2010 Topps National Chicle

Description

The first, and only, Topps National Chicle Baseball set is a 329-card, all-painted, set inspired by the 1935 football card set of the same name, and consists of 205 current players, 50 retried players, and 20 rookies all in an Art Deco design. The set also includes three, somewhat controversial, subsets: Retired Stars Revisited, Vintage Veterans and Rookie Renditions.

Retired Stars Revisited has 25 Hall of Fame-caliber players, painted in the modern uniform of the respective teams. This includes Babe Ruth in an Atlanta Braves uniform, and Lou Gehrig in a current Yankee batting-practice shirt with sideburns, a soul-patch, and a titanium necklace.

Vintage Veterans features ten current players painted into "throwback" style unis. Among the images include an Ichiro in a Seattle Pilots shirt, Albert Pujols wearing St. Louis Browns gear, and Ryan Howard in a Philadelphia A's uniform.

The Rookie Renditions have nothing to do with the 1935 National Chicle set. Instead collector's are treated to 20 different 2010 rookies painted into vintage Topps rookie cards of the past. For example, Chicago White Sox rookie Tyler Flowers is painted to resemble Frank Thomas on his 1990 Topps "NNOF" rookie, and Madison Baumgartner appears on a card inspired by Gaylord Perry's 1962 Topps rookie.

To say that Retired Stars Revisited, Vintage Veterans, and Rookie Renditions cards were not well received by collectors would be an understatement. The subsets, coupled with overall poor quality of the artwork led to National Chicle being discontinued after only one year.

Each 24-pack, 8-card, Hobby box is expected to yield two on-card autographs, one relic, one over-sized Cabinet box-loader and nine parallels.

Distribution

When first released, hobby boxes (24 packs per box, 8 cards per pack) cost $80-$90, individual packs were around $4 each.

Reviews

http://blog.stalegum.com/2010/05/card-ola-2010-topps-national-chicle.html

http://mrscotts.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-topps-national-chicle-dual-box.html

http://www.cardboardconnection.com/2010-topps-national-chicle-baseball

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	329	-	8:1	?
short set	275	-	?	?
Short Print	54	-	1:4	?
National Chicle Back	275	-	1:4	?
Short Print National Chicle Back	54	-	1:50	?
Bazooka Back	275	-	1:8	?
Short Print Bazooka Back	54	-	1:100	?
Umbrella Black Back	329	25	1:82	?
Artist's Proof	329	10	1:120	N/A
Umbrella Red Back	329	one-of-one	1:1200	N/A
Cowhide	329	one-of-one	1:1200	?
Printing Plates	329	4	1:300	N/A
Cabinet Card	25	-	1 per box	N/A
Cabinet Card Signature Series	25	50	?	N/A
MLB Batter Logo Patch Card	?	?	1:1543	?
Relic Group A	13	-	1:156	?
Relic Group B	22	-	1:65	?
Relic Group C	3	-	1:2061	?
Relic Chicle Back Parallel	35	199	1:87	?
Relic Bazooka Back Parallel	35	99	1:174	?
Relic Black Umbrella Back Parallel	38	25	1:688	?
Relic Red Umbrella Back Parallel	38	one-of-one	1:11,607	?
Autograph Group A	20	-	1:15	?
Autograph Group B	7	-	1:594	?
Autograph Chicle Back Parallel	27	199	1:126	?
Autograph Bazooka Back Parallel	27	99	1:188	?
Autograph Black Umbrella Back Parallel	27	25	1:745	?
Autograph Red Umbrella Back Parallel	27	one-of-one	1:15,623	?
Autograph Red Printing Plate Parallel	27	four for each	1:3,671	?
Dual Autograph	10	25	1:1,586	?

Checklist

Base Set

NOTE: Card #166 (originally of Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Fu-Te Ni) was pulled from the base set due to contract issues with the player. Ni's card was replaced by Duke Snider's Retired Stars Revisited card (originally #300), and Snider's card replaced by Ian Desmond (originally #330).

Veterans

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Short Prints

Retired Stars Revisited

This subset features vintage players in modern-era uniforms. With some exceptions, players are depicted in the uniform of the team or city they are most associated with. For licensing purposes, card #166 was pulled from the base set and replaced with Duke Snider's RSR card -- which was on the original checklist as card #300. Unlike the rest of the RSRs, #166 is not short-printed.

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Vintage Veterans

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Rookie Renditions

NOTE: Card #324 does not exist.

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Parallels

All 329 base cards are available in the following parallels:

• National Chicle
• Bazooka
• Umbrella (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Artist Proof (serial-numbered to ten; autographed by the artist)
• Umbrella Red (one-of-one)
• Cowhide (one-of-one)
• Printing Plate (four for each)

Chrome

See 2010 Topps Chrome

Inserts

Box loader Cabinet Cards

Each Cabinet Card is also available as a Signature Series parallel, numbered to 25 copies. Signature Series parallels are not signed by the player, they are signed by the artist who created the card.

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Manufactured Relics

MLB Logoman Patch

See 2010 Topps Manufactured MLB Logoman Patch

Autographs and Game Used

Relics

The odds of finding a Relic are as follows.

• Group A: 1:156/packs
• Group B: 1:65/packs
• Group C: 1:2061/packs

Each Group A and Group B Relic is available in the the following parallels:

• National Chicle (numbered to 199)
• Bazooka (numbered to 99)

All Relics are also available in the following parallels.

• Black Umbrella (numbered to 25)
• Red Umbrella (one-of-one)

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Autographs

The odds of finding an Autograph are as follows.

• Group A: 1:15/packs
• Group B: 1:594/packs

Each Autograph is also available in the following parallels:

• National Chicle (numbered to 199)
• Bazooka (numbered to 99)
• Black Umbrella (numbered to 25)
• Red Umbrella (one-of-one)
• Printing Plate (four for each)

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Dual Autographs

Each Dual Autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

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