Thursday, April 29, 2010

Box Break.

I just got home from work and found my box of National Chicle waiting to be opened. Let's get started!

Cabinet Card:

I really like the look of these!

Pack #1:
#196 Will Venable
#166 Duke Snider
#126 Melky Cabrera
#70 Cliff Lee
#28 Andrew McCutchen National Chicle Ad Back
#64 Alex Rodriguez
#104 Justin Upton
#159 Kenshin Kawakami

Pack #2:
#46 Youk
#11 C.C. Sabathia
#30 Michael Cuddyer
#175 Dexter Fowler
#3 Ichiro Bazooka Back

#194 Tim Lincecum
#184 Phil Hughes
#49 Adrian Gonzalez

-Checklist

Pack #3:
#192 J.D. Drew
#222 Lou Brock
#47 Brandon Inge
#260 Drew Stubbs
#291 Cy Young

#53 Marco Scutaro
#224 Al Kaline
#179 Carlos Quentin

I'm having a lot of fun with these cards so far. There are some curious looking cards, but most of them are well done and beautiful.

Pack #4:
#62 Chad Billingsley
#102 Adam Wainwright
#157 Jimmy Rollins
#205 John Danks
#35 Justin Morneau
#79 Russell Branyan
#154 Derek Lowe
#249 Nolan Ryan (with an interesting chin)

-checklist

Pack #5:
#22 Tim Wakefield (this is the weirdest card I've seen so far. I'd like to know why Wake is licking the baseball. It also looks like he's winking.)

#137 Zack Greinke
#107 Mark Teixeira
#110 Curtis Granderson (cool idea to have NY in the background)

#160 Jonathan Sanchez
#134 Felix Pie
#59 Wandy Rodriguez
#174 Marlon Byrd

Pack #6:
#211 Jim Palmer
#266 Carlos Carrasco
#140 Javier Vazquez
#255 Mike Schmidt
#NCA-LD Luis Durango Autograph (the fact that it's on card in blue ink is nice)

#3 Ichiro
#269 Tommy Manzella
#19 Jay Bruce

Pack #7
#112 Dustin Pedroia
#232 Roy Campanella
#1 Albert Pujols
#5 Prince Fielder (not a very attractive card of him)

#107 Mark Teixeira National Chicle Ad Back
#119 Jose Lopez
#164 Andre Ethier
#204 Carlos Gonzalez

Pack #8:
#250 Joe Morgan
#25 Aaron Hill
#NCR-MT Mark Teixeira's Pants =p (of course I get a Yankee relic, but the card looks nice)

#234 Tris Speaker (nice looking card)

#54 Yunel Escobar
#84 Hanley Ramirez
-checklist

Pack #9:
#37 Ryan Howard
#92 Cole Hamels
#90 Miguel Tejada
#45 Adam Lind
#140 Javier Vazquez Bazooka Back
#14 Mariano Rivera
#69 Jose Reyes
#124 Carlos Zambrano
-checklist

Pack #10:
#187 Joe Saunders
#217 Frank Robinson
#262 Reid Gorecki
#135 Chris Carpenter
#214 Warren Spahn National Chicle Ad Back (sweet card)
#144 Jhoulys Chacin
#209 Juan Marichal
#259 Henry Rodriguez

Pack #11:
#147 Jon Lester

#252 Duke Snider
#237 Thurman Munson
#20 David DeJesus
#329 Juan Francisco

#44 Jason Bay
#244 Eddie Matthews
#274 Ian Desmond

Pack #12:
#122 Roy Halladay
#97 Matt Kemp
#87 Ted Lilly
#195 Alex Rios
#150 Zack Duke
#9 Brandon Webb
#4 Daisuke Matsuzaka
#74 Ryan Zimmerman

Pack #13:
#201 AJ Burnett
#261 Kevin Richardson
#36 Derek Jeter

#55 Carl Crawford
#317 Kevin Richardson

#24 Kevin Kouzmanoff
#89 Chone Figgins
#109 Nelson Cruz

Pack #14:
#71 Miguel Cabrera
#141 Brett Anderson
#206 Hank Greenberg
#85 Justin Verlander (I think this card is one of my favorites so far)

#65 Clayton Kershaw
#189 Mat Gamel
#219 Eddie Murray

#264 Josh Thole

Pack #15:
#241 Christy Mathewson
#226 Phil Rizzuto

#216 Bob Gibson
#105 Mark Reynolds
#137 Zack Greinke National Chicle Ad Back

#39 Michael Young
#94 Nyjer Morgan
#149 Trevor Cahill

Pack #16:
#91 Asbrubal Cabrera
#96 Derrek Lee
#151 Michael Bourn
#190 Orlando Hudson
#309 Ryan Zimmerman

#129 Nolan Reimold
#169 Denard Span
#199 Trevor Crowe

Pack #17:
#202 Ian Stewart
#42 Robinson Cano
#255 Babe Ruth
#125 Luis Castillo
#271 Brent Dnugach Bazooka Back
#103 Pablo Sandoval

#63 Aramis Ramirez
#23 Shane Victorino
-checklist

Pack #18:
#52 Nick Swisher
#82 Josh Beckett
#127 Kyle Blanks
#165 Jed Lowrie
#290 Walter Johnson
#188 Rich Harden
#138 Scott Kazmir
#108 Josh Hamilton

Pack #19:
#167 Ryan Ludwick
#197 Dan Haren
#120 Tommy Hanson
#80 Jermaine Dye
#NCA-BD Brent Dlugach Auto

#68 Vladimir Guerrero
#28 Andrew McCutchen
#173 Jonathan Broxton

Pack #20:
#67 Mark Buehrle
#267 Tobi Stoner
#17 Ken Griffey Jr.
#275 Buster Posey
#65 Clayton Kershaw National Chicle Ad Back
#214 Warren Spahn

#83 Brian Roberts
#248 Tom Seaver

Pack #21:
#257 Madison Bumgarner
#12 Raul Ibanez
#227 Rogers Hornsby

#10 Manny Ramirez
#95 Ryan Braun
#33 Evan Longoria

#203 Edinson Volquez
#273 Juan Francisco (I love this card)

-checklist

Pack #22:
#32 Andy Pettitte
#172 Gavin Floyd
#242 Mickey Mantle
#235 Jackie Robinson
#277 Rogers Hornsby
#258 Gordon Beckham

#223 Carl Yastrzemski
#158 Stephen Drew

Pack #23:
#22 Michael Brantley
#7 Joe Mauer
#2 Grady Sizemore
#180 Freddy Sanchez
#289 Johnny Mize National Chicle Ad Back
#133 Andrew Bailey
#88 Jorge Cantu
#43 Ian Kinsler

Pack #24:
#72 Jorge Posada
#117 Jason Marquis
#162 Jonathan Papelbon
#220 Dale Murphy
#187 Joe Saunders National Chicle Ad Back
#18 Josh Johnson
#193 Mark Rzepczynski
#148 Chris Young (nice to end on a good looking card)


Not too shabby. Nothing fancy with the autos and I didn't get anything extra, but it was a fun box break. You can tell that there was a lot of effort by the artists put into these cards. I like the fact that they used a variety of artists so all the cards don't look the same.



As I've been looking through the cards, I noticed the ones by Jason Davies stick out to me. Some examples are the Verlander, Francisco and the Young. The cards look like they glow and are very appealing.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Million Card Giveway.

I completely forgot that I redeemed 7 Million Card Giveaway Cards until I saw some posts about them. I have 5 trade offers:

offering a 1989 Don Mattingly for my 1985 Don Baylor
offering a 1973 Jim Beauchamp for my 1972 Jim Beauchamp
offering a 1988 Ken Caminiti for my 1971 Reggie Smith
offering a 1986 Team Leaders Atlanta Braves Card for my 1972 Jim Beauchamp
offering a 1968 Dick Calmus for my 1972 Jim Beauchamp

Pretty Interesting. Jim's a pretty popular guy. Hmm, I think I'll be taking the 1968 Dick Calmus for it. However, the Caminiti for Smith trade will be declined. I will not be giving up the one Red Sox card I got. Besides, Vintage for a late 80's card? No thanks. I suppose I'll accept the first trade, it doesn't really make a difference to me.
Good Bye, Jim.
& Hello, Dick.

Coming Up...

2010 Topps National Chicle Baseball Hobby Box - Click Image to Close
My box of National Chicle has just been shipped. Yay!

Monday, April 26, 2010

This and That.

A while back, I preordered a box of National Chicle. It's about to come out and I'm excited about opening it. I'll have the box break right here on the blog. Any thoughts on the product before it's released?

I've also had a stroke of luck on ebay recently, winning a few nice cards. They will be posted as soon as I receive them.

I wish I could be posting more at the moment, but school is keeping me really. I have the AP Calculus and AP English test next week. Our graduation is the 28th of May, and a lot of things still need to be done. Once May is over, I'll be posting with much more frequency.

-Kelly

Thursday, April 15, 2010

schooool.

Hey Everyone,
Sorry for the lack of posting so far. I've been really busy in school at the moment. Luckily, April Vacation is this week, so I'll be able to get some posts up!

Sunday, April 4, 2010