Panini Blog Base-Set Veteran Variations Add Chase to 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball

[Panini Blog]

As the golden glow surrounding last week’s release of 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball continues to enchant collectors, astute set-builders and curious player collectors alike by now have discovered the existence of base-set variations for a handful of NBA veterans or retired legends.
The six players in question — Tracy McGrady, Gary Payton, Bill Walton, Shaquille O’Neal, Robert Horry and Dikembe Mutombo — have a combined 31 different base cards in the set, one for each team they played for during their decorated careers. And each of the cards has it’s own unique print run out of the stated quantity of 299.
We’ve provided the complete team and quantity breakdown below.
CARD # PLAYER TEAM POS PRINT RUN
170 Tracy McGrady Atlanta Hawks G 1/299 to 149/299
170 Tracy McGrady Toronto Raptors G 150/299 to 179/299
170 Tracy McGrady Orlando Magic G 180/299 to 225/299
170 Tracy McGrady Houston Rockets G 226/299 to 279/299
170 Tracy McGrady New York Knicks G 280/299 to 290/299
170 Tracy McGrady Detroit Pistons G 291/299 to 299/299
179 Gary Payton Seattle Supersonics G 1/299 to 199/299
179 Gary Payton Milwaukee Bucks G 200/299 to 229/299
179 Gary Payton Los Angeles Lakers G 230/299 to 249/299
179 Gary Payton Boston Celtics G 250/299 to 274/299
179 Gary Payton Miami Heat G 275/299 to 299/299
183 Bill Walton Portland Trailblazers C 1/299 to 209/299
183 Bill Walton San Diego Clippers C 210/299 to 229/299
183 Bill Walton Los Angeles Clippers C 230/299 to 259/299
183 Bill Walton Boston Celtics C 260/299 to 299/299
210 Shaquille O’Neal Orlando Magic C 1/299 to 79/299
210 Shaquille O’Neal Los Angeles Lakers C 80/299 to 149/299
210 Shaquille O’Neal Miami Heat C 150/299 to 189/299
210 Shaquille O’Neal Phoenix Suns C 190/299 to 229/299
210 Shaquille O’Neal Cleveland Cavaliers C 230/299 to 279/299
210 Shaquille O’Neal Boston Celtics C 280/299 to 299/299
213 Robert Horry Houston Rockets F 1/299 to 129/299
213 Robert Horry Phoenix Suns F 130/299 to 199/299
213 Robert Horry Los Angeles Lakers F 200/299 to 259/299
213 Robert Horry San Antonio Spurs F 260/299 to 299/299
214 Dikembe Mutombo Denver Nuggets C 1/299 to 99/299
214 Dikembe Mutombo Atlanta Hawks C 100/299 to 179/299
214 Dikembe Mutombo Philadelphia 76ers C 180/299 to 209/299
214 Dikembe Mutombo New Jersey Nets C 210/299 to 219/299
214 Dikembe Mutombo New York Knicks C 220/299 to 239/299
214 Dikembe Mutombo Houston Rockets C 240/299 to 299/299

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[WoobieZarz]

See, why do that????

You're saying that there's only 9 cards of T-Mac in a Pistons uni, and same with other players. Why not release them with the same print runs?

Doing this puts restrictions on more and more collectors trying to complete base sets.

Same goes with inserts or sets where each card/player has a different print run. I think there was a set a year or two back where 1 player in the whole set was a 1/1, and the rest were up around the /49 range. That's just stupid, IMO.

Sorry, but that sort of stuff ruins the hobby for some collectors.

I really like the idea of multiple player cards for different players, but having them with different print runs isnt a good idea, IMO.

 

[Jaames]

Damn you guys come up with some retarded shit

 

[drob50]

They do this in the 10/11 Gold Standard as well, with rodman, Maravich and Ewing having variations.

I like it!! It is a bit different in the sense of having sp cards among base!

Most people don't like the base anyway, so why not try to add something to it??

In the 10/11 release, they never actually released the print runs of each variant, so at least this time they have told us about it!!

 

[WoobieZarz]

Oh yeah it's a good move, no doubt, but limiting some cards to just 9 is crazy. Half of those cards probably won't make it to the open market (still in boxes), and the other half, people may not actually realise how limited they are.

If they're gonna do it, why not do it so that all the card variants are the same print run, as opposed to including them in the same print run.