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Review:
2006 Topps Baseball Series 2 (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006 Topps Baseball Series 2
Each sealed box contains 36 packs of 10 cards each in a 330 card base set. Parallel sets: Gold (#`d to 2006), Black (#`d to 55), Platinum (#`d to 1), and Printing Plates (4 variations for each base card, 1320 total; all 1-of-1`s). Inserts: 715, Stamp of Approval, Opening Day, Trading Places, Hit Parade, Topps Stars, HR Derby Contest, Mantle HR History, Signers of the U.S. Constitution 1:8 (31 Autographs > #`d to 1), Memorabilia cards 1:200 (715, Opening Day, Trading Places, and Mantle HR History > #`d to 7), Autographs 1:255 (Topps, Trading Places, and Team Topps Legends), and Trading Places Autograph Memorabilia cards (#`d to 25). ***Insert ratios for Autograph/Memorabilia cards 1:112.
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Base Card Scan |
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2006 Topps Baseball Series 2 continues with a nice clean design this year. The front of the cards has a posed or action shot of the players. Across the top of the card is the team name and across the bottom is the players' name and position. The back of the cards has a complete statistical listing of the players' complete history in the major/minor leagues. The cards are all well-centered and have a nice quality look to them.
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Rookie Card Scan |
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The rookie cards have something new this year with the inclusion of the Rookie Card Logo near the bottom of the card. Most of the rookie cards have posed shots as opposed to action shots. The back of the cards have the players' stats from their minor league experience. We pulled (28) rookies from our 36 packs of cards in this box. Rookies include some of the newest and hottest up-and-coming stars, such as;
- Verlander
- Papelbon
- Hansen
- Zimmerman
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Insert Card Scans |
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The inserts are very plentiful in this box. They include;
- Opening Day
- Team Stars
- Signers of the U.S. Constitution
- Team Photos
- Topps Stars
- Hit Parade
- Trading Places
- Mickey Mantle Inserts
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The
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rate this box a 4 of 5 HI Fives. A very nice quality set for a reasonable price. You can usually find these boxes in the $35 to $45 price range on the web sites I have checked. Good value for the money in my opinion. If you're a rookie collector or like to do subsets of inserts this would be a great box for you to buy. |
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