2016 Panini Optic Football Rack Pack #1

And I finally found some 2016 Panini Optic Football retail in my area.  I didn't get anything special.  I really like the look of these cards though.  They feel really thick and in hand, and look better in person than they do scanned.  I'm definitely not going to pass up buying more retail of this when I see it.

2016 Prizm Football Rack Pack #1

I finally found some 2016 Prizm Football retail in my area.  Got lucky with an autograph and a Jared Goff red white and blue rookie.

Chris Moore red, white & blue autograph

2015 Topps High Tek Football Box Break #2

The only card worth noting from this break was the hit itself:

Breshad Perriman base autograph

2015 Topps High Tek Football Hobby Box Break #1

Picked up a box of 2015 Topps High Tek Football from Blowout Cards' Black Friday sale.

Gold Rainbow Autograph: Devon Smith 

 Jameis Winston Circuit Board Variation & Base Rainbow

And the most interesting card from the break is a David Cobb error rookie card (wave design).  David Cobb is a runningback, but on the back of the card the statistics line shows quarterback stats of "COMP ATT YDS TD INT RAT".  Notice that is six different statistical categories, but there are only five numbers listed under those statistical categories.  Those five numbers represent career attempts, career yardage, career average, touchdowns, and career long rush.

2015 Topps Chrome Mini Retail Break

Walmart has been selling rack packs containing three hobby packs of 2015 Topps Chrome Mini for about $12.  It's actually a decent buy at a that price on a per-pack basis.

Here are the results.

I got lucky and hit an autograph of Mike Davis.  Also got a pulsar refractor of Sean Mannion.  It's too bad that Topps no longer has an NFL license.  These cards look nice.

Topps Replacement

For the longest time I had been waiting on an outstanding Vance McDonald redemption from 2013 Bowman Chrome.  The redemption was for the short print variation which showed the player in his pro NFL uniform.

Without any notice, I received replacements in the mail from Topps.  I guess they had finally decided to give up on attempting to get the cards signed from Vance McDonald.

Here are my replacements.

I'm actually thinking that this is a slight upgrade.  Vance McDonald hasn't been a huge impact for the 49ers.  Instead of his autograph, I now have the autograph of A.J. McCarron who is the backup QB for the Cincinnati Bengals and who played well pretty well in 2015.

The Nick Foles jersey is just a bonus from Topps.  I appreciate the bonus, but it's a pretty worthless bonus.

2015 Upper Deck Inscriptions Redemption Replacement

I've had an Antwan Goodley redemption from 2015 Upper Deck Inscriptions pending for the longest time.  I checked the status of the card on Upper Deck's redemption website and it said that the card was never made, and thus I should contact them regarding a replacement.  So I did.

First I called on the phone and was told to send an email to QA@UpperDeck.com with the redemption code and a list of five teams and/or players whom I collect.  I ended up sending Upper Deck a list of nine football players who I collect.  The players ranged from future hall of famers, to retired veterans, starters in the NFL, and a few 2nd string players.  I wasn't expecting to get any of cards of the players I wanted since none of them were in the 2015 Upper Deck Inscriptions set.

About 2 weeks later I got my redemption replacements in the mail.

In all, I don't think I can complain.  I got a red #/75 Jay Ajayi autograph and a red #/75 Ameer Abdullah autograph.  Both are backup runningbacks but they played in their first years, so there is some hope that they might actually become starters and decent players some day.

Overall, my Upper Deck redemption replacement request went very smoothly and quickly.  I'm happy with the results even though I didn't get any of the players I requested in my email.