Value Boxing: 2011 Topps Update and Bowman Chrome! Pluck those Harper strings!

I found a couple value boxes in the Hilltop Mall WalMart after going through the card show in Richmond, and talked myself into buying one.

Positives: It had a guaranteed code card, plus the possibility for more. It guaranteed an exclusive Harper Chrome card. I have not opened any 2011 Bowman Chrome packs.

Negatives: It's $15 - the same amount I spent at the entire Richmond card show. I only need a handful of Update singles to finish my set, so the odds were against needing the base cards. I would end up with even more inserts/parallels I don't need. I could be paying $15 for just the Harper and the code card, with everything else being extras.

The results:

The five packs of Topps were a bust as far as set building goes. The inserts and parallels weren't helpful either - Cahill is already in my collection. I can send the Mortensen and Arencibia to a good home, and maybe somebody would like to trade for the Irvin?

 I like how you can't see the names on these scans. It makes them look mysterious! That would be Jacoby Ellsbury on the left, and Adam Lind on the right. I don't think I need any of these cards. I need to verify/update the type collection list to see where I really stand with BoChro.

Wait, something of some value! An on-card autograph! Nice! Not as nice as, say, four more code cards in the Topps packs. Or maybe a color prospect refractor. But (just like the three cards above) this could fit in my collection, or serve as trade bait. 

Not bad, but not what I hoped for. Although I have yet to unlock that 1989 Topps goodness from the code! (Hey, all I care about are the rings, anyway!)

Remember when Stephanie Tanner called Kimmy Gibbler a whore? Neither did I.

Full House for the win. And the laugh at the end: perfect.

And to close out the Thanksgiving weekend, I must post this: