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Blaster box

A blaster box is a small sealed box of sports card packs sold at large retail stores such as Target and Walmart. It is one of several retail formats, and some blasters hold cards made only for them.

Also called Blaster.

Sports cardsBuying and selling
The blaster box among sports card formats Four formats of one sports card product, drawn as plain boxes. Hobby box: Sold through hobby shops, usually with better ratios of special cards; Retail box: Sold in larger stores, usually with fewer special cards; Blaster box: A small retail box, typically 8 to 12 packs; Mega box: A format of its own, which can hold cards made only for it. The tile for Blaster box is outlined. Hobby box Sold through hobby shops, usually with better ratios of special cards Retail box Sold in larger stores, usually with fewer special cards Blaster box A small retail box, typically 8 to 12 packs Mega box A format of its own, which can hold cards made only for it

In more detail

In a 2011 answer from its customer care team, Upper Deck said it sells through two channels, hobby and retail, and that most products are available in both. The blaster belongs to retail: a 2011 Cardboard Connection dictionary described it as a small rectangular box bought at a store like Target or Walmart, typically holding 8 to 12 retail packs.

Upper Deck's 2026-27 Series 1 hockey checklist shows how blasters fit a product. It names store versions such as a Walmart Black Friday Blaster and Amazon Blasters, and it places some cards only in them: a Stencils Orange parallel numbered to 499 goes in all blasters, and a Newest Foundations insert numbered to 999 only in the Amazon version.

If you want a particular card, read the maker's checklist before you buy. In that 2011 answer, Upper Deck said hobby boxes would traditionally carry special inserts at better ratios than retail and might hold some inserts not available at retail, so a blaster and a hobby box of one product can hold different cards.

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