2015 Topps Football will mark the company’s 60th year producing cards for the NFL and the company plans to lean heavily on past designs and include former greats when the product arrives this week.
Topps’ flagship brand will also be in its last year under its NFLPA license after the players signed an exclusive deal with Panini last summer.
Hobby boxes (see link below) are running $55-60 online. Topps is promising there are no redemption cards for autographs. All are live in product. Some autographs will be on card while others are on stickers.
The base set for 2015 Topps football will be 500 cards, up from this year’s 440. There will be 240 veterans and 99 rookies as well as an assortment of subsets including All-Pros, Award Winners, Team Cards, All-Pro, Fantasty Studs and more. There will be Rookie Base Card Variations (40) utilizing photos from the NFLPA Rookie Premiere and Veteran Base Card Variations (60) of photos from the 2014 NFL season. And yes, the catch by Giants’ rookie Odell Beckham is commemorated in the set.
Each Hobby box will have 36 packs and 10 cards per pack (likely priced at around $60 retail) while Jumbo boxes contain ten packs of 50 cards (closer to $100). Each Hobby box will contain either an autograph or relic card while Jumbos will have two autographs and one rookie patch card per box.
Insert sets available in 2015 Topps Football will include:
Topps 60th Anniversary (100 subjects): Topps designs from its most popular football sets of the last 60 years (like the 1962) are utilized to showcase NFL stars, legends and rookies. Each card will have a special foil-stamped 60th Anniversary logo. 1 in every 3 packs.
Topps 60th Anniversary Buybacks: Original cards purchased by Topps will be foil-stamped with the 60th Anniversary logo. 1 per hobby/jumbo box.
All-Time Fantasy Legends (50 subjects): These cards add a vintage spin to Fantasy Football as they showcase the greatest NFL players of all-time (1:4 packs)
Fantasy Focus (50 subjects): Top performing fantasy players from the 2014 NFL season, as well as those players who could break out in 2015 for their teams and fantasy owners (1:4 packs).
1,000 Yard Club (30 subjects): Running backs and wide receivers who hit the 1,000 yard milestone in 2014. (1:6 packs)
4,000 Yard Club (10 subjects): New design headlining quarterbacks from the 2014 season that hit the 4,000-yard passing milestone. (1:6 packs)
Past & Present Performers (30 cards): The greatest players from each NFL franchise, past and present, are celebrated on doubled-sided cards. The front showcases the franchise player of the 2015 season, while the back pays respect to a great from the past (1:6 packs)
Road to Victory (49 subjects): Commemorating every Super Bowl over the past 50 years (1:6 packs)
Base Set Parallels break down as follows:
- Gold Bordered Parallel: Gold-bordered cards sequentially #’d to 2015.
- BCA Bordered Parallel: Pink-bordered Breast Cancer Awareness cards sequentially #’d to 499
- STS Bordered Parallel: Military camouflage bordered card. sequentially #’d to 399
- 60th Anniversary Parallel: Each card will feature a special foil stamped 60th Anniversary logo sequentially #’d to 60 (hobby and jumbo only)
- Platinum Foil Parallel: Platinum-bordered cards #’d 1/1
- Base Card Printing Plates: Printing plates of the base cards #’d 1/1 (hobby and jumbo only)
Among the autograph and autograph relic card subsets are:
Topps Autographs: Highlighting up to 50 of the top NFL players of the past, present and future
Topps 60th Anniversary Autographs (up to 40 subjects): Past Topps designs with autographs from current veterans and legends with a stamped Topps 60th Anniversary logo.
Base Veteran Autographs (up to 35 subjects): Representing some of the best playmakers of the game.
Base Veteran Variation Autographs (up to 35 subjects): Veteran photo variation autograph base cards.
Topps Relics (up to 50 subjects): Highlighting the top NFL players of the past, present and future.
Topps Autograph Relics (up to 25 subjects): Highlighting the top NFL players of the past, present and future with an autograph and relic swatch. Seq #’d to 50 or less (Hobby and Jumbo only).
In the Name Relics (50 subjects): Letters from the nameplate of veteran jerseys. Each letter will be seq #’d 1/1 (Hobby and Jumbo only).
NFLPA Rookie Premiere Autographs – (up to 40 Subjects): Numbered, on-card autographs (Hobby and Jumbo only).
- NFLPA Rookie Premiere On-Card Autographs RED. #’d to 10.
NFLPA Rookie Premiere Dual Autographs – #’d to 25 (Hobby and Jumbo only)
- NFLPA Rookie Premiere Dual On-Card Autographs RED. #’d to 5.
-NFLPA Rookie Premiere Quad Autograph – #’d to 10 (Hobby and Jumbo only)
–Ultimate Rookie Autograph Card – On-Card Autographs book card featuring players from the 2015 NFLPA Rookie Premiere. #’d to 5.
Base Rookie Autographs – (up to 40 subjects): Rookie autograph base cards.
Base Rookie Variation Autographs – (up to 40 subjects): Rookie photo variation autograph base cards
Rookie Autographed Jumbo Patch – (up to 40 subjects): Showcasing the 2015 NFLPA Rookie Premiere Class with an autograph and a jumbo patch (# to 50/Hobby and Jumbo only).
–Topps Rookie Patch – (up to 40 subjects): Showcasing the 2015 NFLPA Rookie Premiere class with a patch relic (Jumbo boxes only).
–1963 Topps Mini Rookie Autograph – (up to 40 subjects): NFLPA Rookie Premiere class featuring signed On-Card Autographs #’d.
–1976 Topps Rookie Autograph Cards – (up to 40 subjects): NFLPA Rookie Premiere class featuring signed On-Card Autographs #’d.
–1987 Topps Super Rookie Autograph – (up to 40 subjects): NFLPA Rookie Premiere class featuring signed On-Card Autographs #’d.
–NFLPA Rookie Premiere Autographed VIP Pass – (up to 40 subjects): VIP NFLPA Rookie Premiere credentials. #’d 1/1 (Hobby and Jumbo only).
Commemorative Relic Cards include:
Topps Quarterback Fantasy Club (20 subjects): NFL quarterbacks with a commemorative metal piece.
- Bronze – #’d to 75
- Silver Parallel – #’d to 50
- Gold Parallel – #’d to 25
Topps Running Back Fantasy Club (20 subjects): NFL running backs with a commemorative metal piece.
- Bronze – #’d to 75
- Silver Parallel – #’d to 50
- Gold Parallel – #’d to 25
Topps Wide Receivers Fantasy Club (25 subjects): Wide receivers with a commemorative metal piece.
- Bronze – #’d to 75
- Silver Parallel – #’d to 50
- Gold Parallel – #’d to 25
Topp 60 Anniversary Commemorative Relics (60 subjects): Highlighting the best from the past and present in the NFL with a 60th Anniversary commemorative relic piece.
- Silver Parallel – #’d to 50
- Gold Parallel – #’d to 25
NFL Super Bowl Patch (50 subjects) Commemorative Super Bowl logo patches starting from Super Bowl I-#’d to 50
You can see boxes for sale here.
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