SCF Official Review: 2012 Topps 2012 U.S. Olympic Team & Olympic Hopefuls

[Enigma]

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



24 packs per box
8 cards per pack
Current Retail Price (online): $69.99 - $84.99

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

AUTOGRAPHED CARDS (1 per box!)
Autographed Base Parallel Cards - Featuring up to 50 U.S. Olympic Team gold medal hopefuls with their signatures on parallel versions of the base cards.
- Bronze Parallel - Seq #'d to 50
- Silver Parallel - Seq #'d to 30
- Gold Parallel - Seq #'d to 15
- Gold Rainbow Parallel - Seq #'d 1/1

U.S. Champions Autograph Cards - Featuring up to 10 Olympic Gold Medal athletes from previous Summer Olympic Games.

Olympic Games Cut Signature Cards - Featuring up to 50 of the most famous Olympians of all time! Seq #'d 1/1


RELIC CARDS (1 per box!)
U.S. Olympic Team Relic Cards - Featuring up to 50 of the best U.S. Olympic Team athletes with an Athlete-Worn relic swatch.
- Bronze Parallel - Seq #'d to 75
- Silver Parallel - Seq #'d to 50
- Gold Parallel - Seq #'d to 25
- Gold Rainbow Parallel - Seq #'d 1/1


COMMEMORATIVE RELIC CARDS (1 per box!)

Patches
U.S. Olympic Team Patch Cards - Every Olympian with a base card is featured with a commemorative patch of the official U.S. Olympic Team Patch logo.
United States of America Flag Patch Cards - Every Olympian with a base card is featured with an American Flag commemorative patch.

Stamps
London 2012 Olympic Games Stamp Card - Featuring up to 30 different stamps symbolizing the Games of the XXX Olympiad.

Pins
United States Olympic Committee Pins - Every Olympian with a base card is featured with a commemorative USOC Team pin.
Olympic Games Event Pins - Every Olympian with a base card is featured with a commemorative pin of their Olympic sporting event.

Medals
Commemorative Olympic Medals - Topps celebrates the London 2012 Olympic Games with a commemorative medal in Bronze, Silver and Gold versions.


INSERT CARDS

Games of the XXX Olympiad - Each card represents a United States athlete and the sporting event they participate in at the London 2012 Olympic Games, as well as how that event is played. Inserted 1:4

London 2012 Olympic Games Venues - The different venues of the London Games with a detailed description of each, and the games that will be played there. Inserted 1:12 Heritage of the Olympic Games - A chronicling of the past Olympic Games starting with the Games of the I Olympiad. Inserted 1:8

Opening Ceremony - A chronicling of the Opening Ceremony of past Olympic Games starting with the Games of the I Olympiad. Inserted 1:24


BASE CARDS (7 per PACK!)

Base Cards - Featuring 100 of the most well-known U.S. Olympic Team athletes striving for the gold in the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- Bronze Parallel - 1 per pack
- Silver Parallel - 1 in 2 packs
- Gold Parallel - 1 in 3 packs

WHAT WE PULLED



Base - 100/100 (100%)
Dupes - 26
Bronze (24)
Silver (12)
Gold (8)



Olympic Heritage (3)
London 2012 Olympic Games Venues (2)
Games of the XXX Olympiad (6)
Opening Ceremony (1)



Ricky Berens Autograph



U.S. Olympic Team Relic Nathan Adrian Athlete Worn Memorabilia



U.S. Olympic Team Patch David Oliver Manufactured Patch



FINAL THOUGHTS

Base - 5/5
Design - 3/5
Fun - 2/5
Value - 2/5
Rebuy - 2/5

Overall - 14/25 (56%)

Pros:
Perfect time to come out as it gets you excited about the Summer Olympics
Highlights representatives from sports/events you would not otherwise recognize

Cons:
Way overpriced
Design doesn't use red, white and blue. Uses Magenta, Yellow and Cyan.
Many of the athletes are not featured in outfits that designate they are on the U.S. Team
Lack of Men's Basketball players
Nothing to bring you back to want more
Seems like a good idea wasted

NPN Information:

NPN 2012 Topps U.S. Olympic Team
PO Box 2230
Duryea, PA 18642

Postmarked: 7/25/12
Received: 8/1/12

Limit 1 request per household

Canada Skills Question: 12 +3 x 2 - 4 = ?

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.

[palantri]

any of the stuff for sale/trade Tony? Im master setting these and can use a ton of what you pulled
Ed

[Enigma]

Cannot sell or trade anything from a sponsored review. :( But you can always request a couple of cards for a SASE. :) Just PM me...