Topps has unveiled two new online exclusive baseball card products. They're now offering Heritage High Number Mega Boxes, which include cards from the recently released High Number set along with some exclusive Bowman Chrome cards. Each box contains 15 regular High Number packs plus four Heritage Topps Chrome cards. The cost per box via Topps' website is $39.99 plus … [Read more...]
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1974 Topps Puzzles Were a One and Done
Long before video games, Topps was often the go-to choice for kids entertainment and it usually wasn't sophisticated. They went interactive with the 1974 Topps Puzzles issue, one designed to while away at least a half hour or so of a youngster's summer. Today, it's among the most unusual sports products ever produced by the company and fairly rare. Topps often … [Read more...]
2019 Panini Playbook Football Preview
Who says physical books are a thing of the past? 2019 Panini Playbook football is centered around the book concept--OK, booklet concept. One of last season's most popular issues returns November 20 with one pack all-hit boxes including one guaranteed booklet card. Base cards don't exist here with each box/pack including four autograph or memorabilia … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Facts: 1962 Topps Baseball
Ten years after it made baseball card history with its 407-card oversize debut set, Topps had settled into a regular pattern as the sole provider of bubble gum packs that kept kids busy collecting, trading and flipping from early spring through the last gasp from the final series that arrived in the fall. This week's edition of Vintage Pack Facts takes us back to the "wood … [Read more...]
2019-2020 Donruss Basketball Keeps Its Focus On Rookies
Putting up bricks never felt so good. Hobby boxes of 2019-2020 Donruss basketball will contain 10 packs, with a brick-like total of 30 cards per pack. It's the same format Panini introduced last year. Hitting the shelves the week of Nov. 6, the Donruss base set will include 250 cards — 200 veterans and 50 Rated Rookies. Parallel chasers who open hobby … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar 9/11/19 – 9/24/19
Some 2018-19 hockey products continue to trickle out ahead of the new season along with two fresh football boxes as the new season gets going. Here's a look at mid-September sports card releases: 2018-19 Upper Deck Premier Hockey (9/11) Yes, products dated to last season are still arriving. Premier offers a single pack with at least one Acetate Rookie Auto … [Read more...]
1969 Citgo Set Captures Youthful Enthusiasm Of Miracle Mets
It has been 50 years since the New York Mets stunned the baseball world by winning the 1969 World Series. This week marks a big anniversary for the franchise: On Sept. 10, 1969, the Mets took over first place in the National League East for good. It was part of an amazing month for the Amazin’s. During a 25-game stretch from Sept. 6 through Sept. 28, their pitching staff … [Read more...]
2019-20 SP Game Used Hockey Preview
2019-20 Upper Deck SP Game Used Hockey will make its return to the hobby during the middle of the NHL season, packing the usual equipment room full of relics from the ice. Upper Deck has gathered pieces of jerseys, patches, pucks, sticks, gloves and net cord from the marquee NHL events like the Global Series, the Winter Classic, the All-Star Game & Skills Competition, … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Archives Snapshots Info and Checklist
It’s a little earlier than last year, but 2019 Topps Archives Snapshots has been released, once again as an online exclusive through the company’s website. Snapshots has proven popular with collectors who seem to like the guaranteed autograph for a little more than the cost of a blaster box and if Topps’ preview images are correct, at least some of the autographs are … [Read more...]
1958 Topps Football Cello Pack Rip Yields Plenty of Goodies
It's the type of vintage pack break that generates a buzz even among those who have no skin in the game. The 1958 Topps football set houses one of the hobby's top rookie cards with ten cards in each cello pack, there's a fighting chance that one could be inside. Last Wednesday, Just Rip It took a PSA 4 '58 cello and made it available to participants in their regular … [Read more...]
