SportKings Series E 16 Box Case - Spectacular Patch - Plus My Review

[wcbraun]

Here is my 16 box case of SportKings Series E from Blowout and review. While I may not be as big a fan as Matt, I am still a big fan and have been opening this product for years. This is a great looking set from Sport Kings, as usual, but I do have some complaints;

The collation was not great. I pulled 42 base cards and 16 of them were duplicates. Two of the cards had 3 a piece and one of those (David Robinson) had two in the same box. This should never happen. While I wasn’t expecting to be able to make the entire 48 card base set out of one 16 box case, I also wasn’t expecting to only get slightly more than half of the required base cards for the set. I also had multiple duplicates on the Premium Back Redemption cards and wasn’t able to spell SportKings.

The hits also had poor collation. While I was extremely happy to pull 5 cards of the Gold version, I had multiple players on multiple cards. Two Rickey Henderson’s, Two Dave Winfield’s, Three Roberto Alomar’s, Three Isiah Thomas’s and Two Bill Walton Auto’s is a bit ridiculous.

So even though the product looks fantastic and the art work is great, with the collation problems and that over half of my base cards are off-centered/mis-cut, I would give the product an overall grade of C/C+.

I love this product and will continue to buy future issues but this time around (on my case anyway), I felt there were some problems.

Base: Rickey Henderson (x2), Eddie Murray, Rod Carew (x2), Dave Winfield (x2), David Robinson (x3), Bill Walton (x2), Isiah Thomas (x2), Steve Mizerak (x3), Dick Weber, Evander Holyfield, Sydney Barnes (x2), Gino Bartali (x2), Gale Sayers (x2), Paul Hornung, Annika Sorenstam, Paula Creamer, Steve Cauthen, Deedee Jonrowe, Dean Karnazes (x2), Mauri Rose (x2), Sasha Cohen, Taiho (x2), Sir Stanley Matthews (x2), Bjorn Borg, Donovan Bailey, Charles Atlas.

Mini: Rickey Henderson SILVER (1 of 7), Paul Molitor, Jackie Stiles, Gale Sayers, Roosevelt Brown, Doyle Brunson.

Premium Back Redemption: Isiah Thomas (S), Gino Bartali (S) (x2), Kyle Petty (S), Franco Harris (P), Sir Stanley Matthews (P), Ken Griffey Jr. (R) (x2), Mark Wells (T), Roosevelt Brown (K), Sydney Barnes (I) (x2), Steve Mizerak (G) (x2), Gale Sayers (G), Doyle Brunson (G).

Hits: (In the order I opened them)

1. Bill Walton Silver Auto # A-BW1 /40
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/walton-2012sportkingsE-auto-1-silver.jpg

2. Roberto Alomar Silver Auto Jersey # AM-RA2 /40

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/alomar-2012sportkingsE-auto-jersey-silver.jpg

3. Barry Sanders “Spectacular Patch” # SP-140 1/1
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/sanders-2012sportkingsE-jumbopatch-1of1-front.jpg

4. Rickey Henderson Gold Auto Jersey # AM-RH3 /10
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/henderson-2012sportkingsE-auto-jersey-gold.jpg

5. Dave Winfield Silver Jersey # Sm-13 /90
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/winfield-2012sportkingsE-jersey-silver.jpg

6. David Robinson Silver Jersey # Sm-09 /90
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/robinson-2012sportkingsE-jersey-silver.jpg

7. Roberto Alomar/Paul Molitor Gold Dual Patch # CS-01 /10
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/alomar-molitor-2012sportkingsE-dualpatch-gold.jpg

8. Henderson/Lemieux/Winfield/Thomas Silver Quad Jersey # D-04 /40
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/henderson-winfield-lemieux-thomas-2012sportkingsE-quadjersey-silver.jpg

9. Eddie Murray Silver Auto # A-EM2 /40
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/murray-2012sportkingsE-auto-silver.jpg

10. Roberto Alomar Gold Patch # GM-01 /10
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/alomar-2012sportkingsE-patch-gold.jpg

11. Tim Raines/Patrick Roy Gold Dual Patch # CS-11 /10
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/raines-roy-2012sportkingsE-dualpatch-gold.jpg

12. Sasha Cohen Silver Auto Shirt # AM-SCO1 /40
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/cohen-2012sportkingsE-auto-jersey-silver.jpg

13. Bill Walton Silver Auto # A-BW2 /40
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/walton-2012sportkingsE-auto-2-silver.jpg

14. Isiah Thomas Silver Jersey # SM-11 /90
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/thomas-2012sportkingsE-jersey-silver.jpg

15. Isiah Thomas Gold Auto Patch # AM-ITH2 /10
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/thomas-2012sportkingsE-auto-patch-gold.jpg

16. Gale Sayers Silver Auto Jersey # AM-GS1 /30
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/wcbraun/sayers-2012sportkingsE-auto-jersey-silver.jpg


Thanks for looking.


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[brentandbecca]

not bad, rickey is a tough auto
and i had zero silver or gold minis in 6 cases sadly
way to many single swatch mem this year since they are /90 not /26 like in D
but like the new 1/1 variety, they are nice
i also had many boxes with same cards, or many of the same hits in the same case....odd

[BillInDallas]

The cards look great. The collation, not so much. There are some real beauties in there. Congrats!

[wcbraun]

not bad, rickey is a tough auto
and i had zero silver or gold minis in 6 cases sadly
way to many single swatch mem this year since they are /90 not /26 like in D
but like the new 1/1 variety, they are nice
i also had many boxes with same cards, or many of the same hits in the same case....odd

Yeah, I saw your Agassi patch. That was sweet.

[ManOfSteal]

If you're selling, please PM a price on the Rickey's, I'm especially interested in the silver mini and the quad jersey. Thanks!

[WhacksPacks]

I had NO clue these were on card..my goodness this gets better and better

and sasha cohen in the product too? Yes please...
Verryyyy Niice..to quote the other Sasha Cohen