Official Review: 2008 Score Select

[sch1tz0fr3nik]

Thanks to the wonderful people at Donruss/Playoff, SCF is proud to have an official review of 2008 Score Select.



Hobby Box:
20 packs
5 cards per pack
MSRP: $4.00 per Pack

Product Description:

PER BOX ITEMS
3 Autographs
6 Select Rookies
6 Parallels
6 Inserts

And 2 Others of following:
Select Hot Rookies/parallels
Select Franchise/parallels
Select Future
Franchise/parallels
Select Young Stars/parallels

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Six Rookies, Six Parallels & Six Inserts per box.

Rookies:
Matt Ryan, Darren McFadden, Donnie Avery, Joe Flacco, Jonathan Stewart, Devin Thomas, Brian Brohm, Felix Jones, Jordy Nelson, Chad Henne, Rashard Mendenhall, James Hardy, Kevin O’Connell, Chris Johnson, Eddie Royal, John David Booty, Matt Forte, Jerome Simpson, Dennis Dixon, Ray Rice, DeSean Jackson, Josh Johnson, Kevin Smith, Malcolm Kelly, Erik Ainge, Jacob Hester, Limas Sweed, Colt Brennan, Jamaal Charles, Dexter Jackson, Andre Woodson, Steve Slaton, Earl Bennett

Rookie Inscriptions and Rookie Parallels

Inserts:
Hot Rookies, The Franchise, Future Franchise, Young Stars

More content added for the same price!


CARD SETS


Select Common (330)
A comprehensive set of football’s star players and rising performers make up this common set on metalized board highlighted by stunning action photography.

Select Scorecard (440)
A complete parallel to the base set of football’s star players and rising performers on double rainbow foil board with gold foil. Serial #'d to 100 or less.

Select Gold Zone (440)
A complete parallel to the base set of football’s star players and rising performers on double rainbow foil board with gold foil and sequentially numbered to 50 or less.

Select Gold Zone Signatures (440)
Parallel featuring an autograph and serial #'d to 50 or less.

Select Red Zone (440)
A complete parallel to the base set of football’s star players and rising performers on double rainbow foil board with red foil and sequentially numbered to 30 or less.

Select Red Zone Signatures (440)
Parallel featuring an autograph and serial #'d to 30 or less.

Select End Zone (440)
A complete parallel to the base set of football’s star players and rising performers on double rainbow foil board with gold foil and sequentially numbered to 6 or less.

Select End Zone Signatures (440)
Parallel featuring an autograph and serial #'d to 6 or less.

Select Artist's Proof (440)
This base-set parallel sparkles with a holographic gold foil accent and sequentially numbered to 32 or less.

Select Inscriptions (440)
Spotlighted with holographic gold foil, this base-set partial parallel also features an autograph and is sequentially numbered to 750 or less.

Select Rookies (110)
Headliners from the NFL Rookie Class of 2008 are spotlighted in this action-packed subset and sequentially numbered to 999 or less.

Select Hot Rookies (25)
This insert features the 20 hottest rookies from the 2008 NFL Draft on double rainbow board with gold foil accent and is sequentially numbered to 999 or less.

Select Hot Rookies Scorecard (25)
This parallel sparkles with double rainbow board and silver foil and is sequentially numbered to 100 or less.

Select Hot Rookies Gold Zone (25)
This parallel sparkles on double rainbow board with gold foil and is sequentially numbered to 50 or less.

Select Hot Rookies Gold Zone Signatures (25)
Parallel featuring an autograph and serial #'d to 50 or less.

Select Hot Rookies Red Zone (25)
This parallel sparkles on double rainbow board with red foil and is sequentially numbered to 30 or less.

Select Hot Rookies Red Zone Signatures (25)
Parallel featuring an autograph and serial #'d to 30 or less.

Select Hot Rookies End Zone (25)
This parallel sparkles on double rainbow board with gold foil and is sequentially numbered to 6 or less.

Select Hot Rookies End Zone Signatures (25)
Parallel featuring an autograph and serial #'d to 6 or less.

Select Hot Rookies Artist's Proof (25)
This parallel sparkles on double rainbow foil with holographic silver foil and is sequentially numbered to 32.

Select The Franchise (25)
This new insert features some of the game’s top franchise players with gold foil. Serial #'d to 999 or less.

Select The Franchise Scorecard (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 100 or less.

Select The Franchise Gold Zone (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 50 or less.

Select The Franchise Red Zone (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 30 or less.

Select The Franchise End Zone (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 6 or less.

Select The Franchise Artist's Proof (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 32 or less.

Select Future Franchise (25)
This inset features the game’s future franchise players with aqueous fronts and backs. Serial #'d to 999 or less.

Select Future Franchise Scorecard (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 100 or less.

Select Future Franchise Gold Zone (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 50 or less.

Select Future Franchise Red Zone (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 30 or less.

Select Future Franchise End Zone (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 6 or less.

Select Future Franchise Artist's Proof (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 32 or less.

Select Young Stars (25)
The sport’s young stars are featured in this insert. Serial #'d to 999 or less.

Select Young Stars Scorecard (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 100 or less.

Select Young Stars Gold Zone (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 50 or less.

Select Young Stars Red Zone (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 30 or less.

Select Young Stars End Zone (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 6 or less.

Select Young Stars Artist's Proof (25)
Parallel serial #'d to 32 or less.

WHAT WE PULLED

Base Set (85/440) 19.3%
Dupes NONE
Rookies (6) Steve Slaton /999, Earl Bennett /999, James Hardy /999, Quentin Groves /999, Jordon Dizon /999, Mike Hart /999





Inserts: 12 Total
Rudi Johnson Gold Zone 20/50
Michael Strahan Gold Zone 8/50
Darren Sproles Scorecard 79/100
Marques Colston Scorecard 19/100
Adam Vinateri Artist's Proof 19/32
Kevin Robinson Red Zone 21/30
Chad Henne Hot Rookies 950/999
David Garrard The Franchise 717/999
Drew Brees The Franchise 390/999
Maurice Jones-Drew Future Franchise 764/999
Justin Fargas Young Stars 987/999
Tarvaris Jackson Young Stars 417/999



Game Used/Auto: 3 Total
Thomas Brown Inscriptions 247/375
Kalvin McRae Inscriptions 2/535
Marcus Monk Inscriptions 448/656


Final Ratings (out of 5):

Base Set – 4/5
Fun – 4.5/5
Overall Design – 4/5
Value – 3/5
Rebuy – 3/5

Total – 18.5/25 Stars

First off, I'd like to thank Donruss/Playoff for providing this box to SportsCardForum.com for a review.

Score Select is a Standalone parallel of the normal Score Set. Everything is the same between the two sets other than the foil of the Score Select Set.

The Base Set is VERY large with 440 total cards(110 being Rookies). It is impossible to get near a complete set with 1 box as we recieved just over 19% of the set from this box. The base rookies stand out from the base with a Rainbow finish to them like most years and are all #'d/999. The overall Layout of the base set it pretty good, nothing over the top and a good selection of photography. The Inserts(except for Hot Rookies) are a little different, instead of Photography they use a highly detailed drawing of the player.

One thing I dont like about this product are the immense amounts of parallels of the same cards. Even the insert sets have the same type of parallel a the base set. Also with the large set size and amount of parallels the ratio for better rookies and better parallels goes down greatly.

I ranked the value and rebuy pretty low on this set as its marketed as a direct Parallel to base Score set and the amount of versions of the same card.

Overall it was a Fun box to open, despite my lackluster break, with 3 autos, 6 rookies and 12 other #'d Inserts per box. It would be a good box to buy for some one who likes to try and put to gether a little harder set or try for the harder #'d cards.

All these cards will also be placed in our card cash store or given away as prizes.

[lil5up3rman]

Thanks for the box break. Daniel.

[RenegadeLonghorn]

Nice job with the review. Tough pull on the autos.

[etmill01]

great job with the review..Thanks Ed

[spuds1961]

Nice review,the box breaks of this product are scaring me off I bought only 7 packs and got a chris johnson auto numbered 41/50 plus a dantrell savage auto numbered 750,should I stop there or try a box take care Steve

[sch1tz0fr3nik]

If you like to take risks with your boxes, I say get a box. But if your going for just pure re-sell value, No. The Fun Factor is there as you will get a good variety of good looking cards, and no Doubles of anything.
There are 110 different rookies in this set, and they each all the versions of Autos.

[spuds1961]

Thanks sc1tz,my next question topps chrome and score select are both 74 bucks each at my hobby shop which would you recommend.

[sch1tz0fr3nik]

Well here is a quick Breakdown:
Select:
3 Autos a Box(440 different possible players)
6 #'d/999 Rookies per Box(110 Different Rookies)
12 #'d Inserts/Parallels(which could be Rookie Variations too)

Topps Chrome:
1 Auto per Box(50 of which are rookies)
12 Rookies per Box(110 different Rookies)
Not sure on How many Parallels or Inserts there are per box(refractors are 1:3 packs)

I've always loved Topps Chrome, but this simple breakdown favors Score Select in a Trading aspect in my opinion

[bolts21]

is the Darren sproles available for trade?

[Jeremy_Falcons]

Good review and break.