Pack Searching: Pokemon XY Flash Fire & Old Pokemon Packs

It has been almost a month since Pokemon FlashFire came out.  This set has draw me back into searching pokemon.  In this set, there is a full art Charizard and two different Mega Charizard.  Not just that, the two Mega Charizard also come in Gold and I am a huge fan of Charizard.  I have been searching these packs for a while now.  So, here is what I found.

Two Pokémon Fan Club

Full Art

Card No. 106/106

Lysandre

Full Art

Card No. 104/106

Toxicroak

Full Art

Card No. 102/106

Charizard EX

Card No. 11/106

Mega Charizard EX

Card No. 65/106

Mega Kangaskhan EX (GOLD)

Card No. 109/106

and....

Mega Charizard EX (GOLD)

Card No. 108/106

Not bad at all.  But I did spend a lot of money testing and trying to see which pack is a hot pack.  Now that I found so many Full Art, I started searching the bargain bin.  You know those $3.33 per packs in the hanging box at Target.  Yes, those.  They are so easy to search.  I used the same techniques I use for searching all my sport cards. Check out what I found out of those pokemon packs.

Alph Lithograph

Trainer Card 

Thundurus 

Full Art

Card No. 97/98

Meowth (Shinning)

Card No. 102/191

Pikachu (Shining)

Card No. 115/114

and....

Four Zekrom 

Full Art

Card No. 114/114

So, did I buy some packs that have nothing? The answer is Yes.  I did.  I bought some packs to test to see if there was anything and if there is nothing then I won't by anymore of those packs.  It is a test and error thing.  I know most of these cards are old and won't worth as much.  But this is a fun adventure and cool cards for my collection.  Keep checking back, there will be more coming soon.

Pack Searching: Bowman 2014 Baseball Autographs

I have been searching Bowman 2014 Baseball for a while now.  And, I have learned how to find the autograph.  I have found five autographs so far.  There are too many packs in the hanging box and it takes too long to go through all of them.  But check out what I found.

Tommy Murphy

Bowman Autograph

Card No. PA-TM

Tim Cooney

1st Bowman

PA-TC

Thomas Coyle

Bowman Autograph

Card No. PA-TCO

Sam Moll

1st Bowman

Serial No. 018/250

Card No. PA-SM

and...

Kyle Waldrop

1st Bowman Autograph

Serial No. 017/500

Card No. PA-KW

Pack Searching: Topps Magic 2013 Football Jordan Poyer

I found a Value Pack of Topps Magic 2013 Football.  Glad that I found another autograph from Topps Magic 2013 Football.  

another...

Jordan Poyer

Rookie Autograph

Card No. 215

Pack Searching: Panini Contenders 2013 Cobi Hamilton

I found a hot pack of Panini Contenders 2013 Football.  Check it out.

Cobi Hamilton

Rookie Autograph

Card No. 120

Cobi Hamilton must of signed so many autograph card/stickers.  I pulled so many of his autographs this year.

Pack Searching: Topps Strata 2013 Football Johnathan Franklin Autograph

I found a brand new box of Topps Strata 2013 Football.  I searched and found a hit.  Check it out.

Johnathan Franklin

Brown Rookie Autograph

Serial No. 099/150

Card No. 116

I bought a couple Hobby box of Topps Strata 2013 Football this year and honestly I pulled better in retail.  So far, retail packs are treating me better than hobby boxes.

Pack Searching: Upperdeck 2014 Football More Autographs

I found four hot packs of Upperdeck 2014 Football.  One of them was opened and was in the bargain bin.  Since the pack was opened, I took the card out and check it.  What I saw was an autograph card. This is what I saw.

Logan Thomas

Star Rookies Autograph

Card No. 74

I don't know what that pack searcher was doing.  But, why didn't he buy the pack? Anyway, if he don't want it, then I will take it.  Not bad for pulling a Virginia Tech QB inside a open pack.  

Well, here is the other hits I found.

Dominique Easley

Star Rookies Autograph

Card No. 138

Trey Burton

Star Rookies Autograph

Card No. 208

and...

Louis Mix III

Star Rookies Autograph

Card No. 59

Pack Searching: Panini 13-14 Basketball Three autographs & a Relic

I found a couple boxes of Panini 13-14 Basketball.  I found three autographs and they were the same players I found before.  I can tell who it is before I buy the packs.  So check them out.

Two more Jamaal Franklin...

2x Jamaal Franklin

Rising Tide Autographs 

Card No. 15

another...

Gorgui Dieng

Rising Tide Autographs

Card No. 45

And I found a relic that someone hid in the bargain bin.  Check it out.

Kelly Olynky

Event-Worn Material (Green)

Card No. 23

Pack Searching: Topps 2014 Baseball Alex Rodriguez Relic

I found one Value Packs of Topps 2014 Baseball in the bargain bin.  I searched it and it was a Hit.  Someone found it and put it in the bargain bin.  I don't know why they just did not buy it.  Here is the relic.

Alex Rodriguez

Game-Used Memorabilia (Black & White)

Card No. TR-AR

Not bad of a Hit.  This pack was not the only one in the bargain bin that has a hit.  There was two more packs that someone found and hid with this pack.  One was a Panini 13-14 Basketball and the other pack was a Upperdeck 2014 Football.  These two packs will be in a different article. 

Pack Searching: Bowman 2014 Baseball Retail & Value Pack Autographs

Honestly, I have no clue how to pack search these retail pack of Bowman 2014 Baseball.  Every techniques I used did not work on these packs.  So I picked two packs that I searched out of ten packs.  Two which I think they are most likely will have a hit.  Bought them and open them up without recording them (bad idea).  I actually got a autograph out of one pack and the other one was nothing.  Now I just have to remember how to search them.  So here is a picture of the front and back of the cards.  This is one of the tip that I used for pack searching.

Michael Feliz

1st Bowman Autograph

Card No. PA-MF

Since I have no clue how to pack search retail packs, I spent more time on Value Packs.  These are easier to find.  I found three hot packs.  Check them out.

Thomas Coyle

Autograph

Card No. PA-TCO

Tim Cooney

1st Bowman Autograph

Card No. PA-TC

and...

Sam Moll

Orange 1st Bowman Autograph

Serial No. 018/250

Card No. PA-SM

Pack Searching: Gypsy Queen 2014 Baseball Graig Nettles Autograph

I found a brand new box of Gypsy Queen 2014 Baseball.  I searched and found a autograph.  Seem like Gypsy Queen is being good to me this year.  I have been pulling some pretty good stuff and I been finding autograph.  Well, check this autograph out.

Graig Nettles

Gypsy Queen Autograph

Card No. GOA-GN

Pack Searching: Panini 13-14 Basketball Rising Tide Autographs

I found two hot packs of Panini 13-14 Baskeball.  Both packs contains Rising Tide Autographs.  Check them out.

Jamaal Franklin

Rising Tide Autographs 

Card No. 15

and...

Gorgui Dieng

Rising Tide Autographs

Card No. 45

Not a bad hit.  Both of these will go great with my basketball auto collection.

Pack Searching: Upperdeck 2014 Football Autographs

I found four hot packs of Upperdeck 2014 Football.  Two were Value Packs and the other two were retail packs.  I like these Upperdeck 2014 Football.  Even if I don't find a autograph , I still search for some star Rookies.  Like this one:

Blake Bortles (UCF)

Star Rookies Base

Card No. 90

Or a Johnny Manziel which I don't have at this time.  I did found a pack that contains a Star Rookies Base of Johnny Manziel.  But lost the pack while walking around Target.  Somehow the pack fell of the shopping cart.  

Well, here are the four autographs that I found.

 2x Aaron Lynch

Star Rookies Autographs

Card No. 149

Max Bullough

Star Rookies Autograph

Card No. 210

and....

Taylor Lewan

Star Rookies Autograph

Card No. 57