Topps Series 1 '20
Hobby box - 24 packs - 14 cards per pack
One relic or auto per hobby box
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I received these:
BASE
314 unique cards - or 89.7% of the 350 card set -- EXCELLENT!!
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Series One has a crisp, clean design this year. The player pics take the stage and not the graphics on the card. The front of the card is glossy and the reverse is matte finish. Card numbers are easier to read and the parallels that are numbered are numbered on the reverse of the card. The reverse also includes the complete playing stats for the player.
Series One is again a great issue for nearly anyone who loves baseball. The set collector surely wants to pick up the base set, the player collector will want the various parallels, the insert set builder - could have a hill or two to climb, but well worth the effort. There seems to be a good ratio in this issue of base to inserts - 89% is excellent and one would think that as little as 2 boxes would render a complete base set with a good number of extras for trading.
INSERTS/PARALLELS
Gold and Foil
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Gold
Only received 2 - both numbered to 2020 - Anderson and Rodon - (David - these are yours!)
Foil
Holt and Garcia -- not numbered...
Seems like the gold and the foil are much more scarce this year.... I purchased a jumbo and only received 3 golds in it -- yes, David those are yours as well!!
Decades Best
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Mays, Hunter, Clemens, Henderson
35th Anniversary
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Arenado, Kershaw, Jones, Collins, Clemens, Mussina
Topps Choice
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Altuve
Decades Next / Topps Now
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Decades Next - Alonzo and Robles
Topps Now - Trout and Verlander
Homerun Challenge
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Muncy
Photo Variation
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Max Chapman
Box Topper pack
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Nolan Ryan, Ichiro, Shohei Otani, Mark McGuire
AUTO
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Vlad, Jr. - #ed to 196 - 35th Anniversary --- blue Sharpee - on card!!
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Overall grade A+ -- excellent design!
Go buy several boxes and send the Rays parallels to me!
Duane
