Buzz Break: 2004 BenchWarmer Series 1 (Canadian) cards

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The box: 2004 BenchWarmer Series 1 (Canadian box) trading cards
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... See newer BenchWarmer boxes here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of everything in this box.

Packs per box: 36
Cards per pack: 8
Base set completion: 
100 of 100 (100 percent)
Duplicates: A bunch ... possibly even more than one set (didn't sort this one out completely)

Notables on base cards -- Christy Hemme, Kendra Wilkinson, Brande Roderick, Jaime Bergman, Nikki Ziering, Kerri Kasem, Lena Yada, Jennifer Walcott, Colleen Shannon, Katie Lohmann, Mary Riley, Tanea Brooks among others

Inserts: 8
Jumbo box-topper (1) – The Ikki Twins
Love Child (3) – Sandra Taylor, Mary Iaconelli, Tira Provost
Classic Pinups (4) – Lisa Ligon, Rochelle Loewen, Stacy Blosser, Yvette Nelson

Autographs/Memorabilia: 4 (all in gallery below with some base from a past Vault break that had one of these boxes inside -- to save some server space)
BenchWarmer Autographs (2) – Lora Peterson, Tira Provost
Oh, Canada! Autographs (1) – Michelle Perez
Authentic Bikini Swatch Card (1) – Brande Roderick

What's Buzz-worthy: So, why open this 21-year-old box? The hit volume for the price vs. the retail realities in the same price range these days. Also? That Canadian flag sticker on the lid ... that means there's a little extra going on in this box. I found this one for around $50 -- about the same price as a new Chrome MLB blaster in some places -- and this one included the standard two autos, a bonus auto with that being a Canada box and then the rarest hit possible here, too, with a top name attached. One in 432 packs on that Roderick card ... and she's a name who's known in the modeling realm, the TV world and movies. Others here have credits in those realms, too, but not to that same degree ... so it was a box that over-delivered but was a little light among the other hits among a checklist with a number of pop culture credits beyond just the modeling realm. Still an A-level box.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A- (beat the odds with the much-rarer memorabilia card found here ... one in 432 packs)
Fun Grade: B+

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