Thursday, February 7, 2013

2012 Panini Absolute Football Box Break Recap And Review


Absolute tends to be a good break for me.  This particular box I broke had cards that fluctuated in secondary market value throughout the season, both up and down, which is why I tend to stay away from value when it comes to reviews, unless it is clear that the values are to the extreme, high or low.  For the second year in a row, Absolute is aided by a rookie class that has excelled. Many found starting roles and a high percentage were put in leadership roles.  There is a really nice base set and some fantastic hits to pull.  All of this plus an extra card per pack this year makes 2012 Panini Absolute Football another solid choice for Football card collectors.

Panini Absolute Football falls towards the high end of our premium cards category.  Each box contains four pillow packs with 5 cards per pack. Each master box contains two autograph and two memorabilia cards.

Here are the cards we pulled.

Monday, February 4, 2013

2013 Topps Baseball Series 1 Trading Cards Box Break Recap And Review

Reviewing Topps' flagship Baseball Card release is just an exercise in personal taste.  It is a given that any Baseball card collector should include Topps Baseball Series 1 & 2 in their collection each year.  2013 Topps Baseball is all about "The Chase" and that theme permeates from base to inserts to hits.  Everything about this year's version is on par with past releases, walking the middle ground when it comes to design which should appeal to a wide range of tastes.

For a detailed description of the cards with Everything You Need To Know About 2013 Topps Baseball Series 1 Trading Cards, use this link.

For the purposes of this review, we classify Series 1 as trading cards.  You can find Series 1 in a wide variety of configurations in both retail and hobby.  We opened a box hobby box which contained 36 – 10 card packs with a promise of 1 autograph or 1 relic card per box.
Here are some of the cards we pulled.



Sunday, February 3, 2013

Our Live Halftime Box Break

Entries are complete.  All that is left is the Live Halftime Box Break.  You can head to our Ustream page follwing this link. or just watch it live right here. Wait until Halftime and as soon as you see the Red LIVE indicator, we are on the air.  If for some reason your show does not automatically start, click on the blue arrow in the middle of the viewer, but only when the red LIVE indicator appears.  Enjoy the break.

Contest Time Our LIVE Halftime Box Break And More Chances To Win Great Panini America Football Cards


What if I told you there was a chance that you could win some really cool Autographed Rookie cards, possibly of this year’s offensive or defensive Rookies of the Year – Robert Grifffin III and Luke Kuechly or last year’s ROYs Cam Newton and Von Miller?  How about other rookies from this year like Andrew Luck, Doug Martin, Trent Richardson, Russell Wilson, and Alfred Morris or last year like A.J. Green, DeMarco Murray, Julio Jones, Randall Cobb and someone you may have heard of recently, Colin Kaepernick?  That’s just the rookies. There is a whole slew of veterans and even the possibility of pulling a HRX video card #/10.