First Buzz: 2016 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
This entry was posted on January 12, 2016
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What: 2016 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
Arrives: July 20
Box basics: Three hits in every 24-pack hobby box
What's buzz-worthy: "If you rip it, he will come" is a possible line here as Kevin Costner's character in Field of Dreams, Ray Kinsella, gets the movie-style nod on Costner's certified autographs. Other surprises in this one? Roman coin Relics ... otherwise the 2016 edition is much like the 10 past releases of this heavily collected retro-styled brand.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
The Basics: There will be a combination of three autographs, Relics, framed buybacks, book cards, Rip Cards or cut autos in every box. ... The base set will consist of 300 base cards capped by 50 short-printed cards just as in recent years with every card having a mini parallel. The minis also will have A&G back, Black, no-number, Brooklyn (/25) and 1/1 glossy and Wood parallels along with printing plates. For 100 cards there will be a mini metal parallel, while 150 cards will have cloth versions limited to 10. Base cards this year will also have a 1/1 glossy version. ... Preliminary checklists were not released.
For the hits, there will be standard Relics with two designs -- a crop of about 120 players total -- with another 50 framed Relics. The Roman coin Relics will be hobby-only while a silver coin parallel will be a 1/1 find. Autographs this year will come framed as always with a black-framed parallel (/25) and a /10 red-ink version to chase. ... Framed original buybacks will be 1/1s. ... Book cards will be made for as many as 50 players with each limited to only 10 copies, while cut autos will be 1/1 creations. Rip Cards will be back one per case with Double Rip Cards also possible. Inside Rips will be original art, Red autos, mini exclusives, mini Wood (1/1) exclusives and mini Metal (1/3) exclusives.
Box-toppers will be back with Cabinet Relics like above with box-loader cards coming in standard, auto, Relic, auto Relic and cut auto versions. ... Standard inserts will include The Numbers Game (100 cards about players' uniform number choices), Baseball Legends and Natural Wonders (in nature, not on the field). ... Mini inserts will spotlight notable U.S. mayors, subways and streetcars, laureates of pac and ferocious felines.
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