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Here is my blog with some group break updates.

http://bumpandruncards.blogspot.com/2018/06/group-break-update-and-2nd-team.html

The highlights:

1. Boxes have shipped and should arrive on Wednesday.  We will break Thursday, June 28.

2. Second teams have been randomized.  The video shows the process and here is the list.
 

A's-capsboy

Blue Jays/Indians/Twins-awmckenz

Brewers-Chris

Marlins-Dimwit

Mets-dicefoot

Nationals-tntcards

Padres-Saintorm

Pirates-Adam K.

Rangers-RoyalsChiefs

Rays-Sweatdog

Reds-CollectingAfterDeath

Tigers-rl16

White Sox-HerkoJerko

3. The bonus blaster is Topps Series 2.

I'll try to livestream it if I can figure out how in the next couple of days.  If not, I'll have the video posted on my blog on Thursday.

Thanks for the update!!  Looking forward to it!

I will be in on the next one, if there should be one!

$23 a team and only three boxes being broke? I would say this guy is making out BIG! Good for him, not so good for everyone else. The only teams that might come out ahead is Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers and Cubs. I don't know about you but I would much rather break a box myself rather than someone else do it for me and then only get a few base cards and maybe an insert or parallel if I'm lucky. Not a great investment if you ask me unless you get one of the teams listed above but at that price and only three boxes being broke you can only hope to break even. Not trying to throw shade but just giving my two cents about not being a fan of this HUGE money grab for the people breaking the boxes.

Part 1 of the break is posted.

http://bumpandruncards.blogspot.com/2018/06/group-break-part-1.html

Read the blogpost to learn more and enjoy the first part of the break!

After watching the 1st video, I would never buy into a break you are doing. Show some care and attention to what might be in the packs. Just tearing into the packs is immediately destroying the cards! You probably screwed at least 2 corners of every single card in every pack by the way you rip into them. That flag card is probably destroyed in many ways just b/c you don't know how to open a pack safely. That was the most horrible video I've EVER seen of someone just opening packs!!! I thought that seeing people use scissors to cut open a pack was the worst thing I've ever seen, but I was WRONG!

Bump and Run should be called Destroy and Run. Don't you know that the foil pack is stronger than the cardboard cards inside of it?? Also, if you are going to name every team for each card, could you name the player as well? And finally, stop poking your fingernail into the front of the cards. You can point it out without pointing it INTO the card. You could also take more time putting cards into sleeves instead of jamming them in so that the bottom left corner gets damaged every time you do it.

Now that I've watched the 2nd video, I'll just say that Gallery of Stars was from Donruss Triple Play in 1992 and 1993.

The last of the boxes are done.  Here is the link to the post:

http://bumpandruncards.blogspot.com/2018/07/group-break-part-2.html?m=1

Cards will go out next week.

So spazmatastic, how do you open packs & sleeve cards?  Constructive criticism is much more useful than simply saying, "NO! Bad dog!"

I would agree that there are better ways to do both.  As for opening, you can split open the pack at the fold & pull it open across half the crimped edge & down the flap's fold.  I do not see anything wrong with using scissors, provided you carefully slide all the cards to one end of the pack.  There should be at least 1/4" of space to cut off the crimped edge & this ensures the maximum cross-sectional opening to slide the cards out - without worrying about damaging the corners on a crimped end that may not have been fully separated.

As for sleeving, I did cringe a little with the un-aided sliding of cards into the sleeves.  I'm sure there is a device out on the market, but I came up with a simple DIY solution.  Take a flexible top loader (like a Card Saver II), then cut off the bottom edge & one complete side. Next, cut off 1/3 to 1/2 of the opposite edge - making sure you leave at least 2 1/2" of "flap" width on the bottom, preferrably just a little bit more, so it can cover the width of a card, yet still fit within a sleeve.  Then, you can insert this "device" into a sleeve, hold open the split side and slide the card in between the flaps - safely avoiding getting a corner or edge snagged on the lip of the sleeve.  For aesthetics, and further card safety, you can round the corners to prevent possible surface scratches.

 That's my two cents & hopefully other people find this information useful.

p.s. To carthage44, he collected $322 & based on my estimates, he had card costs of about $200, plus postage & packaging costs of about $5 per person (a total of $60, since one guy bought 3 entries).  That leaves about $60 "profit".  Sorting & packaging alone will take a couple hours of his time (not to mention the video-taping, updates, etc.), so he's getting "paid" $20-30/hr.  Plus, he misses out on any non-Cub "hits".  Those of us who opted-in on this break should have known the risk/reward at stake & I for one had no problem "paying" him the extra $5 for providing this opportunity.  (edit: two boxes of TSC... maybe even less "profit" for him)

I would like to thank you for breaking this. With no LCS within the general area, breaks and online buying are the only way I have to buy.

Thanks Trevor...looking forward to my cards.  Keep me updated on any future ones you may do, I will be in!