saintsforever
OzCardTrader
I would say they are going out with a flopped bang BANG BANG.
I would say after the last release there will not be many people buying cases at the price there asking just to get 1 card.
Official ESP 2016 NRL Traders Thread (Sell Sheet Page 14)
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I would say after the last release there will not be many people buying cases at the price there asking just to get 1 card.
No, ESP did a deal with SFX management to have their players sign cards.
See one of the issues I see with ESP being a manufacturer along with managing talent, is that some other agents may not want their clients to be involved in a rival companies product.
Might not be the sole factor, but I believe ESP are starting to find it hard to get players to sign for them. Explains why specific players have been featured in multiple releases.
Brendan_B
OZCT Supporter
Looking at this release on a comparative level to 15 Traders there certainly seems much more value for money.
A 15 Traders master set was 634 cards, 16 Traders is 703 cards if the base is 162 again. This includes the album cards and case cards so it is a significant increase.
The commons look okay and if they run club logos in the base set again it looks like these might also be silver parallels which is great.
They have obviously listened with the Faces of the Game set by placing the signature strip on the front. This would be an enjoyable set to put together as an IP hunter.
I liked the Puzzle cards last year and was hoping they would have them again as Croker was top points scorer, I didn't mind the season to remember but happy to see these shelved.
New theme with the club heroes is always good, thought the Cyber Heroes / Galactic Stars theme was getting a bit tired but this release is aimed toward kids also.
Retirements are a nice looking card, should be a few big names among this year. I also like a forward based insert set. Aside from quads last year the last time we had an insert set based on the 'piggies'was 07 Invincible with the Enforcer cards.
Good choice for Legends signatures, the SAS signatures look interesting so overall it looks to be a good release but as always we will just have to wait and see.
A 15 Traders master set was 634 cards, 16 Traders is 703 cards if the base is 162 again. This includes the album cards and case cards so it is a significant increase.
The commons look okay and if they run club logos in the base set again it looks like these might also be silver parallels which is great.
They have obviously listened with the Faces of the Game set by placing the signature strip on the front. This would be an enjoyable set to put together as an IP hunter.
I liked the Puzzle cards last year and was hoping they would have them again as Croker was top points scorer, I didn't mind the season to remember but happy to see these shelved.
New theme with the club heroes is always good, thought the Cyber Heroes / Galactic Stars theme was getting a bit tired but this release is aimed toward kids also.
Retirements are a nice looking card, should be a few big names among this year. I also like a forward based insert set. Aside from quads last year the last time we had an insert set based on the 'piggies'was 07 Invincible with the Enforcer cards.
Good choice for Legends signatures, the SAS signatures look interesting so overall it looks to be a good release but as always we will just have to wait and see.
thenamesgould
OzCardTrader
I must say I was really hoping that rumour about no Elite this year would turn out to be true. With the sigs in this set it seemed like it might. Would have been good to have a breather/quieter year on the collection front.
Brendan_B
OZCT Supporter
By the time August rocks around everyone will be sick of Traders and keen for Elite, initially anyway.
Remember in 2010 when there was no series 2? There were many unhappy collectors.
Remember in 2010 when there was no series 2? There were many unhappy collectors.
thenamesgould
OzCardTrader
Yeah but the sets were a lot smaller, cheaper and easier to collect in those days, plus there was no Power Play.
Brendan_B
OZCT Supporter
True but as the season goes on everyone gets more into their footy the want will build. Further to this with elite targeting the more 'serious' collector and the chance of more serial numbered cards there will be definitely be collectors keen
Rocket1908
some guy who likes the rabbitohs
Power Play actually kinda looks good this year tho too. I really like the Superhero and RLL3 cards
thenamesgould
OzCardTrader
Missing Hinges
Cardboard Hoarder
How many commons in the set, 160? Why only 80 black parallels?
That's what I said.
Brendan_B
OZCT Supporter
Who knows, attempt to trim back numbers in the set?
80 in the black parallel set, five per team. We saw Dugan on the sell sheet and Johnson on Instagram, both elite players for their respective clubs. Perhaps the black parallel set will have the top five from each club?
80 in the black parallel set, five per team. We saw Dugan on the sell sheet and Johnson on Instagram, both elite players for their respective clubs. Perhaps the black parallel set will have the top five from each club?
thenamesgould
OzCardTrader
That's what I assumed. They might have listened about too many parallels and cut them down a bit in this way. Maybe the black ones will even have different pics?!
Brendan_B
OZCT Supporter
Hope so!
Noark-99
One Day! Cowboys!
Wish they'd give us a die cut set like footy faces
ElijahCraigHyde
OzCardTrader
I really think one of the Dynamic Duo cards had to be Billy Slater & Cam Smith - now not the case, I think I might skip the Traders this year again and concentrate on chasing inserts from previous seasons.
It's Roosters, Dragons and Rabbitohs and I believe that they are all forwards.
Rocket1908
some guy who likes the rabbitohs
Dragons is Marshall/Widdop i think.
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