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2011 Topps Chrome Football
As seems to be the case with a lot of 2011 football card releases announced thus far, 2011 Topps Chrome Football puts a huge focus on the rookie class. From 110 base set rookies to several levels of first-year autographs, there's lots of youngsters to chase. Topps is also bringing in the Bowman Chrome brand to further enhance the rookie appeal. As with every set bearing the Topps Chrome name, Refractors come in several different colors and rarities.

Product Highlights
- 220 card base set (110 veterans, 110 rookies).
- Rookie cards inserted one per pack.
- Base set parallels: Refractors (numbered), Black (/299), Blue (/199), Crystal Atomic (numbered), Sepia (/99), Gold (/50), Red (/25), Printing Plates, Superfractors (/1).
- Crystal Atomic, Sepia, Red and Superfractors are only in hobby packs.


OUR BOX BREAK

BASE CARDS



The base cards are identical to the regular Topps football cards, except with a Chrome finish. This is the same way Topps has been doing it for years. If it isn't broke, why fix it?


ROOKIES



Rookies fall one per pack. Topps Chrome is always a rookie heavy set, which attracts a lot of fans to the product. Some of the notable rookies we pulled were Jake Locker, Andy Dalton, Ryan Mallett, Mark Ingram, Ryan Williams, Titus Young, Taiwan Jones, Jordan Todman, Von Miller, JJ Watt, Dion Lewis, Cameron Heyward, and Patrick Peterson. Unfortunately we did not pull a Cam Newton.


BOWMAN CHROME ROOKIES



A very nice addition to the Topps Chrome release in the past few years was the inclusion of Bowman Chrome RCs. These fall two per hobby box. We pulled Ryan Williams and Kyle Rudolph.


PARALLELS



Topps Chrome is also a very parallel heavy set. With close to 10 different parallels, player collectors have a pretty nice "rainbow" to chase after. We pulled the following regular refractors: Steven Jackson, Tyrod Taylor RC, Cameron Jordan RC, Mark Ingram RC, Ryan Williams RC, Matthew Stafford, and Troy Polamalu. We pulled an Arian Foster Black Refractor #237/299. We pulled a Cameron Jordan Blue Refractor #113/199. Lastly we pulled a Rob Gronkowski Atomic Refractor #139/139!


SUPERLATIVE



A sharp looking rookie insert set this year with a die cut design. This would be a sweet insert set to build. These fall one per box and we pulled DeMarco Murray.


FINEST FRESHMAN



Another insert set highlighting rookies from this season. There are parallel refractor versions, but we didn't pull any. We pulled Alex Green, Bilal Powell, Christian Ponder, and Shane Vereen.


ROOKIE RECOGNITION



You guessed it, another insert set highlighting rookies from this year! Nice looking design reminiscent of past Topps Finest sets. We pulled Jordan Todman, Randall Cobb, and Vincent Brown.


THE HIT


Each hobby box of Topps Chrome comes with an autographed rookie card. We happened to pull a very rare Red Refractor Autographed Rookie of Colin Kaepernick #2/5!!!


CLOSING THOUGHTS

The initial price point of this release was around $70, which is a nice buy given all of the rookies and parallels that come out of this release. However with the recent boom of Cam Newton, boxes seem to be consistently costing around $90 to $100 now. If you are looking for a product that delivers a bunch of hits, this product isn't for you. However if you are looking for a fun product with a bunch of nice rookies/inserts/parallels, then this release is a dream come true for you.


PRODUCT RATING
Value = 5
Design = 5
Joy Of Break = 5
Resale Value = 4

Overall I would give a solid A rating for this Topps product!


NPN
NPN 2011 Topps Chrome Football
P.O. Box 2008
Duryea, PA 18642

Postmarked by 2/1/12.

I would like to thank Card Collectors World and Topps for giving me the opportunity to review this product!

[key2win]

Nice review Jeremy. Congrats on the great hit!

[ronpage69]

great review.nice cards

[ocanseco55]

Great review! I love the Murray!

[JesRey]

Sick Kaepernick Auto!

[munchman34]

Greta review, always love chrome.

[gladdyontherise]

Awesome review! Chrome is one of my favorite products

[Daqda]

sweet-will these be contest cards or can i ask to trade for the gronkowski

[B.I.G.Poppa]

Great review! Chrome is always a hit, nice on the Red auto.

[schwood]

Excellent product.

Spectacular review!

I love the parallels in this product. Gives a team collector a ton of stuff to chase after. Love the Chrome!

[bobjah]

very nice cards love the autos

[jsab4807]

Originally Posted by Daqda

sweet-will these be contest cards or can i ask to trade for the gronkowski

There will be multiple contests giving away all of the parallels/inserts/star RC's/etc. in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout. The Gronk will be available then.

[TKCards]

Chrome is a great product that keeps delivering every year. I look forward to putting the set together.

Great hit on the auto. Congrats!!!!

[bobdabench]

nice review chrome is a great product tx bob

[leedawg62]

This has been one of the best years of chrome in a long time! SICK HIT on the Kaepernick.

[brock0989]

nice review . very nice red fractor auto .

[rookie_card_king]

great review I like the product

[whitney777]

Thanks for the review. I always like Chrome.

[azdbacks1998]

2/5 Kaepernick, nice pull......nice looking set!

[btowle18]

Nice review. I'm always a sucker for Chrome. Love the Kaepernick auto!