Beginners Luck?

Recently I have been dabbling with basketball cards to fill the void left by the lack of baseball cards being released. Well, more like the lack of affordable baseball cards being released. I haven't been buying much because of the holidays and trying to buy presents, but when I have been in the mall if I got some presents for others I grabbed a cheap pack or rack pack for myself. I should reward myself for being jolly, right?

Anywho, I picked up a rack pack of 2010-2011 Panini Presitge a week or so ago and pulled this card:
Jordan Crawford auto /499



I have never pulled an autograph out of a rack pack of baseball, and RARELY if ever, pulled one from a retail pack of baseball. That was fun, I should buy people stuff more often.

Yesterday, I was in Target and just wandering around before grabbing some dinner and saw a FRESH box of 2010-2011 Panini Rookies & Stars, so I grabbed the second to last pack on the right and high tailed it to the checkout. Bada bing!

Daniel Orton 1/5 !!!!!!!!


Ok, so now I am convinced this isn't normal for being a basketball collector. There is hardly any chance of this happening on a regular basis, although if it could, I may seriously get into basketball cards. Serial numbered 1/5 in a retail pack?!!! Come on.

So for all you basketball collectors out there, is this luck or do you find that you get more out of basketball packs than baseball?

Sunday Question

I got an e-mail back from Blowout Cards regarding a case break of 2010-2011 Panini Rookies & Stars basketball. The case is 12 boxes, with 3 out of those 12 being hot boxes (giggle). The price per team would come out to $35 including shipping and shipping materials (I would have to go to the shop and pick up boxes and team bags).

If we can fill it up this week, I can do the break probably next Monday or Wednesday depending on the date it arrives.

I also want to throw another option out. This is a product with mostly rookies and rookie autographs, would a set like Prestige be more fun for everyone? Also, people called teams in the last post which is fine, but if I can fill it going the random drawing route how would you feel? My participation would be in for the Lakers, and that's about it. The other teams I would like are gone already. If we did the random break, I would still want the Lakers (I'm 1/2 serious, well 7/8 serious).

Let me know and I will send out e-mails for pricing or we can scrap it altogether for a baseball break after the 2011 Jumbo. I'm fine with it either way.

'10-'11 Panini Rookies & Stars box break

Earlier this week we received a hobby box of 10-11 Rookies & Stars basketball to rip and review. I broke roughly half the box one night on twitter, and then the rest was a solo because I was too lazy to clean my desk to UStream it. Next box we get I think it would be fun to open it live and see what you guys think as we open it.

In the hobby box you get 24 packs/5 cards per pack, with 4 autograph or memorabilia cards per box and one of those being an autographed patch. Not bad, right? Well, it could be even better- 1:4 boxes per 12 box case is a hot box (giggle).

I did a breakdown of the cards into base, rookies, the different subsets, and the hits. Some of the cards in each scan you will notice are gold, and those are parallels and they are numbered to 499.

So here we go!
Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol, Danilo Gallinari, Kobe Bryant, Paul Millsap


You have to love how ridiculous LeBron James looks on this card.

I've always loved Phil Jackson, and I put Walt Frazier with him just because I see him and think of the Hair Club for Men or whatever the hell commercial that he is on.

Rookies

Parallels

Studio Rookies

Moments in Time

Super Stars

Team Leaders

Sharp Shooters

Kevin Martin game used jersey /299

Lance Stephenson Freshman Orientation /399

Dominique Jones autograph patch /25

Derrick Favors autograph patch /10

I scanned a couple of 09-10 Rookies & Stars just to see the changes from one year to the next.


Overall, I really enjoyed opening this box of cards from the thrill of waiting to see if I got a hot box (giggle) through the last pack. The product retails for roughly $70-$75 dollars per hobby box, and with 4 hits per box I think it is a great value. As far as the design goes, at least for me, it leaves something to be desired. I can deal with the basic design of the set simply because there are 4 hits per box, tons of subsets and parallels, and the shot at a hot box (giggle).

If anyone wants the base cards and parallels of a particular team please let me know, all you would need to do is Paypal us about $2.25 shipping and the cards are yours. The hits will not be included. I am debating on trying to flip the hits into a blogger box break or something like that. One team per person this way everyone has a chance. (I'm keeping the Lakers.)