2013 Panini Rookies & Stars Football Cards

5 boxes worked no sets completed 70-80% of cards below #100….not pleased.

This set is a lot of fun to collect, the photography is very impressive, and I enjoyed pulling value packs with substantial rookie base cards in them. Awesome product to get at a cheap price.

I wanted to share my most recent break. I went to Target and found a hobby box that was a “Target Exclusive” product. The box was a 2013 Panini Rookies and Stars Longevity. I assumed it was a completely different product from Rookies and Stars.

Yes, and no. Yes, in that Longevity offers the collectors a little bit of an upgrade on the hits as well as the base cards. No, in the fact that Longevity base and rookie cards are identical to Rookies and Stars.

The differences fall into one basic fact in that the cards have all been produced with a foil design. This carries over into the rookie cards as well. To be honest, I personally feel that this makes the cards look like a higher end product. For the price point, Longevity is worth the purchase!

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I’ve shared our breaks of ’13 RS on CCW forum “Football Showcase”. A member has already inquired on our Kniles Davis Crusade for a trade. I unfortunately had to decline as Mrs. Toshi and I want to keep that card in our PC! That’s how much we love the look of Crusade! I think if I did trade it, Mrs. Toshi would “Freak Out” on me, and my Labor Day holiday would be disconcerting at best! LOL!

After Mrs. Toshi and I opened our packs, we both concluded that the most attractive and eye catching card in the whole set is the “Crusade” insert. I think I recall that it looks like a panini basketball product. Nice base cards, some very attractive inserts, and as always the hits satisfies us both. A great facelift from last years ’12 RS!

R&S has seen some significant tweaks since last year’s release.
The base cards are exceptionally garish, IMO; large lettering denoting the team name w/the player’s name is small font on the bottom. They’re certainly bright, and I find them to be almost childish whereas a product such as Topps Football places a much greater emphasis upon photography and action shots.
This product is all about the auto’s & mem’ cards. Clearly, this year’s rookie class doesn’t approach the past 2 years’ in depth or star power. Nevertheless, athletes such as E.J Manuel, Eddie Lacy, Gio Bernard, Cordarelle Patterson, Tavon Austin, sleeper Christine “that’s a girl’s name” Michael, Robert Woods and Markus Wheaton show great promise…& beautiful auto-patch cards of these dudes abound. The inclusion of the “Crusade” parallel is curious, but they’re as sharp-looking as the auto’d “Slideshow” cards are imaginative.
The bottom line with R&S is that for $100 you can pull some really interesting & downright valuable cards… I pulled a sweet 1/C Mike Glennon auto-jersey /99, a Champ Bailey “Ruby Longevity” auto /49, a Ryan Nassib base auto & a Justin Hunter 1/C jersey card. For a C-note? that’s a pretty solid haul, especially if Glennon supplants Josh Freeman as the Bucc’ starter.
Every box regardless of the product is a gamble, but like most of Panini’s releases… the company continues to push the print-tech boundaries and offers nice value for a modest box price.

I like this set a lot great looking , however there isn’t enough crusade inserts in a box.

Honestly disappointed in this product. It has a VERY GOOD selection of parallels, however it just does not have anything really new ? Jumbo jerseys, I would have liked to see a different subsets this year. I pulled a SICK BARKLEY PATCH AUTO, but it just has the same feel. Don’t care for the base much either !

Grant it, I did pull a Tyler Eifert 10/10 2clr sweet jumbo patch/auto in my first pack bust of a partial box which was completely full, but I really like the look of the base and rookie cards iin there this year! They look awesome as well as those Crusade “valliant” looking parallels.

That “Crusade” insert bears a striking resemblance to the Leaf Valiant base auto set (just w/o the autos, of course). Hmm…