The Product of the Year

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 I watch YouTube videos of people opening sports cards because it allows for a couple of things. One, I get to live vicariously through them as there is little chance I'll open some of the high end stuff they do. And two, sometimes I come upon a good tip that I get to act upon. One such occurrence happened last week when one of the content creators was opening 2025 Panini Revolution Football Premium boxes. To say these boxes are loaded is an understatement. You get one guaranteed autograph (numbered no higher than /299) plus multiple numbered cards in each box. The numbered cards are pretty consitently low numbered, as the worst is /99. That means this product has a low print run. These are technically retail products but they feel much more like hobby boxes in my opinion. In fact, I'd argue that you get more value in one of these for $130 than you would out of a $400 hobby box. To wit;

My haul from the two boxes combined was as follows:

Rome Odunze auto /50

Treveyon Henderson rookie auto /299

Case Hit (ultra rare) Matthew Golden rookie variation

Elijah Arroyo rookie /10

Brian Burns /15

RJ Harvey rookie /18

Mason Graham rookie /20

Shadeur Sanders rookie /20

Luther Burden rookie /30

Courtland Sutton /49

Tyjae Spears /60

Jaydon Blue rookie /99

Xavier Worthy /99

Amon-ra St. Brown /99

Heath Miller /99

All this from 2 boxes. 24 packs. I made way more than my money back. My wife already bought be two more boxes for Christmas and it was just in time as they sold out. Thse boxes are going to be $300 a piece in the near future.





This is considered a "low end" set but in my opinion it's underrated and tbe cards look excellent. Easily the best product I opened in recent memory in terms of hit rate. 

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