Let me start off this post by saying that I DONT mind logoless cards, as long as they are done well. Some of National Treasures IS done well, and deserves attention from collectors. Other parts of National Treasures are so bad that it shouldnt have been produced. I think that this product had potential to be a really nice set, but im not sure it turned out that way.

Here are some of the bigger cards up so far:

2015 National Treasures Kris Bryant RC Colossal Auto Patch Logo /10

2015 National Treasures Mark McGwire Notable Nicknames Inscription Auto /10

2015 National Treasures Kyle Schwarber Silhouette Tag Auto 1/1

2015 National Treasures Barry Bonds Silhouette Patch Auto /10

2015 National Treasures Yoan Moncada Cuban Flag Patch Auto

Panini has a history of poorly designed National Treasures cards with low quality production, going back years. This is mainly because they feel like a humongous set with few good looking cards and a bunch of worthless horribly designed crap is a fine substitute for a smaller, well designed product. Ill give it to them, collectors seem to agree, as people bust the shit out of anything National Treasures.

The problem with baseball, is that even though a logo free design can be nice, there are a growing portion of collectors that wont pay up to normal value on the secondary market. Because of this, cards can start off hot during the first few days, and then tail off like crazy. It has happened frequently since Panini started making MLBPA cards without an MLBP license.

Similarly, when the cards have no logos, going deeper and deeper into a giant checklist becomes a terrible idea. There are just not enough people out there to buy the big cards, let alone the piddly shit that Treasures is full of. Awful looking cards only make things worse.

Now, it does have some hard signed cards including some very nice examples of some stuff that I hope makes it into Football. Outside of that, I have seen some absolutely BRUTAL breaks that make me question how anyone can risk breaking into this set.

I think that Panini could have made a product here that is worth breaking, especially when you see some of the cards that they could have produced. Instead, we are left with the bitter taste of under-performance, reeking of Sticker Autos, diluted checklists, and too many crappy relics that never sell for shit. When I see how bad the football sell sheet looked in many examples, I start to get even more afraid for next year when this is all that will remain in my favorite sport. I didnt think more fear was possible, to be honest. Guess I was wrong.