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Part of me wishes I took that advice about 3 years ago! I shudder to think of the amount of money I've blown breaking boxes filled with little pieces of cardboard. But back to the OP - I think that right now, one of the best value products is Revolution, and for a few reasons: It's extremely...

Yep, agreed on all counts. I actually loved Noir simply because it was a change from the same old sea of white / prizm clone products they were constantly churning out, and the constant see of $1,000/box products filled with one-colour jersey pieces and sticker autos. Suddenly we get this...

That's a fair point. I guess part of the cool thing with the Galactic cards is that they were known to be very short printed, but were never actually serial numbered. I suppose in a way that helped to keep the value high by adding a bit of suspense - you never really cared that much what...

Actually there is one product I do like (and actually think got better) and that is Revolution. It's cheap to buy, the card designs are original and look great, there aren't TOO many parallels (4 or 5), and the autos are great (stunning to look at, all on cars, and rare enough that its...

I'm a big fan of Revolution myself. I don't normally like cheaper products much, but Revolution is a really fun break because there are so many cool variations and the autos are: 1. Not too common 2. REALLY great looking 3. Mostly of decent players (pretty limited checklist) 4. 100% on card...

Couldn't agree more. I've also notice Panini seem to be slowly creeping up the number of boxes per case with high end products, for example: 2014/15: Immaculate = 5 box / case National Treasures = 3 box / case Spectra = 5 box / case Noir = 3 box / case 2016/17: Immaculate = 5 box / case...

The part that really disturbs me is when I see things like this...

Not sure if you'd consider it high end or not, but i have a Josh Smith Preferred Panini's Choice red (i think its /25). Don't have access to a pic now, but can get get one up when i get home if you're interested.

Hi all, Just wondering if anybody has ever created a thread / resource that lists the base card thickness ('pt' size) of different basketball products? Im never 100% sure which toploaders / one touches / sleaves to get when i order boxes, so i kinda just end up getting a number in each size...

I really didnt like flawless last year - felt it was very unimaginative. This year though, wow! Huge turnaround. I think its easilly the best looking product so far followed by Noir, and then probably LUXE or Spectra. I give Gala an honourable mention, though the whole recycling the film idea...

Thanks, appreciate the info! I'll give it a try and see how i go.

Ok cool, happy to wait it out if that's all it is. I just wasn't sure how long you would typically expect to wait, and didn't know if a year was fairly standard or if there may be an issue there. If it's not uncommon, then I'll just wait it out. :)

Hi everyone, I have a redemption (Kobe Bryant, 2013/14 Gold Standard, Marks of Gold /25) that I placed over a year ago, back on 31/07/2014. I have had numerous other redemptions sent out since then, but haven't heard a single thing about the Kobe. The request is still active, with abolutely...

I thik they key differences here are that Odom: * Was very versatile - he had the mobility to defend Small Forwards (even guards, to a degree) a length to defend centers * In his prime, was an impressive athlete * Was a really good defender in his prime * Had a solid outside jumper and could...

Honestky, I really don't see much potential there - but other's seem to, so I feel like I must be missing something? I look at Randle and I see two main skills: 1) The ability to overpower people inside and score off raw brute force 2) Rebounding I don't really see much else. He's...

All very good points. I guess the big challenge for me is that my taste in cards is probably far from the norm. I'm really big on high end Upper Deck (Exquisite, UD Black, ATG) but it's really hard to find anyone over here who sells even loose boxes of the stuff, let alone cases. Getting...

My concern is that from what I've seen, there really is not a ot of monetary saving right now from importing cards yourself, rather than buying from a local dealer. I think the biggest motivation for ordering cards direct from overseas right now is that local dealers simply don't have a big...

I can certainly understand the concern here, as it's not fair on the legit business who have higher costs in order to run 'legitimately'. However a couple of points on that topic: 1) I have honestly never really seen anybody in Oz selling cards for any cheaper than what the established stores...

I'd also love it if i could buy locally, but the problem I have is that the products I want often aren't available (or failing that, aren't in stock) here...and when they are they are often ludicrously expensive. For example, I'm a big fan of the Upper Deck stuff (Exquisite, All Time Greats...

I dunno man... Select just looks far too much like Prizm to me. Just like in the past, Select in my eyes will always be "Premium version of Prizm".

Me too! :) I had so much trouble decided which year of E-X to go for, but in the end I decided on 06/07 because: 1) I absolutely love the base card design (so even if I get no quality hits at all, at least I should get a couple of cool looking base cards) 2) Chance of hitting Jambalaya cards...

Thanks guys! Was lots of fun to break these products but also very scary. Most of these products were hit-or-miss to the extreme, especially the Skybox Premium ($250-$300 per box and about one hit per box) and the UD Black ($800 for the box for a total of two cards). I had just gotten a...

In addition I also got: * 4x Shaquille Oneal RC (92-93 TSC) * 2x Alonzo Mourning RC (92-93 TSC) * 2x Latrel Sprewell RC (92-93 TSC) That's all folks! Will break the other boxes when they come :)

Now for the nicer hits in the break: * 1992-93 Stadium Club - Beam Team - Shaquille O'neal * 2005-06 Upper Deck SPx - Jersey Auto RC - Danny Granger (#559 / 1499) * 2006-07 Upper Deck SPx - Jersey Auto RC - Rajon Rondo (#475 / 1199) * 2007-08 Upper Deck UD Black - Patch Autograph - Carmelo...