2011 Topps American Pie Trading Cards Hobby Box Break Recap and Review

[Baseball Nut]

Imagine a set that is made up of base cards, each one justas desirable as the next, insert cards that mix humor with nostalgia and hitcards that go from celebrity to sublime. You’ve just imagined 2011 Topps American Pie TradingCards, a set that makes you remember why you collected cards in the firstplace.


Topps American Pie falls under our classification of tradingcards. Hobby Boxes contain 24 – 8card packs and feature 3 memorabilia cards.


Here is a look at some of the cards we pulled from our hobbybox.

Base Set

World War II Ends, front & back


Firs Scrabble Boards, The Beatles Play Shea Stadium, Saturday Night Fever Released


The Miracle On Ice - The USA Hockey Team, DVD Introduced, Kanye Interrupts Taylor Swift

Base Card Parallels

Diners Club Is First Credit Card, Gary Cooper, First Burger King


Seinfeld Premieres, Unabomber Arrested, Martha Stewart Indicted


Grady The Cow Spotlight Parallel #/76


Hirsute History

The Soul Patch, The Bob


Sideburns, The Fauxhawk

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Chuck Berry, Charlie Chaplin


Christopher Reeve, George Carlin


Vincent Price, Richard Pryor


Johnny Cash, Mister Rodgers

Fads & Fashions

3D Movies, Telephone-Booth Stuffing, Go-Go Boots


Pet Rocks, Big Hair, The Atkins Diet

The Hits

1979 Topps Star Trek The Motion Picture Buyback Card, Vulcan Starship, front & back


Tia Carrere Memorabilia Card, Butch Patrick Memorabilia Card


Walt Disney American Pie Coin Collection with a 1966 Quarter #/25


Overall Look

The design is really working here. With thematic attention paid to the different decades andgood write-ups on the backs of the cards, this base set looks great. The Inserts and Memorabilia cards arejust as smart looking.

Quality and Variety of checklist.

There is good coverage of key events throughout the decadesin the fields of entertainment, political history, pop culture and technology.Topps did a nice job with their selection of stars from the Hollywood Walk ofFame, but an even better selection of the stars included on the memorabilia andauto cards providing just the right amount of ‘pop culture kitsch” needed for aset like this. The buyback cards are iconic and the heavier hits like the coincards and the specialty cards like the Statue of Liberty foundation relic cardsare great bonuses.

Do the hits hold up?

The hits fit perfectly with the tone of this set withHollywood Sign Letter patch cards and Hollywood Walk of Fame Patch cards. Thesame holds true for the coin and stamp cards. There are some impressive hits topull like cut autos and auto/relics but even an “Eddie Munster” relic card issatisfying.

Will you want to collect them all?

Most likely the older you are, the more you will appreciatethese cards, but regardless of age, collectors will want them all.

Rating

5 out of 5

2011 Topps American Pie Trading Cards are completely fun tolook at and collect.



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[key2win]

I really found myself liking these cards. Congrats on pulling a coin collection card!!!

[azdbacks1998]

Very cool!

This would be a fun box to break.....Freegin Mr Roger's!!!!

Nice review.