2010 Element Contest! – NOW CLOSED

Time to giveaway some more cards!!!  Press Pass sent over a box of 2010 Element for me to review earlier this week and now you can win some of the cards I pulled.  This contest will include the following cards:

• (1) J.R. Fitzpatrick Blue Ink Autograph
• (1) Jimmie Johnson Race-Used Tire #’ed/99
• (1) Danica Patrick base card #59
• (1) Kevin Harvick blue parallel #’ed/35
• (4) Green border parallels
• (1) Bill France, Jr Class of 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame insert
• (4) 10 in’ 10 inserts
• (1) Jeff Gordon 2010 Eclipse Preview card
• (4) High Octane Vehicle inserts

Contest Details:

• This contest will end on Wed. 1-27-10 at 7:00 p.m. EST.
• To enter the contest, please leave a comment in this post informing me what you like or dislike about this product.
• You may enter once per day.
• The winner will be picked at random.
• When entering please provide a valid e-mail address.
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can mail them their cards for FREE!!!

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Great Day At The Card Shop

I had some gift cards left over from graduation, so I took a trip over to one of my local hobby shops today, Sports Zone Memorabilia.  I purchased two packs of ’09 Bowman Sterling Baseball and the last box of ’09 Triple Threads Football.  Jason, the shop owner, said that the case of Triple Threads hasn’t been that great, but he had a good feeling about this final box.  Man was he right…………..

(2) packs of ’09 Bowman Sterling Baseball:

• George Kottaras RC
• Petey Paramore Prospect
• Gerardo Parra Gold Ref RC #’ed/50
• Rashun Dixon Prospect Ref #’ed/199
• Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey
• Hung-Wen Chen Jersey Ref #’ed/199
• Dinesh Patel Prospect Auto
• Pat Venditte Prospect Auto
• Scott Campbell Prospect Ref Auto #’ed/199
• Gordon Beckham RC Auto

’09 Triple Threads Football Box:

• Peyton Manning Triple Jersey Auto #’ed 7/15
• Urlacher/Hawk/Curry Triple Jersey #’ed 11/25
• Steve Smith #’ed/25
• Michael Turner #’ed/249
• Santonio Holmes #’ed/149
• Reggie Wayne #’ed/99

Bats & Seats

Well, I guess I was wrong.  When ’09 Tribute was released a few weeks ago, I was excited to see how many Babe Ruth “bats” were being pulled.  Now that I’ve learned that many of these so called “bat” relics are really pieces of stadium seat it makes me upset.  I should have thought of this when I opened my box of Tribute and read the generic COA printed on the back.  I wonder how many stadium seats they have used instead of authentic pieces of bat?  Judging by the card pictured below, not all the stadium seat relics they used would have paint on them.  You can see part of the seat is painted and the other is just plain wood.  Stadium seats are barley worth $30.00 if your lucky.  It was probably cheaper for Topps to print the same COA on all the cards, but this is something you just don’t do.  Remember the days when the manufacturer would include a photo of the actual relic on the back of the card?  They should do that for every game-used card they make.  This whole situation reminds me of the Josh Gibson game-used “model” bats released a few years ago.  Topps uses the generic language hoping the collector automatically assumes what the piece of relic is, without them having to inform you directly.

PLEASE STOP PLAYING MIND GAMES WITH US TOPPS!!!

I guess Babe Ruth never used a green and red bat in the first place.

Card of the Day: Randy Moss 1999 Collectors Edge Game Gear Relic

This has to be one of the smallest relics I’ve ever seen.