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Review:
2006 Topps Finest Football (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006 Topps
Finest Football
Each sealed box
contains 18 packs (three 6-pack mini boxes) of 5 cards
each in a 180 card base set including 50 Rookies, 20 Autograph
Rookies, and 10 short print Autograph Rookies (#`d to
199). >>> Each box contains THREE Autograph cards, SIX
parallel cards, and ONE Johnny Unitas box loader. Parallel
sets: Refractor (#`d to 399; Blue > #`d to 299, Green
> #`d to 199, Black > #`d to 99, Gold > #`d to 49, and
White Framed > each is a 1-of-1), X-Fractor (#`d to 250;
Blue > #`d to 150, Green > #`d to 50, Black > #`d to 25,
Gold > #`d to 10, White Framed > each is a 1-of-1, and
Die-Cut SuperFractor > each is a 1-of-1), and short print
Autograph Rookies (Refractor > #`d to 50, X-Fractor >
#`d to 25, and SuperFractor > each is a 1-of-1). Inserts:
Brett Favre Finest Moments 1:6 (also Autograph > #`d to
4), Johnny Unitas Finest Moments box loader 1:box (Chrome,
Refractor > #`d to 399, 299, 199, 99, or 5, and Printing
Plates > each is a 1-of-1), Autograph cards 1:6 (Signature
Series, Refractor, X-Fractor > #`d to 25, and SuperFractor
> each is a 1-of-1), and Printing Plates (each is a 1-of-1:
Framed, Framed Autograph, Favre Finest Moments, and Favre
Finest Moments Autograph). |
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Base Card Scan |
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| Comments:
2006 Topps Finest
Football is a great new-age looking design. The design
and quality seem to get better every year on this product.
The back of the cards has a short bio along with a complete
statistical listing of the player's last year. Also
included is the players' Finest 2005-2006 Moment.
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Rookie Card Scans |
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We pulled (20)
regular rookie cards from this box of Topps Finest.
Along with the regulars we also pulled (4) rookie parallels
in this box.
Here's the breakdown on the rookie pulls;
- 20 Regular Rookies
- 1 Blue Refractor /299 RC
- 2 Green Refractor /199 RC
- 1 Gold Xfractor /10 RC
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Insert Card Scan |
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The inserts/parallels
are at least one per pack in this box. Our pulls included;
- 3 Refractor /399
- 2 Blue Refractor /299
- 2 Red Xfractor /250
- 2 Blue Xfractor /150
- 3 Brett Favre Finest Moments
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Box Topper Scan |
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| Comments:
The box topper
we pulled was a Johnny Unitas Finest Moments card. The
card states that Johnny Unitas threw at least one touchdown
in 47 consecutive games. Brett Favre's 36 game run with
consecutive TDs is a distant second place.
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Autograph Card Scan |
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| Comments:
We pulled three
nice autographed rookie cards in this box of Topps Finest.
Here's the details;
- Michael Robinson
- Cory Rodgers
- Greg Jennings Refractor /399
The Rodgers and the Jennings are nice high-quality autographs,
while the Robinson shows some bubbling at the bottom front
leg of the "M" and at the bottom front leg of the "R".
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The
Final Verdict! |
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| I
rate this box a 4 1/2 of 5 HI Fives. A very nice high
quality set in my opinion. In the past, some of the Finest
sets had a little bow to the cards; these do not. There
has been a vast improvement in quality in this years cards
over the last two years. These boxes are priced in the
$103 to $139 price range on the web sites I have checked.
Good value for the money if you pull at least one nice
rookie autograph. |
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