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Review:
2006-07 Topps Basketball (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006-07 Topps
Basketball
Each sealed box
contains 36 packs of 12 cards each in a 265 card base
set including 50 Rookies. Parallel sets (1:12): Gold (#`d
to 2007) and Black (#`d to 99). Inserts: Own the Game,
Hobby Masters, Clutch City Stars, Clutch City Prospects,
Pride of the Program, Larry Bird: The Missing Years, Memorabilia
cards (Own the Game, Gold parallel > #`d to 99, Black
parallel > #`d to 25; Clutch City Stars, Gold parallel
> #`d to 99, Black parallel > #`d to 25; Clutch City Prospects,
Gold parallel > #`d to 99, Black parallel > #`d to 25;
and Pride of the Program, Gold parallel > #`d to 99, Black
parallel > #`d to 25), Autograph cards (Marks of Excellence
and Rookie Photo Shoot: Single, Dual, and Triple), and
Autograph Memorabilia cards (three variations > all #`d
to 5). |
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Base Card Scan |
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| Comments:
The 2006-07
Topps Basketball is a nice quality product at the low-end
of the market only in price. The back of the cards has
a complete listing of the players NBA career record
and a short bio of that player. A note on the back describes
a highlight in the players career. The Topps logo is
located on top of the card in either corner. The extreme
top of the card list the players team. The bottom of
the card lists the players position, name and number.
Everything is easily readable.
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Rookie Card Scan |
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The rookies have
the rookie card designation below the Topps logo and
also have "RC" where their number would have been on
the bottom. Most of the rookies have nice posed/action
shots from their college days as evidenced by their
college uniforms. There are some RC variations this
year as well with posed shots from Draft night. We pulled
(86) rookies of one form or another from our 36 packs
of cards in this box.
- (73) regular rookie cards
- (12) rookie card variations
- (1) rookie variation gold border /500
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Insert Card Scans |
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The inserts cards
came fast and furious in this box as well. Here's the
breakdown for inserts we pulled;
Inserts
- (2) black bordered base parallel /99
- (1) gold bordered base parallel /500
- (9) Larry Bird inserts
- (6) Own The Game inserts
- (8) Clutch City inserts
- (2) Pride Of The Program inserts
- (5) Hobby Masters inserts
- (2) NBA 2K7 inserts
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The
Final Verdict! |
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| I
rate this box a 4 of 5 HI Fives. 2006-07 Topps Basketball
is a nice rookie card product. If you want rookie cards
then this is the box you want to try. You can usually
find these boxes in the $35 to $49 price range. Good value
for the money in my opinion. At $1 to $1.50 a pack this
product almost takes collecting back to its roots. |
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