1999 Topps Tek

Description

1999 Topps TEK (stylized in CAPS) is a massive 2700-card set released exclusively to Hobby stores participating in Topps' Home Team Advantage program. As with the previous year's product each card is printed on acetate, and has multiple background pattern variations.

Each of the 45 players has two cards: Card "A" depicts the player in his Home uniform, while card "B" shows him in his "Away" jersey. Each of the 90 cards has 30 patterns (down from 90 in 1998) for a grand total of 2700 unique cards. Each card is sequentially-numbered twice: First by card number then by pattern number.

Distribution

20 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Home Team Advantage stores only.

Each pack contains either a green (A) or orange (B) paper fold-out checklist.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	2700	-	?	?
Gold	2700	10	1:15	?
FantasTEK Phenoms	10	-	1:18	?
TEKnicians	10	-	1:18	?

Checklist

Promo

This three-card set was issued to dealers and The Hobby media promote the 1999 Topps Tek. The cards have the same design as the regular Topps Tek cards will have but are differentiated by having a "PP" prefix before the card number. In addition, each card is available in one of three background patterns: Team Logo (1); Hat Logo (2); or Wordmark (3).

• PP1A Derek Jeter
• PP2A Moises Alou
• PP3A Tony Clark

Base Set

NOTES

• Each player has two cards: "A" (Home uniform) and "B" (Away)
• Each card has 30 different background patterns.
• A complete master set consists of 2700 unique cards (45 x 2 X 30).
• A Mark Grace collector's fan site has displayed all 30 different background patterns. Please use this site as a visual guide to all 30 patterns.

Parallels

Each of the 2700 unique cards has a Gold parallel which is serial-numbered to ten copies.

Inserts

NOTE: For both insert sets, each card is available in only one background pattern.

FantasTEK Phenoms

• F1 Eric Chavez
• F2 Troy Glaus
• F3 Pat Burrell
• F4 Alex Gonzalez
• F5 Carlos Lee
• F6 Ruben Mateo
• F7 Carlos Beltran
• F8 Adrian Beltre
• F9 Bruce Chen
• F10 Ryan Anderson

TEKnicians

• T1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• T2 Mark McGwire
• T3 Kerry Wood
• T4 Ben Grieve
• T5 Sammy Sosa
• T6 Derek Jeter
• T7 Alex Rodriguez
• T8 Roger Clemens
• T9 Nomar Garciaparra
• T10 Vladimir Guerrero