Official SCF Review: 2009/10 Topps

[Enigma]

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



36 packs per box
10 card per pack
Current Retail Price: 49.99 - 59.99

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:
- 110 High-Flying Chrome Rookies & Veterans!
- Topps Exclusive Mcdonald's All-American Signed-On Cards!
- NBA All-Star Game-Worn Multi-Relic Cards!
- NBA Rookie Photo Shoot Signed-On Jersey Letter Patch Cards!

REGULAR BOX BREAK CONTENT:
- 2 Relic Cards per Hobby Box!
- 1 Autograph Relic or Autograph Card 1:3 Hobby Boxes!
- 2 Numbered Chrome Cards per Hobby Box!

BASE CARDS - 330 cards - 9 per Hobby Pack
Veterans (315)
Rookies (15)

PARALLEL CARDS - 1,980 cards - 1 per Hobby Pack
Black (330) - #'d to 50
Gold (330) - #'d to 2009
Printing Plates (1,320) - Each is a 1 of 1 Hobby & Jumbo Only!

TOPPS CHROME - 440 cards - 9 per Hobby Box
Super-Fractor (110) - Each is a 1 of 1; Hobby & Jumbo Only
Gold (110) - #'d to 50
Refractor (110) - #'d to 500
Chrome (110) - #'d to 999

RELIC CARDS - 440 cards - 2 per Hobby Box
Roundball Remnants (70)
Championship Material (30)
- Patch Card Parallels of above (100) - #'d to 50; Hobby & Jumbo Only
All-Star Dual (20) - #'d to 199; Hobby & Jumbo Only
All-Star Quad (20) - - #'d to 100; Hobby & Jumbo Only

INSERT CARDS - 50 cards - 6 per Hobby Box
Draft Night History (50)

ON-CARD AUTOGRAPHS - TBD cards - 1 Autograph Relic/Autograph Card 1:3 Hobby Boxes!
McDonald's All-American (TBD) - Hand #'d to 250

AUTOGRAPHED RELIC CARDS - 74 cards - 1 Autograph Relic/Autograph Card 1:3 Hobby Boxes!
Rookie Rewind Jumbo Jersey Autographs (10) - #'d to 99; Hobby & Jumbo Only
Rookie Rewind Letterman Patch Autographs (30) - #'d; Hobby & Jumbo Only
Franchise Fabrics Autographs (12)
- Autograph Number Variation (12)
Autograph Relics (10) - #'d to 299; Hobby & Jumbo Only

WHAT WE PULLED





Base (303/330) - 91.8%
Dupes - 0



Topps Gold /2009 (36) - Ronald Murray, Acie Law IV, Rajon Rondo, Brian Scalabrine, John Salmons, Antoine Wright, Tayshaun Prince, Ron Artest, Marc Gasol, Quinton Ross, Joel Anthony, Michael Redd, Charlie Villanueva, Al Jefferson, Sebastian Telfair, Yi Jianlian, Bobby Simmons, Josh Boone, Danilo Gallinari, Jared Jeffries, Earl Watson, Robert Swift, Desmond Mason, Kevin Durant, Hedo Turkoglu, Tyronn Lue, Anthony Johnson, Thaddeus Young, Reggie Evans, Shaquille O'Neal, Matt Barnes, Michael Finley, Kurt Thomas, Roko Ukic, Andray Blatche, Tyreke Evans
Topps Black /50 (1) - Rodney Carney



Chrome /999 (3) - Al Horford, Mo Williams, Troy Murphy
Chrome Refractors /500 (2) - Anderson Varejao, Brandon Roy



Draft Snapshot (6) - Dikembe Mutombo, Dwyane Wade, Hakeem Olajuwon, Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant



Championship Material Shaquille O'Neal Jersey
Roundball Remnants Aaron Brooks Jersey
Roundball Remnants Andrew Bogut Jersey




Final Ratings (out of 5):

Base Set – 4.5
Fun – 4.75
Overall Design – 4
Value – 5
Rebuy – 5

Total – 23.25/25 (93%)

It may be a "low-end" product, but Topps gets this one right. The base cards look great with the full color action shots of the veteran players. Not only that, in a box that contains this amount of base, to avoid any duplications is amazing and appreciated. And getting over 90% of the base set complete in one box is always a plus.

Outside of one small set, the inserts are all numbered cards. Accordingly, all packs contain one Topps Gold /2009. This is a great bonus for collectors as in years past, you only got between 6-8 Gold cards. And you also recieve a second insert in every three packs. Really nice to see the Chrome cards as an additional level of parallels.

Typically in the past, a box of Topps would yield one relic or auto. This year, Topps has upped the stakes by having boxes contain at least two relics or autos. This adds so much more enjoyment to opening a box that is usually boring and quite tedious. Though not the first time, it's wonderful to see Topps display the relics in a basketball field instead of a cookie cutter square. This gives more life and appeal to the cards.

I am truly impressed with this effort from Topps. I know part of this is due to the contract expiring soon, but nonethelees, you have to give credit where credit is due. Would love to see this approach carry over to all sports. Decrease production x Additional goodies = Successful product. This is one of the limited few basketball products from Topps that I could see myself simply enjoying opening over and over.

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, check them out at www.topps.com.

[quiet-things]

I really like how they make the swatch window a basketball, it looks really cool. Looks like a real promising product for a great price

[garnett_21]

Great break and review! This is another really nice sounding product - and very cheap for the amount of cards! $50 is a bargain for any box, let alone a brand new release! Pulling over 90% of the base set is a huge plus, and getting no duplicates is almost unheard of. Topps definitely got their (possible) last low-end basketball release right.

Thanks Topps!

[Captngeetch]

Not too crazy about the design here..and I'm on the other side of the coin on the GU Window...I'd rather see a huge swatch myself...Thanx to Topps for the product though

[timduncan21]

I think that this product is okay...I don't know wheter it's worth $50 but thanks to Topps anyway

[WilyWestbrook0]

Nice pull on the Shaq!

[trevorp121]

I like the design of the Draft snapshot cards! And the Shaq swatch almost looks like it is from a Laker Uni which is sweet!

[JKC]

Nice break and review! Thanks Topps!

Darin

[ponyboy]

NICE Break!! Great Review. Well..it's a typical Topps product. Not too shabby for their base/low end product. I, myself, am not too thrilled about the jsy cards..they jazz them up by putting the lil cardboard over the jsy swatch..which is a good idea..but, not my cup of tea. That's ALOT of gold...lol.

Thanks again to TOPPS for a sweet product though.

Evan~~

[gladdyontherise]

I really like the GU design personally, I already got the Villanueva GU incomming! The basketball type shape is cool to me