Buzz Break: 2012 BenchWarmer Holiday trading cards

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The box: 2012 BenchWarmer Holiday trading cards 
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com -- see all BenchWarmer boxes here

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

Cards per box: announced as 10 ... 16 in this one.

Autographs/Memorabilia: 16 (see them all in the gallery below)
Blue autographs (9) – Lisa Gleave, Jessica Rockwell, Deanna Brooks, Carrie Minter, Brooke Morales, Candace Kita, Casey Durkin, Lora Peterson, Enya Flack
Green autographs (3) – Brittany Herrera, Caitlin O'Connor, Molly Shea
Blue autographs Pink parallel (1) – Andrea Lowell (/15)
Air Mail bonus autographs Green parallel (1) – Jaime Hammer (/10)
Mistletoe Kiss Cards Blue parallel (1) – Casey Durkin (announced as /5 ... but this one not numbered)
Authentic Shoe autographed Green parallel (1) – Jennifer Korbin (/10)

What's Buzz-worthy: I've dabbled with a few BenchWarmer boxes lately since they're in the big sale and the volume of hits can be impressive despite the low prices -- and then they can often over-deliver and this one nearly was a double box with 16 hits instead of 10. Among perhaps the biggest autos here include WWE Hall of Famer Torrie Wilson, Carmen Electra and Sara Underwood for starters and some on dual-auto cards. They aren't all in the basic auto lineup -- some just in inserts -- but I didn't land any of them. I did get a number of name that BW fans definitely know along with a couple of premium cards -- a kiss auto and an auto-mem card. The over-delivering volume here made this box a lot better than it could have been and made up for any of the biggest names not being around. For the price, it was a solid box, though I might dabble elsewhere since the design here is pretty one-dimensional (not a bad thing but not a lot of variety). Generally, those bigger names can pop up more often in older boxes, so that's why I tried this one. I'll probably dabble one more time with a different BW release before the sale ends ... we'll see. Many (but not all) of my recent boxes have lacked appearances from bigger names but as long as they over-deliver I'll dabble when they're so inexpensive.

Product Grade: B+ (not much design variety here, but some big autos possible)
Box Grade: A (really, really over-delivered on hits)
Fun Grade: A- (really, really over-delivered on hits)

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