2009 Donruss EEE Field Level Preview

[Field Level View]

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Welcome to the first Field Level Preview. Today, we’re going to take a look at the upcoming release of 2009 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Baseball, which is due out on January 20, 2009. With today’s news from Panini that each box will contain six autographs, with 1/5 of the boxes containing 10 autographs and one memorabilia card, this is going to be an absolutely loaded product to bust. Let’s take a look and see what’s coming, and what might be the best items out of the product.

Release Date: January 20, 2009
Price Point: $5/pack or $80/box at Blowout.
Product Loadout: 5 cards per pack, 20 packs per box, 20 boxes per case
Hit Ratios: Six autographs per box. 1:5 boxes will have 10 autographs and 1 memorabilia card. Each box will include one Elite Series, one Aspirations die-cut, two School Colors, two College Ties and two other inserts. Each case should include autos of #2 pick Dustin Ackley and #3 pick Donovan Tate.
The rest of the preview....

Who do you think the big cards in DEEE will be, beyond the guys that are big in Bowman Draft? Will the base autos in DEEE be more valuable on eBay in the long run? How huge are the Pujols on-card autos going to be?

 

[Jaypers]

Your sig is pretty wide. Could you please shrink it a bit?

 

[All In Cards]

~this is going to suck~ I am not opening any.

might buy more 07 eee

 

[ballerskrip]

~this is going to suck~ I am not opening any.

might buy more 07 eee

I know you are being sarcastic, but I hope you DO open more 2007 elite extra!

skrip

 

[moxacaine]

can you link me to where panini annouced 6 autos per box and hot boxes having 10 autos?

 

[All In Cards]

BOX BREAK (on average) (please see 01/05/10 update below!)

4 AUTOGRAPHS and 1 ASPIRATIONS DIE-CUT
1 ELITE SERIES
2 SCHOOL COLORS
2 COLLEGE TIES
2 OTHER INSERTS



CASE BREAK (on average)

LOOK FOR AUTOGRAPHS OF NO. 2 OVERALL PICK DUSTIN ACKLEY & NO. 3 OVERALL PICK
DONAVAN TATE!

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01/05/10 UPDATE:



In each 20-box case:

. (16) of the boxes should yield (6) Autographs

. The other (4) are "Hot Boxes" and should yield (10) Autographs and
(1) Memorabilia Card for a total of 11 hits!

 

[mredsox89]

So you are looking at approximately 140 hits (16*6 autos + 10*4 autos + 4 GU). Paying $1600 for a case leaves you needing just under $11.50 per hit to break even. I know there will be a lot of <$5 autos but at 11.50 per hit it seems great and it would be very rare to get absolutely murdered on a case if you rip and flip at release

 

[moxacaine]

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01/05/10 UPDATE:



In each 20-box case:

. (16) of the boxes should yield (6) Autographs

. The other (4) are "Hot Boxes" and should yield (10) Autographs and
(1) Memorabilia Card for a total of 11 hits!

The srp on this should really jump if most boxes are hitting 6 autos.

 

[ru4scuba]

01/05/10 UPDATE:

In each 20-box case:

. (16) of the boxes should yield (6) Autographs

. The other (4) are "Hot Boxes" and should yield (10) Autographs and
(1) Memorabilia Card for a total of 11 hits!

I haven't bought cards in months, but this is getting ridiculously tempting.

 

[masonphillip]

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01/05/10 UPDATE:



In each 20-box case:

. (16) of the boxes should yield (6) Autographs

. The other (4) are "Hot Boxes" and should yield (10) Autographs and
(1) Memorabilia Card for a total of 11 hits!

The srp on this should really jump if most boxes are hitting 6 autos.

That's a lot of autos in every case...what a deal!

 

[All In Cards]

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01/05/10 UPDATE:



In each 20-box case:

. (16) of the boxes should yield (6) Autographs

. The other (4) are "Hot Boxes" and should yield (10) Autographs and
(1) Memorabilia Card for a total of 11 hits!

The srp on this should really jump if most boxes are hitting 6 autos.

plus I am hearing a few distributors are sold out

 

[moxacaine]

[quote="All In Cards":3frktdxn]
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01/05/10 UPDATE:



In each 20-box case:

. (16) of the boxes should yield (6) Autographs

. The other (4) are "Hot Boxes" and should yield (10) Autographs and
(1) Memorabilia Card for a total of 11 hits!

The srp on this should really jump if most boxes are hitting 6 autos.

plus I am hearing a few distributors are sold out[/quote:3frktdxn]


well im glad i got in early. ive been excited for this since day one.

 

[masonphillip]

[quote="All In Cards":2x78l0ka]
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01/05/10 UPDATE:



In each 20-box case:

. (16) of the boxes should yield (6) Autographs

. The other (4) are "Hot Boxes" and should yield (10) Autographs and
(1) Memorabilia Card for a total of 11 hits!

The srp on this should really jump if most boxes are hitting 6 autos.

plus I am hearing a few distributors are sold out

well im glad i got in early. ive been excited for this since day one.[/quote:2x78l0ka]

same here, i have been eagerly anticipating this release since we first heard but now it is getting crazy!

Still want to see print runs!

 

[moxacaine]

i just wish i could afford more than one case.

 

[Field Level View]

Your sig is pretty wide. Could you please shrink it a bit?

Fixed, how's that?

 

[ballerskrip]

Are cards 1-50 autographs? Or just base cards? Looking at the checklist they look like just base cards, but according to Gilmore's list, they are autographs also.

Thanks

skrip

 

[mredsox89]

i just wish i could afford more than one case.

I'm inching towards just biting on a case and splitting it with a friend. I need to sell some stuff though in the next day or so though

 

[Field Level View]

i just wish i could afford more than one case.

I wish I could afford a BOX.

I'm going to try to pick up a few packs at the Tristar show.

 

[masonphillip]

Are cards 1-50 autographs? Or just base cards? Looking at the checklist they look like just base cards, but according to Gilmore's list, they are autographs also.

Thanks

skrip

In previous years they have been both. They are the base cards (with parallels) and then the TOTC autos. David Price from 2007 is a good example of this.

 

[Field Level View]

1-50 are base (non-auto'd) cards. However, they do have auto'd parallels.

51-150 are ONLY auto'd, regular or parallel. 51-69 (I think) are on-card for normal, sticker for parallel.