SCF Official Review: 2011 Panini Rookies & Stars

[Enigma]

First and foremost, I'd like to thank our sponsors at Panini for providing us with this box.



24 packs per box
8 cards per pack
Current Retail Price (online): $79.99 - $89.99

Product Description

BOX BREAK:
- 4 Autographs/Material Cards (at least one autograph)
- 24 rookies
- 4 Parallels
- 1 Rookie Revolution
- 1 Studio Rookies
- 2 Other insert/parallels

CASE BREAK
Look for four or more of the following autographs of:

Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan, Mark Sanchez,
Michael Vick, Philip Rivers,
Peyton Manning, Drew Brees,
Adrian Peterson, Tom Brady,
Blaine Gabbert, Jake Locker,
Christian Ponder, Andy Dalton,
Colin Kaepernick, Ryan Williams,
DeMarco Murray, Daniel Thomas, A.J. Green,
Julio Jones, Torrey Smith,
SP Rookie Signatures, Team Chemistry,
All-Americans and/or Prime Cuts


HIGHLIGHTS

- SP Rookie Signatures featuring signed embroidered team patches, including Blaine Gabbert, A.J. Green, Julio Jones and Jake Locker
- Team Chemistry featuring dual autographs of the 2011 Draft Picks drafted by the same team
- All-Americans features autographs of former college All-Americans. Look for Julio Jones, Kendall Hunter and Randall Cobb
- Prime Cuts Signatures features one or two prime jersey swatches and autograph, look for Aaron Rodgers, Darren McFadden and Matt Ryan

WHAT WE PULLED



Base: 148/150 (98.7%)
Dupes: 11
Rookies: 24 (Including Terrelle Pryor???)
Longevity Gold /49 (1) - Fred Jackson
Longevity Silver /249 (2) - Greg Jennings, Vernon Davis
Longevity Silver Holofoil /99 (1) - Brian Cushing



Rookie Revolution (1)
Rookie Revolution Gold /500 (1) - Marcell Dareus
Studio Rookies (1)
Studio Rookies Gold /500 (1) - Mark Ingram



Kris Durham Autograph /350



Dress For Success Julio Jones Jersey /299



Dress For Success Clyde Gates Jersey/Autograph /50



Freshman Orientation Prime Daniel Thomas 3-color Patch /50



FINAL RATINGS

Base - 4/5
Design - 4/5
Fun - 4.5/5
Value - 4/5
Rebuy - 4/5

20.5/25 (82%)

Another great staple product for football with Leaf Rookies and Stars. Panini has kept the design straight forward and simple as always. They have also come back through with the parallel we all remember as longevity, broken down into Gold, Silver, Holo Foil. As from past years this year it seems to have a better design and more flare to the look on the card. Rookie Revolution comes in silver and gold parallels which has a very simplistic design.

Again keeping with past years themes they have brought back the Dress for Success game variations as well as the Freshman Orientations. Looking at the Dress for Success game used card we pulled along with the signed version the card appearance of the locker view with the helmet and jersey almost makes you think, could that be the same jersey the piece on the card came from? Highly unlikely but a good marketing and image scenario by Panini. When looking at the Freshman Orientation jersey we pulled is has a better look to it than in past years, with the team stamp in the middle of the card and the Freshman orientation in red within the brackets it gives it a great look and a nice pop to the overall design of the card. The auto we pulled may leave a little to be desired. The photo almost seems a little to up close and personal which makes the sticker auto, yes I said sticker auto a little too small sitting underneath the oversized picture on the card. We'll have to wait and see more breaks to see if this was the overall design of the autos they produce.

Overall for almost making a full complete base set and a good chunk of the rookies in this set it looks to be a great buy for the price and a lot of fun to bust open.
Once again, I'd like to thank our wonderful sponsors at Panini for giving us the opportunity to open and review this release. For more information on all their products, visit them today at www.paniniamerica.net.

[andrewhoya]

Looks like you got the Miami Dolphins Box That's a nice 3-color.