2009 Rookies And Stars Longevity Football Hobby Box Break

2009 Rookies And Stars Longevity Box

WHAT WE PULLED


Packs Per Box:  10

Cards Per Pack:  5 (6 if pack has jersey card)

Cards Per Box:  50 to 53

Base Set Completion:  46 out of 185

Base Set Completion (w/o Rookies):  39 out of 100
Duplicates:  0

Parallels:  4

Longevity Ruby (2) - Tony Gonzalez, Rashad Johnson

Longevity Sapphire (1) - Eugene Monroe

Longevity Gold (1) - Thomas Jones

Inserts:  3

Longevity Materials Ruby (1) - Reggie Bush

Longevity Materials Sapphire (1) - Peyton Manning

Freshman Orientation Materials (1) - Shonn Greene

Our Thoughts:

I was excited to open this box of cards.  After all 10 packs, 3 pulls and possible rookies of the 2009 class.  After seeing what was in this box, I am going to say that I will not be purchasing another box of this product. 

The first thing that disappointed me was the design of the set.  I want the player's name to be clear, so there is no problems in telling who it is.  I don't need the names weathered so there are bits and pieces missing.  They do have mostly picture shots of the players, so that is a plus.  Another pet peeve of mine came through in this product.  If the player goes undrafted, do not include him in the set.  Graham Harrell is the player that went undrafted.  His rookie card has the Texas Tech logo and him in a Red Raiders uniform.  There are too many parallels, but that is a trait that Donruss which has become Panini will continue.

I was hoping for one autograph out of the 3 hits that the box delivered, but I wasn't fortunate.  I can't complain about the pieces of memorabilia that I did recieve.  Manning, Bush, and Shonn Greene are recognized names.  And I did smile when I opened one pack.  It was pure quarterbacks.  Kerry Collins, Peyton Manning, Graham Harrell, Donovan McNabb, and Tom Brady.

Box Value:  2 out of 5 stars.

2009 Certified Blaster Box Break

2009 Certified Blaster Box

WHAT WE PULLED

Packs Per Box:  3

Cards Per Pack:  5

Cards Per Box:  15

Inserts:  3

Mirror Gold # to 25:  1 - AJ Hawk

Mirror Red # to 250:  1 - Jake Delhomme

Souvenir Stamps # to 99:  1 - Jeremy Maclin

Our Thoughts:

I found this box for $15 online.  And it did guarantee either one piece of memorabilia or autograph.  I did get the piece of memorabilia on the Souvenir Stamps of Jeremy Maclin, but with a piece of event-worn jersey that small, it was a big disappointment. 

The other two packs had the mirror parallel cards and I wasn't surprised about that.  Certified has been doing that for years.  About all the regular set cards, the pictures were too big for the card.  Every player had the top of his head cut off.  I understand that there is nothing important about the top of the helmet, but the way that it gets cut off really detracts from what looks like a good card design. 

Box Value:  1.5 out of 5 stars.