2011 Topps Gridiron football hobby box -- rip results
WhiteTornado
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I recently ripped a hobby box of 2011 Topps Gridiron Legends and here are some highlights. I wasn't familiar with this product prior to buying it, but the mixture of HOFers, current stars, and RCs appealed to me. The box contains 4 hits in the form of autos and/or jersey cards.
Base cards feature the player in color while the background is in gray that fades to white borders. It's a really sharp look. Retired players and current veterans show their career statistics on back. The HOFers include career highlights.
Parallel cards are inserted one per pack and feature a blue background instead of gray, and are printed on thick cardboard.
Pulled some nice rookies, too. It's interesting how Topps always uses that same "RC" logo on rookie cards across their various football products.
I pulled cards from a couple of their subsets, Legendary Combos (not sure how "legendary" Christian Ponder is at this point!) and Gridiron Legacies. Also got a couple of serial numbered cards, including the Tomlinson as shown, 093/150. The 4 hits I got were the Matt Ryan jersey card as shown (nice red swatch), and 3 not pictured: Titus Young jersey card (out of football now, and the swatch is all white), Ryan Mallett jersey card (at least he's still around, and the swatch is blue), and an auto of Mark Herzlich (he's a backup LB for the Giants).
Overall a pretty nice product. The inclusion of HOFers is great and I pulled a lot of minor inserts. Hits were a bit of a mixed bag. Thanks for letting me share the results
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Base cards feature the player in color while the background is in gray that fades to white borders. It's a really sharp look. Retired players and current veterans show their career statistics on back. The HOFers include career highlights.
Parallel cards are inserted one per pack and feature a blue background instead of gray, and are printed on thick cardboard.
Pulled some nice rookies, too. It's interesting how Topps always uses that same "RC" logo on rookie cards across their various football products.
I pulled cards from a couple of their subsets, Legendary Combos (not sure how "legendary" Christian Ponder is at this point!) and Gridiron Legacies. Also got a couple of serial numbered cards, including the Tomlinson as shown, 093/150. The 4 hits I got were the Matt Ryan jersey card as shown (nice red swatch), and 3 not pictured: Titus Young jersey card (out of football now, and the swatch is all white), Ryan Mallett jersey card (at least he's still around, and the swatch is blue), and an auto of Mark Herzlich (he's a backup LB for the Giants).
Overall a pretty nice product. The inclusion of HOFers is great and I pulled a lot of minor inserts. Hits were a bit of a mixed bag. Thanks for letting me share the results
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DanBessette: Thanks, I lucked out pulling two AP cards, both inserts. I also like that YA Tittle card. Amazing to think these days of playing football without a facemask!
I also forgot to note the jersey cards are serial numbered, xxx/150.