SCF Official Review: 2007/08 Topps Finest

[RenegadeLonghorn]

Special thanks to Topps for sending us a mini-box to break!

Product Description and Highlights:
Release date: 6/25/08
Approximate Price for master box: $120-130
3 mini-boxes per box. 6 packs per mini-box. 6 cards per pack

2007/08 Topps Finest Basketball offers a first look at the 2008 NBA Draft with basketball's most talked about cards - Finest Draft Pick Redemption Cards. These 30 cards, representing all 30 first round draft picks, are inserted 1 per mini-box, 3 per master-box!

SET FEATURES
-2008 NBA Draft Pick Redemption Cards - All 30 1st Round Picks! 1 per mini-box!
-1 autographed card per mini-box! 3 per master box!
-4 parallel cards per mini-box! 12 per master box!
-Every 12-box case contains 1 Draft Pick Redemption Autograph card!

Autographs
-NBA Draft Pick Redemption Autographs (10 cards)
-Die-Cut SuperFractor 1/1
-X-Fractor #'d to 10
-Refractor #'d

Rookie Autographed Variation Cards (40 cards)
-Die-Cut SuperFractor 1/1
-X-Fractor #'d to 25
-Refractor

Refractor Parallels
(130 subs/1040 variations) Including Draft Pick Redemptions
-Die-Cut Super-Fractor 1/1
-White-Framed X-Fractor 1/1
-X-Fractor #'d to 25
-Gold #'d to 50
-Black #'d to 99
-Green #'d to 199
-Blue #'d to 299
-Refractor

Framed Printing Plates (1/1's)
-Base Cards (130 subs/4 per)
-Autograph Cards (50 subs/4 per)

Other Cards
-NBA Draft Pick Redemptions (30 cards) - 1 per mini-box
-Rookies (50 cards)
-Veterans (50 cards)

What we pulled...

Overall Mini-Box Break:
Base - 12/50 (24% complete)
Duplicates - 0
Auto - 1
GU - none in set
Rookies - 16 (includes one redemption and three refractors)
Parallels - 1 numbered

2008 Draft Pick Redemption of Derrick Rose!!! (scanned really large for some reason!)

Herbert Hill Autograph Rookie Refractor

Rookie Refractors of Sean Williams, Glen Davis, and Jason Smith. Scan didn't do a good job of picking up the refractor design.

Other rookies including Greg Oden, Jeff Green, and Acie Law IV

Even more rookies!

Baron Davis Green Refractor 118/149

Base cards of current stars and retired HOFers. Dwight Howard, Brandon Roy, and Dominique Wilkins!

Final Ratings (Out of 5)
Base Set - 3.75/5
Fun - 4.5/5
Overall Design - 4.25/5
Value - 5/5
Rebuy - 4.25/5
Final Grade: 21.75/25 (87%)

Final Thoughts:
2007/08 Topps Finest is back again with the usual goodies! Each mini-box has one autographed card and one redemption for a 2008 draft pick. There's a good chance to pull a top rookie from this year AND from the 2008 draft. That alone makes this box fun to bust. Master boxes sell for $120-130, so the mini-box value would be around $40.

Each pack doesn't disappoint. There are no packs that have all base. Basically, you are going to get rookies and/or parallels in each pack. We got a total of twelve base cards in six packs. A full master box would have yielded about thirty-six base cards (total of 50 base in set). The #1 draft pick redemption (Derrick Rose) was the best pull in this box. This card alone sells for about $40 currently! A very nice pull that makes up the entire value of this mini-box. Unfortunately, the autograph card was a disappointing pull. I don't believe Herbert Hill had much playing time this season. We also only pulled one numbered card, which is another disappointment. Perhaps the other mini-boxes that were part of this master box would have yielded more. Instead, we got three refractor rookies, which probably beats the odds for a mini-box. The refractor designs are always nice, but in my eyes they don't seem to look as good this year as previous years. We got some big name rookies in Oden and Jeff Green. Overall, I believe we did very well. If it wasn't for the #1 draft pick redemption card, this box would have been a disappointment.

As with all of our other official reviews, these cards will be made available to SCF members through contests, card cash store, and SASE.

Once again, I would like to thanks Topps for sending us this mini-box of 2007/08 Topps Finest.

[TurdFerguson]

Nice job on the break Ash.

[htwheelz01]

Nice Break Ash.

[demonpower55]

Great review and nice cards! This mini box beat CHillyDoggy's master box, lol!

[the_future]

Well done Ash!

[SingleDaddyof2]

Terrific job on the box break/review Ash! Ya done good!

[theanswer0221]

nice review. put that herbert hill up :)

[RenegadeLonghorn]

Thanks everyone. I hope the video didn't make you dizzy...my digi camera goes in and out of focus for some reason.

[RenegadeLonghorn]

We're giving out cards for SASE!

https://www.sportscardforum.com/showthread.php?t=525885

[keithnmikkii]

It seems like there is a large number of parralells in this set, which makes it good for trade bait i guess, but if someone where trying to get a master set it would be a headache for sure, any opinions. Anyone read this that has a set?