2017 Sainbury's Create the World Lego cards

A little change of pace today.

A supermarket called Sainsbury's, not unlike Walmart or Target, started a promotion on the 3rd of May in which exclusive packs of cards containing LEGO Create the World minifigure collector trading cards were handed out. The cards were available at all checkouts, cafes, petrol filling stations and through the online service. 

There are 140 cards to collect including 104 minifigure characters and 36 special “Create” cards. There is a £2 album to store your collection and also booster packs were available to purchase for 50p.

The cards could be collected for free when you shopped at Sainsbury’s. When you spent £10 in the supermarkets or online you would earn one pack of four cards, and when you spent £5 in the local (smaller) stores you would earn one pack of two cards. 

The cards are roughly 5cm (2") x 8cm (3") in size. 

We do our 'big shop' at Sainsbury's. Groceries, etc and we spend a little bit of money, so these packs of cards started to pour in. If you were lucky at the check-out the people before you would give you their packs as well. I have a few unopened packs stashed away to add to some trade packages.

But as a taster here are five packs.

Pack 1:

#56 Diner Waitress

#76 Shark Suit Guy

#98 Skater Girl

#126 Statue of Liberty 

Pack 2:

#42 Weightlifter

#63 Frightening Knight

#73 Hot Air Balloon

#134 Plant Monster

Pack 3:

#49 Monkey

#84 Crazy Scientist

#101 Small Clown

#131 Piggy Guy

Pack 4:

#14 Baseball Player

#23 Chameleon

#52 Banana Guy

#104 Clumsy Guy

Pack 5:

#13 Routemaster Bus

#23 Plumber

#85 Wolf Guy

#62 Unicorn Girl

We collected the whole set, although some cards were a little harder to obtain than others,( sound familiar?) and we have quite a few as spare, if anyone would like some.There are two baseball players, a batter and catcher to collect.

2017 Topps Heritage Blaster

2017 Topps Heritage is a 500-card set based on the design of 1968 Topps, which consists of 400 base cards and 100 short prints. Unfortunately what is become the norm  for Topps is the Gimmicks, Errors, and Variations. The checklist for these is quite big with 25 Action Image Gimmicks, undisclosed but about 25 Black Dot Gimmicks, about 6 Single-Player Rookie Gimmicks, about 15 Throwback Gimmicks, 6 Errors and 7 Traded cards. I am guessing but they must be popular with Topps including this type of card again and again. 

There are two Parallels- Chrome and mini.

There are a number of different inserts, New Age Performers, Then and Now, Baseball Flashbacks,  News Flashbacks, 1968 Topps Game, 1968 Bazooka, 1968 Topps Discs, 1968 Topps Game Rookies,  1968 Topps 3D, 1968 Topps Posters, which I prefer than the Gimmicks, particularly the oddball versions like Bazooka, Discs and 3D perhaps I am alone in this. Although most are limited, exclusive  or only available as a hobby box loader.

The Red Sox checklist consists of:

#2 Dustin Pedroia / Mookie Betts / Jose Altuve LL

#4 Edwin Encarnacion / Albert Pujols / David Ortiz LL

#10 Corey Kluber / J.A. Happ / Rick Porcello 2 variations

#125 Steven Wright

#140 Brock Holt

#186 Henry Owens

#195 Drew Pomeranz

#204 Tyler Thornburg

#244 Hanley Ramirez

#250 Chris Young

#261 Mitch Moreland

#314a Robby Scott / Andrew Benintendi RC

#314b Andrew Benintendi SP

#318 Rick Porcello

#346 Craig Kimbrel

#354 Sandy Leon

#361 David Ortiz AS

#362 Mookie Betts AS

#382 Boston Red Sox

#405 Chris Sale SP 2 variations

#412 David Ortiz SP 3 variations

#428 Mookie Betts SP 2 variations

#441 Xander Bogaerts SP 2 variations

#454 Dustin Pedroia SP

#462 Jackie Bradley Jr. SP

#480 David Price SP 3 variations

 

The 2017 blaster contains 8 packs, each pack has 9 cards. There is also the possibility of an exclusive Topps Disc card as this blaster was purchased in Derry, New Hampshire. 

Pack 1:

#31 Justin Grimm Cubs
#263 MVP company
#289 Atlanta Braves
#307 Yordano Ventura Royals
#373 Nolan Arendo AS Rockies
#377 Bryce Harper AS Nationals
#399 Sean Manaea Athletics
#THC162 Cardinal Rookie Stars purple chrome
#NAP-18 Dellin Betances Yankees

Pack 2:

#3 NL RBI leaders

#241 Travis Jankowski Padres

#242 James McCann Tigers

#243 Byron Buxton Twins

#250 Chris Young Red Sox

#258 Rockies Rookie stars

#387 Mike Moustakas Royals

#500 Kris Bryant Cubs

#THC413 Albert Pujols purple chrome

Pack 3:

#23 David Wright Mets

#42 Marlins Rookie Stars

#89 Wilson Ramos Bay Rays

#112 Matt Wisler Braves

#231 Matt Garza Brewers

#235 Melvin Upton Jr. Blue Rays

#391 Matt Moore Giants

#THC478 Jameson Taillon Pirates purple chrome

#1968 Topps Game 1/30 Matt Scherzer

Pack 4:

#114 Tom Koehler Marlins

#120 CC Sabathia Yankees

#256 Matt Harvey Mets

#335 Carlos Gomez Rangers

#357 Mark Reynolds Rockies

#390 Josh Harrison Pirates

#THC483 Nomar Mazara Rangers purple chrome

#CCR-RB Ryan Braun Brewers

Pack 5:

#12 AL strikeout leaders
#63 Alex Wilson Tigers
#71 Pat Neshek Phillies
#217 Avisail Garcia White Sox
#234 St Louis Cardinals
#257 Houston Astros
#298 Ichiro Marlins
#361 David Ortiz AS Red Sox
#THC449 Freddie Freeman Braves purple chrome

Pack 6:

#38 Philadelphia Phillies

#64 Russell Martin Blue Jays

#109 Chris Iannetta Mariners

#122 Brandon Drury D-backs

#315 Detroit Tigers

#395 Travis Wood Cubs

#413 Albert Pujols Angels

#THC433 Charlie Blackmon Rockies purple chrome

#68TDC13 Robinson Cano Mariners

Pack 7:

#37 Mike Napoli Indians
#39 Tyler Flowers Braves
#90 Billy Hamilton Reds
#211 Jake Barrett D-backs
#287 Adrian Beltre Rangers
#295 Maikel Franco Phillies
#353 Zach Britton Orioles
#490 Josh Donaldson Blue Jays
#THC443 Trevor Story Rockies purple chrome

Pack 8:

#61 Marco Estrada Blue Jays

#168 Brett Lawrie White Sox

#215 Freddy Galvis Phillies

#270 Jordy Mercer Pirates

#293 Didi Gregorius Yankees

#314 Red Sox Rookie Stars

#352 Kevin Kiermaier Bay Rays

#THC500 Kris Bryant Cubs purple chrome

#NF1 Vietman War

This blaster must have been a hot box as every pack contained an unnumbered purple chrome parallel as shown here.