SCF Official Review: 2013 Topps Update

**Enigma** · 10-23-2013, 02:04 PM

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

36 packs per box
10 cards per pack
Current Retail Price (online): $49.99 - $64.99

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Base Cards
330 cards featuring Veterans, Rookies, 2013 MLB All-Star Game Selection, Home Run Derby participants, Rookie Debuts, and Record Chasers.

Parallel Cards
- Gold Parallel - Sequentially numbered to 2013.
- Black Parallel - Sequentially numbered to 62.
- HOBBY & JUMBO ONLY
- Pink Parallel - Sequentially numbered to 50.
- Platinum Parallel - Numbered 1/1.
- Emerald Foil Parallel - Inserted 1:6.
- Desert Camo Foil Parallel - Sequentially numbered to 99.
- Printing Plates - 1,320 printing plates from all of the base cards. Numbered 1/1. HOBBY & JUMBO ONLY
- Silk Collection - 100 framed mini silk cards. Sequentially numbered to 50. HOBBY & JUMBO ONLY
- NEW! Sapphire Foil Full Parallel - A full 990-card parallel of Series 1, Series 2, and Update Series cards on sapphire blue foil! Sequentially numbered to 25.

Manufactured Relic Cards - 1 per HOBBY JUMBO PACK box /1 per Hobby case
League Leader Pins - 20 cards featuring specially designed pins recognizing a player's achievement in leading the league in a statistical category.

Record-Holder Rings - 10 cards featuring specially designed rings recognizing current all-time MLB record holders.

Pennant Chase Copper Coins - 15 cards featuring active and retired superstars from pennant-winning teams, with an embedded coin celebrating the win. Sequentially numbered to 99.
- Pennant Chase Wrought Iron Parallel - Sequentially numbered to 50.
- Pennant Chase Steel Parallel - Sequentially numbered to 10.

Insert Cards
1971 Topps Minis - 50 mini cards featuring a different classic from the Topps vault - the 1971 Topps design.

Chasing History - 50 cards featuring active and retired players who are chasing or have chased history.

Making Their Mark - 25 cards featuring future stars, celebrating a milestone career.

Postseason Heroes - 20 cards celebrating some of the most memorable postseason moments in history, and the players who made them happen.

Franchise Forerunners - 20 dual-subject cards pairing current Rookies with one of their franchise's most famous Rookies from the past.

Autograph Cards
1971 Topps Minis Autographs - 10 subjects. Signed on-card! Numbered to 10.

Chasing History Autographs - Over 30 subjects.
- Chasing History Autographs Gold Parallel - Numbered to 10.

Chasing History Cut Signatures - 20 subjects. Numbered 1/1.

Making Their Mark Autographs - 10 subjects.
- Making Their Mark Autographs Gold Parallel - Numbered to 10.

Postseason Heroes Autographs - 10 subjects. Numbered to 10.

Franchise Forerunners Dual Autographs - 10 dual-auto cards. Numbered to 10.

Autograph Relic Cards - HOBBY & HOBBY JUMBO ONLY
Chasing History Autograph Relics - 10 subjects. Numbered to 25. HOBBY & HOBBY JUMBO ONLY

Postseason Heroes Autograph Relics - 5 subjects. Numbered to 5. HOBBY & HOBBY JUMBO ONLY

Franchise Forerunners Dual Autograph Relics - 5 dual-auto/ dual-relic cards. Numbered to 5. HOBBY & HOBBY JUMBO ONLY

All-Star Relics and Autographed Relic Cards - Featuring relic pieces from the jerseys worn at the 2013 MLB All-Star Game Workout!
All-Star Stitches Jersey relic cards from at least 60 subjects!
- All-Star Stitches Gold Parallel - Sequentially numbered to 50.
- All-Star Stitches Platinum Parallel - Numbered 1 of 1

All-Star Stitches Autographed Relics - 15 of the above All-Stars will also have an autograph relic version. Sequentially numbered to 25.

All-Star Jumbo Patches - 50 All-Stars with a jumbo patch relic. Sequentially numbered to 6. HOBBY & HOBBY JUMBO ONLY.

All-Star Jumbo Patches Autographs - 10 All-Stars with a jumbo patch relic and an autograph. Sequentially numbered to 6. HOBBY & HOBBY JUMBO ONLY.

All-Star Stitches Duals - 10 cards each featuring two All-Stars and a jersey relic piece from each. Sequentially numbered to 25.

All-Star Stitches Triples - 10 cards each featuring three All-Stars and a jersey relic piece from each. Sequentially numbered to 25. HOBBY & HOBBY JUMBO ONLY.

The Ultimate Chase Cards
10 more individually designed and constructed cards will feature some of the biggest active and retired stars, with an autograph and a unique relic or a cut signature and a unique relic. Signed on-card! Numbered 1 of 1.

2013 Topps Baseball Update Series is the ultimate conclusion to The Chase - don't miss out!

WHAT WE PULLED

Base - 310/330 (93.9%)
Dupes - 0
Emerald (6)
Gold /2013 (6): Trevor Bauer, Randy Choate, J.B. Shuck, Donald Lutz, Kevin Gregg, Kevin Correia

2013 Topps Update is the third part of the trilogy for the base Topps program with Series 1 and 2. Topps uses this release to highlight events over the second half of the MLB season such as the ASG, rookies who made their debuts and various events. Like its predecessors, it contains a 330 base set. Card numbering is notated with a "U" at the beginning to prevent any confusion with Series 1. Some of the cards also have a short print variation. There are seven parallels for each card with only the Emerald being unnumbered. The Gold (/2013) and Black (/62) are available in Retail and Hobby with the rest only in Hobby/Jumbo boxes. New to the line are the Sapphire Foil cards. There is one from every base card in the trilogy of products, all of which are numbered to 25.

1971 Topps Minis (9)
Chasing History (9)
Franchise Forerunners (5)
Making Their Mark (6)
Postseason Heroes (4)

There are five insert sets in Update. Chasing History is a continuation set from the other two releases and the card numbering reflects it. It what has become the norm, there is a throwback design mini set with 1971 Topps Minis. Making Their Marks is also a continuation of a set that appeared in Series 2. New sets are Franchise Forerunners (pairing a player of today with a player of yesteryear or two standouts from today) and Postseason Heroes, which details 20 players and a memorable postseason moment. All of these sets have autographs and auto/relics available, though not for each subject.

All Star Stitches Adam Wainwright Jersey

Each hobby box will yield 1 autograph or relic, while Jumbo boxes contain 2 relics and 1 auto. The main relics will be centered around items from the 2013 All-Star Game. There are individual, dual and triple relics as well as patches and autographs within this group. There are also three manufactured relics sets. They are League Leader Pins, Record Holder Rings and Pennant Chase Copper Coins, which has a Wrought Iron and Steel version. Finally, The Ultimate Chase Cards series comes to an end with the final 10 cards of the set. Each one has an autograph and a relic piece numbered 1/1.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Base - 4.75/5
Design - 4/5
Fun - 3/5
Value - 3/5
Rebuy - 3.5/5

Overall - 18.25/25 (73%)

NPN Information

NPN 2013 Topps BB Update Series
PO Box 2220
Duryea PA 18642

Limit 1 Request Per Household

Postmarked By: 1/15/14
Received By: 1/22/14

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