It’s almost football time again (thank god, the Astros are stinking right now), and Topps is back with 2012 Topps Football, coming out in just under two weeks. For the first time in quite a while, they’re using a distinct design for football as opposed to baseball, and I’m personally very … Continue Reading
Field Level Preview: 2012 Panini Momentum Football
Back around 1998-2000, Playoff had a football set titled Momentum. Next month, Panini America is bringing it back with 2012 Panini Momentum Football as a hit-per-pack product. Interestingly enough, though, as opposed to many hit-per-pack products, this will contain ten packs per box with a not-too-terrible pack price of around $20-25 … Continue Reading
Field Level Preview: 2012 Topps Finest Baseball
Topps has done a pretty decent job over the past few years of taking Finest each year and tweaking it, adding just enough changes from year to year to keep it fresh and interesting. That isn’t to say that they’ve not had mis-steps along the way, but they’ve usually corrected … Continue Reading
Field Level Preview: 2011-12 Upper Deck Ultimate Hockey
Although we’re over halfway through the 2012 calendar year and the 2012-13 NHL season is just down the road, we do have one more 2011-12 product left from Upper Deck and it’s 2011-12 Ultimate Hockey, giving us one more shot at a hit-per-pack product from the guys at Upper Deck. If … Continue Reading
Field Level Preview: 2012 Bowman Platinum Baseball
Coming out in about a week is 2012 Bowman Platinum baseball. Now, I actually like how Bowman Platinum looks as a set, especially compared to Bowman and Bowman Chrome. That said, there are some very confusing things about this — such as how Bowman Platinum offers on-card autos while the more … Continue Reading
Field Level Review: 2012 Topps Tier One Baseball
Release Date: June 20, 2012 Price Point: $146 Per Box - Dave and Adam’s Card World Product Loadout: 3 Cards Per Pack (With every fourth pack containing a bonus relic card); 1 Pack Per Box, 12 Boxes Per Case Hit Ratios: 2 Autographs and 1 Relic Cards Per Box Product Information: No Base Set Parallels/Autograph/Game Used: Bat Knobs (1/1) Top Tier Autographs (#/99) On the Rise Autographs (#/399) Crowd Pleaser Autographs … Continue Reading
Field Level Preview: 2012 Elite Football
I have to give Panini some credit here. I hadn’t liked Elite in a number of years (and had even called for it to be retuned or removed altogether). After viewing the QC gallery that they posted over on the Panini blog, I have to say that I’m pretty damn … Continue Reading
Field Level Preview: 2012 Topps UFC Finest
Topps is bringing UFC Finest back to the table for a second time in what they’re claiming to be their best UFC product of the year, which may be a tall order given that this comes out after 2012 UFC Knockout! That being said, I was really impressed with UFC … Continue Reading
Field Level Preview: 2011-12 Panini Gold Standard Basketball
Taking a look at 2011-12 Panini Gold Standard Basketball reveals a high-end product with a ton of gloss, foil, and some pretty decent patches hidden in the product. Each $200 box will give you five hits, including a 2011-12 Rookie Redemption (possibly Kyrie Irving, many others included). When you look at … Continue Reading
