WHICH 2025-26 TOPPS CHROME BOX IS BETTER: HOBBY vs RETAIL HANGER/BLASTER/MEGA (CRAZY PULLS)! 🤔💥

2025-26 Topps Chrome NBA Basketball Hobby, Retail Value Blaster, Hanger, and Mega boxes are the latest sets to release, and I am comparing four formats of this set by opening 17 boxes (worth $1,000+) of this crazy new debut product for our latest collectible sports trading card pack unboxing/box break! In this versus series, we set out to see which products are the best the industry has to offer. Many collectors often face the tough decision of choosing to spend hard earned money on retail or hobby, so this is a classic battle! This is a historic release as it marks the return of the iconic Topps Chrome cards to the NBA landscape as well as the first high-end chrome set under the new license now that Panini has lost it. Hobby boxes sell in the mid $600 range and contain 20 4-card packs (12 box cases). Expect 1 autograph, 4 parallels, 6 Refractors, 4 Prisms, and 12 inserts per box. Blasters sell for an increased price of $50 and contain 7 4-card packs (40 box cases). Expect 1 Refractor, 1 exclusive Basketball parallel, 2 exclusive Red White and Blue parallels, 2 other parallels, and 2 inserts in every box. Megas sell for an increased price of $85 and contain 7 6-card packs (20 box cases). Expect 2 Refractors, 1 Prism, 2 exclusive Raywaves, 10 X-Fractors, and 3 inserts in every box. Hangers retail for $20 and contain 1 15-card pack. Look for exclusive Pulsar parallels. These boxes come with chances at pulling the first Topps Chrome NBA cards in over 10 years, officially licensed rookie cards of the top players from the 2025 NBA Draft class in their NBA jerseys, 1/1 Superfractor parallels, new ultra-rare SSP case-hit inserts (Rock Stars, Let’s Go!, Ultra Violet All-Stars, Radiating Rookies, Helix, Finals Die-Cut, Hidden Gems, Advisory, Glass Canvas, Paradox, Patented, Fanatical), various SP/SSP parallels (Silver Refractor, Gold, Prism, Negative, Magenta, Teal, Yellow, Aqua, Blue, Green, Purple, Orange, Black, Red, FrozenFractor, Wave, Speckle/Sparkle, Lightboard Logos, Pulsars, RWB, Basketball, X-Fractor, Raywave), various inserts (Youthquake, Sleek Finishers, Destiny, Instinct, Voices, Loading…, Generation Rising, Tall Tales, Clutch Gene, X’s And Whoa’s!, Go Time, Ball of Duty, Inspirational, Activators, Serenity), special NBA Gold Logoman Autograph Relic and game-worn memorabilia jersey relic cards for award winners (MVP, DPOY, ROY), rare Image Variations with Speckle parallels, on-card hard signed and sticker signature cards featuring ink of top talents (Topps Chrome Rookie Autographs, SkyWrite Signatures, Topps Autograph Issue Rookies, Next Stop, Signature Style, Future Stars, Chromographs, Stratospheric Signatures Rookies, base rookie/veteran autos), rare cards of the NBA's top rookie/star/legend/HOF athletes (LeBron James, Steph Curry, Cooper Flagg, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Edwards, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant, Dylan Harper, Kon Knueppel, Cedric Coward, Derik Queen), and more! You can get a box to break for yourself from Walmart, Target, Topps' website, Fanatics, your local sports card hobby shops, and online retailers/sellers. This set kicks off a new era in the industry, so a battle between the premier formats of this super popular product was only right! Do you prefer retail or hobby? 🚨➡️ Join our live shows on the Whatnot app for singles auctions, group breaks, and freebies galore! Use this link to sign up and get $15 in free credit (bookmark shows): https://www.whatnot.com/invite/packman 🚨🚨🚨GIVEAWAY🚨🚨🚨 ➡️IMMAC FB: I am partnered with Whatnot, and we have teamed up with them for a new release givvy featuring '25 Immaculate! To enter: like this video, subscribe, follow me on Whatnot (Username: Packman), & join our upcoming live streams! Use this link to sign up (free) and get $15 in free credit: https://www.whatnot.com/invite/packman ➡️ YT GIVVY: I am giving away a giant haul of boxes for a massive holiday giveaway! To enter, like the video, subscribe to the channel, and leave comments on any channel videos posted during the giveaway period (12/4-1/14)! 🚨🚨🚨GIVEAWAY🚨🚨🚨 Stay tuned for many more NBA & NFL box breaks, product reviews, sports card unboxings, and IRL pack openings! I’ll have various football and basketball retail products, free giveaways, random NBA basketball trading card hobby pack openings, episodes of Packs In Paradise, 2025 Panini National Treasures Football, 2025 Prizm Football, 2025 Contenders, 2025-26 Prizm, 25-26 Topps Midnight Basketball, 2025-26 Topps Chrome NBA Sapphire, repack reviews, spending challenges at card shows, card shop videos, some big mail day hauls, beginner collector tutorials/how-tos, sports card investors / investing content, and much more in the near future! I buy all my boxes from Panini Direct (their site & app), Topps, my LCS (local card shop), and online retailers/sellers. Like, comment, share, subscribe, and thanks for watching! #sportscards #tradingcards #basketballcards #basketball #nba