Manufacturer: Panini
Product: 2017 Panini Playoff Contenders Football
PRICE: $145.00/box
If you are a baseball collector, you know that there is a specific product everyone is buying and is THE brand of card to get when prospecting.
Well, this is what Panini Contenders is to the NFL sports card market.
I have a good time opening this product every year as there are some player autos you will hit that you never expected, some of players you never heard of. Plus of that, if that player does have a great career, there is a possibility you could be sitting on a future boom. If not, maybe it will be of a player from your Alma Mater, on your favorite team, from your hometown, or maybe is a player you can trade with friends and enjoy the hobby.
I like all of the inserts like the Legendary set that highlights players from the HOF or possible first ballot HOF’ers. Or Round Numbers, which highlight a pair of players, rookies and or vets, they leave ya wondering what’s up with that, and flipping the card over for more details, or hitting Google to find out information I was not aware of.
If you watched the video above and kept count, we only hit 4 autos in all, the box says there are at least 5 autos per box on average. Even with that, we did well in my opinion. Check the video out, speed through it if you have to, just have fun watching and comment on this post and let me know what you think!
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Short Report: Panini America Reveals More SPs, SSPs in 2017 Contenders Football
Short Report: Panini America Reveals More SPs, SSPs in 2017 Contenders Football
Short Report: Panini America Starts Sharing SPs, SSPs in 2017 Contenders Football
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THE REVIEW
Manufacturer: Panini
Product: 2017 Panini Preferred Football
PRICE: $187.00/box
Well, no video this time as I opened some boxes of this at The Card Shop here in Omaha.
It was an interesting break as my first pack had 2 Rookie Silhouette Jersey Autos of OJ Howard, in the same pack, one right after the other… Not to be dissuaded, I opened more boxes. I have to tell you I hit some great cards but man, there was no way I was getting back what I spent on the box.
Here are the hits of note in no particular order.
- 3 Color Jumbo Patch Auto Silhouette of Doug Baldwin 06/10
- 1/1 Printing Plate Auto of Tony Dorsett (Magenta Plate) Sticker Auto
- Ted Hendricks 1 of 1 Signatures
- Christian McCaffrey Great X-pectations Rookie Auto Purple Parallel 06/10
- Morten Andersen 3/5 Prominent Scripts Emerald
- Dede Westbrook Great X-pectations Rookie Auto Gold Parallel 5/5
- Jason Witten Preferred Penmanship Red Parallel Auto
- Dan Marino Silhouettes Jersey Auto
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THE REVIEW
Manufacturer: Panini
Product: 2017 Spectra Football
PRICE: $285.00/box
Spectra has had its ups and downs with the collector base for the few years it has been out. With the buy-in so high, most collectors and gamblers are looking at the over/under on getting a PC hit or making most of their money back. If you are going to get into a box, though, get ready for some great quality cards and a chance at some hits that look spectacular in hand.
I like the fact that you are no longer opening a single box when you get into the initial packaging this year. There are four packs and each one is thick and gives you a good feeling that there is going to be hobby goodness in each and every pack.
I expected to see the Neon Blues and Greens, and more and I had hopes for a gold vinyl 1/1. I wasn’t disappointed.
If you watched the video above you were treated to some great cards, Radiant Rookie Patch Autos that look great and I love the vertical patches, they are just different enough to set them apart from the RPA of which I did pull a Neon Blue Dalvin Cook, the Rookie Phenom from the Minnesota Vikings. I love the look of the true Rookie Patch Autos. I loved the colored ink too.
The base cards are no joke too. The same stock and acetate are used, with all of the parallels in play. I really do like the look of this stuff.
I like to think of it as PRIZM and SELECT on steroids… maybe that is a bad thing? I like it though… so for me, I like having the eye candy.
I hope you enjoyed the vid and quick review, check the details below.
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WHAT TO EXPECT
HOBBY CONFIGURATION
- 4 cards per pack
- 4 packs per box
- 8 boxes per case
BOX BREAK
- 4 autographs
- 7 memorabilia cards
THE DETAILS
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The glitz and glamor of Spectra returns featuring four autographs, seven memorabilia cards and three prizms per box, on average!
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Look for stunning Rookie Patch Autographs featuring the NFL’s future stars sequentially #’d/99!
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Search for mesmerizing Rookie Dual Patch Autographs featuring a pair of signatures and prime swatches sequentially numbered to 25 or less!
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Find on-card autographs from some of football’s greatest icons in Illustrious Legends!
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Chase rare parallels including Neon Black Light which features white acrylic signatures and the brand new Nebula parallel!
