2015 Topps Stadium Club Baseball offers a larger base set than in recent years and some unique photography to go along with it. The new configuration means no more mini boxes. Instead, Stadium Club moves into foil packs with eight cards in each. There will be 16 packs per box with two autographs in each. A full checklist is below. Boxes (available through the eBay link also below) are selling for around $65-75 each.
The 2014 product featured three mini boxes inside one master box at a slightly higher cost, but including three autographs. Prices on 2014 boxes have now settled into the $55-70 range.
The larger base set may be a sign Topps is moving the product back to its 1990s roots. Once again, the photo quality is where 2015 Stadium Club will hang its hat, offering full-bleed images and some unique shots not typically seen in some sets and Topps promises this year’s cards will be thicker than before.
Old school insert sets True Colors, Crystal Ball and Instavision are making their return according to Topps.
Each Stadium Club Baseball pack will have one base card parallel or insert with Gold Foil versions dropped in at a rate of one per box and White Foil at two per box. One out of three hobby boxes will have Black and White Foil.
There are five parallels among the Stadium Club base cards with some cards far more scarce than others. Here are the print runs for some of the more hard-to-find parallels:
Black foil: print run of 201
Black and white photo (with orange foil): print run of 17
Members Only parallel: print run of 7 (one per case)
Base parallels will also include:
Foilboard – Sequentially numbered to 25
Autographed content includes a base auto checklist of “more than 50 stars” according to Topps, all signing on card and including:
- White Foil Parallel – sequentially numbered to 50
- Gold Foil Parallel – sequentially numbered to 25
- Orange Foil Parallel – numbered 1/1
1992 Autographed Buybacks – Cards from the ’92 issue of Stadium Club will be bought back by Topps and signed by the original star, with a special foil stamp. Sequentially numbered to 5 (hobby exclusive).
Lone Star Signatures – 10 superstars will sign on-card
- Gold Foil Parallel – sequentially numbered to 10
- Orange Foil Parallel – numbered 1/1
Co-Signers – 10 pairings of stars who both sign on-card. Sequentially numbered to 5.
True Colors Autographs – sequentially numbered to 5.
Among the inserts in 2015 Stadium Club:
True Colors – According to Topps, True Colors will feature “some of the most clutch players in Baseball on chrome technology”. One per box.
- Refractors – 1:4 boxes
- Gold Refractors – 1 per case
- Electric Refractors – sequentially numbered to 25
Legends Die Cuts – 10 retired legends on die-cut cards. 1 per box.
- Gold Foil Parallel – sequentially numbered to 25
Crystal Ball – Showcasing 10 younger prospects on new technology. 1 per case.
- Gold Foil Parallel – sequentially numbered to 25 (hobby exclusive)
Instavision – 10 stars are highlighted using holographic technology. 2 per case.
Contact Sheet – New insert will showcase 25 players featuring a photo contact sheet. 2 per box.
- White Foil Parallel – sequentially numbered to 99
- Gold Foil Parallel – sequentially numbered to 50
- Orange F oil Parallel – sequentially numbered to 25
T
riumverates –30 stars are featured on 10 groups of three interlocking die-cut cards with three versions of each.
- Luminous – 1 per box
- Luminescent – 1:4 boxes
- Illuminator – 1 per case
2015 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Checklist
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