Wednesday Panini is unleashing
2012 Black Football, a high-end football product that will run $200 for a 12
card pack/box.
Box Break:
5 Autograph/Memorabilia cards (At
least 3 will be autographs)2 Base cards
2 Rookie cards
2 inserts
1 Parallel
I don’t know what it is about
black and cards but when you use a black background the cards just seem “better”,
it makes the player stand out, when signed with a proper pen (gold) it makes
the autographs pop and relics seem more visible.
Upper Deck set the standard with
the original Black product, which they released in 2009, but after they lost
their NFL license they were not able to capture the collectors attention with
their 2011 release using the NCAA license even though they had a solid
checklist and a pleasant design. Panini is now taking their shot using the
Black name (note that Upper Deck’s Black and Panini’s Black are two different
products and are not connected besides having the same name).
Panini did a nice job with the design,
the base cards have an interesting design (it actually reminds me of car seats,
not sure why) but they have a uniform flow throughout the set and using gold
pens for on-card autographs and blue pens for stickers (gold and silver
stickers) make the autograph cards stand out nicely. About the only thing
bothers me is that a number of the cards that were previewed on their blog show
single colored swatches, something that you would not expect from a limited high-end
product. If you drop $200 for 12 cards you deserve multi-colored relics or
patches, not a dime-sized white swatch. I am also wondering if the Captains patch cards are game-used patches or if they are manufactured patches like Topps Manu-patches that they inserted in blaster boxes this year.
Way to go Panini. Copy another companies set. Sheesh.
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