Group Break 2013 Announcement: Two Boxes of 2012 Panini Prizm

Color me intrigued by Panini Prizm.  I know that it's unlicensed and was released in 2013, but it still has cards from the rookie year of Bryce Harper and Yu Darvish (with a creative RC logo, I might add).   And that's what matters in the long run.  Who cares that 1993 Stadium Club Murphy was released in 1992?  Does anyone remember the RC vs XRC controversy of 1996-97 Bowman's Best basketball (as recounted ad nauseum on the AOL sports cards message boards)?  The point is that in a few years, it will still say 2012 on the box and very few will remember that it was released in April 2013 with the previous year's label.

 There are sticker autographs (two per box), but for once, I think the draw is the inserts and parallels in this product.  The Prizms look pretty spectacular in person; they are like a more foily version of a chrome refractor...those should fall three per box.

I've decided to go simple....choose one team and one random team for $16, a second slot of two teams for $13.  (Paypal a gift to drauer at wustl dot edu).  You can either send me an email, leave a comment, or send me a DM on the Twitter.  As an upside, you get to see my hands on video....that may be overstating things...

And here's some basketball Prizm cards that I was lucky enough to stumble upon in Target a couple months ago.    Just like the basketball issue, the baseball issue will have a mixture of rookies, veterans, and stars of the past in the base set.  I was lucky to pull an Anthony Davis rookie and a green Prizm (retail only) in my packs. Who would be the equivalent of Dennis Rodman in baseball?

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Group Break 2013 Idea: Panini Prizm Baseball Case

Hello intrepid readers of the card.  I have been looking around at group break possibilities and I've think I've found the one I'm looking for.

I've run only two group breaks (mostly because I don't have the time to put them together).  The one in 2011 was a success with a wide variety of boxes and participants.  The one in 2012 was also a success, though there were only 4 participants in the end due to the high buy-in (also it was almost all hits).

I think this will be a happy medium between the two.  Prizm basketball was an unqualified success and Prizm football was pretty warm received at the start. Baseball will probably be on the level of football, so it still qualifies as a "2012" product for some reason.  This means rookies of Darvish, Harper, Chen, Cespedes, etc....

There are 12 boxes per case with 20 packs per box and 6 cards per pack.  Each box gets two autos and three prizms (the chrome refractor of Panini).  There is an off-chance at a gold Prizm (#d to 10, probably 1 every 2 or 3 cases).

The checklist is a mixture of veterans, rookies, and retired players with an Elite Extra Edition insert/auto tie-in.

The slots will be by team.  I'm thinking a $25 deposit to hold down a spot, and then when the release comes next month, payment will be due in full.  The teams will be set up in tiers at the end (I haven;t yet figured out the tiers; they will be set up based on auto odds, # of cards in the checklist, etc).

Here's the link to the checklist for your perusal. Panini Prizm Checklist

Leave your interest in the comments for which team you would like and that will give you first shot at your team if the break happens.  Please don't send the deposit until I post again.  This is to gauge interest.

Spring breaks=case breaks

Who's in?