2016 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Cards – Review & Hit Gallery Added

I just opened a box of A & G and got two mini Mike Trouts, both have the A&G backs, but one is number 10 and the other has no number. They have different Code at the bottom also. CMP024935 & CMP024937. The latter has NO NUMBER. Any Idea ????

Does anyone have any ideas on which autographs are short printed ?

I haven’t seen anything out of Topps as to print runs.

I’ve pulled so far, Bryant, Phelps, Seager and a couple of other higher book autos from the product this year, along with several Roman coins and a bunch of rip cards.
Any help with any kind of print run would be appreciated, thanks.

Bought 2 boxes of these. I had 4 hits including a Sharapova auto and a roman coin in one box. And basic 3 jersey relics in the other box.

Well the Target I went to get the pack, I worked at last year and I worked the Service Desk and cards are something you cannot return under any circumstance and that is not just a Target rule. I still have the pack and it looks legit.. IDK.. 10 cards were from 77 the other 2 were 78′ and 79′. I’m going to call Topps and see what they say. When I was a kid me and my Dad bought a pack up Upper Deck and half the Cards were Ken Griffey Jr. rookie cards and the other half some other player so maybe sometimes weird things happen.

So I just bought a hanger pack of 16′ A&G from Target, come with 14 total cards. The pack was much smaller than all the others and seemed like there were 10 cards in the pack. I got a Mini John Lackey, Michele Steele, Jake McGee and these were the look that A&G 2016 set looks like. There were 12 more cards which makes the pack with 15 cards and not 14.. 10 of the cards were 1977 Topps Braves cards, some doubles and obvious buyback cards that aren’t signed or numbered. The final 2 cards are a 1979 Sammy Stewart MLB Record card and a 1978 Rangers Catcher Bill Fahey Card.. Nothing on the back of the pack suggest getting these cards unless they are signed and none of these are.. Anyone know anything about this type of pack or cards? None of the names on the older cards are no where on the checklist.. -Stephen

No Carlos Gonzalez in the Set?

Nothing standout or amazing this year! The ty cobb cut auto was pulled the first night and sold. Other than that, take a look at any value. None!! Roman coins easily picked up for $80-$100 on ebay. Kevin costner autos are pulled and sitting listed. No new names really, or mini sets. No oddity cards, no dna relics, no 1/1 redemptions like the “useless rat bones” last year. And im pretty sure any of the great cut autos will show up from one of two sellers who miraculously pulled everyone of them alone. Rip cards are posted on ebay in numbers as the truth should be shown that theres no real worth in them anymore. Allen ginter caught my eye with the strange and rare amazing pulls from years past! That is diminishing now as its apparent greed and no care for its loyal fans is right in the open. Its all about high end now people. Spend more/get less.

One box, three hits: three single color patches. What a joke, a horrible joke. Obviously, Topps feels no shame, no matter how inferior the product is. This sort of cr*ppy box isn’t even an anomaly–it sure seems to be the norm. A&G further illustrates what most of Topps’ recent releases have shown: the whole thing is stretched beyond viability, with $100+ boxes yielding unknowns’ autos and useless single-color patches (at these prices, base cards just don’t cut it). A&G can take it’s place with Archives, Museum, GQ, and Tribute on the junk plie.

Maybe I just got lucky…. But I don’t know why everyone is complaining about A&G. It looks the same? Nah, it looks similar to years prior because they’re maintaining a specific theme. AND I LIKE THAT. Also, the hits in here are pretty darn good. I pulled a 6/10 Ozzie Smith cloth, hand numbered brooklyn back Steinberg mini, Joey Votto relic, Mendoza Relic, oh…. AND a Degrom black border mini redemption.

If you ask me, this stuff is stacked, high quality material, and WELL priced. I would recommend buying now before other people realize it’s potential.

And now that I opened a bit more…

The Numbers Game bothers me even more. Ortiz and Ryan both have cards for 34, and the back of each card mentions the other. I think this was a missed opportunity for a cool insert set that could have had numbers that were worn by non-star players in the past. Could have had some interesting facts about lesser known guys that maybe never appeared in many sets. I think that could have helped bit.

I really like the cut and clean look of the Allen & Ginter cards. They look and feel superior to any other set.
They exclusives and one offs are rare, and hard to find.

Bought one box and ended up with 4 relics. I don’t hate this product, but I’m not blown away by it yet either.

And I know this will sound like a minor gripe, but they had a built in numbering system for the insert set of Numbers Game. They could have easily done jersey number 1 as card number 1 in the insert set and jersey number 2 as card number 2 and so on. I wonder why it is they decided not to do this. It would make things much easier for someone that is a set builder to just use the numbers on the front of the cards as the number on the back too.

I think Topps could take some advice on some of the smaller things to tweak in this set. Some really great ideas already mentioned above.

I will continue to build this set and see if my feelings towards it change, but as of right now, I only feel good about it for nostalgia reasons. I have 4 more boxes coming this week, so I will rip those and see what I find.

I love this product every year. It is very fun to crack box after box. Great autos, a ton of relics and awesome checklist. I will never understand Ginter but will always love it.

The pope was drafted!?! BY WHO!

I’m going to go out on a limb annnnnnd….guess…. The Cardinals! No … The Angels….

Disappointing to read such reviews as the product was quite solid last year.

Boring, Boring, Boring

Only 3 cards worth anybodys time the three boxers.

Other thanks but no thanks.

Well Trey,

I got the Pope’s RC…If I ever get him to sign it, I’ll have an artifact!…

Cmon Topps, no Rush autos yet? Geddy is a huge baseball fan.

I look forward to this product each and every year, I must say, the comedians have to go and a cool insert mini could have been on the black card stock from the “X” series. maybe put a chrome border on a black card stock? At our card shop the guys are snubbing their noses to A & G this year, and are spending on Goodwins. Fancy 3-d cards and value $$$ has them smiling like children. Overall I have to agree, to many yanks, to many comedians and too many sports writers…Adam has some great ideas!

Overall, I’m not sure what to think about this product, because it looks very similar to the previous releases.

More of the same stuff as previous years of this product. Most boxes will not have autos and instead have boring and usually valueless single color relic cards. On the off chance you get an auto it won’t be worth as much as you think it should be because it will be of someone has never heard of or a marginal player. Rip cards are definitely what you want to pull but they are near impossible to pull unless you open this product by the case. I do love the fact that this set always has pretty interesting subjects but can see the value of opening this product anymore.

They continue with the same old tired minis. When are they going to get a little more creative and change these around? Rome has had its day, why not bring in something like famous people with glasses, or even presidents of different countries. Maybe the gods and goddesses or cartoon times. Get creative Topps, have Bernie Brewer be a mascot and make it a tough card to get, or the progression of TVs. Ship wreck finds or most expensive houses in the world. Come on Topps…get some better actors and comedians into the mix. Best Super Bowl commercials could be another one. I could go on and on, and I would like to see some current situations or comedians because then you make the set for the time it is released in. The only thing current are the rookies. Computers through time or game systems over time. That would be something fun and exciting. Bottom line, they need to hire a 22 year old for checklists.

Topps, Topps, Topps……. come on now. Soooooooo many Yankees and no Orioles like always I’m sick and tired of it. The Yankees get 20 cards and the Orioles…get 6, that’s not even right. The Orioles have the most wins in the AL since 2012 but they never get any love. The Yankees get a card for Pineda who is 3-8 with a 5.38 ERA, Teixeira who is batting .193, and a card for Bird who had shoulder surgery before the season and ruled out for the whole entire year. The O’s don’t get a card for Britton one of the best closers in the game who’s 27-27 in saves, Chris Tillman who is 12-2, Chris Davis who is leading the Majors in home runs since 2013, and I read Wieters and Topps agreed to a deal finally so how long is it gonna take to make a card for him.

There are a couple players that have 2 cards listed in the set. I’m assuming just an error in the initial checklist.

You have Stephen Piscotty in two places, #251 & #338. Is this an error?