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 Monday, January 26, 2009
Fleer 2008-09 Basketball
Posted by Tuff stuff
We're hitting the hardwood in this edition of Bustin' Wax, taking a look back at the rookies of 2008-09. Get it? Well, let's explain in: 2008-09 Fleer Basketball- 16 packs per box ($70)
- 15 cards per pack
You see, this Fleer offering brings you the rookie class (30 in all) on 1986-87 retro cards. So you can see what O.J. Mayo would look like in that famous Jordan year. In addition to that, each box offers up four memorabilia or autograph cards per box. Here's what we got among those hits: - 1 Signature Approval auto: LeBron James
- 2 Throwback Classic dual patch cards: Jerryd Bayless and Jason Thompson
- 1 Genuine Coverage dual patch: Tim Duncan
The rest of the box are decent base cards, many in the throwback style.
Monday, January 26, 2009 5:57:03 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Monday, January 19, 2009
UD Sweet Spot Baseball
Posted by Tuff stuff
We're staying with the high-end baseball products, breaking open a box of: 2008 Sweet Spot Baseball- 8 cards/pack
- 6 packs/box ($95)
One auto card or memorabilia card per pack, on average. That has my interest! And some of what we got was cool, others ho-hum. But first this little diddy. The last pack was thicker than the rest. When the cellophane was opened, it contained a tin box. I'm thinking, "Cool, must be something really good." Well, what was in it? Nothing. Nothing but base cards and an extra thick filler!! Wow, what a disappointment. Too bad it wasn't on video, because you'd all be groaning. So what did we get among the goodies? Here's the list: - Sweet Spot Signatures: Bobby Richardson (numbered to 250)
- Sweet Beginnings Auto: Brian Bixler (numbered to 699)
- Sweet Swatch Quad Memorabilia: Mike Schmidt, Ozzie Smith, Will Clark and Ryne Sandberg
- Sweat Swatch Memorabilia: Chipper Jones, Derek Jeter and David Ortiz.
The coolest part of the base cards in the "stitching" placed along the sides of the cards.
Monday, January 19, 2009 11:05:55 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Baseball
Posted by Tuff stuff
There are times when boxes bring out the joy of the hobby and sometimes you get the scorn. This might be the latter. And, yes, we'll have these on video again soon - so don't worry our reading-challenged friends. Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Baseball4 cards/pack/box ($99) This pack is supposed to offer a memorabilia or auto card among the contents, with the big draw being multiple-autographed versions. And, the "base" cards are all limited in number as well. But.... The auto/memorabilia card in this pack was Jeff Francoeur, who signed some game-used pants in a super swatch. It's numbered to 99. In the past, you might get excited over this former Braves top prospect. But his lousy 2008 season (including a demotion to the minors) doesn't bring a lot of excitement into this mix. The other base cards include: - Jake Peavy (numbered to 350)
- Brian Roberts (numbered to 350)
- Adrian Gonzalez (numbered to 350)
So, what do you think?
Monday, January 19, 2009 4:27:47 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, January 02, 2009
Press Pass Legends Football: Bowl Edition
Posted by Tuff stuff
We're taking it old school with this round of Bustin' Wax, leaving the video recorder in its case and just breaking it down list-wise. So what do we have on this post-New Year's doldrums? Press Pass Legends: Bowl Edition- 5 cards/pack
- 5 packs/box ($160)
Every card in this product is sequentially numbered to 299 or less, which I guess is a drawing point. There is also one Legendary Autograph per pack - so that's five "legendary" autographs in this box. Who did we get? Well: - Pat Sullivan, MVP of the 1970 Gator Bowl (numbered to 25)
- Roger Craig, 1982 Orange bowl (numbered to 75)
- Tommy Frazier, Nebraska (numbered to 15)
- James Lofton, Stanford (numbered to 25)
- Steve Spurrier/Danny Wuerffel redemption
Base cards ranged from the numbered to 299 base set and one top 25 card of Billy Sims numbered to 250. From there we had a Most Valuable Player Warren Moon (numbered to 250, Washington) and a Tommy Frazier Bowl Busters card numbered to 250. An Institutional Icons card of Jimmy Johnson and Jim Kelly was also numbered to 250. From there, it was four red parallels each numbered to 150: Sonny Jurgenson, Bob Griese, Ken Stabler and Derrick Brooks. Blue parallels included Bill Cowher, Felix Jones and Matt Forte (each numbered to 99). 10-yard line parallels (I think they're black with green) included Billy Kilmer and Joe Montana (numbered to 75) The 5-yard line parallels (also black and green with gold lettering) consisted of Herschel Walker (numbered to 50). There you have it. The base cards and parallels are nice, but it's the autographs you're after, and some of these names are a treat to run across again.
Friday, January 02, 2009 8:07:48 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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