2012 SAGE HIT High Series Football Box Break Recap And Review

[Baseball Nut]

2012 SAGE HIT High Series Football picks up where Low Seriesended. Together they form thecomplete 2012 SAGE HIT series. Not much difference from High Series to Low Series in terms of card design andnumber of inserts. So if you wantan in depth review after reading this, use this link to get to our review ofLow Series.



As in past years, the big differences in High Series as compared to Low Series is the number of hits perbox with 9 autographs, which is 3 more than what is offered with Low Series, 3less total packs than in Low Series and exclusive RG3, Robert Griffin IIIautograph cards.


For the purposes of review, we classify HIT High Series astrading cards. Each box contains27 – 5 card packs with the promise of 9 autographs per box.


Here are some of the cards we pulled.

Base Set

Trent Richardson, front and back


Darron Thomas, Dwayne Allen


Justin Blackmon, Jarius Wright

Base Set Parallels - Silver

Case Keenum, Chris Polk


Daniel "Boom" Herron, Justin Blackmon


Kendall Wright, Marvin McNutt


Kirk Cousins, Kendall Wright


Alshon Jeffery, Brock Osweiler, Daniel "Boom" Herron


DeVier Posey, Ryan Tannehill, Trent Richardson

Base Set Parallels - Gold

Corvell Judie, Mike Willie


Juron Criner


The Write Stuff Inserts

Kendall Wright, front and back that offers handwriting analysis


LaMichael James, Ryan Tannehill


Nick Foles Gold Parallel


Artistry Inserts

Brandon Weeden, Brock Osweiler, Case Keenum


Daniel "Boom" Herron, Justin Blackmon, Marvin McNutt

The Hits - Autographs

Broderick Green Base Auto, G.J. Kinne Gold Auto #/250, Vontaze Burfict Gold Auto #/250


Donnie Fletcher Base Auto, Ronnie Hillman Base Auto, Jarius Wright Gold Auto #/250


Juron Criner Gold Auto #/250, Mark Ingram Sophomore Auto, Blaine Gabbert Sophomore Auto


Overall Look

As we mentioned before, this really is a step up in designfor HIT Series with some of the best looking base and autograph cards we’veseen from SAGE. We really like thelook of this year’s Artistry insert set. The handwriting analysis on the backs of the Write Stuff cards addsanother dimension of understanding about the players that you wont find any other place.

Quality and Variety of Players

This is a continuation of HIT's excellent checklist forprospecting. The best of the bestmake it to the Write Stuff and Artistry inserts and the unannounced SophomoreAutos give you a chance to snag an autograph from the best of last year’srookie class.

Do the hits hold up?

As with all prospecting products, the proof of how the hitshold up comes down the road a bit. How good your autos are will be determined not only by where these players are selected in the 2012 NFL draft, it will come from how theseplayers do in their rookie season and beyond. But with 9 autographs per box and some of the anticipated top draftchoices signing, High series provides some of the best odds that you will pull a future great.

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 High Series Football delivers a fantastic setof cards at a great price point that will keep rookie prospectors satisfied.



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[bobjah]

great review .I got a few packs of these this year first time ever .There nice looking cards .I did not know about the Sophomore Autos.

[rollandniles]

great review. looking forward to checking it out.