The current season still has about three months to run but production schedules mean Topps' baseball card team has to think about six months ahead. On Thursday afternoon, the company offered a sneak peek at the design of its 2019 flagship set (Series 1, 2 and Update). The cards will feature a borderless look with the subject's name, position and team … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Series 1 Baseball Checklist Released
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 Minis Released As On-Demand Pack Product
Make way for Minis. Topps has launched a 2018 mini product, this one as an on-demand, online product available only through this month or while supplies last. It’ll feature all 1,000 base cards from Series 1, Series 2 and Update done in a smaller format and with its own set of parallels and autograph cards. The cards are being sold in packs of 35 cards for $24.99 … [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...]
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...]