2012 Press Pass Total Memorabilia NASCAR Trading Cards Box Break Recap And Review

[Baseball Nut]

If you have opened as many boxes of product from Press Passas I have, you will arrive to one conclusion. Press Pass does cards the right way. No redemptions, all autographs on-card,superior materials for swatches and constantly on the pulse of what new inNASCAR while paying respect to the sport’s rich history. 2012 Press Pass TotalMemorabilia is a great break with cards that look fantastic and every mini boxseems to have a bit of “wow factor” to it. To deliver on the name, Total Memorabilia, with materialscards that are as hit worthy as autograph cards is impressive.


We classify 2012 Press Pass Total Memorabilia as premiumcards. Each hobby box contains 5packs/mini boxes. Each pack/minibox contains 9 cards with one Rising Stars Autograph Memorabilia card, onemulti swatch Total Memorabilia card or one Total Memorabilia SignatureCollection book card featuring an autograph and race-used memorabilia numberedto 10 or less.


Here are some of the cards we pulled.

Base Set

Tony Stewart, front and back


Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Dale Earndhart


Richard Childress, Chad Knaus, Joe Gibbs

Gold Parallels #/275

Tony Stewart, Richard Petty, Shane Wilson

Black & White Parallels #/99

Ryan Newman, Bob Osbourne


Memory Lane Inserts

Ryan Newman, Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr.


Michael Waltrip, Bobby Labonte

Rising Star Inserts

Ty Dillon, Maryeve Dufault, Jakc Roush Jr.


The Cope Twins, Angela Cope and Amber Cope


The Hits

Bobby Labonte Total Memorabilia Dual Swatch (Shoe & Glove) #/25



Dale Earnhardt Jr. Total Memorabilia Triple Swatch (Firesuit, Sheet Metal & Shirt) #/99


Danica Patrick Total Memorabilia Quad Swatch (Tire, Firesuit, Glove & Shoe) #/50


Kevin Harvick & Shane Wilson Tandem Treasures Dual Swatch (Glove & Shirt) #/99



Shelby Blackstock Rising Stars Autograph Memorabilia (Race-Used Glove) #/125

Overall Look

There are a lot of foil accents on these cards, almost toomuch, but it lends a lofty feel. The Gold Foil and Black & White base parallels look great. You will want a complete set of theMemory Lane inserts too. Theydemonstrate great photo selection and are a lot of fun. The Rising Stars inserts look good toobut excel in hit form with pieces of race-used material and smartly done autographs. The Tandem Treasures and TotalMemorabilia cards are attractive.

Quality and Variety of Drivers

Press pass comes through again with a superior checklistthat covers all aspects of collecting evenly, from prospecting to provenveterans and legends. With the addition of owners and crew chiefs, there isenough here to keep everyone interested.

Do the Hits satisfy?

Yes they do. With the name on the box, when you get recognizable pieces ofmemorabilia, the promise has been delivered and that’s what you have here. The Rising Stars Auto/Relics aresmartly designed.

Will you keep coming back for more?

This is definitely a product that you will find yourselfreturning to purchase again.

Rating


4 1/2 out of 5

2012 Press Pass Total Memorabilia provides exactly what itadvertises and in a way that satisfies.



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[azdbacks1998]

Nice review...the base card design looks like it would get real repeditive with the diagonal lines on each card, like Im gonna have a seizer if I look at too many at one time.

How much for the Jr. and Patrick relics?....r u trading baseball/basketball for them?

thx