I admit I was a little dismayed by Panini taking over the NBA liscense. UD has done some great stuff with basketball, and Topps, well, Topps was either really great or really horrible.
But, after opening my first box of Panini basketball, I'm at least encouraged by what I'm seeing come out of the early attempts by Panini. But looking at upcoming releases on blowoutcards, UD has one set coming up later next year, and the rest are Panini.
I'm still planning on buying some Threads, and Studio looks like it could be a winner. My only question is, how well will Panini deal with high-end? Topps has remarkably bad high-end stuff. Just my opinion.
UD is the king of high-end, but with ebay, there really isn't an incentive to buy high-end when you can buy most singles you want for less than what a dinner out would cost you.
And Panini has released it's products correctly so far, in my opinion. Nothing too expensive, and pretty good value. Contenders is the only release they have scheduled that's going to be over 100$. And I'm a bit skeptical as to how much to plunk down on just one box from a first-year company. If both Studio and Contenders have the same amount of hits, comparable card count per box, why would I spend an extra forty for the Contenders?
I hope that Panini doesn't go the route that UD and Topps sometimes do. I'd rather see three really great releases at appropriate price points than see six or seven releases that are all kind of inter-changeable.
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