2014-15 Panini Prestige Basketball Cards

I really like this set (s) … since there are different levels. The cards are very attractive get better with each level upwards … the game worn relic type cards are my favourites. Over-all two thumbs up!

The Premium Boxes deliver huge hits and tons of inserts. One of the best values on the market right now.

Oh, and yes I’m a little bitter. The auto I pulled is Carrick Felix-a 2nd year guy who shouldn’t even have autographed cards inside of a legitimate product. Looks good when you can advertise “10 autographs per box!!”—until you find out that it’s Billy Bob Blowsnutz and his 9 brothers. What a money-grab by Panini…

Where are all these positive reviews coming from? Have you guys not looked at the “Bonus Shots” Autograph checklist? Tons of 2nd round picks who aren’t even ROOKIE 2nd-round picks. The precise definition of junk autos!

Panini just keeps getting lazier with every passing year. There are too many parallel series in this set. I get that they don’t want to pay photographers and graphics artists any more than they have to but…this is just ridiculous. I don’t really care if the same card is represented in set out of /1,/5, /10, or 100…at the end of the day the day it is the same card. Why not have inserts sets like they had in the 90’s and early 2000’s. Panini is killing the hobby…with the garbage they keep putting out there at exuberant prices. Also they use the same photographs across multiple product lines which makes it so boring to collect more than one of their sets. I wish the NBA would allow more than one card company to participate in the hobby so that we don’t get these inferior lazy ass products

What the heck are people thinking on this product?! I went ahead and bought 4 “plus” boxes after reading all the good reviews. I just don’t give a product good or bad reviews off of one box. Anyone can get lucky or unlucky. But after opening 4 plus boxes, the only thing I could think of was ‘what a huge waste of money’!

4 Boxes = Only 5 craptacular autographs and 7 memos. My amazing autos were Ryan Kelly, Gary Harris, Steven Adams, and two from Thanasis Antetokounmpo. Let me tell ya, that is all worthless autos by players that will never be anything. I haven’t even heard of these guys and I love Basketball and even play fantasy basketball. The best card I got was a 4/10 Patrick Ewing Patch card.

I don’t even like the regular cards that much. they are hard to look at and you are constantly moving them around to see what the photo looks like in the right light.

The 2014-15 Prestige product is fantastic. It’s the only “retail” run that I’ve come across that has the feel of a “hobby” run. My son and I have purchased 3 of the 10 pack boxes and enjoyed opening each pack. My son loves the fact that we can purchase a box at target and get a numbered card in every pack. We also purchased a $10 hanger pack and scored an Andrew Wiggins Green Bonus Shots rookie card numbered 4 of 5. We’ve never had this much fun purchasing retail cards!

Really like the Prestige 2014-15. I was disappointed with Prestige 2013-14, very plain and boring. I’ve bought on box of the Premium $200 (ouch), and had some good hits. I pulled a Hakeem Olajuwon (7/7) auto card, David Thompson (out of 15) auto, Aaron Gordon on-card auto, Damian Lillard and Michael Carter-Williams jersey card out of 99 and 75. I may try a plus box from Target to see what I can get. Overall great product.

Bought many of the plus boxes and have pulled very good hits out of most. Got 2 Anthony Davis autos #/10. Both sold for over $110 on eBay. Wiggins, Parker & Exum on card autos too. Definitely one of the best years for Prestige basketball. 2 good autos and 1 memorabilia card in every plus box for $65, can’t beat that for a Panini product. Nice to see some rookie on card autos for once.

I also found the prestige blaster and hanger packs at walmart a couple days ago. I can’t remember the price for the hanger but the blaster was $20. Nice cards. I pulled an auto and a patch card

2014-15 Panini Prestige Card set nice looking cards but Panini doesn’t know when to stop!

Also I think the information posted here on Card Board Connections is incorrect. Web site says here Base Set Checklist 160 cards, not correct, out of the boxes I opened I got card #’s 196, 198, and 199 for the base set and as low as #10, so there is at least 190 in the base set if not 200!
I bought 3 boxes, one special box. Got some Prime True color cards, but not one autograph card. I got hard court inserts, franchise favorites, some Bonus Shot 99 and Connection insets as well as Pioneer inserts and a mystery rookie card.

The only disappoint from what I open is at least half of the base cards were duplicated, or doubles. Not just one card but many cards.

Also does anyone at Panini read or listen! More insert sets don’t make me buy or purchase more boxes! It just drives the value of the cards down!

Your chances of completing this set is in the range of good luck maybe never!
Also many of the insert sets are similar to the inserts in the Hoops set which just came out! What’s a matter ran out of ideas!

All in all I will finish the base set, the inserts but I will not waste the time and money on all the parallel sets and cards on this one! Not worth the $$$!

The 3 Targets near my place all had the Prestige Blaster Boxes on the shelves with the other $19.99 Blaster Boxes. Even though it was ringing up for $29.99, I told the cashier that the Prestige Blaster Boxes were on the shelves with the other $19.99 boxes. He marked it down to $19.99 for me and I bought 4 boxes. I pulled a Jabari Parker RC in my first pack I opened. The Andrew Wiggins RC came in the second pack. I got the main 2 Rookie Cards I wanted in the first box. Lets just say the second and third boxes were complete duds. The last box yielded a Johnny O’Bryant True Colors Patch #/ed 25 and a Jabari Parker Bonus Shots Purple RC #/ed 49. For the $20 I paid per box, overall I was extremely happy.

I think this product is a definite upgrade over
past years when the only thing I looked forward
to were the Prestigious Pros and Play makers.
This year, those two inserts went down a bit
in appearance compared to last year, but the
variety of base cards are much better than the
very dull previous base cards. Love the acetate
rookies. The Old School autos are a nice design,
on card and including Doug Collins was great.

Ok, so I opened 2 more premium boxes tonight…..I know, it’s a sickness !!! Lol. Still didn’t get the 4 or 5 cards I needed to complete a set (getting frustrated)!!! So yes, that brings the total up to 17 boxes of Premium I have cracked!!! Somebody stop me!!!

Ok, I may have got carried away with this product, but I have opened 15 boxes of the Premium….yes, 15!!! But I have pulled some very nice cards – Jabari Parker on card auto RC which sold for over $200 on eBay. The biggest surprise for me was a Nick Van Exel numbered 1/7 which sold for $61.00 on eBay. I thought this may get $15.00-$20.00. The only disappointing thing is I have yet to complete a full base set yet (missing 4 or 5, although do have full set of rookies)!!!

I bought a few retail packs and one of the hangar boxes. Didn’t pull much of note from the packs but do like the design overall. The “Mystery Rookies” from the hangar boxes definitely make up for the 10 card count. They are acetate cards and have a nice look. Also pulled an Embiid RC #’d to 199 and another insert. Nice cards overall, though a little pricey to build a set. Definitely looking forward to a premium box though.

Always bought Prestige annually, but this set blow my mind.

The best among all Panini product in terms for value of money.

A upgrade from their previous Prestige design. The foil tech to glossy was indeed an improvement. For Panini now listen to consumer wants.

The bad: confusing boxes especially the Premium vs the Plus. Integrating the two could have been better.

The good: design is superb. the autographs selection has improved by a thousand fold. Good choices and minimize the unnecessary autos.

Overall: Love Prestige. Buying a single box is no longer a question, it is asking how many boxes you should buy? This is a fun product that is worth it.

IMO: Best Value Panini Product for 2014.

Bought 1 Blaster 29.99 And Got Bonus Shots Carmelo Anthony 09/10, like The Design. But Retail Only And 1Rookie Per Pack, Can Get Expensive.

So far, I’ve opened three $3.99 packs and have pulled: Andrew Wiggins True Colors Prime Patch RC #/25, Zach Lavine True Colors Prime Patch RC #/25, Blake Griffin True Colors Prime Patch #/10. Not bad for $12 worth of retail cards.

I opened 2 plus boxes and 1 premium box. Very nice looking cards, but the Premium boxes are the way to go. Thicker stock, nice refractor like quality look to every card. I know they are a bit pricey but they are very nice looking. Between the 3 boxes I got 2 on card auto rookies, 5 more autos (#/15, #/75, #/99, #/175, and #/199), 4 memorabilia (Julius Randle RC #25/25, Chris Paul #61/99, James Ennis RC #072/199, and Dirk Nowitzki #53/199), and 18 numbered base parallels ranging from #/25 to #/199.

The cards look really nice, but Target sells the Blaster Boxes for $30 each which is really high. Panini’s The Knight’s Lance Blog website states that Blaster Boxes are supposed to be $20 each. All the other items besides the Blaster Boxes are accurate. Packs $4, Hanger Boxes $10, Plus Boxes $65, and Premium Boxes $200. Hopefully Target will correct this down the line. I will be patient and wait for prices to either go down or buy the set on EBAY in a few months.

I bought a blaster box tonight- 10-23-14. Cards look nice, but not $29.99 nice. Photos are nice, but blaster cards are very thin- and like so many other Panini products, you get the feel that you are NOT getting your monies worth!

Prestige was my favorite design from the 12-13 double rookie class. I was very disappointed 13-14 Prestige(yuck!). This looks great, a bit of an “Absolute” feel from the scans shown. I don’t live near a Target store, but I can make a special road trip for some of these!