Nuttin But The Hits:2012-2013 Panini Brilliance Basketball

This edition of Nuttin But The Hits is my first basketball edition. One that comes courtesy of a Twitter Guess The Rebound contest from @SCCTradingCards. 

Each of these boxes come with three hits, one jersey card and two autographs and run roughly $40 per box. Some good rookies to find so I am hoping to hit it big.

Let's break this bad boy!.

There were a ton of base cards and a good amount of inserts. These were the best of the best. Can't go wrong adding some Anthony Davis rookies.

Pulled an Artist Proof parallel and almost missed it. You tell me if you would see this in a pack without having to look, once, twice, or even three times at it to see it. These are numbered /10 so it's def a tough pull. Mines a rookie card of Kyle Singler. (may also be the best pull of the box, but I will let you guys decide that)

My first hit. Marc Gasol jersey card.

My next auto is of James Johnson who I have honestly never heard of.

And my final hit of the box is a Jim Jackson autograph redemption which will look like the card above. I have sent in a request to Panini to redeem it even though it's outdated. Hoping I can exchange it as well for something for my PC.

Was a very, very rough break all around. But, it was a free one and a thanks is due to@SCCTradingCards for the contest and the box. If you haven't yet, give them a follow and enter their weekly contests for boxes of all types.  

I will also post when I get the redemption card in or any other updates surrounding it.

Random Card On My Desk: 2011-2012 Upper Deck North Carolina Roy Williams

Retail Break Em: 2011-2012 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey

Sometimes you come across a great person in the hobby you just have to give a shout out to and this one goes out to UDNation (a Twitter page dedicated to showing that Upper Deck is the GOAT of the hobby)on Twitter. Not just because of this contest win, but because of his overall hobby niceness praising others for their Upper Deck pulls, card showoffs, and RTing (retweeting) all tweets that relate to Upper Deck. Not to mention being one of the friendliest, politest people I have ever met.

So yes, today's Retail Break Em is brought to you by UDNation from a contest I won a couple of weeks ago. The prize was a $50 gift of anything Upper Deck from SCC Trading cards. I chose today's break item and a 2012 Goodwin Champions hobby box being posted tomorrow.

First onto this break! My main want from this blaster was of course Young Guns for my rookie PC as the rest of the cards would just be a bonus! Here we go!

Each blaster comes with 12 packs:

Upper Deck rocking the photography again:

My two Young Guns that fall 1:6 packs or two-per-blaster:

Victory update rookies falling 1:9 packs, Hockey Heroes 1:24 packs, MVP updates 1:16 packs:

O-Pee-Chee update rookie 1:27

And finally one of my favorite cards from the box was a UD Canvas that falls 1:12 or one per blaster

Overall, a pretty good break for the price of the blaster. I had a lot of fun busting it and owe a huge thanks to UDNation for this break. Tomorrow will be the second half of my prize from them so stay tuned for that break!

Upper Deck Card Of The Week: 2011-2012 Black Diamond Mark Scheifele

 

Brand: Black Diamond

Card Number:230

Card Type: Rookie Card/Quad Diamond

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Fan Box Breakers: Titanium Hockey Hobby Box 2011-2012

Time for another Fan Box Break. This time Jammin JDcards wanted to share his Titanium Hockey break. We like the variety of sports we are receiving in. A thanks goes out to Jammin JDcards for taking time and submitting this to us!!

Here is what Jammin JDcards says about his break:
"This was an enjoyable break. The cards are a nice simple design with a thicker stock. You are guaranteed 1 hit in each pack. This box contained 2 single jerseys, a double, a patch #ed 03/25, 1 Auto and 1 sweet rookie #ed 43/48.  There were no inserts unfortunately. However, the Jersey and Auto hits were very different from each other. Overall I give this product a 7.5/10 for design, 8.5/10 for quality and 7/10 for value. There was only 1 rookie, no parallel’s and no inserts this was the downfall to this product."

Now that the lockout is over, what are your thoughts on his break and will you be in the hockey card buying spirit?

Review: Panini Rookie Anthology Hockey 2011-2012

This product was a ton of fun to open! Surprises around every corner. And it has exactly what I look for in a hockey product in rookies. This is a product that combines many products with some rookies that weren't in their respected earlier products. Now that they suited up, Panini suited them up and made a award winning hockey product.

First off, I would like to say thanks to the WONDERFUL people at Panini America for providing us with this box to review. Here are many places you can find Panini America: official site, blog, Twitter, and Facebook.

And as always...we will do some giveaways from this product!

Here is my review:

  
Box:  Top rookie...top look

Wrapper:  Matches box..nice!

 Base: Nice clean design..looks even better in person. I am usually one for action photography..but this design really brings out the players.

Rookies Base: Like we said earlier, you get a variety of updated products all in one. Love the Dufex from the Pinnacle. Its a combo of all of my faves in one product!

Memorabilia:  Dual jerseys..LOVE! And the rookie theme continues throughout this product.

Autographs: The autographs look great. It is surprising to land the same player in the box though. These are autos from updated products like Crown Royale (really wanted to land a rookie silhouette those look awesome) and others.

Bonus Pack! We landed this sweet auto jersey numbered out of 99  This is a updated rookie auto from Luxary Suite Panini high end brand. There is one bonus pack per box that you can land surprises like this out of!

Overall: This product was not only fun and had surprises, but this made me want another box. I highly recommend puck fans and anyone who loves to open cards and try something new to give this box a run. it is well worth the money. We got 5 hits in what is a high end feel product.

Ratings:  Bloggers Note: Our ratings are based specifically on the blaster, box or packs we opened and do not express what the overall product could bring. Ratings based on a 1-5. 1 Being the lowest and 5 being the highest.

                Packaging: 5
                Base Design: 5
                Insert Design: N/A
                Memorablila/Autographs: 5
                Blaster, Hobby Box, or Pack Value: 5

Review: Score Hockey 2011-2012 Hobby Packs

I wanted to give some hockey a try. Didn't do too bad. Purchased about 10 packs. Got a few good rookies that are inserted 1:2 packs. And some inserts too. No Nugent-Hopkins though.

Packs: Didn't hold onto any so have no pics. But eye drawing. Especially the price.

Base Cards: I always love products with subsets. Not many products do this anymore. The subsets and base cards all look nice.

 Inserts: They look nice. Design not too bad.

Rookie Cards: I don't normally separate these..but they have a unique look to them that stands out. I like rookies that are different looking than the base cards.

Autos: N/A

Memorabilia: N/A

Overall: For a product that will run you 99 cents a pack and gives you the chance to hit an auto you can't go wrong. The rookie cards look nice and some are very hard to find and are valuable. Nugent-Hopkins books for $60 right now for a 99 cent a pack product.

Ratings:  Bloggers Note: Our ratings are based specifically on the blaster, box or packs we opened and do not express what the overall product could bring.
                Packaging: 3
                Base Design: 4
                Insert Design: 3
                Memorablila/Autographs: 2
                Blaster, Hobby Box, or Pack Value: 3