1997-98 Panini Foot Cards - Checklist

Product Breakdown:

Product: 1998 Panini Foot Cards
Theme: Ligue 1 and France National Team
Season/Year: 1997-98
Manufacturer: Panini

Total Cards: 200 - 162 Ligue 1 player cards, 18 Ligue 1 club badge cards, 18 France national team player cards and 2 checklists.

Special Inserts:

Autograph Cards: No
Memorabilia Cards: No
Parallels: No

Configuration:

Official Binder: ¿Unknown?
Pack: 8 cards
Box: 30 packs
Case: Unknown boxes

Additional Info:

The first Thierry Henry card appears in this set. Card #104, he is pictured with AS Monaco.

Images:

The checklist doubles as a tradelist/wantlist of my cards from this product.

Checklist:

The checklist doubles as a tradelist/wantlist of my cards from this product.
-Black is what I have in my PC set.
-Blue is what I have available to trade.
-Red is what I need for my set.

1993-94 Panini Bundesliga Fußball Action Cards - Checklist

Product Breakdown:

Product: 1993-94 Panini Bundesliga Action Cards
Theme: Bundesliga and Germany National Team
Season/Year: 1993-94
Manufacturer: Panini

Total Cards: 200 - 162 Ligue 1 player cards, 18 Ligue 1 club badge cards, 18 France national team player cards and 2 checklists.

Special Inserts:

Autograph Cards: No
Memorabilia Cards: No
Parallels: No

Configuration:

Official Binder: ¿Unknown?
Pack: 8 cards
Box: 30 packs
Case: Unknown boxes

Additional Info:

The first Thierry Henry card appears in this set. Card #104, he is pictured with AS Monaco.

Images:

The checklist doubles as a tradelist/wantlist of my cards from this product.

Checklist:

The checklist doubles as a tradelist/wantlist of my cards from this product.
-Black is what I have in my PC set.
-Blue is what I have available to trade.
-Red is what I need for my set.

Upcoming Topps Premier Gold Product Starts To Take Shape

Little by little more details begin to emerge about the exciting and promising 2013-14 Topps Premier Gold. Both Dave and Adams and Blowout have the product available on pre-sale with the 18th of December stated for release. Some of the signers for this product were also recently revealed with Pelé, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianfranco Zola being the biggest names confirmed so far.
The biggest name in fact, Pelé, never even played in the Premier League or old First Division as it would've been called in his day. Not that I'm complaining at his inclusion. The rest of the names confirmed so far are excellent footballers in some cases but obviously not up to par with the aforementioned legends.

Mikel Arteta - Arsenal
Jack Wilshere - Arsenal
Christian Benteke - Aston Villa
Ashley Cole - Chelsea
Leighton Baines - Everton
Tim Howard – Everton
Ashley Young -Manchester United
Kyle Walker – Tottenham Hotspur


As the list above makes clear, there's a vast majority of current top players yet to sign on to the product but there's a good chance for at least two superstars in Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie.to be in the product as their signatures already feature in 2013 Topps MLS (albeit a redemption auto) and 2013 Topps Allen & Ginter respectively.
Gareth Bale for his part also signed some 100 cards for the abysmal 2011-12 Topps EPL Match Attax so I would think his sig should be obtainable for this product as well. Even if he makes his World record transfer to Real Madrid and thus leaves the Premier League, Bale has definitely earned a place in the 'International Icon' autograph subset. After all Cristiano no longer plays in the Premiership but will nonetheless be a part of the collection so I see no reason will Bale shouldn't be as well. Can't wait for some more info on this set...

Big PC Mailday!

Originally posted on 30 June 2012.

Just picked up this sweet Rafa Márquez autographed jersey. A few of these cards had popped up on eBay before but I had missed out on them so I pounced at the chance to finally pick this one up. This card's also the last of Marquez's 3 different certified autos I had yet to add to my collection. There is one minor error - The back of the card states: "We hope you enjoy this piece of hockey history" - Massive fail!

Still an awesome card though.

Topps To Release A High-End Premier League Card Product... Finally!

It's about time a card company releases a proper high-end trading card collection as Topps is set to do with 2013-14 Topps Premier Gold. Many soccer collectors have been asking for this kind of soccer product for quite a while and fortunately Topps was listening. The few details released thus far can be read at Beckett's original article: First Look: 2013-14 Topps Premier Gold English Premier League Soccer Cards

Better start saving those pennies.