REVIEW:2016 Topps Archives Baseball (Auto Giveaway!)

Fan favorite Topps Archives returns for yet another season packed with what everyone loves, retro designs with players of today, tomorrow and the past. And no Bull, well, no bull at least on the fact this product has ON CARD autographs. But, 2016 does include some Bull. Read on!

In every box of 2016 Topps Archives baseball, you will find 24 packs with 8 cards per pack. There is a good mixture of base, an insert once in awhile and possible autographs. Every box will have 2 on-card autos per and boxes currently are running for $95.

The base set kicks off the fun. This covers collectors of all ages with veterans and rookies featured on designs of the past and all time greats featured on newer designs. Makes for a what-if approach that I thoroughly enjoy.

You can find Jackie Robinson to Ken Griffey Jr to key rookies of Corey Seager, Stephen Piscotty, Kenta Maeda, Ketel Marte, Kyle Schwarber and more.

There are 300 cards in the base set along with 10 Sp's.

Those are :
301 Kenta Maeda SP RC
302 Randy Jones SP
303 Tom Gordon SP
304 Al Kaline SP
305 Steve Garvey SP
306 Tito Francona SP
307 Phil Nevin SP
308 Charlie Hayes SP
309 Kris Benson SP
310 Sandy Koufax SP

Designs for this years product are, 1953

 1979:

And 1991, one of my favorites. There are parallels to these. More on that soon.

Another fun aspect to this years Archives are the full stats on the back of the cards along with the "vintage feel"

Now onto the parallels.

The base cards also have parallels. 

There are

- Blue Border Parallel are below and numbered to 199.

- Red Border Parallel: sequentially numbered.
- Black Border Parallel: numbered 1/1
- Printing Plates: numbered 1/1

Nice Koufax in my box. These fall 1:14 packs.

Another fun parallel that Topps snuck in there are    . Now I didn't pull one in my box, but they are the Operation Desert Storm cards that existed in the 1991 Topps set. There are 100 cards to chase that fall 1:328 packs. To find out a background on these cards, why the parallel back then and why it's celebrated now, follow the link to the story on Cardboard Connection HERE.

Now onto the other inserts.

These are 1969 Topps Super Insert Cards. Pretty cool full color photography cards.

There are also parallel finds for these that are

- Red Parallel: sequentially numbered.
- Black Parallel: numbered 1/1.
- Printing Plates: numbered 1/1.

These fall, 1:6 packs.

I really liked this concept. This set featured Topps #1 Draft Pick design from the 1985 set. All of the players in the set were #1 overall MLB Draft picks from years past. 

There are also parallel finds for these that are

- Red Parallel: sequentially numbered.
- Black Parallel: numbered 1/1.
- Printing Plates: numbered 1/1.

These fall, 1:8 packs.

And another cool insert combining the best Father-Son duos in MLB. Wished I had pulled the Griffey one, but I did land these two. Unique design and these fall 1:12 packs.

Now is not the time to cut the bull, not with these really cool Bull Durham inserts!! These fall 1:12 packs and come with these parallels too.

- Red Border Parallel: sequentially numbered.
- Black Border Parallel: numbered 1/1.
- Printing Plates: numbered 1/1.

Now onto the autographs. As I stated above they are on card. A lot of these guys you may have forgotten about but that's what makes this product fun. Not everyday autographs.

My two autos were both Fan Favorites Autographs. They are on card autographs on vintage Topps card designs.

They to have the following parallels:
- Blue Border Parallel: sequentially numbered.
- Red Border Parallel: sequentially numbered.
- Black Border Parallel: numbered 1/1.

I pulled Randy Jones

And Fernando Tatis.

Other autographs not featured today but you can find are....
Topps Originals Autographs that are an assortment of buybacks from throughout the decades and each numbered.

Autograph versions of each Insert card design, including the 1969 Topps Super and of course Bull Durham. Can you say Costner or Susan Sarandan auto?!?!?!!

Overall, Topps Archvies was fun to open. My hits weren't the best, but for me that wasn't what I liked opening the product for. If you are chasing big hits, I probably would say this isn't for you. But, if you are looking for a good time with a possible chance at hitting it big, well, it's here. Revisiting designs and players of the past we sometimes forget is a huge draw in here. The Bull Durham cards are really a nice touch and the autographs will be a hot find.

Now onto the giveaway which will be this auto card:

 

It's as easy as can be to enter to win the Randy Jones autograph above. Just read and follow these rules:

1. Please make sure to take a minute out to thank Topps for providing this box for me to review and to host this/these nice giveaways with. Follow them on all social media sites and visit their site, HERE, as well.
2. ***VERY IMPORTANT***MUST BE A U.S. RESIDENT to enter or have a shipping address in the U.S. Shipping costs have gone haywire and I can't afford to ship everywhere.This is always hard to do as I appreciate all readers but I hope you all understand non-U.S. readers.
3. Random winner will be chosen after 7 randoms
4. Card may be shipped PWE. I like to forewarn on this.
5. LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW telling me your thoughts on this product
6. EARN AN EXTRA ENTRY FOR SHARING THIS CONTEST ON YOUR BLOG AND/OR ON TWITTER. Make sure to leave your link in comments too so I can count it. If not, I won't be able to give you the credit. Commenting with it is very important or you WILL LOSE OUT an extra entry!
7. Sport Card Collectors or it's owner (person who runs the blog), WILL NOT be held responsible for lost, stolen or damaged mail. Sorry had to add this in since someone tried to scam me once about this.
8. Contest starts today, ends on June 17th 2016. Winner will be announced in a separate post on June 18th 2016. 
9. Don't forget to thank the above sponsor of this contest and I won't mind a thank you as well :)

Good luck to all that enter and thanks for reading!

UPDATE

Just found out I pulled a base card Sp upon further searching. So chalk this up as another pull from my box :)

 

BONUS!!!!

GET THIS TO 30 ENTRIES, A SECOND WINNER WILL TAKE HOME SOME INSERTS!!!