2018-19 Panini Status Basketball Cards

I just recently bought a case each of Blasters & Hanger Boxes along with over 50 Fat Packs. I got an unbelievable deal on all of this from a local card store. I bought a blaster box from eBay back shortly after these cards 1st released.

Let me just say that what I bought came out to average $11.99 per blaster box, $6.25 per Hanger Box, & $2.25 per Fat Pack. I’ve known this seller for years though. We used to setup at local card shows so we have gotten to know each other pretty well.

He just said he ordered tons of cases of the 2018-19 Status in both blasters & Hanger Boxes along with over a thousand of the Fat Packs as well. The product initially sold well for him he told me but after a couple of weeks this product died out almost completely on sales. He just wanted to get rid of the stock from this product to make room for new products coming in.

He did give me a little better deal than most others would receive but he did have a sign posted in his store about a clearance/closeout on the 2018-19 Panini Status Basketball.

Numbered parallel cards are tough pulls from this product. However, in my case of Blasters I pulled on average ~2 per box. I also pulled 3 SSP Pursuit Cards in the case which 2 is the most I had seen mentioned before & I think the norm is only 1 per case so this was a hot case of blasters. I pulled 8 Doncic RC’s (4 of each different versions in base (#122 & #172).

A total of 100+ RC’s & 10 of those were parallels in various colors (2 numbered). My top pulls though were 2 autos (1 Draft Night of Deandre Ayton /32 & 1 New Breed Kevin Knox Pink /25). I also pulled 3 Aspirations of Mikal Bridges /75, Draymond Green /77, & Kikola Jokic /85).

The Fat Packs are not packed well at all though but I did pull a Die-Cut Pursuit SSP of RC Marvin Bagley III. The Pursuit parallel cards aren’t numbered which makes no sense at all to me.

Let me just say for what is paid for this product these cards are well worth the money spent on them even if they’re bought for regular price. The are really really nice looking cards in design & the foil makeup is very shiny & really catches the eye. Probably one of the best low end products in sport cards on the market no doubt. Panini doesn’t cheat on the cheaper price tag compared to other products either.

They package the Blasters & Hanger Boxes well. The least well packaged of the 3 types of these cards available are the Fat Packs but if you buy enough packs of them a SSP Pursuit should be pulled which will probably be worth more than what was spent on the Fat Pack Lot of cards to begin with. Especially if it’s a rookie pull.

These cards get a 5* rating from me & the only other card manufacturer that ever gets 5* ratings from me is Bowman Chrome/Draft & sometimes Spectra.

This reply is to Rene that posted on Mar 27, 2019. You asked the following question:

So if you’re chasing rookies you should go for fat packs am I right? And you’re only missing out on draft signatures and memorabilia cards?

I would say this is a yes & now answer to that question. Let me explain:

Blaster Box (40 Cards):

1 Autograph or Memorabilia Card
8 Exclusive Rookie Cards

For one Blaster Box you are getting 8 exclusive rookie cards out of 40 cards total.

Hanger Box (30 Cards):

4 Exclusive Rookie Cards

For a Hanger Box you are getting 4 exclusive rookie cards out of 30 total cards.

Fat Pack (15 Cards):

3 Exclusive Rookie Cards

For a Fat Pack you get 3 exclusvie rookie cards.

Blaster Boxes sell for $19.99 in Target stores but you can find them a few cents-$1/$2 cheaper online.

Hanger Boxes sell for ~$14.99 online & in Target stores.

Fat Packs sell for $5.95-$8.95 depending on whether you can find them at Target or online. Online has the higher price tag per Fat Pack.

Unless you can find a Lot (2+) of Fat Pack Cards for sale online for a discounted price you’re better off going with the Blaster Box if it’s rookies that you’re looking for. Remember, you get 8 of them per Blaster Box plus an auto or MEM card.

1 Blaster box will get you close to 3X in rookies to what a single Fat Pack will get you. 3 Fat Packs bought @ $5.95 in Target stores would still lead to only 1 more rookie card than a Blaster Box.

You would be getting the additional auto or MEM card plus 4 Exclusive Parallels, 4 Additional Parallels, & 2 Exclusive Inserts on top of that. So to me the better option would be the Blaster Box even if you’re just hunting for rookies. Thanks.

Bought two blasters over the weekend. Pulled a blue parallel of LeBron, a purple Luka/Dirk/Barnes Factions inserts, a Dumars teal colored jersey and a Wagner gold auto #’d 8/10! Not too shabby for $40.

5 stars-I love that you can get any card in a blaster box- I found them at Target in Philadelphia, got Jalen Brunson rookie sensation jersey card (funny, because I’m a fan of his, and the 1st hoops box I bought I got an autographed Brunson, 1st contenders I bought got a Brunson/Doncic dual jersey, (now have 2 of those) and I don’t buy too many boxes. Also got a Wendell Carter RC, Zhaire Smith, Robert Williams, and like 4 others

Wish there was more info on odds. The rookie prominence appears to have a few colors. Would be nice to know which is the hardest to pull and how rare they really are.

anybody find any in target? not in north houston

Wait they said they aren’t doing Status anymore… Plus that looks super sick!!!

So if you’re chasing rookies you should go for fat packs am I right? And you’re only missing out on draft signatures and memorabilia cards?

Last year’s retail was only available at Walmart from what I recall. Will this year’s be the same?

Is it just me, or does this seem like a great value set? It’s retail exclusive, meaning you have a half-decent shot at a big name auto from a blaster, and there are a ton of parallels. On the surface, at least, this seems like a great product. I’ll have to pick some up at Target to see how these cards look in-person.