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   Review: 2005-06 Topps Bazooka Basketball (Review by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)

2005-06 Topps Bazooka Basketball

Each sealed box contains 24 packs of 8 cards each in a 220 card base set. >>> Each box will contain THREE Memorabilia cards. Parallel sets: Minis 1:1, Chunks 1:1, and Fortune (#'d to 5). Inserts: 4-on-1 Stickers 1:4, Tattoos 1:4, Magnets 1:4, Window Clings 1:4, Memorabilia cards 1:8 (All-Stars, All-Access, Blog Squad, and Power), and Autographs 1:240.


   Base Card Scan
Comments:

Very nice base card design for this product, although plain and simple the nice action shots make the cards come to life. Very close to the same look as the Bazooka Football product of this year; but the name and team are on the bottom of the card instead of up top. The back of the cards give draft information along with a Bazooka fun fact about the player. 04-05 stats are on the bottom of the card back also.


   Rookie Card Scan
Comments:

The same basic design is used for the rookies as the base design. The Rookies are indicated on the front in red lettering stating ROOKIE CARD. There are four versions of rookie cards in this product; regular rookie card with white border, rookie card with white border mini, 4-on-1 sticker cards and the gold bordered thicker stock. We pulled around 45 rookie cards in this box of one variation or another.


   Parallel Card Scan
Comments:

The inserts come hard and fast in this box and include; temporary tattoos, clear cling stickers, magnets and gold bordered thick stock cards.


   Game Used Scan


Comments:

The game used cards we pulled were; Manu Ginobili All-Stars, Antoine Wright Bazooka All-Access and Jamaal Magloire Bazooka Power. The game-used of of very nice quality with nice jersey piece and no creases in any of the cards. Also, don't forget the gum that comes in every pack.


   The Final Verdict!

I give this box a 4 of 5 HI Fives mainly based on value. This box was fun to open and the quality of the cards was up to par. This box is at a reasonable price of usually about $35 to $40 on most sites I have checked (ebay included). If you are interested in rookies then this is a good box for you to buy. Three game-used are a guarantee on the box and autographs come 1:240 packs.
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