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.

• 1A Ben Grieve
• 1B Ben Grieve
• 2A Andres Galarraga
• 2B Andres Galarraga
• 3A Travis Lee
• 3B Travis Lee
• 4A Larry Walker
• 4B Larry Walker
• 5A Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 5B Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 6A Sammy Sosa
• 6B Sammy Sosa
• 7A Mark McGwire
• 7B Mark McGwire
• 8A Roberto Alomar
• 8B Roberto Alomar
• 9A Wade Boggs
• 9B Wade Boggs
• 10A Troy Glaus
• 10B Troy Glaus
• 11A Craig Biggio
• 11B Craig Biggio
• 12A Kerry Wood
• 12B Kerry Wood
• 13A Vladimir Guerrero
• 13B Vladimir Guerrero
• 14A Albert Belle
• 14B Albert Belle
• 15A Mike Piazza
• 15B Mike Piazza
• 16A Chipper Jones
• 16B Chipper Jones
• 17A Randy Johnson
• 17B Randy Johnson
• 18A Adrian Beltre
• 18B Adrian Beltre
• 19A Barry Bonds
• 19B Barry Bonds
• 20A Jim Thome
• 20B Jim Thome
• 21A Greg Vaughn
• 21B Greg Vaughn
• 22A Scott Rolen
• 22B Scott Rolen
• 23A Ivan Rodriguez
• 23B Ivan Rodriguez
• 24A Derek Jeter
• 24B Derek Jeter
• 25A Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 25B Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 26A Mark Grace
• 26B Mark Grace
• 27A Bernie Williams
• 27B Bernie Williams
• 28A Darin Erstad
• 28B Darin Erstad
• 29A Eric Chavez
• 29B Eric Chavez
• 30A Tom Glavine
• 30B Tom Glavine
• 31A Jeff Bagwell
• 31B Jeff Bagwell
• 32A Manny Ramirez
• 32B Manny Ramirez
• 33A Tino Martinez
• 33B Tino Martinez
• 34A Todd Helton
• 34B Todd Helton
• 35A Jason Kendall
• 35B Jason Kendall
• 36A Pat Burrell
• 36B Pat Burrell
• 37A Tony Gwynn
• 37B Tony Gwynn
• 38A Nomar Garciaparra
• 38B Nomar Garciaparra
• 39A Frank Thomas
• 39B Frank Thomas
• 40A Orlando Hernandez
• 40B Orlando Hernandez
• 41A Juan Gonzalez
• 41B Juan Gonzalez
• 42A Alex Rodriguez
• 42B Alex Rodriguez
• 43A Greg Maddux
• 43B Greg Maddux
• 44A Mo Vaughn
• 44B Mo Vaughn
• 45A Roger Clemens
• 45B Roger Clemens

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. We estimate that 2250 copies of each insert in both sets were produced.

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