2017-18 Panini Optic Basketball Hobby Box

Wax Pricing

What are these options?

Hobby Box

The full-size box sold through card shops rather than big-box stores. It has the most packs and the best odds, and most modern hobby boxes guarantee at least one autograph or memorabilia card. Pack and card counts vary by product line. Older listings sometimes call this a wax box.

Mega Box

A mid-size retail box, bigger than a blaster and smaller than a hobby box. Mega-exclusive parallels are the main draw, and some megas guarantee a hit.

Blaster Box

The small retail box sold at stores like Walmart and Target, usually the cheapest full box on the shelf. Autographs are not guaranteed, but many blasters carry exclusive parallels you cannot pull from a hobby box.

Retail Box

A full box of the individual packs sold loose at big-box stores, often 24 of them. Same base set as the hobby version, with fewer or no guaranteed hits.

Cases

The factory-sealed carton a product ships in, holding a set number of boxes. A full case is the whole carton; an inner case is a smaller sealed block from inside it. Case buyers get untouched pack sequencing and a lower price per box. Some rare cards are seeded about once per case, which is what collectors mean by a case hit.

Canada and United States best prices by format

Format	In USAUSD		In CanadaCAD
Hobby Box		$600
Mega Box		$10
Blaster Box		$90
Retail Box retail		$300
Hobby Box Case (12)		$7,200, $600 per box
Mega Box Case (20)		$1,800, $90 per box
Blaster Box Case (20)		$1,800, $90 per box

These are the best prices we could find for this product across the 6 retailers we follow for 2017-18 Panini Optic, checked daily. Prices move constantly and stock sells out; always confirm on the retailer’s own page before buying.