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2010 Topps Chrome hobby box

Description

Arriving on October 5, 2010, 2010 Topps Chrome features a 220 base set consisting of 170 veterans and 50 rookie cards. Inserts include chrome versions of Chicle, Heritage and T206 cards. The Heritage chrome cards will be a continuation of the chrome parallels found in Heritage.

In an effort to placate collectors who pre-ordered Topps Chrome before Stephen Strasburg's season ending injury; Topps has announced two promotions.

The first is a wrapper redemption program. Collectors who send in a full Hobby box's worth of wrappers (24), will receive three "variation" cards from a special 15-card set. Every tenth pack will contain three Refractor parallels.

The second is called the 2010 Chrome Baseball Bounty Card Contest. During this contest, Topps will announce existing Chrome cards as "bounty cards". If you have these bounty cards and you send Topps a photo of yourself holding the cards, you win a prize.

It appears, based on the massive amount of pre-orders, that Topps may have increased the production of Hobby cases by a factor of four.

2010 Topps Chrome cards are subject to extreme top-to-bottom curling. Rumor has it that Topps used a different printing company for these cards thus the curling issues.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $4).

"Best of Chrome" Box: Five packs of Topps Chrome, five packs of 2010 Bowman Chrome, one Hobby pack of 2010 Bowman Platinum, two Million Card Giveaway code cards, and a five-card exclusive Chrome Refractor set. (MSRP: $29.99) Sold exclusively at Target stores.

By extrapolation, roughly 105,000 hobby boxes were distributed. This is four times the amount of hobby boxes of 2009 Topps Chrome.

Reviews

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Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	220	-	4:1	4:1
Refractor	220	-	1:3	1:3
X-Fractor	220	-	N/A	1:3
Orange Refractor	220	-	N/A	3 in every Value Pack
Purple Refractor	220	599	N/A	1:12
Blue Refractor	220	199	1:58	1:191
Gold Refractor	220	50	1:232	1:775
Red Refractor	220	25	1:370	N/A
SuperFractor	220	1	1:9265	N/A
Printing plate	220	4	1:1592	N/A
Black-Bordered Checklist	1	2000	1:1019	?
National Chicle Chrome	50	999	1:25	1:81
National Chicle Chrome Refractor	50	499	1:50	1:165
National Chicle Chrome Blue Refractor	50	199	1:125	1:430
National Chicle Chrome Gold Refractor	50	50	1:497	1:1650
National Chicle Chrome Red Refractor	50	25	1:814	N/A
National Chicle Chrome SuperFractor	50	1	1:20,384	N/A
National Chicle Chrome Printing Plate	50	4	1:5096	N/A
Topps 206 Chrome	50	999	1:25	1:81
Topps 206 Chrome Refractor	50	499	1:50	1:165
Topps 206 Chrome Blue Refractor	50	199	1:125	1:430
Topps 206 Chrome Gold Refractor	50	50	1:497	1:1650
Topps 206 Chrome Red Refractor	50	25	1:814	N/A
Topps 206 Chrome SuperFractor	50	1	1:20,384	N/A
Topps 206 Chrome Printing Plate	50	4	1:5096	N/A
Heritage Chrome	50	1961	1:26	1:86
Heritage Chrome Refractor	50	561	1:50	1:300
Heritage Chrome Black Refractor	50	61	1:816	1:2700
MLB Logoman Patch	5	50	1:8153	N/A
Rookie Autographs	50	-	1:20	1:171
Rookie Autographs Refractor	50	499	1:95	1:1100
Rookie Autographs Blue Refractor	50	199	1:238	1:2900
Rookie Autographs Gold Refractor	50	50	1:941	1:11,000
Rookie Autographs Red Refractor	50	25	1:1881	1:22,000
Rookie Autographs SuperFractor	50	1	1:44,314	N/A
Rookie Autographs Printing Plate	50	4	1:11,078	N/A
USA Baseball Autographs	23	-	1:287	N/A

Checklist

NOTE: Due to Topps' use of a new subcontractor, 2010 Topps Chrome suffers from the same hyperbolic bowing issues that plagued 2010 Bowman Chrome.

Base Set

1 Prince Fielder
2 Derrek Lee
3 Clayton Kershaw
4 Bobby Abreu
5 Johnny Cueto
6 Dexter Fowler
7 Mickey Mantle
8 Tommy Hanson
9 Shane Victorino
10 Adam Jones
11 Zach Duke
12 Victor Martinez
13 Rick Porcello
14 Josh Johnson
15 Marco Scutaro
16 Howie Kendrick
17 Joey Votto
18 Zack Greinke
19 John Lackey
20 Manny Ramirez
21 CC Sabathia
22 David Wright
23 Nick Swisher
24 Cole Hamels
25 Adrian Gonzalez
26 Joe Saunders
27 Tim Lincecum
28 Ken Griffey, Jr.
29 J.A. Happ
30 Ian Kinsler
31 Carl Crawford
32 Albert Pujols
33 Daniel Murphy
34 Erick Aybar
35 Andrew McCutchen
36 Gordon Beckham
37 Jorge Posada
38 Ichiro
39 Vladimir Guerrero
40 Cliff Lee
41 Freddy Sanchez
42 Ryan Dempster
43 Adam Wainwright
44 Matt Holliday
45 Chone Figgins
46 Tim Hudson
47 Rich Harden
48 Justin Upton
49 Yunel Escobar
50 Joe Mauer
51 Vernon Wells
52 Miguel Tejada
53 Denard Span
54 Brandon Phillips
55 Jason Bay
56 Kendry Morales
57 Josh Hamilton
58 Yovani Gallardo
59 Adam Lind
60 Nick Johnson
61 Hideki Matsui
62 Pablo Sandoval
63 James Shields
64 Roy Halladay
65 Chris Coghlan
66 Alexei Ramirez
67 Josh Beckett
68 Magglio Ordonez
69 Matt Kemp
70 Max Scherzer
71 Curtis Granderson
72 David Price
73 Lance Berkman
74 Andre Ethier
75 Mark Teixeira
76 Edwin Jackson
77 Akinori Iwamura
78 Placido Polanco
79 Jair Jurrjens
80 Stephen Drew
81 Javier Vazquez
82 Lyle Overbay
83 Orlando Hudson
84 Adam Dunn
85 Kevin Youkilis
86 Chase Utley
87 Elvis Andrus
88 Scott Kazmir
89 Brian McCann
90 Alex Rios
91 Wandy Rodriguez
92 Felix Hernandez
93 Carlos Gonzalez
94 Kosuke Fukudome
95 A.J. Burnett
96 Nelson Cruz
97 Luke Hochevar
98 Francisco Liriano
99 Chris Carpenter
100 Russell Martin
101 Carlos Pena
102 Jake Peavy
103 Jose Lopez
104 Todd Helton
105 Mike Pelfrey
106 Jacoby Ellsbury
107 Edinson Volquez
108 Michael Young
109 Dustin Pedroia
110 Chipper Jones
111 Brad Hawpe
112 Justin Morneau
113 Hiroki Kuroda
114 Robinson Cano
115 Torii Hunter
116 Jimmy Rollins
117 Delmon Young
118 Matt Cain
119 Ryan Zimmerman
120 Johan Santana
121 Roy Oswalt
122 Jay Bruce
123 Ubaldo Jimenez
124 Geovany Soto
125 Jon Lester
126 Ryan Howard
127 Jayson Werth
128 David Ortiz
129 Dan Haren
130 Daisuke Matsuzaka
131 Michael Bourn
132 Michael Cuddyer
134 Justin Verlander
135 Carlos Beltran
136 Alfonso Soriano
137 Ryan Braun
138 Carlos Zambrano
139 Jose Reyes
140 Koji Uehara
141 Evan Longoria
142 Mark Buehrle
143 Troy Tulowitzki
144 Alex Rodriguez
145 Chad Billingsley
146 Shin-Soo Choo
147 Mark Reynolds
148 Jered Weaver
149 Carlos Lee
150 B.J. Upton
151 Aaron Hill
152 Nick Markakis
153 Hanley Ramirez
154 Alex Gordon
155 Mike Napoli
156 Miguel Cabrera
157 Grady Sizemore
158 Aramis Ramirez
159 Brandon Webb
160 Gavin Floyd
161 Yadier Molina
162 Nate McLouth
163 Dan Uggla
164 Hunter Pence
165 Derek Jeter
166 Brian Roberts
167 Franklin Gutierrez
168 Glen Perkins
169 Matt Garza
170 Raul Ibanez
171 Eric Young, Jr. (RC)
172 Bryan Anderson (RC)
173 Jon Link RC
174 Jason Heyward RC
175 Scott Sizemore RC
176 Mike Leake RC
177 Austin Jackson RC
178 Jon Jay RC
179 John Ely RC
180 Jason Donald RC
181 Tyler Colvin RC
182 Brennan Boesch RC
183 Esmil Rogers RC
184 Ike Davis RC
185 Andrew Cashner RC
186 Cole Gillespie RC
187 Luke Hughes (RC)
188 Alex Burnett RC
189 Wilson Ramos RC
190 Mike Stanton RC
191 Josh Donaldson RC
192 Chris Heisey RC
193 Lance Zawadzki RC
194 Cesar Valdez RC
195 Starlin Castro RC
196 Kevin Russo RC
197 Brandon Hicks RC
198 Carlos Santana RC
199 Allen Craig RC
200 Jenrry Mejia RC
201 Ruben Tejada RC
202 Drew Butera (RC)
203 Jesse English (RC)
204 Tyson Ross RC
205 Ian Desmond (RC)
206 Mike McCoy RC
207 Tommy Manzella (RC)
208 Kanekoa Texeira RC
209 Daniel McCutchen RC
210 Brian Matusz RC
211 Sergio Santos (RC)
212 Stephen Strasburg RC
213 Jake Arrieta RC
214 Ivan Nova RC
215 Kila Ka?aihue (RC)
216 Drew Storen RC
217 Hisanori Takahashi RC
218 Andy Oliver RC
219 Drew Stubbs RC
220 Wade Davis (RC)

Parallels

Each card is available in the following Refractor parallels:

Refractor (1:3 packs)
X-Fractor (1:3 packs, retail only)
Purple (numbered to 599, retail only)
Orange (three-per Wal-Mart exclusive Value Pack)
Blue (numbered to 199)
Gold (numbered to 50)
Red (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)

2010 Topps Chrome Heritage

See 2010 Topps Heritage.

2010 Topps National Chicle Chrome

This set is a partial-parallel of the 2010 Topps National Chicle set. Each card is available in the following parallels:

Chrome (numbered to 999)
Refractor (numbered to 499)
Blue Refractor (numbered to 199)
Gold Refractor (numbered to 50)
Red Refractor (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)

CC1 Albert Pujols
CC2 Grady Sizemore
CC3 Ichiro
CC4 Daisuke Matsuzaka
CC5 James Loney
CC6 Tim Wakefield
CC7 Shane Victorino
CC8 Jacoby Ellsbury
CC9 Hunter Pence
CC10 Andy Pettitte
CC11 David Wright
CC12 Derek Jeter
CC13 Ryan Howard
CC14 Russell Martin
CC15 Michael Young
CC16 Johnny Damon
CC17 Robinson Cano
CC18 Adrian Gonzalez
CC19 Gordon Beckham
CC20 Aramis Ramirez
CC21 Alex Rodriguez
CC22 Johan Santana
CC23 Vladimir Guerrero
CC24 Nick Markakis
CC25 Justin Verlander
CC26 Adam Jones
CC27 Chone Figgins
CC28 Cole Hamels
CC29 Roy Oswalt
CC30 Ryan Braun
CC31 Alexei Ramirez
CC32 Adam Dunn
CC33 Pablo Sandoval
CC34 Todd Helton
CC35 Carlos Beltran
CC36 Ubaldo Jimenez
CC37 Tommy Hanson
CC38 Zack Greinke
CC39 Chris Coghlan
CC40 Chris Young
CC41 Jake Peavy
CC42 Dexter Fowler
CC43 Phil Hughes
CC44 Chase Utley
CC45 Ian Stewart
CC46 John Danks
CC47 Ichiro
CC48 Lance Berkman
CC49 Ryan Zimmerman
CC50 Albert Pujols

2010 Topps 206 Chrome

This set is a partial-parallel of the 2010 Topps 206 set. Each card is available in the following parallels:

Chrome (numbered to 999)
Refractor (numbered to 499)
Blue Refractor (numbered to 199)
Gold Refractor (numbered to 50)
Red Refractor (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)

TC1 Matt Holliday
TC2 Shane Victorino
TC3 Zack Greinke
TC4 Mike Leake
TC5 Justin Upton
TC6 Gordon Beckham
TC7 Yovani Gallardo
TC8 Martin Prado
TC9 Adrian Gonzalez
TC10 Justin Verlander
TC11 Pablo Sandoval
TC12 Josh Beckett
TC13 Matt Kemp
TC14 Mickey Mantle
TC15 Jorge Posada
TC16 Evan Longoria
TC17 Howie Kendrick
TC18 Joey Votto
TC19 Mark Teixeira
TC20 Alex Rodriguez
TC21 B.J. Upton
TC22 Troy Tulowitzki
TC23 Ian Kinsler
TC24 Brett Anderson
TC25 Roy Halladay
TC26 Cliff Lee
TC27 Ryan Braun
TC28 Jake Peavy
TC29 Neftali Feliz
TC30 Derek Jeter
TC31 Austin Jackson
TC32 Stephen Strasburg
TC33 Dan Haren
TC34 Hanley Ramirez
TC35 Victor Martinez
TC36 Stephen Drew
TC37 Adam Jones
TC38 Vladimir Guerrero
TC39 Jacoby Ellsbury
TC40 Joe Mauer
TC41 Rick Porcello
TC42 Albert Pujols
TC43 Francisco Liriano
TC44 Dan Uggla
TC45 Hideki Matsui
TC46 Tim Lincecum
TC47 Ryan Howard
TC48 Carl Crawford
TC49 Andrew McCutchen
TC50 Alfonso Soriano

Wrapper Redemption Variation Refractors

In an effort to placate collectors who pre-ordered Topps Chrome before Stephen Strasburg's season ending injury; on September 30, 2010, announced this wrapper redemption program. Collectors who sent in a full Hobby box's worth of wrappers (24), would then receive three Refractor variation cards from a special 15-card set. Every tenth pack will contain three Green Refractor parallels, each serial-numbered to 599 copies. Some packs could also find an autograph from Jason Heyward or Buster Posey (see below).

Only Hobby wrappers are eligible for this promotion and expired February 28, 2011. Collectors started receiving these in the mail during the last week in November of 2010. The collation is as follows:

Pack 1: Ruth/Colvin/Heyward

Pack 2: Cobb/Leake/Jackson

Pack 3: Robinson/Castro/Strasburg

Pack 4: Mantle/Posey/Davis

Pack 5: Gehrig/Stanton/Santana

174 Jason Heyward
176 Mike Leake
177 Austin Jackson
181 Tyler Colvin
184 Ike Davis
190 Mike Stanton
195 Starlin Castro
198 Carlos Santana
212 Stephen Strasburg
221 Buster Posey
222 Babe Ruth
223 Lou Gehrig
224 Jackie Robinson
225 Ty Cobb
226 Mickey Mantle

Variation Identification

All cards in this redemption set are Refractors.

Cards #221-226 do not exist in the base set, so identifying them should be no issue.

Among cards #174-#212: For the hitters, Topps used a photo where the player is following through on a swing. For the variation cards of pitchers Mike Leake and Stephen Strasburg, both are shown in the middle of their respective deliveries.

Although numbered #226, Mickey Mantle's variation card also uses a different photo from his Topps Chrome base card (#7). While his base card shows him in the field, card #226 shows Mantle running the bases.

For further assistance in identifying the Chrome Variations, the cardblog The Card Investor has created a visual guide.

Inserts

Best of Chrome Refractors

A complete set of five Refractors was included in each Target-exclusive "Best of Chrome" value box. Each Best of Chrome box contained five packs of 2010 Topps Chrome, five packs of 2010 Bowman Chrome, a Hobby pack of 2010 Bowman Platinum, two Million Card Giveaway code cards, and these five cards.

BC1 Stephen Strasburg

BC2 Starlin Castro

BC3 Jason Heyward

BC4 Mickey Mantle

BC5 Jackie Robinson

Manufactured Relics

MLB Logoman Patch

See 2010 Topps Manufactured MLB Logoman Patch

Autographs & Game-Used

Rookie Autos

NOTE: The photograph on each Rookie Autograph is different than that used on the player's corresponding base Chrome card. All autographs are signed on-card.

Each Rookie Autograph is available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)

Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)

Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)

Printing Plate (four-for-each, Hobby only)

171 Eric Young Jr.

172 Bryan Anderson

173 Jon Link

174 Jason Heyward

175 Scott Sizemore

176 Mike Leake

177 Austin Jackson

178 Jon Jay

179 John Ely

180 Jason Donald

181 Tyler Colvin

182 Brennan Boesch

183 Esmil Rogers

184 Ike Davis

185 Andrew Cashner

186 Cole Gillespie

187 Luke Hughes

188 Alex Burnett

189 Wilson Ramos

190 Mike Stanton

191 Josh Donaldson

192 Chris Heisey

193 Lance Zawadzki

194 Cesar Valdez (some have autographs on the front and back of the card)

195 Starlin Castro

196 Kevin Russo

197 Brandon Hicks

198 Carlos Santana

199 Allen Craig

200 Jenrry Mejia

201 Ruben Tejada

202 Drew Butera

203 Jesse English

204 Tyson Ross

205 Ian Desmond

206 Mike McCoy

207 Tommy Manzella

208 Kanekoa Texeira

209 Daniel McCutchen

210 Brian Matusz

211 Sergio Santos

212 Stephen Strasburg

213 Jake Arrieta

214 Ivan Nova

215 Kila Ka’aihue

216 Drew Storen

217 Hisanori Takahashi

218 Andy Oliver

219 Drew Stubbs

220 Wade Davis

2010 USA Baseball Collegiate Team Autographs

Each of the USA Baseball Collegiate Team Autographs serve as a "case hit," and are exclusive to Hobby packs.

USA-1 Tyler Anderson

USA-2 Matt Barnes

USA-3 Jackie Bradley Jr.

USA-4 Gerrit Cole

USA-5 Alex Dickerson

USA-6 Jason Esposito

USA-7 Nolan Fontana

USA-8 Sean Gilmartin

USA-9 Sonny Gray

USA-10 Brian Johnson

USA-11 Andrew Maggi

USA-12 Mikie Mahtook

USA-13 Scott McGough

USA-14 Brad Miller

USA-15 Brett Mooneyham

USA-16 Peter O'Brien

USA-17 Nick Ramirez

USA-19 Noe Ramirez

USA-20 Steve Rodriguez

USA-21 George Springer

USA-22 Kyle Winkler

USA-23 Ryan Wright

Wrapper Redemption Autographs

Mixed in with the Rookie Refractor Variation packss (see above) were two autographs. Topps had Jason Heyward and Buster Posey autograph (with stickers) 90 copies of their regular Refractor and ten of their Green Refractor.

174 Jason Heyward

221 Buster Posey