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2003 Leaf Baseball 6 box break (not FS/FT, just FYI)
NickM
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Yeah, I know. Six boxes of one brand is a lot, especially with no SPs. What can I say? I got a very good deal (significantly under $40 apiece, even after shipping). 
Oh yeah, that and I had already opened 2 boxes and was close to a set.
I was missing 13 cards after the first 2 boxes (opened some time ago), including Nomar and Clemens, so I decided to open enough to complete my set. The next box took me down to 3 cards remaining, but it took 3 more boxes to get Kevin Young and Jason Kendall (the last 2 cards needed for the set). By that point, those were all I needed to finish a 2nd set, so I opened until I comleted that set (which I did in the final box).
Each box had 1 game-used card. There's no guarantee of a game-used in each box, and I have seen someone open a full box and not get one. Of course, I also got 2 Shirt Off My Back jersey/500 cards in one box in the past.
Mine were:
Shirt Off My Back jersey/500 ARod and Will Clark
Maple and Ash bat/400 Arod and Bagwell
Away jersey/250 Guerrero
Number Off My Back number patch/50 Eric Chavez (a very sweet 3-color patch from the back middle of his #3)
For some reason, I got 3 of the Green Leaf parallels /25 (2 of Todd Walker and 1 of Greg Maddux) and only 1 Blue Press Proof /50 (Galarraga)
I got 1 autograph card, which was a Gold Clubhouse Signatures /25 of Jeff Baker.
I got 2 serial #ed parallel inserts - '60 Leaf Foil /60 Sosa (01/60) and Mirror Red Leaf Certified Samples /150 Bonds (070/150) .
More common inserts showed up as follows: 3 Cleanup Crew (1:49 packs), 8 Home/Away (1:17 packs overall), 6 Gold Leaf Rookies (1:24 packs), 5 Leaf Certified Samples (1:24 packs), 6 Slick Leather (1:21 packs), 12 Red Press Proofs (1:12 packs), 10 Hard Hats (1:13 packs), and 18 '60 Leaf (1:8 packs).
Collation within each box was very good.
YMMV, but the GU card was in the right-hand row for me each time.
I find this set to give solid value for the cost.
Nick
Oh yeah, that and I had already opened 2 boxes and was close to a set.
I was missing 13 cards after the first 2 boxes (opened some time ago), including Nomar and Clemens, so I decided to open enough to complete my set. The next box took me down to 3 cards remaining, but it took 3 more boxes to get Kevin Young and Jason Kendall (the last 2 cards needed for the set). By that point, those were all I needed to finish a 2nd set, so I opened until I comleted that set (which I did in the final box).
Each box had 1 game-used card. There's no guarantee of a game-used in each box, and I have seen someone open a full box and not get one. Of course, I also got 2 Shirt Off My Back jersey/500 cards in one box in the past.
Mine were:
Shirt Off My Back jersey/500 ARod and Will Clark
Maple and Ash bat/400 Arod and Bagwell
Away jersey/250 Guerrero
Number Off My Back number patch/50 Eric Chavez (a very sweet 3-color patch from the back middle of his #3)
For some reason, I got 3 of the Green Leaf parallels /25 (2 of Todd Walker and 1 of Greg Maddux) and only 1 Blue Press Proof /50 (Galarraga)
I got 1 autograph card, which was a Gold Clubhouse Signatures /25 of Jeff Baker.
I got 2 serial #ed parallel inserts - '60 Leaf Foil /60 Sosa (01/60) and Mirror Red Leaf Certified Samples /150 Bonds (070/150) .
More common inserts showed up as follows: 3 Cleanup Crew (1:49 packs), 8 Home/Away (1:17 packs overall), 6 Gold Leaf Rookies (1:24 packs), 5 Leaf Certified Samples (1:24 packs), 6 Slick Leather (1:21 packs), 12 Red Press Proofs (1:12 packs), 10 Hard Hats (1:13 packs), and 18 '60 Leaf (1:8 packs).
Collation within each box was very good.
YMMV, but the GU card was in the right-hand row for me each time.
I find this set to give solid value for the cost.
Nick
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