Over the last few years, I dont think Panini Football has done even close to a mediocre job of producing good looking products. It seems like at every turn, they release garbage sets that incite more laughs than oohs and ahhs. Immaculate has turned out to be one of the only products that really had no typical Panini design fails. The majority of the product looked amazing, even though it inexplicably had some sticker content.
Check out these beauties:
2014 Immaculate Odell Beckham Jr Auto Jumbo Patch
2014 Immaculate Dan Marino Auto Jumbo Logo
2014 Immaculate Emmitt Smith Immaculate Moments
2014 Immaculate Andrew Luck Auto Patch /25
2014 Immaculate Jamaal Charles Auto NFL Logo 1/1
Moving into 2015, Panini has had a DISASTROUS year of disgusting visual diarrhea products, coupled with extreme over saturation of sticker autographs from players that would normally be on card. Immaculate is the first product that looks to be far removed, likely because the football team had little to do with is concept, design or themes.
This preview showcases exactly what the product has to offer, after we got a look at some of the cards during the last few weeks. I love the design, I love the themes, and I love that it doesnt look to have stickers. The MVP, Draft and Signature Moves all look awesome, and I think there is a big reason to expect that they will be highly coveted by collectors. This is a super premium hit or miss product, as we have come to know, especially if points will continue to replace hits. We can only hope points are excluded.
I also dont see any of those horrible signed scraps of black construction paper in this preview, which have been an immaculate staple since their demon birth a few years ago.
Either way, Im excited for Immaculate, and I am excited to see if it turns out as well as it looks. Panini finds a way to fuck everything up some how some way, so we will have to see what goes down when boxes finally hit shelves. Also worth mentioning that Panini should be ASHAMED that it took them this fucking long to preview a set without rookie stickers.
Even though this is the pinnacle of Panini I just can’t find myself getting excited about it. Like everything Panini. ‘Nice’ cards but it’s a rehashed design that we’ve seen done a dozen times (better by other companies) and it’s ranking just above sleep-inducing. That and it’s so beyond my price-point if I was ever able to afford it.