The Completion Of Our 2012 Panini NFL Sticker Album And A Look Back At The Top 3 Draft Picks

It was another banner year for NFL rookies.  Here is a look at the accomplishments of the top 3 draft picks

Free Sport Pool Grid For The Super Bowl Or A Football Game On Any Given Sunday

Who wants to break out their straight edge ruler and pen just to put together a Sports Pool Grid?  That's so primitive.  How about a PDF with a grid already good to go for Sunday's Super Bowl.  No Fuss, no muss.  Just click on the picture to get to the PDF.

I know I'll be using this grid at my Super Bowl party.  Two of them to be precise.  One for my friends and office co-workers.  The other for the good folks that read this blog, or follow us on Twitter, or like us on Facebook.  Yeah, you read that right.  Anyone who follows us in one of those three places and leaves us their prediction for the final score of the game will get a square on our Blog Pool for free, gratis, or any other synonym or language you want to use for "we are giving them away."

Do that and you could wind up with some cool cards from any of these boxes provided to us by Panini America.

Or even some of these Panini exclusives that you can only find at their booth, right now, in NOLA.

Here's a link to our previous post with more details on how and where you can leave your predictions.

http://booboosue.blogspot.com/2013/01/we-will-be-giving-away-bunch-of-prizes.html

Just make sure you complete steps 1 and 2.  We will have more information on how you can catch our live halftime show to should be posted by Saturday Afternoon so please check back then,  And if you don't want your shot at any cards, please enjoy this pre-made grid and the game on Sunday.

Everything You Need To Know About 2013 Topps Baseball Series 1 Cards

To see our review of 2013 Topps Baseball Series 1 Trading Cards, use this link.

To see our review of 2013 Topps Baseball Series 2 Trading Cards, use this link.

Baseball card collectors are always ahead of the curve.  While the rest of the nation waits until Saturday for a groundhog in Punxsutawney, card collectors already know spring is near because 2013 Topps Baseball Series 1 has been released.   

Here is everything you need to know about 2013 Topps Baseball Series 1 in one place.

Our Topps 2013 Baseball Series One Blaster Box Break On The First Day Of Release

Here is our first baseball box break of the year.  This is not your normal break.  You wont see our signature visual checklist or box recap.  We wanted to get this break up as fast as possible. 

We Will Be Giving Away A Bunch Of Prizes During Our LIVE Halftime Box Break Thanks To Panini America

It used to be that your halftime entertainment choices on the biggest day in Football were numerous, but this year it is down to two.  There is Beyoncé and for those of you that can break out of your food comma to grab the remote, there is the long running, ever popular and absolutely adorable Puppy Bowl.  

But what if you are a card collector looking for something more tailored to your interests?  We are happy to announce we've got you covered.  There is now a third choice.  All About Cards will be doing a LIVE Halftime Box Break of some great cards that Panini America will be supplying and the best part is we will be giving those cards away to some of you who tune in.

In addition to the Halftime Break, we will be giving away some other cool prizes, thanks to Panini, at the end of each quarter of the game.  We will also giveaway something to the person that comes closest to guessing the final score of the game.

We will share more details about the boxes we will be breaking, how to watch our live break and more as we get closer to the game.  For now, if you want a shot at some of the prizes, here is all you have to do.

2012 Panini Prime Signatures Football Box Break Recap And Review

I was rather critical of 2011 Panini Prime Signatures Football last year.  The majority of my criticism was levied on the checklist of hits where it appeared the likelihood of pulling a big hit was lower than usual.  To Panini’s credit, the 2012 release of Prime Signatures Football takes bold moves towards a more evenhanded product.  As a small example, there are twice as many chances to pull a Tom Brady autograph this year.  There are new hit cards like dual signed Greatest Combo Signatures, Rookie Extreme Prime Materials Jumbo featuring on-card autographs with a jumbo prime swatch numbered to 99 or less and NFL Shield versions numbered to 1 and Pen Pals Autographs features Dual, Triple, Quad, Hexa and Octo versions.  With a great rookie class and the product returning at the same price point, 2012 Panini Prime Signatures just might be the comeback product of the year and one that I can get behind.

Prime Signatures Football falls into our premium cards category.  Each box contains 4 cards with 1 Autograph card per box.

Here are the cards from our box.

2012 Panini Black Football Box Break Recap And Review

Black has been the signal that Panini is putting out some specialty cards with Black boxes and Black Friday cards being sought out by collectors.  Now we have a set accessible to all collectors with 2012 Panini Black Football cards.  As with other cards that are black edge-to-edge, issues with chipping and noticeable edge wear are always a concern.  While Panini Black is not immune, from the box we opened, these issues seem to be at a minimum, which leaves you with some gorgeous cards and some great potential pulls.  With all cards being numbered to 349 or less, it seems these cards should at least retain their value if not increase over time.

Panini Black Football fits into our premium cards category.  Each box contains1 - 12 card pack with Five Autographs or Memorabilia cards with at least three autos.

Here are all of the cards we pulled.