Card of the Day: Jimmie Johnson 2000 Upper Deck SP Authentic #39

Johnson Redline Relic Contest! – NOW CLOSED

I originally wasn’t going to hold a contest this week since I’ll be heading to the National.  But then I realized the entire hobby would fall apart if I didn’t.  This week’s contest is for a Jimmie Johnson 2014 Press Pass Redline Relics Race-Used Firesuit #’ed/50.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Sunday, August 3, 2014 @ 8:00 p.m. EST.
• To enter, please leave a comment in this post.
• You can enter once per day.
• The winner will be selected at random.
• Please provide a valid e-mail address when entering.
• The winner will receive an e-mail when the contest is over.
• The winner has one week to send me their contact information or the contest will be held again.
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

Card of the Day: Jimmie Johnson 2009 Press Pass Driver Worn Santa Hat

And The Winner Is…

Congrats to jo on being the lucky winner of the Jimmie Johnson 2011 Press Pass “Burning Rubber” Race-Used Tire Relic #’ed/50.  Once jo sends me their mailing address, I will ship this card out ASAP.  Thanks to everyone that participated!!!

Jimmie Johnson Contest! – NOW CLOSED

Its that giving time of the year.  Earlier this week I busted a box of 2011 Press Pass Racing.  My big M-O-J-O hit was a Jimmie Johnson “Burning Rubber” Race-Used Tire Relic #’ed/50.  Who wants it?

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Wednesday, December 22, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m. EST
• To enter, please leave a comment in this post
• You can enter once per day
• The winner will be selected at random
• Please provide a valid e-mail address when entering
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

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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’09 Fusion CONTEST! – NOW CLOSED

Its time for another contest sponsored by Press Pass, Inc.  Last week I busted a box of 2009 Fusion and now its your chance to own some of the hits.  Simply leave a comment in this post informing me what you like and/or don’t like about this product.  You can enter once per day, but one of your entries needs to tell me what you like and/or don’t like about ’09 Fusion.  Please provide a valid e-mail address when entering.  The winner will be chosen at random and the cards will be mailed to them for FREE!!!  This contest will end 12-11-09 at 7:00 p.m. EST.  The winner will receive the following:

• (1) Jimmie Johnson Race-Used Firesuit #’ed/65
• (1) Josh Freeman parallel #’ed/150
• (1) Johnny Flynn parallel #’ed/99
• (1) Wayne Ellington parallel #’ed/25

2009 Fusion Box Break & Review

The name “Fusion” sounds like a new hip drink you’ed expect to see on the grocery store shelf.  But in this case its Press Pass’s most recent multi-sport product.  I have to be honest.  When I heard Press Pass was planning to create their first multi-sport set I became a little worried.  Technically the last multi-sport product I opened was UD Superstars and that didn’t turn out so well.  After busting my box, I think Press Pass did a good job at combining baseball, basketball, football, wrestling/MMA, racing, and the Olympics all into one product.  Check out what I pulled!

Design:

The 90-card base set slightly resembles the popular Legends Football Press Pass usually releases during the summer.  Thats a good thing because I really like that look.  One thing I did notice was that the serial numbers on some cards were difficult to see because they blended in with the background.  Press Pass also did a good job with the photos they picked.  There aren’t too many cards featuring players like Fred Lynn and Paul Molitor in their college uniforms.  Some of the parallels contain a little rainbow foil technology that I really like.

Price:

Hobby boxes can be found for around $60.00 depending on where you shop.  When I first saw boxes of Fusion, I thought (3) boxes would make up a full box kinda like their Legends products do.  Instead this time its the opposite.  What looks like a mini box actually is the whole hobby box.  I don’t think $60.00 is that bad of a price because you’ed normally spend around $45.00 for a Legends mini box and Fusion comes with (2) more packs.

Hit Quality:

’09 Fusion guarantees (2) hits per box on average, (1) autograph and (1) relic or autograph plus a few serial numbered cards.  I pulled the following hits:

• Randy Couture Blue Ink autograph #’ed/25
• Jimmie Johnson Race-Used Firesuit #’ed/65
• Josh Freeman parallel #’ed/150
• Johnny Flynn parallel #’ed/99
• Wayne Ellington parallel #’ed/25

The Couture autograph and Johnson Firesuit are two decent hits.  Many collectors seem interested in the serial numbered parallels as well.  One of the coolest hits you can find are the John Elway baseball autographs.  You just don’t see many of those.  It wouldn’t be a Press Pass product without ink variations and nicknames either.  This product is loaded with those.

Overall:

Overall I give this product 3.5 basketballs out of 5 (1=poor & 5=perfect).  Being their first attempt at a multi-sport product they did a good job.  It was much better than the last multi-sport product I opened.  Other than some of the serial numbers being difficult to read, its a pretty decent product for $60.00.

Card of the Day: Jimmie Johnson ’09 Press Pass Signings Auto

After winning his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title, its no surprise that Jimmie Johnson’s cards are on fire.

Card of the Day: Jimmie Foxx 1941 Playball #13