Buzz Break: 2012 Panini Americana Heroes & Legends

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The box: 2012 Panini Americana Heroes & Legends trading cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (this and other options)

Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this lot: 8
Cards in this box: 65
Base set completion: 
60 of 125 (48 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – George Washington, Frankin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Carli Lloyd, Eileen Collins, Dick Gordon, Tommie Smith, Lisa Fernandez, Carly Patterson, Kerri Strug, Bob Beamon, Dick Fosbury, Dan Gable, Katie Hoff, Bruce Jenner

Insert/short-print cards: 4 (all inserts and some base in gallery below)
Astronauts (1) – Sally Ride
U.S. Women's Soccer (1) – Heather O'Reilly
U.S. Women's Soccer Teammates (1) – Amy LePeilbet & Kelley O'Hara
Olympics (1) – Jim Thorpe

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Elite Materials (1) – Hoot Gibson (/425)

What's Buzz-worthy: Buzz picked this one up at the same time as a 100-pack lot so we could compare the breaks -- and there's really no comparison, though there is a hit guaranteed in every blaster here. ... As said before, this isn't my favorite of the past Americana sets -- in fact, it might be near the bottom of the list since soccer and presidents aren't my thing -- but at the price it's definitely worth the rip for its potential. There are some huge potential finds here on the hobby side -- check out the asking prices on autos from this set -- but ink isn't as easily found in these retail packs. (Boxes indicate autos are possible but the wrappers don't offer particulars.) You're mostly looking at rarer parallels, inserts and memorabilia cards here. The product is basically built from these groups -- past presidents (they're all in there), notable military veterans such as the Tuskegee Airmen, Astronauts and other NASA notables, a heavy presence for the U.S. women's soccer team and other notable Olympians from the past. The hobby wax for this one has largely dried up but the notable soccer stars here have powered interest. Even their base cards have sold -- team set lots in bulk -- for more than you might think for this one. Astronauts also have a decent collecting base as do politicians and others off the typical collector radars. The memorabilia cards here also have parallels, which can add to the demand for names that, again, you might not expect to hold as much value. Meanwhile a number of people in this set don't have any other autographs or memorabilia cards -- or even base cards -- that will help the potential interest, too.

Product Grade: B
Box Grade: B
Fun Grade: B

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