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Originally Posted by Cardsandcoffee
Lucky you! I've never had the great joy of pulling a Shohei auto. Best card I suppose I've pulled of him was a Heritage Nickname. But again, I dont rip too much. That's on the list of things I hope to experience!
Yeah I'm not really a fan of this english auto. It'll be a novelty for awhile but if it becomes his new "regular" auto, it'll make me appreciate every rendition prior... pre/post TJ auto's, the squiggle, the kinda return to the rookie auto (didnt know about that one) and the C-8.
Also to touch on the prior convo about Ichiro's auto, I recently grabbed Ichi's 2001 SPx auto, specifically for the old style. So I would agree with TB that auto styles do matter but again I guess that makes me discerning?
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As a base set builder I ripped a lot of retail to complete sets because it was much cheaper in the long run even though the guaranteed odds weren't in my favor. In years prior, I did relatively well with retail Bowman exclusive green refractor autos and busted 10 twelve box cases of retail packs hoping to land Ohtani. Wouldn't be so fortunate but did pull the Luis Robert and over 150 Ohtani RCs.
Shifted my focus when Topps Chrome released and pulled a numbered Ohtani from a blaster along with a decent amount of other autos. Decided to build the rookie auto set, which got me buying hobby cases also for the guaranteed 2 autos per box but continued to buy any & every retail format to build the refractor, prizm, sepia & pink refractors sets; still need one sepia and prizm to complete the sets of Goldschmidt and Jose Ramirez, can't remember who of which.
Pulled a second Ohtani auto from a hobby case and only then realized the numbered auto was a purple refractor. That's when the chase went full bore but I never was fortunate to pull a third.
I'm content with the two autos I have in addition to the many sets I was able to build and all the additional extra RCs. I don't grade or sell so all of it is still raw.