So What Do I Do? I Buy Another Rack Pack.

I'm a fool.

But based on the results, I'm glad that I am, and that I did.

PACK 1:

#52 Jered Weaver Angels

#37 Jeremy Hellickson Refractor

#190 Matt Hague - Pirates

#204 AJ Pierzynski - White Sox

PACK 2

Second Angel in the rack #83 Mark Trumbo

#151 Yu Darvish X-fractor

Third Angel in the rack, second in the pack #144 Mike Trout.

Woo-hoo!  A Trumbo AND a Trout in the same pack.

#130 Miguel Cabrera - Tigers

PACK 3

(Not worth scanning)

#44 Jhoulys Chacin Rockies

#10 Justin Upton - Diamondbacks

#136 Dee Gordon - Dodgers

#185 Tsuyoshi Wada - Orioles

And the Orange Refractors:

I am pleased.

Chrome Rack (Hangar) Pack

I will always call these rack packs.  When did they start calling them hangar racks?  Oh well.

Chrome is just not enough bang for the buck with only 4 cards a pack.  Yes the Orange Refractors are cool, but I've never been a big fan of the chrome cards anyhow.

The thing about chrome is that you always have to hold the card just right in order to see all the details.  You can't just look at it without touching it.  Chrome requires the use of the hands.  But too much use of the hands and you get them all smudged up. Then there's scratching, blah, blah, blah.

Too complex for me.

I'm not saying chrome doesn't have a place in my collection, I'm just not a collector of chrome...unless it's Angels chrome.  And there are some pretty sweet chrome cards out there especially when you get into the Atomic Refractors and such.

So I bought a rack pack.  Let's see if I got an Angel. (I got the cards mixed up so this isn't in pack order for you searchers out there).

Yep.  An Angel.  Can you believe that this is Torii Hunters 16th season?  He played 11 seasons with the Twins before he even came to the Angels 5 years ago.  And he's still awesome.

#51 Torii Hunter - Angels

#177 Jarrod Parker - A's

#171 Michael Taylor - A's

#97 Yadier Molina - Cardinals

#132 Adrian Beltre - Rangers

#38 Andrew McCutchen - Pirates

#210 Carlos Beltran Refractor - Cardinals

#210 Carlos Beltran - Cardinals

#129 Ivan Nova - Yankees

#42 Zack Cozart X-fractor - Reds

#24 Buster Posey - Giants

#95 Matt Garza - Cubs

 And the three orange Refractors:

Meh.

Yep, Another 2006 Target Discount Rack Pack

I actually saw this pack on Friday at my local Target.  I picked it out of the discount box for a $1.59, looked at it and thought, "Nah, last thing I need is more 2006 Topps."  I then put it back.

All weekend I kept seeing posts about bloggers finding these at Target and wondering what vintage Topps were inside, so I figured if it was still there today, I buy it.  It was, so I did.

There was even an Angels card on top leading me to think that that there was GOLD inside!

This Orlando Cabrera Angels card was only one I was interested in from the top and bottom bubbles of the pack.

The center pack containing the vintage cards is wrapped in it's own little clear plastic. Here's the contents of that pack in order.

Three consecutive Rookie cards of Paul Maholm, Ronny Paulino, and Ricky Nolasco.

Mickey Mantle Home Run History MHR97. I just sold a bunch of these on Listia so that's where this one is heading.

Then came the "Vintage". Most of the posts I've seen found their vintage equating to 1988 or newer cards, so I wasn't expecting much. Let's see.

A 1977 Jim Mason, not a bad start. By far the oldest I've seen anyone getting.

A 1981 Steve Kemp. Nothing special.

1985 Greg Prior. Hmpf. Typical.

Finished out the pack with a checklist card. Perfect.

These are ALL for trade.