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.