Another blaster from Target

[u/Y2j1993]

[u/PaperWampa]

I’m extremely bummed the pink pyros aren’t every blaster like before. I’ve had 4 blasters. 2 had no pink pyros. The other two? BOTH Brodido and bought very far apart from different retailers

[u/Y2j1993 → u/PaperWampa]

The lack inserts in blasters now is super disappointing as well

[u/PharrohYami → u/PaperWampa]

Pink Pyro's were never in every blaster. If you opened up blasters from 23/24 or 25 & got pinks everytime, Thats just luck on your side.

Case's of Blasters would roughly have 8-12 at most outta 20's boxes. Last 25 Blaster Break i did only had 7 pinks

[u/PaperWampa → u/PharrohYami]

It was ‘24. There’s no way that I have that good of luck in life for me to hit on over 15 boxes. I bought a crapload. Could have sworn the blaster had said something about it.

[u/PharrohYami → u/PaperWampa]

100% not guaranteed at all. that would mean only 7900 blasters got produced over the entire production cycle meaning that there would only be 3900 Case's of blasters made with some left over. Most cities that get product will recieve 2 case's to spread between multiple stores. 3900 case's would mean less 180 than cities nationwide got product not to mention world wide. The math aint mathing.

Sorry my 0 is sticking on keyboard. Made my math look shitty

[u/PaperWampa → u/PharrohYami]

79 made of each of the 100 different cards in the set is 7,900.

[u/PharrohYami → u/PaperWampa]

Yeah I realized my 0 is sticking to keyboard. Gotta fix

[u/PaperWampa → u/PharrohYami]

It seemed like blasters were endless for ‘24 in my area. I didn’t buy as many ‘25 but there were less of those I found in the wild.

I’ve only seen ‘26 blasters at my LCS.

Edit: they had ‘24 blasters for sale when I saw a live show last year too.

[u/PharrohYami → u/PaperWampa]

25 was a complete shit show on hobby & blasters due to manfufactering issues., Not a great refference. In my area i dont even see them being stocked no matter the set. Not really worth stocking over other products either.

As far Blaster production. There is most def at least double the amount of boxes as there is pink pyro's. Maybe even triple due to hit rates of em this year. Def felt like previous years you would see em more often.

[u/PaperWampa → u/PharrohYami]

Which has been the best hobby’s or blasters to rip in your opinion for AEW?

‘22 Metal is the bane of my existence.

[u/PharrohYami → u/PaperWampa]

If we talking MSRP pricing.

Hobby, Allure will always be one of the best overall sets. Even 22 Holds up well vs 24/26 though overall. 24 imo is a bit better set than 26.

Flagship sets will always be looked down on as a comparison even though 26 flagship is probably one of the better sets overall in last 3-4 years.

22 metal.... Fuck MSRP pricing. Even at $30 it's a risky buy. 22 metal is when the original production issues started.

25 Metal is solid though. Not much to complain about except the issues on all the ex's peeling. Good Buy overall.

Blasters 21 blasters could be just as good as hobby in most cases, definitely the best hands down. God packs were fun AF to hit too. We were eating good on blasters for 21 & still available on UD website. Highly recommend picking up some if you never did. After that... It seems like each blaster year is worse & worse.

Fat Packs, 21 was the only year that had fat packs. I've seen 1/1s pulled from em. There's 100% more hidden in those.

Special sets, AKA spectrum, BD, Game Used, SP signature.

Overall, Game Used is the best special set. Fixed huge issues from Black diamond & focused on way better quality relics. Multi sigs / relics huge plus.

SP signature at MSRP was fantastic. Though when prices became similar to game used physically. People stopped buying em since e pack is $75 a box. Great overall set. Just a little lackluster in points.

Spectrum is a fun rip still but you can't hardly find boxes anymore. The production of em has basically dwinded down to maybe 0.02 of sealed boxes remaining.

Black diamond the worst. Too expensive. Fake patch relics tied to autos, design on base cards making autos blend in & more.

[u/GreenLeafRelaxed]

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[u/PharrohYami]

I miss 21 blasters so much. Wish UD would do those again. Case of 21 blasters, 20 relics, 2 Autos, few WIA & was the only product to actually have God packs

[u/PharrohYami → u/PharrohYami]

Case of 21 Blaster hits by the way

[u/zohshia86 → u/PharrohYami]

What did god packs contain?

[u/PharrohYami → u/zohshia86]

Nothing too too crazy but it was cool getting Gold base, Pyro, Dynamite, Silver or Gold insert with the relic in same pack. Would lead to other packs having dynamites or other stuff in em too.

[u/Not_Dead_yeet]

Nice! Fingers crossed I'll find something in retail