2009 Topps Finest Football
2009 Topps Finest Football is always one of the classiest releases of the year. It definitely fills a void for a quality mid-ranged product. Configuration: 2 mini-boxes per box; 6 packs per mini-box and 5 cards per pack (12 total packs per box).
2009 Topps Finest Football honors the finest on the field with cards spotlighting this year's Rookie Class as well as Eli Manning, Tom Brady and LaDainian Tomlinson Finest Moments Autograph Cards. NEW this year, Finest Football offers Rookie Autograph Letter and Patch Cards!
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:
Every Master Box Contains:
- New! Two Rookie Numbered Autograph Letter And/Or Patch Cards - 1 Per Mini-Box!
- New! Two Pigskin Refractor Cards - 1 Per Mini-Box!
- Ten Parallel Cards - 4 Per Mini Box!
- Rookie Autograph Cards Are Numbered!
AUTOGRAPH- ROOKIE CARDS - 270 VARIATIONS - 1 PER MINI BOX!
- Rookie Autograph On-Letter Cards (40)- #'d to 199 or less
- White X-Fractor (40) - 1 of 1!
- Red Refractor (40) - #' d to 15
- Rookie Autograph Patch Cards (30) - #'d
- White X-Fractor (30) - 1 of 1!
- Red Refractor (30) - #'d to 15
- Gold Refractor (30) - #'d
- Refractor (30) - #'d
PIGSKIN REFRACTOR CARDS - 20 TOTAL SUBJECTS - 1 PER MINI BOX!
- Rookies (20)
BASE CARDS - 100 TOTAL SUBJECTS - 5 PER PACK!
- Veterans (60)
- Rookies (40)
BASE REFRACTOR PARALLEL CARDS - 700 VARIATIONS - 5 Per Mini-Box!
- X-Fractor (100 subjects) - 1 of 1!
- Framed Printing Plate (100 subjects) - 1 of 1!
- Red (100 subjects) - #'d to 25
- Gold (100 subjects) - #'d to 75
- Green (100 subjects) - #'d to 199
- Blue (100 subjects) - #'d to 499
- Refractor (100 subjects)
FINEST MOMENTS AUTOGRAPH CARDS - 75 VARIATIONS
- Rookies (10) - #'d TBD
- Veterans (15) - #'d TBD
- Finest Moments parallel versions:
- White X-Fractor (25) - 1 of 1!
- Red Refractor (25) - #'d to 5
Here's what we pulled in our box of 2009 Topps Finest Football.
Base and Parallel Cards;
The 2009 Topps Finest Football design is quite unique as it incorporates the football field layout with the hash marks and yard line numbering. Very simple on the front while they still add in the teams color scheme into the left hand and bottom borders. For instance the Steven Jackson is blue on the left and gold on the bottom. This really makes it easy to look for your favorite team in a stack of cards. There is a nice short bio on the back along with a section called 2008 Finest Moment, where it list some factual information about one of the players Finest Moments in the previous year.
Refractor Breakdown- (3) base refractors
- (2) blue refractors
- (2) green refractor
- (1) pigskin refractor
Rookie and Parallel Cards;
The rookie cards are of the exact same design as the base, but have the rookie designation on the bottom right corner of the card. You get a ton of rookies in Topps Finest Football. Here's the rookie results;
Rookie Breakdown- (20) base roookies
- (2) blue refractors
- (1) green refractor
- (1) pigskin refractor
Autographed Cards (2) Per Box;
We pulled (2) Rookie Autograph On-Letter Cards
The autographs are of Gartrell Johnson of the San Diego Chargers numbered to /68 and Johnny Knox of the Chicago Bears numbered to /102. The Knox is a real nice high quality autograph while the Johnson seems a little smushed as the areas to sign are limited on the "H". Overall two nicely autographed on letter autographs.
Final Thoughts on 2009 Topps Finest Football;
I was surprised to see only two mini boxes per hobby box as it has been three in the past. With the higher quality autographed variations I can understand it though. The rookie abundance is always a treat with Topps Finest and this box didn't dissapoint in any way there. Counting the autographed cards we pulled a total of (26) rookies of one form or another. The refractors are always a big plus in this product and I really like the variations there too. The pigskin refractors are really neat as they look like they would have a rough football feel, but they area as smooth as the rest. Some have reported that the refractors are hard to tell from the rest of the cards. They are not as they are listed on the cards as refractor under the card number on the back. This makes them very distinguishable from the base cards. I would have like to have seen a patch auto along with one on-letter card per box as it would be nice to see the most variations as you can for a review. These boxes can usually be had for between $70 and $100 on most sites that I have checked. For the $70 price tag it is a great value.
Here's how I would rate this product;
- Value = 5
- Innovation = 5
- Fun and Experience = 4.5
- Rebuy Value = 4
I rate this product an "A" for Topps! There is definitely value to be had in these boxes.
NPN Information;
NPN 2009 Topps Finest Football
P.O. Box 2230
Duryea, PA 18642
Postmarked by January 6, 2010
I would like to thank Clay from Topps and Trader Retreat for giving me the chance to review this new product.
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