Revision as of 21:00, 27 August 2019

Description

2012 Topps Five Star Club is a ten-card set released exclusively to members of a short-lived membership club. Launched with the release of 2012 Five Star Baseball, The Five Star Club was billed as “An exclusive club that provides year-round benefits for select collectors.” Membership was limited to those collectors who spend at least $10,000 on Topps products per year. Applicants also had a write a 500-word essay and provide letters of reference from their local Hobby shop. Those accepted were expected to keep any comments critical of Topps private and to serve as "ambassadors" to the Topps brand.

Each membership package came with a personalized membership card, “exclusive Five Star Football and Baseball cards, a quarterly call with Topps employees and VIP Status at national events that Topps attends.”

It appears that, either due to low membership or indifference, that the club was short-lived and the only known trace of The Five Star Club's existence is this set.

Distribution

Reviews

Checklist

FSC1 Willie Mays
FSC2 Yu Darvish
FSC3 Bryce Harper
FSC4 Mike Trout
FSC5 Mickey Mantle
FSC6 Robert Griffin III
FSC7 Andrew Luck
FSC8 Trent Richardson
FSC9 Justin Blackmon
FSC10 Ryan Tannehill

NOTES

Each card is serial-numbered to 50 copies.
Half the cards are of baseball players, the other half players selected in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Card #FSC-5 is believed to be the final Mickey Mantle card released by Topps to date (not including cut signatures), as their license with the Mantle estate expired at the end of 2012.

FSC1 Willie Mays

FSC2 Yu Darvish

FSC3 Bryce Harper

FSC4 Mike Trout

FSC5 Mickey Mantle

FSC6 Robert Griffin III

FSC7 Andrew Luck

FSC8 Trent Richardson

FSC9 Justin Blackmon

FSC10 Ryan Tannehill

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 =Description=
-Topps Five Star Club is a ten-card set released exclusively to members of a short-lived membership club.  Launched with the release of ''[[2012 Topps Five Star|2012 Five Star Baseball]]'', The Five Star Club was billed as “an exclusive club that provides year-round benefits for select collectors.”  Membership was limited to those collectors who spend at least $10,000 on Topps products per year (and can prove it).
+Topps Five Star Club is a ten-card set released exclusively to members of a short-lived membership club.  Launched with the release of ''[[2012 Topps Five Star|2012 Five Star Baseball]]'', The Five Star Club was billed as “An exclusive club that provides year-round benefits for select collectors.”  Membership was limited to those collectors who spend at least $10,000 on Topps products per year.  Applicants also had a write a 500-word essay and provide letters of reference from their local Hobby shop.  Those accepted were expected to keep any comments critical of Topps private and to serve as "ambassadors" to the Topps brand.
 Each membership package came with a personalized membership card, “exclusive Five Star Football and Baseball cards, a quarterly call with Topps employees and VIP Status at national events that Topps attends.”