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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

21 discounted packs of Panini World Cup stickers

I decided to document the opening of my hugely discounted Panini packets. After this I may never do pack rip posts again. Enjoy it while you can!

Pack 1
140 Chinedu Obasi Ogbuke - nope
183 England Emblem - Yes!
227 Rafik Halliche - YES!
19 Half of Mbombela Stadium - nope
Lukas Podolski - nope
346 Wesley Sneijder - YEEEES!
72 Diego Godin - nope
636 Humberto Suazo - nope

Got three in the first pack including an England Shiny that I gave away to a friend thinking I'd be able to buy all the packs I wanted during the World Cup. HA!!!

Pack 2
127 Vincent Enyeama - nope
458 Leo Bertos - nope
96 Jeremy toulalan - nope
559 Christiano Ronaldo (!) - YEEEEEES!
145 Korea Emblem - nope
467 Slovenska Republika - nopeka
354 Denmark Emblem - nope
598 Blaise Nkufo -Yep!

When I was looking through the album seeing which stickers I was missing, I kept seeing supermegastars like Beckham and Thierry Henry were not stuck in the album. Nice to get Ronaldo out of the way before I go begging for stickies.

Pack 3
144 Korea Republic - nope
476 Vladimir Weiss - nope
452 Ivan Vicelich - nope
571 Sergio Busquets - Yep!
279 Mark Schwarzer - nope
162 Lee Keun-Ho - Yesssss
420 Danielle De Rossi - nope
88 France Emblem - YEAAAAAH!

Concidering I have about 75% of the set, getting three stickers I need in a packet is pretty good. Apparently France's Emblem is a surreal chicken. Had I known that, I probably would have rooted for them during the Cup. (naaaaaah)

Pack 4
356 Daniel Agger - nope
168 Sokratis Papastathopoulos - nope
165 Alexandros Tzorvas
231 Kaled Lemmouchia - nope
99 Florent Malouda - nope
276 Mario Gomez - nope
538 Kader Keita - Yes!
465 Shane Smeltz -Yes!

It was looking grim until the end there... I wish there were more Greeks playing baseball. Their names are fun to type. Papastathagapadopacropaflopadiogeneskapabrapadopoulos!

Pack 5
156 Lee Chueng-Yong - nope
318 John Mensah - Yep!
354 Denmark Emblem - nope
108 Sergio Romero - Yes!
38 Aaron Mokoena - nope
340 Andre OOijer - YEEES!
127 Vincent Enyeama - nope
271 Piotr Trochowski - nope

Yeah! three more including Russell Brand. At this rate I'll only need two more boxes to complete the set. I got a goal keeper this time too which is nice. Also: Ooijer is a great name. Oiijer Ooijer Ooijer!

Pack 6
38 Aaron Mokoena - nope
58 Pavel Pardo - Yep!
398 Benoit Assou-Ekotto - Yes!
234 Hameur Bouazza - WOOOOO!
115 Fernando Gago - nope
51 Guillermo Ochoa - YEEHAW!
530 Abdoulaye Meite - YEEEEAAAAH!
604 Osman Chavez - *Head Asplode*

When I opened the packet I didn't recognize many of the stickers, but I didn't think I'd need six stickers out of it! I doubt I'll come close to that in any of the others I have yet to open. Maybe there's some Fleer collation going on and I'll get equally lucky with a few more down the line.

Pack 7
305 Neven Subotic - nope
607 Mauricio Sabillon - nope
363 Daniel Jensen - Yes!
507 Ri Myong-Guk - nope
291 Brett Holman - nope
58 Pavel Pardo - just got it....
173 Alexandros Tziolis - nope
84 Luis Suarez - nope

Dupes in consecutive packets. Grrrrr..... At least Jensen keeps my streak alive.

Pack 8
39 MacBeth Sibaya - nope
614 Edgar Alvarez - Yesssss
442 Victor Caceres - Yep!
567 Sergio Ramos - nope
258 Deutschland - Yes!
245 Bojan Jokic - WOOOOOO!
130 Obinna Nwaneri - YEAAAAAAAH
605 Victor Bernardez - *Head Asplode*

Six more stickers I needed! Inconcievable! My luck will run out soon, I'm going to enjoy this while I can. Just like I enjoy Edgar's hair. Shocking!

Pack 9
43 Steven Pienaar - nope
125 Nigeria - Yes!
75 Jorge Fusile - nope
374 Eiji Kawashima - nope
262 Per Mertesacker - nope
242 Bostjan Cesar - nope
402 Jean Makoun - nope
602 Noel Valladares - Yes!

Two more including a keeper. Awwwww Yeah....

Pack 10
145 Korea Republic Emblem - nope
243 Miso Brecko - nope
141 Victor Obinna - Yes! I think!
109 Marin Demichelis - nope
522 Jong Tae-Se - nope
241 Samir Handanovic - nope
538 Kader Keita - Yes?
590 Marco Padalino - yEEEEAH~!

I'm not actually sticking these in the album as I pull them because I need to scan the suckers for this post. As a result, if I get dupes of a sticker that I already pulled I have no clue. I thought about marking the book for stikers I already have but have not stuck yet, but pulling the stickers I need is making me so happy that I'm just going to carry on and defer my duplicate disappointment for later.

Pack 11
275 Miroslav Klose - Yes!
613 Danilo Elvis Turcios - nope
631 Marco Estrada - Yep
519 Kim Myong-Won - nope
433 Paula Da Silva - nope
67 Miguel Sabah - Awwww yeah
479 Jan Kozak - WOOOOOOOOO!
214 Stuart Holden - *Total protonic reversal*

Five more and the first Bloody Yank in the pack. very nice. My luck cannnot possibly hold out.

Pack 12
156 Lee Chung-Yong - nope
368 Jesper Gronkjaer - nope
563 Spain Emblem - nope
383 Keisuke Honda - Yep!
522 Jong Tae-Se - nope
323 Hans Sarpei - Yes!
538 Kader Keita - Yeeehaw!
442 Victor Caceres - HEEEEEEEWACK!

MY LUCK IS TOO GOOD - I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT ANY MORE

Pack 13
307 Dejan Stankovic - nope
403 Achille Emana - nope
403 Achille Emana - NOOOOOOOOO
11 Half of Ellis Park Stadium - nope
268 Michael Ballack - nope
322 Samuel Inkoom - nope
419 Angelo Palombo - nope
456 Andrew Boyens - YES!!!!

Saved by the Kiwi!

Pack 14
430 Paraguay Emblem - nope
31 South Africa Emblem - nope
507 Ri Myong-Guk - nope
509 Cha Jong-Hyok - nope
523 Choe Kum-Chol - Yes!
171 Vassilis Torosidis - Yep!
412 Gianluigi Buffon - nope
201 USA - USA!USA!USA!USA!

Yaaaaaay! I got the USA team! I'M YELLING AND I DON'T KNOW WHY!!!

Pack 15
125 Nigeria - Yep
597 Alexander Frei - Yes!
222 Faouzi Chaouchi - nope
23 Half of Royal Bafokeng Stadium - Yay!
268 Michael Ballack - Nope
169 Christos Patsatzoglou - Yessssss
634 Alexis Sanchez - nope
267 Simon Rolfes - nope

Woohoo! I now have at least half of all the stadiums! FEAR ME FOR I AM A STICKER GOD

Pack 16
478 Miroslav Karhan - nope
81 Diego Perez - Nope
383 Keisuke Honda - Yes!?
22 Half of the Rustenburg stadium - YAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!1
381 Yuki Abe - nope
537 Romaric - WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
396 Geremi Njitap - nope
439 Cristian Riveros - Yep.

Hey! I got the other half of the stadium! That's a whole stadium in two packs! I also got a guy with only one name which has to be good.

Pack 17
177 Sotiris Ninis - nope
367 Dennis Rommedahl - Yep!
567 Sergio Ramos - nope
561 Hugo Almeida - Yep!
290 Tim Cahill - nope
535 Didier Zokora - nope
394 Rigobert Song - Yep!
362 Michael Silberbauer - nope

I need one dang sticker to complete the Australia team and I can't find it for nothin'. Got three more at least.

Pack 18
124 Carlos Tevez - Yep!
322 Samuel Inkoom - nope
525 Cote D'Ivorie - nope
188 Ashley Cole - Yes!
118 Juan Sebastion Veron - nope
321 Harrison Afful - Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
633 Fabian Orellana -  asdfasdfarwefsdfvcasdfgz
82 Nicolas Lodiero - *just plain dies*

Five more stickies! Only three more packs to go, I still haven't struck out in a packet yet. That way it will be more painful when my luck crashes and burns.

Pack 19
602 Noel Valladares - Yessssss
512 Nam Song-Chol - YESSSSSSS
35 Matthew Booth - nope
519 Kim Myong-Won - nope
148 Cho Yong-Hyung - nope
251 Rene Krhin - nope
71 Diego Lugano - nope
446 Edgar Benitez - YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Kicking ass and taking names... Still don't know what the hell to write about anymore. I suppose I could discuss the players but the cup was what... 6 months ago?

Pack 20
34 Tsepo Masilela - nope
49 Mexico - nope
536 Guy Demel - nope
106 Argentina - Yep!
121 Sergio Aguero - nope
153 Lee Young-Pyo - nope
541 Salomon Kalou - nope
594 Gelson Fernandes - nope

Argentina saves me from being skunked. One more packet to go....

Pack 21
119 Angel Di Maria - nope
317 Richard Kingson - YES.

Yay! no all dupe packs!

181 Angelos Charisteas - nope
569 Joan Capdevila - nope
277 Australia - nope
331 Asamoah Gyan - nope
426 Marco Borriello - YESSSS!!!! ITALIA!!!!!!!!
211 Ricardo Clark - USA!USA!USA!USA!

Yippee! about 8* packs worth of stickers I needed out of a huge pile of discounted packs! Not too shabby. And it only took me about 12 hours to write this post!

Oh crikey, now I have to do a trade list....


*seven after sorting out dupes. I got a bunch of Kader Keida.

3 comments:

Mark Aubrey said...

That was just like reliving the virtual stickers earlier this year. Thanks for sharing.

Captain Canuck said...

awesome... now about that list. I'd like to go to the post office tomorrow.... so hurry up.

no pressure.

madding said...

It's as if Homer Simpson himself did
this post...