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Review:
2006 Topps Updates & Highlights Baseball (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006 Topps Updates & Highlights Baseball
Each sealed box contains 36 packs of 15 cards each in a 330 card base set. >>> Each box contains ONE Memorabilia or Autograph card. Parallel sets: 1st Edition 1:1, #`d Gold, Black (#`d to 55), and Platinum (each is a 1-of-1). Inserts: Rookie Debut, Bonds HR History, Bonds 715, Mantle HR History, Memorabilia cards (Bonds 715, Trade Barry, Hall of Fame, All-Star Stitches: Single, #`d Dual, & #`d Patch, Derby Digs, Midsummer Covers > #`d to 10, Touch `Em All > #`d to 10, and Mantle HR History), and Autograph cards (Rookie Debut, Signature Moves, All-Star, and Bonds HR History).
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Base Card Scan |
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2006 Topps Updates & Highlights Baseball returns with all the roster updates and season highlights necessary to make a Topps 2006 Baseball collection complete. Featuring trades, recent call-ups, All-Star and World Series Highlights, Updates & Highlights is the complete season recap. The design is a continuation and nice completion to an already nice set of cards.
- 330 Base Cards Numbered UH1-UH330 including 143 Traded Players
- 32 New Rookies
- NEW All-Star Base Cards Featuring Every Player from the 2006 All-Star Game
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Rookie Card Scan |
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32 new 2006 Rookies from the 25-man roster who weren’t in Topps Series 1 or 2 are featured in this edition of 2006 Topps U&H Baseball.
The rookies have the new rookie card log on the bottom of the card. The rookies have nice posed or action shots from training camp or preseason. The back of the cards has stats of the players previous year in College. There is also a short bio of the player along with a synopsis of the players highlights.
There are also Rookie Debut cards that have a time stamp of the players first appearance in the Majors. Nice photography and easy to read lettering highlights this rookie insert set of 45 cards showcasing players who made their MLB debut in 2006.
We pulled (51) rookies of one form or another from our 36 packs
of cards in this box. Here's the breakdown for this box;
- (41) regular rookie cards
- (1) rookie card gold border /2006
- (9) rookie debut
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Insert Card Scans |
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The inserts came fast and furious in this box. At least half of the box is an insert of one form or another. The inserts include the following;
- Season Highlights
- Post Season Highlights
- League Leaders
- MLB All-Stars
- MLB Home Run Derby
- Team Leaders
- Classic Duos
- Barry Bonds 715
- Barry Bonds Home Run History
- Mickey Mantle Homerun History
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Box Topper Card Scan |
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Our box-topper was a nice Topps Chrome rookie card of Melky Cabrera of the New York Yankees. This card is numbered to /599. Also, we met with the odds and we got the "In Memoriam" card of the late Cory Lidle of the New York Yankees.
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GU Card Scan |
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Well we didn't get an autograph, but we did get a real nice All-Star workout jersey of Jose Reyes.
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The
Final Verdict! |
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rate this box a 4 of 5 HI Fives. 2006 Topps Updates & Highlights Baseball is a real nice completion to an already great set from Topps this year. You can usually find these boxes in the $25 to $45 price range. Very good value for the money in my opinion if you like collectiing a variety of sub-sets. The best for me is the Homerun Derby sub-set, which includes Ryan Howard the "CHAMP". |
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