Here's how I did in each blaster:
So all in all, a fun way to ring in the new college year and close out my spending for the month. Now if you need me in the next 72+ hours, you know where I'll be. GO BLUE!
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Celebrating a new college football season with cheap blasters!
Happy college football season opener! I decided to kill two birds with one stone and celebrate the day by hitting up Meijer and their 20% off card aisle. Here's what I ended up with:
One blaster each of 2009 Press Pass football and 2010 Playoff Contenders football. You can see that these were already marked down, plus I got each for the aforementioned 20% off, making them a fun way to kick off my favorite sport, especially with the former being a college-themed set. By the way, while you're reading this it's possible you're also watching South Carolina take on Vanderbilt, as that's in-progress as of this writing.
Here's how I did in each blaster:
Press Pass included eight packs of four cards. I nabbed two different Banner Season inserts (1:4) including Brown. The rest you see from this Matthew Stafford Hot Box (except for the third) are base cards, and the Power Pick of Stafford is a 1:14 short print, of which there are apparently five subjects. Not a bad little box for less than $6 anyway. The Staffords are mind but everything else is up for grabs, and I may insert the unseen ones into trade packages anyway.
Contenders was fun because it guaranteed an autograph (in one of its five packs of five cards) from a pretty decent rookie class. I pulled an insert in each pack (including the auto) and a couple of my favorite Wolverines to boot. The Wootton was my guaranteed hit, and not a bad one of the former Northwestern star who's now a DE for DA BEARS. By the way, the other base cards weren't bad either, including Aaron Rodgers and his snap-blocker, Brett Favre. Again, everything but the Brady and Braylon is available. Do I have a Bears fan that would like to trade for the Wootton?
So all in all, a fun way to ring in the new college year and close out my spending for the month. Now if you need me in the next 72+ hours, you know where I'll be. GO BLUE!
Here's how I did in each blaster:
So all in all, a fun way to ring in the new college year and close out my spending for the month. Now if you need me in the next 72+ hours, you know where I'll be. GO BLUE!
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Pretty good blasters, especialy on the discount. I like the Playoff Contenders cards, they do a nice job. I would'nt argue if the Sanchez landed on a pile for a future trade.
ReplyDeleteYeah, not bad at all! I don't think the Sanchez ever had a chance of landing anywhere else. There's also a Colston Contenders I can include, and maybe even a couple others. And yeah, I'm already starting to set some stuff aside for you, I just don't have any hits of your guys yet, but I will eventually.
DeleteAny SEC other than Stafford? Esp. Vols. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like just a Knowshon Moreno. I may be able to dig up some other SEC stuff for you, though, especially if you're cool with SAGE cards. Just let me know.
DeleteYou scanned a Hokie! woohoo!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with Alabama...a dangerous way to start the season...last time we did that, Bama won the Championship.
You know it--that one was for you! I'll set it aside for the next time we trade.
DeleteThanks for the well-wishes. Hopefully someone (especially Michigan) whups them this year, though I'd be almost as happy if they finally got penalized for their cheating oversigning ways. Good luck to your Hokies this season as well, and hopefully we don't play each other this time!