There have been some changes to the foundation Topps
Football release, the most noticeable being the departure from mimicking the
design of the current year’s flagship baseball release. All of these changes and
additions provide more than enough content to appeal to all types of
collectors. With excellent
photography, great looking inserts, 1957 style Rookie cards, 1965 Tall Boys and
strong hits make 2012 Topps Football a must purchase.
2012 Topps Football falls under our classification of
trading cards. There are several configurations of retail and hobby exclusive
packaging. We opened a hobby box
of 36 packs with 10 cards per pack with the promise of one autograph or relic
card.
Here is a look at some of the cards we pulled.
Base Set
Eli Manning, front and back
Andrew Luck, front and back
LaMar Miller, Ryan Broyles, Coby Fleener
Kendall Wright, Ryan Tannehill, Brandon Weeden
Nick Foles, Doug Martin, Brian Quick
Russell Wilson, Robert Griffin III RG3
Houston Texans Team Card, Chicago Bears Team Card
Victor Cruz, Von Miller, Greg Jennings
Roddy White, Troy Polamalu, Matt Forte
Rob Gronkowski, Jimmy Graham, Tom Brady
Peyton Manning, Tony Gonzalez, Darrelle Revis
A.J. Green, Arian Foster, LeSean McCoy
Adrian Peterson, Ray Rice, Brian Urlacher
Julio Jones, Greg Little, DeMarco Murray
Eric LeGrand, Melvin Ingram
Dez Bryant, Steve Johnson
Jason Pierre-Paul, Cam Newton
2012 Rookie Premiere, Super Bowl XLVI
Base Set Parallels
Gold Border #/2012
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
LaDainian Tomlinson, Tony Gonzalez
Military Camo Border #/399
David Garrard
Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Border #/399
Justin Tuck
Inserts
Topps Game Time Giveaway Code Cards, front and back
QB Rookie Reprints
Bart Starr, front and back
Dan Fouts, Phil Simms
Jim Plunkett, Joe Montana, Eli Manning
Paramount Pairs
Ahmad Bradshaw & Jason Pierre-Paul
John Elway & Jim Plunkett, Percy Harvin & Jabar Gaffney
Justin Blackmon & Trent Richardson, Dez Bryant & Justin Blackmon
Vincent Jackson & Mike Williams, Marques Colston & Darren Sproles
Frank Gore & LaMar Miller, LeGarrette Blount & LaMichael James
Prolific Playmakers
Ahmad Bradshaw, Miles Austin, Justin Blackmon
Dwayne Bowe, Antonio Brown, LeGarrette Blount
Javid Best, Cedric Benson, Anquan Boldin
Ring of Honor
Eli Manning
QB Immortal
Joe Namath, John Elway, Bart Starr
Bob Griese, Dan Marino, Dan Fouts
1965 Tall Boys
Arian Foster, front and back
Alex Smith, Darren Sproles
Marshawn Lynch, Christian Ponder, Greg Little
Titus Young, Troy Polamalu, Darren McFadden
Beanie Wells, Jeremy Maclin, Antonio Gates
Topps NFL Kickoff Redemption Card
This was exchanged at my participating Local Card Shop for a NFL Kickoff card pack.
The following are the 5 cards I found in that pack.
Matt Kalil, Stephen Hill
Michael Egnew, Dwayne Allen, DeVier Posey
The Hit
Andy Dalton Prolific Playmakers Relic
Overall Look
A dedicated design for the base set is a welcomed
change. As to be expected,
the photography is excellent.
There is so much to like here from the Acetate diecut Super Bowl MVPs to
the 1965 Tall Boys, the QB Immortals plaques, QB Milestones, NFL Field Generals
and NFL Captain Patches.
Quality and Variety of Players
The checklist is quite extensive, pleasing a wide range of
collectors. A strong Rookie class
leaves plenty to chase, autos and photo variation SPs.
Do the hits hold up?
The majority of hits here are the NFL Premiere rookies but
the wide variety of other hits makes this a great collection to chase.
Will you want to collect them all?
Definitely. If
you don’t go the complete base Factory set route, you’ll want to assemble the
440 base cards, various inserts, and probably the 1957 style Rookie cards
and1965 Tall Boys.
Rating
5 out of 5
2012 Topps Football a great set to build. for both beginning
and seasoned collectors.
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