Hobby
Insider Appreciation |
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First
and foremost, special thanks to Donruss for providing
us with a box of this great product. We appreciate their
support and hope you can do the same for them. This
is a great product, so please go out and buy some boxes/packs.
Be sure to check our Contest
Forum, as many of these great cards will be available
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contests provided by HobbyInsider.Net!
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Review:
2005 Leaf Century Collection Baseball (review
by Ike Newton)
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Base Card Scans |
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| Comments:
The base cards
are ok, but the black background border and the black
text makes the player's position hard to see. Designer
had good ideas, but the final result seems to have been
rushed. Nice player selection with prospects, superstars,
and hall of famers.
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Insert Card Scan(s) |
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We pulled a Post
Marks Silver insert parallel which are numbered to 100.
These should have been the colors used for the base
design. These give you the feel of the old 1990 / 1991
Leaf.
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Game Used Jersey Scan(s) |
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These are the
base position player jersey cards which are numbered
to 250 or less. The Jeff Kent is numbered /100 and seems
to have a piece of swatch from the button hole area.
The Mike Mussina is numbered out of /250.
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Stamp Scans |
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These look a
LOT better than I thought they would look. Everything
is nearly positioned. We pulled a Dave Righetti Stamps
"Olympic" Materials game used card which includes
an Olympic stamp and piece of game used material. These
are numbered to 92 or less. We also got lucky and pulled
a Harold Baines Stamps "Fields" Signature
Materials which are numbered to 34 or less. This was
close to being a prime [Primes are 1/1]. The Baines
is numbered 1/3. The stamp has a date on it (July 4,
1959).
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The
Final Verdict! |
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give this product a 5 of 5 HI Fives. Great product! Only
10 packs per box, but you get an average of 4 game used
or autographs per box. So, 1 in 2.5 packs odds ain't bad.
Rarity aside, the stamp cards are AWESOME in design. |
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