Immaculate - likes/dislikes?

moxacaine · Sep 25, 2014

We've seen a bunch of breaks now and tons have hit eBay. What is everyone's opinion? Well outside of not liking stickers and no logos so save those gripes. Lol

Likes:
- I like that there are tags and buttons of the cheaper players so if you pull one it's much better than hitting a plain junk relic.

- I like the amount of nice patches even in the /99 cards

Dislikes:
- the amount of nobody players or guys I've never heard of.

- the amount of dud boxes being busted. For $180 a box you should not be pulling $20 in cards.

-the lack of old timers. This is what made NT a huge hit. Why couldn't they have added more?

That's just a few of mine. What does everyone else think?

Brewer Andy · Sep 25, 2014

The patches seem to be a little inconsistent (though I'm mostly searching for Brewers). Some /99 have nicer patches than /25, etc.
some of the "black" autos could stand a thinner marker as well.
I'll save the likes for when I get some in-hand lol

D-Lite · Sep 25, 2014

moxacaine said:
-the lack of old timers. This is what made NT a huge hit. Why couldn't they have added more?

I think this is likely due to the impending HOF release that's all old school.

AmishDave · Sep 25, 2014

Dislike - Hello 'meh' jersey cards. Every break I've watched it's just bleh. Sure, there are some monsters, but most is just an 'acetate' jersey /99. Cool. No ingenuity or cleverness in the construction of the serial numbering or swatches. Bleh.

MansGame · Sep 25, 2014

I actually would have liked to see Albert Belle in this... my wallet on the other hand likes that he isn't in this.

In all seriousness though, there is a HUGE lack in vintage guys... I think we thought this was going to be NT 2.0 but it's clearly not.

Zan · Sep 25, 2014

MansGame said:
I actually would have liked to see Albert Belle in this... my wallet on the other hand likes that he isn't in this.

In all seriousness though, there is a HUGE lack in vintage guys... I think we thought this was going to be NT 2.0 but it's clearly not.

Yes. But I'm biased.

Brewer Andy · Sep 25, 2014

MansGame said:
I actually would have liked to see Albert Belle in this... my wallet on the other hand likes that he isn't in this.

In all seriousness though, there is a HUGE lack in vintage guys... I think we thought this was going to be NT 2.0 but it's clearly not.

Eh, I figured if they had that kinda stuff in house they'd just make 2014 NT. So they either don't plan on such a release again without license or the vintage GU market has dried to the point where it may take years to acquire enough inventory to produce a set that can live up to the name

fordman · Sep 25, 2014

I think Panini is doing the right thing by not releasing a NT set every year. It helps them build inventory for relics/cut autos plus it help build hype and anticipation for the product. Two years later, we're still talking about 2012 NT and hope another set gets released.

As for Immaculate: is this to be compared to Topps Triple Threads?

Fordman

sheetskout · Sep 25, 2014

This is kind of odd to me. A post-retirement high-end set putting Molitor (who was my favorite player) with Toronto? Eh?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-Panini...1149600447?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item566a3d76bf

Brewer Andy · Sep 25, 2014

sheetskout said:
This is kind of odd to me. A post-retirement high-end set putting Molitor (who was my favorite player) with Toronto? Eh?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-Panini...1149600447?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item566a3d76bf

Fits with their standard of showing the player on the team the jersey comes from. Similar to the Dunn Reds cards, Aramis Ramirez Cubs cards, etc
That said, Panini has listed Molitor with the Jays in Prizm as well so yeah, I'm with you

Pine Tar · Sep 26, 2014

Mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this enough said

MansGame · Sep 26, 2014

Pine Tar said:
Mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this enough said

THATS AWESOME

Juan Gris · Sep 26, 2014

sheetskout said:
This is kind of odd to me. A post-retirement high-end set putting Molitor (who was my favorite player) with Toronto? Eh?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-Panini...1149600447?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item566a3d76bf

Like [MENTION=2212]Brewer Andy[/MENTION] said, it fits with some of what we've seen. I don't like that a new set has cards of current players wearing uniforms they haven't worn in 6 years, like Adam Dunn with the Reds. What I like seeing are retired players pictured in the team uniform (granted, no logos) from which the memorabilia in the cards came from. I hate seeing memorabilia in cards which did not come from the team's uniform the player is wearing on front.

corockies · Sep 26, 2014

Juan Gris said:
Like @Brewer Andy said, it fits with some of what we've seen. I don't like that a new set has cards of current players wearing uniforms they haven't worn in 6 years, like Adam Dunn with the Reds. What I like seeing are retired players pictured in the team uniform (granted, no logos) from which the memorabilia in the cards came from. I hate seeing memorabilia in cards which did not come from the team's uniform the player is wearing on front.

I agree. Michael Cuddyer and Justin Morneau memorabilia has been all Twins jerseys in Rockies cards.

RStadlerASU22 · Sep 26, 2014

corockies said:
I agree. Michael Cuddyer and Justin Morneau memorabilia has been all Twins jerseys in Rockies cards.

I had a chance at a tuff Will Clark patch /4 from a heavily collected set . He's in Rangers Uni w/ a Giants Patch. Killed all my interest in it. I never understood the concept of them doing that

Ryan

rsmath · Sep 26, 2014

small prime material die-cut windows are my biggest gripe. Makes me glad I"m more of a NT2012 collector since you can get prime pieces in larger die-cut windows.

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