Review of Topps Chrome (Basketball) 2008-09 Retail Box

Topps Chrome is a very popular brand when it comes to basketball cards. Many collectors work on the entire set every year. This is a retail box that was $19.99 from Wal-Mart. This box contains 7 packs and 4 cards per pack. The box I bought advertised an extra pack and that brought the total of packs to 8. There are no promised hits (game-used or autographs).

In the first pack there was the advertised 4 cards. There was one rookie card (Jerryd Bayless) and no inserts. There was no hit and no major star cards.

The second pack had the advertised amount of cards (4). There were no rookies in this pack. There were no hits but there was an Xfractor insert that was numbered 209/288. The insert was of Josh Howard.

The third pack had the advertised amount of cards (4). There was one rookie in this pack. There were no hits in this pack and no inserts. There were only a couple of recognizable names.

The fourth pack had the advertised amount of cards (4). There was one rookie in this pack. There was also an Xfractor insert that was numbered 134/208. The insert was of Luol Deng.

The fifth pack had the advertised amount of cards (4). There was one rookie card in this pack. There were no hits and no inserts. The pack did contain a couple of star players though.

The sixth pack had the advertised amount of cards (4). There were no rookies in this pack. There were no hits but there was an orange bordered refractor numbered 438/499. The insert was of Kenyon Martin.

The seventh pack had the advertised amount of cards (4). There was one rookie in this pack. There were no hits and no inserts. The pack had one star player card in it.

The last (eighth) pack had the advertised amount of cards (4). There were no rookies in this pack. There were also no hits or inserts. There was not even any star player cards. Needless, to say this was the most disappointing pack.

Overall, it was a good box. It was nice to see the inserts that are numbered. I liked the design of the cards and they were all in perfect condition. I hope that this review has helped you decide if you would like to invest in a retail box of Topps Chrome (basketball) 2008-09. Good luck with your collecting!