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1993 Topps Finest Foil Box

BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
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Is there a refractor per box?
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  • prscott933prscott933 Posts: 1,976
    i think it's one per box.
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  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,131 ✭✭✭✭
    There's 24 packs a box, with 1:18 odds of finding a refractor. So in most cases you get one refractor, though a few boxes contain two. (Jan 1994 Beckett Baseball Card Monthly)
    WISHLIST
    D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Yes, 1 per box for the most part, but most of the boxes sold on ebay have been searched. It's easy to tell which pack has the refractor (wrapped a little differently), and Topps didn't put a logo on their shrink wrap that year. A lot of guys are opening the box and pulling the refractor pack out, then re-shrink-wrapping the box and selling at full price. The box I got from BBCE was legit.

    Lee
  • gosteelersgosteelers Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Yes, 1 per box for the most part, but most of the boxes sold on ebay have been searched. It's easy to tell which pack has the refractor (wrapped a little differently), and Topps didn't put a logo on their shrink wrap that year. A lot of guys are opening the box and pulling the refractor pack out, then re-shrink-wrapping the box and selling at full price. The box I got from BBCE was legit.

    Lee >>



    Did you open it yet? If so, how many refractors did you get? Who was it?
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Kevin Brown was my refractor. I was hoping for better, but at least it was centered well.

    Lee
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I cant see it but does this box have the corect cellophane? I cant see any topps logos.
    http://cgi.ebay.com/1993-Finest-Baseball-Unopened-Foil-Box_W0QQitemZ120124388054QQihZ002QQcategoryZ60447QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
  • BigslickBigslick Posts: 72
    I'm getting old so consider the source. My son and I broke a ton of the product. For some reason I thought there were 18 packs per box. I am sure about this, the early boxes had 2 refs. per box. The packs with the refractors were different. The flaps at the seams on the back were right over left, or left over right. Price from the factory was higher on Fleer Flair than Finest. I also recall the early boxes all had refractor lines.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    I believe there were 18 packs per box and the odds of getting a refractor were 1:17. Also, as mentioned before, the cellophane did not have the Topps logo on it so they were very easy to reseal.

    Lee
  • RogermnjRogermnj Posts: 1,809 ✭✭
    There were some cases that came with topps wrapping as well...

  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    The box I am talking about is described as having 18 packs also.
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    My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2 (2003). My son was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was 17 on December 31, 2009. We were stunned that another child of ours had been diagnosed. Please, if you don't have a favorite charity, consider giving to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)

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  • cohocorpcohocorp Posts: 1,371 ✭✭
    the boxes have 18 packs.
    my ebay listings
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,131 ✭✭✭✭
    You guys are right, the January 1994 Beckett article does NOT say there are 24 packs in a box (or specifies it in any way). They also warned that some people have opened the boxes up, took the jumbo All-Star card out and then re-shrinkwrapped the box, so look out for that too.
    WISHLIST
    D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
    95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
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