2010 Donruss Elite Football
2010 Donruss Elite Football is a high-quality, always much anticipated product every year!
Set Features;
Configuration: 20 packs per box. 5 cards per pack.
PER BOX ITEMS:
(4) Autograph or Memorabilia Cards (at least one autograph)
(4) Rookies
(1) Parallel
(1) Zoning Commission
(1) Prime Targets
(1) Stars
(1) Elite Series
(1) Chain Reaction
(1) NFL Shield
(1) Team Logo
(2) Others
CASE BREAK
LOOK FOR ONE OR MORE OF FOLLOWING AUTOGRAPHS: Peyton Manning, Joe Namath, Brett Favre, Emmitt Smith, Drew Brees, Jimmy Clausen, Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow, C.J. Spiller, Ryan Mathews, Jonathan Dwyer and/or Rookie NFL Shield/Team Logo!
HIGHLIGHTS
- Top 2010 NFL Rookies With Autographed Parallels # to 499 Or Less!
- Rookie NFL Shield & Team Logos Featuring Parallel On-Card Autographs!
- Passing The Torch & Throwback Threads Dual Autograph Cards!
- Super Bowl XLIVAutographs And Material Cards!
CARD SETS
Base Set (100)
Commons / Rookies
Die Cut Parallels:
Aspirations (Max # to 99 or less)
Status (Max # to 99 or less)
Black Status (# to 24)
Aspirations Signatures (# to 49)
Status Signatures (# to 24)
Black Status Signatures (# to 1)
Printing Plates Parallels:
- Magenta #'d to 1
- Cyan #'d to 1
- Yellow #'d to 1
- Black #'d to 1
Down & Distance Red Zone Materials Prime Signatures (Max # to 10 or less)
Zoning Commission Gold (20)
Prime Targets Gold (20)
Parallels:
PT Black (# to 99)
PT Red (# to 49)
PT Jerseys (MAX # to 299 or less)
PT Jerseys Prime (MAX # to 50 or less)
Passing the Torch Red (15)
Parallels:
PT Green (# to 99)
PT Blue (# to 49)
PT Autos (MAX # to 25 or less)
Stars Gold (20)
Parallels:
Stars Black (# to 99)
Stars Red (# to 49)
Stars Gold Jerseys (MAX # to 299 or less)
Stars Black Jerseys Prime (MAX # to 50 or less)
Elite Series Red (25)
Parallels:
ES Green (# to 99)
ES Jerseys (MAX # to 299 or less)
ES Jerseys Prime (MAX # to 50 or less)
ES Blue (# to 49)
Chain Reaction Gold (20)
Parallels:
CR Black (# to 99)
CR Red (# to 49)
CR Jerseys (MAX # to 299 or less)
CR Jerseys Prime (MAX # to 50 or less)
Throwback Threads (20)
Parallels:
TT Autos (MAX # to 25 or less)
TT Prime (MAX # to 50 or less)
TT Prime Autos (MAX # to 10 or less)
Down and Distance Materials (50)
Parallels:
D & D Materials Signatures (MAX # to 25 or less)
D & D Red Zone Materials Prime (MAX # to 50 or less)
NFL Shield
Parallels:
NFL Shield Signatures (MAX # to 100 or less)
NFL Team Logo (# to 999)
NFL TL Signatures (MAX # to 100 or less)
Super Bowl XLIV (10)
SB XLIV Signatures (MAX # to 44 or less)
SB XLIV Materials (MAX # to 299 or less)
SB XLIV Materials Prime (MAX # to 44 or less)
Here's what we pulled in our box of 2010 Donruss Elite Football.
Base Cards, Parallels and Inserts;
Nice simple elite design and foil board technology, always make this a high-quality collectable set. The front simply has the product name and players name, position and team. The back has a short bio along with interesting information about the player. Here's what the Ronnie Brown card says on the back;
"The No. 2 draft pick in 2005, Brown has averaged more than 800 yards rushing and 250 yards receiving in his five NFL seasons. In 2006, he rushed for a career-best 1,008 yards (his only 1,000 yard season). Yet it was 2008 when he posted a career-best 10 touchdowns."
The Brown card is a little off-cut from left to right, but it is the only one in the break that is.
Here is the insert breakdown from this break;
- Elite Series Adrian Peterson /999
- Chain Reaction Peyton Manning /999
- Zoning Commission Mike Sims-Walker /99
- Prime Targets Vincent Jackson /999
- Stars Michael Turner /99
- SuperBowl XLIV Darren Sharper /999
Rookie and Rookie Parallel Cards;
The rookies are of the same design, but are a chrome version compared to the base veteran foil board. We pulled our four base rookies in this break, but wish there were more. Along with the four base rookies we also pulled a die-cut Ndamukong Suh /93, and NFL plain shield Eric Decker /999 and a plain team logo of Ryan Mathews /999.
Game-Used Cards;
2010 Donruss Elite has actual game worn jerseys in the product, which makes it a little more attractive than event used jerseys. The Calvin Johnson of the Detroit Lions is a Chain Reaction piece and is numbered /299. The Brent Jones is a Throwback Threads piece and is also numbered /299. Both are nice pieces, but a patch on one of them would have been great.
Autographed Cards;
2010 Donruss Elite offers at least one autographed card per box. We pulled two autographed versions, so we beat the odds somewhat. The players we pulled are Derrick Morgan of the Tennessee Titans, via Georgia Tech, numbered to /499 and Ben Tate of the Houston Texans, via Auburn (plain NFL shield oncard auto). The Morgan is completely on sticker and has no bubbling or breaks in it. The Tate is on card which make s it more appealing to most collectors.
Final Thoughts on 2010 Donruss Elite Football;
2010 Donruss Elite Football is a favorite of many collectors as they have a wide variety of autographed cards every year. The most favorite of mine being the Passing The Torch dual autographed set. While we didn't pull any of those high-collectibles, we did manage to pull two autographed cards in our break. Derrick Morgan was a high 1st round pick (16) this year and Ben Tate was a solid 2nd round pick that could be a great back for the Texans.
I was only dissapointed with the amount of base rookies in the box. I would like to see at least one in every other pack for this to be a real go to product for me every year. With that said, Elite has withstood the test of time, and is a great set every year and is very sought out by collectors.
These boxes can usually be had for between $80 and $110 on most sites that I have checked. The $80 was on ebay and was a great buy at that price point.
Here's how I would rate this product, based on what we experienced during our break;
- Value = 4
- Innovation = 4
- Fun and Experience = 5
- Rebuy Value = 4
I rate this product a "B+" for Panini!
NPN Information;
Mail to;
NPN 2010 Donruss Elite Football
2300 E. Randol Mill
Arlington, TX 76011-6333
Postmarked by, September 01, 2010
I would like to thank Panini and Trader Retreat for giving me the opportunity to review this new product.
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