SCF Official Review: 2014 Topps Finest

[Enigma]

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

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2 mini boxes per master box
6 packs per mini box
5 cards per pack

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

AUTOGRAPH PATCH CARDS
Rookie Refractor Autographed Patch - NFL Rookies featured with an autograph and a patch on refractor technology
- Blue Refractor Parallel: #'d to 99
- Red Refractor Parallel: #'d to 75
- Gold Refractor Parallel: #'d to 50
- Pulsar Refractor Parallel: Jumbo Patch #'d to 25 NEW!
- X-Fractor Parallel: Jumbo Patch #'d to 15
- BCA Refractor Parallel: Jumbo Patch #'d to 10
- Salute to Service Refractor Parallel: Jumbo Patch #'d to 10
- Black Refractor Pigskin NFL Shield Parallel: #'d 1/1
- Black Refractor NFLPA Logo Parallel: Relic will be the NFLPA logo from the laundry tag. #'d 1/1
- Black Refractor NFL Shield Logo Parallel: Relic will be NFL Shield logo from the laundry tag. #'d 1/1
- Black Refractor Swoosh Logo Parallel: Relic will be Swoosh logo from the laundry tag. #'d 1/1
- SuperFractor Jumbo Team Patch Parallel: Seq #'d 1/1

AUTOGRAPH JUMBO RELIC CARDS
Autographed Jumbo Relic Refractor Cards - Rookie and Veteran autographs with a jumbo relic swatch.
- Blue Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 99.
- Red Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 75.
- Gold Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 50.
- Pulsar Refractor PATCH Parallel: Seq #'d to 25. NEW!
- X-Fractor PATCH Parallel: Seq #'d to 15
- BCA PATCH Parallel: Seq #'d to 10
- Salute to Service PATCH Parallel: Seq #'d to 10
- Black Refractor Swoosh Parallel: Seq #'d 1/1.
- SuperFractor TEAM PATCH Parallel: Seq #'d 1/1

Dual Autograph Dual Relic Cards - Two collectible players with a relic and an autograph from each. #'d to 10
- Dual Autograph Dual Team Patch SuperFractor: #'d 1/1 NEW!

Triple Autograph Triple Relic Cards - Three collectible players with a relic and autograph from each. #'d to 10
- Triple Autograph Triple Team Patch SuperFractor: #'d 1/1 NEW!

Quarterback Quartet Autograph Patch Book Card: Four quarterback autographs and patches on a refractor book card. #'d to 5 NEW!
- Quarterback Quartet Autograph Patch SuperFractor: #'d 1/1 NEW!

Fantasy's Finest Autographed Jumbo Patch - Top veterans and rookies highlighting their top games from a fantasy perspective. Card fronts will showcase fantasy stats along with an autograph and a jumbo-sized patch. NEW!


AUTOGRAPH CARDS
Fantasy's Finest Autographs - Top veterans and rookies highlighting their top games from a fantasy perspective. Card fronts will showcase fantasy stats along with an autograph. NEW!
- Pulsar Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 10. NEW!
- SuperFractor Parallel: Seq #'d 1/1. NEW!

Rookie Refractor Autographed Variation Seq #'d.
- Blue Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 25.
- Red Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 15.
- Pulsar Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 5. NEW!
- SuperFractor Parallel: Seq #'d 1/1.

INSERTS
Finest QB Cuts: New perimeter die-cut design featuring all rookie quarterbacks on refractor technology. 1 per case NEW!

Finest Atomic Refractor Rookies: Featuring a perimeter die-cut with refractor technology. 1 Per Mini Box

Finest Atomic Rookies AUTOGRAPHED
- Red Refractor: #'d to 25.
- Finest Atomic Rookies AUTOGRAPHED
- Pulsar Refractor: #'d to 10. NEW!
- Finest Atomic Rookies AUTOGRAPHED
- SuperFractor: #'d 1/1.

Fantasy's Finest: 1 per Mini Box NEW!
- Refractor Parallel - Inserted 1:5 Mini Boxes
- Pulsar Refractor Parallel - #'d to 99 NEW!
- SuperFractor Parallel - #'d 1/1

Mystery Rookie Autographed Redemption: Autographed Rookie cards of a TBD player, announced during the season

BASE CARDS
100 Top Veterans and 50 Rookies

- Refractor Parallel: Inserted 1:3 packs
- X-Fractor Parallel
- Blue Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 99.
- Gold Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 75.
- Red Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 50.
- Pulsar Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 25. NEW!
- BCA Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 10.
- STS Refractor Parallel: Seq #'d to 10.
- SuperFractor Parallel: Seq #'d 1/1.
- Printing Plates: Seq #'d 1/1.

WHAT WE PULLED

Base - 24/150 (18%)

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Refractors (2)
X-Fractors (1)

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Fantasy's Finest (1)
Finest Atomic Rookies (1)

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Brandin Cooks Rookie 2-color Patch/Autograph /99

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Do you enjoy chrome and shiny cards? Well then, Finest is for you. Finest contains a 150-card base set split between 100 veterans and 50 rookies. For rainbow collectors, there are nine refractors parallels plus the plates. They are seeded at the following rates (Italics is serial numbered):

Refractor/X-Fractor 1:2
Blue Refractor 1:5
Gold Refractor 1:7
Red Refractor 1:10
Pulsar Refractor 1:20
BCA (Pink) Refractor 1:50
STS (Camo) Refractor 1:50
Superfractor 1:496
Printing Plate 1:124

Finest is streamlined in the insert department as there are only two sets. Fantasy's Finest (1:5) jumps on the Fantasy Football bandwagon. Each card has parallel versions, Pulsar 1:30, Superfractor 1:2,975 as well as Autographs 1:198 (Pulsar 1:297, Superfractor 1:2,975 and Jumbo Patch 1:595). A popular series over the last couple of years has been the Finest Atomic Rookies (1:5). A handful of the top rookies are showcased on a die cut design. Autograph version appear in Red Refractor 1:119, Pulsar Refractor 1:297 and Superfractor 1:2,975.

Each mini box contains one autograph. Each master box has 1 Auto Patch and 1 Jumbo Auto Relic. There are a litany of types (including redemptions) that breaks down as follows:

Rookie Refractor Auto Patch Blue 1:26, Red 1:35, Gold 1:45, Pulsar 1:91, X-Fractor 1:150, BCA 1:225, STS 1:225, Black Pigskin 1:2,250, Black NFLPA Logo 1:2,250, Black NFL Shield 1:2,250, Black Swoosh 1:2,250, Superfractor 1:2,250
Auto Jumbo Relics Blue 1:20, Red 1:27, Gold 1:31, Pulsar 1:62, X-Fractor 1:103, BCA 1:155, STS 1:155, Black Refractor Swoosh 1:1,550, Superfractor 1:1,550
Dual Auto Dual Relic 1:372, Patch Superfractor 1:3,720
Triple Auto Triple Patch 1:744 Superfractor 1:7,444
Quarterback Quartet Auto Patch Book 1:4.962, Team 1:24,800
Rookie Refractor Quad Auto Ptach Book 1:10,206
Rookie Refractor Autograph 1:53, Blue 1:75, Red 1:124, Pulsar 1:372, Superfractor 1:1,860
Uncut Sheet Redemption 1:1,485
Mystery Rookie Autograph Redemption 1:372

FINAL THOUGHTS

Base - 3.5/5
Design - 4.25/5
Fun - 4/5
Value - 3.5/5
Rebuy - 3.75/5

Overall - 19/25 (76%)

NPN INFORMATION

NPN 2014 Topps Finest Football
PO Box 764
Pittston, PA 18640

Limit 1 Request Per Household

Postmarked By: 12/3/14
Received By: 12/10/14

Canada Skills: 11 + 4 x 6 - 8 = ?

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 of their products, visit them today at www.topps.com.

Base and inserts are available for request. Please PM me with the card or cards of interest. 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.

[pwaldo]

The cards look nice for this at least