SCU Go-Live Report: 2015 Leaf Trinity Football

Just a few days ago, I talked about how important unique autograph content is these days. In football its doubly important because of how many products are built around rookie autographs. Leaf Trinity, like Upper Deck Inscriptions is a product that offers a lot of great content in a unique fashion, and in the process makes their competition look foolish. Also live tomorrow is 2015 Panini Prestige, which might as well be added to the bargain bin black Friday list come two months from now. Trinity is better in every way.

Check out some of the cool cards already up:

2015 Leaf Trinity Marcus Mariota Inscription Auto Gold

2015 Leaf Trinity Jameis Winston Jumbo Patch Auto /25

2015 Leaf Trinity Marcus Mariota Jumbo Patch Auto /25

2015 Leaf Trinity Amari Cooper Inscription Auto

2015 Leaf Trinity Todd Gurley Auto Inscription RC

My favorite part of this product is the inscriptions, which are available for most of the players in the set. The inscriptions are either based on NFL type stuff or a combination of sayings and College accomplishments. Being that most of the content in Panini’s products will be stickers for the majority of the year, these cards are a welcome treat. Topps’ first post premiere product in Inception will not be out until next month, so this is something that should be at the top of your list for a while.

Another highlight over the last few years have been the Pure plexiglass cards, which are back with a new look for the first time in two years. I am not as big a fan of this design as I have been in previous years, but it is still a very nice looking use of the glass with on card autos. Again, better than anything available in Prestige.

People really seem to enjoy the patch autos that come pretty much one per box, but I dont like the vertical presentation on these at all. These would be HIGH END looking cards if they were done horizontally, but it looks like Leaf wanted to save cost and not alter the plates used for the other cards in the set. Really unfortunate, as the player picture would look so much better as a horizontal card. Even the inscriptions would look good as a horizontal card, but im not sure why Leaf has done these vertical the whole time.

Trinity doesnt get half the credit it deserves because its unlicensed, which is the same with other products done in a similar fashion. Brian Gray at Leaf takes pride in the product quality more than many of the other manufacturers, and its terrible that collectors dont respond. This is one of those sets that everyone should check out.

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