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10-11 Limited Basketball
Hobby Release Date: October 27, 2010
Hobby Configuration: 7 Cards, 1 Pack, 15 Boxes
Hobby Pack SRP: $100.00
Case Break
• One of the following will be in each case
• An Autograph Memorabilia Rookie #’d to 10 or less (Material Phenom Gold and Platinum Spotlight)
• An Autograph Prime Memorabilia #’d to 10 or less (Freshman Jumbo Prime Signatures & Jersey Numbered Prime Signatures, Jumbo Prime Signature and Jumbo Jersey Numbered Prime Signatures, Decade Dominance Prime Signatures, Glass Cleaners Prime Signature, Retired Numbers Prime Signatures)
• A Limited Trios Signature #’d to 49 or less
Box Break
• Three Autographs or Memorabilia Cards (One Autograph Guaranteed. Every other box will deliver 2 Autos and 1 Memorabilia Card)
• One Legend or Parallel #’d to 199 or less
• Three Cards from the following: Common, Insert or Parallel #’d to 199 or less
Highlights
• Look for Rookie Photo Shoot Next -Day Autographs of 2010-11 NBA Rookies
• On-Card Autographs for Glass Cleaners, Decade Dominance and Retired Numbers including such players as Elgin Baylor, Oscar Robertson, Scottie Pippen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, George Gervin, Calvin Murphy and Kobe Bryant
• Look for Limited Trios Signatures of current stars and All-Time Greats such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Allen Iverson, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash - all #’d to 49 or less
• Jumbo Prime Signatures #’d to 5 or less
• Base Set 100 cards #’d to 199
• 40 Rookies #’d to 249
Our Box Break:
Base Cards
The base cards have a very smooth foil like surface. The player's main team color is used on the bottom left and right side of the card. There are 100 base cards in the set. The base card we pulled was a Michael Redd #176/199.
Parallel Cards
The parallel cards have the same design as the base cards except it has a rainbow like tint to the surface. We pulled a Kobe Bryant Parallel #38/149.
Glass Cleaners
The Glass Cleaners insert set features some of the game's best rebounders. The card has a glass backboard in the background with the team logo shown in the middle of the card. We pulled a Kevin McHale #138/149.
Limited Trios
The Limited Trios insert set showcases three different players from either a certain team, decade, draft class, or position. There are card combinations of Kobe Bryant/Pau Gasol/Lamar Odom and Kobe Bryant/Kevin Durant/Lebron James. There are 10 different trio cards in this insert set. We pulled a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Larry Bird/Magic Johnson #52/149.
Game Used Cards
We pulled a Game Used card of Amare Stoudemire #193/199. The Game Used cards are thick and have the same design as the base cards. The jersey swatch is placed directly in the center of the card.
The second Game Used card we pulled was a Xavier Henry Freshman Jumbo Patch #21/25. This card has a beautiful Jumbo 3 Color Swatch of the featured Rookie on the top left side of the card. The player photo is on the right side of the card.
Autographed Card
The Autograph Card we pulled was a James Anderson Freshman Jumbo Patch Numbers Signatures #4/10. These cards have a similar design to the Freshman Jumbo Patch cards. The autograph is a sticker autograph that is directly below the swatch.
Final Thoughts
Panini has improved their Limited product compared to last season. The base cards are slick and nicely use different colors to bring out the design of the card. There are numerous insert sets that will appeal to many different collectors. I love the Limited Trios insert set. One of my favorite card designs in this product are the Freshman Jumbo Patch cards which feature multi colored swatches of some of the NBA's rising young stars. In only its second year of releasing basketball cards, I like the future of Panini Basketball products.
Here is how I would rate this product:
Value = 5
Innovation = 4
Fun and Experience = 4
Rebuy Value = 5
I rate this product an A- for Panini!
NPN:
NPN 2010-11 Panini Limited Basketball
2300 E. Randol Mill
Arlington, TX 76011-6333
Hand print your name and complete address on a 3x5 card and use a #10 envelope.
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