Busted two boxes as soon as they showed up. I loved this show and have seen every episode. At 5500 boxes, the title is more limited than some.

Box 69:
Full base set, 97 cards and 11 dups
1 Blue Border Parallel - #42
1 Eddie - E6
1 Quotable - Q7
1 Cafe Nervosa - CN9 Dr. Frasier Crane & Martin Crane
2 Character Canvas - C4 Roz Doyle, C18 Frederick Crane
2 Memorable Duos - MD2 Frasier & Martin, MD11 Miles & Daphne
Hits: 3 Autographs and 1 Relic
Peggy Miley, Inscription "Bernice" (76 - 100)
Millicent Martin, FB (EL)
Tom McGowan, B (EL)
Martin Crane's Pants, CR6 (1:72)

Box 224 ?, its 22? something, I lost the last number when I broke the seal:
Full base set: 97 cards and 11 dups
1 Blue border Parallel - #80
1 Eddie - E2
1 Quotable - Q5
1 Cafe Nervosa - CN7
2 Character Canvas: C1 Dr, Frasier Crane, C10 Lana Gardner
2 Memorable Duos - MD9 Fraiser & Kate, MD19 Frasier & Lana
Hits: 3 Autographs and 1 Relic
Trevor Einhorn, Inscription "I got pills for everything" (11 - 25)
Caroline Aaron, FB (L)
Dan Butler, B (SCARCE)
Martin Crane's Flannel Shirt, CR2 (1:72)

Even though I didn't get any GREAT hits, I think these 2 boxes were pretty good. They both had a relic card, but the ratio is 1:72, so 1 in 3 boxes on average. The big surprise was 3 autographs instead of the advertised 2 per box. I think RA may have upped the autographs seeded, as it has done before. No guarantee, but it may be 3 per box based on what I got and 1 other box I saw busted.

For myself, the best card was the Einhorn because I loved the inscription. I am not a fan of horizontal base cards, so I preferred the photos on the backs of the cards. What RA calls Border autographs here are the horizontal cards with round portraits. The style isn't what the B cards should be to me. The other issue is that RA has SCARCE and EL designations on many cards from minor signers, but that is always true.

All in all, I enjoyed opening my packs, but this may be my only sealed boxes busted this year. The value I got wasn't bad, but the relics helped. My goal was a big autograph, so next time on that.

How much did the boxes cost?

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Originally posted by Bill Mullins:
How much did the boxes cost?

The retail is $169.99, but you can find discounts at $140. Maybe less, but I don't know them.

I was on the fence about this one (I still can't complete my Cheers set) but Raven's positive review made me buy a box at the Chicago show.
Here's what was in Box 5231:

Full Base set: 97 cards and 11 dupes
1 Blue border parallel, 86, #61/93
1 Eddie
1 Quotable - Q6
1 Cafe Nervosa - CN7
2 Character Canvas - C2 Dr. Niles Crane, C17 Ronnee Lawrence
2 Memorable Duos - MD10, Niles and Martin, MD17 Roz and Bulldog
Hits: 3 Autographs and 1 Relic
David Gruber Allen FB (L)
Bryan Callen FB (EL)
Tom McGowan, Inscription "42 Episodes!" (25-50)
Frasier's Tie CR3

While I didn't get any super great autos, I was pleased with 3 of them, and I like Frasier's tie swatch. Base set looks good, like the Eddie and Canvas cards.

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Originally posted by Don Norton:
I was on the fence about this one (I still can't complete my Cheers set) but Raven's positive review made me buy a box at the Chicago show.

I hope I didn't lead you too astray. "Frasier" has several really good signers, but neither of us pulled one it seems. Not too surprising as they are almost all SCARCE. But at least there are 3 autographs, and we both pulled a relic.

Maybe your tie card is more limited because the item itself is smaller. Unless they had several ties, but then there could be variants.

RA knows the number cards they have seeded for everything, but they prefer to keep to ranges. That only bothers me at SCARCE, 100 or less. If there are only 10 cards in the packs, just say it, or get more if you don't want to admit it.

Bryan Callen has a 1/1 for every inscription card he did. Now that's SCARCE, but nobody was looking for The Chicken going in.

The sleeper relic is CR9 Martin Crane's Belt. They are hand numbered to 75 and they are asking more for that card than most of the big signers at the moment.

I think it was worth taking a shot at a box or two of "Frasier", just for the heck of it. You don't know until you know.