2012-13 Panini Past & Present Basketball Box Break & Review

Design: 

2012-13 Past & Present is a colorful adventure filled with today’s hottest rookies and past stars.  I think it drastically out performs last year’s set.  The best way to describe it is to say it feels like a Heritage product you’d see from Topps.  That’s what it feels like to me.

The Rise ‘N Shine cards that almost come (1) per pack look like a breakfast cereal or orange juice ad.

Forget all those popular inserts from the 90’s.  Fuzzy headbands are the future of this industry!

Price: 

Boxes are currently selling for $70.00.  Really affordable.

“Hit” Quality: 

Yeah, there are big “hits” to be found in this product, but its mainly geared towards set collectors.  Every box should have (3) autographs and a bunch of inserts.  I wish Panini would have included more photo variations.

I pulled the following:

Autos

• Iman Shumpert Rookie Auto
• Dana Barros Elusive Auto
• Jeff Malone Elusive Auto

Winning Touch Banners

• Bill Russell #19
• Kenny Smith #15

Raining 3’s

• Klay Thompson #7
• Chandler Parsons #11

Headbands

• Chris Anderson #17
• Zach Randolph #2
• LeBron James #12

Shattered

• Shannon Brown Player Standouts #41
• Dwight Howard Player Standouts #26
• Anthony Davis #32

Treads

• Carmelo Anthony #30
• Vince Carter #9
• Brandon Knight #26
• Kobe Bryant #24
• Dirk Nowitzki #15

Other Notable Cards

• Deron Williams SP Variation #12
• Anthony Davis Rise ‘N Shine #64
• Damian Lillard RC #249

Overall: 

Overall, I give 2012-13 Past & Present 4 basketballs out of 5 (1=poor & 5=perfect).  It was quite entertaining to open, but I would have liked to have seen more photo variations.  Set collectors should really enjoy putting this set together.