2012 Topps Tribute

[Taliasen]

2012 Topps Tribute

Per box items:
6 packs per box
5 cards per pack
1 autographed or relic card #/99 or less in every pack

Topps sell sheet

The base set cards are thicker than standard size. The card fronts feature a full color action shot of the player superimposed over a silver metallic background. The border-less cards fade to white at the bottom and have a 'refractor' finish to them. The set logo, player name, team name and player position are all centered at the card bottom. The backs consist of a smaller cropped head-shot of the picture on the front, team logo and major career highlights. There are no statistics listed.

What I pulled:
30 unique cards, no duplicates
18 base set cards = 18/100 = 18% of the base set
5 serially numbered parallels
6 encased autographed or relic cards #/99 or less
1 One-of-One printing plate

Base card front and back:


The Parallels:
Cruz and Fisk Blue #/199
Griffey and Green #/75
Cobb and Cruz #/50


The Hits:
Wilhelm World Series relic #/99
Ogando autograph #/99
Smith Blue World Series relic #/50
Hudson gold autograph #15/15
Jones relic #/99
Ryne Sandberg auto #/99
Willie Mays black printing plate 1/1



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Wow, just wow. 2012 Topps Tribute is a loaded product! The base cards are top notch, very simple yet awesome design. I love the mix of current players and retired stars. Simple to understand parallel tiers and just a solid lay out and quality control make for a superb product! Then there are the hits! Every hit being serially numbered? - great. Every hit being encased? - even better. Pulling your first ever printing plate? mind numbing! I have pulled a couple of 1/1's before, but never a printing plate and never a player the caliber of Willie Mays!. The only real drawback I have about 2012 Topps Tribute is that the refractor finish on front and high gloss backs take fingerprints and smudges VERY easily, handle with care.

The Bottom Line:
I give 2012 Topps Tribute a buy rating. Not one for prospectors, but the thrill of the lottery ticket and pulling a big hit are almost too much to pass up! Flipping cards to make your money back or complete the base set should be pretty easy. Buy a box and trade Rickey Henderson cards to me!

The Final Score:
Final Ratings (Out of 5):
Base set collect-ability: 2/5
Big-hit Hunter: 5/5
Prospector Hunter:NA
Overall Design: 5/5
Fun: 5/5
Value: 4/5
Re-buy: 5/5
Overall Quality: 5/5

Overall: 31/35 (88.57% = B)

Topps sent me this box to review for Full Spectrum Baseball. As always I am offering base and insert cards to members here for a SASE.

Thanks to Topps for making this review possible!

Tal

[thrashers2005]

Nice Break! I love that chipper!

[silence7777777]

ill take the griffey and ripken -ill send SASE-LMK an ill post it!thx!

[WacoWillie]

Just posted about another card from your other break, how about the castro from this one. Tribute is something I can't afford to break lol lmk thanks!

[vixsportscards]

great break and I agree , wonderful product , the Mays is awesome congrads , I picked up one from that product ,babe ruth dual bat #D to 99 , great looking card ,thinking of breaking some lol

[vixsportscards]

[Taliasen]

ill take the griffey and ripken -ill send SASE-LMK an ill post it!thx!

I have the Griffey base for you as well. 3 cards for a SASE, post it up.

Just posted about another card from your other break, how about the castro from this one. Tribute is something I can't afford to break lol lmk thanks!

Post up a SASE for the two cards.

[silence7777777]

[quote=Baseball Digest;11442449]I have the Griffey base for you as well. 3 cards for a SASE, post it up.



thank u sir!!!

[yazfan71]

Did you by chance get a Yastrzemski base?

[MMSS]

Any Blue Jays by chance?