Maybe it was the fact that poker night last Saturday was cancelled, maybe it was the fact that I had spend a whopping $35 bucks so far that night, maybe it was the fact that I was highly delusional that I would pull the coveted Linden quad.
Whatever it was.....I'm glad it happened. As you'll see, I got me a nice box of stuff.
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And it literally is a box. I've never opened one of these products before. No 'ripping' or 'tearing' here.
I was very careful in slicing open the stickers to open the box.
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Mmmmmmmm.....very nice.
I need to get me some of these foamy things and some empty unmarked boxes. Would make the perfect giftcase for my customs.
Alright....on to the cards.
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Now if you noticed on the small box that the cards came in, it says EIGHT cards per box.
Well, my math skills tells me that I got TEN. That's better than eight.
I also noticed there is no age restrictions on the packaging. So all you six and seven-year-olds that have been stymied by all the other Panini products - c'mon in!
The base cards are pretty nice. It's a 150-card base set and they are numbered to /199. To most, these would be considered the 'throwaways'.
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There are also the Legends base cards, a 50-card set numbered to /99. This is the set Trev's in. I got Guy. Habs fans, notice a trend?
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The jersey parallel. Dominion is a parallel nightmare for player collectors (I'm just happy there are no jersey cards of Linden amidst the 19 Linden cards in this product).
Doughty...let's see what happens.
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Lindros! Not bad. Is it me or is there a bit of a resurgence in his stuff this past year. He's sort of hanging with Linden in that regards.
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This Halak patch is a jersey number parallel numbered /25. A really nice patch if I do say so myself. Hopefully it will equal some good trading.
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Here's a rookie auto /199. It's hard signed....or should I say it looked like the player had a hard time signing. What a terrible scribble.
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Doh! A redemption card. Panini tried its best to minimize the number of redemption cards in this product, but I can understand that it's tough to be 100% when relying on so many players.
This 'Nifty 50' autograph is of Dino Ciccarelli and celebrates him being a 50-goal scorer. Numbered /50.
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Rogie!!!!!! This Honoured Rivals card has a pair of great legends attached to it.
Rogie Vachon is such an underrated goalie and his masks were some of my favorite. Equally underrated is Johnny Bucyk. It's a shame these guys don't get the hobby love like so many others.
Numbered to /49, this card is one of the better pulls in the box.
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But it's not as nice as this one! When I first saw it, I didn't realize what I had. A quick peek on ebay to see some of the prices this card has gone for made the smile real wide on my face.
Now, I was told at the card store that the Subban memorabilia piece should be a patch and that what I had was the seam of a jersey and that I should contact Panini to get a replacement.
Geez, do I try to upgrade the card and send it off, or do I keep it, sell it (or trade it) and make a nice little profit?
What's a guy to do? What's a guy to do?
Overall, I can't really complain about this box break....other than the lack of Lindens. But maybe I can parlay some of these into some of those.
Great poost, great cards! Wish I could afford one of these boxes.
ReplyDeleteGreat break......
ReplyDeleteGood question on the Subban....what is better a solid colour patch (which they could send you) or a two colour seam jersey....
I'm with you on the Bucyk-Vachon card. Pretty sweet.
ReplyDeleteTwo questions: How much was the box? Are the signatures on the card or a sticker?
sell it. you have to strike now before the "newness" wears off.
ReplyDeleteThe autos are on the card (from the ones I have seen).
ReplyDeleteI paid.......wait for it.......$379 for the box.
Not something I'll be doing everyday.
Leaning towards getting rid of the Subban sooner than later.
Wow one day (hopefully) I will bust one of those bad boys open...as always beauty post
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