2008 Playoff Prime Cuts Icons MVP Triple Relic

Year: 2008

Manufacturer: Donruss

Set: Playoff Prime Cuts

Card Number: 22

Card Type: Insert Relic Parallel

Insert Set: Icons 

Parallel Set: Materials MVP

Card Attributes: Relic, Serial Numbered

Relic Type: Jersey

Serial Number: 13/15

Donruss put out a couple unlicensed sets in 2008.  The one I remember best was the Donruss Threads set, but they also put out a couple last gasp Playoff brand sets.  The Prime Cuts was a mix of active, rookie, veteran retired, and hall of famers.  The set itself was not licensed by the MLB or MLBPA, but rather Donruss contracted directly with the player to use their likeness for the set.  Donruss also skirted the legality of using partial logos and team colors and in doing so the set isn't half bad.  There are also a ton of inserts, parallels, relic and autograph parallels, and just lot of variations to sort through.  It's a homage to the crazy sets Playoff put out in the mid-2000s.  

The card featured to day is part of the Icons insert.  The set is called the Icons Material MVP relic set.  The MVP part comes from the die-cut MVP relic windows on the card.  For an unlicensed card it's a nice looker.  The plain gray swatches aren't much to look at, but it's a fairly rare card being numbered to just 15.

2008 Playoff Prime Cuts Icons Quad Relic

Year: 2008

Manufacturer: Donruss/Playoff

Set: Prime Cuts

Card Number: 22

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Icons Materials - ICON

Relic Type: Quad Jersey

Card Attributes: Jersey Relic, Serial Numbered

Serial number: 7/9

I'd have to double check, but I'm pretty certain I don't own any 1 of 1 Yount cards, that includes printing plates. That might be surprising knowing that I super collect Robin's cards and he is by far my primary collecting focus for my entire trading card collection.  But honestly printing plates hold no more collecting value to me or emphasis than the card it was used to print.  That's mainly because I'm admittedly cheap and there are plenty of fellow Yount collector's that will pony up for those cards.  I'm not saying they wouldn't have a place in my collection, it's just not a focus of mine to chase those cards.  But that being said I do have a nice smattering of low numbered cards in my collection.  One of those is this quad relic from the Donruss/Playoff Prime Cuts set.  The Icons insert set has a ton of relic, autograph and relic autograph parallels.  This parallel is called the ICON parallel for the obvious reason the relic windows spell out ICON.  It's really a shame the swatches weren't more interesting on a card numbered to just 9.  Interestingly enough Donruss also skirted the licensing rules about logos.  You can clearly see the classic Brewers MB glove logo on Robin's helmet and he's in true team colors.   Upper Deck would pretty much put an end to this type of  card that walks the fine line when it got sues over it's 2010 Baseball set.  So now we get baseball cards from Panini that have zero logos and photoshopped false uniform colors.  

2016 Panini Prime Cuts Robin Yount Checklist and Gallery

Prime Cuts comes out next week.  The base checklist is confusing and to be honest there's not much in it for a Brewers collector.  But Robin does have a few relic cards to chase in the set, no base cards or autos.

2016 Panini Prime Cuts 
Biography Jumbo Relics #BIOJ-RY #/25
Biography Jumbo Relics #BIOJ-RY Black  #/1
Biography Jumbo Relics #BIOJ-RY Blue #/15
Biography Jumbo Relics #BIOJ-RY Gold #/10
Biography Jumbo Relics #BIOJ-RY Green #/5
Icons Bats Relic #IB-RY #/99
Icons Bats Relic #IB-RY Black #/1
Icons Bats Relic #IB-RY Gold #/25
Icons Bats Relic #IB-RY Green #/5

2012 Panini Playoff Prime Cuts Hats Off Relic card

Year: 2012

Manufacturer: Panini

Card Set: Playoff Prime Cuts

Card Number: 8

Card Type: Insert Relic

Card Attributes: Relic, Serial Numbered

Relic Set: Hats Off

Relic Type: Hat (I think)

Serial Number: 09/99

Been a on a bit of break.  I was recently down in Wisconsin for my brothers wedding and then as soon as I got back I had some field work.  And I was suppose to have another 2 weeks of field work, but I ended up pulling a muscle in my lower back, which sucks by the way.

Anyways I'm back and feeling better, somewhat. 

Here's one of my latest pickups. Robin has a few different cards in this set, but this relic is by far the least rare of the bunch and hence affordable.  I like the look of the cards in the set other than the fact that Robin looks like a North Korean factory worker.  I also have a soft spot for odd ball relics.  We get a ton of jersey/pants and bat relics, but rarely do you see hat relics. At least I think this is a hat relic, why else would you call the insert Hats Off?  Although no where on the card does it state what kind of relic it is.