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...]
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2018 Topps Baseball Factory Sets to Include All-Star Version
If you’re the type who’d rather skip the process of building your own set, the 2018 Topps Baseball Complete Factory Sets are here--and there are three different bonuses to choose from, depending on which box you pick. Each set will carry the same 700-card complete set, but the five-card bonus packs included in both the Retail and Hobby versions--and the newly announced … [Read more...]
Topps Releases Early Print Runs on Home Run Challenge Winners
Picking a date on which a big leaguer homers proved to be child's play for collectors and fans during the start of the 2018 season. Topps says there were nearly 700 winners in the first month of its Home Run Challenge game. Challenge contest cards are random inserts inside 2018 Topps baseball packs and allow fans and collectors the chance to win an exclusive card … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: Father’s Day, Finest Fill Collectors’ Bill
I got my gentle reminder to get off my cardboard selling backside and compile the June edition of What's Hot. While it hasn't been all roses in the past few weeks, the reported demise of 2018 MLB offerings is not exactly the truth. I will admit that I was enjoying the continued thanks to Shohei Ohtani. While at the time I am writing this, we are still waiting … [Read more...]
Numbering Error in 2018 Topps Series 2
If you’re looking for cards #364 and 565 in the 2018 Topps Series 2 set and can’t seem to find them anywhere, you can stop looking. The company stated Friday that there was an error in the base card numbering that resulted in two different numbers being used twice while those two numbers don’t exist. The error became apparent as collectors and dealers began breaking … [Read more...]
Topps Series 2 Silver Pack Checklist and Info
Just ahead of Wednesday’s release of 2018 Topps Baseball Series 2 Baseball, Topps has released the checklist and some preview images from the latest edition of the company’s Silver Pack promotion. The packs are handed out in sports card shops and via online retailers with those who buy one Hobby box receiving one of the four-card packs and Jumbo box buyers receiving two … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar: June 6-22, 2018
As spring turns to summer, a pair of new baseball card products will arrive, but they aren't the only new releases collectors will have a chance to open over the next couple of weeks. Courtesy of Maine Sports Cards, here's a look at some of what's ahead. 2018 Topps Finest Baseball (6/6) Finest ‘master boxes’ have 12 packs with five cards per pack. Each two- … [Read more...]
2018 Topps Update Baseball Preview
The annual cap on the trilogy of MLB flagship trading card product releases will arrive again this fall with 2018 Topps Update baseball. The product will be distributed in two forms: standard Hobby boxes of 36 ten-card packs and 50-card ten-pack Jumbo boxes. 2018 Topps Update Baseball Basics Hobby boxes will have either one autographed card or one memorabilia card … [Read more...]
2018 Topps Clearly Authentic Goes Acetate
After making its debut last year, 2018 Topps Clearly Authentic baseball will mark the brand’s return this summer, once again as a one autographed card per box product featuring both current players and former stars. A checklist is below. 2018 Topps Clearly Authentic Overview This year’s release will combine acetate card technology with on-card signatures. … [Read more...]
2018 Topps Industry Conference: Silver Pack Expansion, NBCD Returns; Sterling Too?
Dozens of hobby shop owners and distributors from around the U.S. and Canada are attending the first ever Topps Industry Conference in Arizona. The company tossed out some news items during the day including these nuggets: *National Baseball Card Day will return August 11. Topps says it will give away 1.2 million packs in MLB stadiums in an effort to "raise … [Read more...]
