Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Good and Bad

So I finally got around to starting to sorting the Topps 2015 Football cards I've picked up so far.  I printed up several checklists from Trading Card DB and I opened the first Jumbo pack, one of them from the Championship Edition.  As I was sorting them into piles (cards on the first page, second page, ect.) I saw the first card.  It was this.


I kept going and I noticed that on the check list, #1 was Arron Rodgers, and that there were three VER tags behind it, meaning variants!  not only that, but #1c was Brett Farve!!  So in the first pack I got, I got a Variant.  Cool.  and then I check a regular pack and saw that the Veteran Variants are 1 in 95!!  Even better!!

Ok, so the "Good part of this post's title is obvious.  Not an ultra rare variant, but still cool.  And better then the ones I got from Baseball 2015 Update Series (a couple Throwback variants.  In blasters, they are listed as 1 in 5) So what is the bad?

It's a Packer card.  On the bright side, he ended his career in the better team, the Vikings, but it is still a Packer card.  Still think it is cool though.

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Championship Edition #5

It's time once again to see who will win the Superbowl.  And time to see if I can go 5-0 in pics using cards.


Like always, each card earns that teams conference (AFC or NFC) a point.  Cards for the Broncos and Patriots earn them 2 points.  Parallels and Inserts will count only if a tie breaker is needed.

Lets see who wins

NFC (7)
AFC (10)
Andre Williams (Giants)C.J, Anderson (Broncos)
Patrick Peterson (Cardinals)T.Y. Hilton (Colts)
Brett Farve (Packers)Ryan Fitzpatrick (Jets)
C.J. Spiller (Saints)Jordan Cameron (Dolphins)
Earl Thomas (Seahawks)Denzel Perryman (Chargers)
Roddy White (Falcons)Rashad Greene (Jaguars)
Tampa Bay BuccaneersDuke Johnson (Browns)

Denver Broncos


Topps 60 Blue Parallel--Rob Gronkowski (Patriots)
Fantasy Focus--DeMarco Murry (Eagles)
4000 Yard Club--Peyton Manning (Broncos)
Looking like Broncos will be ahead at half time.  Lets see if the Panthers can catch up.

NFC (14)
AFC (20)
Patrick Willis (49ers)EJ Manuel (Bills)
Carlos Hyde (49ers)Sheldon Richardson (Jets)
Riley Cooper (Eagles)Vontae Davis (Colts)
Larry Fitzgerald (Cardinals)Elvis Dumervil (Ravens)
Robert Turbin (Seahawks)Rob Gronkowski (Patriots)
Pierre Garcon (Redskins)Brandon Marshall (Jets)
Jamis Winston (Buccaneers)Khalil Mack (Raiders)

Adam Jones (Bengals)

Josh Robinson (Colts)

Kieth Mumphery (Texans)
Topps 60--Jimmy Graham (Seahawks)
Not looking like the Panthers will win.  I kind of figured that actually.  I want them to win, but think the Broncos will.  The Achievement Hunters agree.  Guess we will see what happens.