A three blaster birthday gift

I just returned from a week of vacation. Since it's not hot enough here in Dallas, we went further south for a few days. We spent a few days with my mom and on one of our outings she asked if I wanted some cards for my upcoming birthday.

"Gee mom, cards are for kids and I'm 40-somethingish. Of COURSE I'd like some cards for my birthday!"

I was transported back 30 years into the past when she told me to go pick out something and I came back with a blaster of Lineage since it's the new thing. We got in line to pay and she asked me to go get the car so being the good son, I did. When we got back to her house she handed me a gift bag with not one, not two, but THREE Lineage blasters in it. She's sneaky that way.

Here are the results of those three Lineage blasters. Each blaster contains 7 packs and instead of the highly coveted FREE 8th PACK!!!, it also contains a relic. I was hoping they would be the '75 mini relics and they were. The blaster promises 57 cards which I got in all three blasters. By the way, the relics come sealed in plastic, so I left them in there until I can trade them away.

Blaster 1



Whoo hoo--Adam Dunn Jersey! I kid. I should have demanded the receipt and returned the other two blasters immediately upon seeing this card. However, I hoped lightning would NOT strike twice and proceeded to open packs.

Base cards: 47/200 - 23.5% No dupes
Diamond Anniversary 1:4 packs: 2 - Jose Reyes and Lance Berkman
Platinum Diamond 1:4 packs: 2 - Michael Young (Yay me!) and Cy Young
1975 Mini 1:4 packs: 2 - Eddie Murray and Neil Walker
Topps 3D 1:12 packs: NONE
Topps Cloth Sticker 1:12 packs: NONE
Topps Venezuelan 1:12 packs: 1 - Andrew McCutchen
Topps Rookies 1:6 packs: 1 - Craig Kimbrel
Topps Stand-Ups 1:12 packs: 1 - Mariano Rivera

I think I'll try to collect the '75 minis and the stand-ups for sure. I also like the Platinum Diamond shinies a lot. I'm not sure about the rest, other than Rangers of course.

Blaster 2




What we have here is a guy I'd rather not pull, but one who is tradeable. Got any Ranger relics like this one?

Base cards: 46/200 - 23% No dupes
Diamond Anniversary 1:4 packs: 2 - Ubaldo Jimenez and Hank Aaron
Platinum Diamond 1:4 packs: 2 - Dan Haren and Mickey Mantle
1975 Mini 1:4 packs: 1 - Chad Billingsley
Topps 3D 1:12 packs: ZERO
Topps Cloth Sticker 1:12 packs: 1 - Buster Posey
Topps Venezuelan 1:12 packs: 1 - Ichiro
Topps Rookies 1:6 packs: 2 - Hank Conger and Domonic Brown
Topps Stand-Ups 1:12 packs: 1 - Roy Halladay

Blaster 3




I know someone who will like this one. As a matter of fact, it's in his stack as I emailed him about it already. I saw he claimed one on another blog AFTER someone else claimed it.

Base cards: 46/200 - 23% No dupes
Diamond Anniversary 1:4 packs: 2 - Ichiro and Victor Martinez
Platinum Diamond 1:4 packs: 2 - Cole Hamels and CC Sabathia
1975 Mini 1:4 packs: 1 - Matt Latos
Topps 3D 1:12 packs: ZERO
Topps Cloth Sticker 1:12 packs: 1 - Adrian Gonzalez
Topps Venezuelan 1:12 packs: 1 - Starlin Castro
Topps Rookies 1:6 packs: 2 - Brett Wallace and Corey Luebke
Topps Stand-Ups 1:12 packs: 1 - Juan Marichal

That's it. I didn't expect to get any autos with the long odds. I got pretty much all the types of cards I expected EXCEPT a 3D card. Those fall 1:12 packs and it took a rack pack I bought on my own to get one of those, a Carlos Gonzalez.

Overall, other than the flimsy card stock, I thought the cards were ok. I got 139 base cards in three blasters and only got 16 duplicates. I really didn't have any intention of putting this set together, but I've already got 123 cards toward the set so I'll put up a wantlist sometime. I can't wait to get my package from the Community Gum Lineage Case Break. We'll see what my Ranger needs are after that hits my mailbox.