View source for 2008 Topps Allen & Ginter World's Champion

=Description=

2008 Topps Allen & Ginter World's Champion is a 351-card set released July 22nd, 2008.  Each eight-card Hobby pack contains a mini-sized insert or parallel.  Each 24-pack Hobby box contains two of the following: Framed Autograph, Framed Relic, Framed Printing Plate, Framed Allen & Ginter Original buyback.  Every sealed Hobby box will also contain either a Cabinet or N-43 boxtopper.

A base card of Kosuke Fukudome (the "flavor-of-the-month" rookie of 2008) was added to the base set late in the production run.  The card is not sequentially-numbered and is short-printed; but produced in roughly the same quantities as the 50 other base cards (cards #301-#350) that are short prints.  The "NNO" Fukudome is only available as a base card and NOT in any of the parallels.

=Distribution=

Hobby: 24 packs plus one boxloader per box, eight cards per pack. Eight boxes per case.

=Reviews=

=Insertion Ratios=

{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
!Retail Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||351||-||?||?
|-
|short set||300||-||?||?
|-
|SPs||51||-||1:2||1:2
|-
|Mini short set||300||-||?||?
|-
|Mini SPs||50||-||1:13||1:13
|-
|Mini A&G Back||300||-||1:5||N/A
|-
|Mini A&G Back SPs||50||-||1:65||N/A
|-
|Mini Black||300||-||1:10||N/A
|-
|Mini Black SPs||50||-||1:130||N/A
|-
|Mini NNO||350||50||1:151||N/A
|-
|Mini Bazooka||350||25||1:301||N/A
|-
|Mini Framed Cloth||350||10||1:439||N/A
|-
|Mini Wood||350||one-of-one||1:4395||N/A
|-
|Mini Framed Printing Plates||350||four for each||1:961||N/A
|-
|United States||50||-||one-per-pack||one-per-pack
|-
|World's Greatest Victories||20||-||1:24||1:24
|-
|Dick Perez Original Sketches||30||one-of-one||?||?
|-
|Mini World Leaders||50||-||1:12||1:12
|-
|Mini Ancient Icons||20||-||1:48||1:48
|-
|Mini Baseball Icons||17||-||1:48||1:48
|-
|Mini Team Orange||10||-||1:144||?
|-
|Mini Pioneers of Aviation||5||-||?||?
|-
|Mini World's Deadliest Sharks||5||-||?||?
|-
|Rip Cards||100||varies||1:189||?
|-
|N-43||15||-||1:3/boxes||N/A
|-
|Cabinet Boxloaders||10||-||1:3/boxes||N/A
|-
|Framed Relics||114||-||varies||varies
|-
|DNA Relics||13||one-of-one||1:203,317||N/A
|-
|N-43 Relics||10||25||1:256/boxes||N/A
|-
|Framed Autographs||58||-||varies||varies
|-
|Red Ink Autographs||58||10||varies||varies
|-
|N-43 Autographs||10||15||1:428/boxes||N/A
|-
|Cabinet Boxloader Autograph||1||200||1:322/boxes||N/A
|-
|Framed Autographed Relics||1||100||1:26,431||?
|-
|N-43 Relics Autographs||5||5||1:2565/boxes||N/A
|-
|Cut Signatures||20||one-of-one||1:138,500||?
|-
|Framed Allen & Ginter Originals||?||-||1:26,500||N/A
|}

=Checklist=

==Promos==

===National Convention VIP Set===

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This six-card set was given to attendees of the 2008 National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, IL who purchased a "VIP" package.  Designed to commemorate the greatest moments in the history of Yankee Stadium, all cards have a "Yankee Stadium 1923-2008" logo on the front.  It has been estimated that while 2500 sets were printed by Topps, only about 900 of the VIP packages were actually purchased.

'''NOTE:''' These same seven cards (along with four additional cards) were also made in an [[2008 eTopps Allen and Ginter Yankee Stadium Tribute|eTopps version.]]
 
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===Hawaii Trade Conference===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Hawaii-Trade-Conference---Allen--Ginters-Minis/ROCA/Roy-Campanella.jpg?id=e326399f-cf56-4b9f-8ea6-07bce2486955&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Hawaii-Trade-Conference---Allen--Ginters-Minis/ROCA/Roy-Campanella.jpg?id=e326399f-cf56-4b9f-8ea6-07bce2486955&size=original&side=back&.jpg

These cards were distributed to attendees of the annual Hawaii Trade Conference (which in 2008, actually took place in Phoenix, AZ).  Each card has the HTC logo on the back, and is serial-numbered to 30 copies.

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==Base Set==

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base/125/John-Lackey.jpg?id=a47e469f-6795-433a-a5fa-e78bfd027345&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base/125/John-Lackey.jpg?id=a47e469f-6795-433a-a5fa-e78bfd027345&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===SPs===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base/302/Brad-Lidge.jpg?id=eb28bdd2-e787-4d82-9143-956411322d6f&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base/302/Brad-Lidge.jpg?id=eb28bdd2-e787-4d82-9143-956411322d6f&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===Kosuke Fukudome NNO SP===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base/KOFU/Kosuke-Fukudome.jpg?id=0fb6400b-46ab-4c52-a763-01bd610ff6db&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base/KOFU/Kosuke-Fukudome.jpg?id=0fb6400b-46ab-4c52-a763-01bd610ff6db&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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==Parallels==

===Minis===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base---Mini/129/Joey-Votto.jpg?id=4b222050-dc19-4dc3-8d7c-89f232c496e4&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base---Mini-Allen--Ginter-Back/297/Max-Scherzer.jpg?id=e2dbf305-803e-4b9e-9442-095e76a5481b&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base---Mini-Black-Border/16/Hiroki-Kuroda.jpg?id=09c97663-3cbb-4bcf-9414-a28008ad3a55&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base---Mini-No-Number-Back/272/Matt-Tolbert.jpg?id=a388d3ee-6a14-4df5-a672-c6f775c2c55e&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base---Mini-Bazooka-Back/264/Adam-Jones.jpg?id=e6c7da65-d650-4b35-8fa3-6565e4879fc3&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base---Silk-Mini-Framed/AJPI/AJ-Pierzynski.jpg?id=3ad3bb82-7453-4795-a359-c80ead24cb20&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base---Printing-Plate-Mini-Yellow-Framed/117/Jeff-Niemann.jpg?id=ede84cc2-2899-4496-af3f-7bfc0180feff&size=original&side=front&.jpg

All 350 base cards (except the NNO Fukudome) are available in the following mini-sized parallels.

* Mini
* A & G Back 
* Black-Bordered 
* No Number (announced print run of 50 copies)
* Bazooka Back (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
* Framed Cloth (serial-numbered to ten)
* Wood (one-of-one)
* Framed Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

===Mini Exclusives===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base---Minis-Rip-Card-High-Numbers/363/Tris-Speaker.jpg?id=d0b26d31-27e2-405c-9d50-7f6c19db8553&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Base---Minis-Rip-Card-High-Numbers/363/Tris-Speaker.jpg?id=d0b26d31-27e2-405c-9d50-7f6c19db8553&size=original&side=back&.jpg

Mini Exclusives are sequentially-numbered as an extension of the Mini parallel set, and are only available embedded inside Rip Cards (see below).  A one-of-one Wood parallel is also available, although Wood Minis pulled from Rip Cards lack the 1/1 hand numbering of their pack-pulled counterparts.

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==Inserts==

===Cabinet===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Box-Loader-Baseball-Highlights-Cabinet/BH4/Frank-Thomas-Jim-Thome-Alex-Rodriguez.jpg?id=0eddee8a-114b-4998-bcd1-0075b729ffcb&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Box-Loader-Baseball-Highlights-Cabinet/BH4/Frank-Thomas-Jim-Thome-Alex-Rodriguez.jpg?id=0eddee8a-114b-4998-bcd1-0075b729ffcb&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===N-43===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Box-Loader-N43/N43-IS/Ichiro-Suzuki.jpg?id=7d6ce398-a73b-4552-b2dd-c58082f88d59&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Box-Loader-N43/N43-IS/Ichiro-Suzuki.jpg?id=7d6ce398-a73b-4552-b2dd-c58082f88d59&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===World Leaders===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---The-Worlds-Leaders-Minis/WL37/Vladimir-Vladimirovich-Putin-(Russia).jpg?id=56e6a834-3dcd-4221-916d-15a7afeef6d8&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---The-Worlds-Leaders-Minis/WL37/Vladimir-Vladimirovich-Putin-(Russia).jpg?id=56e6a834-3dcd-4221-916d-15a7afeef6d8&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===World's Deadliest Sharks===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---The-Worlds-Deadliest-Sharks-Mini/WDS1/Great-White-Shark.jpg?id=909cafac-060e-434a-900f-c6960e9f9aec&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---The-Worlds-Deadliest-Sharks-Mini/WDS1/Great-White-Shark.jpg?id=909cafac-060e-434a-900f-c6960e9f9aec&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===Ancient Icons===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Ancient-Icons-Mini/A15/Genghis-Khan.jpg?id=23bd45ec-ba52-437d-9077-8ed0d24ea5e1&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Ancient-Icons-Mini/A15/Genghis-Khan.jpg?id=23bd45ec-ba52-437d-9077-8ed0d24ea5e1&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===Dick Perez Original Sketches===

Each Dick Perez Original Sketch is embedded inside a Rip Card.  Each is a one-of-one.

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===Baseball Icons===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Baseball-Icons-Mini/BI10/Ty-Cobb.jpg?id=534495fb-de51-476f-a8e0-76b290e76d59&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Baseball-Icons-Mini/BI10/Ty-Cobb.jpg?id=534495fb-de51-476f-a8e0-76b290e76d59&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===Rip Cards===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Rip-Cards/RC80/Torii-Hunter.jpg?id=88678dab-a912-475d-96f3-5dbe97d932b6&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Rip-Cards/RC80/Torii-Hunter.jpg?id=88678dab-a912-475d-96f3-5dbe97d932b6&size=original&side=back&.jpg

Each Rip Card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.  Embedded inside each Rip Card is one of the following.

* Mini Exclusive
* Mini Exclusive Wood parallel (one-of-one)
* Dick Perez Original Sketch (one-of-one)
* Red Ink Autograph (hand-numbered to ten)

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===World's Greatest Victories===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---The-Worlds-Greatest-Victories/WGV-14/The-American-Revolution.jpg?id=284c1382-784f-47c2-86ab-d5e02ca10d3f&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---The-Worlds-Greatest-Victories/WGV-14/The-American-Revolution.jpg?id=284c1382-784f-47c2-86ab-d5e02ca10d3f&size=original&side=back&.jpg

The World's Greatest Victories insert, along with the unannounced Mini Team Orange cards, play a role in the Ginter Code promotion.  Jason Wong, a collector from Annapolis, MD, was the first to solve the Ginter Code, and made an appearance in [[2009 Topps Allen & Ginter]].

For information on how Wong used the World's Greatest Victories cards to solve the Ginter Code, [http://2008gintercodechamp.blogspot.com/ click here.]

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===United States===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---The-United-States-of-America/US27/Alex-Gordon.jpg?id=49c176d6-839b-409d-b01d-4a2017a48c69&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---The-United-States-of-America/US27/Alex-Gordon.jpg?id=49c176d6-839b-409d-b01d-4a2017a48c69&size=original&side=back&.jpg

This set, which is printed on a thicker gauge of cardstock and doubles as an anti-pack searching device, features the best active player from all 50 U.S. States.

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===Team Orange===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Team-Orange-Mini/TO7/Francisco-Fiasco.jpg?id=c8d985fa-a08a-44fb-9c04-82856832edb7&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Team-Orange-Mini/TO7/Francisco-Fiasco.jpg?id=c8d985fa-a08a-44fb-9c04-82856832edb7&size=original&side=back&.jpg

This previously unannounced insert features ten members of a fictional 19th Century baseball team.  This set, along with the World's Greatest Victories set, play a role in the Ginter Code promotion.  

The photos are of Topps employees in disguise.

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===Pioneers of Aviation===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Pioneers-of-Aviation-Mini/PA3/Piloted-Glider.jpg?id=20c7277c-9e19-4a38-925e-1882943802db&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Pioneers-of-Aviation-Mini/PA3/Piloted-Glider.jpg?id=20c7277c-9e19-4a38-925e-1882943802db&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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==Autographs & Game-Used==

===Framed Relics===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Framed-Mini-Relics/AGR-EM/Edison-Miranda.jpg?id=93c14d87-15a2-48f2-bc4b-9706662626ac&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Framed-Mini-Relics/AGR-EM/Edison-Miranda.jpg?id=93c14d87-15a2-48f2-bc4b-9706662626ac&size=original&side=back&.jpg

The odds of finding a Framed Relic are as follows.

* Group A: 1:280/packs
* Group B: 1:71/packs
* Group C: 1:20/packs 
* Autographed Relic: 1:26,431 (hand-numbered to ten)

The production figures of each Group A card were released by Topps shortly after Allen & Ginter's release, however the cards are NOT serial-numbered. 

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===DNA Relics===

Each DNA Relic is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

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===Allen & Ginter N-43 Autographs===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Box-Loader-N43-Autographs/N43A-HR/Hanley-Ramirez.jpg?id=c532cdff-1388-42bb-97a4-428c91630093&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Box-Loader-N43-Autographs/N43A-HR/Hanley-Ramirez.jpg?id=c532cdff-1388-42bb-97a4-428c91630093&size=original&side=back&.jpg

Each N-43 Autograph is serial-numbered to 15 copies.

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===Cabinet Autograph===

This "autograph" features an imprint of the tire-tread of Bigfoot, the famed monster truck.  200 copies of this card were made.

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===N-43 Relics===

Each N-43 Relic is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

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===Framed Autographs===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Framed-Mini-Autographs---Autographed/AGA-MK/Matt-Kemp.jpg?id=11b489dc-941a-4207-ac25-0a87013b7d25&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Topps-Allen--Ginters---Framed-Mini-Autographs---Autographed/AGA-MK/Matt-Kemp.jpg?id=11b489dc-941a-4207-ac25-0a87013b7d25&size=original&side=back&.jpg

The odds of finding a Framed Autograph are as follows.

* Group A: 1:277/packs
* Group B: 1:256/packs
* Group C: 1:135/packs

The production figures of each Group A card were released by Topps shortly after Allen & Ginter's release, however the cards are NOT serial-numbered.

Each card is also available in a Red Ink parallel, which is hand-numbered to ten.

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===Cut Signatures===

Each Cut Signature is a one-of-one.

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