Hey guys, it's that time of the year where I get tempted by some of Blowout and DA's Black Friday etc deals and buy some crap. Mostly retail stuff this year, record for hockey. There were a few things that intrigued me at first and a few things pretty cheap and affordable but here's what I ended up ordering.
Hockey - 2010/11 Victory Blaster - 11 packs/6 cards per
Hockey - 2009/10 Victory (Swedish Edition) Retail Box (I'm a sucker for international editions!) - 24 packs/6 cards per
Football - 2011 College Football Legends Hobby Box - 20 packs/5 cards per. 3 autos per box.
Football - 2008 Upper Deck Blister Box - 20 packs/18 cards per. No stats on hits but so far I've seen at least 2.
Hockey - 2012/13 Upper Deck Series 1 Blaster - 12 packs/5 cards per
Hockey - 2012/13 O-Pee-Chee Blaster - 14 packs/8 cards per
Basketball - 2008/09 Upper Deck Lineage Retail Box - 24 packs/6 cards per
Baseball - 2012 Bowman Chrome Blaster - 8 packs/3 cards per
Football - 2012 Panini Gridiron Blaster - 8 packs/10 cards per. Maybe a hit?
Hockey - 2002/03 O-Pee-Chee Blaster - 9 packs/9 cards per. 1 5x7 card per box
Basketball - (2) 2012/13 Panini Hoops Value Pack - 44 cards per
Hockey - 2009/10 Upper Deck Ice Trap Pack - 2 packs/5 cards per
Football - 2011 Panini Prestige Value Pack - 40 cards per
Hockey - 2011/12 Upper Deck Black Diamond Blister Pack - 3 packs/5 cards per
I was pretty close to trying out 2011/12 Panini Rookie Anthology Hockey but decided to go with the College Football Legends. I will open some of all this before Christmas. I have been working on the 2008 Upper Deck Football. Will get that up soon. Good luck to whatever you guys may be breaking as well!
Well here's the first product:
2008 Upper Deck Football 20-Pack Blister Box
20 packs and 18 cards per. 2 RC's per pack and at least 1 insert per pack. I actually did find 2 hits amongst the 20 packs. Here's the results:
Rookies
Donnie Avery, Earl Bennett, Aqib Talib, Manningham, Kellen Davis, Dustin Keller, Jacob Tamme x3, Chad Henne, Andre Caldwell, Harry Douglas, Calais Campbell, Erin Henderson x3, Philip Wheeler x2, Quentin Groves, Thomas DeCoud, DeJuan Tribble, Tom Zbikowski x2, Kentwan Balmer x2, Gosder Cherilus, Marcus Thomas x2, Mario Urrutia, Owen Schmitt, Paul Smith, Anthony Morelli, Paul Hubbard, Dre Moore x2, Xavier Omon, Allen Patrick, Ryan Grice-Mullen x3
Inserts
StarQuest
Addai x2, Brees x2, Cromartie, McFadden, Matt Ryan, Ernie Sims, Fred Taylor, Umenyiora x2, Andre Woodson x2
StarQuest Rainbow Blue
Brady, Ed Reed, Ernie Sims, Terrell Owens, Hasselbeck
StarQuest Rainbow Green
Ed Reed
StarQuest Rainbow Red
Ed Reed
Yep, there's the Ed Reed spectrum...
College To Pros
Flacco, Jamaal Charles, Jonathan Stewart, Matt Ryan, Eddie Royal x2
Hits
UD Game Jersey - Joseph Addai, Ray Lewis
So wow, I couldn't even get the whole set. Only 164 out of 200. Sweet collation.
Looks like that should entertain for several hours! Good luck!!
Cool, I am curious how you do on some of those. Saw those College Football Legends and was wondering how good they were. Good Luck, may the mojo be with you!
goodluck can not wait to see the hk
mike
Good luck on those, looks like a blast.
Thanks guys. A small one next.
2012/13 Panini Hoops Value Packs (2)
44 cards per pack
Rookies
Anthony Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist, Thomas Robinson, Zeller, Harrison Barnes
Inserts
Board Members DeAndre Jordan
Franchise Greats John Stockton
Spark Plugs Louis Williams
Did not pull anything new besides the inserts. Up next could be a hockey blaster.
That's a lot of stuff, Congrats and goodluck! if you hit any good Red Wings, hit me up!
Thanks redwing.
2012/13 Upper Deck Hockey Blaster
12 packs and 5 cards per. 2 Young Guns RCs per box.
UD Canvas 1:12, Hockey Heroes 1:24, MVP 1:12, Silver Skates 1:24
Rookies
Brenden Dillon, Sven Baertschi
Inserts
Hockey Heroes - Phil Esposito
MVP - Gaborik, Patrick Kane
UD Canvas - Jonas Hiller
Not bad, beat the stated odds on the Hockey Heroes and MVP. Can't beat these blasters at $6 and cheaper. Up next...hmmm....maybe one of the packs at the bottom.
Nice pulls so far, keep up the mojo!
Thanks Brian, I can just hope.
Next is a small one. The 2 packs of 2009/10 Upper Deck Ice, nothing special, just base.
Marian Hossa, Kiprusoff, Owen Nolan, Vanek, St. Louis, James Neal, Kopitar, Patrick Kane, Gagner, Mike Richards
looks like fun good luck MOJO
Thanks Roy.
Here's another small one.
2011 Panini Prestige Football Value Pack
40 cards
Rookies
A.J. Green, Amukamara, Ronald Johnson, DeAndre McDaniel
Insert
Connections - David Garrard/Maurice Jones-Drew
Parallel
Xtra Points RC - Robert Quinn
I'll get a break done in the next few days. Over the past week I started opening some of the UD Lineage and Swedish Victory. Doesn't look like I'll be able to complete my Lineage set. I could be short 10 or something.
Hey guys, hope you all had a great Christmas! Next break:
2010/11 Victory Hockey Blaster
11 packs and 6 cards per. Rookie or insert in every pack.
Rookies
Grant Clitsome, Jamie McBain, Justin Mercier, Alex Plante, Casey Wellman
Inserts
Game Breakers
Cammalleri, Iginla, Mikko Koivu
Stars Of The Game
Brodeur, Jeff Carter, Mike Richards
Let me also note that I love the look of these cards. Pretty simplistic design (mainly the colored transparent V drawing attention out of the black/white tone) but I really really dig them. Anyway, maybe I'll go ahead with another break later tonight.
more more more!!
My next break:
2008/09 Upper Deck Lineage Retail Box
24 packs and 6 cards per. 6 RCs and 3 Jordan Legacies per box.
Rookies
Ryan Anderson, George Hill, Robin Lopez, Marreese Speights
Inserts
Mr. June
MJ-4, MJ-8, MJ-13, MJ-21
Michael Jordan Legacy
704, 1055, 1081
Rookie Standouts
Courtney Lee, Bobby Brown, Joe Alexander, Joey Dorsey, Jawad Williams
Parallels
SE
Tony Parker, Dominique, Carl Landry, Rodney Carney, Stephen Jackson, Willie Green, Fisher, Hinrich
SE Rookies
Gasol, Jason Thompson
Hoped to maybe complete my set but still 26 short of the set. At least I got some SE's, appears those don't appear in hobby boxes. Most of my inserts were doubles from my other break. For the next break to come, hmmm we'll see...maybe the baseball, maybe the football blaster, maybe a hockey I don't know...
Next break on deck:
2012 Panini Gridiron Football Blaster
8 packs and 10 cards per. 1 RC per pack. Inserts 1:2
Rookies
Luke Kuechly, Bruce Irvin, Mychal Kendricks, Melvin Ingram, David DeCastro, Olivier Vernon, Derek Wolfe, Cory Harkey
Inserts
Air Command - Dez Bryant
Arms Race - Matt Schaub
Crash Course - Sean Weatherspoon
Monday Night Heroes - Marshawn Lynch
Parallel
Rookie - Dan Herron 23/25
No great rookies. Nice pull though on the rookie numbered to 25, not sure on the odds of that. The cards look good, nice photography. Might get another break in tomorrow.
Here's a couple more:
2011/12 Upper Deck Black Diamond Hockey Blister Pack
3 packs and 5 cards per.
Just got base but I'll list em anyway.
Ovechkin, Rask, Crosby, Okposo, Toews
Latendresse, Grabner, Jeff Carter, Gordie Howe, Brian Gionta
Bobby Orr, Tanguay, Bernier, Varlamov, Pominville
2012/13 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Blaster
14 packs and 6 cards per. Marquee Legends and Rookies 1:2, Retros 1:2, Rainbow Parallel 1:7, Stickers 1:7, Pop-Ups 1:32
Box-Bottoms (or should I say sides)
Brodeur & Stamkos
Rookies
Marquee Rookie - Tyson Barrie, Riley Sheahan
Marquee Rookie Retro Variation - Reilly Smith, Ryan Garbutt (error, blank back)
Inserts
Marquee Legend
Ciccarelli, Curtis Joseph, Tim Kerr, Orr
Marquee Rookie - Legend - Sakic
Pop-Ups - Messier
Stickers - Kessel, Luongo
Parallels
Retro Variations
Chara, Nash, Tim Thomas, Spurgeon, Chris Kelly, Richard Bachman
Rainbow - Khabibulin, Brayden Schenn
Enjoyed opening this. Decent value of stuff I'd say for 4.95. Still more breaks to come.
Thank you Brian. None are wearing ASG unis but I looked back and Jeff Carter actually had the 3 diamonds on the bottom left. Didn't notice it. Dwight, thanks for the info on the blank backs. Nice to know.
Next break:
2012 Bowman Chrome Baseball Blaster
7 packs and 3 cards per. One extra unmarked pack. Refractors 1:4 packs.
Rookies
Wilin Rosario, Alex Liddi, Drew Hutchison
Prospects
Carlos Alonso, Miguel Chalas, Mike Gallic, Matt Hoffman, Frank Lafreniere, Taylor Siemens, Jesus Solórzano
Inserts
Legends In The Making Die-Cut (1:3 blasters) - Jered Weaver
Parallels
Refractors - Josh Johnson, Nate Jones
Blue Refractor (1:73 packs) - David Freitas 196/250
Inside the x-fractor bonus pack:
Aroldis Chapman, Luis Mateo and Granderson
They look like x-fractors to me, they say refractor on the back. Just call them x-refractors lol. Not sure if x-fractors in the product are numbered or not. Few more breaks to go. Maybe do one tomorrow. And Happy New Years to you all!
Happy 2014! Watching the Winter Classic between the Wings and Leafs. Just finished a break.
2002/03 O-Pee-Chee Blaster
9 packs and 9 cards per. 1 oversized bonus card per box. At least 1 insert per box. Bunch of prospects.
Prospects
Jimmie Olvestad, Petr Schastlivy, Marcel Hossa, Shane Endicott, Montador, Juraj Kolnik, Pasi Nurminen, Bryan Allen, John Erskine, Nick Schultz, Berglund, Mike Van Ryn, Alex Auld
Inserts
Own The Game (1:7) - Brodeur, Iginla
Coast To Coast (1:13) - Sakic
Rookie Reprint (1:23) - Glen Sather
Parallels
OPC Premier Blue Line Parallel (1:17) - Prospect Sergei Varlamov 217/500
Oversized Card - Bertuzzi
Nice break, cool to go back in time a little. Recognized the names except for a few prospects. Awesome to see guys like Ziggy Palffy, Mariusz Czerkowski & Ulf Dahlen. Wish there were more Sharks and Mighty Ducks, but the ones I did get were great; Marleau and Kariya. More to come later on.
Finally here's the next box:
2009/10 Victory Hockey Swedish Edition
24 packs and 6 cards per. Insert in each pack. Rookies are about 1:2 packs.
Rookies
Andrew McDonald, Brandon Segal, Jesse Joensuu, Jakub Petruzalek, Luca Caputi, Phil Oreskovic, Artem Anisimov, Jhonas Enroth, Riku Helenius, Ville Leino, Tom Wandell, Byron Bitz, Matt Pelech
Inserts
Svenska Superstjarnor - Kronwall, D. Sedin, Loui Eriksson, Franzen, Lidstrom, Alfredsson, Sundin, Huselius, Ohlund, Fredrik Modin, Zetterberg, Edler, Mikael Samuelsson, P.J. Axelsson, Nicklas Backstrom, H. Sedin, Kim Johnsson, Tomas Holmstrom, Michael Nylander, Lundqvist
I have a little over half of the set. I'm not very crazy about these cards, would've liked it to have been more "Swedish". If you looked at the front of a card, you'd have no idea it was from a foreign edition. At least show the position on the front instead of the card back. Well there is one more break to report, the lone hobby box. I will try posting about that tonight or tomorrow. Now, time to watch The Goldberg's.
Neat stuff on the Swedish hockey. Good luck with the hobby box!
Thanks Brian. Here's the final product.
2011 Upper Deck College Football Legends Hobby Box
20 packs and 5 cards per. Insert in each pack. 3 autos per box.
Inserts
NCAA All-Americans
Earl Campbell, Cam Newton, Bob Griese, Thurman Thomas, Hornung, Wuerffel, Barry Sanders
Decades Best
Griese (60s), Roman Gabriel (60s), Greg Pruitt (70s), Kosar (80s), Flutie (80s)
Bowl Game Heroes
Sanders, Bo Jackson, Moon, Pruitt
Hits
Autographs
Herman Moore, Kellen Winslow, Ron Dayne
I got 60 of the 100 base cards. From reviews I've checked before buying this, the autos are basically signed base cards. No special designs or anything. Hoping I can get some decent guys, one of the greats would be awesome. Tomorrow I will find out and reveal what I pulled. The hits saved over are 2 jersey cards from 2008 UD Football and these 3 autos. Maybe I will do a "live break" in the late afternoon or evening.
Ok guys if you want to see, I will start checking and revealing the hits at 9pm.
Almost there!
Ok then here.....we.....go.....first up is the 2008 UD jerseys
I see the Colt logo...
And it's Joseph Addai...white swatch
#2
It's a Raven...and I see 52 in the corner...so yep
Ray Lewis with a white swatch
Now for the 2011 NCAA autos....
#1
Looking at the top, this looks like something from the late 80s-early 90s.
I can't even make out the University, orange and black colors.
Not bad...receiver Herman Moore from Virginia
#2
Oooh this is an older one...black & white...
We have an M on the helmet...
I am reading the 100% legible autograph....
Tight end Kellen Winslow!
And the final autograph....
A Wisconsin Badger.......
Running back.......#33........
Ron Dayne!
Pretty good stuff out of there. I will post pics of the hits tomorrow.
Nice hits on the jerseys and autos, congrats!
Thanks Brian, ended up being a sweet box.
Here are the pics:
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