Busting some wax and sharing the contents
I liked the way the previous post looked that I’m just going to follow it up with another 2008 Upper Deck Baseball wax bust. I have been having some pretty decent luck with this product, so why not keep the mojo flowing?
This post contains couple of firsts for Busting Wax dot com. First, is my new photo/camera set up. Gone are my fat fingers from the pictures. I’ve set myself up a little stand for my cards, so the pictures look a little better. I’ll also be cropping the cards differently, so hopefully that improves the look of things as well. I am still working out kinks like proper lighting, but I think it’s an improvement. This is also my first 2008 product that I’ve busted. I bought it at a card show last month, I’m just now getting around to posting it. Finally, I’m not including a picture of every player for this pack, since the hobby UD packs have 20 cards and I just don’t have anything to say about most of these guys. I’ll give the list of the contents, then post some pictures of a few of these cards.
Let’s get on with the bust!
I like the look of the baseball 2007 Upper Deck Artifacts. They’re not spectacular, but they’re not horrible, either. I picked this one up sometime last month at hobby shop #1.
The hits don’t stop, and this pack doesn’t disappoint. There are two local hobby shops I frequent. I picked this particular pack out of one of the stores “buy-one-get-one-free” box. The owner usually stocks it with stuff he can’t get rid off, but I couldn’t pass up Bowman Chrome, no matter what year or sport. I don’t remember if he had more, but I’d be kicking myself now if he did.
Since we just busted a football and a baseball pack, we’ll follow with basketball, another SP product. This time it’s a 2007-08 SPx Basketball pack. This is another guaranteed memorabilia or autograph card pack. Let’s take a look:
Next up on the “good hits” parade is a pack of 2007 SP Authentic Baseball. This, it should be noted, is not a guaranteed hit pack. It just turned out to be a very nice hit nonetheless!
I guess to usher in the new guidelines in posting, we’ll go with this pack of 2007 SPx Football. This pack has a guaranteed hit of an autograph or memorabilia card. That may dampen the surprise a little, but it’s still an unknown! I know I’m getting a nice card, I just don’t know what it will be!
I’m having a dilemma at the moment. I’m not really sure what I should be posting here. I understand that this is my site and I can post whatever I darn well please, but I also realize that people come to a site because it’s something they enjoy reading, as well. So I’m trying to figure out which way to go with the site.
When I first imagined this blog, I envisioned posting each and every one of my pack breaks. I thought it was a genius idea (little did I know there were already so many card blogs out there!). Then I thought I’d differentiate myself by posting a picture of each card from each pack, but that is turning out to be a lot of work! Especially with Jumbo packs or packs with 20+ cards in them. And quite honestly, I don’t know how exciting it is to see everything I pull. No offense to the Pack a Day guys, because what they’re doing is great, but I’m just not sure everyone is interested in every pack I break. So the debate goes on.
I of course would like to blog other topics than just my wax busts. I have a bunch of ideas and some cool topics on my mind, but I’m still working my way through my recent pack breaks before I delve into other subjects. This site is called “Busting Wax” afterall, and hopefully you’ve come here to see some wax busted.
As it stands now, I think I’m just going to post pack breaks that result in something “cool.” Something that makes me say “suh-weet” when I come across it. You know the feeling. I’m thinking that any time I hit a numbered/relic/autograph card, the pack break will get posted. I don’t want to bore you with my 34th Mantle HR insert from Topps.
I would also like to hear from the few readers I have what they would like to see. It will definitely factor into the decision. Or at least let me know that they like the idea of posting the “good packs”. I’m trying to do the majority of my wax purchases at hobby stores, so that already increases the chances of good hits and I occasionally will plunk down the extra money for “guaranteed” hits, so it shouldn’t affect my posting too much, but I’d really just like to gauge the reader’s interest and go from there.
Thanks for indulging me with this little mini brain dump. Things are becoming clearer.
