2011 Topps Tribute - MLB
6 packs per box // 5 cards per pack
'One Relic or Autographed card #ed to 99 or less in every pack!'
I received the following:
16 premium base cards - no dupes!!
Tribute is an ultra premium issue. The cards are highly reflective and printed on very thick stock. The photos are sharp. The lettering is in gold foil - looks great! The reverse has 3-4 highlights of the player's career - no stats.
Inserts
Blue Parallels - #ed to 199
J. Lester
T. Speaker
M. Ott
Vlad
Green Parallels - #ed to 75
Dizzy Dean
Gold Parallels - #ed to 50
Josh Hamilton
Autos // Relics
Yaz #ed to 99 - dual g/u bat
Johnny Mize #ed to 75 - dual g/u bat
C. Ripken Jr - auto/bat #ed to 99
M. Stanton - auto/jsy #ed to 75
Hank Aaron - #ed to 99 - auto/3 g/u bat
Miguel Cabrera #ed to 24 - dual patch
Pastime Patches
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What a box!! Hank Aaron / Cal Ripken / Cabrera dual patch -- excellent pulls!! One can only hope that each box has inserts like this. The autos are all stickers - but the cards are designed for the stickers - embedded - excellent!
The player collector should really like Tribute - base, blue, green, gold, black (#ed to 10) plus 1/1's. I also like the inclusion of the historical players. Baseball, unlike most other sports, is a history laden sport with records most baseball fans can quote - 511, 714, 755, 70, 61, 2131 to name a few.
The set collector might have a small hill to climb - only receiving 16 base - ebay will be your friend.
Overall grade A+ -- maybe an extra pack or two in a box for the set builder...
Go buy several boxes and send the Longoria's and Hamilton's to me!!
Duane
