Revision as of 01:49, 28 April 2016

This article is about a set that is scheduled to be released in the near-future.
Some information may change as more facts become known.

Description

2016 Finest is a 110-card set scheduled for release May 18th. Each Hobby Master box will yield two autographs.

Changes in Hobby Distribution

On April 22nd, Topps announced drastic changes in 2016 Finest's distribution. Those Hobby dealers who pre-ordered Finest directly from Topps would have their orders honored. (Finest was solicited to Hobby dealers from November 25th, 2015 to January 13th, 2016 at a direct price of around $600 for an eight-box case.) However, reportedly due to low sales, Topps would not make Finest available to Hobby distributors or to online retailers and instead would sell it directly on the Topps.com website for $99.99 a box or $799.89 for an eight-box case.

Distribution

Two, six-pack miniboxes per box, five cards per pack ($99.99 at Topps.com). Eight boxes per case ($799.89 at Topps.com).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	110	-	?
short set	100	-	?
SPs	10	-	?
Refractors	100	-	1:3
Prism Refractor	100	-	1:6
Purple Refractor	100	-	?
Blue Refractor	100	-	?
Green Refractor	100	-	?
Gold Refractor	100	-	?
Orange Refractor	110	25	?
Red Refractor	110	5	?
SuperFractor	110	one-of-one	?
Printing Plates	100	four for each	?
Franchise Finest	30	-	1:3
Franchise Finest Orange Refractor	30	25	?
Franchise Finest Red Refractor	30	5	?
Franchise Finest SuperFractor	30	one-of-one	?
1996 Finest Intimidators	20	-	1:8
1996 Finest Intimidators Orange Refractor	20	25	?
1996 Finest Intimidators Red Refractor	20	5	?
1996 Finest Intimidators SuperFractor	20	one-of-one	?
Firsts	10	-	1:12
Firsts Orange Refractor	10	25	?
Firsts Red Refractor	10	5	?
Firsts SuperFractor	10	one-of-one	?
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts	10	-	1:96
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Orange Refractor	10	25	?
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Red Refractor	10	5	?
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts SuperFractor	10	one-of-one	?
Autographs	43	-	?
Autographs Blue Refractor	43	-	?
Autographs Green Refractor	43	-	?
Autographs Gold Refractor	43	-	?
Autographs Orange Refractor	43	25	?
Autographs Red Refractor	43	5	?
Autographs SuperFractor	43	one-of-one	?
Autographs Printing Plates	43	four for each	?
Greats Autographs	12	-	?
Greats Autographs Gold Refractor	12	-	?
Greats Autographs Orange Refractor	12	25	?
Greats Autographs Red Refractor	12	5	?
Greats Autographs SuperFractor	12	one-of-one	?
Greats Autographs Printing Plates	12	four for each	?
Franchise Finest Autographs	7	-	?
1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs	5	-	?
Firsts Autographs	7	-	?
Firsts Autographs Green Refractor	7	-	?
Firsts Autographs Gold Refractor	7	-	?
Firsts Autographs Orange Refractor	7	25	?
Firsts Autographs Red Refractor	7	5	?
Firsts Autographs SuperFractor	7	one-of-one	?
Firsts Autographs Printing Plates	7	four for each	?
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Autographs	10	5	?
Mystery Autographs	?	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Mike Trout
2 Ryan Howard
3 Edwin Encarnacion
4 Dee Gordon
5 Evan Longoria
6 Jake Arrieta
7 Jose Abreu
8 Frankie Montas RC
9 Matt Harvey
10 Ichiro
11 A.J. Pollock
12 Ian Kinsler
13 Salvador Perez
14 Buster Posey
15 Corey Kluber
16 Jose Peraza RC
17 Greg Bird RC
18 Trea Turner RC
19 Joc Pederson
20 J.D. Martinez
21 Carl Edwards, Jr. RC
22 Carlos Correa
23 Cole Hamels
24 Joey Votto
25 Kenta Maeda RC
26 Dellin Betances
27 Ketel Marte RC
28 Brian McCann
29 Troy Tulowitzki
30 Dallas Keuchel
31 Byron Buxton
32 David Ortiz
33 Rob Refsnyder RC
34 Tyson Ross
35 Mookie Betts
36 Charlie Blackmon
37 Francisco Lindor
38 Sonny Gray
39 Jose Altuve
40 Chris Sale
41 Brian Dozier
42 Luis Severino RC
43 Robinson Cano
44 Josh Donaldson
45 Adrian Beltre
46 Jose Fernandez
47 Andrew McCutchen
48 Ryan Braun
49 Noah Syndergaard
50 Clayton Kershaw
51 Michael Brantley
52 Felix Hernandez
53 Yu Darvish
54 Andrew Miller
55 Eric Hosmer
56 Peter O'Brien RC
57 Wil Myers
58 Corey Seager RC
59 George Springer
60 Brandon Crawford
61 Jacob deGrom
62 Alcides Escobar
63 Yoenis Cespedes
64 Gary Sanchez RC
65 Miguel Cabrera
66 Gerrit Cole
67 Kyle Schwarber RC
68 Jorge Soler
69 Miguel Sano RC
70 Brandon Phillips
71 Maikel Franco
72 Craig Kimbrel
73 Dustin Pedroia
74 Matt Holliday
75 Henry Owens RC
76 Anthony Rizzo
77 David Wright
78 Giancarlo Stanton
79 Nolan Arenado
80 Kyle Seager
81 Mark Melancon
82 Raul Mondesi, Jr. RC
83 Carlos Carrasco
84 Matt Carpenter
85 David Price
86 Todd Frazier
87 Rusney Castillo
88 Madison Bumgarner
89 Starling Marte
90 Zack Greinke
91 Hector Olivera RC
92 Kolten Wong
93 Christian Yelich
94 Max Kepler RC
95 Jason Kipnis
96 Prince Fielder
97 Stephen Piscotty RC
98 Jorge Lopez RC
99 Jon Lester
100 Bryce Harper
101 Adam Jones SP
102 Aroldis Chapman SP
103 Aaron Nola SP RC
104 Matt Harvey SP
105 Wade Davis SP
106 Paul Goldschmidt SP
107 Max Scherzer SP
108 Michael Conforto SP RC
109 Freddie Freeman SP
110 Kris Bryant SP

Parallels

All 100 base cards, but NOT the ten SPs are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractors
Prism Refractor
Purple Refractor
Blue Refractor
Green Refractor
Gold Refractor
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

All 100 base cards AND the ten SPs are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Inserts

All inserts are available in the following Refractors.

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Franchise Finest

FF-AJ Adam Jones
FF-AM Andrew McCutchen
FF-AR Anthony Rizzo
FF-BD Brian Dozier
FF-BH Bryce Harper
FF-BM Brian McCann
FF-BP Buster Posey
FF-CK Clayton Kershaw
FF-CS Chris Sale
FF-DO David Ortiz
FF-EH Eric Hosmer
FF-EL Evan Longoria
FF-FF Freddie Freeman
FF-FH Felix Hernandez
FF-GS Giancarlo Stanton
FF-JA Jose Altuve
FF-JD Josh Donaldson
FF-JV Joey Votto
FF-MB Michael Brantley
FF-MC Miguel Cabrera
FF-MCA Matt Carpenter
FF-MH Matt Harvey
FF-MT Mike Trout
FF-NA Nolan Arenado
FF-PF Prince Fielder
FF-PG Paul Goldschmidt
FF-RB Ryan Braun
FF-RH Ryan Howard
FF-SG Sonny Gray
FF-WM Wil Myers

1996 Finest Intimidators

96FI-AP Albert Pujols
96FI-BJ Bo Jackson
96FI-CS Chris Sale
96FI-DO David Ortiz
96FI-EE Edwin Encarnacion
96FI-EG Evan Gattis
96FI-FT Frank Thomas
96FI-GS Giancarlo Stanton
96FI-I Ichiro
96FI-JC Jose Canseco
96FI-MH Matt Harvey
96FI-MM Mark McGwire
96FI-MP Mike Piazza
96FI-NR Nolan Ryan
96FI-PF Prince Fielder
96FI-RC Roger Clemens
96FI-RJ Randy Johnson
96FI-VG Vladimir Guerrero
96FI-YC Yoenis Cespedes
96FI-YD Yu Darvish

Firsts

FF-AN Aaron Nola
FF-CS Corey Seager
FF-HO Hector Olivera
FF-HOW Henry Owens
FF-KS Kyle Schwarber
FF-LS Luis Severino
FF-MC Michael Conforto
FF-MS Miguel Sano
FF-SP Stephen Piscotty
FF-TT Trea Turner

Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts

FCA-KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Autographs & Game-Used

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