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Review:
2005-06 Topps First Row Basketball (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2005-06 Topps First Row Basketball
Each sealed box contains 16 packs of 4 cards each in a 150 card base set including 50 #`d short prints (45 Rookies and 5 Celebrities). >>> Each box contains THREE #`d Rookie cards, TWO #`d Memorabilia cards, and TWO #`d Autograph cards. Parallel sets (1:2): Gold, Black & White (#`d to 250), Gold Rainbow (#`d to 100), and Sepia Tone )#`d to 25). Inserts: Wood Stock (#`d to 200, 50 or 1), Dufex Technology (#`d to 200, 50 or 1), Memorabilia cards 1:8 (Range, Direct Effect, Thunder, Alley-Oop Dual, Pick-n-Roll Dual, and PTP Dual), Autograph cards 1:8 (Signature: Swish, Dish, Dunk; and PTP Dual), Autograph Memorabilia cards (Direct Effect, Thunder, and PTP Dual), and Spokesman (Memorabilia, Autograph, and Autograph Memorabilia).
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Base Card Scan |
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Another fantastic new set design from Topps. The base design is very innovative and looks very high-class all the way. All information is at the right hand border of the cards; including the new First Row logo along with the players name, team, position and number. The back of the cards has the statistics from the 04-05 season along with a short bio of the player.
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Rookie / First Year Card Scan |
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45 Rookie players and 5 celebrities are included in the 150 card base set. The rookies are designated around the First Row logo near the inside of the card. The back of the cards have the players' short bio from their college years including any awards won. We pulled (7) rookies/celebrities from our 16 packs of cards in this box.
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Insert Card Scans |
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We pulled (17) numbered inserts in this box. The inserts are In The Post, Center Court, Basline, Fifteen Feet. The lowest numbered card was the Caron Butler numbered 07/25.
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Game-Used Scan |
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We pulled (2) very nice Game-used cards from this box. A Gerald Green "Thunder" jersey numbered 088/200 and a dual jersey card of Kirk Hinrich and Tyson Chandler numbered 186/200. Both cards are nice high-quality pieces.
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Autograph Scan |
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The (2) autographs we pulled were a Wayne Simien (Signature Dunk) and Sarunas Jasikevicius (Signature Dish). The autographs are very clean and crisp without any breaks, but are an abbreviated version. Both autographs are numbered to /190.
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The
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rate this box a 4 1/2 of 5 HI Fives. I would not hesitate to purchase this product at all because of the high quality of the base set. You can usually find these boxes in the $75 to $129 price range on the web sites I have checked. Good value for the money in my opinion with (2) jersey cards and (2) autographs per box. Some of the inserts can be used for getting autographs, but most of the cards are of a very high-gloss that wouldn't work very well for TTM or IP autographs. |
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