2021-22 Contenders Optic · parallel

Red Wave

Print run: unnumbered
Serial numbered: no
Family: Wave

Where it was sold

not documented

Applies to

Notes

tcdb lists this tier as its own set under the parent product inventory (https://www.tcdb.com/Inserts.cfm/sid/338927/2021-22-Panini-Contenders-Optic), sid 343347 (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/343347/2021-22-Panini-Contenders-Optic---Veteran-Ticket-Red-Wave). This tier was fetched directly and its per-row flag read off the page (see the calibration list below). cardboardconnection: "PARALLEL CARDS: Red Wave, Red #/35, Blue #/25, Orange #/15, Gold #/10, Gold Wave #/10, Gold Vinyl 1/1, Printing Plates 1/1." - printed under BOTH the "1984 Tribute Autographs Set Checklist" and the "Veteran Ticket Set Checklist" headings (https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2021-22-panini-contenders-optic-basketball-nba-cards). CALIBRATED against tcdb at four points: Veteran Ticket Red "AU, SN35" (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/343346/2021-22-Panini-Contenders-Optic---Veteran-Ticket-Red), Veteran Ticket Orange "AU, SN15" (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/343341/2021-22-Panini-Contenders-Optic---Veteran-Ticket-Orange), Veteran Ticket Gold Wave "AU, SN10" (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/343340/2021-22-Panini-Contenders-Optic---Veteran-Ticket-Gold-Wave), 1984 Tribute Autographs Blue "AU, SN25" (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/343250/2021-22-Panini-Contenders-Optic---1984-Tribute-Autographs-Blue); and Veteran Ticket Red Wave and 1984 Tribute Red Wave both render NO serial token on any row (https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/343347/2021-22-Panini-Contenders-Optic---Veteran-Ticket-Red-Wave ; https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/343260/2021-22-Panini-Contenders-Optic---1984-Tribute-Autographs-Red-Wave). UNNUMBERED IS A POSITIVE FINDING: tcdb renders "AU" with NO serial token on every row of both Red Wave sets in this ladder, on the same renderer that prints "AU, SN35" / "AU, SN25" / "AU, SN15" / "AU, SN10" on their siblings. CHANNEL DECLINED ON PURPOSE (EXTRACTION_SPEC 2.3): channel=UNKNOWN with channel_basis EMPTY. The only channel evidence found for this product is the product-level hobby-box note ("Approx. $340USD Per Hobby Box", https://www.checklistcenter.com/2021-22-panini-contenders-optic-basketball-card-checklist/; "Hobby Configuration: 6 cards per pack, 1 pack per box, 20 boxes per case", https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2021-22-panini-contenders-optic-basketball-nba-cards). That note supports "the product ships in hobby boxes" and says nothing about an individual tier. It was allowed to carry channel=hobby / basis=from-note on the ordinary ladder, but it is NOT extended to the Wave, Pandora and Pulsar finishes: in the 2019-20 release of this same line the Wave finishes were a China/T-Mall exclusive (data/contendersoptic-bkb-2019-20 carries channel=china on base Gold Wave and Red Wave), and this season checklistcenter files Red Wave, Blue Wave #/45 and Gold Wave #/10 under a separate heading "Asia Parallels" for the Rookies set (https://www.checklistcenter.com/2021-22-panini-contenders-optic-basketball-card-checklist/). Writing hobby here would be the inference EXTRACTION_SPEC 1.5 forbids. See gap G-017.

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