Comments on: First Look: 2012 Panini Cooperstown baseball

By: joe

joe — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:55:04 +0000

Why Panini would you to a page from Upper Deck and have a card with no photo of the player. That just doesn’t seem right. It’s bad enough that you can’t use the team logo, now you aren’t even using a players piccture.

By: zotster

zotster — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:01:59 +0000

When I heard Panini was making baseball cards without an MLB Properties license, I thought for sure Studio would be in the mix. That to me seems like the perfect way to make a memorable set where the lack of logos is not an issue. The original Studio cards from the 1990s were a classic line.

For a Hall of Fame set, an art set would seem to have made a lot of sense. But again, altered photos are a big turn-off for me.

By: bearcatlawjd

bearcatlawjd — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:33:26 +0000

The logo issue isn’t one for me. Panini can’t use them so why get caught up in it. That being said I would like to see more creative cards out there. Triple Play 2012 looks like a step in the right direction due to the art style. Why not bring back the Studio brand? Cooperstown looks like solid but the price could be make or break issue for some people.

Panini also needs a brand that retails for around the same price as Topps’ flagship set . Right now they have mid-range to high-end products and are coming out with a low-end kid friendly product, which looks a much better than Topps Opening Day.

Pick a brand, Studio, Donruss, Score, Pinnacle, Panini, Playoff, Cooperstown, and make it your flagship to rival Topps.

By: Adam Shoemaker

Adam Shoemaker — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:55:41 +0000

@ Keith S — Chrisolds is right (of course) ;)
UD left logos on uniforms and/or put team logos on the cards when they did not have the right to do so.

I want to say one more thing that’s somewhat related to this set. What is the fascination with MANUFACTURED PATCHES? That is the biggest slap-in-the-face that card companies can give us collectors. If there is fabric in the card or that is the basis for the card, it should be original pieces from a game-worn uniform.
Yes, some of Topps’ manu. patch cards look good, BUT they are still FAKED patches. That just adds confusion to the hobby, as well as making it easier for scam artists to rip people off.

By: Adam Shoemaker

Adam Shoemaker — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:43:37 +0000

GREAT! (sarcastic exclamation)

More Ozzie Smith cards for the database that I really don’t want to add to my collection but still increase the # of cards he’s on. Panini is releasing JUNK in baseball. They should really stop this crap until they can get an actual MLB license. The AU’s and memorabilia they are collecting would serve them better if they held off until they have a chance to get the right to add MLB logos to their products.
Do they NOT realize that Donruss/Leaf/Playoff went in the hole doing the EXACT same thing?!?!?!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:22:07 +0000

So one auto & 2 manupatches a box? Unless its $60 a bx, no thanks.
Manupatches are nice when they are bonuses in blaster bxs, not main finds in hobby bxs.

By: Mike McGovern

Mike McGovern — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:41:58 +0000

@ddizzal: TOTALLY AGREE. Great concept, but Im guaranteeing poor execution. Would be a sweet product if it was coupled with an MLB license. I’ll keep saying it, MLB NEEDS to issue at least 2 licenses for the hobby. B&M Shops are getting killed by Panini Baseball products and collectors would also be better off with at least one competitor.

Warning to LCS’s: Stay Away! The potential reward is not worth the risk!

By: chrisolds

chrisolds — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:39:49 +0000

Panini has removed them or cut them off. Upper Deck did not.

By: Keith S

Keith S — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:15:14 +0000

Maybe someone has answered this somewhere else, but how can Panini release cards with no logos (covered over, angled in such as way as to not see it, etc.), but Upper Deck got sued for such a thing a few years ago? Can anyone enlighten me as to the difference??

I am just too much of a traditionalist to really go crazy over a no logo design.

By: clinton johnson

clinton johnson — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:00:33 +0000

@Zotster I agree with you the lack of logos is a disappointing but it is a strong looking set that only has hall of famers so that should still be worth it.