2013 Topps Tier One Baseball Cards

only one problem psa can not grade my 2013 topps tier one baseball card #todar-bc card banks/castro !!! rated 4.0

Offsetting Dawson’s review with 5 stars.

Tyler Skaggs, Jim Rice, and Heyward were NOT “suck” players! Sure, neither of them are no Mickey Mantle or Babe Ruth. But all three players certainly are on the upper tier of talent in baseball history.

That, and nobody forces people to purchase high-risk, high-reward sets. If you are going to be upset about what you recieve and the lack of value out of a bunch of BASEBALL CARDS, then perhaps putting that money into an ACTUAL investment, like a mutual fund, an IRA, or a 401(k) would be a far smarter move to make.

These higher-priced sets are for people with deep pockets, and who want a higher-quality collection. It is not for the average joe. That’s what the flagship, and opening day sets are for. That’s also what REAL investments like retirement is for.

Having said that, this set did not seem to have held its value over the past two years. Hobby boxes up on ebay for between $60 – $80 right now.

I had a good experience with Tier one and got a lucky hit a Chase Headley and Alex Cobb Auto. Nice 1/1 Bat Knob of Zack Cozart so can’t complain. Thanks Topps!

3 Cards:
Tyler Skaggs (Who?)
Jime Rice (Worst Hall of Famer)
Heyward (nowhere near tier one)

Why, oh why, did I buy this?!! Dear Topps, if you are going to advertise tier one level of players, don’t sell me a box of 3 losers. These players suck. I would rather pay $200 and have you actually live up to the hype than pay $100 and pull 3 tools. I am livid. Will never buy again.

Great concept, but the execution this year was a little weak. Especially the copper rose autos.

I purchased this set for the first time ever this year. I was dissipointed in the fact I pulled only a few cards that are worth keeping. Spend your money on other cards.

This product, along with most of the releases Topps has seen fit to shove out the door like the uncle who has over-stayed his visit, reeks.
This couldn’t have been more disappointing and my review is based upon more than 1 break and having witnessed breaks at my LHS.
Redemptions are numerous… and Topps’ redemption fulfillment program is sketchy, to say the least; I have a number of “pending” redemptions that, were they children, would be in elementary school by now.
Any way, breaking a $99 box, as per LHS pricing, and pulling Mike Napoli and Mike Fiers autos simply sucks lemons. Pulling autos of Rutledge and Russ Martin was equally anti-climactic.

Stay away. Stay far, far away.

I busted a case of this product, didn’t get a bat knob, got 4 redemptions, like was stated in another comment, what else is new?
Overall wasn’t to impressed, did get a couple of good pulls, Pedro Martinez au #50, don sutton au # 299,
Dual auto relic, Cal Ripken and Manny Machado, Xander Bogaerts au, but again overall i thought it would be a better product, won’t buy anymore of it, that’s for sure.

the redemptions gotta go..quickly.

tried to redeem a jean segura online yesterday….could not do it…i put the correct number in 4 times it said INVALID , PLUS LOCKED ME PUT OF MY ACCOUNT..great TOPPS GFY……Just want to say ..this card i really want…but have yet to recieve a card back that matched the redemption i sent in..,…this will be the last chance they get….PANINI ill put up with your sticker autos for peace of mind and a COMPANY THAT CARES…..OH YEA , VERY NICE PRODUCT…IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICS POSTED

Watched two cases get opened, neither had a single card worth over $50. Two whole cases. Have seen several other boxes opened with similar results. That plus the fact there are redemptions for autos…one of the weakest products I’ve seen in a long time.

I tried a box today. 3 players completely unfamiliar to me. 1 triple jersey #/25. Not even close to the value of the box.

I have seen nothing in these boxes to justify the high prices, especially for just three cards for the average box. Terrible Value to price ratio… Of course there is always the possibility of a strong hit… If you’re going for that, good luck. You’ll need it.

Picked up my first and last two boxes of T1…should have learned from my break experiences this weekend (shutout in two breaks–had Cardinals and Giants). My best break hit was a copper rose Griffey, Jr, redemption (not bad on that one). Of the two boxes, best hit was a Mike Mussina copper rose redemption. Did get four cards in each (2/2 auto/relic), which must be the bonus boxes I heard about. Still, hits were mediocre at best (and relics are pretty much a waste anymore, with a few exceptions). And as Mark noted above, redemptions are oftentimes not fulfilled, which is just plain deceitful. Funny how many nights I go to bed kind of hating Topps since they became part of the Disney empire. I bet Cy Berger didn’t even like ol’ weird Walt and his squeaky-voiced talking mouse …and Cy would not approve of the 2013 Tier One product…or relics…or redemptions. We miss you Cy.

Looks great in the sale sheets, but chances of getting one of those scoring a true hit are like winning the lottery. I’ll wait to pick up the cards I like from comc.

I cannot reccomend this product. Keeper hits are hard to come by.
I actually pulled a redemption for a basic GU tier one card of Pedro Martinez. I understand redemptions for autos but not for gu relics. Pretty lame IMO. A two star product at best.

One pack. Willie Mays copper rose ink auto /25. Bad part it is a redemption I probably will never get. They will probably send me one of those fancy replacement autos:-(

Watched a case break last night. I was way less than impressed, our best card was a Sutter /10 auto.

I was involved in 4 case breaks today. Didn’t see any Puigs to address a previous concern. No cut autos, no bat knobs, no all-star patches. There were some nice hits, Koufax auto, Hank Aaron redemption auto. There were an awful lot of redemptions which is just the norm these days I guess. The “Rose” signatures all were streaky from trying to sign that pen on the glossy card surface. They may want to re-think that. There were an awful lot of duplicates between all 4 cases and I guess that happens. Big thing was the overall collation. I case was nothing but Rangers and Red Sox. Had people laughing or crying depending on who you had. I had RS in one and got 7 hits. In another I had Marlins for 2 cases and got zip (kind of expected that).

product delayed from original launch date and no Puig listed on Checklist. Looked at Ebay and not 1 listed.