2013 ESP Elite NRL Cards Thread (Updated 5/8/13)

jre_81 said:
What a joke half of the future force will never really be known. Buderus prince shillington sigs lol. Not to mention as a doggies supporter Keating/turner haven't really played all year and even got taupau in there!!! Brown! None of these should be in the 9... Definitly lost interest in collecting nrl cards. Even dynamic in the 90's had more thought for fans/collectors, this is just about making money for esp... Who suck at nrl cause they know sfa!
Did these guys try make cricket cards once??? Lol

On a positive the Triple threats are well selected and most of the league sensation sigs look pretty good.
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What's to lol about over Buderus? Second best Knights player ever, total club legend.
 
nznrl said:
This for me too. It is all well and good for case buyers etc, but it is too big a lottery for me to gamble this much money again on individual boxes. I've bought 5 boxes, which like James is a week's wage for me. I didn't enjoy ESP 2012 because I was dreading not finding anything the whole way through busting packs, and didn't buy a box of PP or Traders for the same reason. There has to be a hit in every box otherwise you cut off a lot of the faithful smaller-time hobbyists. I've never been able to buy the high end sigs, but have always bought a box, collected numbered Top Prospect/FF sets, predictors etc and been very happy. Those that call me a whinger either have too much money or are compulsive gamblers!

I could well bust 5 sigs in my 5 boxes but that won't change my mind for next time, the money is better spent elsewhere if it becomes a gamble.

Having said all that these are really nice cards, and the best range of sigs etc ever. At one a box everyone would have got something very valuable. This will be great for re-sellers.

Oh & I have never heard of the Warriors Future Star??
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Such a shame, if they'd gone one 1:72 card per box then it would have been such a brilliant release ... I'd have probaby even picked up some more boxes later if I could.
 
thenamesgould said:
Such a shame, if they'd gone one 1:72 card per box then it would have been such a brilliant release ... I'd have probaby even picked up some more boxes later if I could.
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Yep, I was looking to put more on my mortgage! I never bought more than 2 boxes in a series since I started collecting in 1991 as an 11 year old. And I have collected everything ever since. I could have an extra rental property for the money I've spent over the years... just feel a bit ripped off. I'm sure that will ease over the coming days. I guess that is the gamble of pre-release purchasing - you don't really know what your getting until it's out.
 
Yes! A BJ Lawrence card! Is it sad that the common and parallel are what I am most interested in chasing?

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One thing for absolute certain. I sure do enjoy the activity around the place when a new release first hits. This will go on for weeks, sure beats the off-season drought, and wait for the box break hysterics to start pouring in. :)..........no make that:wave:...........or even :woot:
 
Some league sensations on ebay for 750 ono. Thought bit strange they didnt get everyone to sign with same pens. Overall im pretty happy with this rekease. Looking forward to getting my boxes. Would have been good if everyone got at sake time though ill be happy when opening them up
 
Canberra's sigs are funny, Milford is a better pull than Shillington! :lol:[/quote]

I was hoping for someone other than Shillo but I suppose aside from Fergo and Papa he is the most recent SOO rep and only international rep and being a rep player seems to be the theme for this set!

Very excited about Milford, very biased but best future star sig in the set!!

I can't wait to pull the #1 from my box...
 
The Mad Hatter said:
No Sam Burgess, Steve Matai, Jarryd Mullen, David Campese, Jarrod Croker common.
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Not too surprised about David missing from this set haha ;)

Thinking Campo missing might be because he was out for most of last year, and maybe they couldn't find a photo they liked (I assume they use images from 2012)? Can't think of any other reason for leaving out a captain...
 
Well today is the day, feeling a bit sorry for the guys in qld that might not get them till tomorrow

Actually no who am i kidding, im nor sorry at all!

Goodluck and happy busting to everyone
 
thewahaman said:
Not too surprised about David missing from this set haha ;)

Thinking Campo missing might be because he was out for most of last year, and maybe they couldn't find a photo they liked (I assume they use images from 2012)? Can't think of any other reason for leaving out a captain...
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The photos are from early 2013. There would be no Campese because he didn't return until later in the season.
 
thenamesgould said:
The photos are from early 2013. There would be no Campese because he didn't return until later in the season.
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That's what I thought too.

As a Raiders fan I'm quite happy with the selections. 6 out of the 9 players in this set weren't in the first one. I'd rather get new players than the same ones over and over again.
 
Victor The Viking said:
That's what I thought too.

As a Raiders fan I'm quite happy with the selections. 6 out of the 9 players in this set weren't in the first one. I'd rather get new players than the same ones over and over again.
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Yeah, seems like they've done a few from the first set and the rest are newbies for the Knights - I like it too!
 
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