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Review:
2006 Topps Chrome Baseball (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006 Topps Chrome Baseball
SINGLE SERIES RELEASE FOR 2006! Each box contains 24 packs of 4 cards each in a 354 card base set. including 55 Rookies and 22 Rookie Autograph cards. >>> Each box contains TWO Rookie Autograph cards and ONE box loader card (#`d to 75 or less). Parallel sets (14:box): Refractor, Black Border Refractor (#`d to 499), and Autograph Rookie (Refractor > #`d to 500 and Black Border Refractor > #`d to 200). Inserts: Signers of the Declaration of Independence 7:box (also Refractor version), Signers of the U.S. Constitution 5:box (also Refractor version), Barry Bonds HR History (Refractor > #`d to 500 and Black Border Refractor > #`d to 200), Mickey Mantle HR History (Refractor > #`d to 500 and Black Border Refractor > #`d to 200), HOBBY ONLY box loader card 1:box (Red Border parallel > #`d to 75, Red Border Autograph > #`d to 25, Gold Border SuperFractor parallel > #`d to 1, Autograph Gold Border SuperFractor parallel > #`d to 1, Printing Plates > #`d to 1, Framed HR History Printing Plates > #`d to 1, and Autograph Printing Plates > #`d to 1).
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Base Card Scan |
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The 2006 Topps Chrome Baseball design this year is nice and clean looking and historically near the same as regular 2006 Topps Baseball. Really high-quality cards with superb action or posed shots that we expect from a Topps Chrome product. The back of the cards has a complete bio of the player since starting in the majors.
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Rookie / First Year Card Scan |
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The rookies have the new rookie logo on the bottom portion of the card. The backs either have the players' short bio from the minor leagues or from their last college year. We pulled (13) rookies of one form or another from our 24 packs of cards in this box.
- (9) regular rookie cards
- (2) refractor rookie cards
- (2) autographed rookie cards
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Insert Card Scans |
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The inserts came in every pack we opened. We pulled (16) refractors of one form or another. Here's the breakdown for inserts and refractors we pulled.
Inserts
- (4) rawlings gold glove award
- (4) Bonds home run history
- (2) Mantle home run history
- (8) Declaration of Independance
- (5) United States Constitution
Refractors
- (6) regular base card refractors
- (4) black-bordered base card refractors
- (1) Bonds home run history
- (3) Declaration of Independance
- (2) United States Constitution
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Box Topper Card Scan |
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Our box-topper was a Red Border parallel refractor of John Buck.
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Autograph Scan |
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Two rookie players autographed cards topped the box off very nicely. The autographs are of Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals and Ryan Garko of the Cleveland Indians. The autographs are clean and crisp without any breaks. Very nice high-quality autographs.
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The
Final Verdict! |
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rate this box a 4 1/2 of 5 HI Fives. 2006 Topps Chrome Baseball is a winner. I would not hesitate to purchase this product at all because of the high quality of the base set, refractors and autographed cards in the box we opened to review. You can usually find these boxes in the $42 to $55 price range. Good value for the money in my opinion. |
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