[Baseball Nut]

It is difficult to deliver great products time and timeagain, but Topps somehow manages with their UFC line of cards. The most current release, 2011 ToppsUFC Moment of Truth, could be the best of the year. Combining high dynamic range photography with a great lineof inserts and poster reproductions, Moment of Truth is a dynamic offering thatwill send UFC fans down memory lane while also offering great cards of thecurrent top fighters.




This set falls under our classification of trading cards.Hobby exclusive boxes offer 16 packs with 10 cards per pack. Each box has three hits with one ofthose hits being an autograph relic, dual relic or dual autograph card.


Here are some of the cards we pulled from our hobby box.

Georges St-Pierre base, front and back


Cain Velasquez, Antonio Silva, Tito Ortiz


Anderson Silva, Robbie Lawler


Cris Cyborg, Chuck Liddell, Kenda Perez


Mike Goldberg, Bruce Buffer, Joe Rogan

Gold Parallels

Nick Ring, Dan Hardy, Georges St-Pierre


Jim Miller. Matt Hughes, Luiz Cane

Fight Poster Reprints

UFC 107 - Penn vs Sanchez, UFN 1, UFC 57 - Liddell vs Couture 3



UFC Unlocked codes, Fitch, Jackson & Jones, Evans

Black parallels #/88

Maia vs Munoz, Riki Fukuda

Grappling Gurus

Ryan Bader

Frankie Edgar, Brock Lesnar

Collision Course

Ellenberger and Shields, Miller and Bisping

Showdown Shots

UFC 118 - Couture vs Toney, UFC 128 - Marquardt vs Miller


UFC 130 - Alves vs Story, UFC 126 - Yamamoto vs Johnson


UFC 131 - dos Santos vs Carwin, UFC 121 - Shields vs Kampmann


UFN 23 - Barry vs Beltran, UFC 111 - St-Pierre vs Hardy


The Hits

UFC 131 - Junior dos Santos vs Shane Carwin Dual Fighter Worn Gear Relic


Forrest Griffin UFC 126 Black Mat Relic #/88, Sam Stout Autograph card


Overall Look

The high dynamic range (HDR) photography is what gives thesecards their heightened reality look. Splash design with foil accents work really well. The backs of the cards work welltoo. Inserts are simple andstraightforward which is all that is needed.

Quality and Variety of Players and Subsets.

This is a tremendous checklist. Add to that the Showdown Shots, most under the watchful eyes of Dana White, that recaps previous matchesand the fantastic poster reprints and there is a lot to collect here.

Do the hits hold up?

The hits are great. There is a nice mix of autos, fighter worn memorabiliaand mat swatches.

Will you want to collect them all?

No doubts here. You will want the complete set.

Rating


5 out of 5

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth is a dynamic set of cards andis a great purchase for UFC fans.



More...