The boffins say it’d likely cost £883.80 to complete this year’s World Cup sticker album without any swaps – but we reckon it can be done for free by only swapping. Are we on to something?
At the start of October, like many of you, we bought the Panini FIFA World Cup 2022 Sticker Collection Starter Pack. But unlike everyone else, we decided that was the first and only bit of cash we’d spend trying to fill the album.
You can – and should – read about our logic and strategy here, but in a nutshell the idea is that we turn the initial 31 stickers from the starter pack into the 670 needed purely through swaps. We’re using shinies, team line-ups, star players and special stickers for leverage, and anyone needing one of our stickers to complete a page is going to have to stump up big.
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The Panini Redknapp
In these early days, it’s all about volume. I need to channel my inner Harry Redknapp and become the Panini wheeler-dealer.
I’ve found that picking up on people’s love for certain players or teams is an effective way to go about things. A Stoke fan needed Harry Souttar – that cost him five stickers.
After my first batch of swaps, I managed to raise my tally to 39. Having given away a total of five stickers for a return of 13, it wasn’t a bad start. And I somehow picked up a shiny Uruguay 1930 team sticker too, probably the most notable item I gained from those 13.
I also use these early exchanges to gather some intel on what the packs are looking like this year.
I met a mate already around halfway to completion who only picked up around 40 swaps from about 70 packets bought. That wasn’t great news. He also said he thought there’s been a really good spread of shiny, team and special stickers – really not good – but he’s been finding Tunisians hard to come by. It’s not exactly what I was hoping for, but I’ll take it.
One common theme, however, is that nobody is getting these extra collection stickers that Panini have added. There are 80 in total and I got a Robert Lewandowski in my very first packet in the starter pack, but nobody’s interested in it! Hopefully I’ll meet some hardcore collectors later and it’ll prove to be a valuable asset, but right now it’s pretty useless.
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— Stickerpedia (@Stickerpedia1) July 23, 2018
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