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Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Blaster Break

I had to run to Wal*Mart to get some more mailing envelopes for the group break.  The card aisle called out to me and I found myself holding a blaster of 2012 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions.  I figured I'd give it a try - will the blaster yield an autograph or a relic?  You'll have to watch the video to find out...or scroll down, whichever.
Some of the better stuff from the blaster: Each blaster promises five mini cards (on average).  My blaster didn't disappoint.  I ended up with four regular minis (Tim Howard, Sarah Bernhardt, Zach Johnson, and Alan Bean).
I also got a green bordered Lady Luck mini of Mike Tyson.
The blaster also provided me with one Military Machines card - mine was of the USS Balao.
As for the base cards, I ended up with two ex-Reds - Pete Rose and Johnny Bench.
Lots of golfers in the set, including Natalie Gulbis...can't go wrong with her, right?
Whoops - that's not the card...
The best base card in the set belongs to Fergus Suter though.  That's some kind of cardboard gold!!
And finally, my blaster did yield a hit (too bad the hit sucks)...

I don't know anything about hockey but I did look on eBay and saw that this guy's relic isn't selling for much (if anything) at all.  Oh well, that's the risk of buying crappy sets, right?  Actually, I am a bit ashamed to say that I like the set, but if I were to do it again I would definitely buy a hobby box instead of spending hard earned money on a blaster.

Comments

  1. Actually, I'll take that Shanahan if it's up for trade. I'll shoot you an e-mail later on tonight.

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  2. Wow, what a terrible set--who was the artist responsible for those images that look absolutely nothing like the subjects? I can tell you for sure that Brendan Shanahan looks nothing like that! Meanwhile poor Natalie has crazy eyes and Pete Rose looks like a caveman.

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  3. Wow, is that artwork so bad, it's good? Or is it just bad? Rose looks like Bruce Jenner if he got hit in the face with a frying pan and I'm not sure what's going on with Bench. Is he trying to grow a mustache? I agree with Dennis about Natalie's eyes. I usually like this set but after seeing your post I don't know. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Shanahan would be a nice hit if it wasn't in a set like Goodwin. Just awful stuff there.

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