Group Break - 1994 Score Series 2 Jumbo

Well the good news I guess is that I was able to salvage perhaps 35% of the cards out of the box.  All of the Boys of the Summer inserts came out of the packs perfect, but the one per pack foil Gold Rush parallels were simply to lost to include.  Some of the players that only showed up once I may have put in your team's stack just because.  I'm treating all of these cards as extras so if the condition isn't up to par then it won't hurt my feelings if you toss them.


 
 Some of the team highlights:

- Blue Jays - Like the Derrek Lee cards the Delgado cards unfortunately aren't pristine, but included.
- Dodgers - Good amount of cards including some Piazza cards.
- Orioles - Decent amount of cards, but no Ripken (perhaps he was in series 1?)
- Padres - Pulled a few of the Derrek Lee RCs, but most of them look like crap.  May send to the Cubbies.
- White Sox - Got a couple of Frank Thomas and Bo Jackson cards for you Jon.

Most of the other teams have 6-10 or so cards so at least everybody is getting something.  As for the inserts here is what we got:



#54 Darrell Sherman (Padres)


#51 Danny Bautista (Tigers)


#49 Pedro Martinez (Dodgers)


#52 Butch Huskey (Mets)


#53 Kurt Abbott (A's)


#50 Steve Karsay (A's)

Pedro is the best of the bunch by far so congrats to Dodgers!  All of the unclaimed Boys of the Summer inserts will be randomed off as well.

I'll try to do another round of loose packs (the ones Ryan contributed) on Monday or Tuesday afternoon at the latest.  The I'll try to update the tally list very soon.  I hope everyone is enjoying the break so far. 

Group Break Participants - Response Needed

** 3/10/11 UPDATE PART 2 **

I hope everyone will be satisfied with this replacement box - 1994 UD Collector's Choice Series 1 Jumbo.  20 cards per pack w/ 3 Signature parallels.  I almost went with different box of Score, but I was afraid of the same thing happening.

** 3/10/11 UPDATE **

I've called the company that I got the boxes from and explained my situation to them.  The operator is going to forward my complaint to the owner and get back to me.  I'm holding off placing an order from the supplier I usually use until I hear back from this other company.  I will get this corrected for everyone since the majority vote is to replace the box.

All that said people will still receive their team's cards out of the box of Score.  Unless you don't want damaged cards I'll be putting them in your team's stack.
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Good news - UPS delivered the boxes of cards today for the break.  Bad news - the jumbo packs in the box of Score appeared to be one large block so I cracked one pack and my fears were realized.  All the cards were stuck together.  I tried to shift the stack from side to side carefully to loosen the cards.  It appears that more than half of the cards escaped without any major problems, but several were just too stuck together resulting in the glossy UV coating coming off and taking off specks of the card's image.  The one per pack Gold Rush parallel was a complete and total loss.  On the bright side one of the jumbo exclusive Boys of the Summer insert cards was in this pack and it appeared to be just fine.

I've opened a lot of packs from this era and I've never had cards stick this badly.  I don't know how the rest will turn out, but if this first pack is indicative of the rest it won't be pretty and as a host that makes me feel horrible.  So what I'm asking is for everyone to chime in and let me know what you would like me to do.

1) Order a replacement box of something similar (i.e. another 1994 product)

2) Pick up one or two random discounted blasters from Walmart

3) $2.00 refund ($1.00 refund for each additional team of multiples were claimed)

4) Roll the dice and stick w/ this box hoping for the best

I guess it's always a gamble when you purchase older cards that they won't be damaged/stuck together like this.  I'm really sorry, but I hope everyone understands I had no way of knowing this would happen.  Try to respond soon as I want to officially start this break this weekend.

March Group Break

I wanted to keep this month's group break costs down so I'm going back to selecting 2 boxes from the 90's.  This time around I've got a box of 1994 Fleer and a Hobby jumbo box of 1994 Score Series 2.

* 1994 Fleer features 720 total cards, 36 packs per box, 15 cards per pack
* Inserts are seeded 1 per pack:

     - All-Rookies

     - All-Stars

     - Award Winners

     - League Leaders

     - Major League Prospects

     - Pro-Visions

     - Tim Salmon Collection

     - Smoke 'n Heat

     - Team Leaders

* 1994 Score Series 2 features 330 cards, 30 cards per pack

* Derrek Lee RC

* Gold Rush parallel cards 1 per pack

* Boys of Summer inserts exclusive to jumbo packs

* The Cycle, Dream Team and Gold Stars inserts randomly inserted

* I'll also be throwing in several bonus packs!  91 Fleer Ultra, 91 Upper Deck, 92 Fleer, 92 Skybox Pre-Rookie, 92 Topps Kids x5, 92 Upper Deck, 95 Pinnacle UC3 x3, 02 Topps (hobby), 03 MLB Showdown starter deck, 03 Topps (hobby), 05 Topps Series 2, 05 Topps Opening Day x2, 06 Topps Series 2 x4, 06 Topps Opening Day x2, 07 UD Future Stars & 09 Topps Ticket to Stardom

** UPDATE 3/8/11 **

Ryan from "O" No!!! Another Orioles blog was kind enough to contribute 12 more loose packs to the break!  He sent several packs of 2008 Documentary, 2008 UD First Pitch, 2008 UD X & 2009 UD First Pitch.  That brings our loose pack # to 39 packs! 

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