SCF Official Review: 2013 Topps Platinum

[Enigma]

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



20 packs per box
5 cards per pack
Current Retail Price (online): $89.99 - $109.99

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

AUTOGRAPHED ROOKIE REFRACTOR CARDS - 2 PER BOX!
Variations of the base rookie card design with chrome refractor technology including ON-CARD autographs.
- Black Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 150.
- Blue Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 99.
- Frost Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 50. NEW!
- Purple Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 25.
- Gold Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 15.
- BCA Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 10. NEW!
- Military Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 10. NEW!
- Red Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 5. NEW!
- SuperFractor Parallel: #'d 1/1. Hobby Only!
- Printing Plates: #'d 1/1. Hobby Only!


DIE-CUT AUTOGRAPH CARDS
BCA & Military Die-Cut Ribbon Autograph Cards:
- Perimeter die-cut ribbon cards, featuring an autograph from a playmaking veteran or rookie. LIMITED


MULTI-AUTOGRAPH ROOKIE REFRACTOR CARDS
Dual Autographed Rookie Cards:
- Dual autograph cards featuring top rookie pairings. Sequentially #'d to 25.

Hexagraph Double-Sided Rookie Cards:
- Double-sided cards featuring six autographs of the most collectible rookies. Sequentially #'d to 10. Hobby Only!


AUTOGRAPHED REFRACTOR PATCH CARDS - 1 PER BOX!
Autographed Rookie Refractor Patch Cards: Up to 40 top rookie subjects featuring a jumbo patch and an autograph on a chrome refractor card.
- Black Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 125.
- Green Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 99.
- Frost Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 50. NEW!
- Blue Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 25.
- Purple Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 10.
- Gold Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 5.
- SuperFractor Parallel: #'d 1/1. Hobby Only!
- NFL Shield Parallel
- Team Logo Parallel NEW!
- NFL Pigskin Parallel NEW!
- NFL Glove Parallel NEW!

Autographed Veteran Refractor Patch Cards: Up to 15 veterans featuring a patch and an autograph on a numbered chrome refractor card.
- Purple Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 25.
- Frost Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 15. NEW!
- Gold Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 10.
- Red Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 5.
- SuperFractor Parallel: #'d 1/1. Hobby Only!


AUTOGRAPHED REFRACTOR PATCH CARDS
- Dual Autographed Dual Patch Cards: Dual autographs and patches from rookie pairings on chrome refractor technology. Sequentially #'d to 25. Hobby Only!
- Dual Autographed Rookie Refractor Jumbo Patch Book Cards: Dual autographs and large patches from rookie pairings on chrome refractor technology. #'d 1/1. Hobby Only!
- Autographed Refractor Platinum Patch Cards: Featuring autographs and jumbo-sized patches of rookies and veterans on chrome refractor technology. Sequentially #'d to 5. Hobby Only!


RELIC CARDS - CASE HIT!
- Platinum Rookie Patches: Jumbo-sized patch relics on chrome refractor cards. Hobby Only!


INSERT CARDS
- BCA & Military Die-Cut Ribbon Cards NEW!
- Uncut Sheet Redemptions: Redemption cards good for Veteran and Rookie base forms, including X-Fractor, Black Refractor, and Sapphire Parallels! NEW!


BASE CARDS
- Veterans: 100 of the NFL's top veteran stars on rainbow foilboard.
- Rookies: 50 of the NFL's top rookies on Chrome Refractor technology

VETERAN FOILBOARD PARALLEL CARDS
- Sapphire Parallel 1 per Hobby pack

ROOKIE CHROME PARALLEL CARDS
- X-Fractor Parallel: Inserted 1:4.
- Black Refractor Parallel: Inserted 1 per Hobby Box!
- Purple Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 75.
- Gold Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 50.
- Red Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 25.
- BCA Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 10. NEW!
- Military Refractor Parallel: Seq. #'d to 10. NEW!
- SuperFractor Parallel: #'d 1/1. Hobby Only!
- Printing Plates: #'d 1/1. Hobby Only!

WHAT WE PULLED

Base: 56/100 (56%)
Sapphire: 19/100 (19%)





There are 150 cards in the Platinum base set. The first 100 is devoted to the veterans. Platinum utilized a rainbow foilboard for the veterans portion. Each one has a Sapphire parallel. The parallels are on a thicker stock and feature a blue track in the background.

Rookies: 12/50 (24%)
Black (1)
X-Fractors (5)
BCA Die Cut (1)





Fifty rookies adorn the base set of Platinum. Instead of the rainbow foilboard, the rookies are featured on a chrome refractor surface. There are eight parallels for each rookie, not including the four printing plates. Each box should contain 1 black and 5 x-fractors on average. Those are unnumbered. The rest are numbered to 75 or less. New to this year's release are the BCA and Military Die Cuts. Also, keep your eyes open for redemption cards towards uncut sheets.

Damontre Moore Rookie Refractor Autograph Redemption



Ray Graham Black Rookie Refractor Autograph (on-card) /150



Andre Ellington 3-color Patch/Autograph /1000



Platinum contains two rookie autographs and one patch/auto per box on average. The rookie autographs are on card, which is a huge plus. There are numerous parallel versions as well as the BCA and Military Die Cuts. In addition, there are multi-player options as well. The Patch/Autographs can be rookies or veterans. Like the last couple of years, the basic rookie version has a high serial number (1000 or higher). However, that doesn't mean there are not a lot of nice patches to be found. Also, many parallels are inserted, which include NFL Shield, Team Logo and Glove versions. The veterans have five parallel options. There are also dual and jumbo patch cards as well.

FINAL THOUGHTS

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

Overall - 21/25 (84%)

NPN Information

NPN 2013 Topps Platinum Football
PO Box 2008
Duryea, PA 18642

Limit 1 Request Per household

Postmarked By: 12/4/13
Received By: 12/11/13

Canada Skills: 50 + 10 x 2 - 3 = ?

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

[pwaldo]

A patch autograph numbered to 1000 in a 2013 product?

[papaperk]

Might just be my second favorite product of this year to open packs of. Would be a close call between Bowman (#1) and Platinum (#1A). Even though Platinum has cards /1000 that Ellington would look great in my bucket! Platinum has a very nice looking product this year with great looking base cards, nice inserts, sharp patch and patch/autos, and ON-CARD base and #ed autos. Not all of the patches and patch/autos will look as good as Andre's above so the higher #ering doesn't bother me a bit. And the price is right for us pack/non-box buyers! Kudos to Topps for a very nice Platinum product this year.