I was trading emails with fellow Minnesota Football Card Collector and new TheFootballCardBlog.com reader Daryl last night and this morning, and he dropped a bit of a big one on us when he said:
“I did go to [unnamed local card shop] a couple weeks ago it was the only card store I was able to find and I bought a pack of 2008 Sage Hit and pulled a Matt Ryan Gold Autograph out of it.”
Somehow, 2008 Sage Hit hit the shelves in the last couple weeks, and I didn’t even know it. Granted, Sage Hit has never been something I’ve bought, other than a few packs mixed in with the re-packed retail sucker boxes I’ve bought–but you know what this news meant–I happened to find myself in the neighborhood of said unnamed card shop this afternoon, and grabbed a box.
Some quick details–each box features 6 autographs (on average), and ALL CARDS ARE INSERTED (NO REDEMPTIONS!)! There are 30 packs in a box, five cards in a pack, and one insert per pack.
There are 50 base cards, silver and gold inserts, a base auto and a silver auto that aren’t numbered, a gold auto #’d to 250, a Saturday Colors insert and a Saturday Colors Auto #’d to 100, “Make-Ready” inserts #’d to 50, Write Stuff insert and Write Stuff Autos #’d to 25, and randomly inserted 1/1 printer plates and autographed printers plates.
So how’d I fare?
Base cards:
Singles: 2
Doubles: 31
Triples: 12
Quadruples: 5 (including Matt Ryan–maybe Sage HIT somehow got me a loaded box?)
Inserts:
Silver: 10, no duplicates
Gold: 3, no duplicates
Saturday Colors: 6, John David Booty, Matt Ryan, Dennis Dixon, Early Doucet, Derrick Harvey, Jamaal Charles
The Write Stuff: 3, Brian Brohm, John David Booty, Early Doucet
HIT Hits:
Base Auto: 3, Kevin O’Connell, Xavier Adibi, Lawrence Jackson
Silver Auto: 1, Brian Brohm
Gold Auto: 1, Kalvin McRae, #217/250
Saturday Colors Auto: 1, Derrick Harvey, #84/100
Make Ready: 2, Sam Baker, magenta, #05/50; and Bernard Morris, yellow, #31/50
My Take:
I’m not all that impressed, but I guess I’m not suprised. The design of the base cards, combined with some of the limited/poor photography choices for some guys makes the cards just look dirty.
I actually like most of the inserts and autos–sharp designs and photos, but I don’t think I’ll be buying any more of Sage HIT, especially since I already have almost two complete sets of the base cards. Especially not at what I paid for this box.
