This Week in Cardboarding

This Week in Cardboarding i found a discounted blaster of stadium at my local Target. There weren't any hits but each pack did have one card i needed. So instead of posting each pack i will just feature the eight new cards, here they are:

Kazmir is my favorite photo of the bunch
would probably look better on a landscape card
and i finally got an Ellsbury
a pair of Astros with Berkman and Tejada
Berkman back handing a grounder with the shades on
definitely a unique photo
Webb and Young illustrating the leisure moments of the game
i've said before and i'll say it again
i love the photography of this set

and some of the doubles i got that i like - just to add some more pretty pictures to the post

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This Week in Cardboarding

Welcome to This Week in Cardboarding. This week will just be my last discounted blaster of Stadium. With the craziness of the turkey weekend (shopping, taking fall decor down and putting xmas decor up), I am surprised I even got this posted. YEAH! for me, the streak of consecutive weeks continues. Here is what I got:

Pack 1

All doubles but still lovin that Pujols photo
Anyone know what is up with white line on the bottom of the Jackie card?

Pack 2

more doubles

Pack 3

more doubles

Pack 4

Kershaw set help

Pack 5

Ryan set help - great card and very nice photo
Jeter and Howard set help :)

Pack 6

all set help :)

Pack 7

Pedroia, Hunter and Ruggiano set help :)

Pack 8

my second BJ , now I have a set and PC card, YEAH!!
Granderson set help

Well a slow start but the blaster ended on a positive note. I got Youk and Pedroia which makes me happy. Still need an Evan Longoria from this set, so I may still pick some more Stadium blasters up, if I can find anymore. So I am holding off on my set list. Thanks again for checking out This Week in Cardboarding.

This Week in Cardboarding

Welcome to This Week in Cardboarding. This week will just be a blaster of Stadium, because silly me, forgot to hit the card isle while running errands. I wanted to add a little extra with each blaster. So, oopsy daisy. Here is what I got:

Pack 1

Come on Topps I need Jacoby and Dustin not a third card of Jed and Justin

Pack 2

Sweet!!!! an Auto
surrounded by doubles

Pack 3

all doubles

Pack 4

Aviles set help

Pack 5

Johnson set help

Pack 6

Gordon Set help

Pack 7

Rollins set help

Pack 8

Soriano set help

Nothing to exciting, mainly because it was a massive blaster of doubles and a few triples. Much like my third blaster back in April or whenever I got them. Only this time I have pulled two proof cards and an auto for half the cost. Last time I only pulled a Mark Ellis Auto and paid full price. I am still happy with my Stadium experience this fall. The Auto did enlighten me to the fact that these are on the card. I guess I didn't really inspect my Longoria as well as I should have.

Apparently I am closing in on my disk space, who knew. So, I may have to clean up some older posts in the next few weeks. Thanks again for checking out This Week in Cardboarding.

This Week in Cardboarding

Welcome to This Week in Cardboarding. This week I went with another discounted Stadium blaster and a few packs of chrome. I may just go for the set with the Stadium. There are so many great cards and I think I am closer than my other two sets already. I bought two more discounted blasters so I am still waiting to put up my need list since they will be unopened for a little while. Here is what I got:

First up the shiny
Pack 1

Greinke Xfactor
nice collection of guys

Pack 2

Braun Xfactor

Pack 3

Soto refractor

Next up the Stadium blaster
Pack 1

Clemente, a double but its such a great card, who cares
a Ray with Pena

Pack 2

AWESOME!!!! :)
Longoria, the whole reason I buy these - me happy
then a second Crawford
and not to be out done a proof of Cole Hamels 29/50
then a Votto, another double but such a great photo
Sweeeeeet! pack

Pack 3

All doubles (except Beckett) but I love that Sheffield photo

Pack 4

Mr Pujols, very unique photo
the rest - doubles

Pack 5

all doubles

Pack 6

sean rodriguez now a Ray
Carlos only double

Pack 7

Braun and Manny sporting some really fun photography
Jed's alternate photo
no doubles :)

Pack 8

Very good pack of players
all really really nice photos
no doubles :)

No chrome help, so once again just let me know if you want any or all of them since they are all doubles. The Stadium blaster made me a happy camper. My first Stadium Longoria and I hope not the last. I really enjoy these cards and the photography. Thanks again for checking out This Week in Cardboarding.

This Week in Cardboarding

Welcome to This Week in Cardboarding. This week I split up the budget and got some Longoria cards and a Topps Stadium blaster that was half off at Target. The Longoria cards aren't in hand yet, so I had to use the photos from ebay. The total was a few dollars short of my budget but I am sure some supplies will be needed to make up the difference. Here are the Longoria cards I purchased:

The middle card was the main reason I did this - its an insert and a vintage style of card I really like. I know its a hockey design, but its a design I like. The other two cards were a dollar add on from the seller with a quarter extra for shipping so i just added them on since I needed them for my player collection

2008 Stadium is a favorite of mine even though there are many critics of the product, but then again I only spend twenty dollars a week, and the main thing that is repeated about the product is it isn't worth what they pay. As for blasters go, twenty dollars is the standard and to get it half off makes it a super steal to me. The first blaster of Stadium I picked up was probably back in March (i think) and I fell in love with these cards. I scored a Mark Ellis auto and some other nice cards. Then as weeks went I by I acquired two more Stadium blasters and recieved triples of about a dozen cards and doubles of about twenty. So that soured me on the Stadium experience even though I loved the photography and was still with out the Longoria cards I wanted. Well thanks to clearance prices I decided to dip in the Stadium blaster pool again and truth be told I am very happy I did. Here is what I got:

Pack 1

WOW!! a photographer's proof number 28/50 - Nice :)
Delmon sliding and Luke who is starting to pitch to the hype of last year
very nice start

Pack 2

The Sheffield is awesome, I love this photo
Johan is also nice photo

Pack 3

Votto great photo
Crawford - YEAH! - a Ray and a card for my PC and an awesome photo
Hanley action shot of him playing the field - did I mention I love these cards
and I scored an Auto
WOW!!! what a pack :)

Pack 4

Clemente another great photo
DiceK for my PC
happy feelings continue :)

Pack 5

Markakis, Kuroda, Miggy, and Uggla
nice pack of players :)

Pack 6

another nice collection of players :)

Pack 7

two Sox guys :) a few doubles :(

Pack 8

BJ!! what a great photo
Happy! Happy!! Joy! Joy!!

I am very happy with the blaster - I got a great mix of players and a bunch of cards I didn't already have. The two Rays cards are great and the proof card was a happy surprise (I figured they were a hobby exclusive, happy to be wrong). Of course the auto I will have to wait for but I don't mind. Some of these photos are just amazing. Definitely a fun blaster. Thanks again for checking out This Week in Cardboarding.