Have not collated yet, but assuming 1 base set with extras.
Got the 1:3 High Number card
2 Racer FX Girls: Lisa Ligon, Katarina
1 Auto: Lana Kinnear
I have loved all the benchwarmer sets....until this one. While they do look nice, the box breakdown is horrible. Not even any box toppers this time, only 1 auto per box. So, like mine, most boxes will have really only 3 insert cards. 2 Racers and an Auto for 50+ dollars.
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July 06, 2006, 01:51 PM
Card Reaper
I never purchased any Benchwarmer set lol (maybe cuz I am under 18 ) But from what you just said and from what I have seen from the several Benchwarmer set, this ones looks less interesting...
July 08, 2006, 05:50 PM
allender
I think they decided that the high-number cards H73-H89 would "feel like" chase cards, but I think the psychology doesn't work. As long as cards are numbered consecutively with the base set, even with the letter in front of them, it doesn't seem to be the same thrill of the pull as a 9-card chase set at 1:2 packs or a 6-card chase set at 1:3 packs.
Plus, there's nothing different about the high-number cards (compared to the base) except that they're less common. It might have been more fun if they were subsets like rookies/double play/cowgirls etc.
The H90 card was a box-topper (in cello wrapper) in some boxes. Does anybody know the fraction that had them?
July 08, 2006, 10:06 PM
MrSpeed719
The H90-Mary Riley card was in 1 out of every 4 boxes.
I bought 3 boxes. I completed 3 base sets (1-72) and didn't make one High Number set. I went back to the store where I bought them and was able to get the cards I needed to complete three High Number (H73-H90) sets. I don't like the idea of the high numbers, I still consider them part of the base set and they're too hard to get.
I got two foil cards per box. The expected three autographs: Crystal Lett, Alix Agar and Flo Jalin. I also got an Alejandra Gutierrez Kiss Card.
I have all of the Bench Warmer sets. Although I like this set and the cards look great, the high number cards were a mistake.
I really liked the Signature Series. That was the best.
July 09, 2006, 07:31 AM
ScottSummers
Agreed Mr. Speed.
They had alot of bumps with the 2003 and 2004 sets. While these sets are very nice, and very fun to collect, all of the double-numbered, dealer incentive, and just plain random unlisted auto and other cards make tracking down a full set VERY tough. With 2005 Series I, they started to nail it down pretty well. Signature Series was a VERY good set. Hopefully the 2005 Series II that comes out later this year (hopefully) goes back to the Benchwarmer we all know and love.
July 09, 2006, 08:08 AM
allender
quote:
Originally posted by ScottSummers: ... all of the double-numbered, dealer incentive, and just plain random unlisted auto and other cards make tracking down a full set VERY tough. With 2005 Series I, they started to nail it down pretty well.
I do give a nod to this release on the seeming lack of "unlisted" autos and kiss cards. I usually dread the release of a new BW series because of the pain of screening hundreds of auctions for pack-pulls and toppers that weren't on the company checklist. As of now, there are 7 of the regular autos and kiss cards I haven't seen reported yet (and 2 of the master-case toppers), but the "surprises" have been lacking.
For some of the previous sets, I consider some of the dealer incentives to be (only) loosely connected to the series when they were sent out. They are often more like general rare items that doesn't necessarily fit with the current series, more like "thank yous" to the loyal dealers and distributors.
July 13, 2006, 02:11 PM
Raj
I ordered 2 boxes direct from Benchwarmer and, because I asked, they sent me a set of 6 promos, so I won't have to go searching for them when the new NSU comes out.
Autos 11 Katie Lohmann 21 Alix Agar
Kiss card (1 in 288 packs or 1 per case) 11 Lana Kinnear
Racer girls 01 Lisa Ligon 07 Tina Jordan 08 Kathie Smith 09 Masha Christensen
High End 2 sets the same 8 cards H73 Cindy Margolis H74 Nikki Ziering H78 Jennifer Walcott H80 katarina Van Derham H82 Buffy Tyler H86 Nikki Zeno H88 Carrie Stroup H89 Shay Lyn
This is great set and the auto cards the best of the designs they've used.
July 15, 2006, 01:17 AM
Incarnadine
Found a box at a local store today at an unusually low price ($45 Cdn). Decided to buy it and try my luck just for fun even though I don't collect Benchwarmers.
2 Racer Girls foil cards ( 1:12 packs), Shay Lyn 6 of 12 and Kerri Kasem 10 of 12.
1 autograph (1:24), Miki Twining 12 of 30
1 swatch piece (1:288), Jennifer Korbin 3 of 12 and serial numbered 087/100.
PS- shouldn't this be pinned as a new release rather than buried on page 2?
____________________ "Man muss entweder der Hammer oder der Amboss sein" (you must be the hammer or the anvil)
-Goethe
Ad pulchritudinem tria requiruntur: integritas, consonantia, claritas. (Three things are required for beauty: wholeness, harmony, radiance.)
July 15, 2006, 05:03 AM
dmatsuda
quote:
Originally posted by Raj: I ordered 2 boxes direct from Benchwarmer and, because I asked, they sent me a set of 6 promos, so I won't have to go searching for them when the new NSU comes out.
Autos 11 Katie Lohmann 21 Alix Agar
Kiss card (1 in 288 packs or 1 per case) 11 Lana Kinnear
Racer girls 01 Lisa Ligon 07 Tina Jordan 08 Kathie Smith 09 Masha Christensen
High End 2 sets the same 8 cards H73 Cindy Margolis H74 Nikki Ziering H78 Jennifer Walcott H80 katarina Van Derham H82 Buffy Tyler H86 Nikki Zeno H88 Carrie Stroup H89 Shay Lyn
This is great set and the auto cards the best of the designs they've used.
Way to go Raj! I also wasn't aware you could buy direct from Benchwarmer...must check this out!
July 15, 2006, 06:55 PM
Incarnadine
Just scanned the auto and swatch cards from my box.
____________________ "Man muss entweder der Hammer oder der Amboss sein" (you must be the hammer or the anvil)
-Goethe
Ad pulchritudinem tria requiruntur: integritas, consonantia, claritas. (Three things are required for beauty: wholeness, harmony, radiance.)
July 15, 2006, 08:52 PM
dmatsuda
quote:
Originally posted by Incarnadine: Just scanned the auto and swatch cards from my box.
____________________ Where is the Blood?. Where is the Power?. Where is the Blood to feed the Power. For without Blood there is no Power. Where is my Power?. My Power is with the Blood of Souls, Flowing like a river into my veins giving me my Power. I will not lose my Power until my Soul looses me.
A.S.
July 22, 2006, 02:21 PM
hammer
Nice cards
July 22, 2006, 05:29 PM
Silverback
Nice cards with really nice pics!
____________________ "What if this is as good as it gets?" --WORSE--What if it doesn't get any better! What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
July 22, 2006, 11:03 PM
DewMan
If any box breakdown thread just BEGS for scans, this one would be it.
Nice cards!
Mark
July 23, 2006, 01:02 AM
dmatsuda
quote:
Originally posted by DewMan: If any box breakdown thread just BEGS for scans, this one would be it.
Nice cards!
Mark
Yup, this Box Breakdown thread is the best for scans!
) But from what you just said and from what I have seen from the several Benchwarmer set, this ones looks less interesting...
