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Review:
2006 Topps Finest Baseball (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006 Topps Finest Baseball
Each sealed box contains 18 packs (three 6 pack mini-boxes) of 5 cards each in a 155 card base set including 15 Autograph Rookies. >>> Each box contains THREE Autograph cards and ONE Barry Bonds Finest Moments Gold Refractor card. Parallel sets: X-Fractor (#`d to 250; Blue > #`d to 150, Green > #`d to 50, Black > #`d to 25, Gold > #`d to 10, and White Framed > #`d to 1) and Refractor (#`d to 399; Blue > #`d to 299, Green > #`d to 199, Black > #`d to 99, Gold > #`d to 49, White Framed > #`d to 1, and Die-Cut SuperFractor > #`d to 1). Inserts: Mickey Mantle Finest Moments 1:6 (#`d to 599), Barry Bonds Finest Moments Gold Refractor 1:box (Autograph parallel > only 1), Autograph cards 1:6 (Refractor, X-Fractor > #`d to 25, and SuperFractor > #`d to 1), Printing Plates (each is a 1-of-1: Framed, Framed Autograph Rookie, and Framed Autograph), and Mickey Mantle Cut Signature (2 total).
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Base Card Scan |
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2006 Topps Finest Baseball is one of the best looking sets of the year. What a neat new design to actually incorporate the baseball diamond into the front of the cards. Inside the base paths is the players position in a sort of fade-out look and feel. The back of the cards also carries the same look as the front with the baseball diamond concept. The back of the cards has a short bio along with a complete statistical listing of the players' last year in the major or minor leagues and their respective 2005 Finest moment.
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Rookie Card Scan |
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We only pulled (2) rookies from this box that weren't autographs with the new rookie card logo. They were Dustin Nippert of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Charlton Jimerson of the Houston Astros. At this time I don't know if these are error cards as I don't see the Finest logo on the front of the cards.
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Insert Card Scans |
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The inserts are very plentiful in this box. Our pulls included;
- (4) Refractors /399
- (2) Refractors /299
- (1) Refractors /199
- (1) Refractors /99
- (2) Xfractors /250
- (1) Xfractors /50
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Autograph Card Scan |
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All three of the autographed cards pulled were refractors. Here's the details;
- (1) Refractor Jose Guillen FA-JG
- (1) Refractor Jason Botts Rookie Card Logo /399
- (1) Refractor Nelson Cruz Rookie Card Logo /199
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The
Final Verdict! |
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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. You can usually find these boxes in the $95 to $119 price range on the web sites I have checked. Good value for the money in my opinion. |
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