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04-06-2012, 01:25 PM
2012 leaf draft pick blasters? people going crazy over them??
Was browsing fleebay and noticing that the Leaf Draft blasters were selling for near double what I can pick them up. I can go pick up 50 of these blasters right now for $20 a piece, and they are selling upwards of $40.
Anyone have any idea why? Seems quite stupid to me, unless they didn't release them everywhere a walmart is placed.
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04-06-2012, 01:28 PM
RE: 2012 leaf draft pick blasters? people going crazy over them??
That is odd. Also strange--I got one at Target the other day and the whole "base set" is the Blue parallel. Anyone else run into that? I think the red versions are supposed to be the base set, so it seemed odd to get all blues. Who knows. And the autos aren't in the OPG yet.
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04-06-2012, 01:34 PM
RE: 2012 leaf draft pick blasters? people going crazy over them??
(04-06-2012, 01:28 PM)sconnienation3 Wrote: That is odd. Also strange--I got one at Target the other day and the whole "base set" is the Blue parallel. Anyone else run into that? I think the red versions are supposed to be the base set, so it seemed odd to get all blues. Who knows. And the autos aren't in the OPG yet.
Yea I noticed the auto's are not listed yet. Red is the base set. Then there is blue and gold parallels. And the leaf website lists nothing about a checklist.
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04-06-2012, 01:51 PM
RE: 2012 leaf draft pick blasters? people going crazy over them??
People just raise the prices on the bay is what im guessing. I mean people were selling the Topps Magic packs for 30 or a little more when they came out.
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04-06-2012, 02:18 PM
RE: 2012 leaf draft pick blasters? people going crazy over them??
(04-06-2012, 01:34 PM)ZeroDave Wrote: Yea I noticed the auto's are not listed yet. Red is the base set. Then there is blue and gold parallels. And the leaf website lists nothing about a checklist.
So instead of getting the full 50-card base set, I got the full 50-card Blue parallel set? Huh. Can't complain about that, I guess!
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04-06-2012, 02:23 PM
RE: 2012 leaf draft pick blasters? people going crazy over them??
I bought one of the blasters. Sorry, but I can't figure out what the fuss is about, unless someone is looking for RGIII or Trent Richardson autos. Got a Trevor Guyton blue auto, but I wasn't impressed at all. Reminds me of Score Board. I'll wait for the official stuff
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04-06-2012, 02:40 PM
RE: 2012 leaf draft pick blasters? people going crazy over them??
(04-06-2012, 02:23 PM)duch2izback Wrote: I bought one of the blasters. Sorry, but I can't figure out what the fuss is about, unless someone is looking for RGIII or Trent Richardson autos. Got a Trevor Guyton blue auto, but I wasn't impressed at all. Reminds me of Score Board. I'll wait for the official stuff
Just like you I pulled two not so great autographs out of one blaster I decided to try. Nothing special.
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04-06-2012, 04:44 PM
RE: 2012 leaf draft pick blasters? people going crazy over them??
(04-06-2012, 02:40 PM)ZeroDave Wrote: Just like you I pulled two not so great autographs out of one blaster I decided to try. Nothing special.
At least you got two. BTW all of the base cards are blue bordered, but they also had 10 gold parallels and a 3 card RGIII subset. To me it's total crap and I don't recommend it to anyone, unless you are dying to try and get a RGIII auto. I should have known by the fact that there have been ten boxes at my Wally World for over a week....
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04-06-2012, 04:57 PM
RE: 2012 leaf draft pick blasters? people going crazy over them??
I have seen 2 different versions of the boxes. One is a green box with 20 packs, 2 autos and bonus Andrew Luck card. The other is a gold box with the 50 card set, 10 gold parallels, 1 auto and a bonus 3 card set of RGIII. I have seen these at both Walmarts nearby, and was tempted to grab one of each last weekend. I don't know why they would be reselling for much more than the $20 is costs to get one at Walmart. Maybe I will grab one of each next trip just in case I am missing out on something (heck it can't be that bad of a gamble for $40 to get one of each).
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04-06-2012, 06:54 PM
RE: 2012 leaf draft pick blasters? people going crazy over them??
I have bought two of the greens and one of the yellow boxes.
Couldn't even complete one 50-card set of the red cards out of the green boxes, though I do have like eight Lamar Millers ... LOL.
But I did get a bonus Luck insert in each box and a total of four autos (highest projected pick is a third-rounder, DB Josh Norman.)
The yellow box has a 50-card complete set, just with blue borders instead of red, as well as 10 random yellow cards, one auto and one three-card RGIII insert set.
So, basically, it just depends what you want ... if you want a guaranteed complete set, one auto and three guaranteed RGIII inserts and no Luck cards at all, buy the yellow box.
If you want a random assortment with as many as five of the same guy in the same box, two autos and a guaranteed Luck card, buy the green box.
They've put just enough/but not quite enough in each one to make each type a decent buy for $20, but after one of either they get fairly boring in my opinion.