Topps Magic Pack #2

Same drill as last post, answers at the bottom.

#72 Deion Branch

Deion has held bowling and flag football tournaments to raise money for what cause?

Nice picture of the space needle on the back.

 Jerome Harrison #153

What nickname did Jerome earn at Washington State because he "disappeared" on long runs?

His body looks kind of contorted in the picture.

# MM-13 Fred Jackson

Commemorates the first ever 1,000 rushing and 1,000 kickoff return yards season.

# 163 Matt Leinart

Besides Leinart, which other Heisman Trophy winner did Mater Dei High in Santa Ana, Calif., produce?

Weird seeing him in the Texans uniform. On the back, for his fact, they had to go back to 2006 when he led the Cardinals to a 27-21 win over Seattle.

#174 Adrian Peterson

Peterson's non-stop energy as a child plus his hard work at football, earned him what nickname?

Nice looking action shot, like the expression on his face.

#36 Kellen Clemens mini #18/50

Kellen is a sixth-generation member of his family to be in what profession?

Always nice to get a numbered card, but this card has an identical non-numbered version which confuses me.

Answers:

1. Meningitis research

2. "Ghost"

3. John Huarte (1964)

4. "All Day" [I prefer AD to AP.]

5. Cattle Ranching

Topps Magic Pack #1

Hi everyone, I'm saving up a bit right now for a next big hobby purchase, so I'm going to slow my buying down with this pack a day series. Today we have a pack from Topps Magic because the cards are fun to look at and have (sometimes) interesting trivia! The answers will be at the bottom.

#129 Ben Tate

Who were the only two RBs with a faster 40 time than Ben's 4.43 at the 2010 NFL Combine?

#63 Ed Reed Mini

At what position did Ed take all-district accolades as a high school baseball player?

#181 Matt Forté

Matt's father, Gene, served as captain of which Louisiana college's football team?

#4 Fred Jackson

Fred paced what NFL Europa squad with 731 rushing yards in 2006

#113 Jordy Nelson

With 55 NFL career receptions, Nelson ranks ninth among players born in Kansas. Who is first?

#119 Steve Young, Short Print

Three of the 21 QBs to have passed for 33,000 yards were with the Buccaneers in spring 1987. Name them.

Answers: 

1. C.J. Spiller and Jahvid Best

2. Pitcher

3. Tulane

4. Rhein Fire

5. Barry Sanders (325)

6. Young, Vinny Testaverde, and Steve DeBerg

2010 Topps Value Box--Strasburg!

Stopped by Target, and they had the 2010 best of chrome boxes for $10 off (probably because of the year and how the million card giveaway codes don't work anymore).

If you haven't seen them they look like this: (picture "borrowed" from My Cardboard Mistress)

The box contains: 5 exclusive orange refractors, 5 packs of 2010 Bowman Chrome, 5 packs of 2010 Topps Chrome, and a Bowman Platinum Hobby Pack. (also two million card giveaway codes but they are expired).

Here are the prospects and two x-fractors I received.

From Left to Right, Wil Meyers, Jake Peavy X-fractor, Chase Utley X-fractor, Taylor Sinclair, Mike McCoy, Austin Jackson, Carlos Pimentel, Tony Wolters, Chris Masters. I look up the prospects, but since I'm mainly a football fan, I'd love any opinions you have!

Here are the Orange exclusive refractors and a Josh Donaldson Prospect. Sorry for the poor scans.

Here are the hits of the box: Jorge Posada #37 Purple Refractor # 197/599, Stephen Strasburg #212 Rookie, Scott McGough Team USA refractor # 240/999.

This product is cheap and lots of fun to open! If it's discounted at your local retailer, give it a try! Otherwise, take a look at the 2011 Diamond Value Boxes!

Of course when I recorded the break the battery ran out as soon as I saw the Strasburg.

6/3/11 Weekend Deals a plenty!

For this weekend, I sure hope you like sales on baseball!
Here are some highlights and be sure to follow for more deals and breaks in the future!
Check out all the blowoutcards.com deals here and tell me if there's anything else.
                                                            
2008 Topps Series 1 Baseball Hobby Box
$27.99  $21.95
Save: $6.04 off



2009 Bowman Chrome Baseball Hobby Box
$52.95  $45.95
Save: $7.00 off


Here's something interesting. I figure if you buy this lot you can stop yourself from buying anything for a while, but you better like basketball. There may not be a lot of interesting hits, but Blake Griffin rookies are pretty popular.

2009/10 Panini Prestige Basketball Blaster 20 Box Lot
$169.95  $119.00
Save: $50.95 off


These cards look pretty nice:

2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Baseball Hobby Box
$53.99  $39.95
Save: $14.04 off


Here are some deals from Dave and Adam's Card World!

2011 Bowman Baseball 24-Pack Box

• $64.95 $55.95

2010 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Hobby Box

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• $95.95 $82.95

Considering the popularity of Bowman and A and G, these are probably the best prices you're going to get. However, I'd probably go with a hobby box instead of the retail.

Over at Atlanta Sports Cards, the Kickoff Edition blaster with 4 autographs is still on sale! Check out my break here. Four on-card rookie autographs for $25 can't be beat!

2010 Press Pass PE Kickoff Blaster Football Box Model: Manufacturer: Press Pass Price: $34.99  $24.99 Save: $10.00 off

The Best Box Break Ever?

Bowman 2010 Draft Picks and Prospects Blaster and a 2011 Topps Rack Pack Break

Last week I fell into the Bowman craze, but my Target only had 2010 Draft Picks and Prospects and a 2011 Topps Rack Pack.

This will be just a quick recap and summary and not a full review since all I bought was a blaster and a rack pack.

Images and the video after the jump!

Contests over at Autographed Cards, the Diamond King, and Play at the Plate

There's a college world series contest over at Autographed Cards, so go on over there and take a shot!
The Diamond King also has a contest running over at his blog!
Another contest is running over at Play at the Plate!
Be sure to follow those blogs and support them!