Dollar Tree Six-Pack

In a previous post I mentioned that there is a Dollar Tree in the plaza near my new office. I've been really bored at work lately (the attorneys have been too busy to give me any work and I'm there 90 minutes longer every day because I now have Fridays off) and today was the first decent weather day this week, so I took a walk down to the newly-opened discount store. 

Night Owl recently wrote a post in which he visited all his local dollar stores and had almost no luck finding sports cards. This Dollar Tree appeared to be cardless as well. After ten minutes of roaming the aisles (and choosing a birthday card for my wife) I decided to give up the search and check out.

..and that's where I found these:

Special dollar store-sized packs of 2018 football and basketball cards. I actually noticed Aaron Rodgers on the wrapper of 2018 Score before seeing these, but I passed on those six-card packs and picked up some slightly better brands.  

Everything in the store was one dollar (unlike that ripoff Dollar General), so these six packs cost six bucks. None of them have insert odds, which makes me think these aren't even packed out for blaster boxes. But that's okay, since it still comes out to about a quarter a card.

Here's an idea: I'll scan up each card and reveal if I would have bought it for a quarter (or in the case of the Absolute packs, 20 cents) Here we go...

Panini Threads basketball, pack 1:

Anthony Davis I would definitely buy this one for a quarter
Mike Conley This is probably my 15th Conley card, thanks to Kerry (Cards on Cards)
Luke Kennard It's a rookie card, so...maybe.
Zach Collins A slightly better rookie card. Probably worth a quarter.


Panini Threads basketball, pack 2:

Draymond Green I don't think I had a Draymond card until now. I'd buy it for a quarter.
Ben Simmons Definitely a card I'd pluck from a quarter box.
Justin Jackson I see a pattern here - two stars and two rookies.
Dwayne Bacon. Mmmm...bacon. Sharp looking card. I'd buy it for a quarter

BTW, I'm working on the thrilling conclusion of The Basketball Card Diaries. Should be ready by Friday. 


Now for the football, starting with Donruss:

Cam Newton A Cam for a quarter? I'll take it.
Chris Thompson Never heard of him...and he's been in the NFL for six years
Zay Jones Would you pay a quarter for a Bill? I wouldn't...not a current one, anyway.
Darius Leonard Ugh..combine photos. Pass.


And the second pack of Donruss:
  

Let's save a little time here. Nope to all four.


The Absolute packs have 5 cards - two more chances to pull something for my PC.

I should have bought these and only these. Not only are they the coolest looking cards of the bunch, they yielded the most star power - Richard Sherman, Blake Bortles, Rob Gronkowski, Josh Gordon, and Carson Wentz. I'd gladly pay a quarter for all but the Gordon. 


And the final pack..

T.Y. Hilton
David Johnson
Jameis Winston
Tyreek Hill
Richie James


Oomph. Perhaps I spoke to soon. None of these guys interest me aside from maybe Tyreek Hill. I wouldn't choose to spend my 20 cents on any of these cards. At least I got a rookie.

Overall, this was not $6 well spent and I still didn't get a Packer. Are there no Packers cards in this plaza at all??!? It was fun to pick a few packs off the shelf and write about 'em but I wouldn't do it again-especially this close to Black Friday. Can't blow my card budget on retail when the big COMC/card shop sales are just two weeks away. 

Have you purchased any dollar store/value packs like this? Do any of them contain inserts/hits, or are they base cards only?


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