SCF Official Review: 2012 Topps Museum Collection

[Enigma]

First and foremost, I'd like to thank our sponsors at Topps for providing us with this box.



4 miniboxes per master box
5 cards per minibox
Current Retail Price (online): $229.99 - $249.99

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

With one hit per pack, every box contains 1 on-card Autograph, 1 Autographed Relic card, 1 Jumbo Relic card, and 1 Quad Relic card!

Each pack contains
- three (3) '12 Topps Museum Collection Baseball Base Cards;
- one (1) Base Blue Parallel
- and one (1) Relic or Auto Relic Card (combination of Jumbo Relics, Quad Relics, On Card Autographs, Autographed Relics).


Each Box Contains 4 Premium Hits
- On-Card Autograph Card
- Autograph Relic Card
- Jumbo Relic Card
- Quad Relic Card


Each 12-Box Case Contains
- 1 Autograph Jumbo Relic Card
- 1 Framed Museum Collection on-card Autograph Card



PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

ON-CARD AUTOGRAPH CARDS - 1 PER BOX!

Dual On-Card Autographs: 25 cards will feature superstar pairings, with both stars signing on-card. Sequentially numbered to 15.

Cut Signatures: Cut signature cards of 15 of the greatest names from the history of the game. Each is numbered 1/1!

Museum Collection: Framed On-Card Autographs 55 superstars will sign directly on foil in metallic ink for these beautifully framed cards. New for this year, all subjects will be featured on three versions! ONE PER 12-BOX CASE!
- Gold frame and foil sequentially numbered to 15.
- Silver frame and foil sequentially numbered to 10.
- Black frame and foil sequentially numbered to 5.

Archival Autographs: 75 stars will sign directly on these striking cards.
All cards are sequentially numbered, none higher than 399!
- Archival Autographs On-Card Autographs Gold Parallel - All 75 subjects will sign an on-card parallel numbered to 5.


AUTOGRAPHED RELIC CARDS - 1 PER BOX!

Signature Swatches Single-Player Dual Relic Autographs:
75 subjects with an autograph and two game-used memorabilia pieces. Sequentially numbered.
- Signature Swatches Single-Player Dual Relic Autographs Red Parallel: All 75 subjects paralleled with red foil and sequentially numbered to 25.
- Signature Swatches Single-Player Dual Relic Autographs Patch Parallel: All 75 subjects paralleled with guaranteed patch pieces and sequentially numbered to 5.

Signature Swatches Single-Player Triple Relic Autographs:
35 subjects with an autograph and three game-used memorabilia pieces. Sequentially numbered.
- Signature Swatches Single-Player Triple Relic Autographs Red Parallel: All 35 subjects paralleled with red foil and sequentially numbered to 25.
- Signature Swatches Single-Player Triple Relic Autographs Patch Parallel: All 35 subjects paralleled with guaranteed patch pieces and sequentially numbered to 5.

Momentous Material Jumbo Relic Autographs:
100+ players with a jumbo swatch of game-used memorabilia and an autograph. Sequentially numbered to 10. 1 PER 12-BOX CASE!

Primary Pieces Single-Player Quad Relic Autographs:
25 subjects featured on book cards with four game-used memorabilia pieces and an autograph. Sequentially numbered to 10.


INSERT CARDS

Canvas Collection Originals: The 50 most collectible players of all time will be featured on exquisite original paintings. Sequentially numbered to 10.

Canvas Collection: All 50 subjects will also be featured on reproductions that will be inserted 1 per box.


JUMBO RELIC CARDS - 1 PER BOX!

Momentous Material Jumbo Relics:
100+ players with over-sized swatches of game-worn memorabilia. Sequentially numbered to 50.
- Momentous Material Jumbo Relics Blue Parallel: All 100+ subjects sequentially numbered to 35.
- Momentous Material Jumbo Relics Red Parallel: All 100+ subjects sequentially numbered to 10.
- Momentous Material Jumbo Relics Gold Parallel: All 100+ subjects numbered 1 of 1.

Jumbo Lumber Relics:
75 subjects with a jumbo game-used bat piece, sequentially numbered to 30.
- Jumbo Lumber Relics Blue Parallel: All 75 subjects sequentially numbered to 20.
- Jumbo Lumber Relics Red Parallel: All 75 subjects sequentially numbered to 5.
- Jumbo Lumber Relics Gold Parallel: All 75 subjects numbered 1 of 1.

Dual Momentous Material Jumbo Relics:
30 book cards featuring over-sized swatches of game-worn memorabilia from two players. Sequentially numbered to 5.

Dual Jumbo Lumber Relics:
30 book cards featuring over-sized slices of game-used bats from two players. Sequentially numbered to 5.

Momentous Material Jumbo Patch Relics:
50 players with an over-sized patch piece from a game-worn item. Sequentially numbered to 5.

Museum Memorabilia:
15 cards featuring absolutely unique pieces of memorabilia from the most collectible players. Each is 1 of 1!


QUAD RELIC CARDS - 1 PER BOX!

Primary Pieces Single-Player Quad Relics:
75 players featured with 4 pieces of game-used memorabilia. Sequentially numbered to 99.
- Primary Pieces Single-Player Quad Relics Red Parallel: All 75 subjects sequentially numbered to 75.
- Primary Pieces Single-Player Quad Relics Gold Parallel: All 75 subjects sequentially numbered to 25.

Primary Pieces Single-Player Quad Patch Relics:
50 subjects with guaranteed patch pieces. Sequentially numbered to 5.

Primary Pieces Single-Player Quad Relics Legends:
30 of the all-time greats with 4 pieces of game-used memorabilia. Sequentially numbered to 25.
- Primary Pieces Single-Player Quad Relics Legends Gold Parallel: All 30 greats are paralleled. Sequentially numbered to 5.

Primary Pieces Four-Player Quad Relics:
17 cards featuring 4 players and a piece of game-used memorabilia from each. Sequentially numbered to 99.
- Primary Pieces Four-Player Quad Relics Red Parallel: All 17 cards sequentially numbered to 75.
- Primary Pieces Four-Player Quad Relics Gold Parallel: All 17 cards sequentially numbered to 25.

Primary Pieces Four-Player Quad Patch Relics:
10 cards featuring 4 players and 4 pieces of guaranteed game-worn patch. Sequentially numbered to 5.


BASE CARDS
100 of the greatest players of all time featured on premium stock in some of the most striking photography ever seen.


PARALLEL CARDS
All 100 subjects will be paralleled as follows:
- Red Parallel Numbered 1/1.
- Gold Parallel Sequentially numbered to 99.
- Copper Parallel Sequentially numbered to 199
- Blue Parallel One per pack unless replaced by one of the above.

WHAT WE PULLED



Base - 11/100 (11%)



Copper /299 (3) - Nolan Ryan, Jered Weaver, Brooks Robinson
Green /199 (1) - Jered Weaver
Blue /99 (1) - Clayton Kershaw
Canvas Collection (1) - Derek Jeter



Archival Autographs Brandon Belt Auto /399



Momentous Material Jumbo Dwight Gooden 3-color Patch/Autograph /10



Momentous Material Jumbo Tim Lincecum Jersey /50



Four-Player Quad Relic Don Mattingly / Andy Pettitte / Mariano Rivera / Paul O'Neill Jerseys /99



FINAL RATINGS

Base - 4/5
Design - 3/5
Fun - 5/5
Value - 3.5/5
Rebuy - 3.5/5

Overall - 19/25 (76%)

Pros:
One on-card auto per box (sad though that card companies have to use that as a selling point instead of trying to make it the norm)
Jumbo swatches and patches
One parallel per pack
One hit per pack

Cons:
Unnumbered Base
High price versus yield
Generic design
High end price should mean highly sought after product

NPN INFORMATION:

NPN 2012 Topps Museum Collection BB
PO Box 766
Pittston, PA 18640

Limit 1 request per household

Postmarked - 7/5/12
Received - 7/12/12

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Once again, I'd like to thank our wonderful sponsors at Topps for giving us the opportunity to open and review this release. For more information on all their products, visit them today at www.topps.com.

[TheTGB]

I actually like the ornate design.

The price has gone up at retail just because of the demand and the lower production numbers of this product.

But I do agree, having the base cards numbered would be nice in a product where you don't get many base cards per box.