Interesting to see what these include, so let's go from least to most interesting...give or take.
First off, the duplicates...
Absolutely no surprises here - early 90s Bowman, Pro Set and Score. All sets I have completed or pretty close to completed. The Pinnacle is French (I don't keep any French cards except Leafs), and 1997-98 Donruss is a set I also have completed thanks to a box a number of years ago, randomly showing up at Wal-Mart.
The keepers...
Well above the 50% goal line on this one, having 26 keepers, not including the three to come below. Samuelsson is an interesting one - only the second card I have out of the Skybox Impact set circa 1996-97. Also, these include my first 2011-12 SPx card ever. Happily surprised on the variety of sets here actually. Maybe it is because I am use to the 15 card packs that give you fairly similar sets, or maybe one card that is a bit of a surprise, but the 40 seems to do a better job.
Leaf content....
Just the one Leaf - odds say there should be one or two given it is 40 cards. So, more importantly, it is a Leaf I didn't have, so that's a plus.
Error card?
I am a bit stumped on this one. This definitely looks like the base card for Luongo from 2000-01 Signature Series, but that base card is supposed to be numbered to 500. I looked online, and that is what I found selling on COMC and ebay, but as you can see on mine - no SN printed on the back.
I looked at the other inserts and printing of the card and can't find one that ISN'T supposed to be serially numbered.
Any one out there have any clue? I guess it is possible as I assume the serial numbering happens as a last step, so maybe it go missed, which would be an awesome little error, but I'd like to make sure I am not missing a non-serial numbered set somewhere before I get more excited about this one.
The hit...
A jersey (yes - from a photo shoot), an auto AND serially numbered. More than I would have expected, even if he is a Columbus Blue Jackets player. Not actually too shabby at all. I was expecting generic white patch with no serial number.
Overall, I would call this a success, and anyone who has thoughts on the Luongo, let me know.
First off, the duplicates...
Absolutely no surprises here - early 90s Bowman, Pro Set and Score. All sets I have completed or pretty close to completed. The Pinnacle is French (I don't keep any French cards except Leafs), and 1997-98 Donruss is a set I also have completed thanks to a box a number of years ago, randomly showing up at Wal-Mart.
The keepers...
Well above the 50% goal line on this one, having 26 keepers, not including the three to come below. Samuelsson is an interesting one - only the second card I have out of the Skybox Impact set circa 1996-97. Also, these include my first 2011-12 SPx card ever. Happily surprised on the variety of sets here actually. Maybe it is because I am use to the 15 card packs that give you fairly similar sets, or maybe one card that is a bit of a surprise, but the 40 seems to do a better job.
Leaf content....
Just the one Leaf - odds say there should be one or two given it is 40 cards. So, more importantly, it is a Leaf I didn't have, so that's a plus.
Error card?
I am a bit stumped on this one. This definitely looks like the base card for Luongo from 2000-01 Signature Series, but that base card is supposed to be numbered to 500. I looked online, and that is what I found selling on COMC and ebay, but as you can see on mine - no SN printed on the back.
I looked at the other inserts and printing of the card and can't find one that ISN'T supposed to be serially numbered.
Any one out there have any clue? I guess it is possible as I assume the serial numbering happens as a last step, so maybe it go missed, which would be an awesome little error, but I'd like to make sure I am not missing a non-serial numbered set somewhere before I get more excited about this one.
The hit...
A jersey (yes - from a photo shoot), an auto AND serially numbered. More than I would have expected, even if he is a Columbus Blue Jackets player. Not actually too shabby at all. I was expecting generic white patch with no serial number.
Overall, I would call this a success, and anyone who has thoughts on the Luongo, let me know.
I'm not familiar with the player, but that's a pretty neat auto/relic combo to come out of that kind of repack.
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty much my reaction too - may not be a star player, but pretty darn good card for the repack.
DeleteThat Luongo is pretty cool. Maybe ITG held onto a few copies for replacements just in case collectors pulled a damaged copy. And after a few years, they dumped the excess "replacements" to 3rd party companies like Presstime and Fairfield.
ReplyDeleteNot a bad thought - could see that being the case.
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