Personal Product Review: 2007-08 SP Rookie Edition

[CHillyDoggy]

Picked up a box & 4 loose packs of 07-08 SP Rookie Edition on Monday and here are the 3 hits that I got as well as a look at the other cards design.



Product Description:

14 Packs per box, 8 Cards per pack
Average price per box, $68-$80

Find at least 42 rookie cards and 2 autograph cards per box on average. With 3 rookie cards per pack this is your best chance to grab all the rookies from the highly touted 2007-08 NBA Draft class. Look for rookie cards in classic and unique SP designs from 94/95 SP, 96/97 SP, 97/98 SP and 1998 SP with special autograph versions!!!

Please be advised that SP Rookie Edition NBA will have two "A" level signatures per 20-box case on average! Those "A" level sigs will come from the following list of NBA super stars:

Michael Jordan
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Magic Johnson
Kevin Durant
Larry Bird

Product Breakdown:

Autograph Cards (combine for 2 per box on average)
o Rookie Design Auto
o 1996-97 SP Design Auto
o 1997-98 SP Design Auto
o 1994-95 SP Design Auto
o 1998 SP Veteran/Legend Design Auto

Regular Cards and Rookies:
o Base Set - 60 Cards
o Rookies - (3:1)
o 1996-97 SP Design - (1:1)
o 1997-98 SP Design - (1:12)
o 1994-95 SP Design - (1:12)
o 1998 SP Veteran/Legend Design - (1:12)

Overall Break:

Base - 60/60(100% complete)
Rookies - 43/45 (96% complete)
Missing/Needed - 2
Dupes - 12
Parallels - 6, 3 96-97 Style RC Extras & 3 harder to find parallels from other years SP designs



Hits:

Kevin Durant 96-97 Style RC Auto
Jeff Green RC Auto (came from the 4 loose packs)
Javaris Crittenton RC Auto


Parallels:


Base, RC & 96-97 Style RC Designs:


Final Ratings (Out of 5):

Base Set - 4.5
Fun - 5
Overall Design - 4.5
Value - 5
Rebuy - 5

Final Grade - 24/25 (96%)

Really like the look of these cards. The base set is sort of like a less expensive UD Black type of card and the new RC design is sharp too. A box appears to have a complete base set (1-60), most of the RCs (61-105) & most of the 96-97 style RCs (106-120) as well making it a fairly economical set to put together. You also get 3 parallel RCs from designs from other SP years. Would guess they would be hard to put together as a set. For the $75 I spent, this was an excellent product... even if there had been no Kevin Durant auto.

[trevorp121]

I love that 96-97 SP Design. Congrats on getting your Durant Auto

[molly1984]

I do too! I want to buy a box of this. I'm glad to see you got a full base set out of it... it looks like a really fun set to collect.

[RenegadeLonghorn]

Those cards look really nice. You had the ultimate Sonic fan break. Thanks for posting this awesome review!

[RenegadeLonghorn]

I imagine that Durant should book for around $250.

[CHillyDoggy]

That would be nice. ;)

[mikesilvia]

Nice review! You can digg it here.

[CHillyDoggy]

Thanks Mike! I dug it. ;)

[aharner55]

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