So Panini had me fooled. I have busted two boxes of this stuff over the past few months. I didn't hit anything huge, but I had fun. Pulled a few trade-able pieces, a few PC pieces, and have enjoyed the Crusade rainbow chases. I was very impressed that Panini seemingly had released a very well-balanced product with a low base card count (100), a focus on the key rookies, and good hit ratio, and some great parallels. Well today I was brought back to earth by how lame a box can be.
There is an average over the 5 boxes of a 24+% duplicate ratio leading to significant challenges in my attempt to compile the base set. And the number of quality GU's, AU's and parallels over the course of several boxes is much less than expected.
This break (everything I up in the Org and listed for trade:
Kobe: All base
Crusade Blue: Marcin Gortat, Cedric Maxwell (PC), George Hill, Metta World Peace, Thadeus Young, Andrew Bynum, Zaza Pachulia, JJ Hickson, Deron Williams, Dwayne Wade, Josh Smith, Alonzo Mourning, Calvin Murphy, Anfernee Hardaway!, Steve Francis
Crusade Red /99: Lance Thomas, DeAndre Jorda, Jeremy Lin
No other colors!
Inserts (1 per box): Dirk Nowitzki Nobility, Walt Frazier Royalty, Chris Paul Knight Court
Quest Autos: Tornike Shengeli, Jimmer Fredette, Lavoy Allen, Greg Stiemsma, Kent Brazemore, Robert Sacre, Doron Lamb Redemption, Lance Thomas Redemption
Majestic Auto: Mark Price
Quest Memorabilia: Raymond Felton, Ben Gordon, Tristan Thompson, Enes Kanter, Brook Lopez, DeShawn Stevenson
Majestic Memorabilia: LaMarcus Aldridge, Shawn Marion
Majestic Memorabilia Gold/ Prime /25: Tyreke Evans, I include a picture of this because I think it is a beautiful card, I just wish it was a different player.
There is an average over the 5 boxes of a 24+% duplicate ratio leading to significant challenges in my attempt to compile the base set. And the number of quality GU's, AU's and parallels over the course of several boxes is much less than expected.
This break (everything I up in the Org and listed for trade:
Kobe: All base
Crusade Blue: Marcin Gortat, Cedric Maxwell (PC), George Hill, Metta World Peace, Thadeus Young, Andrew Bynum, Zaza Pachulia, JJ Hickson, Deron Williams, Dwayne Wade, Josh Smith, Alonzo Mourning, Calvin Murphy, Anfernee Hardaway!, Steve Francis
Crusade Red /99: Lance Thomas, DeAndre Jorda, Jeremy Lin
No other colors!
Inserts (1 per box): Dirk Nowitzki Nobility, Walt Frazier Royalty, Chris Paul Knight Court
Quest Autos: Tornike Shengeli, Jimmer Fredette, Lavoy Allen, Greg Stiemsma, Kent Brazemore, Robert Sacre, Doron Lamb Redemption, Lance Thomas Redemption
Majestic Auto: Mark Price
Quest Memorabilia: Raymond Felton, Ben Gordon, Tristan Thompson, Enes Kanter, Brook Lopez, DeShawn Stevenson
Majestic Memorabilia: LaMarcus Aldridge, Shawn Marion
Majestic Memorabilia Gold/ Prime /25: Tyreke Evans, I include a picture of this because I think it is a beautiful card, I just wish it was a different player.