2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary Hobby Box break

[Greg Cleveland]

Fairly excited for this product, even though I think Topps has used the '52 set design waaaaay too much for many products. Still, it is a classic, and seeing it in Chrome is pretty cool. I love the mix of new and older greats as well.

Breakdown:

Refractors: Snell, G. Marquez, Kluber, T. Davidson, Blackmon, LeMahieu. (Two Rockies and two Yankees. Blech!)
X-Fractor: Mookie Betts
Aqua Wave refractor: David Fletcher
Gold/Rose 70th Wave: Al Lopez #03/50
Black/Red 70th Mini Diamonds: Joey Gerber #1/5

Autograph: Justin Morneau

I like the auto, but I can see where anyone who is not a Twins fan would be disappointed. The auto checklist is a real batch of hits and misses, so this is a hit for me, but there are a lot of bigger hits out there. Nice to get a red #/5--beautiful card--but I am not familiar with Joey Gerber. (Minnesota kid, so won't be hard to check around.)

The most disappointing thing is the condition of the singles. A lot--A LOT--of cards are off-cut. Got some nice singles of the greats, terrible centering. The refractors are mostly good, but not all have perfect centering.

I need to sort them and see how many are poorly cut. Good luck to the rest of you breaking!

 

[George K]

It's too bad they didn't include any of the living players from the original 1952 set on the autograph list. Nice break.