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Psych:The Wardrobe/Relic Card Completion!!

First I completed the Psych base sets, second I chased down the autographs, then I shared my completion of all the chase sets and then we come to the final battle I had with Psych, the relic sets.

There was both a single, 1:24 pack pull relic and a dual 1:72 pull dual relic sets. The single relic set has twenty-two cards including an exclusive binder card and the dual relic had five cards to chase.

One by one I chased all summer trying to track these down and find good deals. Not all were easy to accomplish and with some help from a couple of trades I was finally able to knock them down. I had accomplished something I never thought I would. I had done the entire master set of Psych minus one card which is an overly priced exchange card I wasn't going to bother with.

Here are all the relics in all their glory.

Dual relics, these were hard to find for some,

And there we have it.

I had been teasing a major project I had been working on Twitter since June and here I am to finally share the breaking news of it.

Now that I have accomplished this, I feel like I shouldn't leave my Ghostbusters one hanging. But, I haven't even begun thinking about going down that road and that one is much, much longer than this one was.

Now I gotta ask, have any of you ever completed a Master Set of a product?

Living The Americana Dream Part 2:Box 1

In my latest trade with the great Shane from Project Pedro Blog, I was able to trade for some boxes from him from the Black Friday sale on Dacardworld.

I could have chosen baseball, football, basketball, hockey or any other sport. But what did I end up with? Well, three boxes of 2015 Panini Americana.

My love of non sport cards continues to grow and my love of this product has as well. The price of a box being around $25 and under along with four hits is so enticing you just can't ignore it. The checklist of autographs and wardrobe relics you could hit has a good mix of superstars and people you may not know as well but it was enough to entice me to want more.

Over the next few days I will break down the hits of each box I opened and today we kick it off with box #1.

I absolutely dig these Freeze Frames and consider them hits more than I do inserts. The inserts were very boring and plain but these look fantastic with a "slide" inserted in them. I am chasing this set as well. My childhood was revisited some with Winnie find

 

My first autograph is Tony Sirico. He is best known for his role on the Sopranos. I think he has a really nice signature. Maybe he should give others some lessons.

 

Next autograph is DJ Kool. Let me clear my throat, see what I did there, before showing his card off. He was a late 80's rap singer. The DJ is really cool looking on his signature.

 

Next autograph is of Vince Neil. I think he could have used some work on his signature that for sure. He was the lead singer for Motley Crue.

 

My last hit was these nice swatches from Eva Marie. The card is numbered 7/10. She is best known for being a professional wrestler but has had other professions as well.

 

 

For $22 you really can't go wrong with a break like this. Honestly, it's foolish that this product is still sitting on the shelves so cheap. 

Box 2 will be posted tomorrow!

REVIEW: Cryptozoic Arrow Season 4+GIVEAWAY!

Just as Oliver Queen returned home to become the Green Arrow, I returned home after a day out to become a reviewer of the latest Cryptozoic release Arrow Season 4 and host a giveaway from it.

Doesn't that make me a hero?

Many say that Season 4 was the best season to date with so much action with two core members lost, a new city name and the evil Damien Darhk leading assassinations against Star City. Not to mention H.I.VE's plans to take out Team Arrow once and for all. Thrilling all around!

So you know that the latest release from Cryptozoic of the hit show has got to be just as thrilling. So let's take a look!

(I should also mention before I continue on that this product doesn't release until Wednesday, November 15th 2017)

Each box of Cryptozoic Arrow Season 4 has 24 packs per box with 5 cards per pack. Boxes come with one on-card autograph and one wardrobe card per. Boxes run $85 per.

 

Cryptozoic does a great job with their image selection in their 72-card base set for season 4. Each box should provide you with a base set or at very least really close to one

 

It's hard to tell from my pictures, but these are foil variants. Not sure what the odds are but it must be 1:3 packs assuming. These can be found for both insert and base cards.

Now onto the inserts. All of the main inserts had a very solid design that fits right into this action packed show.

 

First insert is OLICITY that falls 1:3 packs. I put together the 9 card insert set.

 

Second insert is Locations that falls 1:3 packs and I as well put this set together with one bonus card as well.

 

Character Bios is the final insert that falls 1:3 packs and once again I got the 9-card set of it.

 

Sticker cards have a unique artistic/sketch card look to them and fall 1:24 packs.

 

Other insert that I didn't pull was CZ STR PWR Chase Cards that have their own variations as well of Red (1:144 packs); Silver (1:288 packs); Gold (/25); and Black (1 of 1)

It's time for the hits!

My first find was this wardrobe card of Willa Holland who plays Thea Queen. Nicely designed relic.

 

 

You can also find dual wardrobe cards matching up two stars from the show.

 

Now onto my on-card autograph. First I must mention because it was BIG, BIG NEWS for this product that Stephen Amell who plays Oliver Queen / Green Arrow has his very first autograph cards in the product. How about that?!

 

But, sadly that wasn't my pull. I landed Jeri Ryan who plays Jessica Danforth.

 

 

Here is the full list of signers in the product,

Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance
Caity Lotz as Sara Lance / The Canary
Alexander Calvert as Lonnie Machin / Anarky
Amy Gumenick as Carrie Cutter / Cupid
Adrian Glynn McMorran as Michael Amar / Murmur
Anna Hopkins as Samantha Clayton
Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
Casper Crump as Vandal Savage
Charlotte Ross as Donna Smoak
Ciara Renée as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl
Emily Kinney as Brie Larvan / Bug-Eyed Bandit
Falk Hentschel as Carter Hall / Hawkman
Janet Kidder as Ruvé Adams
Jeri Ryan as Jessica Danforth
JR Bourne as Jeremy Tell / Double Down
Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul
Matt Ryan as Constantine
Nolan Gerard Funk as Cooper Seldon
Neal McDonough as Damien Darhk
Parker Young as Alex Davis
Rila Fukushima as Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana
Tiera Skovbye as Madison Danforth

 

Other hits not found in my box are, Rare redemption cards redeemable for full size, on-screen props! (pretty awesome), Sketch cards that fall 1:288 packs and 1/1 Printing Plates.

 

OVERALL, price is a tad high right now but with Amell signing that's going to drive this up a tad and an overall solid autograph lineup this season. The product overall is very attractive in terms of design. There is a ton of great hits to be found especially if you are lucky enough to land one of those redemption cards for a full sized relic from the show. Cryptozoic is trying their hardest to get us as close as they can to the show and I like that.

I also like pulling a base set and insert sets in a box for added value.

 

Now for the giveaway,

 

To win this, 

 

1. ***VERY IMPORTANT***MUST BE A U.S. RESIDENT to enter or have a shipping address in the U.S. Shipping costs have gone haywire and I can't afford to ship everywhere.This is always hard to do as I appreciate all readers but I hope you all understand non-U.S. readers.
2. Random winner will be chosen after 3 randoms
3. Card may be shipped PWE. I like to forewarn on this.
4. LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW TELLING ME YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER FROM SEASON 4
5. Sport Card Collectors or it's owner (person who runs the blog), WILL NOT be held responsible for lost, stolen or damaged mail. Sorry had to add this in since someone tried to scam me once about this.
6. Contest starts today, ends on November 18th 2017. Winner will be announced in a separate post on November 19th 2017.
7. Please make sure to thank Cryptozoic for their generosity in sending this box to review and host a giveaway. Give them a follow on all social media sites please. Also while you are at it, check out their website HERE as well for your non-sport trading card needs! 

Throwing Down The Hammer

My last few trades have been including a lot more non-sports than it used to. That's because my non-sport presence is getting bigger as I just want to scoop up what I can when I can.

A piece of Hollywood for me is just as exciting as a piece of jersey.

My latest trade with @JGFan24ever brought me in a group of fun items.

Up first, some #GiantsPride. I can't wait til football season.

Tim Carter jersey. I thought these always looked nice. I wished Topps Pristine could have hung around longer.

Eli! Pro Bowl swatch too. So it's a double PC item. I like collecting swatches from All-Star events as well.

I spoke of non-sport items in my trade earlier, well, time to show off my latest adds.

These Thor inserts are really cool in-hand. They are printed on thick plastic-glass like material and have a cool spooky design.

Dual relic of Darcy Lewis and Thor. Honestly, I haven't watched the Thor movies but like I said I enjoy cool non-sport relics. I have seen Kat Dennings before however who plays Darcy in other movies and on Two Broke Girls. Yes, I actually watched that show.

Not only is this a relic from the great Anthony Hopkins, but look at that swatch! Spectacular!

A Ryan Stegman auto on a Spider-Man card. Pretty cool. I do think the use of silver ink on this one wasn't the best choice since the web is about the same color. This card is from the Marvel Now product.

This is the authenticity of the card that is separate.

 

A big thanks goes out to @JGfan24ever for the awesome mail day. Love the Eli Pro Bowl relic and the non-sport adds. I look forward to our next trade!