The whole retail/hobby or parallel sets with super subtle differences makes me want to punt kittens. I can confirm that the Absolute hobby has a mirror/shiny finish that the retail doesn't. I confirmed this after getting 2 retails sent to me in trades and can't even be mad at the other trader. I just ran into another one of these today when I got a 2012 Panini Prominence. There is a base set, gold and a silver version. The base and the silver look exactly alike and whats even better... the sets are all numbered to 897!! *PUNT* *Meeooooowwww!*
Does anyone know what the difference between the base and siulver on the 2012 Panini Prominence set?