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[[1991 Bazooka]] is a 22-card set produced by Topps. Also known as the "Shining Stars," the set's design is similar to the year's Topps Baseball base set. One card was inserted into specially-marked boxes of Bazooka bubble gum.
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[[2006 Topps Chrome]] is a 354-card parallel brand and was released in July, 2006. For the first time since 1997, Topps released Chrome in a single series.
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The first 252 cards in this set feature veterans done in the style of the 2006 Topps Baseball set; while cards numbered #253-#275 feature Award Winners and #276-#330 feature rookies. The final 24 cards (#331-#354) are all autographed rookies.
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2006 was the first year of the MLBPA's new "Rookie Card" guidelines, and although all of the autographed and un-autographed "rookies" sport the standardized "ROOKIE CARD" icon, there are very few actual "true" rookie cards in 2006 ToppChro. One of the few true rookies, Kenji Johjima (Card #285), is also the sole player available on either an autographed or non-autographed card.
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Each 24-pack Hobby box should yield two autographs, 14 Refractors, and a Box Topper containing a card serial-numbered to 90 or less.  
 
<h4>Previous Sets of the Month</h4>
 
<h4>Previous Sets of the Month</h4>
[[1978 Hostess]] - [[2005 SPx]] - [[1966 Bazooka]] - [[1993 Select]] - [[2007 SP Authentic]] - [[1998 E-X 2001]] - [[1997 Pinnacle Inside]] - [[2009 O-Pee-Chee]] - [[1997 Studio]] - [[2000 Pacific Invincible]] - [[2003 Victory]] - [[1994 Upper Deck The American Epic]] - [[2003 Topps 205]] - [[1992 Topps]] - [[1999 UD Choice]] - [[2003 Fleer Avant]] - [[1999 Topps Traded]] - [[1992 Leaf]] - [[1973 O-Pee-Chee]] - [[1977 Kellogg's]] - [[1994 Church's Hometown Stars]] - [[1990 Score McDonald's]] - [[1998 Topps TEK]] - [[1982 Topps]]
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[[1993 Donruss Elite Dominators]] - [[1991 Bazooka]] - [[1978 Hostess]] - [[2005 SPx]] - [[1966 Bazooka]] - [[1993 Select]] - [[2007 SP Authentic]] - [[1998 E-X 2001]] - [[1997 Pinnacle Inside]] - [[2009 O-Pee-Chee]] - [[1997 Studio]] - [[2000 Pacific Invincible]] - [[2003 Victory]] - [[1994 Upper Deck The American Epic]] - [[2003 Topps 205]] - [[1992 Topps]] - [[1999 UD Choice]] - [[2003 Fleer Avant]] - [[1999 Topps Traded]] - [[1992 Leaf]] - [[1973 O-Pee-Chee]] - [[1977 Kellogg's]] - [[1994 Church's Hometown Stars]] - [[1990 Score McDonald's]] - [[1998 Topps TEK]] - [[1982 Topps]]
 
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[[2017 Topps Inception]] is a 139-card set released May 19th, 2017. The product has been reconfigured from the previous year's product, yet still maintains the heavily Photoshop filtered look and feel. As the name suggests, the product has been re-branded from Bowman to Topps, and with that rebranding is a focus away from rookies and prospects and towards current Major League players.
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[[2017 Topps Chrome]] is a 200-card set released August 2nd, 2017. As usual, each Hobby box will yield two autographs, with Hobby Jumbo boxes having five. The usual multi-colored galaxy of Refractor parallels are included.
 
 
A conventional base set has been added, and includes a 39-card Rookie Autographs subset. In addition, the number of autographs per box has been reduced from five to only one.
 
 
 
Each 16-box case should yield four Autographed Patches, one Autographed Jumbo Patch, and a Silver Signings card.  
 
 
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[[2017 Bowman]] is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects "insert" set, released April 26th. Each Hobby box will come with one autograph, while hobby-exclusive Jumbo boxes will yield three.
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[[2017 Donruss Optic]] is a 175-card chromium-stock rendition of the [[2017 Donruss]] base set, and was released July 19th.  The final ten cards in the base set are autographed. Each Hobby box will yield two autographs with each pack yielding an insert or parallel.  Randomly seeded "Hot Boxes" (roughly every third Hobby box) will yield either five autographs in a box, or a serial-numbered parallel in every pack.
  
It should be noted that while Topps is billing 2017 Bowman as the "70th Anniversary," it is actually the 69th as the first Bowman set was released in 1948.  
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Optic will include the first cards of Mickey Mantle in four years.
 
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[[2017 Diamond Kings]] is a 175-card set featuring simulated artwork. Each pack will contain one insert and every 12-pack Hobby box is expected to yield two autographs/game-used cards.
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[[2017 Topps Allen & Ginter]] is a 350-card set, released the week of July 19th. As usual, each 24-pack Hobby box will include three of the following: Autographs, Relics, Rip Cards, or A&G Originals.
 
 
 
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[[2017 Honus Bonus Baseball]] is a 500-card trading card game.  The set is being produced and distributed by Rittenhouse Archives, a noted producer of non-sports cards.  This is Rittenhouse's first baseball set, but not their first sports card product as they have had the WNBA license for a few years.  Due to their exclusive license with Topps, Honus Bonus is NOT licensed by MLB Properties and does not have logos.  The product is licensed by the MLBPA.
 
  
Each card will have a unique code (concealed by a silver "scratcher" bar) that, when entered onto the Honus Bonus website, can be used as part of an on-line fantasy baseball game.
 
 
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[[2017 Stadium Club]] is a 300-card set that was released July 12thEach 16-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs.
[[2017 Topps Gypsy Queen]] is a 320-card set.  In response to lagging sales and collector interest, Topps has reconfigured the Gypsy Queen brand at a lower price point.  Gone are the one-per-pack mini parallels, as well as the two-per-Hobby box Relics -- although each 24-pack Hobby box will continue to yield two autographs.  The ten-card "mini-box," which had been a Gypsy Queen staple, is also replaced by an oversized GQ Reflections box topper.
 
 
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[[2017 Topps Tribute]] is a 90-card set released March 29th. As usual, each pack contains either an autograph or a Relic.
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[[2017 Topps Tier One]] was released exclusively to Hobby outlets June 30th, a couple of weeks later than in previous years. Each box will continue to yield one Relic and two autographs.
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As usual, there is no "base set" in the conventional sense. It's all hits all the time.
 
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[[2017 Panini Stars & Stripes]] is a 100-card set featuring current and former members of USA Baseball national and junior national teams. Curiously, while the set was released during the 2017 World Baseball Classic, it does not feature the 2017 USA WBC team (Topps has the WBC license).
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[[2017 Topps Museum Collection]] is a 100-card set released June 21st -- two months later than it's tradition early-season release. Each pack will contain either an autograph or a relic. Each four-pack box will yield the following:
  
Each pack will contain one parallel and either an autograph or a game-used card.
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* A Canvas Collection insert
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* A Jumbo Relic
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* A Quad Relic
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* An Autograph
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* An Autographed Relic
 
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[[2017 Topps Opening Day]] will be released March 17th.  As usual, the base set is a rehash of 200 cards from the Topps flagship.  Each pack will yield one insert -- which are original to the product.  Unlike in previous year's, some inserts are noticeably tougher to pull.
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[[2017 Topps Series Two]] is a 350-card set that was released June 15th.  
 
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[[2017 Donruss]] is a 195-card set released by Panini America on March 8th. Each Hobby box will yield three autographs/game-used cards.  
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[[2017 Finest]] is a 125-card set, released by Topps on June 7th. After controversially (and unsuccessfully) distributing 2016 Finest exclusively on their e-commerce website, the 2017 edition returns as a Hobby-only product.  Each box will yield two autographs.
 
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[[2017 Topps Heritage]] is a 500-card set based on the design of [[1968 Topps]] and was released March 1stEach 24-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic.
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[[2017 Topps Archives]] is a 300-card set, released May 31st. As has been this brand's trademark, one third of the base set is done in the style of the [[1960 Topps]] set (which was the basis of [[2009 Topps Heritage]]), one third as [[1982 Topps]] (which was used as one of the designs in [[2013 Topps Archives]]), and the final third [[1992 Topps]].   
  
In a notable change to the base set's composition, the number of "high-number" short-prints has been increased from 75 to 100.
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Topps' initial solicitation for 2017 Archives promised "wide-ranging improvements," and one such improvement (and a major one, if that) was the subtraction of "high-number" short-prints to the base set.  In the previous two years, Archives was solicited as a 300 card base set without short-prints, only for Topps to deliver a final product with SPed base cards (30 in 2015 and ten in 2016).  Another "addition-by-subtraction" improvement was the elimination of a celebrity/movie tie-in; replaced by a 23-card reprint insert of all of Derek Jeter's ''Topps Baseball'' base cards.
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Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs and two Derek Jeter Retrospective inserts.
 
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[[2017 Topps Series One]] was released February 1st.  For the third consecutive year, Series One base set will consist of 350 cards. And for the second straight year, the set will have a borderless design.
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[[2017 Topps Pro Debut]] is a 200-card Minor League set released May 26th, 2017. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two Relics and two autographs.  
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Once again, each 36-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic, while Hobby Jumbo boxes will one of each plus a manufactured "Relic."
 
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[[2016 National Treasures]] was released by Panini, exclusively to Hobby outlets, on December 30th. All cards feature an autograph and/or piece of game-used memorabilia. Every eight-card box will yield one "booklet" card.  
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[[2017 Topps Inception]] is a 139-card set released May 19th, 2017. The product has been reconfigured from the previous year's product, yet still maintains the heavily Photoshop filtered look and feel. As the name suggests, the product has been re-branded from Bowman to Topps, and with that rebranding is a focus away from rookies and prospects and towards current Major League players.
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A conventional base set has been added, and includes a 39-card Rookie Autographs subset. In addition, the number of autographs per box has been reduced from five to only one.
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Each 16-box case should yield four Autographed Patches, one Autographed Jumbo Patch, and a Silver Signings card.  
 
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[[2016 Bowman's Best]] will be released December 21st. The base set is 65 cards and is supplemented by a 35-card Prospects set. Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield four autographs and an Atomic Refractor parallel.  
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[[2017 Topps BUNT]] is a 200-card "physical" card set based on, and with many ties to, the popular Topps Bunt digital card game.  
 
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[[2016 Panini Elite Extra Edition]] is a 180-card draft pick/prospect set scheduled for release December 14th. In a restructuring of the brand, every base card will be serial-numbered to 999 copies, and every pack will contain at least one autograph and either a second autograph or a game-used memorabilia card.
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[[2017 Bowman]] is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects "insert" set, released April 26th. Each Hobby box will come with one autograph, while hobby-exclusive Jumbo boxes will yield three.
  
Extra Edition will feature the first baseball card of former Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Tim Tebow.  
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It should be noted that while Topps is billing 2017 Bowman as the "70th Anniversary," it is actually the 69th as the first Bowman set was released in 1948.  
 
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[[2016 Bowman Draft]] is a 200-card set scheduled for release December 9th. After a one-year experiment featuring exclusively draft picks, the brand will feature both 2016 MLB Draft picks (120 in all) and 80 Prospects.
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[[2017 Diamond Kings]] is a 175-card set featuring simulated artwork. Each pack will contain one insert and every 12-pack Hobby box is expected to yield two autographs/game-used cards.
  
In addition, the conventional Hobby waxbox has been shelved in favor of Jumbo and Super Jumbo boxes.
 
 
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[[2016 Topps Transcendent]] is scheduled for release December 9th.  Produced to commemorate the 65th Anniversary of Topps Baseball, this one-of-a-kind product, which will be limited to 65 factory sets, is the most expensive baseball card product ever released.
 
  
Each factory set, which is packaged in a Halliburton-style aluminum case contains the following:
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[[2017 Honus Bonus Baseball]] is a 500-card trading card game.  The set is being produced and distributed by Rittenhouse Archives, a noted producer of non-sports cards.  This is Rittenhouse's first baseball set, but not their first sports card product as they have had the WNBA license for a few years.  Due to their exclusive license with Topps, Honus Bonus is NOT licensed by MLB Properties and does not have logos.  The product is licensed by the MLBPA.
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Each card will have a unique code (concealed by a silver "scratcher" bar) that, when entered onto the Honus Bonus website, can be used as part of an on-line fantasy baseball game.
  
* One complete 50-card set -- each serial-numbered to 65 copies.
 
* One complete 65-card Sketch Reproductions set -- also serial-numbered to 65 copies.
 
* One of the 65 sketches used to create the Sketch Reproductions.
 
* 50 Framed Autographs -- all serial-numbered to 52 copies or less, with at least one being a one-of-one.
 
* One one-of-one Kris Bryant autograph, done in the style of one of the ''Topps Baseball'' base set designs -- 65 total.
 
* One one-of-one Cut Signature Box Topper.
 
* One invitation to a 65th Anniversary party in Las Vegas, featuring an appearance by Kris Bryant in January, 2017.
 
 
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[[2016 Topps Dynasty]] was released December 7th. As with previous Dynasty sets, each box will contain an encased autographed patch card serial-numbered to ten copies or less.
 
  
2016 Dynasty will feature the first Derek Jeter autographed cards Topps has issued since 2000 Topps HD.  
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[[2017 Topps Gypsy Queen]] is a 320-card set.  In response to lagging sales and collector interest, Topps has reconfigured the Gypsy Queen brand at a lower price point.  Gone are the one-per-pack mini parallels, as well as the two-per-Hobby box Relics -- although each 24-pack Hobby box will continue to yield two autographs.  The ten-card "mini-box," which had been a Gypsy Queen staple, is also replaced by an oversized GQ Reflections box topper.
 
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[[2016 Panini Pantheon]] was released November 23rd, 2016The product will feature retired players exclusively and all cards will be either an autograph or a game-used memorabilia card.
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[[2017 Topps Tribute]] is a 90-card set released March 29thAs usual, each pack contains either an autograph or a Relic.
 
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[[2016 Topps High Tek]] was released November 23rd.  As usual, all cards are printed on acetate with multiple background pattern parallels. Each eight-card box will contain one parallel and one autograph.
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[[2017 Panini Stars & Stripes]] is a 100-card set featuring current and former members of USA Baseball national and junior national teams. Curiously, while the set was released during the 2017 World Baseball Classic, it does not feature the 2017 USA WBC team (Topps has the WBC license).
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Each pack will contain one parallel and either an autograph or a game-used card.  
 
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[[2016 Topps Gold Label]] is a 300-card set scheduled for release October 21st. As with the Gold Label sets of the late-90s, the set features 100 different players on three different "Class" cards: 1, 2, and 3.
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[[2017 Topps Opening Day]] will be released March 17th. As usual, the base set is a rehash of 200 cards from the Topps flagship. Each pack will yield one insert -- which are original to the product.  Unlike in previous year's, some inserts are noticeably tougher to pull.
 
 
Each seven-pack Hobby box will yield one Framed Autograph.  
 
 
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[[2016 Topps Update]] is a 300-card set (100 cards smaller than [[2015 Topps Update|the previous year's set]]), released October 19th, 2016. As usual, each Hobby box will yield one autograph or Relic, while Jumbo boxes will have one autograph and two Relics.
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[[2017 Donruss]] is a 195-card set released by Panini America on March 8th. Each Hobby box will yield three autographs/game-used cards.  
 
 
This set will have the first Topps flagship card of Baltimore Orioles All-Star catcher Matt Wieters.
 
 
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[[2016 Topps Five Star]] was released October 5th, 2016. All cards are autographed, and each box will contain two.  
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[[2017 Topps Heritage]] is a 500-card set based on the design of [[1968 Topps]] and was released March 1st. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic.
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In a notable change to the base set's composition, the number of "high-number" short-prints has been increased from 75 to 100.
 
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[[2016 Triple Threads]] is a 100-card set originally scheduled for release September 14th, 2016, but was recalled due to undisclosed "packaging issues" and eventually released two weeks late on September 28th.
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[[2017 Topps Series One]] was released February 1st.  For the third consecutive year, Series One base set will consist of 350 cards. And for the second straight year, the set will have a borderless design.
  
As usual, each seven-card Hobby pack will contain three base cards, two parallels, one triple Relic card serial-numbered to 36 copies or fewer, and an autograph serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.
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Once again, each 36-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic, while Hobby Jumbo boxes will one of each plus a manufactured "Relic."
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[[2016 National Treasures]] was released by Panini, exclusively to Hobby outlets, on December 30th. All cards feature an autograph and/or piece of game-used memorabilia. Every eight-card box will yield one "booklet" card.  
 
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[[2016 Bowman's Best]] will be released December 21st. The base set is 65 cards and is supplemented by a 35-card Prospects set. Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield four autographs and an Atomic Refractor parallel.  
[[2016 Topps Heritage Minor League]] is a 215-card Minor League released September 28th. Each 18-pack box will yield one autograph and one Relic card.
 
 
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<b>May 12</b>
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<b>August 12</b>
* [[2017 Topps BUNT]]
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* [[2017 Topps National Baseball Card Day]]
  
<b>May 17</b>
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<b>August 16</b>
* [[2017 Topps Inception]]
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* [[2017 Panini Immaculate]]
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* [[2017 Topps Clearly Authentic]]
  
<b>May 24</b>
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<b>August 30</b>
* [[2017 Topps Pro Debut]]
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* [[2017 Topps Definitive]]
  
<b>May 31</b>
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<b>August</b>
* [[2017 Topps Archives]]
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* [[2017 Topps Archives Signature Series]]
  
<b>June 7</b>
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<b>September 6</b>
* [[2017 Finest]]
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* [[2017 Topps Gold Label]]
  
<b>June 14</b>
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<B>September 13</b>
* [[2017 Topps Series Two]]
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* [[2017 Topps Heritage|2017 Topps Heritage High Number]]
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* [[2017 Triple Threads]]
  
<b>June 21</b>
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<b>September 27</b>
* [[2017 Topps Museum Collection]]
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* [[2017 Bowman Chrome]]
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* [[2017 Topps Heritage Minor League]]
  
<b>June 28</b>
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<b>October 4</b>
* [[2018 Stadium Club]]
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* [[2017 Bowman High Tek]]
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* [[2017 Topps Archives Signature Series: Postseason Edition]]
  
<b>June 30</b>
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<b>October 11</b>
* [[2017 Topps Tier One]]
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* [[2017 Topps Diamond Icons]]
 
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* [[2017 Topps Luminaries]]
<b>July 12?b>
 
* [[2017 Topps Definitive]]
 
  
<b>July 19</b>
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<b>October 18</b>
* [[2017 Topps Allen & Ginter]]
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* [[2017 Topps Update]]
  
<b>July 26</b>
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<b>October 25</b>
* [[2017 Topps Clearly Authentic]]
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* [[2017 Topps Five Star]]
  
<b>August 2</b>
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<b>November 1</b>
* [[2017 Topps Chrome]]
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* [[2017 Topps Dynasty]]
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* [[2017 Topps High Tek]]
  
<b>August 16</b>
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<b>December 6</b>
* [[2017 Topps Heritage|2017 Topps Heritage High Number]]
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* [[2017 Bowman Draft]]
  
<b>August 23</b>
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<b>January 31, 2018</b>
* [[2017 Bowman High Tek]]
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* [[2018 Topps Series One]]
 
 
<b>August 30</b>
 
* [[2017 Topps Gold Label]]
 
 
 
<b>August</b>
 
* [[2017 Topps Archives Signature Series]]
 
 
 
<b>September 6</b>
 
* [[2017 Bowman Chrome]]
 
 
 
<b>Summer</b>
 
* [[2017 Topps Diamond Icons]]
 
  
 
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Set of the Month

2006 Topps Chrome is a 354-card parallel brand and was released in July, 2006. For the first time since 1997, Topps released Chrome in a single series.

The first 252 cards in this set feature veterans done in the style of the 2006 Topps Baseball set; while cards numbered #253-#275 feature Award Winners and #276-#330 feature rookies. The final 24 cards (#331-#354) are all autographed rookies.

2006 was the first year of the MLBPA's new "Rookie Card" guidelines, and although all of the autographed and un-autographed "rookies" sport the standardized "ROOKIE CARD" icon, there are very few actual "true" rookie cards in 2006 ToppChro. One of the few true rookies, Kenji Johjima (Card #285), is also the sole player available on either an autographed or non-autographed card.

Each 24-pack Hobby box should yield two autographs, 14 Refractors, and a Box Topper containing a card serial-numbered to 90 or less.

Previous Sets of the Month

1993 Donruss Elite Dominators - 1991 Bazooka - 1978 Hostess - 2005 SPx - 1966 Bazooka - 1993 Select - 2007 SP Authentic - 1998 E-X 2001 - 1997 Pinnacle Inside - 2009 O-Pee-Chee - 1997 Studio - 2000 Pacific Invincible - 2003 Victory - 1994 Upper Deck The American Epic - 2003 Topps 205 - 1992 Topps - 1999 UD Choice - 2003 Fleer Avant - 1999 Topps Traded - 1992 Leaf - 1973 O-Pee-Chee - 1977 Kellogg's - 1994 Church's Hometown Stars - 1990 Score McDonald's - 1998 Topps TEK - 1982 Topps

Just released

2017 Topps Chrome is a 200-card set released August 2nd, 2017. As usual, each Hobby box will yield two autographs, with Hobby Jumbo boxes having five. The usual multi-colored galaxy of Refractor parallels are included.

2017 Donruss Optic is a 175-card chromium-stock rendition of the 2017 Donruss base set, and was released July 19th. The final ten cards in the base set are autographed. Each Hobby box will yield two autographs with each pack yielding an insert or parallel. Randomly seeded "Hot Boxes" (roughly every third Hobby box) will yield either five autographs in a box, or a serial-numbered parallel in every pack.

Optic will include the first cards of Mickey Mantle in four years.

2017 Topps Allen & Ginter is a 350-card set, released the week of July 19th. As usual, each 24-pack Hobby box will include three of the following: Autographs, Relics, Rip Cards, or A&G Originals.

2017 Stadium Club is a 300-card set that was released July 12th. Each 16-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs.

2017 Topps Tier One was released exclusively to Hobby outlets June 30th, a couple of weeks later than in previous years. Each box will continue to yield one Relic and two autographs.

As usual, there is no "base set" in the conventional sense. It's all hits all the time.

2017 Topps Museum Collection is a 100-card set released June 21st -- two months later than it's tradition early-season release. Each pack will contain either an autograph or a relic. Each four-pack box will yield the following:

  • A Canvas Collection insert
  • A Jumbo Relic
  • A Quad Relic
  • An Autograph
  • An Autographed Relic

2017 Topps Series Two is a 350-card set that was released June 15th.

2017 Finest is a 125-card set, released by Topps on June 7th. After controversially (and unsuccessfully) distributing 2016 Finest exclusively on their e-commerce website, the 2017 edition returns as a Hobby-only product. Each box will yield two autographs.

2017 Topps Archives is a 300-card set, released May 31st. As has been this brand's trademark, one third of the base set is done in the style of the 1960 Topps set (which was the basis of 2009 Topps Heritage), one third as 1982 Topps (which was used as one of the designs in 2013 Topps Archives), and the final third 1992 Topps.

Topps' initial solicitation for 2017 Archives promised "wide-ranging improvements," and one such improvement (and a major one, if that) was the subtraction of "high-number" short-prints to the base set. In the previous two years, Archives was solicited as a 300 card base set without short-prints, only for Topps to deliver a final product with SPed base cards (30 in 2015 and ten in 2016). Another "addition-by-subtraction" improvement was the elimination of a celebrity/movie tie-in; replaced by a 23-card reprint insert of all of Derek Jeter's Topps Baseball base cards.

Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs and two Derek Jeter Retrospective inserts.

2017 Topps Pro Debut is a 200-card Minor League set released May 26th, 2017. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two Relics and two autographs.

2017 Topps Inception is a 139-card set released May 19th, 2017. The product has been reconfigured from the previous year's product, yet still maintains the heavily Photoshop filtered look and feel. As the name suggests, the product has been re-branded from Bowman to Topps, and with that rebranding is a focus away from rookies and prospects and towards current Major League players.

A conventional base set has been added, and includes a 39-card Rookie Autographs subset. In addition, the number of autographs per box has been reduced from five to only one.

Each 16-box case should yield four Autographed Patches, one Autographed Jumbo Patch, and a Silver Signings card.

2017 Topps BUNT is a 200-card "physical" card set based on, and with many ties to, the popular Topps Bunt digital card game.

2017 Bowman is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects "insert" set, released April 26th. Each Hobby box will come with one autograph, while hobby-exclusive Jumbo boxes will yield three.

It should be noted that while Topps is billing 2017 Bowman as the "70th Anniversary," it is actually the 69th as the first Bowman set was released in 1948.

2017 Diamond Kings is a 175-card set featuring simulated artwork. Each pack will contain one insert and every 12-pack Hobby box is expected to yield two autographs/game-used cards.

2017 Honus Bonus Baseball is a 500-card trading card game. The set is being produced and distributed by Rittenhouse Archives, a noted producer of non-sports cards. This is Rittenhouse's first baseball set, but not their first sports card product as they have had the WNBA license for a few years. Due to their exclusive license with Topps, Honus Bonus is NOT licensed by MLB Properties and does not have logos. The product is licensed by the MLBPA.

Each card will have a unique code (concealed by a silver "scratcher" bar) that, when entered onto the Honus Bonus website, can be used as part of an on-line fantasy baseball game.

2017 Topps Gypsy Queen is a 320-card set. In response to lagging sales and collector interest, Topps has reconfigured the Gypsy Queen brand at a lower price point. Gone are the one-per-pack mini parallels, as well as the two-per-Hobby box Relics -- although each 24-pack Hobby box will continue to yield two autographs. The ten-card "mini-box," which had been a Gypsy Queen staple, is also replaced by an oversized GQ Reflections box topper.

2017 Topps Tribute is a 90-card set released March 29th. As usual, each pack contains either an autograph or a Relic.

2017 Panini Stars & Stripes is a 100-card set featuring current and former members of USA Baseball national and junior national teams. Curiously, while the set was released during the 2017 World Baseball Classic, it does not feature the 2017 USA WBC team (Topps has the WBC license).

Each pack will contain one parallel and either an autograph or a game-used card.

2017 Topps Opening Day will be released March 17th. As usual, the base set is a rehash of 200 cards from the Topps flagship. Each pack will yield one insert -- which are original to the product. Unlike in previous year's, some inserts are noticeably tougher to pull.

2017 Donruss is a 195-card set released by Panini America on March 8th. Each Hobby box will yield three autographs/game-used cards.

2017 Topps Heritage is a 500-card set based on the design of 1968 Topps and was released March 1st. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic.

In a notable change to the base set's composition, the number of "high-number" short-prints has been increased from 75 to 100.

2017 Topps Series One was released February 1st. For the third consecutive year, Series One base set will consist of 350 cards. And for the second straight year, the set will have a borderless design.

Once again, each 36-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic, while Hobby Jumbo boxes will one of each plus a manufactured "Relic."

2016 National Treasures was released by Panini, exclusively to Hobby outlets, on December 30th. All cards feature an autograph and/or piece of game-used memorabilia. Every eight-card box will yield one "booklet" card.

2016 Bowman's Best will be released December 21st. The base set is 65 cards and is supplemented by a 35-card Prospects set. Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield four autographs and an Atomic Refractor parallel.

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