So the tax refunds came in and once again, Harv went a little buck wild. When all was said and done, the carnage amounted to 2 boxes of 2013 Spectra, 1 box of 2013 Bowman, 2 boxes (tins) of 2011 Timeless Treasures (sick sale on these at DACW if you hadn't noticed), a 24-pack lot of 2012 Rookies & Stars retail for s***s and grins, a blaster of 2013 Score to get me over the hump to the next free gift level, and 16 packs of 2012 Bowman as said free gift. Also some more toploaders, but I didn't upload any pics of those.
The 2012 Rookies & Stars ended up being all s**t and no grins, rather predictably (damn you, retail!). The Score blaster was similarly devoid of anything post-worthy. The "free" gifts, however, came through in spades: another copy each of Andrew Luck & Russell Wilson rookies, plus a gold parallel of the Luck & some other decent cards. Well worth the nothing.
2011 Timeless Treasures was pretty meh, with the biggest hit being a Tom Brady Jersey card ($20 BV, not a BIG hit). But at $39/tin, I got what I paid for. The Bowman box had some decent parallel hits, but the autos were underwhelming aside from an Eric Reid: Sam Montgomery, Damontre Moore (Gold), Brandon Jenkins (Blue), and a bonus collegiate bowl auto of Byron Jerideau (I had to look him up and so do you :p ). The relic hit was an even bigger flop: Brandon Weeden, unnumbered.
Ahhh, but the Spectra, the beautiful, beautiful Spectra, came through once again. Stedman Bailey 3-color relic in gold (/10)? Check. Cordarrelle Patterson relic/auto in blue (/49)? Check. Le'Veon Bell/Markus Wheaton materials in red (/25)? Check. Bill Parcels HOF auto? Well, redemption, but eventually that'll be a check, maybe. Hell, I even got a gold kicker auto: Caleb Sturgis (/10).
The full slide show (plus a couple other mailday cards) follows, but I just had to share this one hit in all its oversized, camera-phone-picture glory first:
Robert Griffin III City Limits Emerald (5/5):
![[Image: 9c4c0610-f928-47aa-bdde-3a0b0dce68aa.jpg]](http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c156/Harv72b/Football%20Cards/Washington%20Redskins/9c4c0610-f928-47aa-bdde-3a0b0dce68aa.jpg)
The 2012 Rookies & Stars ended up being all s**t and no grins, rather predictably (damn you, retail!). The Score blaster was similarly devoid of anything post-worthy. The "free" gifts, however, came through in spades: another copy each of Andrew Luck & Russell Wilson rookies, plus a gold parallel of the Luck & some other decent cards. Well worth the nothing.
2011 Timeless Treasures was pretty meh, with the biggest hit being a Tom Brady Jersey card ($20 BV, not a BIG hit). But at $39/tin, I got what I paid for. The Bowman box had some decent parallel hits, but the autos were underwhelming aside from an Eric Reid: Sam Montgomery, Damontre Moore (Gold), Brandon Jenkins (Blue), and a bonus collegiate bowl auto of Byron Jerideau (I had to look him up and so do you :p ). The relic hit was an even bigger flop: Brandon Weeden, unnumbered.
Ahhh, but the Spectra, the beautiful, beautiful Spectra, came through once again. Stedman Bailey 3-color relic in gold (/10)? Check. Cordarrelle Patterson relic/auto in blue (/49)? Check. Le'Veon Bell/Markus Wheaton materials in red (/25)? Check. Bill Parcels HOF auto? Well, redemption, but eventually that'll be a check, maybe. Hell, I even got a gold kicker auto: Caleb Sturgis (/10).
The full slide show (plus a couple other mailday cards) follows, but I just had to share this one hit in all its oversized, camera-phone-picture glory first:
Robert Griffin III City Limits Emerald (5/5):
![[Image: 9c4c0610-f928-47aa-bdde-3a0b0dce68aa.jpg]](http://s27.photobucket.com/user/Harv72b/media/Football%20Cards/Washington%20Redskins/9c4c0610-f928-47aa-bdde-3a0b0dce68aa.jpg.html)
![[Image: d53f196b-0fb2-45a3-80fc-97f4ff69c7bb.jpg]](http://s27.photobucket.com/user/Harv72b/media/Football%20Cards/New%20York%20Jets/d53f196b-0fb2-45a3-80fc-97f4ff69c7bb.jpg.html)
![[Image: 58shJK5.png]](http://i.imgur.com/58shJK5.png)
Seriously, though, if I get it at any point in the relatively near future I will absolutely let you know.
![[Image: marksig1.jpg]](http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv89/rugby7/Sigs_made_by_me/marksig1.jpg)