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So here's the weird part: packs of this stuff apparently were set for $25.00 a pop at your local hobby store. If you head down to your local big box retailer, however, you can find packs of 5 cards for $2.99 each. I can't recall what the supposed incentive is to buy hobby packs, but I assume it's a big deal, like guaranteed relics/autos or something. When I look at the cards, the overall design isn't bad, but the backs of the cards look pretty cheap. Setting all of this aside, however, I was pretty intrigued when I found out that you can pick up blasters of this stuff at a certain big box retailer for the price of a single pack. This set promises one rookie per pack, but as you can see below, it's not the most reliable indicator.
I ended up buying four boxes, and here are the contents of the first one:
Pack 1:
142 - Greg Smith (RC)
74 - Rich Harden
38 - Hunter Pence
41 - Adrian Gonzalez
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Pack 2:
143 - Nick Blackburn (RC)
62 - Joba Chamberlain
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43 - Felix Hernandez
105 - Chris Carter 1st Day Issue
Pack 3:
34 - Brian Roberts
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5 - "Russ" Martin
67 - Joe Mauer
90 - Carlos Zambrano 1st Day Issue
Pack 4:
28 - Ryan Church
35 - Ken Griffey Jr.
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16 - Jake Peavy
33 - Brandon Webb 1st Day Issue
- Checklist
Pack 5:
145 - Clay Buchholz (RC)
44 - Magglio Ordonez
100 - Tom Seaver
113 - Jeff Clement (RC)
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Pack 6:
146 - German Duran (RC)
139 - Jayson Nix (RC)
70 - Brian McCann
49 - John Smoltz
81 - Lance Berkman 1st Day Issue
Pack 7:
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140 - Max Scherzer (RC)
137 - Brandon Jones (RC)
122 - Jonathan Herrera (RC)
102 - Daric Barton 1st Day Issue
Pack 8:
128 - Carlos Gonzalez
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86 - Justin Morneau
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Kudos to A Cardboard Problem for cluing me in last week on a chance at a super-cheap box. I will post more Stadium Club blasters in the coming days.
I guess I'm going to Target today.
ReplyDeleteNo problem, I haven't seen any since the 3 hour tour of NJ I took. Honestly, I don't know about you, but these are really only worth $2.99. I've opened 2 so far, and only pulled one auto, the rest were base/rookies. I didn't get any #'ed cards.
ReplyDeleteOnly pulled one auto? I've yet to pull an auto out of 3 boxes...
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