This year’s version of Panini Threads might as well be last year’s version, that’s how identical these sets are. They have the same looking rookie cards, a very similar base cards, and the main box hit lettermen autos have barely even changed one single bit. If I was a collector of stuff like this, having a continued rehash of sets like this would be EXTREMELY frustrating to me. Yet, as we do with seemingly every Panini set, the cards have not changed to a point where they are distinguishable from the previous year’s set. Its really unfortunate, especially when you consider that the lead dog in the card design and visual appeal world has bowed out of the licensed game rather ungracefully.
As with many of the Panini sets, there are highlights of cards that the design fits well with, but they are so low numbered that its going to be tough to see them as a factor in overcoming the failures. Due to the way these cards are always designed by the horrid design team over there, those successes will be greatly overshadowed by the parallels that look like someone forgot to affix the sticker. I mean, honestly, are we really supposed to be happy when cards like these
are pulled out of our $100 box as one of the few hits? Give me a fucking break.
I don’t care how awesome Beckett thinks the horizontal card orientation is, the bottom line is that they are trying to draw your attention away from the train wreck hidden below. People continue to buy this product because they like spelling out weird shit with the letters, not because Panini decided that they were going to station the cards horizontally instead of the tried and true vertical. Eventually, manu-letters will lose their appeal (not sure why they havent already), and Panini will still churn out this set each year like its their brand new baby. Hopefully sometime in the future someone on their team will stop sleeping through deadlines and actually spend some time revamping each product to make it fresh again.
The first of the cards are showing up on eBay, and I guess its only a matter of time before we get a more in depth look at what Threads has (re)brought to the the table. Ill update this as more cards and big hits get posted.
Dez Bryant Rookie Collection Auto Jersey /25 – Compare with 2009’s Percy Harvin Auto Jersey
Tim Tebow Rookie Jersey /299 – Ridiculous price for a jersey card!
You somehow double posted the louis murphy card and didn’t show the Dez Bryant. It would have been cool to compare the Harvin to it. I am lazy as all get out right now so I will check back later to see if you reposted. New layout looks great btw!
Got back into collecting about a year ago and found this site and thought it was great. This review sums up my thoughts on it now a days though. Stale site and basically know before a product is previewed whether it will be reviewed here good or bad by who makes it.
i agree jj gellman is biased about his hatred of panini, but at the same time threads is total garbage. watch the box breaks chris did and see if you like the product. ugly ass cards that wont sell and that you wont want in your pc.