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Wayne Collection put $1,000 into the new 2026 Panini Obsidian Football. Panini sells the hobby box for $299.95, and for that it promises seven cards, four of them hits. It is also a football product made without the NFL. Panini's NFL license expired in April, and Obsidian's autographs come from college players and retired greats.

The video is titled "I Spent $1,000 on the NEW Obsidian Football..." It runs 10 minutes 13 seconds and was published on Oct. 24, 2026.

What $299.95 Buys

Panini's own product page sets out the box. It is a single pack of seven cards, and Panini says to look for, on average:

  • 1 patch autograph
  • 1 other autograph
  • 2 memorabilia cards
  • 1 insert or insert parallel
  • 2 base cards or base parallels

Twelve boxes make a case, and Panini limits buyers to 12 per transaction. The case hits are Black Color Blast and Black Stained Glass. The box front in the video's thumbnail makes the same promise in shorter form: "2 autographs & 2 memorabilia cards per box, on average."

Analysis: At Panini's price, four hits in a $299.95 box works out to about $75 per hit, and about $43 per card. At that price, $1,000 covers three boxes with $100 to spare. How many boxes the channel actually opened, and where it bought them, is in the video.

Football Without the League

Cardlines reported in April that "on April 1, 2026, Panini's NFL license expired." Panini's football cards no longer carry official NFL logos or uniforms. Fanatics-owned Topps now holds the exclusive NFL card rights (CASE #0090).

Obsidian's product copy leans on the players that leaves. Panini promises "a plethora of autograph sets from top collegiate players and the game's greatest retired players." The box front matches that. Its cover player is college quarterback Julian Sayin, in a red jersey.

The thumbnail also shows what a league-free design looks like on a retired player. Wayne Collection holds up a Pat Tillman card in the colorful Obsidian style. Tillman is shown in a white No. 40 jersey, and the only team marker on the card is one word at the top: "ARIZONA."

Analysis: Naming the city instead of the club is how an unlicensed card points to a team without using its marks. College players and retired names are the part of a football checklist Panini can still build around. According to Cardlines, the only 2026 rookie cards showing players in actual team uniforms, with actual logos, are Topps'.

Panini made a similar move with its first unlicensed Noir Basketball, shifting that box toward autographs, the card type a league license matters least to (CASE #0370).

The Channel

Wayne Collection posts every day, and comparisons are its regular format. Its uploads over the past week include "1 Hobby Box vs. 8 Blasters," "Which Box Has The Downtown?" and, on Oct. 25, "1 Hobby Box vs. 100 Retail Packs." The blog last featured the channel in CASE #0272, when it opened every configuration of 2026 Topps Flagship Football. Obsidian is one premium pack per box, so the four hits are most of the product.

Panini's page makes Obsidian's case plainly: seven cards, four hits, $299.95, and a checklist of college stars and retired names because the NFL is no longer Panini's. Wayne Collection's $1,000 is a test of whether that box is worth it without the league. Watch it for the hits.

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Channel: Wayne Collection