2011 Topps Heritage Baseball
Configuration: 24 packs per box, 9 cards per pack
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
One Autograph or Relic Card per Box - all autographs are signed on-card!
500 Stars of Today and Yesterday on the 1962 Topps Design!
New '62 Minted Coin Cards
New Baseball Bucks Box Loader
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
BASE CARDS (500) - 425 of the game's best players on the 1962 Topps Baseball card design!
Rookies, Veterans, Legends (425)
World Series Highlights (6)
Combos (11)
League Leaders (4)
Sporting News All-Stars (24)
Team Cards (18)
Rookie Parade (8)
In Action (9)
Short Prints (75) - high numbered
CHROME PARALLEL CARDS (300 total cards)
Black Bordered (100) #'d to 62
Refractor (100) #'d to 562
Chrome (100) #'d to 1962
NEW '62 MINT (20 total cards) - Hobby Exclusive! 1 Per Hobby CASE!
20 money players appear on these cards featuring an event from 1962 along with a coin minted in 1962 in the following variations:
Silver Dollar - Hall of Fame Induction
Quarter - Baseball Highlight
Dime - Personal History
Nickel - Rookie Debut
Penny - Happy Birthday
TOPPS STAMPS
Topps Stamps - Over 180 current players highlighted in a stamp format on framed cards. Each card contains two stamps featuring 2 players and is numbered to 62.
Buyback Topps Stamps - Original 1962 Topps player stamps, newly framed and randomly inserted into packs. Hobby Exclusive!
INSERT CARDS (45 total cards) 6 PER BOX!
New Age Performers - 15 players whose performances have surpassed the giants of the past.
Then and Now - 10 cards featuring statistical comparisons between today's stars with legends from 1962.
Baseball Flashbacks - 10 memorable baseball highlights from 1962.
News Flashbacks - 10 cards commemorating major news stories from 1962.
AUTOGRAPHED RELIC CARDS (20) - One Autographed or Relic Card Per Box! All Autographs Signed Directly on Each Card!
Flashback Stadium Relics - 5 subjects will autograph 25 relic cards commemorating achievements from the 1962 season. Hand numbered to 25!
Clubhouse Collection Relics - 10 cards showcasing a bat or uniform memento are autographed by active and retired players. Hand numbered to 25!
Clubhouse Collection Dual - 5 cards showcasing on-card autographs from a retired and active player from the same franchise along with a relic piece. Hand numbered to 10 - Hobby Exclusive!
AUTOGRAPHED CARDS - One Autographed or Relic Card Per Box! All Autographs Signed Directly On Each Card!
Real One - On card signatures from players who last appeared on a Topps Card in 1962 as well as signatures from additional 1962 stars and current stand-outs.
Real One Special Edition - The subjects above will on-card sign 62 cards in red ink. Hand numbered to 61-Hobby Exclusive!
Real One Dual Autographs - 10 cards featuring an active and retired player with their on-card signatures. Hand numbered to 25 - Hobby Exclusive!
Flashbacks - 5 baseball legends directly sign their name to 25 cards, each featuring a highlight from their 1962 season. Hand numbered to 25
1962 Cut Signatures - Cut signatures from Mickey Mantle and other legends. #'d 1 of 1!
New 60th Anniversary - Sixty players past and present have signed these cards along with an additional inscription wishing Topps a "Happy 60th!" All autographs and inscriptions are signed directly on each numbered to 60 card. At least three players' cards will be inserted into each baseball product throughout 2011.
RELIC CARDS - One Relic or Autographed Card per Box!
Clubhouse Collection - Over 40 active pros and retired stars from 1962 are featured with bat or jersey relic pieces.
Clubhouse Collection Dual - 5 cards featuring a player from 1962 matched with a current player from the same team each with a relic. Hand numbered to 61
Flashbacks - 10 cards paying tribute to a player's memorable highlight from 1062, and featuring a relic piece from the venue in which it occurred.
Dual Flashbacks - 5 cards featuring 2 players from rival teams, their respective highlights from the 1962 season, and 2 stadium relic pieces from which they occurred. Hand numbered to 10
BOX LOADER - HOBBY EXCLUSIVE!
NEW Baseball Bucks - 96 outstanding players featured on mock currency of varying denominations. One in Every 3 Boxes - alternates with Advertising Panels and Topps Stamp Album.
Advertising Panels - Featuring parallel cards as a 3-card strip. One in Every 3 Boxes - alternates with Topps Stamp Album and Baseball Bucks.
Topps Stamp Album - Each of these 30 over-sized cards mimic a page from the original 1962 Topps Stamp Album and feature reproduction player stamps. One in Every 3 Boxes - alternates with Advertising Panels and Baseball Bucks.
1962 Topps Originals - Original cards from 1962 inserted and stamped in 1-card penny packs. 1 in every 2 Boxes!
Our Box Break
Base Cards
Topps brings back the 1962 design with a nice beautiful wood grain border that really pops out! We got 230 out of 425 base cards, good for 54% of the cards with no duplicates. We pulled 1 Jackie Robinson Story SP #137. We pulled 8 SP cards: Martin Prado, Huston Street, Torii Hunter, Joe Mauer All Star, John Buck, Josh Willingham, Ben Revere RC, and Josh Bell/Danny Worth/Luke Hughes/Trevor Plouffe.
Chrome Cards
Topps Heritage Chrome cards return and as always look amazing. Pictured above is Bronson Arroyo and Nick Hundley.
Inserts
New Age Perfomers
This set features some of today's hottest stars in the game today. We pulled 2: Robinson Cano and Roy Halladay.
Then and Now
The Then and Now insert set joins together a great player from the past and one of today's current stars at the same position. We pulled a Bob Gibson/Jered Weaver.
Baseball Flashbacks
The Baseball Flashbacks set looks back at some of the great plays and games from the 1962 season. We pulled 2: Harmon Killebrew and Frank Robinson.
News Flashbacks
This Flashbacks set looks back at some of the more memorable moments from the year 1962. We pulled 2: Jamaica Gains Independence Ends British Rule and Glenn Becomes First American to Orbit Earth.
Box Loaders
1962 Buybacks
Topps bought back some of their original 1962 Topps cards and inserted them as boxloaders with a special 50th anniversary stamp. We pulled a Joe Cunningham.
Advertising Panels
Also inserted as boxloaders are the 3 card strip advertising panels just as they had back when the 1962 set came out. We pulled a Chris Carter/Ben Zobrist/Billy Butler advertising panel.
Clubhouse Collection Relics
This Relic set joins two of the most popular collecting attributes - vintage and relics. This one features a nice swatch of a Johan Santana in his black Mets uniform.
Final Thoughts
Topps Heritage as usual is a fun product to open with 24 packs and 9 cards per pack. This year brings back the classic 1962 wood grain border design. Set collectors will go nuts over the great look of this year's product and the short print cards that are included. Topps Heritage also has enough big hits to keep the autograph and relic seakers happy. This product boasts a great lineup of autographs from some of the best players past and present including Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Stan Musial, Mike Stanton, and Stephen Strasburg.
Product Rating
Value: 5
Innovation: 4
Fun & Experience: 4
Rebuy Value: 4
I rate this product an A- for Topps!
NPN Information
Open only to US & Canada (except Quebec) residents. Hand print your name and complete address on a 3 x 5 card and mail in a #10 envelope to:
NPN 2011 Topps Heritage Baseball
PO Box 763
Pittston, PA 18640
Postmarked by June 15, 2011. Canadian entries must answer this question. 10 x 8 + 2 - 20 = ?
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