2011 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball
Product Highlights:
Two Autographed Cards and One Relic Card per hobby exclusive box.
Four Parallel Cards Per hobby exclusive box.
Featuring Bryce Harper
-On-Card Autographs!
-On-Card Autographs Jumbo Patch Card!
-Game-Used Base Relic Cards from Harper's AFL Debut!
-Game-Worn Jersey Relic Cards!
Also featuring:
-200 Top Minor League Stars!
-Short-Prints!
-Minor League Baseball Logoman Patch Cards!
-Numbered Parallels!
24 packs per box, 9 cards per pack!
Base Set:
The base set contains 200 cards of minor league players in their minor league uniforms. A really nice feature is very useful information found about the player on the back of the card. The information covers areas such as the player's college career, where he was drafted such as first round and where he may have played the season before. Topps stayed within the design of the 1962 Topps cards by adding a comic on the back of each card highlighting a feature about a player strength.
Variations out of /620:
Variations are found in the base cards and are numbered on the back out /620;the other neat feature is how Topps used different colors within the variations in the color of blue, red and green. In this box as shown above were the red variations.
Autographs:
It is always a highlight for this reviewer, when opening packs of a Topps product, for a chance on an autograph card.The autographs odds are 1 in 12 packs with variations of blue, red and green tint. These great cards are numbered out of /861; the autographs on the front are sticker signed and applied to the card.
Relic card:
The odds of finding a Relic card are one in twenty four packs. The card that was contained within this box break is Travis d'Arnaud of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. These cards are the thickness of two cards and this particular card is a red jersey card.The cards are numbered out of /199 on the back.
Minor League All Star:
These insert cards are found 1 in 4 packs; this box break contained 6 short printed All Star cards including the black border as viewed above 1/28 packs. All Star cards have the look of the 1962 Topps All Star cards.
Final Thoughts:
The box break has been one of my favorites as it features autographs, relic cards, variations, and is loaded with minor league players. With no gloss these cards will be a huge hit with people who like to get cards autographed. With so many rookies and players appearing on their first card this product will surely include many future major league baseball players. I look forward to buying more packs in the future.
Here's how I would rate this product:
Value= 4/5
Innovation= 4/5
Fun and Experience= 5/5
Rebuy Value= 3/5
I would rate this 2011 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball product as a A- for the way Topps produced these great cards like the 1962 cards.
NPC:
Open only to U.S./Canadian (except Quebec) residents. For a chance to obtain any of the cards listed above, at the same odds, while supplies last, hand print your name and complete address on a 3x5 card and mail it in a #10 envelope to: NPN 2011 TOPPS HERITAGE MINOR LEAGUE BB EDITION, P.O. BOX 785, PITTSTON, PA 18640. Only one card per envelope, mailed separately, postmarked by December 14, 2011 and received by December 21, 2011. No meter mail, Limit 1 request per household for 2011 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball Edition. Failure to comply will result in all entries disqualified. Drawing on or about December 28, 2011. Potential Canadian winners will be required to first correctly answer the mathematical skill-testing question. Include on a 3x5 card the answer to the following skill-testing question: 4x22+12-15=? Major League Baseball affiliates not responsible for this promotion.
I want to thank Topps and Traderretreat for the opportunity to open and review this great product, Topps has hit another Homerun with this minor league product.
