2012 Panini Score Football NFL Trading Cards Box Break Recap And Review

With the evolution of sports cards moving towards bigger and bigger hits, the dedicated set builder can often be overlooked.  So when a card set of 300 base cards, 100 rookie cards with a wide variety of inserts is released that is offered at $0.99 a pack, set builders should take note.  2012 Panini Score Football delivers this and more

Score Football could easily be mistaken for fun cards because of their price point, but there is some real collecting to be done here so we classify this set as trading cards. You can find them in a variety of configurations, but complete boxes come with 36 – 7 card packs.

Lets take a look at some of the cards we pulled.

Base Set

Larry Fitzgerald, front and back 

 Julio Jones, Calvin Johnson Jr.

 Peyton Manning, Cam Newton, Maurice Jones-Drew 

 Josh Freeman, Vernon Davis, C.J. Spiller

 Stevan Ridley, Matt Ryan, Steve Smith

 Brian Urlacher, Eli Manning, Marshawn Lynch

Rookies

 Robert Griffin III RG3, front and back, Morris Claiborne

 A.J. Jenkins, Justin Blackmon, Coby Fleener

 Mohamed Sanu, Ryan Tannehill, Brandon Weeden

 Vick Ballard, Russell Wilson, Alfred Morris

 Complete Players

Ray Rice, Jared Allen 

 Terrll Suggs, Matt Forte

Hot Rookies

 Nick Toon, Ronnie Hillman, Trent Richardson

 Michael Floyd, Brock Osweiler, A.J. Jenkins 

 In The Zone

 Mike Tolbert, Arian Foster

 Cam Newton, Greg Jennings, Calvin Johnson Jr.

 Adrian Peterson, Larry Fitzgerald, Dez Bryant

Numbers Game

 Ray Rice, Rob Gronkowski

 D'Qwell Jackson, Calvin Johnson Jr. 

 Tom Brady, Jared Allen

Score Reprints

Haywood Jeffries

Parallels

Scorecard

 Pierre Thomas, Ray Rice

 Cameron Wake, C.J. Spiller

Glossy Base

 Von Miller, Brent Celek, Andre Johnson

Glossy Complete Players

 Von Miller, LeSean McCoy

Glossy Hot Rookies

 Ryan Tannehill, Ryan Broyles

Autograph

 Dontari Poe Rookie Auto

Overall Look

Score Football still has that simple, solid look, but it has been slightly refashioned to add more appeal. The inserts look really good too.

Quality and Variety of Players.

300 veteran players and 100 rookies makes for a really nice checklist.   Insert cards also offer some great players.

Do the hits hold up?

If you can pull an autograph, yeah, there are some great hits to be had, but this is more about building the set at a reasonable price point.

Will you want to collect them all? 

That really is the whole point of Score.   This set works for a wide range of collectors from those new to collecting to veteran set builders.  

Rating

 4 1/2 out of 5

2012 Panini Score Football look great while providing set builders an inexpensive way to construct a full set.