19 December 2017

Cyber Week Breaks: Day 11 - Knockout Steps in Again, and Hulkamania Runs Wild

Once again, I have a break that needs a little something extra to make it worth posting about. I guess if I were a better writer, I could make a good post out of anything, but that's just not going to happen today. The packs that were scheduled for today were 8 packs of Topps Star Wars: Jedi Legacy and a box of 2016 Topps UFC High Impact. I am adding a pack of 2017 Topps UFC Knockout to the post, too, as well as a surprise item that appeared on my doorstep this morning.


Not much came out of the Jedi Legacy packs. I guess the highlights were these die-cut inserts that fit together to make a circle. I think there was a promotion when this product was released that allowed collectors to obtain a disc card that fit in the middle when the puzzle was complete.


These Magenta parallels aren't that rare, but there wasn't much else to go with. I think you get four of these per box.


The High Impact box had a Felice Herrig Blue parallel in it, a Julianna Pena Femme Fighters insert that I already have at least one copy of, and an autograph of Al Iaquinta that I also pulled a copy of on Day 7 of Cyber Week Breaks.


With those breaks out of the way, here are the hits from the pack of Knockout that I opened. First up is a Fight Mat Relic of Ronda Rousey. Her last couple of fights didn't end well, but she is still pretty much responsible for the rise of women's MMA into the limelight. I am not certain, but this might be the first Rousey hit I've ever pulled. This is the base version, and it is numbered # 16 / 99. The mat relic piece is supposedly from UFC 157, where the first UFC Women's bout was held. That fight involved Rousey and Liz Carmouche, with Rousey coming out on top.


The next hit is a Fearless Fighters Autograph Copper Ink parallel of Matt Hughes. These are pretty tough to come by, as the Copper Ink autographs only fall 1:77 packs, or about 1 in 20 boxes. This one is numbered # 08 / 10. This box of knockout has been pretty amazing so far. It will be fun to see what else comes out of this product for me. And now it's time for the bonus item!


This is a terrible cell phone picture, but I couldn't scan this thing and it came rolled up in a tube and won't lay flat for a photo. Hulk Hogan's official storefront, Hogan's Beach Shop, was clearing out some stuff and I grabbed this poster featuring his signature x2, once as Hulk Hogan and once as Hollywood Hogan. He also added some nice inscriptions to the poster, with my favorite being the '12x Champion Brother!' on the right. It also included a Certificate of Authenticity with a little story about Hulk's rise to fame. I've been thinking about buying an autographed tear-away shirt from the shop for a while now, but I couldn't pass up an opportunity to get two signatures on a poster for the price of one. I'm pretty happy with this piece.


Also, Hulk Hogan retweeted my Tweet about the poster, so that's pretty awesome.

8 comments:

  1. The Hulk Hogan autograph poster is pretty kick ass and you are correct about the center piece for the Jedi Legacy die-cut cards. Topps did a promotion with the release of the product for the center piece.

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    1. Yeah, I saw that he had autographed these posters as both personas, and that plus the sale price pushed me over the edge.

      Maybe some day I'll track down one of those center pieces for the Star Wars insert set. I've bought enough boxes of Jedi Legacy that I might have a full circle now.

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  2. Sweet poster! You going to frame it??

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    1. I'm thinking about it. That sucker needs to be on display, brother!

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  3. That is a really awesome poster!

    Also, the Rousey and Hughes cards are really nice.

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    1. I really like the way the poster came out. The one I got looks a lot better than the one on the store's page.

      The Rousey and Hughes cards made for a good pack break.

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  4. That Rousey is cool. The Hughes is cooler. But the dual Hogan is by far the coolest!

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    1. The Hogan poster is really neat, and I love that he signed it in both personas.

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