Im with you Norm! I Know we are in the minority but I love some of the stuff to come out of exquisite, Flawless felt exactly like last year and well like nearly all the other products it is getting very tiresome!
At the moment there is no comparison for exquisite..... in saying that flawless has made a nice start in the market, and with further exclusive signings and limited print run who knows!
Also Immac almost needs to be in the discussion with flawless as it's so much fun to bust and has so much potential moving forward... (Ie: logoman, nameplates etc)
If there were Lebron and Jordan autos in flawless I really do think the voting will be a bit different.
I love some exquisite designs but at the same time some are pretty bad, same as flawless some are really nice and some not, but for the time difference exquisite is in front for me having a extra 5+years over flawless
But people are forgetting that Exquisite set the standard and was the first set that was mostly high end Patches and Autos.
Immaculate has nothing new (except the Soles, which I really rate), all of their designs have been taken from Exquisite and Ultimate. Especially those Horizontal Patch Autos in GarnettFanForLife's sig. Similar copy from the 08/09 Limited Logos.
So I'm sorry, but a copied design cannot beat out the original.
Flawless is an original design, is classic and neat looking, but for me it lacks colour and design also. Too much white and add to that the stupid prices of cases, but I do like it. I'm looking at an AD Auto from Flawless.
Exquisite just has more classic card, LL, EE and rookie RPA's. A lot more colour and unique sets compared with Flawless basic white designs for everything.
exquisite by far...flawless is nice but a little bland at the same time...not enough variation with flawless, thought the diamond cards are pretty cool and I think have some long term value...