SPA nameplate autos

[Ducks1978]

Is it just me or is the selection of names in this set the weekest you have ever seen. Any other SPA product out there(baseball, hockey, basketball) at least have players i have heard. Curious how many people has been put off with the selection.

[loflo8]

personally I love it, I;ve been waiting for autos of my guys like Matt light, Heath evans and Ty warren in their own uniforms for years now. I Guess if you're a RC guy its pretty bad, but for team collectors it has a lot of benifits

[Ducks1978]

You do have a point, I just saw a Roger Craig that i really want. Just not what i was expecting after seeing them in Baseball spa

[tykke05]

I'm not a fan of the By The Letters that have letters that aren't even in the players last name. I get the point that it's the team name, but still. Not really a fan of that way of doing things. I mean, a "P" for Hornung? I get that it's the Packers but just don't like it. Just my $.02

[Insane Irish]

Personally I hate the idea of these cards, yeah, they look cool, and I own a couple, but I reallt only like the "TRUE" lettermans, which are letters cut off of the jersey that the player actually wore. These fake "letter" cards are just flooding the market now, and they aren't even real game used autos.

But, I already got a Matt Light, and plan on getting the Heath Evans, because it's their only auto in a Pats Uniform. BTW loflo, Warren has plenty of auto's in a Pats uni, in fact I have an extra one I could trade if you want.

[rchurchward]

Is it just me or is the selection of names in this set the weekest you have ever seen. Any other SPA product out there(baseball, hockey, basketball) at least have players i have heard. Curious how many people has been put off with the selection.

Honestly, if you look at the list, the selection of names in this set is the BIGGEST you have ever seen. It's just, the pulls so far haven't been tremendous. I bolded some of the HUGE pulls. Now, you are correct, the ratio of Favre/Montana/Namath/Bush to Schobel/Light/Ngata/Brooking/etc is probably like 1:100 but still, there ARE some amazing ones out there! Check this out, from the UD Checklist:

2007 SPA By The Letter Autographs:
Anquan Boldin
Aaron Schobel
Brett Favre
Bo Jackson
Reggie Brown
Barry Sanders
Champ Bailey
Chris Cooley
Roger Craig
Carnell Williams
Drew Brees
Dan Marino
Drew Pearson
DeMarcus Ware
Emmitt Smith
Frank Gore
Heath Evans
Haloti Ngata
Joseph Addai
Jason Campbell
Joe Montana
Joe Namath
Jeremiah Trotter
Keith Brooking
Lee Evans
Larry Johnson
LaDainian Tomlinson
Matt Leinart
Marc Bulger
Marques Colston
Matt Light
Mike Singletary
Nick Barnett
Nick Mangold
Patrick Crayton
Paul Hornung
Quentin Jammer
Reggie Bush
Ronald Curry
Roberto Garza
Ronnie Brown
Bob Sanders
Steve Hutchinson
Mack Strong
Steve Young
Tony Romo
Ty Warren
Willie Parker
Will Smith

[OnePimpTiger]

These fake "letter" cards are just flooding the market now

That's my main problem...the lettermen cards, the manufactured patches in Leaf R&S...they all look really nice, but I think it's bad for the hobby. But that's what Upper Deck and Playoff do (I don't think Topps is quite so bad for this), they find something people like and vastly overproduce it. Instead of keeping them rare and highly collectible, they put so many out there that it kills the value and collecting.

Up until a couple of days ago, I was really excited about SPA...then you see the breaks and it's starting to look a lot like the Contenders....a nice product with a history of good value, but the only thing you pull are people you've never heard of. I think the really high end cards (patches, GU autos, lettermen, whatever) should only be of the really high end players...No offense to his fans, but how excited are you going to be when you pull a Nick Mangold Letterman?

[loflo8]

insane irish yea I have a couple warrens in pats uniform myself, forgot about him in my statement, how much did you end up having to shell out for the light?

[Ducks1978]

Only one I really have to get is a BO. Probably going to have to trade alot for that one.

[hagansp]

i agree with the fake letterman idea and how ive gotten tired of it...

i swear it's in at least 4 brands this year...its old...and boring...and now its getting the point like these SPA ones, where they are doing letters of the team name and not even the players name. i'm ready for something else...