SCF Official Review: 2013 Score

[Enigma]

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



10 packs per box
50 cards per pack
Current Retail Price (online): $84.99 - $99.99

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
- All autographs in Score are live – NO REDEMPTIONS!
- Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Score Football with Rookie Cards inspired by the landmark 1989 design!
- The first officially licensed 2013 Rookie Cards with updated draft information. Rookie Cards fall five per hobby jumbo!
- At least two autographs per box!
- Road to the Super Bowl subset featuring the Super Bowl Champions
- 1st official Rookie Cards & Rookie Cards Autographs
- 1st NFL Trading Cards to feature the 2013 Top Picks in their pro uniforms


PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

25TH ANNIVERSARY
110 Rookies, five per pack, based on the 1989 Score design, updated to reflect drafted team & round information, look for limited Black & Purple parallels

HOT ROOKIE SIGNATURES
Combination of their new pro uniforms along with their 1st rookie card signatures will certainly makes these cards the early highly prized chase cards of the season, look for rare Showcase, Artist's Proof & Showcase Artist's Proof versions

ROOKIE SIGNATURES
The 1st autographs of the incoming 2013 Draft Class within weeks of the draft

Printing Plates
Look for 1 of 1 Printing Plates of the Commons, Subsets, Rookies & Hot Rookies

Hot Rookies
The top picks of the 2013 draft are featured in their new pro uniform, one per Hobby Jumbo. Look for Hobby limited Showcase, Artist's Proof & Showcase Artist's versions

Inscriptions
Current stars (Peyton Manning/Adrian Peterson) & rising stars (Colin Kaepernick/Andrew Luck) are featured in this limited autograph insert

WHAT WE PULLED



Base - 325/330 (98.5%)
Dupes - 101
Rookies - 50/110 (45.5%)



There are two types of boxes for Score Football, Hobby and Jumbo. This is a Jumbo Box. There 440 cards in the entire set, 330 devoted to veterans and 110 for rookies. The base cards are a mix of vertical and horizontal photos. Various subsets are included in the set, such as Franchise, Future Franchise, Air Mail and a Road To The Super Bowl set devoted to the Ravens. Rookies are offset by a green border. Jumbo boxes should yield 50 of the 110 rookies on average. While it is understood you will not complete the rookie portion of the set in one box, it is inexcusable not to be able to complete the first 330 when you have over 100 duplicates.

Hot Rookies (10)
Scorecard (3)
Silver /99 (2): Matt Flynn, Jay Cutler
Gold Zone /50 (1): Marques Colston
Red Zone /30 (1): Ed Reed
Artist Proof /32 (1): Michael Crabtree
Hot Rookies Artist Proof /32 (1): Quinton Patton









As per the norm with Score Football, there are plenty of parallels. Most of them are numbered, which becomes a player collector's nightmare. Seems like overkill for a product deemed for young collectors. Be on the lookout for a lot of printing plates as not only are they inserted for the base cards, they are also available for the Hot Rookies in a regular and signature version.

Inscriptions Greg McElroy Autograph



DeAndre Hopkins Rookie Autograph



Matt Elam Rookie Autograph



Damontre Moore Rookie Cyan Printing Plate 1/1



The yield from Jumbo Boxes are strange this year. While the box denotes 1 autograph or relic in a box, it seems many contain 3 autographs and a bonus hit (auto, relic or printing plate). Looks like a lot of bonuses for diving in on a medium-end price tag. Two questions linger from this box. Is Inscriptions really a solid name for a set if the autographs do not bear an inscription? Why have a nice white spot on the rookie cards just to slap a sticker on it?

FINAL THOUGHTS

Base - 4/5
Design - 3.5/5
Fun - 4.5/5
Value - 4.25/5
Rebuy - 4/5

Overall - 20.25/25 (81%)

NPN Information

NPN, 2013 Score Football
5325 FAA Blvd. Suite 100
Irving TX 75061-3601

Limit 2 Request Per Household, 1 Per Envelope

Postmarked By: 7/29/13
Received By: 8/5/13

Canada Skills: 969 + 298 / 149 x 833 - 300 = ?

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 of their products, you can visit them today at www.paniniamierca.net.

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[pwaldo]

Nice 1/1

[papaperk]

posting date says 06/15/13. Did I miss out on DeAndre Hopkins availability?