AFL Pinnacle information has been leaking out slowly ahead of the release next week… and it seems Select are on track for release on Monday, 13 July.

We’ve updated our online shop so you can pre-order your AFL Pinnacle cards, sets and folders now so you will be one of the first in the country to have them. All orders received before 13 July will be sent as soon as they arrive… so order yours now.

We received more details on the AFL Pinnacle Set after sending our last newsletter. Here is a look at this years Case Cards. Only available with the purchase of a Factory Sealed Case (16 boxes) of AFL Pinnacle, these case cards are limited and individually numbered to 200 for each player.

Doug Hawkins from the Western Bulldogs and Dustin Fletcher from Essendon are featured on the Case Cards which recognise players who reach the 300 Game milestone throughout their career.

And as an added bonus for those lucky enough to find one, 1 in 8 Cases will have a Signed Case Card of Dustin Fletcher.

Only 50 Signed Case Cards have been produced but you can see the design here (shown without the signature).

If you are planning on busting open a factory sealed box of AFL Pinnacle yourself, here’s a look at the most valuable card in the collection… the one we all want to find.

It’s the Captain Signature Redemption card which you can redeem for one of only 60 personally signed Captain Signature cards.

In the last issue of the “Collector’s Edition” newsletter we let you know the Premiership Predictors were again in the Series.

We can now tell you what you will receive when you redeem either the entire set, or just the winning teams predictor.

We have confirmed with Di at Select, that you will receive an exclusive 16 card Rookie Sub Set along with a 3 card Mini Premiership Set of the winning team when you redeem a full set of 16 Predictors.

If you only redeem the winning teams Predictor you will get the 3 card Mini Premiership Set of the winning team and their Rookie Card.

We also have full details on the Double Trouble cards. Here’s a new image along with the full list of the players featured on each card.

• Adelaide Crows - McLeod and Porplyzia
• Essendon Bombers - Lucas and Lloyd
• Fremantle Dockers - Pavlich and Sandilands
• Kangaroos - Harvey and McIntosh
• Melbourne Demons - Miller and Davey
• Port Power - Motlop and Salopek
• Richmond Tigers - Morton and Richardson
• Sydney Swans - Goodes and Hall
• West Coast Eagles - Cox and LeCras
• Western Bulldogs - Johnson and Griffen

In the last newsletter I took a guess at the names of the players featured in the Rookie Sensation cards which are inserted 1 in 4 boxes. Unfortunately I missed the mark… but here are all the confirmed Rookie Sensation players.

• Aaron Joseph from Carlton
• Dayne Beams from Collingwood
• David Zaharakis from Essendon
• Liam Picken from the Western Bulldogs

Well that’s about all the information we have for you on the new AFL Pinnacle Series. All that remains now if for the cards to be released.

If you like the look of the Pinnacle cards please go ahead and pre-order the cards or boxes you want. Every indicator points to this Series being completely Sold Out by the end of July at distributor level. So don’t wait because you could miss out.

Would you like to see the Official Flyer? Click here to download the 2009 AFL Pinnacle Checklist in pdf format.