The best value on baseball cards at Target.com and GameStop.com can be found in some newly listed products!
So let’s quickly compare a few of these new products and figure out which one is offering us the most value during this holiday season. We’ll compare the Topps Chrome 2024 Mega Box, the 2024 MLB Update Series Super Box, MLB 2024 Allen and Ginter Baseball box, and the 2024 Topps MLB Holiday Mega Box.
The first box we’re going to look at is the Topps Chrome 2024 Updates Mega Box at $50 ($47.50 for Pros at GameStop).
Topps Chrome has a whopping FOUR cards per packs, with 7 packs per box, making a TOTAL of 28 cards for FIFTY dollars. That’s over $1.70 per card. That’s a bit surprising. While Chrome cards are known for their special treatments and autos it’s still quite a bit of money for not so many cards. It makes you wonder if it’s worth it.
By most accounts it is worth it. When you go through the reviews of all these baseball card products you’ll find people are, anecdotally, happiest with their Chrome purchases. It’s only when Chrome boxes are being sold at inflated priced by unscrupulous individuals do people start to complain.
So Topps Chrome 2024 is a difficult one to value. It’s expensive, but everyone is happy with it.
The next box up to bat is the 2024 Topps MLB Update Series Super Box at $40.
The Super Box contains 10 regular packs at 14 cards per pack, making for a total of $140 cards. So that’s $4 per pack and 28 cents per card. That’s not bad at all compared to the $7.14 per pack and $1.78+ per card of Topps Chrome 2024.
But that’s not all! This box includes a bonus 5 card silver foilboard pack and an enamel pin! So you’re getting some extra bang for your buck. Whether that makes this Super Box a good value to you, well let’s wait and see about the other boxes. It’s certainly less costly than Topps Chrome.
And now we’re onto the 2024 Allen and Ginter Baseball card box. The Allen and Ginter box comes in at $25.
The box contains 8 packs at 6 cards per pack. Meaning each pack costs $3.12 and each card costs 52 cents. So that’s much better than Topps Chrome but worse than the 2024 Topps MLB Update Series Super Box at 28 cents per card.
But it should be noted Allen and Ginter packs are more fun. They include a wilder assortment of add in cards that really spice things up. So that extra 20 cents per card is more likely than not worth it. An Allen and Ginter box also comes in at half the cost of a Chrome Box. Let’s face facts, kids would like to have MORE packs than fewer higher quality ones. Getting two boxes of Allen and Ginter for the price of a single Chrome box is appealing.
So let’s put Allen and Ginter in the maybe pile.
The 2024 Topps MLB Holiday Baseball Mega Box comes in at $30.
The Mega Box contains 10 packs at 10 cars per pack. That means each pack costs $3 and each card costs 30 cents.
Unlike with the 2024 Topps MLB Update Series Super Box there are no fun extras in the box. It’s straight packs. And it’s technically 2 cents per card more expensive than the Super Box coming in at 30 cents instead of 28 cents.
So that’s not bad at all.
Ultimately the best value on a per card basis is the 2024 Topps MLB Update Series Super Box. The best value by holiday fun is most likely a couple of Allen and Ginter boxes. And the best value for an adult holiday present is the Topps Chrome box.
There’s different levels of value depending on what you want to accomplish and it becomes easier to see the second you start pricing cards out. I’d argue they’re all actually a good value and that you shouldn’t be afraid of purchasing any of these four baseball card boxes for a Christmas present.