First Look: 2010 Topps Triple Threads Football

Topps officials on Thursday unveiled preliminary images and product information on 2010 Topps Triple Threads Football, the company’s perennial super-premium pigskin homage slated for release in early November.

New to the brand this year are Laundry Tag Book Cards, NFL Shield Relics and Jersey Sleeve Jumbo Team Patch Book cards. Every Relic card in the set includes at least three pieces of memorabilia and there are no less than 25 different 1/1 insert versions.

The product will include two six-card mini boxes per display box, with each mini delivering one Triple Relic numbered to 99 or less, two base parallels numbered to 525 or less and three base cards numbered to 1,350 or less. Every display box will include one Autographed Triple Relic.

Every 18-display-box case will yield a 1/1 Autographed Triple Relic and a Triple Autographed Triple Relic numbered to 36 or less.

There are 10 Autographed Triple Relic inserts in all, including:

* Rookie Autograph Relic base cards (35 players featuring an autograph and three Relic pieces and numbered to 99) along with seven parallel levels

* Rookie & Rising Star Autograph Relic Pair Book Cards (six cards featuring two players, two autographs and six Relic pieces numbered to 50) along with three parallel levels

* Jumbo Plus Autograph Relics (10 book cards featuring an autograph, two regular Relic pieces and one Jumbo Relic numbered to 3)

In addition, there are nine Triple Relic insert sets, highlighted by XXIV (18 book cards that include24 or more Relic pieces), Laundry Tags Book Cards (25-card 1/1 set that includes two regular Relic pieces and a laundry tag) and NFL Shield (25-card 1/1 set that includes two regular Relic pieces and an NFL shield)

The 100-card base set (current players and legends) is paralleled by Sepia (#’d to 450), Emerald (#’d to 299), Gold (#’d to 99), Ruby (#’d to 25) and Platinum 1/1 versions.

Stay tuned to Beckett.com for additional information on this product.

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