2018/19 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Soccer Hobby Box Break & Review

Posted on July 6, 2019 by sportscardinfo

Curious as to what the 2019 Topps Baseball flagship set will look like on Topps Chrome stock? Have no fear. 2018/19 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Soccer is here.

2018/19 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Soccer utilizes the 2019 Topps Baseball flagship set design. It gives us a nice preview as to what the flagship set looks like on chrome stock well before Topps Chrome Baseball comes out.

The set consists of top players from the UEFA Champions League. (100) cards make up the base set. Parallels include Refractor, Purple Refractor #’ed/250, Blue Refractor #’ed/150, Green Refractor #’ed/99, Blue Wave Refractor #’ed/75, Gold Refractor #’ed/50, Orange Refractor #’ed/25, Red Refractor #’ed/10, Red Wave Refractor #’ed/10, and Superfractor #’ed 1/1.

You can’t have a set like this without some SP Photo Variations. Lionel Messi #1, Christian Pulišić #23, Harry Kane #48, Antoine Griezmann #84, and Cristiano Ronaldo #100 cover all of them. I made a handy little guide showing you what the SP Photo Variations look like. Checking the CMP codes can be helpful too. SP Photo Variations end in #223, whereas base cards end in #203.

A single hobby box should yield (1) autograph. Even if your autograph isn’t some life altering hit, the wide variety of colored refractors helps to balance things out.

Autographs that you can get include Chrome Autographs, Champions League Debut Autographs, Future Stars Autographs, and Superstar Sensations Autographs. Non-autographed versions of the same titles can be pulled as inserts.

One tiny difference you’ll notice is with the player’s name. With the 2019 Topps Baseball flagship set the player’s last name is shown above their first name. When it comes to 2018/19 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Soccer its reversed.

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