I recently picked up a couple blasters
of Topps Chrome Football and while the design is just like the base
football release this is CHROME (say this as Austin Power’s Goldmember would
say “Gold)… which makes it better out of the pack. It has been awhile since I
last did a Random Blaster Box post, the last one was back in April, so no time
like the present to get back in the groove.
I pulled a decent variety of
players, both vets and rookie, but Seahawks and Cardinals players were slim
pickings. Besides the Russell Wilson base card the closest I got to a
Seahawk player is Matt Hasslebeck, ex-Hawks QB. I only pulled on Cardinals
player, Beanie Wells.
With rookies I pulled some two
very solid QBs, Russell Wilson and Robert Griffin III. Not bad, beyond those two
I also pulled Luke Kuechly and Vick Ballard among others.
I pulled 4 Refractors; Roddy
White, Randy Moss, Doug Martin and Jonathan Martin. Roddy White is having
another stellar year, and with 3 games left it is possible he can top his best
year (2010- 1,389 yards). Randy Moss is not the threat that he once was but as
the #2-3 receiver he is carrying his weight. Doug Martin is a bit of a pleasant
surprise for the 6-7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
I pulled 5 X-Fractors, which have
the same exact odds of being pulled as the standard refractors 1:3 packs, Matt
Forte, Antonio Brown and Beanie Wells along with two rookies; Brandon Thompson
and Mike Adams.
I pulled a Pink Refractor, Ben
Roethlisberger #/399, and one Camo Refractor, Orson Charles #/499.
One pack that I opened had 5 cards
in it instead of the stated 4 cards. I had two cards that were stuck together,
both Jonathan Martin. What is cool is that one card was a Martin refractor
stuck to the back of the Martin base card. Now if it only had been a RG3
refractor stuck to the back of RG3 base card that I pulled.
I pulled two 1957 Topps inserts
(1:12 packs), Trent Richardson and David Wilson. The Wilson has a long scuff
mark running horizontally across the card front; it can be seen on the scan. The vertical
stripes are from my scanner and are not actually on the card.
I pulled a Robert Turbin 1965
Topps mini insert (1:12 packs)
Next up is a double dose of
Seahawk rookies from the 1984 Topps insert (1:6 packs). I actually made out
very well with the reprints, 3 Seahawks cards (2 Robert Turbin and a Russell
Wilson) plus a Trent Richardson.
The blaster boxes include a
retail-exclusive Rookie Relic card; I pulled Ryan Broyles and a Nick Toon
Refractor #/25. The down side is that both players are now on Injured Reserve
with Toon being placed on IR before the season even began.
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