Always like to introduce new sets represented in a purchased lot, and that's what we get today - a whole bunch of retail cards from 2023 Panini Absolute football.
The cards are on a flat white background, versus the hobby versions which are shiny cards, but the design is pretty good for having no "real" background to the posed shot. I like the use of the team colour and logo to provide the background makes for a pretty and consistent team set.
As for the players represented, I don't think there was any plucking of stars given we have that Mahomes guy and Josh Allen in the first bunch.
I don't think I will ever really become a fan of Panini products, they just seem to be so messy with checklists and inserts/parallels. I mean Topps and Upper Deck definitely have a lot of those items too, but you know clearly what the odds are, almost always, for what you get, and the details of the product are clear.
I get there is some "mystery" in not knowing how likely some stuff is when buying Panini, but if I don't want to know details beforehand, I just won't look it up. After the fact though, I want to know everything about the product, checklist, odds, print run, etc.
Standard fare for the back, though I'd lose the logo spot and make a wider action shot instead of just a headshot, but good otherwise.
The first 100 cards of the base set are what I'd call the "pure" base set, as the second hundred cards are all rookies. Of course then, prospecting collectors hold onto all the rookie cards, waiting to see who becomes money, while I sit with these sets started and for trade, but none of the rookies - even the cheap ones for those that didn't make it very far.
I guess getting more than half the pure base set in one go like this isn't too bad if I were to collect football, but not my thing.
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