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2011 Topps Finest Baseball
Hobby Configuration: 2 Mini Boxes Per Box. 6 Packs Per Mini Box. 5 Cards Per Pack.
- ALL NEW AUTOGRAPHED ON CARD ROOKIE CARDS
- Autograph Rookie Dual Relic Cards
- Rookie Jumbo Patch Cards
- Finest Moments Autograph Relic Cards
- Finest Moment Insert Cards
- 60th Anniversary On Card Autograph Cards


Our Box Break


Base Cards



The base cards have a nice solid design with the silver coloring in the background. The player photo in the middle of the card is surrounded by a colored arch. There is a spotlight design on the top of the card which helps show more emphasis on the player featured.


Rookies



The rookie cards have the same look and design as the base cards except for the RC logo on the top left of the card. We pulled 19 Rookies: Mike Trout, Dustin Ackley, Domonic Brown, Jake McGee, Danny Espinosa, Brett Wallace, Mike Minor, Sergio Santos, Dee Gordon, Hector Noesi, Andrew Cashner, Zach Britton, Mike Moustakas, Danny Duffy, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Daniel Descalso, Brandon Beachy, Ben Revere, and Chris Sale.


Refractors




The refractor cards have the same look and design as the base cards except for the rainbow tint. There are several refractor variations inserted in this product. We pulled a 6 variations: Stephen Strasburg Refractor #137/549, Brandon Beachy RC Refractor #140/549, Daniel Descalso RC Refractor #22/549, Ryan Howard X-Fractor #137/299, Jerry Sands Orange RC Refractor #52/99, and Kyle Drabek Gold Refractor #4/50.


Finest Foundation



This insert showcases the player featured behind a solid metal background. There is a Finest Foundation logo on the bottom right of the card. There are 15 players featured in this insert set. We pulled Ryan Howard.


Finest Moments



This insert highlights the player featured along with a defining moment of the 2010 baseball season. Under the player's name is a newspaper highlight headline along with the date it occurred. There are 18 players featured in this insert set. We pulled Alex Rodriguez.


Autograph Card



The first hit of the box was a Daniel Descalso Autograph Rookie numbered out of 499. The autograph is a blue signature that is signed directly on the card. All the base autograph rookies are refractors.


Autograph Relic



The best hit of the box was a Freddie Freeman Rookie Autograph Dual Relic numbered out of 149. We pulled a green variation of this card. The autograph is a sticker autograph that is directly above the two jersey swatches.


Final Thoughts

Topps Finest is always one of the most sought out products every year. This year continues the trend of solid looking base card designs with innovative inserts. Every hobby box contains 2 mini boxes and has a suggested retail price of about $75. You will get a total of 60 cards and 2 guaranteed hits per hobby box. Unfortunately there are no Bryce Harper cards to be found in this product. If you collect the St. Louis Cardinals, you would have loved this box. We pulled a trifecta of Daniel Descalso cards: Base Rookie, Refractor Rookie, and Autograph Refractor Rookie. Overall this is a solid product for every baseball collector in the hobby.


Product Rating

Value = 4
Innovation = 4
Fun and Experience = 4
Rebuy Value = 4

I would give a B- for this Topps product.


NPN Information

For a chance to win some of the inserts featured in Topps Finest Baseball, please send a 3x5 card with your name and complete address to:

NPN 2011 Topps Finest Baseball
P.O. Box 2230
Duryea, PA 18642

Must be postmarked by December 28, 2011 and received by January 4, 2012. Potential Canadian winners will be required to first correctly answer the mathematical skill-testing question.

14 x 2 + 2 - 6 = ?


I would like to thank Topps and Card Collectors World for giving me a chance to review this product.

[gladdyontherise]

Nice review! Love the design this year for Finest

[jsab4807]

Sweet design, awesome Freeman!

[munchman34]

Great review, Love the look of Finest.

[Rangersfan12345]

Nice freeman! This product is great.

[schwood]

Really like the design this year as well. I have opened two boxes of this so far, and have pulled an extra USA Auto hit out of it.

[wheeler281]

great looking product as expected with finest. Sweet review!

[bobdabench]

I have never been a Topps collector but this might change my tactics since UD went belly up, love the Freeman card, Refractors are always awesome great review

bob

[ronpage69]

great review.cards look great.i never open baseball but this might change my mind.

[brock0989]

great review . sweet looking freeman.

[leedawg62]

I loved this year's finest! Sweet design, nice refractors. Good pulls!

[btowle18]

O man, that Freeman is sweet.

[YankeeCollector]

I have never busted any Finest before, but it is always a nice looking product.

[Hoffmoen]

Nice review, I always love the look of the Finest cards and the hits.

[OriolesFan]

Nice review. I like the new design of the base and rookie cards.

[Dave Crum]

Nice looking cards!!! Ill have to pick some up!!

[whitney777]

Thanks for the review. It is a really nice design this year. Nice cards!

[Dacubs?]

awesome looking base cards

[emarc27]

I busted a few boxes of 06 Finest a while ago. It looks like Topps has VASTLY improved this product in the 5 years since

[ryancrew11]

another great set by topps