A couple of weeks before pitchers and catchers report to spring training, 2018 Topps Series 1 Baseball will arrive. The 67th edition of the company’s flagship product will have both standard Hobby and Jumbo box configurations. Official release day is January 31.
Each hobby box will again have 36 packs of 10 cards for about $60. Jumbos will have 10 packs with 50 cards at around $100.
2018 Topps Base Set
The 2018 Topps design will again be of the full-bleed variety.
Just as in 2017, the 2018 Topps base sets will include 350 cards in Series 1, including veterans, rookies, Future Stars, team cards, league leaders, World Series highlights and combo cards.
Parallel cards include:
- Rainbow Foil– Inserted 1:10 packs.
- Gold– Sequentially numbered to 2018.
- Vintage Stock – Sequentially numbered to 99.
- Independence Day– Sequentially numbered to 76.
- Black– Sequentially numbered to 67.
- Mother’s Day Pink– Sequentially numbered to 50.
- Father’s Day Blue– Sequentially numbered to 50.
- Memorial Day Camo– Sequentially numbered to 25.
- Clear (100 subjects) – Sequentially numbered to 10.
- Negative
- Platinum– Numbered 1/1.
- Printing– Numbered 1/1.
Autographed Relic Cards
Topps Reverence Autograph Patch Cards which will have Gold (# to 5) and Platinum (1/1) parallels.
Major League Material Autographs – Sequentially numbered.
World Series Champion Autograph Relics – Sequentially numbered.
Postseason Performance Autograph Relics – Sequentially numbered.
Major League Materials, WS Champion Autograph Relics and Postseason Perf
ormance auto relics all have Red (# to 25) and Platinum (1/1) parallels.
Autograph Cards
Topps Salute – Sequentially numbered.
World Series Champion Autograph – Sequentially numbered.
Postseason Performance Autographs – Sequentially numbered.
Salute, WS Champion and Postseason Performance autos also all have Red and Platinum parallels.
MLB Awards – Sequentially numbered.
Cut Signatures – Numbered 1/1.
1983 Topps Baseball Design Autographs – Autographs from top current players on the 1983-style cards. Black Parallel – Sequentially numbered to 99 or less.
- Gold Parallel – Sequentially numbered to 50 or less.
- Red Parallel – Sequentially numbered to 25 or less (hobby exclusive)
- Platinum Parallel – Numbered 1/1.
Relic Cards
World Series Champions and Postseason Performance – Sequentially numbered. • Red Parallel – Sequentially numbered. • Platinum Parallel – Numbered 1/1.
In the Name Relics – Featuring the name letter patches from 2017 All-Star jerseys. Numbered 1/1.
Sketch Cards –2.5 x 3.5 inch original art cards. Numbered 1/1.
Major League Material Relics
- Black Parallel – Sequentially numbered to 99 or less.
- Gold Parallel – Sequentially numbered to 50 or less.
- Red Parallel – Sequentially numbered to 25 or less.
- Platinum Parallel – Numbered 1/1.
Commemorative Relics
MLB Spring Training Relics – Commemorative relics featuring the all-new 2018 NL and AL Spring Training Logo patches.
- Black Parallel – Sequentially numbered.
- Gold Parallel – Sequentially numbered.
- Red Parallel – Sequentially numbered.
- Platinum Parallel – Numbered 1/1.
- Autograph Parallel – Sequentially numbered.
MLB All-Star Game Medallions – Commemorative medallions highlighting players selected for the 2017 contest in Miami.
- Black Parallel – Sequentially numbered.
- Gold Parallel – Sequentially numbered.
- Red Parallel – Sequentially numbered.
- Platinum Parallel – Numbered 1/1.
- Autograph Parallel – Sequentially numbered.
Insert Sets
Topps Salute pays tribute to key special event days during the baseball season such as Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Memorial Day and Jackie Robinson Day. Also included are the top Rookies and the game’s legends. Inserted 1:8 packs.
Superstar Sensations are artist-inspired cards inserted 1:8 packs. They’ll have Blue, Black (# to 299), Gold (#to 50), Red (# to 10) and Platinum (1/1) parallels.
MLB Awards pays homage to the various 2017 award winners including MVPs, Cy Young Award Winners, Rookies of the Year, Silver Sluggers and best fielders. Inserted 1:8 packs.
Topps will pay tribute to the 35th anniversary of the 1983 design with an insert set that features current players in the ’83 design and is inserted one in every four packs.
Salute, Sensations and MLB Awards will include five parallels including Blue, Black (# to 299), Gold (# to 50), Red (# to 10) and Platinum (1/1).
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