And so it begins: A mailday 9 months in the making...

[Hoopladawg87]

The mailman came to the door today and I had to sign for 13 separate packages. About halfway through the confusion, I realized they were probably the 2007/08 Topps Finest XRC Redemptions. After signing off on everything and getting the rest of the mail, I opened all the packages.

Today's mail brought the following for my set...

#1 - Derrick Rose - Red Refractor
#2 - Michael Beasley - Black Refractor (41/75)
#10 - Brook Lopez - Red Refractor
#11 - Jerryd Bayless - Red Refractor
#12 - Jason Thompson - Black Refractor (53/75)
#14 - Anthony Randolph - Black Refractor (51/75)
#15 - Robin Lopez - Gold Refractor (19/25)
#18 - JaVale McGee - Black Refractor (71/75)
#19 - J.J. Hickson - Red Refractor
#21 - Ryan Anderson - Red Refractor
#25 - Nicolas Batum - Red Refractor
#26 - George Hill - Black Refractor (42/75)
#28 - Donte Greene - Black Refractor (74/75)

Probably not going to take pictures until the whole set is in hand, but if I decide to before then I will definitely post them. All I am waiting on are the Green and Blue Refractors, which should hopefully arrive sometime this week.

Also, if anyone has the following redemptions available, please let me know:

#4 - Russell Westbrook - Blue Refractor (/199)
#24 - ? - Black Refractor (/75)
#29 - D.J. White - Blue Refractor (/199)

Thanks for looking and as always questions comments are welcome!

[gladdyontherise]

Nice! Finally these are starting to come in! are the three you listed you needed all you need for a master set? or you'll have one of each player?

[bob9826]

sweet mailday

[Hoopladawg87]

gladdyontherise - The three I listed are in fact for a set. As soon as 07/08 Finest came out I started putting together the set of Draft Picks #1-30 with the color of the refractor being the player's team's primary or secondary color. I finished that up fairly quickly, but I picked up the #4 Russell Westbrook, #24 Serge Ibaka, and #29 D.J. White all as Green Refractors because the Thunder had not yet unveiled their new color scheme and uniforms. So I need the #4 and #29 in Blue, and the #24 in Black since they will replace Ibaka with a Second-Round Pick (Mario Chalmers?). So if anyone can lead me towards any of these I would greatly appreciate it!

[Gtbballer20]

Very nice man!!!! I hope mine are coming...ive been waiting forever for my Beasley Xfractor that i pull and the Westbrook Ref and Thornton Variation Auto...so we'll see

[beast7768]

Sweet mailday

[Hoopladawg87]

bob9826 - Thanks man!

Gtbballer20 - Thanks! That Beasley you have incoming should be sick, let us know when it arrives!

beast7768 - Thank you.

[GreenbaumSports]

Great stuff man, cannot wait to see pics.

[PPPanthersGM]

Sweet cards!! would love to see scans!

[jsox]

nice cards!