Three soccer releases in one day, a new UFC product, retired baseball player autographs, a chrome throwback and even a 2023 football product are set to arrive at hobby shops, retail outlets and on breaker schedules over the next couple of weeks.
Here’s a look at what’s currently scheduled to arrive–as always, subject to late changes.
5/15
2023-24 Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey
Originally scheduled for release in January, Trilogy is now set to make its arrival with six packs per box and four cards per pack. Each box promises two autograph and/or memorabilia cards, three Rookie Renditions and/or Trilogy Generations cards and five numbered parallels.
Signature Pucks are back with rookies twice as tough to find as the veterans on the checklist.
Among the other tough autograph possibilities are Scripted Hall of Fame Plaques that are numbered to 25, AutoFocus and AutoFocus Rookies and Crystalized Signatures (the latter three found once in every 1,200 packs).
Boxes are available for around $160.
2024 Topps UFC Midnight
Midnight is a new product from Topps, which just took over the UFC card license. Similar to Chrome Black Baseball, UFC Midnight features black Chrome technology utilizing a variety of colors. There are three autographs per single pack box, with current and former fighters on the checklist. Three inserts and/or parallels and one base card round out the seven cards inside the box.
There’s a 100-card base set along with the usual complement of parallel versions.
Also set for release on 5/15: 2023-24 Panini Donruss Soccer; 2024 Panini Select LaLiga; 2024 Topps UEFA Club Competitions Finest.
5/17
2024 Topps Archives Signature Series Baseball (Retired Player Edition)
A fairly long running product now, Archives Signature continues its concept of using previously released cards, obtaining signatures on them. The checklist consists of all former players. All cards are hand-signed, serially numbered, gold-foil stamped, and enclosed in a Topps Authenticated casing.
No cards are numbered higher than 99.
More info is available here.
Also set for release 5/17: 2024 Leaf Vivid Football
5/22
2024 Panini Clearly Donruss Football
The acetate is back on this postseason release.
Hobby boxes of 2023 Clearly Donruss will contain four packs with five cards per pack. A typical box will have one autograph, one insert, two parallels, eight Rated Rookies and eight base cards.
The 2023 Clearly Donruss base set will consist of 147 cards: 50 veterans, 50 Rated Rookies and 47 Clearly Rated Rookie Autographs.
2023 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary Baseball
The third edition of Topps’ Chrome Platinum Anniversary has a 1954 throwback design with the usual modern twists.
With a 500-card base set, you’ll need to rip a bunch of boxes to try and put together a set on your own. The set is a mix of retired stars, veterans and 2023 rookies (yes, it’s a 2023 branded product, not 2024).
Blaster boxes with three exclusive Prism Refractor parallels are available now via Fanatics.
5/29
2024 Panini Stars & Stripes Baseball
5/31
2023/24 Panini Select Premier League Soccer
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