1999 Topps Tek

Description

1999 Topps TEK (stylized in CAPS) is a massive 2700-card set released exclusively to Hobby stores participating in Topps' Home Team Advantage program. As with the previous year's product each card is printed on acetate, and has multiple background pattern variations.

Each of the 45 players has two cards: Card "A" depicts the player in his Home uniform, while card "B" shows him in his "Away" jersey. Each of the 90 cards has 30 patterns (down from 90 in 1998) for a grand total of 2700 unique cards. Each card is sequentially-numbered twice: First by card number then by pattern number.

Distribution

20 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Home Team Advantage stores only.

Each pack contains either a green (A) or orange (B) paper fold-out checklist.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	2700	-	?	?
Gold	2700	10	1:15	?
FantasTEK Phenoms	10	-	1:18	?
TEKnicians	10	-	1:18	?

Checklist

Promo

This three-card set was issued to dealers and The Hobby media promote the 1999 Topps Tek. The cards have the same design as the regular Topps Tek cards will have but are differentiated by having a "PP" prefix before the card number.

• PP1A Derek Jeter
• PP2A Moises Alou
• PP3A Tony Clark

Base Set

NOTES

• Each player has two cards: "A" (Home uniform) and "B" (Away)
• Each card has 30 different background patterns.
• A complete master set consists of 2700 unique cards (45 x 2 X 30).
• A Mark Grace collector's fan site has displayed all 30 different background patterns. Please use this site as a visual guide to all 30 patterns.]

1A Ben Grieve

1B Ben Grieve

2A Andres Galarraga

2B Andres Galarraga

3A Travis Lee

3B Travis Lee

4A Larry Walker

4B Larry Walker

5A Ken Griffey Jr.

5B Ken Griffey Jr.

6A Sammy Sosa

6B Sammy Sosa

7A Mark McGwire

7B Mark McGwire

8A Roberto Alomar

8B Roberto Alomar

9A Wade Boggs

9B Wade Boggs

10A Troy Glaus

10B Troy Glaus

11A Craig Biggio

11B Craig Biggio

12A Kerry Wood

12B Kerry Wood

13A Vladimir Guerrero

13B Vladimir Guerrero

14A Albert Belle

14B Albert Belle

15A Mike Piazza

15B Mike Piazza

16A Chipper Jones

16B Chipper Jones

17A Randy Johnson

17B Randy Johnson

18A Adrian Beltre

18B Adrian Beltre

19A Barry Bonds

19B Barry Bonds

20A Jim Thome

20B Jim Thome

21A Greg Vaughn

21B Greg Vaughn

22A Scott Rolen

22B Scott Rolen

23A Ivan Rodriguez

23B Ivan Rodriguez

24A Derek Jeter

24B Derek Jeter

25A Cal Ripken Jr.

25B Cal Ripken Jr.

26A Mark Grace

26B Mark Grace

27A Bernie Williams

27B Bernie Williams

28A Darin Erstad

28B Darin Erstad

29A Eric Chavez

29B Eric Chavez

30A Tom Glavine

30B Tom Glavine

31A Jeff Bagwell

31B Jeff Bagwell

32A Manny Ramirez

32B Manny Ramirez

33A Tino Martinez

33B Tino Martinez

34A Todd Helton

34B Todd Helton

35A Jason Kendall

35B Jason Kendall

36A Pat Burrell RC

36B Pat Burrell RC

37A Tony Gwynn

37B Tony Gwynn

38A Nomar Garciaparra

38B Nomar Garciaparra

39A Frank Thomas

39B Frank Thomas

40A Orlando Hernandez

40B Orlando Hernandez

41A Juan Gonzalez

41B Juan Gonzalez

42A Alex Rodriguez

42B Alex Rodriguez

43A Greg Maddux

43B Greg Maddux

44A Mo Vaughn

44B Mo Vaughn

45A Roger Clemens

45B Roger Clemens

Parallels

Each of the 2700 unique cards has a Gold parallel which is serial-numbered to ten copies.

Inserts

NOTE: For both insert sets, each card is available in only one background pattern.

FantasTEK Phenoms

• F1 Eric Chavez
• F2 Troy Glaus
• F3 Pat Burrell
• F4 Alex Gonzalez
• F5 Carlos Lee
• F6 Ruben Mateo
• F7 Carlos Beltran
• F8 Adrian Beltre
• F9 Bruce Chen
• F10 Ryan Anderson

TEKnicians

• T1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• T2 Mark McGwire
• T3 Kerry Wood
• T4 Ben Grieve
• T5 Sammy Sosa
• T6 Derek Jeter
• T7 Alex Rodriguez
• T8 Roger Clemens
• T9 Nomar Garciaparra
• T10 Vladimir Guerrero