Monday, December 31, 2012

2012 Topps Chrome Football Box Break Recap And Review


This year’s Topps Football base cards were filled with excellent photography and design which has carried over to 2012 Topps Chrome Football.  Collectors of the base set will appreciate the shiny version and various refractor parallels. With great looking inserts, including 1957 style Rookie cards, 1965 Tall Boys and Red Zone Rookie Diecuts 2012 Topps Football a great purchase.

Topps Chrome Football falls under our trading card category.  Each box contains 24 - 4 cards per packs with 1 rookie card per pack and the promise of 1 chrome rookie autographed card per box.

Here are some of the cards we pulled.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Did The Trade Happy Rams Give It All Away In The 2012 NFL Draft?


Draft day trades are always interesting.  Teams try to improve their position, maneuvering their way higher in the draft so they can snag the next superstar.  But in 2012, the St. Louis Rams seem to have been a little trade happy, giving away the number 2 pick overall and a lot more.  With RG3 a candidate for rookie of the year, the question is did the Rams give away too much?

Here are the details of all the trades the Rams conducted involving the 2012 draft starting with the biggest trade.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

2012 Topps Prime Football Box Break Recap and Review


Topps Prime Football returns for 2012 and comes on strong.  The hit concentration is heavily on the Rookie class in auto, auto relic booklet cards and multiple tier level hit form.  With all of that hit goodness it is still hard to miss the amazing full bleed photograph that makes these base cards stand out.

Topps Prime Football falls under our premium cards category.  Each box contains 10 - 6 card packs and promises 1 Autograph, 1 Autographed Relic and 2 additional Relic cards.

Here are some of the cards we pulled from our box.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

2012 Topps Football Complete Set Box Break and Review


A completed boxed set of cards seems counter intuitive for collectors who are set builders.  But one cannot deny the convenience of have the entire base set in one convenient box.  As with most recent collections, 2012 Topps Football Complete Set NFL Trading Cards offers all the base cards with a bonus found exclusively in the product   The departure from mimicking the design of the current year’s flagship baseball release makes for a great design and a desirable set to own.

Clearly, this package gets classification as a boxed set for the purposes of this review. Inside you’ll find the complete 440 card base set, no alternate photo versions or inserts, and each boxes contains a pack of five Orange-Bordered parallels.

For the most part, this review will mimic our previous review of 2012 Topps Football because the cards are the same.

Here are some of the base set cards.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

2012 Topps Football Box Break Recap and Review


There have been some changes to the foundation Topps Football release, the most noticeable being the departure from mimicking the design of the current year’s flagship baseball release. All of these changes and additions provide more than enough content to appeal to all types of collectors.  With excellent photography, great looking inserts, 1957 style Rookie cards, 1965 Tall Boys and strong hits make 2012 Topps Football a must purchase.

2012 Topps Football falls under our classification of trading cards. There are several configurations of retail and hobby exclusive packaging.  We opened a hobby box of 36 packs with 10 cards per pack with the promise of one autograph or relic card.

Here is a look at some of the cards we pulled.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Our Panini NFL Stickers Players To Watch For Week 16 And More Complete Pages In Our Album


Here are this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch.

 Our featured players for Week 16 are Tom Brady, Jimmy Graham, and C.J. Spiller.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Our Panini NFL Stickers Players To Watch For Week 14 And More Complete Pages In Our Album


Our 2012 Panini America NFL Player of the Day promotion is over and I hope you all had fun participating. Without the need to try to find equally balanced players for our Weekly Challenge Questions, we can return to selecting three players who are worth following this week.

So here are this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The All About Cards 2012 Panini NFL Player of The Day Main Prize Pool Winners List.


We have randomized the list of entries and here are the results.

The Prizes To Be Awarded Today In Our Panini America NFL Player Of The Day Promotion


At Noon PST today we will be announcing the winners in our 2012 Panini America NFL Player of the Day Main Prize Pool.  There are 12 prizes left in our pool that will be awarded today. 

Here are the prizes.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Winners In Our 2012 Panini America NFL Player Of The Day Main Prize Pool To Be Announced At Noon

We have come to the end of our 2012 Panini America NFL Player of the Day promotion.  Thank you for making it a big success.  In addition to the great prizes that a lot of you will be receiving, I hope you  had a good time participating in the promotion, both here and at your local card shop.  A huge thank you also goes out to the good folks at Panini America for providing the prizes.  If you haven't already, make sure you are following them at @PaniniPOD and @PaniniAmerica on Twitter and that their blog, The Knight's Lance, is part of your reading list.  If you like the way we have run the Player of the Day promotion here on All About Cards and you would like to see it return next year, please tweet, email or contact them to let them know.

Speaking of prizes, here is a sneak peek of the early prize packages that have already been awarded in our weekly challenge questions and mini contests throughout this promotion.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Pop Warner Football Headlines Our 2012 Panini NFL Sticker Album For Week 13 Of The NFL Season


This is week 13 of the NFL season and it is also the 13th week of working towards the completion of our 2012 Panini NFL Sticker Collection.  This week we have our first completed page.

Normally we pick players to watch for the week, but this week we are featuring an important program, Pop Warner Football.

Pop Warner Football is a non-profit organization that provides youth football for participants in 43 U.S. states and several countries around the world. Pop Warner is the largest and oldest national youth football organization in the United States. It is also the only youth sports organization with an academic requirement. Pop Warner's commitment to academics is what separates the program from other youth sports around the world.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Answers To Our Sports Card Saturday And Sunday Final Blowout Quiz In Our 2012 Panini NFL Player Of The Day Promotion


Talk about finishing strong.  We got a great response to out final blowout quiz.  Most of you got anywhere between 4 to 7 questions correct but only one of you got a perfect score.  To see how you did, here are the correct answers.  (Here is a link to the original questions.)

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The Complete List Of Eligible Players On The 2013 BBWAA Baseball Hall Of Fame Ballot


Today the Baseball Writers’ Association of America released the 2013 Hall of Fame ballot.  There are 37 former players on the ballot that can be chosen by the 600-plus eligible voters. The ballot consists of 13 returning candidates, but notable are the 24 newcomers. 


This is a big year for first timers as players like Sandy Alomar Jr., Craig Biggio, Jeff Conine, Julio Franco, Shawn Green, Ryan Klesko, Kenny Lofton, Mike Piazza, Reggie Sanders, Curt Schilling, Mike Stanton and David Wells have made the ballot.  But the bigger issue will be addressing whether the careers and achievements of players who were accused or suspected of using performance enhancers are worthy of making the Hall as players like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa have entered their first year of eligibility. 

So far the biggest name that the writers have had to deal with that has ties to performance enhancers has been Mark McGwire, now in his 7th year on the ballot.  Last year he received 19.5% of the vote. Candidates who receive less than five percent of the vote in any Hall of Fame election are dropped from future consideration.

Others returning to the BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot include (with their 2012 vote percentage in parentheses): Jack Norris (66.7%), Jeff Bagwell (56.0%), Lee Smith (50.6%), Tim Raines (48.7%), Alan Trammell (36.8%), Edgar Martinez (36.5%), Fred McGriff (23.9%), Larry Walker (22.9%), Don Mattingly (17.8%), Dale Murphy (14.5%), Rafael Palmeiro (12.6%) and Bernie Williams (9.6%).

Voting ends and all ballots must be returned by December 31st. The results of the election will be announced Jan. 9 live on MLB Network and at the Baseball Hall of Fame's website, and any candidate named on at least 75 percent of ballots submitted will be enshrined at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown on July 28.

Here is the complete list of candidates on the 2013 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

All About Cards Introduces Sports Card Saturday And Sunday In A Final Blowout Of Our 2012 Panini NFL Player Of The Day Promotion


I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving and survived Black Friday.  While waiting for Cyber Monday what is a sports card collector to do with their time?  If you can’t get your fill of doorbusters and blowout deals, here is one to hold you over until Monday.  This will be the last opportunity for you to collect entries to win the great prizes in our 2012 Panini NFL Player Of The Day Main Prize Pool. 

There are ten questions listed below and for each one you answer correctly you will receive an entry.  If you answer all 10 correctly, you will receive an additional 5 entires.  So a total of 15 entries are up for grabs per person.  For those of you who have been following our Panini NFL Player Of The Day promotion the whole time, many of these answers will be easy, but even if this is your first time here, you should be able to answer all of these questions by looking at our previous posts.

All of your answers must be emailed to AACNFLPOD (at) Yahoo (dot) com by Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 11:59 PM PST.  Do not leave you answers here or on our Facebook page, all answer MUST be emailed to qualify.  Make sure you are following us here on the blog, or on our Twitter account or like us on our Facebook page.

Here are the 10 questions.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

2012 Bowman Chrome Baseball Card Box Break Recap And Review


Bowman Chrome Baseball is as consistent and familiar as the set it based on, Bowman Baseball.  Very little changes from year to year.  For this year’s Bowman Baseball, Bryce Harper was the face of the box along with newcomer Garrit Cole.  For that release it was Yu Darvish who stole the show with his cards garnering the top prices paid on the secondary market.  So it is not surprising that Darvish has replace Cole as the featured player alongside Harper for 2012 Bowman Chrome Baseball.   If Bowman Chrome has been a part of your collection in the past, you will want to get in on this year’s set too.  If you are new to Bowman, there are some nice cards to be found here.

Bowman Chrome Baseball falls under our classification of trading cards. Hobby boxes contain 18 – 4 card packs and feature one autographed card in every box.

Here is a look at some of the cards we pulled.

Contest Winners For Our Week 11 Panini NFL Stickers Players To Watch Challenge Questions And NFL Player Of The Day Promotion


This was the last opportunity to win prizes in our weekly challenge questions contest, but keep on the look out for more ways to enter our Main Prize Pool in our 2012 Panini America NFL Player Of The Day Promotion.

We only had one winner this week with an Ordine was Dakota Webb on Twitter. 

For the Ordine, Dakota Webb will have his choice of a pack of NFLPOD cards or a randomly selected individual Silver Foil NFL Player of the Day card that includes players like Cam Newton, Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning, RG3, Tim Tebow, Trent Richardson and others.

To claim your prizes, email us at AACNFLPOD (at) Yahoo (dot) com with you selection and make sure to include your shipping address.  You have until Wednesday, November 21, 2012 to claim your prizes.

The Challenge Questions and correct answers this week were:

Sunday, November 18, 2012

2012 Panini Score Football NFL Trading Cards Box Break Recap And Review


With the evolution of sports cards moving towards bigger and bigger hits, the dedicated set builder can often be overlooked.  So when a card set of 300 base cards, 100 rookie cards with a wide variety of inserts is released that is offered at $0.99 a pack, set builders should take note.  2012 Panini Score Football delivers this and more

Score Football could easily be mistaken for fun cards because of their price point, but there is some real collecting to be done here so we classify this set as trading cards. You can find them in a variety of configurations, but complete boxes come with 36 – 7 card packs.

Lets take a look at some of the cards we pulled.

Friday, November 16, 2012

Panini NFL Player Of The Day Contest Time For Week 11 of the 2012 NFL Season And Our Panini Sticker Album



This will be the last week to win prizes in our 2012 Panini America Player of the Day promotion by answering challenge questions.  There will still be opportunities beyond this including one big blowout quiz that will give you a chance to pick up some bonus entries if you have been paying attention to this blog.  More details on that later.

For this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch we will be looking at some veteran Quarterbacks.  You can instantly win prizes this week depending on how many of our Weekly Challenge Questions you get correct. I will be using standard fantasy stats from NFL.com to determine the winners. 

So here are this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

2012 Panini Gridiron Football Box Break Recap And Review


For anyone that collects football cards, there is one overriding reason to add 2012 Panini Gridiron Football to you collection, the outstanding photography.  Artistry through action is the best way to describe the images captured by Panini’s photographers.  These cards should be on display, it would be a shame to think of them being boxed and stored away. 

Gridiron Football falls under our trading cards category.  Each box contains 18 – 8 card packs.  It says on the box you get 4 Autograph or Memorabilia cards with at least 2 Autos per box.

Here are some of the cards we pulled.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

2012 Panini Certified Football NFL Trading Cards Box Break Recap and Review


If I had to base my review of 2012 Panini Certified Football solely on the box I opened alone, I could distill my review down to one word – “ouch!”  Keep in mind, I did pull a John Elway game worn material swatch card #/199, but the other hits were Rookie swatch cards and one auto of a wait and see non-premiere rookie. 

But I never base my review just on the box I open.  This prevents me from giving a case hit box an automatic good review and the box that misses an automatic bad review.  I check case breaks, checklists and as much information as I can to determine what most box breaks should look like for the product I’m reviewing in addition to the best and worst case scenarios.  While 2012 Panimi Certified Football on the whole is much better than the box I broke, the redesign of the base cards from mostly mirror finish to edge to edge mirror finish and the $2 per card average price set that is base heavy with only 1 autograph per box leads me to question who these cards geared towards. 

Complete Details About The Topps Five Star Club And How To Become A Member


When I do card reviews, I often refer to different types of collectors.  Set Builders tend to collect all base and insert cards.  Hit Seekers concentrate on low numbered cards with swatches and autographs.  Prospectors tend to collect cards of unproven players with plenty of potential.

But in almost every review, I will refer to those collectors with Deeper Pockets.  These collectors range from those who are passionate about their collection and dedicate a large percentage of their resources to the hobby, all the way to those who consider buying a few cases of cards merely a drop in the bucket.

Topps has just developed an exclusive program catered toward these collectors called the Topps Five Star Club.  There are strict requirements to get into this club.  If you qualify, this is an opportunity you will not want to miss.

Collectors that apply and are chosen by Topps to receive membership into the club with receive the following benefits;

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Contest Winners For Our Week 10 Panini NFL Stickers Players To Watch Challenge Questions And NFL Player Of The Day Promotion


As we start to wrap up our 2012 Panini America NFL Player Of The Day Promotion, there is just a short amount of time before we hand out our grand prizes from our Main Prize Pool.

This week was a test to see who were the folks who were most closely watching our promotion.  I delayed posting the contest, leaving just a few hours to enter.  Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of entries.  As a bonus who got their guesses in, I increased the number of bonus entries for our Main Prize Pool.  More on that later.

We only had two winners this week, but one of them was our second Perfetto winner. 

Panini NFL Player Of The Day Contest Time For Week 10 of the 2012 NFL Season And Our Panini Sticker Album


For this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch we will be looking at some veteran Running Backs.  You can instantly win prizes this week in our 2012 Panini America Player of the Day promotion depending on how many of our Weekly Challenge Questions you get correct. But you need to act quick because your answers have to be in before this week's first Sunday games begin. I will be using standard fantasy stats from NFL.com to determine the winners. 

So here are this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

The Complete List Of Eligible Presidential Predictors Code Cards From 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series


Earlier this year Topps announced it would be bringing a special program to 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series called Presidential Predictors.  For each of the 50 states, code cards of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were made and inserted into packs.  Collectors who found these cards could go online and enter the code on the back of the card for a chance to win a Presidential Patch card numbered to 50 of the winner of the 2012 Presidential election.

In order for your code to be eligible to win one of these limited cards, the Candidate on the code card had to carry the state listed on the card.

Now that the election is complete and each state has a winner, we now know which code cards are eligible to win one of the 50 total prizes.

One lucky winner will be randomly selected for each of the following Candidate and State combos. 

Thursday, November 8, 2012

2012 Topps Baseball Update Series Box Break Recap And Review


Full of late trades, mid-season rookies and All-Star selections, 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series is the final act of this year’s flagship product.  Not only does this set include a wide variety of inserts,, including continuations from sets from Series 1 and 2 and all new inserts, Update also include Gold Base Parallels of all three series, 990 in total, that are numbered to 2012.

For the purposes of review, we classify Update Series as trading cards.  You can find Update Series in a wide variety of configurations in both retail and hobby.  We opened a hobby box that contained 36 – 10 card packs with a promise of 1 autograph or 1 relic card per box.

Here are some of the cards we pulled.

Goldin Auctions Adds 15 "Hurricane Relief Lots" To Fall 2012 Auction To Benefit The American Red Cross For Disaster Relief


We have all seen the devastation on left by Sandy.  Certainly one of the ways to help those affected by the storm is to contribute to the Red Cross.  I pulled together what I could and made a donation shortly after the relief effort began.  For those of you with deeper pockets, there is a chance to purchase some unique collectibles from Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Ty Cobb, Barry Bonds, Stan Musial and more, and at the same time help those impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Goldin Auctions has added 15 "Hurricane Relief Lots" to its Fall 2012 Auction with 100% of the sales from these items, including the 10% buyers premium, being donated to the American Red Cross for Disaster Relief.  Collectors can bid upon these items at www.GoldinAuctions.com by clicking on the category Hurricane Relief.

The 15 Goldin Auctions Hurricane Relief Lots (#698-712) include:
1909 T-206 Ty Cobb Portrait Red Background (PSA 2) Baseball Card
1926 W512 Babe Ruth PSA Authentic Baseball Card
1939 Play Ball #26 Joe DiMaggio Card (PSA VG3)
Uncut sheet of 30 Mickey Mantle Insert Cards from '97 Mantle Shoe Box Collection
Barry Bonds Autographed Bat
Stan Musial 3-Time MVP Signed and Inscribed Bat
Yogi Berra Autographed Baseball (PSA/DNA 10)
Joe DiMaggio Signed & Notarized Framed Stat Sheet with Photo
50 Signature 16"x20" Red Sox Tribute to Ted Williams
16"x20" Don Larson/Yogi Berra Signed Perfect Game Photo
16"x20" Cy Young Award Winner Photo Signed by 26 Former Winners
16"x20" Autographed NY Mets Photo Signed by 50 Former Mets
8"x10" 300 Win Club Photo Signed by 8 Members of the 300-Win Club
16"x20" Julius Erving Signed and Framed Photo (#1 in Edition)
J.J. Redick 2006 Player of the Year Autographed Stretched Canvas

The auction, which is headlined by the original Pete Rose Banishment Document issued by the Office of the Commission of Baseball on August 23, 1989, includes 640 lots rare and unique sports, history and pop culture memorabilia for sale. The auction began on Oct. 15 and concludes on Nov. 17, 2012 at www.GoldinAuctions.com

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

List Of Eligible Presidential Predictors Code Cards From 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series


Earlier this year Topps announced it would be bringing a special program to 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series called Presidential Predictors.  For each of the 50 states, code cards of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were made and inserted into packs.  Collectors who found these cards could go online and enter the code on the back of the card for a chance to win a Presidential Patch card numbered to 50 of the winner of the 2012 Presidential election.

In order for your code to be eligible to win one of these limited cards, the Candidate on the code card had to carry the state listed on the card.

Now that the election is complete and each state has a winner, except Florida (which at the time of this post appears to be going to Obama), we now know which code cards are eligible to win one of the 50 total prizes.

One lucky winner will be randomly selected for each of the following Candidate and State combos.  (I will update the info on Florida when it has been officially declared for either candidate.)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Contest Winners For Our Week 9 Panini NFL Stickers Players To Watch Challenge Questions And NFL Player Of The Day Promotion


Hard to believe we are near the end of our 2012 Panini America NFL Player Of The Day Promotion.  There is just a short amount of time before we hand out our grand prizes from our Main Prize Pool.

This week we provided more opportunities to win prizes with our Challenge Questions and we finally had our first Perfetto winner. 

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Panini NFL Player Of The Day Contest Time For Week 9 of the 2012 NFL Season And Our Panini Sticker Album



Last week accounted for our highest number of winners so far and now we come back this week with even more chances to win prizes in our 2012 Panini America Player of the Day promotion.

For this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch we will be looking at some veteran Wide Receivers.  You can instantly win prizes this week depending on how many of our Weekly Challenge Questions you get correct. I will be using standard fantasy stats from NFL.com to determine the winners. 

Here are this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Contest Winners For Our Week 8 Panini NFL Stickers Players To Watch Challenge Questions And NFL Player Of The Day Promotion


We are in the home stretch of our  2012 Panini America NFL Player Of The Day Promotion.  There isn’t much more time to before we hand out our grand prizes from our Main Prize Pool. As it stands now, we have close to 50 active participants and over 250 accumulated entries so continued participation in the few remaining contest opportunities could be the difference between walking away with a fantastic prize or just falling short.  Our new weekly challenge questions will be up soon, along with a mini contest that could greatly increase your bonus entry count so make sure you check in frequently.

This week we provided more opportunities to win prizes with our Challenge Questions.  It turned out to be one of our best weeks so far with 5 winners.  This was in addition to the 4 winners from our “Review This Box Of 2012 Panini Rookies & Stars” contest.

2012 Panini Momentum Football Box Break Recap and Review


Once again, Panini has dipped into its previous assets to put a modern spin on an old favorite.  2012 Panini Momentum Football is an all Base/Hit release that is ideal for hit collectors, prospectors and premium set builders.  From looking at case breaks in addition to the box I broke, it appears Momentum is autograph heavy, a trend that seems happening at Panini, which further indicates they are listening to collectors. 

Thursday, November 1, 2012

2012 Panini Prominence Football Box Break Recap and Review


Before I review a box of cards I like to sit with it.  I record my first impressions upon opening it and then wait a bit.  I later revisit the cards with new eyes.  Most of the time I see minor things that support my first impression.  Other times my mind is changed.  With 2012 Panini Prominence Football I find myself going back and forth.  It probably stems from my personal preference to have a release that carries a consistent theme all the way through.  After all, there are quite a few releases to choose from each year.  The more consistent and individual the release is the better. 

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

2012 Panini Rookies & Stars Football NFL Trading Cards Box Break Recap and Review



Perennial favorite, Panini Rookies & Stars Football, returns for 2012.  The base cards have been revamped, but it still remains one of the better values for you collecting dollar.  While the hits are more about the rookies, the stars are well represented too.

We classify R&S as trading cards. You can find the cards at retail outlets and your local card shop.   Hobby Boxes come with 24 – 8 card packs with 4 Autograph and/or memorabilia cards per box.

Now here are some of the cards we pulled.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Winners Of Our Review This Box Of 2012 Panini Rookies & Stars NFL Player Of The Day Contest


We had a lot of great feedback in our Review This Box Of 2012 Panini Rookies & Stars NFL Player Of The Day Contest.  There were diverse opinions and comments.  The vast majority of comments were positive so it looks like Panini has done a great job with this year’s Rookies & Stars.  My review will be revealed tomorrow, but right now I would like to announce our contest winners.  We have 4 in total.  Each winner will receive a prize I have selected from our Main Prize Pool.  Here are the winners.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Panini NFL Player Of The Day Contest Time For Week 8 of the 2012 NFL Season And Our Panini Sticker Album



We are back this week with even more chances to win prizes in our 2012 Panini America Player of the Day promotion.

Last week we look at the top veteran Quarterbacks in league.  For this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch we will be looking at the top rookie Quarterbacks.  You can instantly win prizes this week depending on how many of our Weekly Challenge Questions you get correct. I will be using standard fantasy stats from NFL.com to determine the winners. 

So here are this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

2012 Panini Americana Legends & Heroes Trading Cards Box Break Recap And Review


Card sets based on Americana tend to include a fun mix of humor and nostalgia, seldom featuring the other side of what makes America great, the people who rise up to represent the citizens of this country.  With the bottomless pit of attention paid to news about entertainers, celebrities and Honey Boo Boo Child, it is refreshing to celebrate the people who’s accomplishments go beyond self interest and make us proud to be a part of this nation.  2012 Panini Americana Legends & Heroes takes a look at our Presidents, Astronauts, Tuskegee Airmen and members of our National Sports Teams and provides an important set collectors to consider building.

Panini Americana Legends & Heroes falls under our classification of trading cards.  Hobby Boxes contain 18 – 10 card packs and feature 3 memorabilia or autograph cards.

Here is a look at some of the cards we pulled.

Monday, October 22, 2012

The Presidents of the United States of America As Seen In Panini Americana Heroes & Legends Trading Cards


There are just a few hours before the final Presidential Debate of 2012, taking place in Boca Raton, Florida.  In 15 days, voters will decide who will serve as President and Commander-In-Chief of the United States of America for the next four years.  I’ve put together a video montage of the people who have served as President of the United States along with the years they were in office. No matter what side of the aisle you are on, my hope is that you enjoy this video and that you exercise your right to vote for your candidate of choice.  

All of the Presidential images used in this video are from the first 44 cards found in 2012 Panini Americana Heroes & Legends.  I’ll have a review of the entire set some time after the debate concludes.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Contest Winners In Week 7 Of Our Panini NFL Stickers Players To Watch Challenge Questions And NFL Player Of The Day Promotion


As a reminder, while this mini contest is done for the week, the “Review This Box Of 2012 Panini Rookies & Stars” contest is still open, where you can win instant prizes and gain additional entries in our Main Prize Pool. You have until Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 9:00 PM Pacific Standard Time to enter that one.

This week we provided more opportunities to win prizes with our Challenge Questions.  While no one got all 3 questions correct for a Perfetto, we did have 3 winners this week. 

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Review This Box Of 2012 Panini Rookies & Stars And You Could Win Prizes In Our NFL Player Of The Day Contest




As a new contest idea I thought it might be fun to provide you with an opportunity to help me write a review.  Well... at the very least, part of one.  I will compensate you handsomely with some of the prizes from our 2012 Panini America NFL Player of the Day promotion if I use your comments.

One of the grand prizes from our prize pool is a box of 2012 Panini Rookies & Stars Football cards.  That box is still sealed, but I did open a different box of R&S that I got just after the release date.  Of course, you can pick up you own box of Rookies & Stars from your local card shop.  Use this link to go to the Panini Player of the Day website and use the Hobby Shop Locator to find the store nearest you.  

Below you will find some basic information about the product and scans of some of the cards I pulled along with all of the hits.

To enter this contest you should look at all the information and make your own comments/review about the product.  Use these questions as guidelines:

Friday, October 19, 2012

Panini NFL Player Of The Day Contest Time For Week 7 of the 2012 NFL Season And Our Panini Sticker Album



We had some winners who got last week’s Challenge Questions correct.  We are coming back this week with even more chances to win prizes in our 2012 Panini America Player of the Day promotion.

For this week’s Panini NFL Stickers and Players to Watch we will be looking at some of the top Quarterbacks in the NFL.  You can instantly win prizes this week depending on how many of our Weekly Challenge Questions you get correct. I will be using standard fantasy stats from NFL.com to determine the winners. 

So here are this week’s Panini NFL Stickers Players to Watch.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

2012 Press Pass FanFare NASCAR Trading Cards Box Break Recap And Review


Press Pass FanFare returns, now in its second year and is still an excellent NASCAR release.  This is still a base set/big hit premium product with lots of bang for the buck.

We classify 2012 Press Pass FanFare as premium cards.  Each hobby box contains 8 – 5 card packs.  Each pack contains either one Autograph card or Magnificent Materials race-used memorabilia card., for a box total of 4 Autographs and 4 Memorabilia cards.

Here are some of the cards we pulled.

2012 Panini Elite Football NFL Trading Cards Box Break Recap And Review


How do you know a company is listening to its customers?  When direct feedback is incorporated into their products.  That is exactly what has happened with 2012 Panini Elite Football.  Besides dropping the Donruss name, Panini has removed what collectors felt didn't work and added some nice touches with some new inserts to make this a group of stylish looking cards and a product full of desirable hits.

Elite Football fits nicely into our premium cards category.  Each hobby box contains 20 – 5 card packs with a promise of four autograph and/or memorabilia cards per box with at least 2 of those hits being autographs. 

Here are some of the cards we pulled.