2012 Topps Heritage 2 Box Break and Review

Well this weekend I went and picked up two hobby boxes of Heritage.  I couldn't resist trying to put together this years set, begin one of my all time favorite designs and the fact that I also decided to try and work on putting together the original 1963 set.  I'm also slowly working on the 1965 set and will probably put that Heritage set together as well in two years.

box label

Well lets have a look at the cards.

The base:

Classic design.  There are also color swap and photo swap variations.  I didn't notice any when I collated and sorted, but I haven't gone through the cards with the full checklist yet.

The inserts:
Baseball Flashback

I guess these are falling about 2 per box considering I only got 4.

News Flashbacks

Likewise with these News Flashbacks.

Now and Then

I haven't looked up true odds or insertion rates but I only got 3 of these out of 2 boxes.

New Age Performers

Likewise with the NAP cards.  I kinda like the looks of this years design.  It also never hurts to pull a Pujols.

One thing I don't like about these inserts is the numbering, or rather the lack of numbering.  The News and Baseball flashbacks, Then and Now and New Age Performers all have the insert prefix and then the initials of the player or event featured.  I don't understand why Topps keeps doing this for these basic inserts

1963 had stickers so Topps has these mini stickers.  I'm a sucker for mini's, but I'm torn whether or not to try and put this set together and at only 3 per box I'm tempted to just say no.

The shiny Chrome goodness.

I sure eventually Topps will be putting out a full Heritage Chrome product like with the Flagship and Bowman, I don't see how they could resist, but until then they are the shiny numbered inserts to deal with.

Out of two boxes I got 4 Chrome cards all numbered to 1963:

The one refractor I failed to scan as it had Brewers in it. I think it was HP94 numbered to 563.

And I got one Black Chrome Refractor.

The hits (ahem if you can call them that)

I also got one advertising panel box topper, which I didn't scan, wasn't that exciting and one buy back.

Oh Topps.  Sadly this is card I need for my 1963 set, but since .Topps had to go and foil stamp it, it won't be going in.

Over all I love the design, being a fan of the 63 set already.  However hobby boxes are selling for way to much for what you get.  This product should be about 50 bucks a box max, not 70 to 80.  And there are some nice hits you can get. Obviously getting a couple of dollar relics kinda sucks, but you roll the dice.