2012 SAGE HIT Low Series Football Box Break Recap And Review

[Baseball Nut]

Have you jumped on the SAGE bandwagon yet? If not, you should because 2012 SAGEHIT Low Series Football delivers greatly improved design, excellentphotography, and hand collated hits to insure satisfaction with every box. All of this from a company that hasvast knowledge of the draft process and a proven track record of selecting thebest prospects for autographs.


For the purposes of review, we classify HIT Low Series astrading cards. Each box contains30 – 5 card packs with the promise of 6 autographs per box.


Here are some of the cards we pulled.

Base Set

Robert Griffin III, front and back


Melvin Ingram, Doug Martin

The base set also includes 2012 Rookie cards which offer an alternative photos. On the backs of these cards instead of stats there are achievement and attributes so you can get to know the prospect.

Robert Griffin III, front and back

Silver Parallels

Devon Still, Harrison Smith


Jacoby Harris, Jason Ford


Jayron Hosley, Orson Charles



Stephan Garcia



Tom DeCastro, Jeff Fuller


Melvin Ingram, Quinton Coples, Tommy Streeter

Gold Parallels

LeMar Miller, Tony Jerod - Eddie


Ty Hilton


The Write Stuff Inserts

Brandon Weeden, Michael Floyd


Kellen Moore in regular and gold parallel versions

Artistry Inserts

Joe Adams, LaMar Miller


Micahel Floyd, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Tannehill

The Hits

Dominque Davis Base Auto, Chaz Powell Gold Auto #/250, Ryan Broyles Silver Auto


LaMichael James Gold Auto #/250, Jered Crick Silver Auto, Matt Kalil Base Auto

Overall Look

This really is a step up in design for Low Series with someof the best looking cards we’ve seen from SAGE. The photography displays a keen eye and creativity that isnot just well done for a non-logo product but for any football product. Thebacks of these cards are very informative with the prospect's full college statsand all the pertinent biographical information. The new clear sticker with gold foil accent is animprovement over the previous solid silver version and blends in well with thecard’s background. The base cardparallels are also an improved with a more controlled use of the silver andgold sparkling with a smoother finish. But what really excels here from a design standpoint is the Artistryinsert set. SAGE listened tocollector and did away with the Big Time “big head” inserts shifting to a morerefined illustrated look that has just the right amount of foil enhancements.

Quality and Variety of Players

SAGE knows how to pick them so the checklist is excellentfor prospecting. The cream risesto the top with the Write Stuff and Artistry inserts including a Cam NewtonArtistry Autograph and the unannounced Sophomore Autos that give you a chanceto snag an autograph from the best of last year’s rookie class.

Do the hits hold up?

You should be fully prepped for the draft with these cardsand with the hand collecting of hits, you are ensured to walk away with some ofthe top prospect autographs as we did by hitting the number three overallconsensus draft pick.

Will you want to collect them all?

Each box yields at least one base set but you will want topick up the complete Artistry and Write Stuff insert sets too.

Rating

5 out of 5

2012 SAGE HIT Low Series Football delivers a fantastic setof cards at a great price point that will keep rookie prospectors satisfied.



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[whitney777]

Thanks for the review. They do look nicer than last year.

[rollandniles]

just purchased a blaster box from target. I pulled 74 of 75 cards and two autos. For $20 bucks this is a cheap way of getting SAGE HIT. You get 4 more autos in the hobby plus inserts. I am not sure if retail has no inserts or it was just my box. SAGE "hit" with retail. Two autos is unheard of in blasters.