Donruss Americana Hobby Box Review

**~~Bondsaway~~** · 08-20-2008, 05:59 PM

Thanks to our friends at Donruss, we received a box of their "new" Americana II cards to open and review.

www.donruss.com - stop by and check them out.

Hobby Box

4 cards per pack, 4 packs per box. 4 Autograph or Memorabilia card per box on average.

PRODUCT BREAKDOWN:
Commons (100)
- Silver Proofs - #'d to 250 or less.
- Gold Proofs - #'d to 100 or less.
- Platinum Proofs - #'d to 25 or less.

Private Signings (100) - Features an autograph and #"d to 1500 or less.

Stars Materials (100) - Features a piece of personally-owned and worn fabric and #'d to 500 or less.
- Silver Proofs - #'d to 100 or less.
- Gold Proofs - #'d to 25 or less.
- Signature Materials - #'d to 250 or less.

SP Commons (35)
- Silver Proofs - #'d to 100 or less.
- Gold Proofs - #'d to 50 or less.
- Platinum Proofs - #'d to 10 or less.

SP Common Stars Materials (35) - Features a piece of personally-owned and worn fabric and #'d to 500 or less.
- Silver Proofs - #'d to 100 or less.
- Gold Proofs - #'d to 25 or less.

Cinema Stars (25) - #'d to 500 or less.
- Materials - #'d to 500 or less.
- Signatures - #'d to 100 or less.
- Materials Silver Screen - #'d to 100 or less.
- Materials Golden Era - #'d to 50 or less.
- Signature Materials - #'d to 100 or less.
- Directors Cut - #'d to 100 or less.
- Materials Super Stars - #'d to 25 or less.

Hollywood Legends (25) - #'d to 500 or less.
- Materials - #'d to 500 or less.
- Signatures - #'d to 100 or less.
- Materials Silver Screen - #'d to 100 or less.
- Materials Golden Era - #'d to 50 or less.
- Materials Super Stars - #'d to 25 or less.
- Signature Materials - #'d to 100 or less.
- Directors Cut - #'d to 100 or less.

Co-Stars Materials (5) - Features dual pieces of personally-worn materials and #'d to 250 or less.
- Silver Screen - #'d to 100 or less.
- Golden Era - #'d to 50 or less

Co-Star Signatures (20) - #'d to 50 or less.

Sports Legends (5) - #'d to 500 or less.
- Materials - #'d to 500 or less.
- Signatures - #'d to 100 or less.
- Signature Materials - #'d to 100 or less.

TV Stars (65) - #'d to 500 or less.
- Materials Small Screen - #'d to 500 or less.
- Materials Big Screen - #'d to 50 or less.
- Signatures - #'d to 250 or less.
- Signature Materials - #'d to 100 or less.
- Directors Cut - #'d to 150 or less.

Ring Kings (15) - Features competitors from the Ultimate Fighting Championship and #'d to 500 or less.
- Materials - #'d to 250 or less.
- Signatures - #'d to 250 or less.
- Signature Materials - #'d to 250 or less.
- Directors Cut - #'d to 125 or less.

Headliners (5) - #'d to 500.
- Materials - #'d to 100 or less.
- Signatures - #'d to 25 or less.
- Signature Materials - #'d to 25 or less.

With 16 cards in the box I'll just post the scans of everything pulled.

Pack #1- #124 Todd Bridges, 128 Swoosie Kurtz, Silver Proof #116 Peggy Fleming 228/250, Ring Kings #RK-GS Georges St. Pierre Auto/Materials 151/197

Pack #2- Gold Proof #147 Arielle Kebbel 43/100, #134 Greg Evigan, Private Signings #173 Louis Mandylor Auto 25/380, #245 Marc McClure

**~~Bondsaway~~** · 08-20-2008, 06:17 PM

Pack #3- #170 Doug Jones, Cinema Stars #CS-32 Ricardo Montalban 166/500,
#128 Swoosie Kurtz, Hollywood Legends #HL-46 Johnny Weissmueller Materials 122/500

Pack #4- #181 Suzie Feldman, #185 Willie Mays, Hollywood Legends #HL-61 Tyrone Power 473/500, TV Stars #TS-SK Staci Keanan Auto/Materials 10/100

WOW not a bad box. I think Americana is the best new cards this decade!
My only bad thing is with 16 cards in a box you should "NEVER" get doubles ever! Love the fact they brought us a series 2 and from what I have seen they did not disappoint. If you want a box chock full of guaranteed hits this product is the one. I give this box 4 out of 5 thumbs up (sorry that double hurt). If you love nonsports or just celebrity type stuff grab a box!!! I know I have.

RATINGS-
Box overall- 4 of 5 (scoring a double on a base is crazy)
Card Look- 4 of 5 Kept same look from series 1 (wasn't crazy about series 1 design) But love the Ring Kings and Hollywood Legends
Insertion Rate Pulls- 4.5 of 5 (got 4 out of 4 on the pulls 3 being auto's, but 2 same base)
Bang for the Buck- 5 of 5 You can't go wrong here

I want to personally thank the good folks at Donruss for the box. Keep a lookout for these cards to become available to you the members/staff through contests and giveaways.

**spuds1961** · 08-20-2008, 06:36 PM

nice break and review George,I like these cards but i have only ventured into the retail boxes take care Steve

**~~sch1tz0fr3nik~~** · 08-20-2008, 06:51 PM

Nice break, and great review!
Been wanting one of those GSP since I saw the promo sheet! Great card!

**bret2** · 08-20-2008, 07:33 PM

I really love the Americana but actually I have had better pulls buying the retail blasters at $20 each. For the price of a Hobby box you can pick up 4-5 blasters and score just as good and probably better. IMO
Nice review George!