2013 Topps Five Star Baseball Cards

All around solid product. You won’t get a case hit in every box, but the star studded line up is quite impressive. The base cards are impeccable and the on card autographs are beautiful in person. One of the most eye appealing sets to come around in a long time.

Ooohh, a little back-and-forth going on in this comment section. Imma throw in my two cents:

I’ve said it before, and will say it again, and already mentioned in this section:

If you are going to be upset that you didn’t get a hit from a high-risk, high-reward product like this one, then it is too expensive for your blood. To rate a product based on how well or how bad your box was that you purchased, is absurd.

High risk high reward with this product. Most people might be better off buying singles. With that said the design is fantastic with on card autographs and nice relics.

Great product. Great cards. Great time. I ended up with good signatures and relics. Recommended

First time buying this five star box. I had my greatest pull ever. Reggie jackson/ joe dimaggio dual cut book 1/1 redemption. The good thing its a redemption so i dont have to worry about the damage like the other cards in the box. But its still a redmption. I might have to wait ages to get. (If i ever get it). Real nerve racking spending that much money but real exciting on the other hand.

I waited for this to drop close to half, got a case and just busted it…terrible! The base and base auto’s are beautiful, but the sliver sigs have a few issues around the edges. I didn’t receive a case hit AT ALL. The best card I received out of all three boxes (sealed case) was Wil Myers Auto /386. I did get a Jumbo Bautista Jersey relic /5. Plain not even a patch, I guess you could say that was the “hit”…I guess.

Bottom line its a good looking product and has some very nice cards worth chasing, but I think you could get by just buying the cards you want/need off the bay. I know and understand that its all about collecting, but the price is WAY to high. I’m out $500+ on the case and that’s at almost half the release price. Hard to swallow, guess I’ll never purchase a case of 5* again.

Ryan–Yes its a 1/1 aswell so thats why i would really like it signed. lol

I love this product seems like chipping is much better this year as it was in 2012 football version! I got a huge WILLIE MAYS auto I really want to redeem it but I am nervous about him not signing and Topps sending me a bogus “sub”!!! Any thoughts on weather i should SELL or REDEEM? Thanks!

Just pulled the 25 signature book!! Only one of 4 !! Great product. Beautiful cards.

My biggest complaint was getting 2 redemptions out of a 3 box (pack) case, then the auto cards numbered to over 300, at least they are on-card auto’s and not stickers.
If I buy anymore of it, I’ll wait for the price to tank, which I believe is already happening.

Cool, ty, good to know. It has the FSBA card number on the auto redemp. So I figured it was a base, ty.

Mr. Cracknell, whats up with these Active and Retired redemptions. I got a Stanton but his autos are live on eBay, are they different than the base autos? Thanks man, sorry to light a fire under your reviews on Five Star.

Thats Topps and Panini combined. Immaculate, Flawless, Innovation, prizm prospects and draft, prizm, any sport, any company. All the same complaints. Panini redemptions, worse than Topps, and don’t get me started on Leaf today. Nat Treas Dual RC’s, quality ones, are all chopped sticker autos. I just participated in a break that pulled one of the 1/1 harper/ t. Williams cut autos. EVERY high end set is nothing but a gamble. Atleast this one has some major beasts. 25 auto book? That doesn’t suck.

I do not think the argument should be what a box has as far as content. But for the price of these packs there should be. If you open up exquisite, National Treasures anything on these price levels you should get some value in the box. And as far as what I have seen you do from the other two card company’s. Lately …. not from Topps.
I am not a Topps hatter. There product in my opinion has gone down hill. I think you are absolutly insane for waiting on that many redemptions, you will not get most of them. They will be replaced for lesser players. That is how they operate.
Promise but don’t deliver.

Understood, I have over 50 redemptions I’m waiting on dating as far back as ’09. That’s on the players not fulfilling their contractual obligation, not Topps. The product is totally awesome as a whole, my point is that you can’t review the product line as 1 star because your box didn’t hit. As a set, the product is absolutely incredible, and a product review is not the forum to express frustration. It’s not topps’ fault that a box was a whiff. There’s so many unbelieveably sick cards in this set that to 1 star it because YOU didn’t hit is absurd. Thats my point. Frustration is a part of cracking any high end product, reviews for the product as a whole should not suffer because of a box not giving you a dream card.

I see about 10 box/case breaks and my card seller ask me more than 1400$ (1150+10 shipping+Canada tax+Quebec tax) I love the product, but too risky. I’m gonna buy singles I don’t ever pulled or buy, Machado rc auto and Harper auto for 160$, more to come but I think I can have what I want for 1400$ in 18 auto cards, no base, no jersey. I’m gonna buy, 2 auto booklets and a 1/1 patch or auto for sure and a Griffey jr auto also.

Ian, while you’re correct, no one forced me to purchase a box at gun-point, the overwhelming consensus is disappointment in the product and manufacturer as a whole.
Therein lies the beauty of this site; the collective offers advice and experience. We all recognize that not every box will be a grand slam, and that redemptions are a necessary evil (as are sticker autos, for that matter). However, I’m still awaiting fulfillment on a dozen redemptions…12! Two of which date back to 2012…& 2 redemptions from ’11 saw Topps send me “substitute cards” because the redemptions I pulled couldn’t be fulfilled! That, Ian, is an outrage. Had I purchased those redemptions on the 2dry market, I’d have been livid.
So in conclusion, I’m glad your box was gratifying…but don’t deride other collectors for expressing their frustration and disappointment.

No problems in my box. Got a redemption but it’s Darvish /5. Thats sweet, other cards were awesome as well. 350.00 seems about right to me. You’re not going to smash a big hit on every box you open just because theres a high price point. Congrats to the gentleman who got the ’27 Yanks starting 9 cuts. In a 350.00 box, thats incredible, absolutely sick. Redemptions are in every product now. Nobody is forcing you to buy a box….

I don’t wish to repeat that which has already been said. H/E, in the interest of saving fellow collectors crushing disappointment in a $400 investment? Save your cash! Pulling redemptions from a product at this price point is an utter outrage, and Topps’ redemption fulfillment is shameful; I have recemps’ from ’12 that have yet to be filled.
My big hit was a Lou Brock and Trumbo autos
. Awful. Stay away.

Got the production hit of the product in the first box. A book card of the 1927 Yankees all time great lineup with cut signatures of the starting nine. Can’t do any better than this.

Gave it a shot. Let’s see $400.00 for a box. Best card in box a Silver Sig’s David Wright Auto #/25. No joke this is a rip off. One auto #/50 and 2 others in the 300’s. The jersey was Bob Feller. Great player but he don’t belong in a $400.00 product. Buyer beware….. save your money and buy singles. At best this product should be $250.00.
I guess I am the dummy for thinking Topps would actually put out a decent product for once.

they have a lot of balls putting redemptions in a 350$ pack of cards.

Way too pricey for me, but I love watching the box breaks of this stuff on youtube. I’d be interested to see what those 25 sig cards look like.

Grossly overpriced. Chipped edges, so quality control is always a problem with these. Overall, a terrible product.

I’m still a waiting for my octo-auto from 2012….
They should set a guideline for not releasing next generation products till previous commitments are completed…

Loved last years. Glad QC issues are fixed. Waaay too pricey to bust but will buy singles. National pastimes is for people that like airbrushing.

I’d rather take a bullet to the crotch than buy this stuff again. I’ll stick to National Treasures.