2009 Topps Heritage American Heroes Edition

Topps American Heritage, the surprise hit of 2008, returns with an all-new American Heroes Edition featuring the most courageous, valiant, progressive and enlightened American women and men in our nation's history.
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:
- A Combination Of 2 Autograph, Cut Signature, Patch, Relic, Or Stamp Cards Per Box!
- 150 Card Base Set On 16pt Stock!
- 8 Chrome Parallel Cards Per Box!
- 6 Insert Cards Per Box!
BASE CARDS - 150 subjects - 8 PER PACK!
10 each per group: Military, Political, Civil Rights, Bravest, Finest, Groups and Movements, Humanitarian, Diplomatic, Writers...PLUS
25 Heroic American Events...AND...25 Kindred Heroes featuring Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama short printed 1:4 packs!
2 AUTOGRAPH, CUT SIGNATURE, PATCH, RELIC, OR STAMP CARDS PER BOX!
AUTOGRAPH CARDS - 20 total subjects
Heroes of Sport (10)
American Heroes (10)
CUT SIGNATURE CARDS - 95 subjects/91 total cards
Heroes of Spaceflight (25) - One of one!
Heroes of Sport (10) - One of one!
American Heroes (25) - One of one!
- Dual (10 subj/5 cards) - One of one! Hobby Exclusive!
- Quad (12 subj/3 cards) - One of one! Hobby Exclusive!
- Signature Relics (3) - One of one! Hobby Exclusive!
PATCH CARDS - 28 total subjects
Heroes of Spaceflight (28) - #'d to 61!
Every Manned Mercury, Gemini, & Apollo Mission is represented!
RELIC CARDS - 122 total subjects
Heroes of Spaceflight (38)
American Heroism (28)
A Hero's Journey (1 subj/5 cards)
American Heroes (10)
Heroes of Sport (15)
- Dual (10 subj/5 cards) - #'d to 20
- Eight-Piece (16 subj/2 cards) - One of one! Hobby Exclusive!
STAMP CARDS - 1 subject/20 cards
A Hero's Journey - (1 subject/20 cards) - #'d to 100
INSERT CARDS - 50 subjects - 31 PER BOX!
Medal of Honor (25) 1:2
Presidential Medal of Freedom (28) 1:4
Heroes of Spaceflight (1 subject/15 cards) 1:6
A Hero's Journey (25) 1:8
Heroes of Sport 1:4
- Platinum (25) - #'d to 25
- Gold (25) - #'d to 199
CHROME PARALLEL CARDS - 200 subjects - 5 PER BOX!
Chrome (100) - #'d to 1776
Refractor (100) - #'d to 76
Here is what we pulled in our box.
Base: 1 complete 125 base set and 6 short prints
inserts: 39 total
(8)Chrome #/1776
(6)Hereos of sport
(3)A heroes journey
(4)Heroes of spaceflight
(18)Medal of Honor/Freedom
Our hits were:
John Flynn worn shirt card
Spacelab space flown wiring
Final Thoughts
This is an excellent issue for folks to remember and study US history and it's heroes.
I like the usage of solid Topps designs of the past to incorporate the Heroes of America. I like the white borders on the cards over colored borders. The card backs follow the same design as the front and have facts/information about the person/event/thing on the front. The chrome cards look great and I also like the memorabilia hits as they seem to cover every aspect of U.S. history. Inserts were very plentiful and interesting reads. Tough to put one pack of cards down til you have read every one and can't wait to see what you will remember/learn in the next pack.
I also like the fact that one receives a complete base set - 1-125 in the box.
Overall grade A
I would like to thanks Topps and Treader Retreat for giving me the opportunity to review this box.
npn information.
NPN 2009 American Heritage- Heroes
P.O. Box 764
Pittston, PA. 18640
postmarked by Nov 4 2009 and rec by Nov 11 2009
*Review was done by Trader Retreat's fuser*