Jackpot pull from 2012 Topps WWE

You can probably tell from the lack of new posts here that I've been taking a break from cards in general.  It's the off season for baseball and my evenings have been full watching the NBA's Bobcats and of course football on the weekend.  However that doesn't mean that I don't still browse the card aisle at Target or Walmart from time to time.  Today on a quick trip to Walmart to grab some stamps for work I noticed they had the new 2012 Topps WWE Heritage cards.  Ever since I saw them online several months ago I knew that was a set I wanted to build, so I grabbed two rack packs to see what the cards looked like in hand.  The first rack pack I opened, bottom section contained this card just a few cards in:

Jackpot!  Now I'm not the biggest John Cena fan, but this is a pretty cool pull.  In retail rack packs the autographs are seeded 1:120 packs.  The odds of pulling one of the best autos in the series - who knows.  Earlier this year I bought a hobby box of the 2012 WWE flagship and I didn't even get a auto so this is sweet justice. 

And in case you were wondering if I'm keeping the card or not, it's already up on eBay.  Far too many times have I held onto cards for too long and I didn't want to make that mistake again.

After Disappointment...Topps Delivers

On September 5th, 2010 I redeemed a redemption card from 2010 Topps WWE for a Ted Dibiase swatch relic card.  The estimated shipping date was mid December.  A week or so ago I got one of those auto response e-mails (I assume it's automated) saying they were having trouble fulfilling my redemption card.  Why?  I don't understand.  It's not like it was for an autographed card that they were able to get autographed.  It was for a swatch of t-shirt or something similar.

I'll admit I was a little cheesed that they couldn't follow through with the redemption, but at least they sent me this card today as a replacement.

While I'm not really a John Cena fan I gotta admit it's a nicer card than what my redemption card was for!  I've never seen this card before so it was a nice surprise.  Topps more than made up for their blunder by sending this substitute card.