2014 Topps High Tek
Description
2014 Topps High TEK is a 600-card set released on December 3, 2014. After a 14-year hiatus, Topps has brought back the all-acetate card set popular with extreme set collectors. However, the format, based on low-numbered parallels and autographs, only bears a passing resemblance to the original product.
Each eight-card box will yield one autograph and one serial-numbered parallel.
Distribution
Eight cards per box (MSRP: $70). Hobby only.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
---|---|---|---|
Base | 100* | - | 6:1 |
Gold Diffractor | 100 | 99 | ? |
Ice Diffractor | 100 | 75 | ? |
Disco Diffractor | 100 | 50 | ? |
Clouds Diffractor | 100 | 25 | ? |
Black & White | 100 | 15 | ? |
Red Storm Diffractor | 100 | 10 | ? |
Blue Dots Diffractor | 100 | 5 | ? |
Charcoal Galactic Diffractor | 100 | one-of-one | ? |
Press Proof | 100 | four for each | ? |
Low TEK Diffractors | 35 | 50 | ? |
1999 TEKnicians Diffractors | 25 | 50 | ? |
2000 TEKtonics Diffractors | 20 | 50 | ? |
Autographs | 87 | ? | ? |
Autographs Disco Diffractor | 87 | 50 | ? |
Autographs Clouds Diffractor | 87 | 25 | ? |
Autographs Black & White | 87 | 15 | ? |
Autographs Red Storm Diffractor | 87 | 10 | ? |
Autographs Blue Dots Diffractor | 87 | 5 | ? |
Autographs Charcoal Galactic Diffractor | 87 | one-of-one | ? |
Autographs Press Proof | 87 | four for each | ? |
Low TEK Diffractors Autographs | 10 | 15 | ? |
1999 TEKnicians Diffractors Autographs | 10 | 10 | ? |
2000 TEKtonics Diffractors Autographs | 9 | 10 | ? |
Buyback Autographs | 12 | ? | ? |
Checklist
Promos
A set of six Promo cards were distributed to dealers to announced the return of the Topps High Tek brand. Each is stamped "PROMO" in the lower-right corner on the front. It appears that each card was only available in one pattern.
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Base Set
Base cards are available in 12 different background patterns -- six of the patterns are exclusive to American League players, while the other six are exclusive to National Leaguers. Unfortunately, unlike in the original Topps TEK sets, Topps did not bother to sequentially-number the patterns. Each of the six pattern "levels" is progressively scarcer, with Level 1 being the most common and Level 6 most rare.
Level 1: Wave & Spiral Brick
Level 2: Whirlpool & Grid
Level 3: Shattered Glass & Blast
Level 4: Cracked Ice & Microchip
Level 5: Circuit Board & Zig Zag
Level 6: Stripes & Shatter Stripes
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Parallels
All 100 base cards are available in the following serial-numbered Diffractor parallels. Unlike the base set, there is only one pattern (Level 1) for each parallel card.
- Gold Diffractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Ice Diffractor (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
- Disco Diffractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Clouds Diffractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Black & White (serial-numbered to fifteen)
- Red Storm Diffractor (serial-numbered to ten)
- Blue Dots Diffractor (serial-numbered to five)
- Charcoal Galactic Diffractor (one-of-one)
- Press Proof (set of four for each)
Inserts
NOTE: All inserts, from all three sets, are serial-numbered to 50 copies.
Low TEK Diffractors
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1999 TEKnicians Diffractors
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2000 TEKtonics Diffractors
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Autographs & Game-Used
Autographs
Each Autograph is also available in the following parallels. Unlike the base set, there is only one pattern for each Autograph card and corresponding parallels.
NOTE: The HT-TP Terry Pendleton base Autograph is signed on both sides.
- Disco Diffractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Clouds Diffractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Black & White (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
- Red Storm Diffractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
- Blue Dots Diffractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)
- Charcoal Galactic Diffractor (one-of-one)
- Press Proof (set of four for each)
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Low TEK Diffractor Autographs
Each Low TEK Diffractor Autograph is serial-numbered to fifteen.
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1999 TEKnicians Diffractor Autographs
Each 1999 TEKnicians Diffractor Autograph is serial-numbered to ten.
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2000 TEKtonics Diffractor Autographs
Each 2000 TEKtonics Diffractor Autograph is serial-numbered to ten.
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Buyback Autographs
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