clint Frazier, Harold Ramírez, Role Reversal Torres & Lindor.
Pack 7:
Sergio Romo Gold #644/2020, Joey Votto Turkey Red, Kwang-Hyun Kim Rookie, John Means Topps All-Star Rookie, Garrett Stubbs Rookie, Tyler Chatwood, Yu Darvish, Andrelton Simmons, Josh Hader, Wilson Ramos, Adrian Houser, Jakob Junis, Reynaldo López, Kansas City Royals Team Card.
Bonus Medallion Card Pack:
Mike Trout Medallion
Grade: A-
We haven’t been able to find anything for Retail Therapy in almost two weeks. It was great to find this blaster and the results were even better. The Trout Player Medallion Card ($15 range) is selling right around the cost of the blaster and we pulled a ton of inserts and rookies that added even more value. While we didn’t hit a Luis Robert card, I was really happy with the rookie cards we got for Kwang-Hyun Kim, Ryan McBroom and getting a Rainbow Foil of a rookie card (Brock Burke) is always fun too. As we mentioned in our Series 1 Retail Therapy the Turkey Red inserts look great and we’ll be picking up the cards we need to finish our set.
I would definitely not hesitate to pick up more of these if we are able to find them in stores. With the variety of inserts and the Target exclusive Tatís Jr. Highlights set, there are plenty of cards to make cracking open multiple boxes a fun proposition. They are fun rip and you get a ton of cards for your $20.