Personal Product Review: 2008 Playoff Prestige

**RenegadeLonghorn** · 05-17-2008, 10:38 PM

My first 2008 break. Also my first football break in 9 months!

Product Description:

Price was $78.50 after tax (special price)

24 packs per box, 8 cards per pack

Each box will deliver four autograph or material cards (including one autograph and one college game-worn jersey card) - , 24 rookies, 4 rookie parallels, 3 Prestigious Picks, 1 NFL Draft and 4 other inserts/parallels. Look for Random Rookie HOT Packs!

Look for Rookie autographs; Draft Pick Rights, NFL Draft, Prestigious Picks, Embroidered Patches Featuring Rookie Prestigious Picks college game-used material cards, Rookie parallels, Rookie SPs

Product Breakdown

Overall Break:
Base Set - 100/100 (100%)
Duplicates - 45
Auto - 1
GU - 3
Rookies - 29
Inserts/Parallels - 16

Antoine Cason Draft Picks Autograph /250

Vernon Gholston Prestigious Picks Jersey /250

Ben Roethlisberger/Santonio Holmes Connections Jersey 1/250!

Terrell Owens Star of the NFL Jersey /100

Mario Manningham Xtra Points Gold RC /250

Draft Picks rookies are numbered to /999. Also, regular rookies in Flacco and Felix Jones are pictured. Felix Jones is an SP! SP's fall one in every three cases!

Willis McGahee Xtra Points /100 & Matt Leinart Xtra Points /50. There are five xtra points parallels (gold, red, purple, green, black) for every base and rookie card in this set.

Prestigious Picks/Pros Inserts. There are eight variations...blue, red, black, purple, green, silver, gold, and platinum. Other inserts pictured below.

Final Ratings (Out of 5)
Base Set - 5/5
Fun - 4.25/5
Overall Design - 3.75/5
Value - 4.25/5
Rebuy - 4/5
Final Grade: 21.25/25 (85%)

Final Thoughts:
This set delivers for every type of collector. You get an autograph, three jersey cards, and plenty of rookies and inserts! Also, for you set collectors, a whole box gives you an entire base set. My favorite card from the break was the Roethlisberger/Holmes jersey. The design is terrific on the connections dual jerseys. Hitting an SP rookie was a very pleasant surprise and hands down the most valuable card in this break. As a player collector, I am not very pleased with the amount of parallels in this set. Colors on the cards are well done, but do we need eight different versions of one card?

I do not purchase hobby boxes very often, but breaks like this will have me coming back for more. I got this at a great price that I couldn't pass up. Generally, 2008 Playoff Prestige sells for $80-90. I highly recommend this set!

**RenegadeLonghorn** · 05-17-2008, 10:38 PM

For a list of all the pulls, click the link.

https://www.sportscardforum.com/showthread.php?t=496730

**hagansp** · 05-17-2008, 11:00 PM

wow nice...HOLD that Felix...rumor has it thats one of the short prints! theres not many on ebay either so it looks true

**RenegadeLonghorn** · 05-17-2008, 11:16 PM

Really? I just scanned it because it was one of the few first round rookies I pulled...plus he's a Cowboy!

**hagansp** · 05-17-2008, 11:20 PM

yup, check ebay only 2-3 out there, Bill (11chaos) quoted shortprints.com in a thread these are the SP's i dont think its official from playoff yet but I checked a few of them and very limited on the bay

#110 CHAUNCEY WASHINGTON
#116 CHRIS LONG
#121 DAN CONNOR
#139 FELIX JONES
#142 HARRY DOUGLAS
#148 JED COLLINS
#155 JORDY NELSON
#163 KENNY PHILLIPS
#166 KEVIN SMITH
#177 MATT FLYNN

**RenegadeLonghorn** · 05-17-2008, 11:32 PM

Makes me feel better about the break! lol Thanks for the SP info.

**K.Pop** · 05-18-2008, 01:32 AM

So far I am likeing this product better then last years.

LMK if you are looking to trade or sale that TO patch. I am putting that set of patches together.

thanks
kp