Buzz 12 in 12: Busting 1992 Pro Line football cards (Hour 12)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 12.

The box: 1992 Pro Line football cards (hobby box -- look for silver stripe at bottom ... not gold)
The cost: Will vary when found -- get new football boxes here

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Packs per box: 36
Cards per pack: 12
Cards in this box: 432
Proline Portraits set completion: 
95 of 169 (56 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Proline Profiles set completion: 
316 of 504 (63 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on Profiles/Portraits cards – Bill Cowher, Brian Jordan, Ronnie Lott, Thurman Thomas, Roger Staubach, Jerry Rice, Sterling Sharpe, Anthony Munoz, Art Shell, Don Shula, Joe Gibbs, Junior Seau, Jack Kemp, Troy Aikman, John Elway, Boomer Esiason, Michael Irvin, Steve Largent, Bruce Smith, Derrick Thomas, Eric Dickerson, Howie Long, Mike Singletary, Jim Kelly, Warren Moon, Deion Sanders, Lawrence Taylor, Randall Cunningham, Mike Ditka, Art Monk, Mike Holmgren, Fred Biletnikoff, Otto Graham, Tony Dorsett, Sonny Jurgensen, Jay Novacek, Al Davis, Frank Gifford, Joe Montana, Ken Stabler

Inserts: 20 (all in gallery below with a ton of base cards)
Quarterback Gold (3) – Bernie Kosar, Dan Marino, Jim Kelly
NFL Spirit (11) – Karen Lott, Diana Ditka, Faith Cherry, Linda Seifert, Kaye Cowher, Ortancis Carter, Mitzi Testaverde, Robin Swilling, Cindy Noble, Dainnese Gault, Carole Hinton
Pro Line Portraits Collectible (1) – The Gifford Family
Team NFL (1) – Isiah Thomas
Checklists (4) 

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Proline Portraits Autographs (1) – Dick Butkus

What's Buzz-worthy: No mis-wrapped and extra packs like last time -- this was a standard box in every way except that it delivered another autograph of a Hall of Famer. (Confession: I had three others I bought last fall with the biggest name being a Keith Byars.) I liked how my botched box from a previous 12 in 12 over-delivered on a number of fronts, but this one is a comfortable box that's full of the energy and fun that was early Pro Line releases. These days? It's ultimately about the ink and some big potential -- a guaranteed auto per box (as long as it has the silver stripe). ... As said before, this one is a favorite of mine from this era -- and maybe beyond.  There's a lot of creative cardboard you find here that snubs its nose at traditional card sets. The Portraits set is a continuation of the 1991 release in its numbering and feel, while the Profiles take 56 players and tell their stories in nine-card chunks (card pages) at a time. Those are a mix of action, off-field, historic and other oddball photos as well as a painting card with stats for the center pocket of the page. ... There are a ton of big and odd finds here including cards for NFL players' wives as well as certified autographs for NFL fans like Muhammad Ali, Milton Berle and Don Mattingly. Ink here was heavily faked in the years after Pro Line's creators closed things up -- sheets without autos and card numbers as well as crimpers have made ink here suspect at times unless you pull them yourself. Other years of Pro Line aren't as creative and don't always pack an autograph in every box and those are reasons why these boxes aren't as easy to find. ... If you can find autos that look good or are professionally graded, the prices might be better than you think.

Product Grade: A+ (don't @ me)
Box Grade: A+
Fun Grade: A-

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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