REVIEW:2018 Panini Obsidian Football

Obsidian is Panini's latest high end football product. From the previews and box breaks I saw before mine, it looked pretty solid. Especially in design.

Let's take a gander out how my break went of the product.

 

In every box of 2018 Panini Obsidian Football there are 7 cards in one pack. Four of those cards will be hits. Boxes run $150. So you're expecting a lot out of the 7 cards you find.

The base set is beautiful.  Black background with lightly foiled silhouettes of players behind the focused player. The product uses optic chrome technology to bring out it's beauty. Each base card is numbered to 100 and there are 100 rookies and 100 veterans to collect. It won't be easy to build a base set.

The cards also remind me of an 80's video game with the design. It's really fun to see. My one and only base card was of Ravens QB Joe Flacco. I don't see this guy starting next season.

Here was the rookie from my box in Jaylen Samuels.

I found a parallel as well. You can tell by the foil this is a green parallel. Just compare it to the ones above. These are numbered to 25.

 

Other parallels you can find are, Purple /75, Orange /50, Yellow /10, Red /5, and White 1/1.

Now onto the hits since I didn't pull any inserts. There are some in the product.

Hits have the following Electric Etch parallels, Orange /50, Green /25, Yellow /10, Red /5, and White 1/1.

My first hit, Galaxy Gear patch of Baker Mayfield. Pretty solid swatch and it's an orange parallel /50.

Richie Taylor autograph. I have no idea who this is.

Pretty solid Corey Davis autograph patch card /50

And the best pull of the box, a Jason Taylor Aurora autograph yellow parallel /10. There are a lot of fun names on the Aurora autograph checklist including a guy named Tom Brady.

Other hits not found in my box include,

• Rookie Jersey Autographs
• Rookie Jersey Ink Dual Relics
• Award Winners Autographs
• Hall of Fame Signatures
• Lightning Strike Autographs
• Matrix Material Autographs
• Super Bowl Signatures
• Atomic Material Relics
• Cutting Edge Relics
• Rookie Eruption Relics
• Volcanic Material Relics
• Vitreous Die-Cut 

OVERALL: The product looks really nice from the base all the way to the hits. However, 7 cards for $150 is rough. My box was okay I suppose, but not great compared to others I have seen broken. The product overall however is full of big names and those names you don't always see like the Jason Taylor I pulled.

I think for a product like this it's best to stick with a box break and I strongly recommend using Midwest Box Breaks for your breaking needs. They are always hitting the big pulls so if they are breaking this, you could put yourself in a good spot.

Please thank Panini America and Tracy Hackler for providing this box for me to review to giveaway some of the hits in my Christmas giveaway!! Please follow them on all social media sites and visit their website for all your card needs, HERE.

Upper Deck Super Bowl Contest

About a week before the Super Bowl Upper Deck had announced they were having a Super contest and boy did they not disappoint. With Sp Authentic coming out and the Super Bowl upon us and Valentines Day, they put the combination of the three and came up with the following contest.

You must show your LOVE for Sp Authentic and football in two sentences or less in order to win an Sp Authentic autograph patch rookie card of both Joe Flacco and Colin Kaepernick. Upon hearing this news, we knew we had to show our love for the product since it is a favorite year in and year out. And the fact that both of these QB's were in the Super Bowl and had hot hands who would not want to own these terrific red hot cards??!!

Well, We took some time, actually a few hours, and got all of my Sp Authentic cards out and put together a contest piece hoping we would win these really top notch auto patch rookies. After a few days of nervously counting down and waiting and wondering... BOOM! We won! We couldn't believe it! We are still in disbelief!

The contest was fun and definitely was worth it. Thanks again must go out to Upper Deck and Chris Carlin for putting on a great contest and giving collectors a chance to win great prizes like these.

Let us know your thoughts in comments!

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Base Cards: As you can see the design is very elegant. The red foil looks nice and the medallion shape with the players position and jersey number standout. The marble colored background makes the player jump out at you. Not to mention all of the base cards are numbered.

$$$ out of 5

Inserts: Some parallels to be found here. Gold and Silver respectively numbered to 50 and 100. Not too bad. City Limits insert looks nice with the picture of the city and the gold bottom with the name.

$$$ out of 5

Memorabilia:  They replaced the medallion from the base card with a piece of jersey. Its an ok move because the base cards look nice. I would rather have a different looking jersey card but I guess thats where the Rookie Blitz comes into play. Overall, not to bad.

$$$ out of 5

Autographs: Once again they used the nice looking base card design and put an autograph onto it. The Buster Skrine we got was a parallel so is numbered to 50 and we hit it nicely getting the Jake Locker rookie card auto memorabilia. We may have gotten one color but we have seen some multiple color pieces being used and look great.

$$$ out of 5 

Overall: This was a fun product. It could be risky for some....but we felt very rewarded by it. If you are looking for a nice looking simple product, this is where you want to put your money. Another good looking product by Panini.