Topps Tier 1

TyCobbSalad · May 27, 2012

I am just curious to everyone's thoughts on this product. I may be beating a dead horse but I am new here. I have bought a few boxes of the '11 product and am a big fan. Everything I have seen or read (youtube/blogs) on this product gets blasted for high #'s as well as poor players. Your thoughts? Any excitement for the '12 Tier 1 coming out soon?

blanning71 · May 27, 2012

Welcome to the boards.

I didn't like the product offering at all. Too many so/so players autos and not enough bang in the product. Topps is trying to test the market to see how to get the high end stuff right. This was one of those tests.

daveyou · May 27, 2012

welcome to fcb!

in regards to last year's tier one, i think people who busted these were so afraid to get pagan'ed (pulling angel pagan's auto. lol) that they dismissed the product altogether. lol

i liked the tier one jumbo patches #/10. that was a great design and some good looking patches. hank aaron in that product was a big plus.

also loved the tier one cut auto. someone pulled a thurman munson and damn, one of the best looking cut cards i've seen

the hof'ers on card auto of koufax, ryan, aaron, musial, rickey was also a big plus but did you notice that you can pick up these guys for a price of 2-3 boxes??

too many duds, too little hits...

from the previews, 2012 tier one is looking great BUT you just never know until a full checklist is out there. i am def. intrigued because of the knobs

love them knobs!!

make sure you check out the box break section when this releases. i believe there will be a case group break hosted by allincards (andrew). that way, you can see the contents and pulls before you decide to bust a few or not.

dave

carlitoson · May 27, 2012

Welcome!

I know that Tier One isn't a "rookie card" product, but I own two 2011 Tier One cards (I only collect first-year cards). There were a few FY autographs last year, so for 2012 I want to see the full checklist.
My initial opinion: Pre-paying $30 per card for the 2012 product, it better be good or it'll get blasted too. LOL

TyCobbSalad · May 27, 2012

I guess I can see everyone's point. I pulled some decent stuff so far. Gehrig relic /50, Nolan Ryan auto/60, Beachy auto/999, and Clay Buchholz/399 I believe. I really like the look of base cards even which is always a big part of why I buy what I buy. I also was comparing to a product like Panini Prime Cuts which I recently purchased for $250 and ended up with a bunch of poor looking sticker autos which I pretty much despise for 2.5x the price. I think when '12 drops I am going to call up Blowout and ask if they can specifically send me a box with the 1/1 Cobb barrel, they do that kind of thing, right? Hahahaha.

magicpapa · May 27, 2012

2012 Topps Tier One is scheduled for release June 18, 2012. Each pack promises at least one "On The Rise" autographs, a "relic" serial-numbered to 399 copies or less, and either a "Crowd Pleaser" autograph, mutil-player autograph, autographed "Relic," or cut signature in each pack. Every 12-pack case will yield one "Top Tier" autograph.
Based on the checklist and sell sheet provided by Topps, it does not appear that Tier One will have a traditional base set.
[h=1]Distribution[/h] 12 packs per case. Hobby only.
[h=1]Reviews[/h] [h=1]Insertion Ratios[/h]

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	?	-	?
Top Shelf Relics	60	399	one-per-pack
Top Shelf Dual Swatch	60	99	?
Top Shelf Triple Swatch	60	25	?
Prodigious Patches	25	10	?
Bat Knobs	100	one-of-one	?
On The Rise	75	399	one-per-pack
On The Rise White Ink	75	25	?
On The Rise Silver Ink	75	10	?
On The Rise Gold Ink	75	one-of-one	?
Crowd Pleasers	75	299	?
Crowd Pleasers White Ink	75	25	?
Crowd Pleasers Silver Ink	75	10	?
Crowd Pleasers Gold Ink	75	one-of-one	?
Top Tier	?	99	1:12
Top Tier White Ink	?	25	?
Top Tier Silver Ink	?	10	?
Top Tier Gold Ink	?	one-of-one	?
Clear Rookie Reprints	10	25	?
Dual Autographs	5	25	?
Triple Autographs	4	10	?
Cut Signatures	25	one-of-one	?
Autographed Top Shelf Relics	25	99	?
Autographed Top Shelf Dual Patch	25	25	?
Autographed Top Shelf Triple Patch	25	one-of-one	?
Autographed Prodigious Patches	10	10	?

http://baseballcardpedia.com/index.php/2012_Topps_Tier_One#Base_Set

scotty216brs · May 27, 2012

TyCobbSalad said:
I am just curious to everyone's thoughts on this product. I may be beating a dead horse but I am new here. I have bought a few boxes of the '11 product and am a big fan. Everything I have seen or read (youtube/blogs) on this product gets blasted for high #'s as well as poor players. Your thoughts? Any excitement for the '12 Tier 1 coming out soon?

I really like your avatar!

hive17 · May 27, 2012

The checklist makes or breaks this product. It broke it last year, IMO.

Cardtrader1 · May 27, 2012

Keep Your money!!

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