Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Chronicling

A hobby box of Chronicles this season was way too costly for me to take a chance. Even blasters were probably a no-go. But this? Just right!

Threads - PJ Washington Jr - And we're underway!
Prestige - Kevin Porter Jr
Chronicles - Kawhi Leonard - The base design for the base Chronicles. Even though it is really just one huge set with most of the designs technically being base cards.
Prestige - Kendrick Nunn 
Chronicles - Damian Lillard
Threads - Zion Williamson - There's the guy we're looking for.
Chronicles - Karl-Anthony Towns
Prestige - Cameron Johnson
Chronicles - Trae Young - A nice thing about this set is that there are a nice number of the City/alternate jerseys used for the photos.
Luminance - Darius Garland
Panini - Ja Morant - This was probably the base card I wanted most from this. Not only is it of one of the "chase" players, he's sporting the Vancouver Grizzlies throwbacks! AWESOME!
Donruss - KY Bowman
Playbook - Sekou Doumbouya

Luminance - Nickeil Alexander-Walker - The full-bleed Luminance might be my favourite set featured in Chronicles.
Panini - Jarrett Culver
Playbook - Terence Davis - I'll take this as my Raptors content, despite Terence's legal issues. Mainly because Superfan Nav is visible courtside!
Luminance - Jordan Poole
Panini - Rui Hachimura

Classics - Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Classics - Cam Reddish
Classics - Giannis Antetokoumpo
Classics - RJ Barrett - Classics are hanger box exclusives in this, and I approve of the simple, yet colourful front design, and the "Did You Know?" facts on the back.
Playbook Green - Luka Doncic
Threads Green - Sekou Doumbouya - Greens are also hanger box exclusives. Those alternate Pistons uniforms are something else. And by something else, I mean ugly.
Flux - Cam Reddish - Flux is a set making its debut in this release. I don't mind the red hues, since it does work with the Hawks unis, but likely not so nice on a team without red in its scheme.
Hometown Heroes - Cam Reddish
XR - Zion Williamson - Another Zion! And he's sporting the city uni as well. Of the two Zions in here, I think I like the Threads one more with the simple look.
Elements - Jordan Poole
Recon - Tyler Herro - Another new set. 
XR Green - Kendrick Nunn - And we end it with another parallel, and another City uniform.

Two Zions, and Ja Morant in the Vancouver look would be enough to make this a great box on their own, but throw in a few more name rookies, and some solid designs, and it is a winner. But I still wouldn't want to spend more than I did for this on a blaster or hobby box. A nice value.

I've got a whole lot of Chronicles baseball to get to as well that I got during the hiatus, but that will likely wait until next week.

2 comments:

  1. I think Chronicles would do my head on with all the different designs.

    Nice to have you back blogging btw

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  2. Crazy product. So many designs. Congratulations on pulling those key rookie cards.

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