2013-14 Panini Innovation Basketball Cards

Very nice cards. Really enjoyed the variation of inserts. Stained glass, clear view, die cut etc. The on card autos of old greats (although not low numbered) add value to the product. The prime patch cards are of good quality. Veteran patch autographs (non prime) are also very nice. Overall this is a great product.

I reckon this product is more skewed to a high end product.

Is it worth it? It depends if you got a Lakers, Celtics or Knicks in a random box break.

The good: inserts are well designed. The one that stood out was the starters. Imagine if Panini improved this with championship teams from 2000 up to present. Even for a non-auto or non-memorabilia. That would make people happy in collecting such a product.

The bad: one auto per box and your probability of landing a good one is relatively difficult. If you do land a good auto, then good for you. But chances are if you open a case, you can get one that is relatively worth it.

This was one of my favorite sets last year
because of the different inserts. Frankly,
with the other card companies out of the
basketball mix, inserts have been relegated to
numbered parallels. So it is refreshing to see
some genuine inserts with different designs
like there was in the 90s.

With the so called ‘promos’, there will be more cards to chase. From a personal perspective, I don’t care for the comic book Kaboom cards. I wish for the case hit that Panini would have done something less juvenile and more sophisticated. I agree with Hallco that this set would have been better off in a lower end product so kids had accessibility to Kaboom.

Presently, I am bidding and buying but have
not seen any of these cards in ‘person’. The
Legend Starters look awesome and I like the
stained glass cards and the design distinction
for the rookies. The gold parallels look fun
and I hope they are realistically obtainable.

The ‘All Rookie’ set for this year looks like
a step down from last year.

I hope that Panini pushes the envelope for
attractive, cutting edge base cards and inserts. Think of the first EX base set, which
it looks like Panini is slightly imitating here.
That’s great, but be bolder!

I enjoy Innovation a lot. I hope it is used by
Panini to use cutting edge technology for
the product for years to come.

I really liked the “Clear View” cards from 12-13 and will be looking forward to see how these look. I already like the Stained Glass insert design better than last years. If Panini would put out low end packs(cheap and in retail stores)with cards that look like the Kaboom insert…they would probably bring in lots of young collectors who otherwise will probably never see(let alone own) a card like that! Why put that in a “Mid- to High-End Basketball Card” set?