Any info on these cards?

[spanishsahara]

Just saw these at my local newsagent today and for the life of me can't find any info on them anywhere. They're the 13/14 edition of Panini Basketball. Kind of weird that they wouldn't be around anywhere, everywhere I search, my only results come up with hoops

 

[wasportsfan1]

could it be these - http://paniniamerica.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/panini-peek-2013-14-panini-basketball/

 

[spanishsahara]

cheers for finding that man, it looks like it, but the information is different, it says hobby has 10 cards per pack, 24 packs per box and retail has eight cards per pack, 24 packs per box. the packs ive have 6 cards per pack, so a bit confusing there

 

[wasportsfan1]

yah that's what I thought and these ones I found have just come out?

 

[spanishsahara]

yeah, so it's weird to see them at the newsagent, if anywhere. T his is the ratios on the back of the pack, they weren't written anywhere on the box

 

[Maurice]

The inserts are that of 2013-14 Panini Hoops...... Weird.

 

[spanishsahara]

ok, so to make it weirder, when I busted some packs, it turns out they're exactly like Hoops, except they don't say hoops anywhere on them, for example on the hall of fame heroes cards where it normally says hoops, it just has the team name.On the base cards, the name of the player has moved from the top to the bottom (where it would normally say panini hoops) and the top now says guard, forward or center.

I would find it very hard to believe that these are fake, but I don't know what else to think with these, they're almost like templates for a future set or something. Anyway, here are some photo examples

any more thoughts?

 

[ozballer23]

ok, so to make it weirder, when I busted some packs, it turns out they're exactly like Hoops, except they don't say hoops anywhere on them, for example on the hall of fame heroes cards where it normally says hoops, it just has the team name.On the base cards, the name of the player has moved from the top to the bottom (where it would normally say panini hoops) and the top now says guard, forward or center.

I would find it very hard to believe that these are fake, but I don't know what else to think with these, they're almost like templates for a future set or something. Anyway, here are some photo examples

any more thoughts?

Identical to Hoops!

 

[spanishsahara]

The back of the cards are also identical apart from the small print in the bottom left where it says the series name, where it usuall says panini hoops, it says panini spa

 

[kenny3011]

Those are the Chinese version of 13/14 Hoops, more information here: http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/basketball/647450-2013-14-panini-nba-hoops-chinese-set.html

 

[spanishsahara]

Perfect, thanks mate that clears it all up, except I'm still not sure what my newsagent is doing with Chinese hoops!

 

[taffster74]

I bought a few packs of these from my local newsagent this morning. They are very similar to hoops, except the base cards don't have the full border.

 

[taffster74]

I spoke to my local newsagent yesterday about getting a couple of sealed boxes - I'll be picking up two next fortnight for $140 combined. I should get the complete set, but will be waiting until the beckett annual comes out this year for pricing.

 

[Fleer57]

 

[Brian Lee]

I just went through the checklist, if I read it correctly, there is no Jeremy Lin card in the set... what are they thinking?? Even though he is not as big as Yao Ming, he is still quite popular amongst Chinese people.

 

[taffster74]

I think they're only doing the starting five for most teams - it appears to be at least 135 veterans with the rest being rookies. with Lin coming off the bench... that kind of eliminates him from the set.

 

[Brian Lee]

Actually my bad, I found it on my second scan through the list, it's number 57..

For a moment, I was doubting Panini's marketing department.