2016 Panini Prestige Football Hobby Box

What We Pulled:

Base Set: 128 out of 300 (43%) 87 Veterans, 41 Rookies
     Short Print (1 out of 10): Devontae Booker
     Xtra Points Red Parallel: (2) Kevin Dodd, AJ McCarron
     Xtra Points Purple Parallel #/100: (1) Randall Cobb
     Xtra Points Black Parallel #/10: (1) Matthew Stafford

Rookie Signatures: (1 out of 99) Reggie Ragland
     Xtra Points Red Parallel: (1) Nelson Spruce
     Xtra Points Purple Parallel #/100: (1) Nate Sudfeld
   
Veteran Signatures: (0 out of 99)

All-Americans: (1 out of 15) Hunter Henry

Alma Maters: (0 out of 25), Retail Only

Banner Season: (4 out of 40): Doug Martin, Jamal Lewis, Thomas Rawls, Michael Strahan
     Ink #/50: (1) Michael Strahan

Blue Chip Recruits: (4 out of 20) Jared Goff, Leonard Floyd, Reggie Ragland, Myles Jack

Connections: (0 out of 25), Retail Only

Draft Big Board: (4 out of 20) Jarran Reed, DeForest Buckner, Vernon Hargreaves III, Myles Jack

Draft Day Signatures Blue Ink: (0 out of 39)

Draft Picks: (2 out of 35) Jack Conklin, Thomas Duarte

Hardwear: (0 out of 25), Retail Only

Inside The Numbers: (1 out of 30) Ben Roethlisberger

NFL Passport: (4 out of 20) Braxton Miller, Kenny Lawler, Jerell Adams, Sterling Shepard

NFL Shield: (1 out of 23) Demaryius Thomas

Rising Stars: (0 out of 50), Retail Only

Shirt Off My Back: (0 out of 50), Retail Only

Stars Of The NFL: (0 out of 25), Retail Only

Super Bowl Heroes: (2 out of 30) Jacoby Jones, Eli Manning

Team Logos: (1 out of 32) Drew Brees

What We Think:

The design of the card on the front is a basic design. The card brand in the upper Left hand corner with the player's name and team logo on the bottom. I like the fact that most of the pictures included in the set are action shots. The back of the card has the veteran cards the front side picture of the player in black and white with the logo of the team imposed onto the picture. I usually don't like just the last year stats and career totals on the card, but it fits with this set. The rookies have the same set up, but without the team logo.

We listed 18 insert sets. That are a few too many. 6 are Retail Only. And while I recognize that sometimes the Retail Sales of cards help a company get rid of their product, it still means that if there is a collector out there that wants all the insert sets, they will either have to buy retail and hobby packs and/or boxes. Otherwise they will have to find people who buy the one that they don't. And out of those 18 insert sets, you have all the parallels to those sets. That is just too many to try and complete all the sets. Finally, only Hobby packs have Autographs and Retail packs have the Material cards. I am torn about whether or not I like that concept.

Base Design: 3.5 out of 5
Autographs: 3 out of 5
Insert Pulls: 2.5 out of 5
Memorabilia: N/A

Overall: 3 out of 5