Premier Gold 2013 - Barclay's Premier League
10 mini boxes - 5 cards per mini box
5 Autos and 5 Relics in each box!!
I received the following:
28 base cards (14% of the 200 card base set)
This futbol issue is pretty cool. The cards are printed on bright white glossy stock with HD action photos. The reverse has a 3 season records, personal stats, and a write up of the player's history with futbol.
This base set might prove to be a bit of a hill to climb - only 14% of the 200 card set was received in this box. One will need to pick up about 6-7 boxes to have enough for a complete base set.
Inserts
Tough Tacklers - 4x
Midfield Maestros- 1x
TT - L. Baines, J. Collins, C. Davies, G. Johnson
MM - J. Wilshiere
Parallels
6 Green #ed to 99
R. vanWolfswinkel
G. Johnson
P. Cisse
C. Adam
MM --
D. Gibson
Y. Bolasie
1 Gold #ed to 11
Matthew Etherington
Relics
T. Krul
B. Guzan
A. Hughes
M. Fellani
C. Benteke
Autos
Star Players
S. Sinclair
S. Gerrard
Future Stars
Y. Bolaisie
J. Howson
International Icons
J. Barnes
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The simple fact that one receives 5 autos and 5 relics - guaranteed - per box is very good. Hopefully, this will continue in future issues from Topps. I do believe that a few more common base could have been added to each of the mini boxes....
I like the advertising on the jerseys of the players and believe that our pro teams - MLB, NFL, NBA, MLS should all adopt the practice - even college sports to offset some of the expenses in college sports ( sorry, I digress....)
The autos are all stickers and blue Sharpee. The cards are designed for this and I think they look very good.
Overall grade A- need a few more base/common cards in the box for the set builder.
Go buy several boxes and report back how close you are to a base set.
Duane
