The Chronicles of Fuji Competition, Samurai Blue and the Socceroos

Well for those of you who like contests, San Jose Fuji is running one on his blog titled 'The Chronicles of Fuji'.  Currently you have to reply to certain questions from posts which can in return give you entry's!  Fuji is a great guy who I know from Sports Card Radio and goes for the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Oakland A's, San Jose Sharks, Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks.  It's a nice bunch of teams and from the lot I have seen the Warriors play.  Now to make this post relevant to Adrenalyn XL, Fuji is of Japanese descent and his Samurai Blue (Japan) took on my national side, the Socceroos (Australia) last week in Brisbane.  The score ended up being 1-1 but was well played by both sides.  Now below is a link to Fuji's blog again and a look at some of the players from Japan and Australia.  

Fuji's Blog

http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com.au/

Japan

Australia

Congratulations to the Seattle Supersonics, I mean Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat

The Oklahoma City Thunder have defeated the San Antonio Spurs in 6 six games to reach the NBA Finals for the first time in their history.  Derrick Fisher will attempt to win his sixth ring against the Miami Heat who have the talents of Bosh, Wade and LeBron.  Kevin Durrant has been on fire this whole series and is showing that he is capable of winning.  LeBron will be looking to add his first ring to his collection.  I'm hoping for the Heat to win this year as I saw them play when I was on holidays.  Here is a few of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat Adrenalyn XL cards that are available.

Now who do you think will win?

Euro 2012 Adrenalyn XL One Pack Review

The Euro 2012 is currently on and my Oranje (Dutch) are not doing well thanks to Germany and Denmark.  I went to the newsagent to see if they had any good packs of Adrenalyn XL and happened to stumble upon the new Euro 2012 cards!  I suddenly grabbed one pack (because I only had $3) which happened to be the one with the Dutch on it for good luck.  Might I say, these new cards are looking amazing!  Panini has finally decided to add the codes to the backs of the new cards just like the NBA, NFL and NHL versions!  This made my day as I had no clue of this at all.  The packs don't say anything about it either.  So instead of talking, here are the cards I pulled.

Yevhen Konoplyanka - At least I can now say I own a player from the Ukraine.

Gregory Van Der Wiel - This was awesome, I pulled a Dutch player and I've included a picture of the back. Sorry but I used the code for my account!

Michael Silberbauer - When I saw this cards I wondered if I could ever grow an awesome looking Moustache like that...

Darren Bent - Once again, Panini does not have the licence to make the players on the English side so they all just say England with a small logo of the English flag.

Joao Pereira - Nice Portuguese player.

Frank Ribery Star Player - The highlight of the pack is the Star Player.  The new versions of the Star Player cards have become boring but I think I can live with it.  

I have started an account for myself on the Euro 2012 Adrenalyn XL website called PureAdrenalyn.  My team is currently a low based team and I played a game and lost.  Lost is an understatement.  So please don't challenge me at the moment because I need to improve my squad!  Besides that, it's a great game and I highly recommend you get your hands on these while they last!  

I will now be rating thing differently on this blog.  For example, instead of out of five, it will now be based on insert cards.  So that means from lowest to highest it goes Base, Special, Extra, Extra Signature, Ultimate, Limited Edition.  

Card Design

I like the new design currently, but for some odd reason it reminds me of India and Asia.  Also good to see the codes on the back of the cards.

Are the Hits Good?

Well I think that the Star Players could be better but other then that they are okay.  I liked when they had Champions but now they are just called Masters or Top Masters.

Value for Money?

Not that good still in Australia, they should bring the price down to $2.00.

Would I collect them?

I would collect the Dutch in this set.

Rating?

Extra Signature

Big Thanks to Sports Card Radio!

About a month ago I met Ryan from Sports Card Radio in his natural habitat of Stockton, California.  My family had come up to the USA for a holiday and I had always wanted to meet the guys in person as they were pretty much my hero's for Sports Card Collecting or in another term, the Kobe Bryant of Sports Cards.  We had a great time at Buffalo Wild Wings which is different for people from Australia like myself.  Ryan is a great guy and had talked to us about everything from Sports to cars!  A few weeks ago I received a package which contained this beauty of an Adrenalyn Card and my brother's latest 1/1 card...  All jokes aside, I got a Jason Richardson Extra Signature from Series 2, which happens to be my first NBA Series 2 NBA Adrenalyn XL card (hard to believe right!).  Jason Richardson is one of my favourite players and I'm not saying that because I'm a Magic fan!  One again, thanks to Ryan and Colin from Sports Card Radio and remember to check them out!

And for those who are interested in the visit!

Sports Card Radio - http://www.sportscardradio.com/