2009 Topps Heritage Blaster #1 (finally!)

I happened to stop by Wal*Mart the other day and they finally (!) had some 2009 Topps Heritage blasters. I decided to take the money from my auctions currently on eBay and invest it in 4 blasters of Heritage. So much for the whole "make money from Topps Series I and save it" plan.

I won't give you the card by card breakdown, but here are the highlights (in my estimation) of blaster #1.

58 Base cards (including 1 double - 305 Alfonso Soriano)

One problem with the base set that I noticed is that when you sort the cards with the card numbers all in the upper left corner, the manager cards are all upside down! For a set designed for the set collector, that's a huge annoyance since the set won't look right in a binder no matter which way you orient the cards. I wish I would have pulled at least one Cincinnati Reds card, but oh well - there's still 3 other blasters sitting here waiting for me to open them.

I also got two of the "regular" versions of cards that have super short print variations (see the bottom of this post for examples):
First, I got the regular version of Fred Lewis:

Second, I got the "regular" version of Tom Glavine:

3 Short Prints (seeded 1:3 packs - cards #426 - 500):
#428: Jermaine Dye
#435: Joe Crede
#473: Austin Kearns
The short prints are easy to spot this year - just look at the back of the card. The short prints are printed on a dark gray stock while the base cards are on a cream white stock. See the Pedroia base card back compared to the Dye short print back.

1 Baseball Flashback (seeded 1:12 packs):
#BF5: Luis Aparicio

1 News Flashback (seeded 1:12 packs):
#NF8: Presidential Debate

1 Chrome Parallel (seeded 1:10 packs):
#C38: Justin Upton

Inserts I didn't pull in the first blaster included Chrome Refractors (1:31 packs), Chrome Black Refractors (1:260 packs), New Age Performers (1:15 packs), Then & Now (1:15 packs), Real One Autographs (1:560 packs), Real One Special Edition Autographs (1:935 packs), Clubhouse Collection Relics (Group A 1:444 packs, Group B 1:105 packs, Group C 1:193 packs), Flashback Stadium Relics (1:390 packs), or any of the other much, much rarer "pulls."

Finally, I didn't pull any of the known super short print variation cards, which include:
#70 Tom Glavine (variation card has his name spelled Thom Glavine)
#346 Fred Lewis (variation card has Randy Winn pictured instead of Fred Lewis)
#445 John Smoltz (white back and pictured as a Red Sox, not a Brave)
#448 Hanley Ramirez (white back and close up picture as a Red Sox, not a Marlin)

Have I missed any?

Overall, I really like this set. Will the other three blasters hold anything special? Will I finally pull my first 2009 Topps Heritage Cincinnati Reds card? Only time will tell.