🔥 Shohei Ohtani Rookie Card Chase! 🔥(February 2026 RC Explosion Box: High-End)

What is good my friends and welcome back to another episode of the hobbyist. For today's video, I have a high-end RC Explosion box. This is the February lineup if I'm if I remember correctly. So, let's do some Otani rookie chasing. All right, let's take a quick look at the lineup sheet. So, the February lineup is going to have a 2017 Topps Heritage, a 2018 TOPS update, 2023 Topps Chrome update, 2025 Bowman Draft, and a 2025 Tops Chrome, plus a guaranteed surprise pack. So, let's get started. We We will be looking for a judge and Otani for me especially. Uh there's some other cool cool names that we can pull. Uh Bowman Draft, there's a Willlets and a Parker, Hernandez, Kilby, Carlson, or Hall. And 2025 Tops Chrome. We'll be looking for Wood, Curts, Auto, and some other names. Let's do this. Looks like this is the surprise pack. Let's start with the surprise pack. It's a 2012 uh Topps update. Starting things off, we have a Chris Medlin. Um Ernesto Friier. There's a rookie, Jacob Deikman. Blockbusters. Uh, Blue Jays get Batista. There we have a memorabilia card. Robinson Cano All-Star game memorabilia. That's pretty cool. I don't think it's numbered. No. Uh, Aaron Cunningham. There's a Asal Cabrera All-Star game. and Will Middlebrooks, rookie. Okay, let's move over to the Bowman draft 2025. I'm not a big prospector, so I'll probably need the help of this sheet to see who I'm looking for. Arrange Carlson. Billy Carlson. Is that the Carlson I'm looking for? It sure is. Billy Carlson. Put him up top. up top. Uh, Piaentin, Piaentin, Irish, Maldonado. There's some firsts there. Walker Jenkins, Ethan, Frey, or Fry, Arun, Escobar, El Winganger, Celeston, uh, Kylin. There's a Weather Halt. I know that name. Crossland Dickerson Sailors Richardson Petri Nate George I can't say that name do Joseph Jirroa we'll go with that Tyson Lewis there is Ike Irish on the axis that's pretty cool card oh and it's numbered out of 250. There we go. Nice. All right, we'll throw the number card up there. Ben Jacobs, Gabe Davis, Josh Hammond, Matthew Fiser, Ethan Petri, Aiden West, Devin Taylor, Enrique Enrique Bradfield Jr., And there's a prize prospects card. Charlie Condan. Like that insert. We'll throw that up top. For melo and a Trevor Cohen. All right, let's move on to the Tops. Chrome 2025. Four cards. Adley Rutman, Shay Whitam on the rookie, and a refractor Darren Baker. Nice. Followed by a Freddy Peralta. All right. 2017 Tops Heritage Kris Morales. There's a rookie stars card. Julio Terron Chapman saves Chicago's chances. Joe Musgroveve. It's a rookie. There is a Dave Collins. What does that say? Rediscover tops. So that's must be like a buyback. That's pretty cool. Danny Espinosa, JD Martinez, Justin Bower, and Diamondbacks. So, no judge in there. Let's see what's hiding in the 2023 pack. Uh, we'll be looking for, I don't know, Corbin Carroll or something like that. Raldis Chapman. Ooh, got the future stars. Alejandro Kirk. Is that numbered or is that just the color that it is? I think that's just the way it is. There's a P Alonzo on the action stars. Is that a purple? No. And Rob Ruff Snider. Okay, here we are. We are looking for this guy here. 2018 update. Let's see if we can find a show. There's a Mark Reynolds, Nick Maracus, Brad Boxberger, Willie Adamus on the rookie. Nice. Whit Marfield. That's a pretty cool card on the What was that? Something about blink. Don't blink or something like that. That's pretty cool. Insert. Josh Hater. All-Star game. Himer Candelario, Zack Britain, Taylor Davis, and the final card is not a show. It is a Daniel Gossit. That is a rookie. All right, let's take a look at the cards on the stage. Okay, I am back. We will go through the small stack of cards that were on the stage. There's a Billy Carlson on the first Bowman. Willie Adamus on the rookie debut. Pretty cool card there. I like that photo. Pete Alonzo on the action stars and a prize prospects Charlie Condan. Although it is a little uh scratched up over here on the side. Not sure what happened there, but it is what it is. and a Darren Baker refractor rookie. Here's a Dave Collins. This is has a stamp on there that says rediscover tops. So, I'm thinking this is maybe like some type of buyback. And there is this Ike Irish on the Axis insert out of Bowman. This one is numbered out of 250. And we did hit a memorability card. Robinson Canó. That is going to do it for this one. Thank you for tuning in and hanging out. Let me know which card was your favorite. Hit that like button, hit that subscribe button, share the video, and until next time. Collect what you like. Have fun doing it and I will see you in the next one. Take care.

Episode 717: In this video, I’m ripping into the February pack lineup of the 🔥 High-End RC Explosion Box in search of one of the most iconic modern rookie cards in the hobby — a Shohei Ohtani rookie card! The High-End RC Explosion Box is known for delivering loaded pack lineups featuring some of the most sought-after products in recent years. With premium brands, big rookie classes, and serious upside, every single pack has the potential to deliver a MONSTER hit. And when you're chasing a rookie card of Shohei Ohtani — a generational two-way superstar who continues to dominate the league — the stakes get even higher. His rookie cards remain some of the most desirable and valuable modern baseball cards in the hobby. Will we pull an Ohtani rookie? Will we uncover a hidden gem? Or will the hobby keep us sweating until the very last pack? There’s only one way to find out… LET’S RIP! 💥 If you enjoy baseball card breaks, rookie chases, and high-end pack openings, make sure to: 👍 Like the video 💬 Drop a comment with your favorite Ohtani rookie 🔔 Subscribe for more hobby content #TheHobbyist #BaseballCards #RookieCard #ShoheiOhtani #RCExplosion #CardCollecting