Highlights from a Case of 2023 Topps Allen & Ginter: Box #8

Today's box puts me at the two-thirds mark in terms of completing the case rip.  Amazingly, I'm still having fun - Ginter never ceases to amuse me and while this year's set has been (mostly) tame thus far, it's still been a lot of fun to rip through.  I've got huge piles of cards to sort through...but that will have to wait until I get through the final five boxes so let's get right into today's box!

Box 8:

For back-to-back boxes, I pulled a Mike Trout cabinet box topper.  While he's probably the one guy you might want to get two copies of, I'd rather all my box toppers in a single case be unique.  Oh well (and if you want the scan, refer to yesterday's post since it's the same darn card).

I will scan my mini inserts, however, as those are what I covet!

With only 4 or 5 mini inserts per box, it's going to take some work on my end to finish off all of the mini insert sets.  That being said, this case will give me a solid head start (and I've been active over on TCDB trying to trade for minis as well)!  

Besides the mini inserts, I also pulled one other mini of note:

Yep, the A&G back Barry Larkin parallel - nice!!  That's back-to-back boxes with Larkin minis which is kind of amazing since Barry is a short print this year.  

Finally, the hits.  For the second time this case, I only found two hits in my box...one was a blah relic of Victor Robles but the other was a nice rip card to make up for things.

I debated about whether or not I should rip this one since my first rip card yielded only a Randy Johnson extended mini.  That said, the temptation was too strong so I give it a go...

Yep, a Mike Trout extended mini.  Not bad, though I was definitely hoping for an auto or one of those rarer options that lurk inside rip cards!

That does it for box #8.  Kind of a bummer for two boxes in the case to be missing a hit but even so, I'd say it's been a successful case thus far - and the best part is that there's still four more boxes to go!