Sunday, August 23, 2020

Topps Now 2016 Cubs World Series Champions Team

TOPPS NOW® trading cards are available for 24 hours only and celebrates the greatest moments in Sports. Topps had a special 2016 World Series Championship team set. The cards feature action shots with, the Topps NOW logo up in the left hand corner. ‘2016’ is displayed in the upper right corner with the Cubs logo, name, and ‘World Series Champions’ logo all at the bottom.
 
The product included a total of 15 cards. Since this was a special edition it was available for five days.
 
This popular series from Topps also came with an Autographed card set.
 
First, lets look at the 15 cards from the original set 

Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number Player
WS-1 Chicago Cubs
WS-2 David Ross
WS-3 Anthony Rizzo
WS-4 Javier Baez
WS-5 Kris Bryant
WS-6 Addison Russell
WS-7 Ben Zobrist
WS-8 Dexter Fowler
WS-9 Jason Heyward
WS-10 Kyle Schwarber
WS-11 Willson Contreras
WS-12 Jon Lester
WS-13 Jake Arrieta
WS-14 Kyle Hendricks
WS-15 Aroldis Chapman
 
 





























Chicago Cubs Checklist

AUTOGRAPH PARALLEL CARDS: #/199, #/99, #/49, #/25, #/10, 1/1
 
Player Odds
Addison Russell   1:10 Boxes
Albert Almora   1:10 Boxes
Anthony Rizzo   1:10 Boxes
Jason Heyward   1:5 Boxes
Javier Baez   1:5 Boxes
Kris Bryant   1:10 Boxes
Kyle Schwarber   1:5 Boxes
Willson Contreras   1:5 Boxes
Final print run = 2,581 sets.
 







 
 

Sunday, August 16, 2020

2016 Topps Opening Day

We'll start this blog out with opening day 2016 the last Cub championship

Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number Player
OD-17 Kris Bryant
OD-20 Anthony Rizzo
OD-46 Carl Edwards Jr
OD-47 Kyle Schwarber
OD-65 Hector Rondon
OD-95 Jon Lester
OD-121 Addison Russell
OD-195 Jake Arrieta

and of course it's more fun to collect a set with variation. In 2016 there are two

Number Player
OD-17 Kris Bryant
OD-47 Kyle Schwarber


variation




variation






2016 Topps Opening Day Baseball Inserts

Alternate Reality

Showcases the team's alternate uniforms.

AR-6 Kris Bryant


Heavy Hitters

Showcases the Top bats in the game.

HH-4 Kyle Schwarber


Striking Distance

Points out those players that are closing in on important records or milestones.

SD-10 John Lackey


Superstar Celebrations

Documents top moments from 2015.

SC-5 Jake Arrieta
SC-8 Kris Bryant



Mascots

25 different team mascots.

MA-C Clark


Bubble Trouble

Top players enjoying their gum.
unfortunately there are no cub players in this insert


2016 Topps Opening Day Baseball Parallel

Blue and Purple

Purple (exclusive to packs sold at Toys R Us stores)





2016 Topps Opening Day Baseball Relics

ODR-AR Anthony Rizzo

Odds of getting Rizzo (1:491)



2016 Topps Opening Day Baseball Mascot Autographs

MA-C Clark

Odds of getting (1:484)


2016 Topps Opening Day Baseball Autographs

MODA-KB Kris Bryant
ODA-KS Kyle Schwarber
ODA-JHM Jason Hammel

Odds of getting (1:491)