Upper Deck ushers in its 15th anniversary of its Trilogy hockey set by emphasizing trios. A hobby box will have three hits (including at least one autograph card), rookies are presented in three different tiers, and some rookie autographs are presented in a third level where cards are numbered to 49. And, Signature Pucks inserts are numbered to 3. Trilogy will be released in … [Read more...]
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2018 Panini Immaculate NFL Preview
2018 Panini Immaculate NFL is set to make its return in the middle of the season, packing five autograph or memorabilia cards and one base or parallel into its six-card boxes. Immaculate will offer a 100-card base set with Gold (# to 5) and 1/1 Platinum parallels but as always with this higher-end product, it’s the signatures and large patch cards that most collectors are … [Read more...]
2018 Prizm Football Will Bring the Chrome and Color
It's become one of Panini's most recognizable brands and 2018 Prizm football is set to arrive in the fall with many of the themes collectors know well. There has not been much straying from the basic formula Prizm has used since it hit the market in 2012. There is that Optichrome technology that gives the cards their distinctive shine, while colorful parallels are coupled … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Series 1 Baseball: Card Count Per Box Drops
Some changes are coming with 2019 Topps baseball cards. Expect to pay a little more for a little less. After many years of putting 36 ten-card packs into a hobby box, Topps will give collectors 14 cards in a pack but there will be only 24 packs per box. Jumbo boxes are moving from 50 cards per pack to 46. The net result is a loss of 24 cards per hobby box … [Read more...]
2018 Topps Fire Baseball Returns to Target: Info, Checklist, More
2018 Topps Fire has returned for a second year as a Target store exclusive product. Arriving this week in stores, Fire features the graphic design of Australian artist Tyson Beck, whose creations have been a part of several trading card products over the last few years. Fire is being sold in three different configurations: a “Collector Box” with two hits including … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar: 8/29/18 – 9/7/18
It's been a relatively quiet stretch for new releases but things will be picking up a bit soon. Courtesy of The Break Exchange, here's a look at some of the products that will arrive between now and the first week of September. 2018 Topps Diamond Icons Baseball (8/29) Pushed back one week and back for the second year, Diamond Icons is a high-end box breaking … [Read more...]
2018-19 NBA Hoops Preview
The newest Laker is still under contract with Upper Deck, but LeBron or no LeBron, 2018-19 NBA Hoops will make its return as the tip-off product for a new season of Panini's NBA trading cards this fall. First launched in the late 1980s, this year's edition of Hoops will offer 24 packs of eight cards with two autographs per box. It's the first pack product to showcase the … [Read more...]
2017-18 Panini Flawless NBA Preview
Collectors of high-end basketball cards are in for a treat on Halloween. While the new season will have already tipped off, 2017-18 Panini Flawless NBA basketball will arrive with its usual bounty of autographed and gem-studded cards. Each box of Flawless will contain ten cards—at least seven of which will have an autograph. All signatures will be on-card. … [Read more...]
2018-19 Black Diamond Hockey to Offer a New Look
For over two decades, Upper Deck has been the home of one of the hobby's most visually striking brands. The release of 2018-19 Black Diamond continues the tradition later this year. Each pack will contain five hits in addition to a bonus pack which has a 2018-19 Upper Deck Exquisite card. This time around, there is a redesigned Black Diamond base set of 50 cards. … [Read more...]
2018 Topps 3D Hits Market as On Demand Product
Think “3D” baseball cards and you might think Kellogg’s Cereal but Topps has its own history with lenticular card stock and they’re dusting it off again for a new set available through the company’s website. It’ll take at least a few hundred bucks—and maybe some trading—to get the full set—but you’ll definitely have something that will be fairly limited. 2018 … [Read more...]
