SCF Official Review: 2011 Panini Certified

[Enigma]

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



10 packs per box
5 cards per pack
Current Retail Price (online): $94.99-$109.99

Product Description

BOX BREAK
- 4 Autographs/Material Cards (at least one autograph)
- 1 Mirror Parallel (Red, Blue, Gold, Emerald or Black seq. #ed to 250 or less)
- 2 New Generation Rookies, seq. #ed to 999 or less
- 1 Insert (Certified Potential or Gold Team, seq. #ed to 999 or less)
- 1 Other Parallel/Insert/New Generation Rookie


CASE BREAK (24-box case)
Look for six or more of the following autographs Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson, Drew Brews, Peyton Manning, John Elway, Tony Romo, Emmitt Smith, Tom Brady, Bart Starr, Michael Vick, Philip Rivers, Dan Marino, Cam Newton, Jerry Rice, A.J. Green, Joe Namath, Julio Jones, Barry Sanders, Jake Locker, Brett Favre, Blaine Gabbert, Gale Sayers, Christian Ponder, John Elway, Jonathan Baldwin, Jim Brown, Mark Ingram, Joe Montana, Andy Dalton, Deion Sanders, Colin Kaepernick, Marshall Faulk, Ryan Williams, Mikel LeShoure or On-Card Signature.


PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
- On-Card Autographed Material Rookie Cards "Freshman Fabric" featuring Cam Newton, A.J. Green, Julio Jones, Jake Locker, Blaine Gabbert, Christian Ponder, Jonathan Baldwin, Mark Ingram, Andy Dalton, Colin Kaepernick, Ryan Williams and Mikel LeShoure seq. #ed to 499 or less
- Autographed Material (Mirror Gold, Emerald and Black Legends, Fabric of the Game and Shirt Off MY Back) seq. #ed to 25 or less featuring Emmitt Smith, Dan Marino, Jerry Rice, Joe Namath, Barry Sanders, Brett Favre, Gale Sayers, John Elway, Jim Brown and Joe Montana, Deion Sanders and Marshall Faulk.
- Look for Mirror Material Gold, Emerald and Black cards featuring prime swatches of material or autograph seq. #ed to 25 or less
- Look for Platinum Hot Boxes, where all commons are replaced by exclusive, limited-edition parallels! (three Hot Boxes per each 24-count master case, one Hot Box per each 8-count)



WHAT WE PULLED



Base - 38/150 (25.3%)
Rookies /999 (3) - Gabe Carimi, Nathan Enderle, Rodney Hudson
Mirror Red /250 (2) - Peyton Hillis, Stephen Tulloch
Mirror Blue /100 (4) - Kevin Walter, Jerod Mayo, Pierre Thomas, James Laurinaitis
Mirror Gold /25 (1) - LaGarrette Blount



Certified Potential /999 (1) - A.J. Green
Gold Team /999 (1) - Andre Johnson



Fabric Of The Game DeMarco Murray Jersey /250



Fabric Of The Game Jersey Number Autographs Patrick Willis Jersey/Auto /25



Freshman Fabric Mirror Blue Randall Cobb Jersey /50



Shirt Off My Back Delone Carter Jersey /250



FINAL RATINGS

Base - 4/5
Design - 4/5
Fun - 4/5
Value - 4.25/5
Rebuy - 4.5/5

Total - 20.75/25 (83%)

Pros:
All inserts and parallels are numbered
Possible hot boxes (yields more "hits")
Fabric Of The Game is back for another year
Oversized swatches (Freshman Fabrics)

Cons:
Merging last years Certified Platinum into the base design (too busy)
Sticker Autos
Heavy on parallels, low on inserts
Multiple boxes to complete base set

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.

[usafshelland]

Are you sure that you didn't hit on a "Platinum Box"? All the cards will have the starburst appearance...the true base cards don't have the starburst appearance.