Busting These Down Makes Me Feel Good

As everyone by now knows, there is something strange going on in my card collecting neighborhood as I have been spending my 2020 trying to complete the master set from Cryptozoic's Ghostbusters product.

2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters cards is more than just about the first movie, it covers other parts of the Ghostbusters universe by bringing in the Real Ghostbusters Cartoon along with the IDW comics as well. A lot of fun for the fans in this one. I just wished they had brought a few more of the bigger signers in and some of the second movie which got no love in this set. My hope is that they will come out with a second series at some point.

I have so far completed the autograph set, the base and all five chase insert sets and have begun working on the memorabilia sets and parallel sets.

Unlike Psych that I completed the whole master set of, the Ghostbusters one will be near impossible to ever completely finish. The cards have started to diminish on eBay and other sites and the odds for what I have left to chase weren't easy hits.

I have completed some though and have found a few others towards my sets and thought it would be fun to show off some of those recent adds.

The coolest "hit" set within the product is the Totally Fabricated Slime cards. There is only 6 in the set but they fell tough at 1:200 packs.

Fortunately,  I found two recently but still only have half of the set and from what I can tell, no others have been listed in.....FOREVER.

 

Standard Ectoplasmic Discharge which is card number one in the set

Class 7 Ectoplasmic Discharge is the final card in the set.

Once again, other than the autographs from the product, those are my favorite cards. Cryptozoic did a great job overall in building this product properly.

Here are my remaining needs if any of you see them in the wild

• Cryptozoic Ghostbusters Totally Fabricated Slime Card S2 
• Cryptozoic Ghostbusters Totally Fabricated Slime Card S3  
• Cryptozoic Ghostbusters Totally Fabricated Slime Card S5

Falling at 1:96 packs are the Totally Fabricated Patch Cards. These weren't too hard to complete as I bought a lot that contained all but two of the cards pretty cheap.

Stantz

 

Then is the binder exclusive Rookie Patch that finishes up my 9 card set

BOOM THAT GHOST IS CONTAINED!

Along with autographs, slime and patch cards there were also parallel cards to all base and inserts. Those weren't going to be easy to find as well.

 

First, I needed the foil parallel to the base set. Worked out a deal with a guy and landed it without giving up my soul. There are 54 cards in this parallel set and they fell 1:4 packs.

Tricks And Traps foil set. Same odds as the base.

Behind the Scenes foil set

And Quotes Foil set.

I still have two more foil insert sets to find in Sing For Your Specter and Character Bios. Hopefully they will pop up as a completed set at some point so I wouldn't have to try and piece it together. There is also a Tricks and Traps Cryptomium set which is basically a chromed version of that insert.

What I haven't mentioned yet is the 1/1 sketch cards and 1/1 Animation Cel cards that are also in the product. When it comes to those, I don't consider them apart of the main chase as they are 1/1's. You're never going to get ALL of those. So, when it comes to those, I will just try to add what I can when I can. The main chase is the ones I need above. So far I only have one Animation Cel and two sketch cards.

Oh yea, there are 1/1 printing plates to.

I knew what I was taking on when I decided to make the chase for this product. I think at some point the parallel sets will be found so it basically will be if I can find the remaining three slime cards which may never happen and I will just have to deal with it cause WHO AM I GOING TO CALL?

Overall Look At Cryptozoic Ghostbusters

As you guys have read the last couple of days, I am chasing the Cryptozoic Ghostbusters cards. So here is a recap post of what I need.

The way I look at this set, there is only one true way to build a master set with so many 1/1's involved. You. need to do the following.

1. Build the 54 card base set
2. Collect at five chase sets
3. Build the 54 card base SILVER board base parallel set
4. Build ALL 5 Chase Sets Silver Board Parallel Sets
5. Get the Cryptomium Variant set of Tricks and Traps cards
6. Collect all 9 of the Patch Cards
7. Collect All 6 Of The fabricated Slime cards
8. ADD as many of the 1/1 Printing Plates. Animation Cel, and Sketch cards I can. 
9. Collect the Ghostbusters 2 original set. I don't believe they made a set for the first movie.

So far I have the base card set, the five chase sets, one of the Cryptomium Variant cards, 7 of the 9 patch cards, 2 of 6 Slime cards, one Animation Cel and two Sketch Cards.

So I obviously have a long way to go with this one.

SLIME CARD NEEDS

2,3,5,6

PATCH CARDS NEEDS:
 
H2,H9

Base Card Silver Board Parallels:
ALL

Chase Card Silver Foil Board
I have the Ticks And Traps, Behind The Scenes and Quotes completed. Just two more to go after that.


And only this part of the Cryptomium 

This one will take a lot longer than Psych I believe as there are many small and big pieces to chase. The Slime cards will be the toughest to do as they aren't easy to find. I am mad at myself for not staying up five minutes longer as I felt I had one locked down, but just missed out on a important one to the Slime set by .50. FIFTY CENTS.

But, it happens and I will keep my eye out for anymore needs that pop up.

Ghostbusters Totally Fabricated Replica Patch

Yesterday, I showed off my base card and chase sets. Today, I am showing off some Totally Fabricated Replica Patch Cards man.

These patch cards were not easy finds falling at a rate of 1:96 packs which is one in four boxes. Yikes!

Luckily for me, I found a partial set I scored for under $20 and was super excited about doing so. It's only missing two cards.

Here is what I scored,

 

That's seven out of nine cards in the set.

I know most of the time I complain about manufactured relic cards, but in this situation, I will take em. Even though finding a relic from the actors worn would have been so much better, these work to fill the void and felt needed in this product which was well rounded. Possibly an even better product than Psych. I know, I know.

Tomorrow will be the recap post of what I need to do to finish a Master Set and it's going to be quite the journey.

CARDBOARD REVIEW:2019 Panini Immaculate Football

Oh boy, oh boy.

When I got my chance to review a box, well, tin of Immaculate football, I had no idea what to do. Should I touch it? Should I stare at it? Should I get some rubber gloves out like I saw other collectors do? It's a really high end product I never have seen in person with boxes or even single cards.

Instead, I had my wife open it carefully. I thought she would be the better of the two of us to do so. She also gave me some of her feedback on the cards which I will incorporate into this review.

So let's check it out.

 

Every box, tin, of 2019 Immaculate NFL Football collection comes with 6 cards. Five of those are hits and one is a numbered base or parallel. Boxes run.....$375-$400.....

BASE:

 

There are 100 cards in the base set with a nice mix of veterans and legends of the game. I like the base design, thick card with simple design on a single player focus.

There are also parallels of Emerald FOTL /20, Gold /5, Platinum 1/1.

And 40 base rookie patch autographs with all the star players and some not so much.

HITS:

Well, for the price of the box, I wouldn't say the hits were the best in this break,

 

Wil Grier Patch Autograph. I love the look and feel of this card. Has a plastic coating to it.

 

John Randle Eye Black autograph

 

Peyton Manning Triple Jersey Relic. My wife considered this to be the best hit of the box.

 

Alexancer Mattison eye black jersey auto

Kyle Rudolph name plate.

I must also note that all of the above relics are player worn. PLAYER WORN.

Other hits not found in my break but could be in yours includes,

• Rookie Patch Autographs
• Premium Patch Autograph
• Immaculate Careers Autograph
• Immaculate Draft Class Signatures
• Immaculate Eye Black Jersey
• Immaculate Eye Black Duals
• Immaculate Eye Black Triples
• Immaculate HOF Signatures
• Immaculate Honors Signatures
• Immaculate Marks of Greatness
• Immaculate Moments Autographs
• Immaculate Numbers
• Immaculate Numbers Rookie Patch Autographs
• Immaculate Players Collection Autographs
• Immaculate Pro Bowl Signatures
• Immaculate Records
• Immaculate Rings Signatures
• Immaculate Seasons Signatures
• Immaculate Shadowbox Signatures
• Immaculate Rookies Shadowbox Signatures
• Immaculate Signature Patches Rookie
• Signature Moves
• Immaculate Dual Autographs
• Immaculate Trios Autographs
• Immaculate Authentics Relics
• Immaculate Rookie Authentics
• Immaculate Dual Jerseys
• Immaculate Dual Jersey Combos
• Immaculate Dual NFL Shields
• Immaculate Gloves Brand Logos
• Immaculate Helmets
• Immaculate Rookie Helmet Team Logos
• Immaculate HOF Jerseys
• Immaculate Insignias
• Immaculate Rookie Insignias
• Immaculate Logos
• Immaculate Rookie Logos
• Immaculate Monuments Relics
• Immaculate Numbers Memorabilia
• Immaculate Patches
• Immaculate Rookie Patches
• Immaculate Players Collection Jerseys
• Immaculate Quad Jersey
• Immaculate Shields
• Immaculate Standard Jerseys
• Rookie Nameplate Nobility
• Rookie Pigskin
• Rookie Player Caps
• Rookie Reserve
• Rookie Soles

OVERALL THOUGHTS
Me:Well,it's a tough pill to swallow if someone had bought this one box and saw the results. I have however seen many, many impressive breaks of this as well. But, with every product, there is a dud box and i found one. I suggest getting in on a box break if you can't afford a full box. I will say though, the product looks really nice.

Another nack on the product, please don't put player worn material in a product that costs this much. Rookies can be somewhat understandable, but not veterans and legends. Those guys need to be game worn.

My Wife: Didn't feel like the value was here for this box and the best hit was the Peyton. I like the looks of it and the letter card was pretty cool but really expensive for such little amount of cards as well.

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Please thank Panini America and Tracy Hackler for providing this box for me to review to giveaway some of the hits in a BIG CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY coming up soon!!! Please follow them on all social media sites and visit their website for all your card needs, HERE.

REVIEW:2016 Panini Unparalleled Football (AUTO GIVEAWAY)

Panini the last few years has taken what I feel is a dive back to the 90's and I have been completely on board with it.

This one has a Leaf Quantum feel, but one that is taken to the max. If you like squigglies and everything shiny, well, this one is definitely for you.

Read on to see more.

 

In every box of 2016 Panini Unparalleled football is 8 Packs with 10 Cards Per Pack. Each Box contains One Autograph and Two Memorabilia Cards and also has....

• 3 #'D CARDS
• 1 INSERT PER PACK
• 3 PARALLELS PER PACK
• 4 BASE PER PACK
• 2 ROOKIES PER PACK

 And boxes go for $90.

The base cards are hard to explain so I had to borrow the info from Panini's Knights Lance blog to help with defining them. The designs are very shiny, sparkly, glittery and so on. It does appear that the base goes by color more than design so check below on how to define them.

There are 100 veterans and legends (1-100) along with 100 rookies (101-200) involved. Some of the rookies may be guys you haven't heard of so it gives a good opportunity to get those type of players before they turn into stars.

This kinda product is lots of fun for those who like to collect rainbows of their favorite players or rookies.

Now onto the inserts.

The shiny sparkly design stays true throughout the product. Each insert has it's own set of parallels of Orange /99, Red /49, Blue /25, Green /10, Gold /5,  and Black 1/1.

The insert themes are well done. I mean Pivotal Drive are key players you would want to be on the field towards the end of the game and All-Pro is self explanatory.

Perfect Pairs has teammates who are ready to tear it up!

Zoned, love the Eli by the way, players with numbers from their best game of 2015.

World Class Records has players with just that.

Now onto the hits!

My first pull was a RPS Rookie Material dual jersey. There are different levels to find of these including Dual /199, Dual Prime /49, Triple /25, Triple Prime /10, Brand Logo /2, and Triple Tag 1/1. The base ones with one swatch are numbered to 299.

This is a veteran memorabilia set. These have parallels as well of Dual /99 and Triple #49 or less.

Mine is a slick sick patch triple relic. Love the relics on the card design. And don't tell me you don't.

And my final pull, I was hoping for a RPS Rookie Autograph Jersey Relic, but they fall one in every other box, but I did get a top pick. Look above for definition of parallels you can find.

  

Overall, I am a fan. But, this product won't be for everyone as not everyone digs the shiny/swirly in-depth designs in this product. Collecting a set or putting a rainbow of your favorite players would be a ton of fun. Or just chasing the memorabilia cards as I still like those a lot.

The inserts are nice, the memorabilia cards look spectacular and the autographs don't look too bad either and the design drowns out the sticker autos. And the checklist includes veterans, legends and rookie hits throughout. So you are not just getting a bunch of rookie related material.

The cost is what I would expect for a product like this. My box wasn't the best break, but I think with the number of numbered cards you are expected and the possible chance at big hits this one is worth a try. But, only if you are a fan of the design. If not, you probably shouldn't bust.

 

Now time for the giveaway and the chance to win this:

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Review: Press Pass FanFare Racing 2013

Box Break Down:

• 10 Packs Per Box, 6 Cards Per Pack
• 8 Packs Per Box, 5 Cards Per Pack
• Four Autographs and 4 Memorabilia cards per box!
• Danica Patrick & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Rookies!
• $120 per box
• 1 hit per pack

                 

 

BASE CARDS: Press Pass has always been very impressive with their NASCAR products and there are not many Press Pass Racing product I don't like in terms of creativity and design. I like this design cause in NASCAR there are not too many action shots you can get with racers so most pictures are taken of the drivers themselves. So with most portraits you want to get an impressive frame for them. And Press Pass did just that here.

The 100-card base set features the best of Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Nascar NationWide Series, and the Nascar Camping World Truck Series. 

 

INSERTS:Press Pass sticks with their basics and to foilboard One of their favorite things to do with their inserts. The designs are not bad either. And you get about one insert, sometimes two, per pack. There is nothing wrong with sticking with something you are good at.

Really loved this pull! Sweet patch piece!

This prime piece with an R we thought was awesome. Not to mention with his name being Ryan, this was a bonus.

AUTOGRAPHS:  Some sweet prime swatches used in the auto memorabilia cards. The Truex is cool, but that Newman with the R in it was definitely an eye getter. All of the autographs we pulled from the box are also on-card. In each box you will land 4 autographs. Overall, there are four levels of FanFare Autographs to collect.

 

 

JERSEY/PATCH CARDS: The many pieces that Press Pass uses in their racing cards is an automatic win. They are very creative using Sheet Metal, Shirts, Hats, and many more. Most of these pieces you can see have been used and you will not question the authenticity. And most of the pieces are very unique and prime. Look at the Austin Dillion above..very cool.

The design is very balanced. Not too much player. Not too big of writing. And not too much blank space. It is split up into thirds perfectly making for a nice memorabilia design that other companies should take note of.

This years FanFare also has the return of Rookie Stripes featuring autographed Rookie Tape cards from Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and also has Magnificent Materials JUMBO cards featuring an oversized swatch of memorabilia.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: You don't have to be a HUGE NASCAR fan to appreciate Press Pass racing cards. Design is nice. Memorabilia is creative. And on card autographs. Once again, another big Press Pass racing winner that reaches the checker flag.