I have reamed this product since the previews were released, mainly because of the stupidity that Panini displayed in the way the changed the cards in between the draft day reveal and the actual products.
Now that it is live on ebay, the results are even worse than expected, as the close up helmet shots leave no room for variation within the set. Unlike Leaf Metal or Leaf Ultimate, EVERY rookie looks exactly the same, minus the color in their helmet. Set collectors out there are going to be pretty bored.
The Inserts are just as terrible looking as they ever have been in this product, and as a result the autos and jerseys look just as bad. Im actually starting to wonder if Panini even cares about their football lines anymore, especially when you consider how little effort they are exuding on getting good looking cards with non-sticker autos.
Bottom line is, why couldnt all of the base RC’s look like the draft day variations with the bright logos. They look THAT much better.
Here are some of the bigger hits that have been posted so far, you are going to see what I mean pretty quickly:
Marcell Dareus Auto RC – BILLS
Mikel Leshoure Auto RC – LIONS
Ndamukong Suh Rookie Review Jersey Card
MAN, these cards are boring. The veteran base cards are OK, but the rookies are BO-RING. When does a real product come out again?
“Bottom line is, why couldnt all of the base RC’s look like the draft day variations with the bright logos.”
– My guess is because the draft day variations don’t have an autograph parallel, meaning no need for the Panini Dead Space that all their cards have to have.
it’s hard to keep thinking up ways to say how bad these cards are but please keep doing it. To say it’s hard to tell them apart is an understatement. Another round or barf
This crap isn’t even worth writing about anymore. Just re-post the same headline with each ‘new’ Panini release: “More Panini Shit”. You just post the photos and we’re all good.
I completely agree…I am so disappointed in the non-auto cards. You can barely see the team name and they changed the font of the round and pick # as well. They made it so tiny now. WHY did they have to change the cards so much from the draft day previews!? I normally bust at least 2 or 3 boxes of Prestige each year….not this year. My LCS isn’t even ordering it, he is so disgusted with it. Epic Fail Panini!
I think if you are looking for Veteran Player Auto’s 2011 Prestige somewhat delivers
http://cgi.ebay.com/MICHAEL-TURNER-2011-Prestige-Xtra-Points-Black-AUTO-25-/200612805141?pt=US_Football&hash=item2eb5747a15