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Posted by: otis0220 Dec 11 2013, 07:26 PM

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!

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 11 2013, 11:20 PM

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.

Posted by: beanschat Dec 11 2013, 11:36 PM

Looks like that should entertain for several hours! Good luck!!

Posted by: northicehero99 Dec 12 2013, 06:38 AM

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!

Posted by: maple19 Dec 12 2013, 10:12 AM

goodluck can not wait to see the hk

mike

Posted by: urbanmonk Dec 12 2013, 01:44 PM

Good luck on those, looks like a blast.

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 12 2013, 06:33 PM

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.

Posted by: redwing40 Dec 12 2013, 07:03 PM

That's a lot of stuff, Congrats and goodluck! if you hit any good Red Wings, hit me up!

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 13 2013, 12:23 PM

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.

Posted by: northicehero99 Dec 13 2013, 06:08 PM

Nice pulls so far, keep up the mojo!

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 13 2013, 06:14 PM

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

Posted by: GamerRoy Dec 13 2013, 07:58 PM

looks like fun good luck MOJO

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 23 2013, 11:34 PM

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.

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 26 2013, 06:13 PM

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.

Posted by: aceecards Dec 26 2013, 06:51 PM

more more more!!

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 26 2013, 10:06 PM

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...

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 28 2013, 09:20 PM

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.

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 29 2013, 05:54 PM

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.

Posted by: urbanmonk Dec 30 2013, 08:12 AM

Posted by: urbanmonk Dec 30 2013, 08:27 AM

That is odd, at first I was going to say not an error as there are case hits of blank backs in OPC.  But they are Hobby only far as I know, and I don't think they have them of the Rookies (but I could be wrong).  I will search around and see what I can find out on that.

Posted by: northicehero99 Dec 30 2013, 06:02 PM

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

Posted by: northicehero99 Dec 30 2013, 06:10 PM

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.

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 30 2013, 07:36 PM

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.

Posted by: otis0220 Dec 31 2013, 04:40 PM

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!

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 1 2014, 03:14 PM

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.

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 7 2014, 08:59 PM

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.

Posted by: northicehero99 Jan 8 2014, 12:21 PM

Neat stuff on the Swedish hockey. Good luck with the hobby box!

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 12:12 AM

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.

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 06:42 PM

Ok guys if you want to see, I will start checking and revealing the hits at 9pm.

Posted by: northicehero99 Jan 9 2014, 08:30 PM

Ok guys if you want to see, I will start checking and revealing the hits at 9pm.

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 08:57 PM

Almost there!

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 09:05 PM

Ok then here.....we.....go.....first up is the 2008 UD jerseys

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 09:06 PM

I see the Colt logo...

And it's Joseph Addai...white swatch

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 09:06 PM

#2

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 09:08 PM

It's a Raven...and I see 52 in the corner...so yep

Ray Lewis with a white swatch

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 09:09 PM

Now for the 2011 NCAA autos....

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 09:13 PM

#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

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 09:17 PM

#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!

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 09:19 PM

And the final autograph....


























A Wisconsin Badger.......


















Running back.......#33........



























Ron Dayne!

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 9 2014, 09:21 PM

Pretty good stuff out of there. I will post pics of the hits tomorrow.

Posted by: northicehero99 Jan 10 2014, 06:29 AM

Nice hits on the jerseys and autos, congrats!

Posted by: otis0220 Jan 10 2014, 05:29 PM

Thanks Brian, ended up being a sweet box.

Here are the pics: