2017 Topps Chrome Update Series Baseball Cards

I am glad the refractors are on thicker card stock now keeping them from curling but man it’s been over 10 years Topps- fix the curl on Chrome. Prizm is figuring it out and they’ve been around half as long as Topps Chrome.

One aspect of this set that I am not so crazy about is the fact that it is loaded with sticker autos. I myself consider sticker Autos to be almost worthless. I know that cards that have on card autos appreciate at a considerably higher level than sticker autos. Could you give me your take on the sticker Auto in general , Trey? Or anybody else out there that follows the cardboard connection like I do. I would really appreciate some feedback on the sticker Auto. Thanks very much, Jim

Oh and Pulled a Redemption for a Benintendi Xfractor Autograph parallel.

I’ve open 30-35 boxes. Impressed. Pulled roughly 50 Judge/Bellinger Rookies. One Bellinger was /250 , pulled 2 printing plates autographs 1/1 (1:2600) , Bregman and Luis Castillo. Quite a few Xfractors /99 and a lot of low Numbered color and several autographs. I never usually break even but ended up ahead this time.

Hey Trey, take a look at a Ian Happ RC refractor serial numbered to 250 and tell me that it does not refract purple. As a matter of fact, it’s the only color it does refract. I understand that it is a standard refractor but if you look at 1 you would swear it is a purple refractor. Even in the artwork where it looks like a ray of sun coming from above, it is light purple. Thanks for the follow up, check one out sometime if you get a chance.

@Jeremy D: The HMT stands for Holiday MegaBox Target. It’s a special blaster available at Target during the holidays. There’s also a different set found at Walmarts, and they’ll have a HMW prefix.

@Ricky: Topps cards were 10% off this week, and today only there was a special promotion of 25% off toys (which includes sports cards).

It must be a special promo this weekend. I got 3 mega boxes and each one rang up as 17.99 with an additional 4.50 off each box. 3 for under 40 bucks. Lets see what I pull.

Just getting back into the hobby after a long layoff and I have a couple questions/observations:

1) Any idea what the significance of the numbering is? HMT? Can’t think of what that stands for for the life of me!

2) I’ve noticed that Topps will add some rookies to the initial Chrome base set, like Jesse Winker for example. So it’s odd when they make a Chrome version of his Update card, thus giving him 2 chrome true rookie cards. The Chrome Update card is a true rookie, not a Rookie Debut. Odd.

I like this product. The cards have that nice Chrome look and feel. Some of the Topps All-Star Rookie reprint cards are spectacular and the refractors are sharp. It’s a simple set — base 1-100, refractor and auto parallels, and 20 Topps All-Rookie Cup reprint inserts. In what I’ve seen, there is way too much duplication of the base packs from box to box, but at least every one has some sort of Judge or Bellinger RC. I even pulled a redemption for a Judge auto — totally awesome!!! Anyhow, the price is reasonable and the set is loaded with rookies and stars. This would make a nice gift for a kid (like one of my nephews) or an adult (like me lol) who enjoys collecting baseball cards. Overall I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

So far I absolutely love this product. I have purchased a total of 4 mega boxes at my local target and will most likely be going back to grab a few more.

They sell them “on sale” for $17.99. I lucked out and hit a Trey Mancini Red Refractor Autograph /25. For a retail exclusive product, this product is delivering big time. Saw a video of a guy pull two autos out of one mega box, one being a Bellinger Gold Auto.

My only gripe/concern is some of the cards appear to be misprinted. For example I have three Yoan Moncada cards and one has what looks to be the printing of a different card at the top of the card. Any idea if this is just a misprint. Am I just overthinking this and its a basic error, or are there going to be a lot of these cards floating around? I have about 5-6 cards with the same printing error.

I ended up hitting a Betances refractor /99 and an Eaton numbered to 250 while also pulling 3 Judge Base Rookies and 2 Bellingers. I’ll obviously be able to cover the cost of my boxes with just the auto, but the inserts and numbered cards will cover at least 2 boxes as well. Very nice!

Good variation in players….are all autos stickers?if so that’s disappointing

I must have misinterpreted your write-up about the product details on this set. The standard refractor cards are serial numbered the 250 so that must be what I have. Not a purple parallel. I guess the wording in the product details is a little vague as far as when the serial numbering starts on the refractors. From reading it it does not sound like the standard refractors are numbered. Thanks, Jim

I purchased it on eBay and it is serial numbered to 225 and has a purplish color on the front in the background. Hope this helps you out. I’m just wondering if there are any green and blue parallel refractors as well.

The information on the 2017 Topps Chrome update set says there is only 4 serial numbered colored refractors. I have a purple refractor serial numbered to 250 that is not listed as part of this set according to the write-up about it inthe product details. Does anybody know anything about any other colored serial-numbered refractors in this set?

It would be nice if Topps would come up with some new pics for their Chrome update. It is still a nice set but nothing to write home to Grandma about.