Panini Euro 2008 (Review + discussion)

[Makhno]

Here is a review of different editions and extra stickers for the Panini Euro 2008 album. As I'm not collecting packets, I leave another one to review them. I will also add in this thread the mini albums Panini released or co-branded during this competition.
Special thanks to @marinerpete for covers variations and some extra stickers pictures.

General information

• Stickers 1-535
• Album : 64 pages, softcover
• Album size : 226х262 mm
• Stickers size : 50x69 mm

Album cover variations

* International



* Brazil



* Netherlands



* UK



* Germany



* Switzerland



* Peru



* Sweden



Extra Stickers

* Brazil

8 special stickers (B1 to B8) representing official Adidas balls from 1984 to 2008 are added to the brazilian edition album.



* Switzerland

Euro 2008 album is the first to have a special edition for the swiss market : it will then become a real tradition. A central poster and 20 stickers (P1 to P20) reprensenting swiss players in action are added to this album edition.



* Update sheets and stickers

- French update sheet (3 stickers)



- Italian update sheet (3 stickers)



- Spanish update (6 stickers)



- Czech update (5 stickers)



- Turkish update (5 stickers)



- Polish update (6 stickers)



- Portuguese update (2 stickers)



- Swiss update (2 stickers)



- Pawel Golanski right sticker
The Pawel Golanski's sticker (polish player) edited at first was wrong (was not him in fact). Panini later edited a right sticker.

Wrong sticker Right sticker


* Nestlé stickers

Nestlé released 24 stickers similar to regular edition but with no number on the back.





If you look more neatly, 4 stickers are in fact different :

* Fabio Cannavaro (left Nestlé - right regular Panini)



* Miguel Veloso (left Nestlé - right regular Panini)



* Clarence Seedorf in action (left Nestlé - right regular Panini)



* Lukas Podolski in action (left Nestlé - right regular Panini)



South american glossy stickers variation

In some south american countries wich remains to know how many, the stickers manufactured there (probably in Brazil) are thicker and glossier than the international ones (manufactured in Italy). The stickers' fronts are shiny like photographs.



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MINI ALBUMS

Some "mini albums" were edited by Panini alone or co-branded

* Super Stars mini stickers folder (36 stickers)

This folded poster and the stickers were available in confectionery or snack products and edited in Spain (Bollycaos) and Romania (Cheerios)




* Road to Euro Mc Donald's 4 mini albums (64 stickers + 4 cards)

4 mini albums were edited by Mc Donald and Panini in Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Belgium and Italy.
Each mini album have 16 stickers representing players in action. There is one album for defensors (album B), one for midfielder (Album C), one for strickers (Album A) and one for key players (Album D).

French edition covers



Page example



Sticker back



The french edition has 4 extra cards (to glue in the first page) reprensenting Thierry Henry



The Italian edition has the 4 Henry's pictures printed in the second page



The other editions has no Henry's pictures or cards




* German Mc Donald's mini album (80 stickers)

Panini Germany released a mini album with 80 stickers entirely dedicated to the german team.




* Mini stickers collection album (Green edition - 190 stickers)




* Mini stickers collection album (Bue italian edition - 190 stickers)

This italian edition has the same amount of stickers (190) but have differences :

- Italian stickers were added so other stickers disappeared
- The names of the nations on the stickers and pages are in italian (in the country language for the green edition)




* Mini sticker album box set ( album + 180 stickers)
Box


Album


Stickers


* UK Mc Donald's Set (albums and Posters + 64 sticker + special stickers sheet)

Mc Donald's released in UK 2 albums, 2 posters, 64 stickers (28 red frame, 19 blue frame, 11 purple frame, 6 yellow frame) and a stickers sheet with flags and the cup trophee. Stickers can be stuck a bit as you please on albums and posters. The special stickers sheet with flag is for the tournament tracker poster.

- Complete Set



- Album A




- Album B





- Super Stars Poster



- Tournament Tracker Poster



- Stickers examples



- Special Stickers sheet



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EXTRA STUFF

* Jugon Poster

The spanish magazine from Panini, Jugon, released a poster of the spanish team that won the Euro 2008 tournament. It's look like stickers but the whole stuff is printed.

 

[dantzig]

Much, much more than I ever expected... Not that I doubted your qualities, I knew it would be a good review, but this far exceeds my expectations... I didn't even knew half of what's here!

Fantastic job, well done

 

[Pavle]

I am joining @dantzig compliments. Once again great work and very fast! Congratulations.

 

[Makhno]

Thank you pals ! I woke up in the middle of the night so...

 

[ilias]

@Makhno too much to collect

 

[stickersCat]

Uf, great job @Makhno! You're faster man!

I add something new:

PERUVIAN EDITION (Released in El Bocon and Correo newspapers)



SWEDISH EDITION


(Code bar space with Swedish company that release the album)


SERBIAN EDITION (Code bar space with Serbian company that release the album)

 

[stickersCat]

Here you go the PACKETS!!!
Special thanks to @marinerpete. He did the hard work!!!

INTERNATIONAL RED VERTICAL


INTERNATIONAL RED HORIZONTAL


INTERNATIONAL GREEN


INTERNATIONAL GREEN SHINNY


CANADIAN RED VERSION


CANADIAN GREEN VERSION


GERMAN VERSION


SWISS VERTIAL VERSION


SWISS HORIZONTAL VERSION


SOUTH AMERICAN VERSION (CONTÉM 5 CROMOS)


SOUTH AMERICAN VERSION (CONTIENE 5 FIGURITAS)


SOUTH AMERICAN VERSION (CONTIENE 5 CROMOS)


SOUTH AMERICAN SHINNY VERSION (CONTÉM 5 CROMOS)


SOUTH AMERICAN SHINNY VERSION (CONTIENE 5 FIGURITAS)


SOUTH AMERICAN SHINNY VERSION (CONTIENE5 CROMOS)


SOUTH AMERICAN ADIDAS VERSION (THERE ALL 3 VERSIONS: CONTÉM, CONTIENE, CROMOS)


COCA-COLA VERSION


MCDONALDS VERSION (UK)


MCDONALDS VERSION (GERMANY)



MCDONALDS VERSION (INTERNATIONAL). ALBUM A - FORWARD


MCDONALDS VERSION (INTERNATIONAL). ALBUM B- DEFENSE


MCDONALDS VERSION (INTERNATIONAL). ALBUM C- MIDFIELD


MCDONALDS VERSION (INTERNATIONAL). ALBUM D- KEY PLAYERS


MCDONALDS VERSION (AUSTRIAN???)


I am sorry. I forgot 2 more items:

POCKET ALBUM VERSION


NESTLÉ VERSION

 

[Sergio Z]

Wow, I didn't expect to find this much on this thread (I mean, I knew there was a lot, but not this lot). Well done, @Makhno

@stickersCat that Bocón version is the same I have with me. As I said before, its cover is really soft.

Panini released here non shiny packets (the south american ones).

 

[stickersCat]

Wow, I didn't expect to find this much on this thread (I mean, I knew there was a lot, but not this lot). Well done, @Makhno

@stickersCat that Bocón version is the same I have with me. As I said before, its cover is really soft.

Panini released here non shiny packets (the south american ones).

That's true Sergio. Peruvian album is like a magazine cover. If you like to have other edition contact me and we can arrange some trade. About Shinny packets, not sold in Peru but yes in other SA countries.

 

[great1]

Does anyone know if the McDonalds packets (German national team version) came all in double-packets, or did they also come simple?

Also, I don't know why the Nr. 2 (red packet) is so rare... I'm searching one for years

 

[EduPanini2008]

Hello! Can someone help me about a dude i have about Euro 2008.
There is any diferences betwen red pakets and green shiny packets? are different stikers?.
I´m going to start Euro 2008 and i have a unopened box of green shiny. I´m looking for buy another box, but i was reading about diferences. One ara shiny and the other no.
Thas its true?
I have to buy only green shiny?
Thanks

 

[Makhno]

The green shiny packets are from the south american edition (Brazil). All the stickers are glossy, despite the international edition. No other difference but this texture.

 

[Garuda]

The German Mc Donald´s packets came all in double packets, 5 packets from Nr. 1 - 5 (2 x 8 stickers per double pack) = 80 stickers totally. Just not aware why the red packet Nr. 2 is so hard to find nowadays, even my trader didn´t had any information about that. I could offer for swap all German packets from 1 - 5 (only complete) and shortly also both MCD UK albums (Super Skills and Dream Team) + both posters (SS + TT) + sticker flags sheet if someone with any other rare items is interested in. ;-)

 

[Garuda]

Does anybody know where the Brazilian ball stickers had been released in 2008?

Have they been inside the regular packets?

Thanks in advance.

 

[marinerpete]

Does anybody know where the Brazilian ball stickers had been released in 2008?

Have they been inside the regular packets?

Thanks in advance.

There are some south american versions with an adidas advert on the back.
There are three versions, same as the standard south american packets.
They are in these special edition packets

 

[Jimmy1975]

Anyone that knows where to put theese flags?

 

[Danju]

I guess it belongs to the dreamteam poster in the centre the is a blank ladder where the may fit into.

 

[icetea]

Ok so i have those shinny South American stickers.Is it just me or they really look a bit blurry?

 

[icetea]

Ok i am starting to believe i got fake stickers for 2008 EC album.Stickers look a bit blurry,i was thinking it was because of that glitter effect they have (SA version),but team stickers (4 of them) do not align at all.The difference is sometimes up to 1 millimeter and there is no way to stick them perfectly.

Any insight from others?Is that normal?

 

[Ginstigol]

Hello everyone

I've got another question concerning euro 2008.
Does anyone know if these misprint packets (printing role was ending) are worth any mony.
They were found in a box.
Thanks!