stormernumber1
Non-sport Collector || Marvel mainly
So after deciding to go with the NRL and stay away from the AFL this season, I started to regret it a bit after hearing all of the positivity around the AFL and the negativity around the NRL series. So I bit the bullet and bought a box of Honours 2 to see what all the fuss was about.
Firstly my impressions - the AFL base set I dont like. The font they have used for the names on back and front is almost unreadable and doesn't look fancy, just looks poor. Then I got my first hit, one of the Brownlow Gallery. They look ok, I love the embossing, thats a really nice touch. The All Australians were an interesting choice, dont see why they went with the super thick cards, think they would have been better to use on the higher end inserts or all of the inserts. Love the design of the AAs tho, then the browlow sketch cards, fantastic really really nice finish and excellent to hold in hand. I like the brownlow distinctions and the certified signatures, to be honest apart from the base set, I love the rest of the cards, which makes me wish I had of decided to go with both AFL and NRL, I may end up buying a case of the AFL now that I have seen them.
Select have really done an excellent job with this set and despite my concerns, which was mainly around the repetitive subsets, there seems to be a large enough player base that it doesn't matter.
Anyway on with the break results!!
Brownlow Gallery:
BG52 Ivor Warne-Smith
BG58 Jaydn Bunton snr 1932
BG59 Dick Reynolds 1934
BG65 Des Fothergill 1940
BG72 Gordon Collis 1964
BG75 Peter Bedford 1970
BG76 Keith Greig 1973
BG83 Brad Hardie 1985
BG84 Greg Williams 1986
BG90 Robert Harvey 1997
BG93 Mark Ricciuto 2003
BG99 Gary Ablett 2013
All Australian:
AA5 Alex Rance
AA7 Nat Fyfe
AA12 Luke Breust
AA21 Scott Pendlebury
Brownlow Sketch
BSK54 Ivor Warne-Smith
BSK58 Haydn Nunton Snr
BSK69 Brian Gleeson
BSK83 Brad Hardie
Medal Winner
MW3 Luke Hodge
Brownlow Distinctions
BD52 Len Thompson #88/200
BD58 Malcolm Blight #002/200 low number!
Certified Signature SCS7 Cale Hooker #291/400
Club Honour Roll CHR3 Brisbane Lions #75/75 - Last number and super happy with the hit!
As a side note, do select still keep the #1 cards, so the #002 card is actually the lowest card number available? And if so what is the general consensus on increase in value for something like that?
Photos below and all cards are available for sale, I will have them updated in my main AFL sale thread in the next hour
Firstly my impressions - the AFL base set I dont like. The font they have used for the names on back and front is almost unreadable and doesn't look fancy, just looks poor. Then I got my first hit, one of the Brownlow Gallery. They look ok, I love the embossing, thats a really nice touch. The All Australians were an interesting choice, dont see why they went with the super thick cards, think they would have been better to use on the higher end inserts or all of the inserts. Love the design of the AAs tho, then the browlow sketch cards, fantastic really really nice finish and excellent to hold in hand. I like the brownlow distinctions and the certified signatures, to be honest apart from the base set, I love the rest of the cards, which makes me wish I had of decided to go with both AFL and NRL, I may end up buying a case of the AFL now that I have seen them.
Select have really done an excellent job with this set and despite my concerns, which was mainly around the repetitive subsets, there seems to be a large enough player base that it doesn't matter.
Anyway on with the break results!!
Brownlow Gallery:
BG52 Ivor Warne-Smith
BG58 Jaydn Bunton snr 1932
BG59 Dick Reynolds 1934
BG65 Des Fothergill 1940
BG72 Gordon Collis 1964
BG75 Peter Bedford 1970
BG76 Keith Greig 1973
BG83 Brad Hardie 1985
BG84 Greg Williams 1986
BG90 Robert Harvey 1997
BG93 Mark Ricciuto 2003
BG99 Gary Ablett 2013
All Australian:
AA5 Alex Rance
AA7 Nat Fyfe
AA12 Luke Breust
AA21 Scott Pendlebury
Brownlow Sketch
BSK54 Ivor Warne-Smith
BSK58 Haydn Nunton Snr
BSK69 Brian Gleeson
BSK83 Brad Hardie
Medal Winner
MW3 Luke Hodge
Brownlow Distinctions
BD52 Len Thompson #88/200
BD58 Malcolm Blight #002/200 low number!
Certified Signature SCS7 Cale Hooker #291/400
Club Honour Roll CHR3 Brisbane Lions #75/75 - Last number and super happy with the hit!
As a side note, do select still keep the #1 cards, so the #002 card is actually the lowest card number available? And if so what is the general consensus on increase in value for something like that?
Photos below and all cards are available for sale, I will have them updated in my main AFL sale thread in the next hour
