2008 Topps Rookie Progression Football
2008 Topps Rookie Progression Football – Topps releases their first product of the upcoming season, giving collectors an opporunity to get an early start on collecting their favorite rookie of the year.
Set Features:
Each sealed box contains 20 packs of 5 cards each in a 220 card base set including 55 Rookies.
Parallels: 10 per box
Platinum - numbered to 99
Gold - numbered to 199
Silver - numbered to 299
Bronze - numbered to 499
Relics: 2 per box
Progression Single Platinum - numbered to 10
Progression Single Gold - numbered to 25
Progression Single Silver - numbered to 50
Progression Single Bronze - numbered to 99
Progression Dual Platinum - numbered to 10
Progression Dual Gold - numbered to 25
Progression Dual Silver - numbered to 50
Progression Dual Bronze - numbered to 99
Progression Triple Platinum - numbered to 10
Progression Triple Gold - numbered to 25
Progression Triple Silver - numbered to 50
Progression Triple Bronze - numbered to 99
Progression Quad Platinum - numbered to 1
Progression Quad Gold - numbered to 10
Progression Quad Silver - numbered to 25
Progression Quad Bronze - numbered to 50
Progression Gold - numbered to 99
Progression Silver - numbered to 199
Progression Bronze - numbered to 399
Inserts: 10 per box
50 Progression Rookies
30 Progression Veterans
20 Progression Legends
Progression Platinum - numbered to 50
Progression Gold - numbered to 199
Progression Silver - numbered to 299
Progression Bronze - numbered to 499
Autographs: 2 per box
Draft Pick Variations Red - numbered to 99, 199, 499, or 999
Draft Pick Variations Blue - numbered to 99, 199, 499, or 999
Draft Pick Variations Red Platinum - numbered to 1
Draft Pick Variations Red Gold - numbered to 10
Draft Pick Variations Red Silver - numbered to 25
Draft Pick Variations Red Bronze - numbered to 50
Draft Pick Variations Blue Platinum - numbered to 1
Draft Pick Variations Blue Gold - numbered to 10
Draft Pick Variations Blue Silver - numbered to 25
Draft Pick Variations Blue Bronze - numbered to 50
Progression Single Platinum - numbered to 1
Progression Single Gold - numbered to 10
Progression Single Silver - numbered to 25
Progression Single Bronze - numbered to 50
Progression Dual - numbered to 25
Progression Triple - numbered to 15
Progression Platinum Autograph Relic - numbered to 25
Senior Letters Senior Bowl Nameplate Autograph Relics - numbered to 1
Here's what I pulled in our box of 2008 Topps Rookie Progression Football.
Base Cards and Parallels:
The look of these cards features the player in front of a green background on the front with their name and team's dominate color across the top. The back of the card features the players position, team, height, weight, birthdate, and draft position on the top and their 2007 stats on the bottom along with their career numbers. The middle of the back features a glimpse at the players career from rookie season through 2007. The parallels of the base cards features different colored backgrounds. The parallels from this box were: Steven Jackson #'d/389, Fred Taylor #'d/199, Kevin Walter #'d/389, and Amani Toomer #'d/389.
Rookie Cards and Parallels:
The look of the rookies are very similar to the base cards, with the exception being that they include the "Rookie Card" logo on them. The only thing somewhat disappointing is that the rookies do not feature what team drafted them but that is understandable since this is an early release product so it is not possible. The rookie parallels pulled were: Jerod Mayo #'d/299, Earl Bennett #'d/199, and Chevis Jackson #'d/299.
Insert Cards and Parallels:
There are three distinct inserts in this set: Progression Legend, Progression Veteran, and Progression Rookie. There are also numbered parallels to these inserts. Here are the inserts and parelles we pulled:
- Progression Legend Roethlisberger #'d/199 & #'d/389
- Progression Veteran Romo & T Owens
- Progression Rookie Limas Sweed, Lawrence Jackson, Early Doucet, John David Booty, Eddie Royal, Erik Ainge, & Fred Davis #'d/299
Game-Used Cards:
The game used that were pulled from this box were Progression Rookie Erik Ainge jersey #'d/99 & Single Relic Yvenson Bernard jersey #'d/249.
Autographed Cards:
The autos that were pulled were John David Booty rookie parallel auto #'d/20 and Chris Johnson Single Signature auto. I really like the look of both of these signature cards. The Booty takes the base rookie one step closer with a nice signature and very low numberings. The Johnson is designed very well to draw the eyes away from the sticker, as a lot of sticker autos aren't this well designed.
Final Thoughts on 2008 Topps Rookie Progression Football:
We recommend this set to anyone who is a player collector, rookie collector, or set collector. Topps first release of the season was very solid with good looking base cards as well as the chance to get many numbered parllels. We received 0 duplicate cards and got the majority of the set from the box break. The autographed rookie cards are absolutely beautiful and exciting to pull.
Here's how I would rate this product:
- Value = 4
- Innovation = 4
- Fun and Experience = 5
- Rebuy Value = 4
I rate this product an "B+" for Topps!
NPN Information;
NPN
08 Topps Rookie Progression Football
P.O. Box 763
Pittston, PA 18640
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