There’s not much new to say about the Topps Update release. It provides a nice end to the year of collecting during the playoffs. I know Topps releases products year round, but starting with series one of the flagship all the way through update provides a nice bookend for the season.

Maybe I just haven’t paid as close attention before, but the set does feel much more rookie heavy than I remember. That’s not a bad thing, but it seems a lot of them have barely been in the league. The base set contains 300 cards with the usual assortment of SPs, SSPs, and parallels. There are also a number of inserts sets, many of which are along the same line as those from previous releases. Unfortunately, the numbers start over again.

The box advertises 10 packs of 46 cards, including 1 Autograph and 2 Relic Cards.

This box contained:

409 Base (100% of 300 card set)
1 Base VAR SSP
5 Base 150th Anniversary Parallel
1 Base Black Parallel
4 Base Gold Parallel
5 Base Foil Parallel
10 1984 Topps
6 150 Years of Professional Baseball
1 Est. 1869
1 Family Business
1 Family Business Blue
2 Iconic Card Reprints
1 Iconic Card Reprints 150th Anniversary Parallel
1 Major League Material Stephen Strasburg
1 150th Anniversary Commemorative Medallion Card 150th Anniversary Parallel Ken Griffey Jr.
1 Legacy of Baseball Autographs Red Nate Lowe RC
7 1984 Topps Chrome
1 1984 Topps Chrome Blue
1 1984 Topps Boxtopper