Repacked Wax (Part 1)

I am not one of the most up to date people out there. I have bought plenty of baseball cards over the decades in person but never online. Until now.

I had seen boxes of this opened on YouTube when it debuted last February and was impressed with what was being pulled from it. It immediately sold out and was out of stock for what seemed like ages. When I first watched boxes of it being opened I thought that there was no way that down the road you would be getting the "hits" that the YouTubers were getting.

If you've never heard of this product it is cards that have been purchased and repacked in wax packs. The initial series of boxes boasted that nothing would be held back...every card that was in their inventory would be distributed amongst the packs. There was quite a buzz at the time but over the last few months the reviews have been scalding to say the least. Quite possibly it's similar to a recording artist...you have decades to write your first album but only a year to write your second. 

So when I saw that the 18 pack was available I picked one up. It was $54.99 with free shipping. It was a few weeks before it got here, but with all the shipping delays across the country I was expecting that.

I'm going to break this up into 3 posts, 6 packs a post with my review of it at the end. So let's begin!

Pack 1

1979 Topps Randy Lerch

1982 Topps Fergie Jenkins

1989 Fleer Mark McGwire

1987 Donruss Randy O'Neal

1989 Score Steve Bedrosian

1986 Fleer Bill Doran

1981 Topps Dave Roberts

2012 Topps Andrew McCutchen

1992 Bowman Kevin McReynolds

1998 Upper Deck Stan Javier

1984 Donruss Bob Horner

1988 Fleer Mike Witt

1990 Topps Tom Foley

1991 Upper Deck Chris Bosio

1991 Topps Scott Sanderson

Pack 2

2004 Topps Frank Catalanotto

1984 Topps Steve Lubratich

1987 Topps Al Nipper

1989 Fleer Dave Gallagher

1982 Fleer Rick Wise

1990 Leaf Tom Pagnozzi

1988 Topps Jimmy Jones

1971 Topps Dave Marshall

1986 Topps Marty Castillo

1980 Tops Fergie Jenkins

1993 Pacific (Spanish) Andujar Cedeno

1988 Sportflics Willie Randolph

1999 Upper Deck Challengers for 70 Greg Vaughn

1992 Bowman Gerald Williams

1977 Topps Roy White

Pack 3

1989 Upper Deck Harold Reynolds

1996 Circa Boss '96 Tony Gwynn

1982 Topps Wayne Nordhagen

1986 Fleer Willie Hernandez

1987 Topps John Denny

2004 Topps Blake Hawksworth

1976 Toppie Rookie Catchers and Outfielders (Andy Merchant, Ed Ott, Royle Stillman, Jerry White)

1981 Topps Mike Krukow

2012 Topps Alex Gonzalez

1992 Fleer Ultra Dave Justice

1998 Upper Deck Mel Rojas

1985 Fleer Mickey Rivers

1990 Upper Deck Tom Candiotti

1991 Upper Deck Paul Gibson

1988 Fleer Major League Prospects (Greg Myers, Greg Tabor)

Pack 4

1989 Score Bob Milacki

1986 Topps Traded Mike LaCoss

1981 Topps Buck Martinez

2012 Topps Walmart Parallel Tsuyoshi Nishioka

1992 Fleer Mike Schooler

1998 Upper Deck Vinny Castilla

1988 Score Dick Schofield

2004 Topps Kyle Davies

1979 Topps Mets Team Card

1982 Topps Eddie Whitson

1964 Topps George Brunet

1987 Donruss Denny Walling

1988 Fleer Team Checklist (Angels, Dodgers, Braves, Orioles)

1990 Topps Ruben Sierra

1991 Topps Mike Fitzgerald

Pack 5

1984 Donruss Tom Burgmeier

1982 Fleer Mike Phillips

1985 Topps Rene Lachemann

1976 Topps Ed Herrmann

1990 Leaf Daryl Boston

1987 Topps Record Breaker Todd Worrell

1962 Topps J.C. Martin

1989 Fleer Tim Laudner

1986 Topps Kent Hrbek

1999 Upper Deck MVP Eli Marrero

1988 Sportflics Lou Whitaker

1975 Topps Bruce Bochte

1991 Upper Deck Tom Foley

1992 Bowman Eddie Taubensee

1998 Fleer Metal Edgar Renteria

Pack 6

1989 Upper Deck Steve Jeltz

1989 Fleer All Star Team Frank Viola

1982 Topps Jackson Todd

1992 Fleer Harold Baines

1998 Upper Deck Wilton Guerrero

1985 Fleer Bobby Clark

1986 Fleer Alan Ashby

1987 Topps Jose Uribe

2004 Topps Larry Bowa

1976 Topps Traded Mike Anderson

1981 Topps Dave Roberts 

2013 Bowman Wil Myers

1988 Score Domingo Ramos

1991 Upper Deck Frank White

1990 Upper Deck Claudell Washington

There are the first six packs. A little underwhelming to say the least. Does it get better, more of the same or dare I say....worse?