2009 Topps National Chicle Football
Set Features;
Configuration: 24 packs per box. 8 cards per pack.
A New All-Painted Series Featuring:
2 Autographed, 1 Relic, and 1 Cabinet Card Per Hobby Box!
BASE CARDS (200 TOTAL CARDS) - 7 PER PACK! Classic Chicle Design
- 165 Veterans, Legends, Rookies, 50 Short Print, and 5 Short Print Variation Cards
BOX LOADER (50 TOTAL CARDS) - 1 PER BOX!
- Cabinet Cards (25 subjects)
- Cabinet Card Signature Series (25 subjects) - Numbered to 50!
AUTOGRAPH CARDS (80 TOTAL CARDS) - 2 AUTOGRAPH CARDS PER BOX!
- National Chicle Autographs (50)
- National Chicle Dual Autographs (20 subjects/10 cards) - Numbered to 25 or lower!
- National Chicle Cuts (25) - One of One!
RELIC CARDS (90 TOTAL CARDS) - 1 RELIC CARD PER BOX!
- National Chicle Relics (50)
- National Chicle Dual Relics (30 subjects/15 cards) - Numbered to 25!
- National Chicle Reprint Relics (5) - Numbered!
PARALLEL CARDS (1690 TOTAL CARDS) - 1 PER PACK!
- Printing Plates (175 subjects/700 cards) - One of One! Hobby Exclusive!
- Pigskin (165 subjects) - One of One! Hobby Exclusive!
- Artist Proof (165 subjects) - Numbered to 10!
- Umbrella Back (165 subjects) - Numbered to 25!
- Bazooka Back (165 subjects)
- National Chicle Back (165 subjects)
- Base (165 subjects)
CHICLE ERA CARDS (40 TOTAL CARDS)
- Era Icons Insert Cards (20)
- Era Icon Relic Cards (20) - Numbered to 99!
INSERT CARDS (75 subjects) - 12 INSERT CARDS PER BOX!
- Youngsters of the Gridiron (20)
- Greats of the Gridiron (10)
- Stars of the Gridiron (10)
- Greatest Thrills (10)
COMBINED INSERTION RATE FOR AUTOGRAPHED/RELIC* CARDS Inserted 3 Per Box!
Here's what I pulled in our box of 2009 Topps National Chicle Football.
Cabinet Card;
Base Cards and Minis;
Topps National Chicle Football is an all-new painted set. The base set for this release features painted portraits of today’s top stars, legends and rookies. The finish on the cards is non glossy which would be ideal for in person or through the mail autograph seekers. Each card is like a mini piece of art. Each pack also contains miniature versions of the base set or gold miniature variations.
In addition, the following three cards do not appear in the regular base card set.
These subjects can only be found as mini parallel versions.
59 – Jonathan Stewart
99 – Brandon Pettigrew
191 – Steve Slaton
Featured artists include:
Ken Branch
Jason Davies
Brett Farr
Chris Henderson
Don Higgins
Dave Hobrecht
Brian Kong
Mike Kupka
Paul Lempa
Monty Sheldon
In our box we pulled:
Rookie Cards;
The Rookie cards are similar in design to the base set with the notation of Rookie Card in the upper left corner. The set includes 51 of the games tops rookies and we pulled 35 of the in our box.
Insert Cards;
There are 5 additional insert sets in the Chicle release. We pulled an assortment from these subsets.
Youngsters of the Gridiron 20 cards in the set and we pulled 5.
Greats of the Gridiron 10 cards in the set and we pulled 1.
Stars of the Gridiron 10 cards in the set and we pulled 4.
Greatest Thrills 10 cards in the set and we pulled 2.
Era Icons 14 cards in the set and we pulled 8
Relic Card;
Our relic card was a unique pull as well, we pulled a Charles Lindbergh stamp card. Another interesting concept from this release.
Autographs;
Both autographs we pulled for rookie autographs from the National Chicle Autographs insert set. In our box we pulled Chase Coffman and Hakeem Nicks.
Printing Plates;
In addition to the anticipated Relic and Autographs our box also delivered not one but two 1 of 1 printing plates.
Final Thoughts on 2009 Topps National Chicle Football;
Topps National Chicle Football delivers a fun and affordable product that offers something unique for collectors. The artistry is unique and is ideal for set builders. In our box there were no duplicate cards. We pulled 142 of the 200 cards out of the base set or roughly 75% of a complete set in one box. We pulled a nice assortment of today’s top rookies, a unique stamp relic, two rookie autographs and capped the box off with two 1 of 1 printing plates. Prior to opening Chicle I’ve never personally pulled a 1 of 1 and was quite surprised to pull 2 from the same box.
Here's how I would rate this product;
- Value = 4
- Innovation = 5
- Fun and Experience = 4
- Rebuy Value = 4
I rate this product "B+" for Topps.
NPN Information;
NPN 2009 Topps 2009 National Chicle Football
P.O. BOX 763
PITTSTON, PA 18640
NPN is open only to U.S./Canadian (except Quebec) residents, and submissions must be sent by April 07, 2010. Requests are limited to one per household, and you must hand print your name and complete address on a 3x5 card mailed in a #10 envelope to the address provided. The skill test question for Canadian residents is as follows: 3 +17 x 6 - 4 = ?
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Cards from this break will be in contests soon on TR. All of the base cards will be available through a separate thread in the football set-building area.
Topps is confirming that there are 25 short-printed base cards seeded one in every six packs.
The short-prints are as follows:
22 Johnny Knox
24 James Harrison
26 Clay Matthews
33 Josh Freeman
41 John Elway
47 Dan Marino
54 Chad Pennington
66 Cedric Peerman
69 Donald Brown
72 Jerious Norwood
73 Barry Sanders
74 Felix Jones
96 Ed Reed
106 Dustin Keller
116 Jared Cook
134 Jeremy Maclin
136 Devery Henderson
153 Torry Holt
168 Brooks Foster
177 Lee Evans
181 Derrick Williams
184 Bernard Berrian
190 Peyton Manning
191 Steve Slaton
194 Chad Ochocinco
