Buzz Break: 2012 BenchWarmer Vault trading cards

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The box: 2012 BenchWarmer Vault trading cards
Where to buy: Here when available ...  See newer BenchWarmer boxes here

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

Packs per box: One Vault hits pack and one past BenchWarmer box (37 total here)
Cards per pack: 7 in hits pack, 8 per in 1994 BenchWarmer packs
Cards in this box: 295
Base set completion: 
100 of 100 (100 percent) for the 1994 set
Duplicates: A bunch ...

Notables on 1994 base cards -- Gena Lee Nolin, Charisma Carpenter, Brooke Burke, Cindy Margolis, Julie Strain, Kiana Tom, Kimiko Tanaka

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Inserts: 4 (all in gallery below with the hits ... no base this time)

From the hits pack ...
Promo cards (1) – Caitlin O'Connor 2011 Tropic Beauty Model Search

From the 1994 box ... 
Dyna-Etch Cards (3) – Shauna O'Brien, Billee Inglish, Deirdre Imershein

Autographs/Memorabilia: 6
From the hits pack ...
2012 BenchWarmer Vault Boy Beater swatch card (1) – Torrie Wilson (prime swatch)
2012 BenchWarmer Vault autographs (1) – Tiffany Kyees
2012 BenchWarmer Vault Cop autographs (1) – Jennifer Korbin
2006 BenchWarmer Holiday autographs (1) – Bridget Marquardt
2010 BenchWarmer Signature Series autographs (1) – Brooke Morales
2012 BenchWarmer Happy Easter autographs (1) – Mary Riley

What's Buzz-worthy: I've had good luck with these boxes the last two times I opened them but this one is strong for the bonus pack and simply nothing you'd want to find for the bonus box. My bonus was a 1994 box which, unlike the original, doesn't even have autographs. (The original series has them but they are rarer finds.) The Wilson card here is a strong one -- that swatch is the left shoulder and hair of the BenchWarmer logo on the shirt she is wearing in the photo. The Marquardt auto is also a better one as she was on the E! series The Girls Next Door back in the day. Others in the hits pack are long-time favorites among the BW collectors. I'll probably do more of these as they present themselves (at a reasonable price) as I've seen Signature Series boxes come out of these as the bonus box with an auto in every pack. That would be a fun break. The bonus pack here was an A but the bonus box was an F. It happens ... just hadn't happened to me. Some good names can be found here -- and I've pulled them before -- so check out the other breaks of this one here.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B+ (bonus pack was strong ... throwback box was one you don't want -- no hits)
Fun Grade: C (bad bonus box)

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