Cubs Breakdown - 2011 Topps Allen & Ginter

2011 Topps Allen & Ginter
The modern version of Allen & Ginter turns 6 years old this year, and I think you would have to say it is one of the bigger success stories of the collecting world in the 21st century. This product has really carved out a niche and is extremely popular. With that said however, the reason that the product is so popular, basically the focus on all of the offbeat non-sports related stuff, means that the product is typically fairly dull from a Cubs standpoint. And this year continues that tradition.

The base set is a good size, so you typically get a good sized team set (with the accompanying parallels), but that is usually about it. This year the base set features 11 Cubs, plus one extra Starlin Castro that only appears in the extended portion of the mini set. There's really no one notable aside from the regulars we have seen in other recent sets though. We do have a relative plethora of Cubs in the mini relics insert set, plus a couple of mini autos (including Starlin Castro!). But this remains a set that I grab the base cards from relatively quickly, and with little excitement, and then move on to other stuff. The breakdown from a Cubs standpoint is below.

Base Set – 10 Versions – Base, Code Cards, Glossy Factory Set (#/999), Mini, Mini A&G Back, Mini Black, Mini No Number (Stated Print Run 50), Mini Bazooka Back (#/25), Mini Silk (Partial Parallel Set #/10), Mini Wood (1/1), plus 4 colors of mini printing plates
#62 Alfonso Soriano - has silk parallel
#66 Starlin Castro - has silk parallel
#122 Ryan Dempster
#138 Matt Garza - has silk parallel
#143 Carlos Zambrano - has silk parallel
#156 Marlon Byrd
#166 Geovany Soto
#168 Carlos Marmol - has silk parallel
#207 Kosuke Fukudome
#212 Aramis Ramirez - has silk parallel
#261 Carlos Pena - has silk parallel


Extended Minis – Base Mini Only
#356 Starlin Castro


Glossy Factory Set Exclusive 10 Card Set - No Cubs Included

Baseball Highlights Cabinet Cards (Box Loaders) – Some 1/1 Jumbo Relics in the set
#5 Ryan Dempster w/Albert Pujols & Tony LaRussa


N43 Cabinet Cards (Box Loaders) – 4 Versions – Base, Relics, Autos, Relics Autos
No Cubs Included

State Map Relics (Box Loaders) – No Cubs Included

Baseball Highlights Sketches
#3 Starlin Castro


Hometown Heroes – No Cubs Included

Mini Relics
#AS Alfonso Soriano Bat & Jersey
#BD Blake DeWitt Jersey
#KF Kosuke Fukudome Jersey
#RD Ryan Dempster Jersey
#SC Starlin Castro Bat & Jersey
#TC Tyler Colvin Jersey
#ARM Aramis Ramirez Jersey
#GSO Geovany Soto Jersey
#JSA Jeff Samardzija Jersey
#MBY Marlon Byrd Bat


Mini Autos – 2 Versions – Base (Blue Ink), and Red Ink (#/10)
#RW Randy Wells
#SC Starlin Castro


Rip Cards (Varied Numbering)
#89 Matt Garza (#/99)
#95 Starlin Castro (#/99)


Dual Prime Relic Book Cards (All 1/1) – No Cubs Included
Cut Autos (All Presidents, All 1/1) – No Cubs Included
DNA Relics (All 1/1) – No Cubs Included
Employee Autos – No Cubs Included

Full Size Ascent of Man – No Cubs Included
Full Size Floating Fortresses – No Cubs Included
Full Size Minds That Made the Future – No Cubs Included
Mini Animals in Peril – No Cubs Included
Mini Fabulous Face Flocculence – No Cubs Included
Mini Flora of the World – No Cubs Included
Mini Fortunes for the Taking – No Cubs Included
Mini Portraits of Penultimacy – No Cubs Included
Mini Step Right Up – Some Relic Parallels – No Cubs Included
Mini Uninvited Guests – No Cubs Included
Mini World’s Most Mysterious Figures – No Cubs Included
Mini Terrorabilia Relics (#/10) – No Cubs Included