Overview: 2004-05 Topps Luxury Box

Once you go there, there's no turning back. That's the way it is with many products today, especially in basketball. Super-premium products look as though there here to stay as the number of sets coming out that are all chase are on the increase. The latest edition comes from Topps with 2004-05 Topps Luxury Box. Topps is taking a multi-tiered approach to the set to mimic the luxury theme.

The base set consists of 150ish cards: 100 veterans, 30 rookies and 30 legends (editor's note: The math doesn't add up. This is just based on the info given by Topps. In all likelihood, there's 20 Legends, not 30). Rookies and Legends will be shortprinted.

There's also five parallel levels to chase: Season Ticket, Tier Reserved (#'d to 300), Loge Level (#'d to 100), Main Reserved (#'d to 25) and Luxury Box (1 of 1). There are also autographed parallels (Tier #'d to 75, Loge #'d to 30, Main #'d to 10 and Luxury Box #'d 1 of 1) and relics (Tier #'d to 200, Loge #'d to 75, Main #'d to 30 and Luxury Box #'d 1 of 1).

Four sequentially numbered Autograph Programs also appear in Topps Luxury Box—Champagne Toast, Red Carpet, Red Carpet Legends and Signs of Luxury. Among the signers are Tim Duncan, Ben Wallace, Jason Kidd, Tracy McGrady, Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony.

And if that wasn't enough levels to collect, here come the Relics (all are sequentially numbered): Lay-Up, Assist (Double Relics), 3-Point Play (Triple Relics), Triple Threat (Triple Relics) and Box & 1 (Quad Relics). Autographed Relics also exist.

Each 10-pack box includes the following:

Set Breakdown:

Base Set: 150 cards
Cards per pack: 8
Packs per box: 10
Suggested Retail Price: $10.00
Release Date: March, 2005

© Ryan Cracknell, Trader Crack's; January 13, 2005

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