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    UPS Delivery Day from D&A - 4 Contenders plus others - sweet PC hit!

    Hey, guys and gals! I'm not one to post my breaks much, but these were such sweet boxes of Contenders that I just had to show them. Bought a bunch from D&A from their end of the year sale, including 4 of the combo deals with the Contenders box, Zenith blaster and Score R/T set for $54 each, one box of SPGU (still horrible even at $110) and some others. PM or post if you see anything you need.

    The Bad:

    11/12 SPGU. Yes, I should have known better, but I haven't busted a box of this since it first came out in 00/01. I couldn't see it getting much lower than $110, so I decided to scratch the itch! Ugh.
    Base: Thomas, Ward, Kovalchuk, Lundqvist, Lemieux, Lecavalier
    Gold Base: Roloson 90/100
    RC: all /699 Bouma, Erixon, Holmstrom, Horak, Palushaj, Smith-Pelly
    Authentic Fabrics: Price, Alfredsson, Getzlaf, Toews, Semin (Silver version 60/100 - not sure why Beckett puts these first in the guide, please enlighten me if I'm missing something)
    Rookie Exclusives Auto: Sateri 12/100

    Pretty brutal!

    The So-So:

    07/08 O Canada. Hard to get a really bad box of this and there are some sweet hits - just not this time!
    Autos: Sostorics and Torquato
    Jersey: Couture (2-color)
    plus you always seem to get a complete set from a box! Nicely executed by ITG.

    10/11 Score R/T sets - 4 plus one bonus. Thinking about trying to put together the Gold parallel to this set.
    Autos: Dalpe, Shattenkirk x2, Cole, Byron

    Zenith blasters - 4 total. Essentially free when you get the combo deal, so pretty much whatever you get is a bonus in my mind.
    RC: Mursak, Pielmeier
    Red Hot: Iginla
    Crease is the Word: Lehtonen
    EPIX Materials: Ryan O'Reilly 69/100, Tomas Tatar 48/100
    Mosaics: Devils (dinged corner, grrr)
    Rookie Roll Call Materials: Ennis
    Winter Warriors Materials: Regin

    09/10 OPC. I always snag a box of this since I am working on the Retro set, but this one had no auto or memorabilia cards. McElhinney Blank Back.

    12/13 OPC. I've been lucky so far, but this time came up empty - no auto or logo patch. Priced right, though!

    The Good:

    Four boxes of Contenders, which have now officially become my favorite product of 11/12!

    In order of worst to best:

    Box One:

    /999: Kopitar, Messier, Nilsson
    NHL Ink: Hartikainen
    RC Auto /800: Erixon



    JVR Auto Patch 57/100



    Box Two:

    /999: Letang, Stamkos, Bouma, Thang
    NHL Ink: Moore
    RC Auto /800: Diaz and Landeskog (!)



    Calder Contenders Silver David Ullstrom 82/100



    Box Three:

    /999: Duchene, Malkin, Ekholm
    NHL Ink: Eakin (geez, how many of these did he sign?)
    RC Auto /800: Nemisz (redemption)

    And this little beauty:



    Normally that would be the highlight of any break, except for the beautiful PC hit below:

    Box Four:

    /999: Luongo, Joseph, Vandevelde
    NHL Ink: Clutterbuck (yeesh!)
    RC Auto /800: Klingberg

    And holy moley I did a little happy dance when I saw this:



    In all my years of pack-busting, that's actually the first Sakic auto I've hand-pulled AND if you look closely, it's his jersey number 19/100! I wish they'd put a better patch on it, but to me it's still perfect!

    Thanks for looking, everyone, and lmk how you think I did!

    Paul

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    I pulled the Landeskog the other week and danced. If I would have gotten the Sakic as well, I would have done a backflip. Are you kidding me? #19/100? Awesome to see. Congrats.

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    Congrats on an awesome break! You did very well. I also got one of those combo packs from D&A (Score R&T, Zenith blaster, Contenders) and found it would be a lot of fun and good value for the money.

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    sick booklet hit! and nice sakic, always sweet to pull an awesome PC item let alone jersey numbered!!

    if the Hartikainen is FT shoot me a PM :)

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    nice contenders

    that plain white patch actually looks nice on that card, they've definitely done a good job with the contenders patch autos

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    Just sick!!!

    Congrats.

    I have a few Sakic cards available if you need them for your pc

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    I loved conteders so much I opened a case of it. Its awsome bang for your buck and many packs of fun! Best product od 11-12 by far IMO
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    Just sick!!!

    Congrats.

    I have a few Sakic cards available if you need them for your pc

    PM sent

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    Awesome stuff there! You did great. That Sp game Used box was brutal though. I can't help opening them every so often though.

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    Yeah, I really did know better, after seeing awful break after awful break here and on Youtube, but SPGU has always had a special place in my heart after I busted sooooo much of it in 2000/01. Every year I want to open some and every year I hold back. That crappy break oughtta hold me for another 5-6 years at least!

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