Ghost Of Christmas Box Part 4

*sits down with a big stack of cards nearby, takes sip, gets ready for a new post on Cards Over Coffee*

I felt like the good version of Scrooge this Christmas season as my mail box was visited by three blogger mail days.

I had the ghost of Christmas Box, the ghost of Christmas Card and the Ghost of Christmas Package.

For today's post, you will be visited by the last ghost, the Ghost Of Christmas Box which was sent by Wes who is famously known for the packages he sends.

And this one was such a whopper, I broke it up into four posts and didn't even come close to covering it all. I had to narrow it down to the like the Top 45ish and leave the rest for your imagination.

Let's keep the momentum flowing!

*takes a sip*

Here we are. The final part. All of the cups of coffee. All of the cards has led us to this ending.

So, let's end it.

First up, some lady relics,

I am not sure how many of these 2008 PopCardz relics are in a set, but I am pretty sure these ones along with the couple I have make a complete set. Unique relic cards of some pop culture icons of that time and some of today. I just hope the relics are authentic.

 

I mentioned in a previous post in this series, but I am a HUGE FAN of the Autograph Silhouette cards in the Panini Country Music product. Look at the cool relic swatches they use!! None of that player worn or employee worn material.

Now to end this post, how about some 1/1's?

(Toomer!!)

(Janoris Jenkins)

(autograph Rodney!)

(regular Rodney!)

And finally the big Whopper of the group....and not the kind that comes with grilled patty and pickles but instead is a 1/1 that comes with a......

 

LAWRENCE TAYLOR AUTOGRAPH!!!

Yeah, I see how stunned you are. I was too.

Try not to spill coffee on yourself before going to work.

*takes a sip trying not to spill some*

Thanks goes out to Wes for another bomb of a mail day. As I said in Part 1, this wasn't even all of the cards or the extra items that he sent. This was just a narrowed down version in order to fit into this amount of posts.

Thanks again for reading and have a magnificent Monday, not a manic one.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Missing

*sits down and takes a sip with much on the mind. takes another sip hoping that the sweet taste of coffee will take away some of the stress*

For the past couple of weeks, I have been desperately looking for a misplaced card in my house. I had it on my special card stand and cannot remember for the life of me where it went after I did some cleaning on the stand. Did I throw it away with some junk papers I had on there? Did I put it in a random box? Did it fall behind something?

So far, I have dug through all of the boxes I have used recently, for sorting, checked behind the obvious places it could have fallen, found the envelope it originally came in which was in the trash, so I searched the trash...with gloves on of course and I have also looked in other card stacks that were on that stand as well.

NO SUCH LUCK.

This is worse than the time that I mistakenly added sugar free creamer in my coffee. And that was pretty bad I may add.

*takes a sip feeling lucky that it doesn't have the sugar free taste*

I have lost cards before, who hasn't, and they usually pop up a few days later when I think of a spot they could be. This card is different. I have no idea where else to look as I have looked and re-looked everywhere possible. The even bigger problem is, it's not a card I can just go out and replace. It's a 1/1.

THIS IS THE ONLY VERSION OF IT!!!

It's the same amount of pictures I have of it. ONE.

 

This 1/1 printing plate features 6 comediens including my favorite, Chevy Chase. I took this picture a day or two after getting the card to send a thank you on Twitter to the person I traded for it from.

The picture is all that I have now. (plays Memories by Maroon 5 in the back of his mind before jumping to Take A Picture by Filter)

I have not and will not give up the search for this card yet, but at some point, I realize I will have to let it go. I cannot let it continue to consume my mind wondering where it went too much longer.

In comments today, let me know if there was ever a card you lost and if you ever found it.

Hope everyone has a Super Saturday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:Outlander Season 4

*Got up way too early this morning, it's going to take some coffee IV to be able to survive today. Pours first of what will be many cups. At least I have an early product to open for getting up early*

Well, good very early morning to everyone! Today I am fortunate to be breaking open the latest release from Cryptozoic four days early! That's right! This product hasn't even been released yet as it comes out on August 5th.

*takes a sip, well two, okay three, then continues on his card banter*

Outlander Season 4 trading cards are here, well almost! This is one of the most highly anticipated releases this year by Cryptozoic of the very popular show time traveling Starz show. They have produced cards for Seasons 1-3 as well.

The show keeps you on the edge of your seat as you follow the story of Claire and Jamie and their time traveling troubles and run ins. I bet this box of cards will keep me on the edge of my seat as well. As with any Cryptozoic release, there are always surprises to find.

*finishes up cup number one, see I told you it's going to be a multiple cup kind of day, pours cup two and can't wait to open this up*

Let's get to ripping this.

Each box of Cryptozoic Outlander Season 4 comes with 24 packs of 5 cards.  You can look for autographs and wardrobe cards, but on average I would say you will find one of each. You will also find a bonus pack with 15 cards in the pack. Boxes of Outlander Season 4 currently sit at $110. I would buy it now while they are low. Seems the trend for this product is for these to go up after awhile.

*another sip*

One thing that always grabs my attention about Cryptozoic products is their high gloss base cards with episodic images of a shows season.

Here is the front of the base set

The back of the base card.

There are 72 cards in the base set and one box usually gives you the whole set. I haven't seen too many times where this wasn't the case. This box provided me with the full set.

It seems Cryptozoic continues to build upon more parallels for their products recently.

Here are the parallels that you can find for the base set, Canvas Stock, Gold Foil, Red Foil /50, and Printing Plates 1/1.

These are the canvas parallels. I think you can see some of the canvas appeal from my pics. If not, hold on, I have a better shot of one coming up.

This is the gold foil parallels. It's a touch of gold foil on the bottom border of the base card.

I didn't find any numbered red parallels in this break.

*takes his first shot of the second cup, then moves onto chase/insert cards*

The chase/insert sets in Outlander also have parallels.

You can find the following, Canvas Stock, Gold Foil, Red Foil /50, and Printing Plates 1/1.

Here are the Character Chase cards. These fall 1:3 packs and have 9 cards in the set to collect. Lookie here, I have the set!

I also found a canvas Character parallel. As I told you earlier, hold on I will have a better close up picture of the canvas parallels. You can really see it here.

Father and Daughter is the next insert I found. there is no better bond than a father and daughter. These fall 1:3 packs and have nine in the set to collect as well.

 Canvas parallel of Father and Daughter.

 Frasers Ridge falls 1:3 packs and also has nine cards in the set. Another one down!

Puzzle cards are the toughest to find of the chase/inserts. They fall at a tougher 1:6 rate and you wont' find all nine cards. So you will have to make the choice of buying another box (I mean who doesn't like to rip) or pick up the ones missing on eBay.

*takes another sip or two. Okay, I will admit, it's always three or more. Then continues on to rest of this break*

Okay, we have seen the base, the parallels and the chase inserts. Now we are moving onto the bonus pack of the box. The Playing Cards.

There are 15 of these playing cards in this pack and I can't wait to open them and see what these look like.

Okay, these are really stinkin' cool. I would definitely collect a set that looks this good. There are 54 of these in the set to collect and also some gold parallels.

*finishes up cup number two, didn't realize how hot the next cup was going to be or how hot this box was going to turn out*

Now we have reached the hits stage. On average, as I said, there will be one wardrobe and one autograph but this box was pretty hot as it doubled the average amount of hits.

Single wardrobe of Tim Downie as Govenor Tryon. There are 30 single relics to collect.

Dual wardrobe find! There are 13 of these to chase and they fall 1:48 packs. This one is numbered to 150!

Then onto my one-per-box on card, yes ON CARD, ,autograph. This one is of Ed Speleers who plays as Stephen Bonnet.

This is the overall autograph checklist of 18 signers

• AK Ajuawak Kapashesit as Raven of Keowee
• BC Braeden Clarke as Kaheroton
• CO Caitlin O’Ryan as Lizzie Wemyss
• CM Colin McFarlane as Ulysses
• FC James Barriscale as Farquard Campbell
• FE Flint Eagle as Tskili Yona
• GS Grant Stott as Captain Freeman
• KR Kyle Rees as John Quincy Myers
• LW Lee Boardman as Lieutenant Wolff
• MG Melanie Gray as Margaret Tryon
• NS Natalie Simpson as Phaedre
• SH Simon Harrison as George Washington
• SM Sera-Lys McArthur as Johiehon
• TC Tantoo Cardinal as Adawehi
• TD Tim Downie as Governor Tryon
• TJ Tom Jackson as Tehwahsehkwe
• UR Urs Rechn as Gerhard Mueller
• YT Yan Tual as Father Alexandre

 And out of the blue came this in the final few packs....

Father and Daughter 1/1 printing plate!! WOOOOOOOO!

*burned my tongue on the coffee and my hands from this hot box!*

That was a lot of fun and worth waking up early for. As with most breaks I have done of Cryptozoic products, there are always surprises such as extra hits, parallels you didn't know about, etc. They always put out a great product and don't normally leave you disappointed.

So if you're a fan of Outlander, this one is for you!

Also if you are interested in the overall checklist, you can find that HERE.

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