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



36 packs per box
7 cards per pack
Current Retail Price (online): $39.99 - $49.99

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

BASE CARDS
220 Veterans and Rookies, including 74 Series 2 preview cards, featuring the 2014 Opening Day logo.

PARALLEL CARDS
- Opening Day Edition All 220 base cards with a blue border, a foil-stamp featuring the 2014 Opening Day date, and sequentially numbered to 2014.
- Printing Plates All 220 subjects will have their 4 plates inserted in the product. 880 total plates. Each is 1 of 1.


INSERT CARDS - 1 Per Pack!
- Superstar Celebrations 25 cards showing the biggest stars in the game celebrating their biggest moments of the season!
- Mascots 25 MLB Club mascots.
- Opening Day Stars 25 3-D cards featuring the biggest stars in Baseball!
- Fired Up! 30 cards featuring the game's stars in their most fired up moments!
- Breaking Out 20 cards featuring images of current superstars from their first Opening Day!
- Between Innings 10 cards celebrating some of the fun had at ballparks around the country, between innings of play!


AUTOGRAPHED CARDS
- Opening Day Autographs 10 stars will have autograph cards inserted in product!
- Mascot Autographs 5 cards featuring autographs from the most exciting personalities in the ballpark - the mascots!


RELIC CARDS
Opening Day Relics 10 cards featuring swatches of game-used memorabilia! NEW!

WHAT WE PULLED

Base - 199/220 (90.4%)



Blue /2014 (12): Brandon Belt, Brian Dozier, Troy Tulowitzki, Joey Votto, Jarred Cosart, Taijuan Walker, Yu Darvish, Sonny Gray, Adrian Gonzalez, Ubaldo Jimenez, Carlos Ruiz, Eric Hosmer



Between Innings (1)
Breaking Out (7)
Fired Up (7)
Mascots (7)
Opening Day Stars (7)
Superstar Celebrations (8)





Opening Day Relics Jay Bruce Jersey



Topps Opening Day has been around for a few years. The design matches to one used for the Series 1, Series 2 and Update releases. But this particular releases is primarily meant for kids/young collectors. The base set comprises of 220 cards, which is fairly easy to amass as it takes a little more than one box to complete. Unlike most releases, there is only one parallel (Blue Border /2014) outside of the Printing Plates. There are also variations for a few of the base cards.

A handful of inserts appear in Opening Day as each pack contains one. The most popular set is devoted to the Mascots in MLB (at least that's the one my daughter was most excited to see). Other returnees are Opening Day Stars (3-D style) and Superstar Celebrations. Breaking Out showcases current stars and highlights of their first Opening Day start. Fired Up centers around players known for staying energized throughout a game. Finally, Between Innings highlights the hilarity that ensues when teams are switching sides.

Not every box of Opening Day will contain a relic or an auto. Player relics and autos appear 1:222 packs. That is a little more than 1 in every 6 boxes. Mascots have signatures as well, at a rate of 1:555 packs. This works great for the youth-themed release as youngsters are focused on simple collecting and not the over-saturated and money driven world of "hits".

Parents and kids alike will enjoy this release. There's enough for both sides to keep things interesting. Building a "master" set will create hours of enjoyment. Most of all, it will not put a major dent in the wallet.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Base - 4.75/5
Design - 4/5
Fun - 4/5
Value - 4/5
Rebuy - 4/5

Overall - 20.75/25 (83%)

NPN INFORMATION

NPN 2014 Topps Opening Day BB
PO Box 2008
Duryea, PA 18642

Limit 1 Request Per Household

Postmarked By: 6/18/14
Received By: 6/25/14

Canada Skills: 14 x 2 + 5 - 3 = ?

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Base and inserts are available for request. Please PM me with the card or cards of interest, including card numbers for base. Cards will remain available for 30 days from the time this review is posted. As always, only VIPs may make a request for the first 48 hours.