'12 Topps Chrome - Looks AWESOME

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Configuration: 24 packs per box. 4 cards per pack.

EVERY HOBBY BOX GUARANTEES 2 AUTOGRAPH CARDS!

THE 2012 edition offers more than ever before.

NEW cards include:
Ø Dual Autographs
Ø Chrome Encounters
Ø Autographed Chrome Buybacks
Ø Dynamic Die Cuts
Ø Cut From The Same Cloth

 

[Rickzcards]

I wonder if the Pujols auto is another bait and switch auto like they've done in so many of their products. But yes you're right, they do look awesome!

 

[Jaypers]

Good to see Peacock and Montero in their new unis.


More info, courtesy of Chris Olds:


First look: 2012 Topps Chrome baseball cards
February 15, 2012 at 7:00 PM

By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor

If Bowman is the home of the Rookie Card, then Topps Chrome might be the home of the diecut card.

Topps unveiled the basic product information and preview images for 2012 Topps Chrome on Wednesday, and there is not one but two new diecut insert sets to chase with autographed versions in tow, too.

Oh, and there will be two autographed cards per box as well as Refractor Hot Boxes to be chase, too — one in every three cases — when it arrives on Aug. 22.

The base set will consist of 220 base cards each with autographed patch variations limited to just 10 copies as well as redemption cards good for uncut sheets. Each card will be found with Refractors and Xfractors as well as Blue, Black, Sepia, Gold, Red and Atomic Refractors, too. Hobby-only 1/1s include Superfractors and printing plates as well.

On the autographed side, the constant in Chrome is the autograph and this year’s autographed Rookie Cards will showcase at least 25 players, each signing directly on the card. Rays rookie Matt Moore and a Seattle Mariners Jesus Montero are the headliners here with the same lineup of Refractors available. The standard Refractors will be limited to 499, while the Atomics will be limited to 10.

But diecuts are not all that’s new with Chrome this year.

A new inclusion here is the Cut From the Same Cloth Autographs set — a double-sided, double-autographed card limited to just five copies apiece. One pairing, for example, will have Buster Posey and Joe Mauer, while another will have Dustin Pedroia and Robinson Cano.

Also new — and also diecut — are the Dynamic Diecuts cards. There will be 50 stars showcased here in this ornate, one-per-box find. Autographed versions of these cards will be limited to 25 or fewer copies.

Also new are dual autos and autographed Chrome buybacks — each limited to just 10 copies. The Buybacks will feature Rookie Cards of players who never had a signed Topps Chrome RC — notables there will include Jose Bautista, Joe Mauer, Robinson Cano, Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder among others. The last new inclusion for ink are the Chrome Encounters autos, which are hobby-only and all limited to just 10 copies or less.

Some of the other autographed rookies tentatively lined up for this one include Brett Lawrie, Brad Peacock and Drew Pomeranz, while players on other autograph cards will include Albert Pujols, Lawrie, Michael Pineda, Matt Kemp, Jay Bruce, Mike Trout, Robinson Cano, Jose Bautista, Fielder, Justin Verlander, Ryan Braun, Eric Hosmer, Clayton Kershaw, Paul Goldschmidt and Ubaldo Jimenez to name a few.

 

[cmnkb8]

I like Chrome and I like die-cuts and will likely bust a few cases on release...but I'm still not pre-ordering Topps Chrome :twisted: .

 

[Jaypers]

Just noticed Brett Lawrie is scheduled to have an autograph in this. That should make several of you happy.

Checklist -- http://atlsportscards.com/product_extra ... 0HOBBY.pdf

 

[cmnkb8]

Just noticed Brett Lawrie is scheduled to have an autograph in this. That should make several of you happy.

Checklist -- http://atlsportscards.com/product_extra ... 0HOBBY.pdf

Wonder if they'll be redemptions...

 

[wolfmanalfredo]

I love the set design. Looks like we may be seeing a revive of die cuts in the very near future.

 

[nborton]

I love the set design. Looks like we may be seeing a revive of die cuts in the very near future.

I think the die cuts are awesome looking. I hope we do see a wave. I might be in the minority, but I'm getting burned out on the rainbow insert phase. Having some low numbered 90s looking inserts would be awesome.

 

[TBTwinsFan]

THOSE are die cuts.

Not a fan of the dual-sided autos though.

 

[Russ S.]

Design & die cuts do look great.

Sucks though that 85%+ of the autos will be stickered.

 

[ChasHawk]

Design & die cuts do look great.

Sucks though that 85%+ of the autos will be stickered.

Was excited about this product till I saw that.

Stickers on chrome is one of the dumbest things in the hobby.

 

[vwnut13]

Design & die cuts do look great.

Sucks though that 85%+ of the autos will be stickered.

Was excited about this product till I saw that.

Stickers on chrome is one of the dumbest things in the hobby.

I'd guess that 85% of the Autographs you pull will be rookie autographs.

Therfore, 85% of the autographs will be on card.

 

[ChasHawk]

Design & die cuts do look great.

Sucks though that 85%+ of the autos will be stickered.

Was excited about this product till I saw that.

Stickers on chrome is one of the dumbest things in the hobby.

I'd guess that 85% of the Autographs you pull will be rookie autographs.

Therfore, 85% of the autographs will be on card.

Look at all of the sticker graphs in the preview images though.

 

[chompsmcgee]

Diggin that Montero

 

[vwnut13]

Design & die cuts do look great.

Sucks though that 85%+ of the autos will be stickered.

Was excited about this product till I saw that.

Stickers on chrome is one of the dumbest things in the hobby.

I'd guess that 85% of the Autographs you pull will be rookie autographs.

Therfore, 85% of the autographs will be on card.

Look at all of the sticker graphs in the preview images though.

I see that.


So for every three Rookie Autographs you are going to pull seventeen Die-Cut/Dual/Insert Autographs?

 

[markakis8]

I know the checklist can change but at this point they only have 2 Orioles? Adam Jones and Mark Reynolds!?! ::facepalm::

The face of the franchise can't even get in the Topps Chrome checklist :?

 

[Russ S.]

The face of the franchise can't even get in the Topps Chrome checklist :?

I know right.
Leaving off Adams, Givens, & Machado is ludicrous.

 

[smapdi]

I'm sure they'll look nice, but I was hoping the color of the refractor borders would carry into the little swoops around the name. Tiny little details like that would really pop. And I suppose they won't be etched.

 

[Brewer Andy]

The face of the franchise can't even get in the Topps Chrome checklist :?

I know right.
Leaving off JJ Hardy is ludicrous.

 

[PadresFan86]

I know the checklist can change but at this point they only have 2 Orioles? Adam Jones and Mark Reynolds!?! ::facepalm::

The face of the franchise can't even get in the Topps Chrome checklist :?

Try being a Padres fan