2020 Donruss Baseball - Dollar Tree pack

Last month cynicalbuddah posted about the 2020 Donruss Baseball Hobby Packs.  This is the same product, slightly different packaging.  I picked this up at the local Dollar Tree.  I love going in there and shouting, "Price Check, register two."  I've been banned from at least four different locations.

Different packaging?  Yep.  Just 5 cards per pack.  And on the back there's a DT by the Panini label.  My guess is Dollar Tree.

Since these cards have mostly been featured on the previous post, I won't show each of the five cards.  Well, maybe.  Sure.  Why not?

Lorenzo Cain watching the ball slice to the first base side.  Standard Donruss front.  Standard Donruss back.

Ah, a Rated Rookie.  I don't think this is a subset, just a designation.  Maybe a range of numbers.

 Andres Munoz Rookie Card.  He's not rated.  But he does have a different back.

 Ooh.  A yellow card.  Rumor is that this is a Dollar Tree exclusive.  Standard back.

 And wrapping up with Jonathan Villar.  Without MLB logos, and before I looked at the Missing In Action designation, I thought that Mr. Villar played for Baltimore.  Oh, he did.  I guess Donruss didn't want to explain to collectors that he's now playing for MIA.  Well, not actually playing.  He's on the team.

Interesting fact from the stats of Mr. Villar?  He played in every game of the 2019 season.  A healthy young man.

If you'd like to see the complete checklist, head on over to The Cardboard Connection.

2020 Donruss Baseball Hobby Packs

Stopped by my LCS a week or so ago, before the world went on lock down.  I picked up two packs of the new Donruss to try it out.  I decided to put together the set last year.  This year I've decided to only put together Topps flagship and Update so this will be my only taste of Donruss.  I also ended up mixing all the cards up so I can't remember which cards went with which pack so I figured I feature the contents of both packs.

Again this year Panini gives us a base set that's very Donruss like, but looks original, and of course a retro throwback sub-set.  The Rated Rookies and Diamond Kings are in there as well as a bunch of inserts and parallels to chase. Here are the 4 main base card types.  The Base, Rated Rookie, Diamond Kings and Retro 86.

I was also really happy to pull a PC card of my guy Robin Yount.  It's my first 2020 Yount card for the collection.

 Here are the rest of the base cards.

There are a ton of parallels in this set.  22 in fact.  One of the more common parallels is the unnumbered Holo Blue Parallels which I got one per pack.  It's hard to tell from the scans but these are shiny and bluish.

I also got one Career Stat Line of Josh Bell.  The stat line parallels are numbered to whatever stat is being feature.  In Josh's case his 287 RBI's so far.

I also got one insert. A Mookie Betts Elite numbered to 999.  Again these scan terribly but it's very shiny. 

Lots of great inserts and parallels.  Of course the cards suffer from lack of logos and the photoshopped colors, but Donruss is always a fun break with fun insert designs and lots of serial numbered cards.  I however am going to save all my money for more toilet paper.  Stay safe out there.