2011/12 Exquisite Basketball Box Break Part 2



Yep, we did another box break of this product with Mojobreak.com and guess what? #2 pick again, arrrggghh! Oh well, it could have been worse.  The box was popping right from the get go.  First card out of the box was a booklet card, Alonzo Mourning/Tim Hardaway Dual Logo Patch Autograph Card 46/50 with Georgetown and UTEP patches.  It also has a Miami Heat basketball connection being in South Florida.  The rest of the box started to come out with a base card, Danny Manning and then a Jerry West Championship Bling autograph.  Next up, BOOM, a Lebron James Personal Touch Autograph, Favorite Car, autographed and with Bentley written on the bottom, numbered to 20, sweet.  The next card, a Corey Joseph autograph rookie, nice, and then the final hit, a DeMarcus Cousins Dimensions Shadowbox autograph rookie, sweet. Not a bad box, but with the #2 pick, I had a decision to make.   I went with my gut, and some local love, and picked the Mourning/Hardaway Booklet Dual Patch Autographs /50. So that's my little taste of Exquisite for the year. With a price hovering around $850, I doubt I will be doing any more of this product. 

2011/12 Exquisite Basketball Box Break



Well I had the opportunity to get a piece of an exclusive, or should I say Exquisite box break on Mojobreak.com the other night.  Six spots, with the sixth getting a base card and a box of 2012/13 Prestige Basketball as a consolation.  I had to jump on it.  With a product stuffed full of Jordan Autos and limited edition patches, duals, triples, and quads, as well as this years rookies, the only worry is what pick would I get.  Well, as fate would have it, I got pick #2.  Not bad, but it's not #1.  As they broke the box, the Hakeen Olajuwon base card #'d to 99 was on it's way to #6 already.  Next up, a Gail Goodrich Championship Bling On Card Auto #'d 99, nice. Card #3, BOOM, Michael Jordan/Magic Johnson Dual Auto On Card #'d 20, okay, so I'm hoping this one slips to #2, probably not.  Card #4 It's a Booklet, Bill Walton/Gail Goodrich UCLA Logo Patch Black Dual Auto On Card 33/50, sweet, but not and MJ/MJ dual auto!  Card #5 Nolan Smith Rookie Auto On Card #'d 199, nice, a Duke-y. Card #6  Endorsements Shadowbox Auto Mark A. Jackson inscribed "God Bless U" On Card Auto, very nice.  Okay, so i know that MJ/MJ is not coming my way, so i picked the nest best value in my opinion, the Booklet, Bill Walton/Gail Goodrich UCLA Logo Patch Black Dual Auto On Card 33/50.  Stay tuned, because I did another one of these, a few days later, wait till you see what happened there.

Happy Birthday Box Break

I know it's a week late but it's still a birthday present.  I decided to splurge on a few different new releases getting 4 different boxes of cards.  2012 Donruss Elite Football, 2012 Topps Inception Football, 2012 Topps Finest Baseball, and 2011/12 Ultimate Collection Hockey.  I will post some pics shortly but here's a breakdown, box by box. Enjoy.

Note:  All of these cards are available for sale or trade.

2012 Topps Finest Baseball Box Break

Box 1:

Pack 1:

Jon Lester 44, Hanley Ramirez 55, Albert Pujols Refractor 1, Mike Napoli 98, David Price 21

Pack 2:

Chipper Jones 58, Kirk Nieuwenhuis RC 29, Mark Teixeira Refractor 31, Ryan Zimmerman 32, Dellin Betances RC 71

Pack 3:

Wade Miley RC 76, Yu Darvish RC 35, Curtis Granderson Gold Refractor 19/50 85, Robinson Cano Finest Moments Die Cut Refractor FM-RC, Leonys Martin RC 93

Pack 4:

Josh Beckett 94, Jacoby Ellsbury 24, Austin Romine RC Refractor 81, Giancarlo Stanton 9, Robinson Cano 15

Pack 5:

Tyler Pastornicky RC 52, Jered Weaver 28, Drew Pomeranz Autographed Jersey Relic AJR-DP 19/50, Matt Moore RC 67, Paul Kornerko 57

Pack 6:

Liam Hendriks RC 77, David Wright 38, Jose Bautista Game Changers GC-JB, Brett Pill RC 91, Curtis Granderson 85

Box 2:

Pack 1:

Ian Kinsler 79, Albert Pujols 1, Joey Votto Refractor 80, Ichiro Suzuki 11, Jose Reyes 90

Pack 2:

Joey Votto 80, Eric Hosmer 63, Bryce Harper RC Refractor 73, Miguel Cabrera 70, Josh Hamilton 13

Pack 3:

Adrian Beltre 45, Roy Halladay 100, Tim Lincecum Face of the Franchise Die Cut FF-TL, Jarrod Parker RC 43, Brad Peacock RC 51

Pack 4:

Trevor Bauer RC 22, Josh Beckett Green Refractor 94 144/199, Nelson Cruz Finest Moments Refractor Die Cut FM-NC, Ian Kennedy23, Evan Longoria 26

Pack 5:

Cole Hamels 75, Dustin Pedroia 49, Joe Mauer Refractor 83, Mark Trumbo 59, Adrian Gonzalez 89

Pack 6:

Eric Surkamp RC 87, Jesus Montero RC 72, Matt Moore Autographed Rookie On Card AR-MM 68/99, C.C. Sabathia 48, Alex Liddi RC 99

Base and Rookie Cards 46 total, no duplicates

1 Albert Pujols 9 Giancarlo Stanton 11 Ichiro 13 Josh Hamilton 15 Robinson Cano 21 David Price 23 Ian Kennedy 24 Jacoby Ellsbury 26 Evan Longoria 28 Jered Weaver 29 Kirk Nieuwenhuis RC 32 Ryan Zimmerman 35 Yu Darvish RC 38 David Wright 43 Jarrod Parker RC 44 Jon Lester 45 Adrian Beltre 48 C.C. Sabathia 49 Dustin Pedroia 51 Brad Peacock RC 52 Tyler Pastornicky RC 55 Hanley Ramirez 57 Paul Konerko

58 Chipper Jones 59 Mark Trumbo 63 Eric Hosmer 67 Matt Moore RC 70 Miguel Cabrera 71 Dellin Betances RC 72 Jesus Montero RC 75 Cole Hamels 76 Wade Miley RC 77 Liam Hendricks RC 79 Ian Kinsler 80 Joey Votto 85 Curtis Granderson 87 Eric Surkamp RC 89 Adrian Gonzalez 90 Jose Reyes 91 Brett Pill RC 92 Trevor Bauer RC 93 Leonys Martin RC 94 Josh Beckett 98 Mike Napoli 99 Alex Liddi RC 100 Roy Halladay

2012 Topps Inception Football

Tony Gonzalez, Joe Flacco, Ladainian Tomlinson 087/252, Mark Sanchez 06/75 (Jersey Number), Joe Adams Rookie Autograph Patch, Isaiah Pead Rookie Autograph, Mohamed Sanu Rookie Patch (2 Color) 47/50

2012 Donruss Elite Football

Base cards 86 total, no duplicates

1 Larry Fitzgerald 2 Beanie Wells 3 Kevin Kolb 4 Michael Turner 6 Roddy White 7 Matt Ryan 8 Ray Lewis 9 Ray Rice 11 Joe Flacco 12 Ryan Fitzpatrick 13 Fred Jackson 14 Steve Johnson 15 Cam Newton 16 DeAngelo Williams 18 Brian Urlacher 19 Jay Cutler 20 Devin Hester 22 Andy Dalton 23 Greg Little 24 A.J. Green 25 Colt McCoy 27 DeMarcus Ware 28 Tony Romo 29 DeMarco Murray 30 Jason Witten 32 Tim Tebow 33 Willis McGahee 34 Ndamukong Suh 36 Calvin Johnson Jr. 37 Charles Woodson 38 Clay Matthews 39 Aaron Rodgers 40 Greg Jennings 41 Andre Johnson 42 Arian Foster 43 Matt Schaub 44 Reggie Wayne 45 Peyton Manning 46 Maurice Jones-Drew 47 Blaine Gabbert 48 Jamaal Charles 49 Eric Berry 50 Dwayne Bowe

51 Matt Cassel 52 Reggie Bush 53 Brandon Marshall 54 Jared Allen 55 Adrian Peterson 56 Christian Ponder 57 Tom Brady 58 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 60 Wes Welker 61 Drew Brees 62 Darren Sproles 64 Marques Colston 65 Eli Manning 66 Brandon Jacobs 67 Victor Cruz 69 Mark Sanchez 70 Plaxico Burress 71 Darren McFadden 72 Richard Seymour 73 Carson Palmer 75 LeSean McCoy 76 DeSean Jackson 77 Ben Roethlisberger 79 Troy Polamalu 80 Heath Miller 81 Philip Rivers 82 Ryan Mathews 83 Antonio Gates 84 Vincent Jackson 85 Patrick Willis 86 Alex Smith 87 Frank Gore 89 Tarvaris Jackson 90 Marshawn Lynch 91 Steven Jackson 92 James Laurinaitis 94 LeGarrette Blount 95 Josh Freeman 96 Matt Hasselbeck 97 Chris Johnson 98 Nate Washington 99 Brian Orakpo 100 Roy Helu Jr.

 Rookies

110 Michael Brockers 126/999

126 Dont'a Hightower 375/999

128 Stephen Hill 092/799

200 Case Keenum 622/999

Rookie Autograph

Rishard Matthews 315/599

Rookie Inscriptions Autograph

Dwayne Allen

Rookie Aspirations Die Cut Autograph

Case Keenum 12/49

Rookie Status Die Cut

T.J. Graham 4/6

Rookie Elite Series

A.J. Jenkins 395/999

Elite Series

Larry Fitzgerald 686/999

Hard Hats

Justin Blackmon 370/399

Craftsmen

Tony Romo 611/999

Prime Numbers

Jordy Nelson 075/999

Hit List

D’Qwell Jackson 605/999

New Breed Jersey

Michael Floyd 098/299

2011/12 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Hockey

Cam Neely 005/399

David McIntyre Ultimate Rookies 140/399

Sean Couturier Ultimate Rookies Autograph (On Card) 47/99

Johnny Bower Ultimate Jerseys Dual Jersey 067/100

Super Mario

I have began to enjoy busting open high end product and last year, me and the nephew decided that 2010/11 Upper Deck The Cup Hockey would be the one.  I have done pretty decent with the high end stuff and this was no exception. Cracking the seal and start digging, unveiling the grand prize.  This Mario Lemieux Emblems of Endorsements Dual Patch Autograph Serial Numbered 01/15.  This multicolor dual patch and on card auto is only trumped by the low number, and, well Mario!