2010-11 Panini Hockey Adrenalyn

Bought a few packs of these 2010-11 Adrenalyn cards released by Panini after they caught my eye a few days ago.  They`re a cross between trading cards and Pokemon playing cards.  300 base cards, 30 `Ultimate` cards (1:23 Packs), 30 `Extra Signature` cards (1:8 Packs), 30 `Extra` cards (1:8 Packs) and 60 `Special` cards (1:2 Packs).  For 99 cents a pop, I say why not?

All the reverse sides have a code that you can enter and play online at Panini's Adrenalyn website; after opening the first two packs I signed up myself up and played a game against someone from Finland - Had no idea what I was doing and lost by a score of 6-1.

Sooo 6 packs, 6 cards per pack.  My 3 favorites from each pack break is shown.  Let`s see what they bring.

Pack 1

151 - Marian Hossa - 8*
S24 - Joe Corvo / Special - 6*
247 - Christian Ehrhoff - 7*

86 - Peter Regin - 6*
124 - Rostislav Olesz - 6*
219 - Kyle Cumiskey - 4*

Pack 2

271 - Anze Kopitar - 8*
S44 - Milan Hejduk / Special - 6*
3 - Travis Zajac - 7*

127 - Dmitry Kulikov - 4*
163 - RJ Umberger - 7*
206 - Mikael Backlund - 3*

Pack 3

30 - Henrik Lundqvist - 9*  The goalie cards are my favorite and I wasn't fortunate enough to pull many.  I have no idea what the boxes on the cards actually mean.

S28 - Simon Gagne / Special - 7*
180 - Jimmy Howard - 7*

73 - Brian Gionta - 6*
227 - Kurtis Foster - 6*
263 - Loui Eriksson - 9*

Pack 4

E29 - Ray Whitney / Extra - 8*  The 'Extra' cards have a bit more flair in the background than the regular base and the 'Special' cards.

243 - Alex Burrows - 7*
103 - Nik Antropov - 7*

215 - Chris Stewart - 7*
96 - Nikolai Kulemin - 6*
194 - David Backes - 6*

Pack 5

ES4 - Mike Richards / Extra Signature - 9*  As I previously stated the signature cards come 1:8.  Here's the Richards that I pulled; it includes a small auto-pen signature in silver.  For 99 cents a pack what else would you expect.

36 - Ville Leino - 3*
93 - Mikhail Grabovski - 4*

126 - Steven Reinprecht - 6*
297 - Marc Edouard Vlasic - 5*
271 - Anze Kopitar - 8* (double)

Pack 6

172 - Henrik Zetterberg - 8*
34 - Daniel Briere - 6*
91 - Phil Kessel - 7*

S55 - Dustin Brown - 8*
209 - Mark Giordano - 7*
274 - Alexei Ponikarovsky - 5*

Nothing wrong with these cards, great for kids in my opinion.  Price range wise and concept wise.