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Analysis Summary
Ask yourself: “Did I notice what this video wanted from me, and did I decide freely to say yes?”
Performed authenticity
The deliberate construction of "realness" — confessional tone, casual filming, strategic vulnerability — designed to lower your guard. When someone appears unpolished and honest, you evaluate their claims less critically. The spontaneity is rehearsed.
Goffman's dramaturgy (1959); Audrezet et al. (2020) on performed authenticity
Worth Noting
Positive elements
- This video provides a realistic, albeit painful, look at the 'return on investment' for modern sports card mega-boxes, showing how difficult it is to recoup costs.
Be Aware
Cautionary elements
- The use of 'gambler's logic'—where a massive loss is framed as 'still a blast'—can desensitize viewers to the financial risks of the hobby.
Influence Dimensions
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This analysis is a tool for your own thinking — what you do with it is up to you.
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Transcript
Welcome back everybody. Josh here down in my basement bringing a little LP love. Thanks for the hat again. Appreciate it. Anyways, part four of the 25 Stad me club mega case challenge. It's been a rough one. The last part was decent. We had a couple autos and a numbered card. I'm going to keep this last video positive. It's, you know, has been great, but hasn't been as fun as I was hoping, but hey, it's still a blast to be able to rip a bunch of cards. Anyways, last five of the case. As you can see, we're at a kind of a evil number right now. 666. But maybe it's time to shake off the dust and just hit that nuke. Again, that's the only way really in this is to hit a nuke. There's not enough nickel and dimeming that you could do on this set. Um, it's just all about that nuke. And maybe we'll find it in this part. Um, but hey, I beat the overunderized set of autos, which I set at 4 and a half. I thought I was going to get five to six autos was my guess and we are already at five. I said two to three number cards. We're at two. So, yeah, it's not a lot just with the base blue again and the sepia, the nickel and dime. But nickel and dime, like I said, it's all about that nuke at this point. And you know, hey, we're going to have some fun, little upbeat, upbeat music just to jam out. We'll get this last rip in. Oh yeah, still fun. So again, if you could hit that like, hit the like, sub if you're new, and notification bells. We're going to be doing some breaks coming up as always on the channel, caseycardbreaks.com. There's some links. I think I'm going to put the uh the 25 update hangers. I think they're dicks for 13 bucks. If you need some of those, those things were bangers. Use my link below. Help support the channel. I get a little cut of that. You know, you don't pay anymore. But if you're going to buy some, you know what? You could go buy those and come join. You can come get those in the mail. Come join the rip night with those bad boy hangers. 25 update hangers. Always welcome for rip party night. Um, we'll be having one of those coming up soon. So, just stay tuned and you'll find out when it is. Here we go. Box Nick Curts. We still need a Bobby on the blue. Like I said, we're going to get 180 total blues. All said and done. Not quite a complete set, but near that. CJ Abrams on our first sepia. Um, yeah, that's what we're we should be getting. 180. Not the complete set, but I guess close enough. Probably be selling those in lots. I think all these blues. I've had a couple people reach out to me. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to do it. I may actually go post it on the uh um site, the uh Discord. This has a big lot. We'll see. Or maybe someone can one of the people that reached out to me able to reach out to me again and we can get a deal done for almost all of the blue. There we go. Jameswood. We'll take it. James Wood on the blue. All right. All right. There's Otania on the back. Was that back one some sort of parallel like the sepia or something? him on the insert. There's Michael Trout on the back. It's just the base Trout. Come on. Let's get that. Let's get that sixth and seventh auto. Let's just go crazy on the autos. Full image there for Chase. So, I guess if we if we get six, which we're at five, six, that would mean $16 like $7 per auto is what that would come out. Oh, nice. Big little Kim on the sepia. That one will do. And oh, that James Wood. The Savage Sluggers. These are kind of popular. People like these, I've noticed. We'll put that up there. Nice. Nice little nice little first star. Some nickel and diamond though. Yamoto. His stuff is selling well at sepia. Last time I looked it up like dang. I only put it for five bucks. They were actually the sepia was I mean people were paying 10 bucks or more for that sepia. So, all right. Cool. Freddy Freeman. color match. All right, there we go. Also, I noticed on the autos, I think we got three yellow and two base so far in this. So, kind of interesting. Just, you know, only two base, but three parallels. And those actually sold really well. I was surprised. When I looked them up, I was comping them out. I was like, "Wow, those are actually selling pretty decently." So, pleasantly surprised. So, last drip actually was pretty darn good by the end. It was like our best video so far for making a dent in that $1,000 total. Okay, we're only at taking off what we taken off like 30 $33ish so far for the whole thing. So, not been great. That green or that just we'll find out. I think that I think that's just the image. I don't think it's actually a green parallel. Looks green though. Campbell. Oh, it's actually blue. It's our blue. But all that green got me thinking, is that a green? But no, just a blue. Hey, blue Zack Wheeler. Okay. I'm kind of hoping we get that chrome auto. Maybe they kind of, you know, on average they tried to give you one chrome auto per mega case. You know, more like at a base, but you know, shot at a parallel maybe. I don't know. Wishful thinking. Wishful thinking. Probably. Probably. Pedro. I I don't even remember that image on a base. I guess I know I've seen it on one of the parallels, but All right. Come on. Box one may just be a little dusty. Although, we did get a couple nice names. Michael Trout on some of those parallels and inserts. Get it started. Rollins. It's rolling the skins. Julio on the savage. All right, box one. Not do there's a couple nickel and dimers up there. Um I don't think we'll get the even the $500 off halfway point on the uh for the profit challenge. Box a two. Let's go. Again, we're keeping good vibes. We're just keeping some good vibes rolling. Um having fun. You know, it's always a blast. Be able to rip packs even when you spend a lot of money and you don't get a lot, but it's it's always fun. We took a shot. We took our shot. You know, we may have missed, but it's all good. It's all good. Job Gohan Santana. Bobby Blue would also just really lift my spirits as well. Be a nice one to get. Jackson Merrill, yours for the Taken. I don't mind these at all. I think they're kind of cool. I like that they did team color on them, you know, so they're not just the same every time. I like when they do that. This adds a little extra to it. Kaden Dana some poo holes so that be a sepia negative negative couple good seps are nice and let's definitely take a little chunk off each time wet look getanero on the blue I want to say we have that one but definitely have we haven't done a ton t ton of duplic Duplication. Duplication. Dupying of the blues. Savage holes. Nice. We'll put them up there. We'll put them up there. Friend, hit that like again, fellas. Hit that like. I'd appreciate this. Helps the video out. The Langford looks kind of cool in the blue. Think I've seen that one yet. That looks nice with the water and splash. Sweet image. Um yeah, helps out. Helps out. Hit the sub, too. You're enjoying stuff. Rise terrain on the sepia. We missing a sepia. Let's get two per. I guess there could still be another one in this pile. Two in this pile. Spencer concentration. Rucker. Who else could still use him in that outfield? Got rid of him years ago. Unfortunately, any boy rice Matty Shaw for the taking blue poo holes though. Bobby is, you know, the landscape card. So, it's kind of a little exciting, but we'll take that little poo holes on the blue. Yes, that is what we've come to the stage. Just, you know, some blues. Some nice looking blues. Brea boy, James Wood, some breaking glass. Randy Shaw, rookie blue. Dang it. Nice looking as well. We're going to load that stage up with the blues. Oh, that's a numbered one. Okay, Kumar Rocker. Another numbered card. Third numbered card. Although it's not a base, but it's an insert, so it's another number card. First of those, it's kind of nice. It's a turquoise, I believe, is what they're calling it. 90 of 99 foretskumar rocker. Not quite the name you're looking for, but it's up on the stage. Third numbered card. We still got We still got two more boxes or three more boxes. Is X on the sepia. They get numbered card already. Cal Ripken on the Savage. More blue coming in. Nolan Arinado. Okay. All right. Number card. Fun times. I just need an auto. It's a six. Three number card. I'm be pretty spot on in my uh my guesstimations. Box three. Here we go. Oh boy. All right. Nope. Good vibes. Don't get down. Don't get down. It's fine. We're having fun. We're ripping packs. Wookie bits. Flipping image on the blue. Getting messages from somebody. Still like that Clark image. Nice one there. Nice. Kobe for the taking. Zipia. There we go. Nice. Bobby wit on the blue. Finally. Finally. Cuz we're going to get there's at least 20 we were not going to get. I'm glad it's not the Bobby. At least 20. Probably like 30 if you know. There's probably at least 10 duplicates would be my guess. That looks nice. Very nice. All right. Kumar, here's take it. Move to the right, Bobby. Front and center. Heck yeah. There we go. Needed that. Needed that. Does look nice. I like that blue. It was really Yeah, that's really Yeah, that's really nice. That card is really nice. So, you can look at it. Just look at it. Thomas on the gray glass. So I wonder if that's kind of this is the norm. You're going to get a couple number cards on the base. You get one number card on a parallel each time and insert and then you know that'll be it. I've been looking for other case rips. I have not seen anybody else do a case rip. I'm sure there's some breakers that have done something, but I mean they shouldn't be. This is definitely not a breaking product. You know, if you threw one or two in, right, you could, you know, for cheap, that's not so bad. But if you did a whole case of this, that's brutality maxy. Um, so yeah, I haven't seen I was kind of hoping to be able to go watch and see what other people are getting, and has not happened according to what I've seen. Can Griffy, that may be our first Griffy. Maybe the first one since the first rip. Griffy on the Savage. there. Get another stand back there. Now, Bobby's going to take that front and center spot. All right. Well, I don't see any kind of numbered card like auto wise. I guess the yellow. So, used to seeing that. I guess there could be another color in there. Would love to get a rainbow foil. Those at a 25. There's a base card at 25. That'd be sweet. I do like the way those look. Rainbow foil on these because these don't really have a foil look. They're just all matte and they're kind of glossy, but the rainbow foil adds that little extra. Jacob Wilson Rollins on the CBL. Okay. Weird. All right. I don't know. They're just going the different way. Odd. Don't eat the yellow snow. Just saying. Just just life advice. There's kids watching. Maybe never heard that. Do not eat it. Do not. Jacob Wilson for the taking. Okay. All right. It just looked like it was a little different. Looked a little different. Got me. Scubble on the bluey. Oh, we got one. Oh, I see the name, too. But hey, we got one. My favorite name I'd like to be seen on. Hey, Christian Campbell. That's cool. We got to do that. Those look really nice. Uh, yeah, that looks sweet. You got it. The case plus hit. Um, I was actually at one point I was thinking, oh, I should pull that up. Let's go real quick. I have it right here. inserts. Beam team is one in 720 mega. So like one per twoish case. Yeah. 180 360. Yeah. Right at one in every other case. We got one. All right. We'll put the beam team up there. That's a pretty sweet hit. And it looks nice. Beam team. They do look pretty sweet. No parallels of these. Just the base. I don't think they have any kind of parallel like Nope. Nope. Just the base. Just the base. But definitely rare. It's a 20 card set. This may be down there as one of the lower end ones. But maybe he comes back. Maybe he, you know, he spent most of last year down in TripleA after the hot start. Maybe he'll maybe he'll find his way. He gets Let's go. Rip number five coming correct. Blue Bobby numbered insert. Now the case hit beam team. IO rise. Let's go. We're going to have some pumping music. Ryan Howard on the sepia. Still two more boxes. Still two more boxes to get that one more Otter. Get I really want to get the six at this point. Want to get the six. I got a feeling we're going to get the six. So stay close. Don't go anywhere. All right, box four. Come on, box four. Let's keep it rolling. Kersha, the blue. Oh, the Dodgers look nice on those blues for sure. Theia Sammy Sosa and Blander some concentration all day on the blue ch and a Nicki Curts. We are just fine except this still a bunch of base taking. Another one. Okay. Weird. Okay. This could be a numbered card. I don't know. It's in a weird place. It's a weird spot. See if that is something different. There's an obby. Wait. Bugs. And we got just the base Icherro. Okay. It was just weird spot flipped over in an unusual location. So hope some hopes rolling. It's going to be something cool. Iro would be nice too. Evan Longoria, Deepia, Christian Campbell, Savage, Actton Holiday on the blue, and end a box. All right, box four star me. Yeah, check out the website as well. Check out the website as well. We're having a break coming up this weekend. You know, this thing is just this video is just coming out. So, don't forget about that. Go check it out. We're having a fun break. Some sort of mixer coming up. Always having breaks, but not as much. But having this weekend concentration, let's put it up there. It's Paul Skins and All right. Come on. Box four. Nothing in box four so far. Yeah, nothing in box four. Was box three. Two had a number card. I think three had the uh bean team. It's time for box four to deliver. Oh, there's IO on something. Nice. Put my pooh holes. Mr. Rookie buddies, man. Don't tell me that didn't kind of look bare like it's oh it's widening out for an auto but it's just air Jeter. That would have been a sick auto. Dang, it got me. That one got me good. I was very I was like, "Oh, dude, that's an auto." Almost looks like it. Gunner. More Christian Campbell. Derek Jeter auto. I don't know if I've ever pulled a Derek auto. Never a bad time to start that Derek and Jeterorado training with concentration him up there with his buddy Paul. All right, box four is looking to be one of those dusty dusty Aaron Shunk auto. Don't remember that image, not going to lie. Aaron Shunk for the Rockies. Little ski goggles. Okay. See here, the round two pick in 2019, born in 97, so was an older rookie. Um, little wave action there. Hey, we'll take it. Another auto. Auto number six for the case. Cool looking one though. Nice looking. It reminds me of my Bobby auto. It's hidden down there. That one right there. And I can't get it out, but it's with him in the dugout high-fiving people and auto right there. Yeah, sweet. We'll take it. All right, we'll go right there with that auto. Box four. Okay, box four. I was about I was writing it off. And there we go. We have the sixth auto. So again, buck 67ish, buck 66 per auto from this case. So, a little bit under the hobby price of, you know, I think you can get those. I'm assuming you can find them pretty easily for a buck 30, buck 40, even on, you know, secondary market. I think some places are a little high, right? Or maybe they are going up. I have not honestly looked here recently. Um, because maybe it's, oh man, that's the best format. Lots of double autos, you know, good shot at two autos. Maybe people are willing to pay, you know, a little bit more, buck 50, 60. I don't know. box five. Hit the like again. One nice reminder. Hit the like, sub, comment, all that. Well, I'll probably do at the end, let's be honest. But anyways, do it for me. I'd appreciate it. All right, guys. So, we are at three hits. That's the best we've done. It's tied the last video. Three hits. Last video, part four. Go watch it. Had two auto two autos and one number card. Right now, we're at the beam team, the auto, and a numbered card. So, one more. And this case is going to end on fire with four hits. Um, so which I mean, you kind of almost want one hit per box, but I don't I was not getting anywhere near that. Um, I'll think this last little rip and how many hits we've had. um for the whole case. Kind of see what we got. But it's not a lot. Not a lot. I think we're actually at 10 now that I think about it. 10ish hits so far. My rocker onto the blue. But hey, another three hit rip. Well, let's just go ahead and do four again. Positive vibes for the last rip. Won't be ripping any more of these, that's for sure. I do have some hobbies that I've been putting in brakes, but some been looking pretty nice. A gueston the sepia little Langford on some savage. All right, first part of the last box. Hold on a base. All right. Well, it doesn't look like I see a chrome because in a chrome use a little bit of a wave to them. I tell not here, unfortunately. So, no chrome auto out of this case. And the odds say you're not going to get one. So, it's not unexpected. I just, you know, maybe, you know, maybe we'd get lucky. Maybe we'd get a little lucky and find it. So, all right. But one more auto would be fantastic. Get us to seven and that'll be better than a buck 66. So yeah. Anyways, yeah, I think it was two two odds the first one a number card on the second one. That's four and then three and then three so far this group. So yeah, that would be 10 hits. So every other we're saying we're getting a hit. ain't that ain't terrible again, but there's just not a lot of other stuff that we're picking up along the way as you know, just the shots, the chromes and everything else. That's not too shabby. We'll put them up there by Tovar. So, they have two guys, Ovar and Shunk, very similar autos or uh cards. I re This one seems more familiar than that Shunk though. I'm so hoping one more one more time, guys. One more time. Have the best rip at the end. We may actually have the best strip of that, you know, beam team and blue Bobby. I mean, the hits, the names, shank and those and the Kumar Amble aren't definitely not the ones we were looking for, but Wilson Mike Trout Savage, Austin Riley. All right, I'm gonna say all this box is dusty. Maybe maybe it'd work again. Maybe we'd find some here at the end. Sucker. A little Nick Hurts to end it off here with the Savage to end it. Nick Hurts. He is a savage soon. They'll be playing in Vegas in a couple years. Sweet. I'll take it. All right, guys. So, here we go. Um, another three hit. So, that's 10 for the case. So, one in every other. you should maybe that's not what you're going to see which is not not uncommon. It's like in blasters a lot of time it's that way. If you rip a case of blasters of some you're going to get about 20 hits or 40 in there but every other has a hit. Not in series one probably but at in general you know based like a stadium club or one of these type of things when they have blasters that's kind of normal. Um so yeah I don't think ripping a bunch of these is a good idea. Obviously, I mean, you could you could, you know, hit a nuke at any point, even I mean, Nick Curts on the beam beam, be a big one. Bobby Wit, just show Otani, um, all those kind of guys that have them. That would be huge. And then obviously the autos is the main chase. Getting a bigname auto, big rookie or a big time stud, a chrome one, and you know, you're easily can break even and go positive if it's a big name. But obviously the shot of that is very slim with a big checklist on the autos and you're not getting that many autos but six per. So you know that's one in every threeish little you know three to four is that's the odds according you know to this rip numbered you know one in every you know six to seven we had three plus a beam team. So again, 10 per case every other box. Maybe if you want to buy a couple, two or three should maybe, you know, hopefully get two or three hits. You know, you could buy the three that had none, you know, could. So no two hit boxes that I've seen. Have not hit any. Um didn't watch. I didn't go watch someone had just a couple. I didn't go watch to be honest with you. Um I was kind of wanting to find a full case. I did not find it. If you find a link or something, let me know. Maybe you can put it in the comments. Maybe you can. And you may not be able to put a link actually. I don't know. Anyways, um I'm not going to complain. Lots of fun. It's always fun to rip. Kind of knew it, you know, when they took the chromes out the rip was going to kind of suffer and we probably did. I doubt we got anywhere close to halfway be my guess. I don't know what the complant all these are. You know, add them up, but it's not probably got even close to that. So, unless that beam team just has a crazy value that I'm not aware of. Um, but it is offc center that I'm looking at it left to right. And as you can tell by the beam team, the B and the M. See the B is quite a bit farther than the M from the border. Yeah, definitely not. You can tell that that this beam going up. That one almost to the corner. That one not. So, still very cool looking, very cool design. They did a good job with this. Kind of back to more of the older styles of the beam teams. Definitely cool. So all right guys um taking a 25 off uh from our total and that is what the total is right there. I don't know right now but not even close by to 500 in the 500s. So we're you know 400 something dollars off the case 40ish% which is you know not atypical ripping a bunch of stuff but so far I've been all positive until this one on my case uh case profit challenges. This is the first one I've gone negative and no surprise. Again, hit the like if you could though. I would appreciate a sub if you're new. Hit the notification bell cuz I do post breaks on my website Casey Card breaks and then post over here on YouTube about it. And also um be having the rip nights going to be a regular thing maybe every other weekish. Who knows? Um but again, you got to hit that notification bell so you know when I post and then you can join in on all the fun between the breaks, the rips, and the rip parties. Zoom. Till next time. See you.
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