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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #36 on: July 07, 2016, 08:21:41 PM »
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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #37 on: July 07, 2016, 08:24:14 PM »
Any chance one of those golds was an Ajerx?  Still looking for one of those.

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #38 on: July 08, 2016, 12:01:12 PM »
Cracked a Chrome Blaster Box just now. Nothing of note except a Brittle X-Fractor which is cool for me since I own the SuperFractor of that card.
Still fun to crack some packs on a Friday.   ;)

Andrew

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #39 on: July 08, 2016, 02:43:01 PM »
Cracked a Chrome Blaster Box just now. Nothing of note except a Brittle X-Fractor which is cool for me since I own the SuperFractor of that card.
Still fun to crack some packs on a Friday.   ;)

Andrew
any chance you got a Jolly Mean X-fractor in there? that's the last one I need for a set.

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #40 on: July 09, 2016, 07:05:49 AM »
any chance you got a Jolly Mean X-fractor in there? that's the last one I need for a set.
Nope. 

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #41 on: July 09, 2016, 10:35:12 PM »
Let's see that sketch please... Congrats. Sketches are pretty tough to pull.




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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #42 on: July 09, 2016, 10:36:59 PM »
Crickets will be chirping... picked up 60 Chrome Value Packs

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #43 on: July 10, 2016, 07:38:32 AM »
Beautimus!

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #44 on: July 10, 2016, 10:32:11 AM »
Crickets will be chirping... picked up 60 Chrome Value Packs

Best of luck when you crack 180 packs of chrome. When you share your scores please advise if the hard card was found in the third position in the stack?

I keep a list of the card #'s for the Altered Art and Mixed up cards. When I hit a card in the third position which is # 5, 13, 15, 20, 44, 51, 54, 56 or 83: I have a little anticipation prior to turning it over- hoping for the alternate version card. It has happened once so far with a Campy.  I hope that happens to you this time around.


Your post motivated me to buy some value packs. 9 arrive on Tues and 24 on Thurs.   That's 99 packs of Chrome. Time WILL tell.

Regards,  Andrew

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #45 on: July 10, 2016, 09:05:20 PM »
I have noticed the card #3 is the "sweet spot"... I generally open my packs from the bottom, flip them over so I see the the top card and sleeve them & separate them into piles depending on what they are base, refractor, etc... I never touch the cards unless they have some smudges in which case I have a pair of cotton inspection gloves which I gently rub the remove. I have noticed quite a few cards which are complete defects meaning there are lines in the chrome especially with some refractors.

When you get a sketch it's pretty obvious the cards barely fit into the pack.

I keep a spreadsheet of my Chrome (up to date):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B410p6_RYu0XV2tSeXNpNF93c2s

As you can see I have ton's of Chrome...


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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #46 on: July 12, 2016, 05:07:33 PM »
Opened 9 Chrome Value packs tonight. Got four refractors I need. 48 more on the way. Time will tell.

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #47 on: July 16, 2016, 05:58:25 PM »
I have purchased a few hundred Chrome packs and have moved to an opening schedule of one pack per day. This way I can enjoy four cool chrome cards per day and reflect on the titles I grew up with as well as the other inserts in the set (Wacky Ads, Cutting Room Floor, Where are they now). I found that when I recently cracked 50 or so packs at one time it became less fun. I will report if or when I hit something special out of a pack. If that never happens that's ok with me. Now its about the legacy of the images plus the small chance to score a Altered Art/ Mixed Up Character or Superfractor card.

Regards,  Andrew

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #48 on: July 20, 2016, 02:44:42 AM »
Today's Chrome pack produced a Hurtz Refractor. I needed that one so it went right into the binder. I am happy it went into the binder because that image with the dead bleeding canary is one of my least favorite from this Chrome set. I find it somewhat disturbing: so I am glad it won't sit on my desk all day the way the other cards from the pack will.

Andrew

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #49 on: July 23, 2016, 06:50:34 AM »
Here are pics of my:

Four card Chrome Daily Pack Display Area,
Chrome Drawer which the Daily Pack comes from,
Chrome Display with 5 Mixed Up/ Alt Art Cards, SuperFractor,  Sketch, Blue and Gold Refractors and one common refractor which changes often.
I will use the common refractor spot for another Super Fractor or Alt Art/ Mixed Card if one ever emerges from a daily pack.








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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #50 on: July 24, 2016, 07:48:31 AM »

I really like your daily pack idea!

Is that a young DrDeal shown in the photo under Gadzooka?




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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #51 on: July 24, 2016, 09:40:00 AM »
I really like your daily pack idea!

Is that a young DrDeal shown in the photo under Gadzooka?


Why yes it is.    Still purchasing packs to fill the drawer. Working on securing a bunch of Value Packs.

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #52 on: July 28, 2016, 02:46:40 AM »
So after about two weeks of the pack a day habit I can report its working out nicely. I really enjoy the four images per day. The refractors are pretty cool and days will go by without pulling one.  Then when one surfaces it look great. Today I pulled a  Log Cave-in refractor. I have fond memories of the card from my youth. Along with it was a Koduck Where are they now card which is a nice update of a classic image. The regular cards were Fright Guard and Neveready which are both iconic cards.
The Wacky Ads and, Lost Wackies and Cutting Room Floor cards keep things interesting. 


Regards,  Andrew

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #53 on: August 06, 2016, 02:13:57 AM »
Today's pack was a good one!  Mixed-Up Character Gadzooka. I already own this one. Hoping to trade it for an Altered Art/ Mixed-Up Character card I need.
FYI, This card was the third card from the top in the four card stack. Pack had a Ditch Masters refractor in the fourth card position.
Not sure what pack configuration the pack came from; as I have purchased Blaster Boxes, Value Packs and loose packs to fill my "Pack A Day" drawer.

Andrew




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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #54 on: September 09, 2016, 10:18:22 AM »



Here are some of the Chrome sketches I was talking about...

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #55 on: September 09, 2016, 10:51:13 PM »
Today's pack was a good one!  Mixed-Up Character Gadzooka. I already own this one. Hoping to trade it for an Altered Art/ Mixed-Up Character card I need.
FYI, This card was the third card from the top in the four card stack. Pack had a Ditch Masters refractor in the fourth card position.
Not sure what pack configuration the pack came from; as I have purchased Blaster Boxes, Value Packs and loose packs to fill my "Pack A Day" drawer.

Andrew





What luck! That's a great pull! A

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #56 on: September 10, 2016, 04:34:11 PM »
I was able to trade gadzooka mixed up for demented mixed up and traded a good ans 1 plate for kook aid altered art.

Andrew

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #57 on: September 10, 2016, 06:51:49 PM »
I was able to trade gadzooka mixed up for demented mixed up and traded a good ans 1 plate for kook aid altered art.
I strongly suspect this sentence has never before been uttered in the history of mankind.

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #58 on: September 11, 2016, 04:49:11 AM »
I strongly suspect this sentence has never before been uttered in the history of mankind.

I think that a lot when I write posts here.  And, I don't recall plates being available for ANS1...........

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #59 on: September 11, 2016, 11:12:19 AM »
I don't recall plates being available for ANS1...........
I don't, either. My recollection [and we know how good THAT is] is that I pulled one of the first plates ever found and that was one from Flashback 2 in 2008. Anybody have one from a release prior to that?

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #60 on: September 11, 2016, 11:30:39 AM »
I don't, either. My recollection [and we know how good THAT is] is that I pulled one of the first plates ever found and that was one from Flashback 2 in 2008. Anybody have one from a release prior to that?

Sorry,  The plate was from 2014 ANS1, Not ANS1.   My bad....

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #61 on: September 11, 2016, 11:35:02 AM »
I don't, either. My recollection [and we know how good THAT is] is that I pulled one of the first plates ever found and that was one from Flashback 2 in 2008. Anybody have one from a release prior to that?

That is my recollection as well - I pulled two black plates (Mustard Charge and Tipsy Roll) from Flashback 2.

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #62 on: September 11, 2016, 12:00:05 PM »
Sorry,  The plate was from 2014 ANS1, Not ANS1.   My bad....
2014 ANS1 2014 Series 1

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #63 on: September 30, 2016, 02:06:31 AM »
Scored a Ditch Maters Sketch this morning.  Quite cool to finally pull one. Up for trade if anyone is a fan of it.




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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #64 on: October 04, 2016, 03:15:20 AM »
Scored a Run Tony Auto this morning. Pretty nice pull!

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #65 on: October 04, 2016, 11:51:24 AM »
Scored a Run Tony Auto this morning. Pretty nice pull!

Nice!!! An autograph on a great image - A

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #66 on: October 10, 2016, 05:58:59 PM »
Decided to open 350 packs of chrome today. Scored this Camera Minute Mud Sketch   8)





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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #67 on: October 11, 2016, 12:12:18 AM »
Decided to open 350 packs of chrome today. Scored this Camera Minute Mud Sketch   8)





What are you going to do with all that swill?

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #68 on: October 11, 2016, 03:29:33 AM »
What are you going to do with all that swill?

I currently have a ping pong table that is not used so it serves as a sorting area for base sets. I have taken to handing out base sets to my neighbors kids. My Mom
lives in an assisted living home so her co-inhabitants will be receiving sets as well. Halloween is coming too so that is another avenue for swill distribution. Hopefully these efforts will make some kids and adults happy. Any other ideas would be appreciated. I have another 350 packs to open. Most are from value packs which contain 4 Bonus base cards so those base cards are multiplying.   8)

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Re: Fight the Crickets: Share when you open packs of recent releases
« Reply #69 on: October 11, 2016, 06:01:28 PM »
Decided to open 350 packs of chrome today.
So much for your pack a day habit.

 

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