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2008 Bowman Chrome Football Cards

2008-12-08T22:50:00.016-05:00

2008 Bowman Chrome Football Hobby Box Review

1 autograph rookie card per box!

18 packs per box, 4 cards per pack

Key Rookies Include: Matt Ryan, Darren McFadden, Donnie Avery, Joe Flacco, Jonathan Stewart, Devin Thomas, Brian Brohm, Felix Jones, Jordy Nelson, Chad Henne, Rashard Mendenhall, James Hardy, Kevin O'Connell, Chris Johnson, Eddie Royal, Matt Forte, Jerome Simpson, Ray Rice, DeSean Jackson, Kevin Smith, Malcolm Kelly, Jamaal Charles, Limas Sweed, Steve Slaton, and more!

" 55 NFL Rookies - 1 PER PACK!" One Rookie Autographed Card Per Box!" 5 Refractor Parallel Cards Per Box!" Hobby Exclusive - Uncirculated Rookie Box Loader!" NEW! Rookie Premiere Autographed Relic Cards!

We pulled:

Toploader: Steve Slaton BC74 #D 66/329
1 RC auto of Jacob Hester
Marques Colston Blue Refractor #D 6/150
Aaron Rodgers Xfractor #D 196/250
Refractors of Jake Long RC, Vince Young and Terrell Owens to name a few
Top Rookies: Joe Flacco, Rashard Mendenhall, Chad Henne, Desean Jackson, Kevin Smith, Matt Forte, Chauncey Washington and John David Booty.

Check out our box break for many others that we pulled.

We love this product with the many refractors and rookie cards it offers. Fantastic classic look of Bowman Chrome continues to impress. Great future investment and excellent rookie card variety. We would have liked to see maybe 1 more rookie card auto.

OVERALL:
2 thumbs up

Go out and buy it!!!!!!

2008 Topps Letterman Football Box Break

2008-12-04T22:32:00.009-05:00

2008 Topps Letterman Football Hobby Box Review

3 packs (mini-boxes) per box, 1 pack per mini-box
1 autographed Letterman card and 1 autographed rookie patch card
Each mini-box contains: 2 Topps Letterman cards + 1 Rookie Card + 1 Autographed Letterman card or 1 Autographed Patch card or 1 Patch Card.

We pulled:
1 Team Logo Patch Auto Refractor Card of Devin Thomas #D 25/25
1 Chad Johnson base card #D 591/949
1 Larry Fitzgerald base card #D 569/949
1 Harry Douglas base card #D 205/419

AWESOME PRODUCT - love the patch auto and base very sharp

(2 THUMBS UP) - BUY THIS PRODUCT

Topps Letterman NBA Redemption Subjects Announced

2008-11-03T20:46:00.003-05:00

Topps is pleased to announce the subject list for the 2008-09 Topps Letterman Basketball Lottery Pick Patch Card Redemption Program.

Each 2008 NBA Draft Lottery pick has a corresponding letter (A-J) that entitles redemption card holders to a letter patch card sequentially numbered to 25. Collectors will receive one letter patch card for every redemption card received.

Redemption cards can be found one in every four master boxes of Topps Letterman.

Redemption Card Inserted	Player	Team	Last Name Spelled Out
A	Brandon Rush	Indiana Pacers	R-U-S-H
B	O.J. Mayo	Memphis Grizzlies	M-A-Y-O
C	Eric Gordon	Los Angeles Clippers	G-O-R-D-O-N
D	Kevin Love	Minnesota Timberwoves	L-O-V-E
E	Russell Westbrook	Oklahoma City Thunder	W-E-S-T-B-R-O-O-K
F	Michael Beasley	Miami Heat	B-E-A-S-L-E-Y
G	D.J. Augustin	Charlotte Bobcats	A-U-G-U-S-T-I-N
H	Brook Lopez	New Jersey Nets	L-O-P-E-Z
I	Derrick Rose	Chicago Bulls	R-O-S-E
J	Jerryd Bayless	Portland Trail Blazers	B-A-Y-L-E-S-S

One of One Baseball Sketch Cards Debut in Updates & Highlights

2008-10-04T18:34:00.003-04:00

Topps has been making waves with its Sketch Cards program for several years in its entertainment products. The one of one original art cards from Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and other products have been hot collectibles with a huge following.

Topps is pleased to announce that the Baseball Sketch Cards program will make its debut in the upcoming 2008 Topps Updates & Highlights Baseball , which ships next week.

The Hobby Exclusive program will feature gorgeous works of original art with all cards being a 1 of 1. And they can be found 2 per HOBBY CASE! (also randomly inserted in HTA Jumbos).

The Baseball Sketch Cards program will then make its second appearance in 2008 Topps Stadium Club Baseball with each 4-box case guaranteeing a 1 of 1 Original Sketch Card.

SARAH PALIN MAKES HER TOPPS DEBUT

2008-10-04T18:28:00.003-04:00

Earlier this year, Topps issued a 12-card insert in its 2008 Topps Baseball product called “Campaign 2008” featuring Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden and nine other presidential hopefuls. The set garnered national media attention as loyalists traded and bided on their favorite candidates.

Today, Topps announces that it has added an additional subject to the set…Republican VP hopeful Sarah Palin. But her card will have a twist!

Palin will have 2 cards: Pictured as you see her today and pictured as an Alaskan Beauty Queen.

The tiara-wearing governor version will have a limited print run and can be found nation-wide the second week of October in packs of 2008 Topps Updates & Highlights.

Finest Football...Production Error

2008-09-23T21:18:00.004-04:00

Topps announces that because of a production error in 2008 Topps Finest Football, the Base Autographed Rookie Cards are not sequentially numbered as originally solicited. In an effort to correct this error, consumers can send these particular cards to Topps to have them sequentially numbered. Each card will be numbered and have a 3M Authentication Sticker placed on the card’s back. Sequential numbering for each subject will start at the number 1 and continue numerically as cards are received.

In addition to getting your card numbered, Topps will also include a free pack of hobby football cards. All cards will be accepted until March 31st 2009. Cards should be sent to:

The Topps Company
ATTN: Consumer Relations
401 York Ave.
Duryea , PA 18642

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TOPPS ANNOUNCES RED HOT ROOKIE REDEMPTION # 17: AUTOGRAPHED EVAN LONGORIA ROOKIE CARD

2008-09-22T15:13:00.000-04:00

Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2008 Topps Baseball Series 2 RED HOT ROOKIE Redemption # 17 is Evan Longoria, Third Baseman, Tampa Bay Rays. Longoria’s card will be autographed on-card!

Throughout the remainder of the 2008 Major League Baseball season, Topps will announce the subjects for the 20-card RED HOT ROOKIE program. Each Topps Series 2 Hobby Box includes (1) RED HOT ROOKIE Redemption, which can be redeemed online at www.topps.com/redemption.

The cards will be printed on Topps Chrome Refractor technology and shipped to collectors first week of November.

Stay tuned for RED HOT ROOKIE # 18!

# 1 Jay Bruce, Cincinnati Reds / Autographed

# 2 Justin Masterson, Boston Red Sox

# 3 John Bowker, San Francisco Giants

# 4 Kosuke Fukudome, Chicago Cubs

# 5 Mike Aviles , Kansas City Royals

# 6 Chris Davis , Texas Rangers

# 7 Chris Volsatd , Florida Marlins

# 8 Jeff Samardzija, Chicago Cubs

# 9 Brad Ziegler, Oakland A’s

# 10 Gio Gonzalez, Oakland A’s

# 11 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers

# 12 Daniel Murphy, New York Mets

# 13 Chris Dickerson, Cincinnati Reds

# 14 Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants

# 15 Nick Evans , New York Mets

# 16 Clayton Richard, Chicago White Sox

# 17 Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays

AFLAC AUTOGRAPHS DEBUT IN 08 BOWMAN DRAFT PICKS

2008-09-19T16:03:00.001-04:00

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In addition to this morning’s announcement regarding 2008 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Baseball, of Rick Porcello headlining the enhanced 2008 Draft Picks Checklist, Topps has also added another key enhancement to the product.

Topps is reaching into its vaults and for the first time is issuing a selected list of its treasured AFLAC High School All-American Autographed Cards from 2006 and 2007. The cards, which will include 3M Authentication stickers, will appear as additional autographed content and can be found one per every other Hobby Case.

The subject list is as follows:

Adrian Nieto

Anthony Ferrara

Blake Beavan

Danny Rams

Drake Britton

Freddie Freeman

Isaac Galloway

Jason Heyward

John Tolisano

Jon Gilmore

Josh Smoker

Josh Vitters

Madison Bumgarner

Michael Main

Nick Noonan

Paul Demny

Quinton Miller

Rick Porcello

Tim Alderson

Xavier Avery

Each $3.00 pack of Draft Picks & Prospects includes 7 cards (4 Bowman, 2 Bowman Chrome, and 1 Parallel card). And each box guarantees 1 Autographed Chrome Prospect Card.

RICK PORCELLO HEADLINES ENHANCED 08 DRAFT PICKS CHECKLIST

2008-09-19T16:03:00.000-04:00

On the heels of announcing the addition of catching phenom Buster Posey as an autograph subject in the upcoming 2008 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Baseball, Topps has included more enhancements to the much-anticipated product.

Topps is pleased to announce that the Draft Picks & Prospects base-card checklist will now include top pitching prospect Rick Porcello among others. The updated Draft Pick subject list is as follows:

BDPP1	Rick Porcello	Detroit Tigers	SS	1 (07)
BDPP2	Braedon Schlehuber	Atlanta Braves	C	4
BDPP3	Kenny Wilson	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	2
BDPP4	Jeff Lanning	Minnesota Twins	C	8
BDPP5	Kevin Dubler	Chicago White Sox	C	8
BDPP6	Eric Campbell	New York Mets	3B	8
BDPP7	Tyler Chatwood	Angels	P	2
BDPP8	Tyreace House	Oakland Athletics	OF	6
BDPP9	Adrain Nieto	Washington Nationals	C	5
BDPP10	Robbie Grossman	Pittburgh Pirates	OF	6
BDPP11	Jordan Danks	Chicago White Sox	OF	7
BDPP12	Jay Austin	Houston Astros	OF	2
BDPP13	Ryan Perry	Detroit Tigers	P	1
BDPP14	Ryan Chaffee	Angels	P	3
BDPP15	Niko Vasquez	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	3
BDPP16	Shane Dyer	Tampa Bay Rays	OF	6
BDPP17	Benji Gonzalez	Pittburgh Pirates	SS	7
BDPP18	Miles Reagan	Arizona Diamondbacks	P	7
BDPP19	Anthony Ferrara	St. Louis Cardinals	P	7
BDPP20	Markus Brisker	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	6
BDPP21	Justin Bristow	Chicago Cubs	P	5
BDPP22	Richard Bleier	Texas Rangers	P	6
BDPP23	Jeremy Beckham	Tampa Bay Rays	2B	17
BDPP24	Xavier Avery	Baltimore Orioles	OF	2
BDPP25	Christian Vazquez	Boston Red Sox	C	9
BDPP26	Nick Romero	Minnesota Twins	OF	5
BDPP27	Trey Watten	Milwaukee Brewers	P	7
BDPP28	Brett Jacobsen	Detroit Tigers	P	4
BDPP29	Tyler Sample	Kansas City Royals	P	3
BDPP30	T.J. Steele	Houston Astros	OF	4
BDPP31	Christian Freidrich	Colorado Rockies	P	1
BDPP32	Graham Hicks	Washington Nationals	P	4
BDPP33	Shane Peterson	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	2
BDPP34	Brett Hunter	Oakland Athletics	P	7
BDPP35	Tim Federowicz	Boston Red Sox	OF	7
BDPP36	Isaac Galloway	Florida Marlins	OF	8
BDPP37	Logan Schafer	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	3
BDPP38	Paul Demny	Washington Nationals	P	6
BDPP39	Clayton Shunick	Cincinnati Reds	P	5
BDPP40	Andrew Lieble	Toronto Blue Jays	P	3
BDPP41	Brandon Crawford	San Francisco Giants	SS	4
BDPP42	Blake Tekotte	San Diego Padres	OF	3
BDPP43	Jason Corder	Tampa Bay Rays	OF	7
BDPP44	Bryan Shaw	Arizona Diamondbacks	P	2
BDPP45	Edgar Olmos	Florida Marlins	P	3
BDPP46	Dusty Coleman	Oakland Athletics	SS	28
BDPP47	Johnny Giavotella	Kansas City Royals	2B	2
BDPP48	Tyson Ross	Oakland Athletics	P	2
BDPP49	Brent Morel	Chicago White Sox	3B	3
BDPP50	Dennis Raben	Seattle Mariners	OF	2
BDPP51	Jake Odorizzi	Milwaukee Brewers	P	1
BDPP52	Ryne White	Arizona Diamondbacks	OF	4
BDPP53	Devaris Strange-Gordon	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	4
BDPP54	Tim Murphy	Texas Rangers	P	3
BDPP55	Jake Jefferies	Tampa Bay Rays	C	3
BDPP56	Anthony Capra	Oakland Athletics	P	4
BDPP57	Kyle Weiland	Boston Red Sox	P	3
BDPP58	Anthony Bass	San Diego Padres	P	5
BDPP59	Scott Green	Detroit Tigers	P	3
BDPP60	Zeke Spruill	Atlanta Braves	P	2
BDPP61	L.J. Hoes	Baltimore Orioles	2B	3
BDPP62	Tyler Cline	Cincinnati Reds	P	4
BDPP63	Matt Cerda	Chicago Cubs	C	4
BDPP64	Bobby Lanigan	Minnesota Twins	P	3
BDPP65	Mike Sheridan	Tampa Bay Rays	1B	5

Each $3.00 pack of Draft Picks & Prospects includes 7 cards (4 Bowman, 2 Bowman Chrome, and 1 Parallel card). And each box guarantees 1 Autographed Chrome Prospect Card.

TOPPS SIGNS CATCHING PHENOM BUSTER POSEY

2008-09-16T00:55:00.000-04:00

Topps announces it has signed minor league catching phenom Buster Posey to an autograph deal. Posey, the 5^th overall pick by the San Francisco Giants, is considered by many to be the most talented player selected in the 2008 Amateur Draft.

Posey will make his debut as an Autographed Base Card in the much-anticipated 2008 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Baseball Hobby Boxes.

Each $3.00 pack of Draft Picks & Prospects includes 7 cards (4 Bowman, 2 Bowman Chrome, and 1 Parallel card). And each box guarantees 1 Autographed Chrome Prospect Card

Topps Letterman Brand Comes to Football

2008-09-10T20:30:00.000-04:00

The smoking-hot Topps Letterman Brand made its debut this week with basketball to rave reviews and now Topps is proud to announce that 2008 TOPPS LETTERMAN FOOTBALL will be on hobby shelves at the end of October.

Here’s what each master box guarantees:

1 Autographed Letterman Card (#’d to 50 or less) – Featuring both game-worn and manufactured full player letters. The clear autograph sticker is uniquely placed across a clear plastic band allowing the collector to see through the autograph and see the entire letter (image attached).

1 Autographed Patch Card (#’d to 50 or less) – Includes Quad relics, Jersey Number Patches, Team Logo Patches, Rookie Patches and Dual Rookie Patches.

1 Patch Card (#’d to 30 or less) – Includes Jersey Number Patches, Quad Patches, Letterman Patches and Jersey Tags.

3 Rookie Cards (#’d to 949 or less) – Printed on chromium technology

6 Veteran/Retired Cards (#’d to 1499 or less) – Printed on chromium technology

Every card also includes Refractor, X-Fractor and one of one SuperFractor Parallels.

CASE GUARANTEES:

And every 4-box case guarantees (1) highly sought after AUTOGRAPHED BOOKLET CARD #’d 50 or less or (1) AUTOGRAPHED ROOKIE PATCH CARD. Each 8-box case includes both.

Master Boxes carry a $225 SRP. Each Master Box includes 3 Mini Boxes.

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Trading Card Secrets

2008-09-06T01:25:00.000-04:00

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TOPPS REVEALS RED HOT ROOKIE REDEMPTION #’s 13 & 14

2008-09-05T18:28:00.000-04:00

TOPPS REVEALS RED HOT ROOKIE REDEMPTION #’s 13 & 14

Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2008 Topps Baseball Series 2 RED HOT ROOKIE Redemption # 13 is Chris Dickerson, Outfielder, Reds and # 14 is Pablo Sandoval, Catcher, Giants.

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TOPPS UNVEILS FINEST BASEBALL ROOKIE REDEMPTION # 10 (Autographed Rookie Card)

2008-09-05T18:18:00.000-04:00

Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2008 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Card Redemption # 10 is Jed Lowrie, Shortstop, Boston Red Sox and it’s an Autographed Rookie Card.

The final Subject list is as follows:

Johnny Cueto, Pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
Jay Bruce, Outfielder, Cincinnati Reds (Autographed)
Kosuke Fukudome, Outfielder, Chicago Cubs
Jeff Samardzija, Pitcher, Chicago Cubs
Chris Davis, First Base, Texas Rangers
Justin Masterson, Pitcher, Boston Red Sox
Clayton Kershaw, Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
Daniel Murphy, Outfielder, New York Mets
Denard Span, Outfielder, Minnesota Twins
Jed Lowrie, Shortstop, Boston Red Sox (Autographed)

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LOTTERY PICKS ADDED TO LETTERMAN BASKETBALL

2008-09-05T18:01:00.000-04:00

Topps announces that the just-shipped 07-08 Topps Letterman Basketball includes one bonus 2008 Lottery Pick Letter Redemption card every 4 Master Boxes. Each card will feature a letter patch from the player’s last name and will be sequentially #’d to 25. Following is the subject list:

Derrick Rose	R-O-S-E	100 Total
Michael Beasley	B-E-A-S-L-E-Y	175 Total
O.J. Mayo	M-A-Y-O	100 Total
Russell Westbrook	W-E-S-T-B-R-O-O-K	225 Total
Kevin Love	L-O-V-E	100 Total
Eric Gordon	G-O-R-D-O-N	150 Total
D.J. Augustin	A-U-G-U-S-T-I-N	200 Total
Brook Lopez	L-O-P-E-Z	125 Total
Jerryd Bayless	B-A-Y-L-E-S-S	175 Total
Brandon Rush	R-U-S-H	100 Total

BOWMAN STERLING FOOTBALL MANUFACTURING ISSUE

2008-09-05T17:37:00.000-04:00

Because of a manufacturing error, 50% of the master boxes of the just-released 2008 Bowman Sterling Football include 7 autographs instead of the promised 8. To rectify the situation, Topps is asking all master box purchasers that received only 7 autographs to send in their master box’s UPC code to Topps 401 York Avenue, Duryea PA 18642.

In addition to Topps sending out the promised eighth autograph, collectors will also receive an exclusive 10-card Bowman Sterling Blue Refractor Parallel Rookie Set made special just for this issue. Collectors will receive their eighth autograph and the exclusive 10-card set within 6-8 weeks.

REDEMPTION CARDS Also as a bonus, any collector redeeming a 2008 Bowman Sterling Football Autographed Redemption Card on-line will be eligible for an additional autograph. Collectors will not be able to redeem until Friday, September 5^th. The chances of receiving the second autograph will be 1:3.

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Your Greatest Pull Ever

2008-08-01T16:34:00.000-04:00

Please leave a comment and let us know about your greatest box or pack pull. Was it that Mickey Mantle that you stuck between your bicycle spokes, or that Michael Jordan Rookie Card you traded for that James Worthy. Do you still have the card or did you trade it or sell it on Ebay. If you still have that Great Pull, please feel free to attach a picture or embedded HTML link for everyone to see. Visit our site to see what others are claiming to be there Greatest Pulls.

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