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[[1992 Classic Draft Picks]] is a 125-card set featuring players selected in that year's MLB Draft. Unlike in previous years, the 1992 set was sold exclusively in pack form.


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[[1996 Denny's]] - [[1987 Fleer Limited Edition]] - [[2002 Upper Deck MVP]] - [[1996 Sportflix]] - [[2009 SP Legendary Cuts]] - [[2017 Panini Immaculate]]  - [[1997 Pinnacle Inside]] - [[1966 Bazooka]] - [[2000 FanFest]] - [[2003 Fleer Double Header]] - [[2002 SP Authentic]] - [[2007 Upper Deck Premier]] - [[1977 Hostess]] - [[2009 Kellogg's Japan]] - [[2002 Donruss Originals]] - [[1999 Topps Opening Day]] - [[2006 Upper Deck]] - [[2004 Upper Deck Vintage]] - [[1997 Bowman's Best]] - [[1999 Fleer Brilliants]] - [[1997 New Pinnacle]] - [[2004 Dodgers Fleer]] - [[1995 Topps Embossed]]  - [[2005 Topps Total]] - [[2001 Sweet Spot]] - [[1993 Donruss McDonald's Blue Jays]]
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[[Image:2012h.jpg|100px|left|link=2012 Topps Heritage]]
[[2012 Topps Heritage]], a 500-card set, was released to retail on Monday, March 12 2012. In its 12th year, [[2012 Heritage]] is based on the "dual-photo" design of the 1963 Topps set. Each 24-pack Hobby should yield one autograph or Relic card, one over-sized box topper, eight short-printed base cards, and nine inserts.
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[[Image:2012TODBox.jpg|150px|left|link=2012 Topps Opening Day]]
 
[[2012 Topps Opening Day]], is a 220 card, retail-exclusive, set released March 7th. As in previous years, the set recycles the design of the Topps flagship, with each pack yielding at least one insert.
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[[2026 Topps Pristine]] is a 200-card set released August 12th. Each will contain six packs of seven cards and three encased packs each yielding a autograph or autographed relic.
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[[2026 Topps Tribute]] was released July 29th.  As usual, each three-card pack will include either an autograph or a Relic with half of packs yielding a Relic and half either an autograph or an autographed Relic.  Two of the Relics in each Hobby box will be multi-swatch.
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[[2026 Topps Chrome]] is a 300-card set released July 22rd. Each Hobby box will yield one autograph while each Jumbo box will have two.
[[Image:2012TributeBox.jpg|200px|left|link=2012 Topps Tribute]]
[[2012 Topps Tribute]] was released exclusively to Hobby outlets on March 7th. Each pack contains one autograph or "Relic" card, and new for this year, each autograph/relic will come encased.
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[[Image:2011-12PlayCont.jpg|150px|left|link=2011-12 Playoff Contenders]]
[[2026 Panini Immaculate]] was released July 15th, the first after a two year hiatus. Each six-card box is expected to yield one base card or base card parallel and five autographs or game-used cards.
[[2011-12 Playoff Contenders]], is a 50-card set released to brick-and-mortar Hobby stores on February 22, 2012, and to internet-based outlets a week later. Like 2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition, the set is focused primarily on prospects and draft picks with a smattering of Major League players. Over 100 draft picks and prospects signed autographs for the product. Each 24-pack Hobby box is expected to yield six autographs -- two of which are on-card.  
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[[2026 Finest]] is a 350-card set released July 8th.
[[Image:2012topps1.png|150px|left|link=2012 Topps Series One]]
 
[[2012 Topps Series One]] was released, to retail, January 30, 2012. For the sixth consecutive year, the base set will consist of 330 cards, and is accompanied by the usual slew of inserts and parallels. Each Hobby box is scheduled to yield either an autograph or a Relic and each HTA box one autograph, one game-used Relic, and a manufactured Relic.
In a radical restructuring of the Finest brand, for the first time, Finest will be available in retail stores. Also a fourth tier was added to the base set. The first 100 cards are "Commons". Cards #101-200 are "Uncommons." The next 100 cards are "Rares" and the final fifty cards are "Ultra Rares" -- which are Hobby only.
This product will feature the first Topps-issued cards of Willie Mays since 2004.
 
A standard six-pack Hobby box is expected to yield two Autographs.
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[[Image:2011dee.jpg|150px|left|link=2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition]]
[[2026 Donruss Elite]] is a 200-card set, released the week of July 3rd. This marks the first standalone Donruss/Panini Elite product in eleven years.
[[2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition]], a 25-card set, was released to hobby shops January 2nd, 2012. Despite being the first Panini baseball card release since their acquisition of an MLBPA license, the product will focus on draft picks and prospects and contain only a token amount (around 25) actual Major League players. 190 prospects will be signing autographed cards for the set including 30 players selected in the first round of the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
 
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Each pack will contain either an insert pr a parallel, and each 20-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs.
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[[2026 Topps Tier One]] was released June 24th. A box will contain one base card or base card parallel, two autographs and a relic.
[[Image:2011BS.jpg|200px|left|link=2011 Bowman Sterling]]
[[2011 Bowman Sterling]], a 50-card set, was release on December 20th, 2011. Each five-card pack will yield one base card, one MLB Future Stars "insert," 2 autographs and a Relic.
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[[Image:2011bdpp.jpg|150px|left|link=2011 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects]]
[[2025-26 Topps Dynasty]] was released June 19th, 2026. As usual, each box will contain an encased autographed patch card serial-numbered to ten or fewer.
[[2011 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects]] was released to retail outlets on November 17, 2011 and to hobby shops on November 22, 2011. Each 24-pack Hobby box will include one chrome on-card autograph. Boxes and packs depict Mariners pitcher Michael Pineda, however his card is not included in the set.
 
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[[2025-26 Topps Inception]] is a 125-card set released exclusively to Hobby outlets on June 19th, 2026.  Each seven-card box will contain four base cards, two parallels, and an autograph.


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Although marketed as a "2025" set, due to the late release date, BCP does not recognize this as a 2025 product for rookie card purposes.
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[[Image:2011leafrose.jpg|200px|left|link=2011 Leaf Pete Rose Legacy]]
[[2011 Leaf Pete Rose Legacy]], a 60-card set, was released on November 11, 2011. Each box contains a single pack that yields four base cards, one parallel and one Pete Rose on-card autograph. This set is not licensed by either MLB Properties or the MLBPA.
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[[Image:2011tto.jpg|200px|left|link=2011 Topps Tier One]]
[[2025-26 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary]] is a 500-card set, released June 5th, 2026. The brand returns after a one-year absence. All cards are on chrome stock and are done in the style of the 1955 Topps set.
[[2011 Topps Tier One]], a 100-card set, was released on November 9, 2011. Each seven-card pack will yield three base cards, one parallel, 2 autographs and a relic. All cards will be printed on thick 64-point cardstock.
 
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Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield four inserts and an autograph.
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[[2026 Donruss]] is a 200 card set released May 27th.
[[Image:2011leafvaliant.jpg|200px|left|link=2011 Leaf Valiant]]
[[2011 Leaf Valiant]] was released November 5, 2011. The design and concept is loosely based on the 1998 Donruss Crusade inserts with a few major differences. One box contains a single pack that yields 10 cards, all of which are on-card autographs. This set, except for Ichiro Suzuki, features exclusively prospects. This set is not licensed by either MLB Properties or the MLBPA.
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[[Image:2011bc2.jpg|150px|left|link=2011 Bowman Chrome]]
[[2026 Bowman]] is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects set, released May 13th. Each Hobby box will yield one autograph and 18 inserts. Hobby Jumbo boxes will contain three autographs and 12 inserts.
[[2011 Bowman Chrome]] is a 220 card set, accompanied by a 110 Prospects set, that was released to retail outlets on October 17 and to hobby shops October 19, 2011. As has been customary, each 18-pack Hobby box will include an autograph. The autograph prospects checklist consists of 39 players, one of which is Bryce Harper.
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[[2026 Topps Chrome Black]] is a 200-card set released April 29th. Each box contains two packs of six cards, plus one individually-wrapped encased autograph.
[[Image:2011finest.jpg|150px|left|link=2011 Finest]]
[[2011 Finest]] is a 100-card set that was released on October 11, 2011. In a change for the brand, Topps has pushed back the release of Finest from just before Opening Day, to just before the end of the season. Another change is the elimination of the much-maligned manufactured letter patches and rookie redemptions. The base set consists of 100 veteran cards with 19 autographed rookies. Each autographed rookie will be serial-numbered and seeded at the rate of one-per 12-pack box. Each box will also include an autographed rookie dual relic, two Finest Moments inserts, and six Refractor parallels.
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[[Image:2011tu.jpg|150px|left|link=2011 Topps Update]]
[[2025-26 Topps Definitive Collection]] was released April 29th, 2026.
[[2011 Topps Update]], a 330-card set, was released on October 5, 2011. As in recent year's, Update will include 55 rookies, various All-Star Game and season highlight cards, and cards of players who had changed teams during the 2011 season. New for 2011 are the addition of two more Diamond parallels: Hope and Cognac. In addition to the 330 Update cards, the Hope Diamond and Cognac Diamond parallels will also include all 660 base cards and the 49 Legend variations from Series One and Series Two. The Update series adds 25 more Legend variations which are available in every parallel.
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An all "hit" product, each eight-card box will yield six on-card autographs and two Relics. Each card is serial-numbered to 50 copies or fewer.
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[[Image:2011ttt.jpg|left|150px|link=2011 Triple Threads]]
[[2011 Triple Threads]], a 168-card set, was released on September 27, 2011. The format and design of the product is similar as it has been in years past; however each pack will contain a second relic card.
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[[Image:2011tml-small.jpg|left|link=2011 Topps Heritage Minor League]]
[[2026 Panini Stars & Stripes Prizm]] was released April 3rd and features current and former members of the USA Baseball team. For the first time, the Stars & Stripes product is printed on Optichrome card stock. Each Hobby pack will contain an insert, a Prizm parallel and either an autograph or game-used card or another Prizm parallel..
[[2011 Topps Heritage Minor League]], a 250-card set, was released, in hobby only, on September 21, 2011. Like 2011 Topps Heritage, this set will use the design of the 1962 Topps set. Each 24-pack box will include two autographs, a relic, and four serial-numbered parallels.
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[[2025-26 Topps Transcendent]] was released April 1st, 2026. Each box contains eight packs of four cards, plus ten additional cards. Each box will also contain the following:
[[Image:2011tm.jpg|100px|left|link=2011 Topps Marquee]]
 
[[2011 Topps Marquee]] is a 100-card set that was released on September 12, 2011. Each five-card pack will contain: three base cards, a serial-numbered parallel, and either a serial-numbered autograph or a serial-numbered jumbo relic or multi-relic card. Each card will be printed on 48pt cardstock, a gauge not seen in a base set since Fleer's Flair sets of the mid-90s. Marquee marks the return of Joe DiMaggio to Topps, whose rights had been under an exclusive contract to Upper Deck the past three years. In addition, boxing champion Manny Pacquiao will sign for Marquee.
Two Autographed Patch cards.
Two Autographed Relics.
Two Rookie Showcase Autographs or Rookie Showcase Autographed Patch card.
Two additional autographs.
A Jumbo, Dual, or Triple Patch card.
One additional autograph or relic card.
One SuperFractor parallel.
 
'''NOTE:''' Due to the late release, for rookie card purposes, BaseballCardPedia does NOT consider this a "2025" release.
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[[Image:2011toppschrome.jpg|100px|left|link=2011 Topps Chrome]]
[[2026 Topps Heritage]] is a 400-card set. In keeping with the brand's aesthetic, the design is based on the 1977 Topps set. Although the base set was reduced to only 400 cards, there are still 100 short-prints -- which are scattered through out the set, rather than concentrated towards the end.
[[2011 Topps Chrome]], a 220-card parallel brand, was released on September 7, 2011. As with previous years, the set features 170 cards recycled from the 2011 Topps Baseball base set, with 50 rookies -- some of which are autographed. Each Hobby box should yield two rookie autographs. Refractor parallels return, along with the addition of a 100-card Black-bordered Refractor partial parallel.
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Each Hobby box, which has four fewer packs, will yield an autograph, relic, or autographed relic.
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[[2025-26 Bowman's Best]] was released March 11th, 2026 and consists of a 70-card base set supplemented by a 30-card Prospects set. Each pack will yield one Refractor parallel, and each 12-pack Hobby box will have four autographs.
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* [[2011 Topps Tier One]]
* [[1998 Donruss Crusade]]
* [[2011 Finest]]
* [[2011 Triple Threads]]
* [[2011 Bowman Sterling]]
* [[2005 Absolute Memorabilia Update]]
* [[2004 Absolute Memorabilia]]
* [[2003 Absolute Memorabilia]]
* [[2002 Absolute Memorabilia]]
* [[2006 SP Legendary Cuts]]
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Due to the late release of this product, BCP does not consider it a "2025" set for rookie card purposes.
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<b>March 14</b>
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* [[2012 Topps Heritage]]
[[2025 Topps Gilded Collection]] is a 200-card Chrome stock set. All base cards are serial-numbered to 99 copies. Each five card box will yield two autographs.
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<b>March 21</b>
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* [[2012 Topps Stickers]]
[[2025 Stadium Club]] is a 200-card set released February 18th, 2026. Each Hobby box will yield an autograph.
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<b>March</b>
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* [[2011-12 Limited]]
[[2025 Panini Prospect Edition]] is a 200-card set released February 18th, 2026.  Each six-pack box will yield four autographs.
* [[2011-12 Prime Cuts]]
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<b>April 6</b>
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* [[2012 Topps Museum Collection]]
[[2025 Topps Pristine]] is a 300-card set to released February 12th, 2026. Each eight-card pack has three mini packs. One mini pack will contain five base cards/Refractors, the second will have either two inserts or an Autographed Relic, while the third will yield an encased card.
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<b>April 18</b>
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* [[2012 Topps Gypsy Queen]]
[[2026 Topps]] is a 700-card set released in two equal series of 350 cards. Series One was issued the week of February 13th. As usual, each 20-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic card while Hobby-exclusive jumbo boxes will yield an autograph, a game-used Relic -- down from the previous year's two.
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<b>May 9</b>
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* [[2012 Bowman]]
[[2025 Topps Museum Collection]] is a 100-card set released February 6th, 2026. After years of having four packs in a Hobby box, Topps changed the format of Museum Collection to a one-pack-per box product -- not unlike Tier One, Diamond Icons, and other "hit" oriented products.


<b>May 23</b>
Each eight-card box will yield the following:
* [[2012 Topps Archives]]


<b>May 30</b>
* Three base cards
* [[2012 Topps Pro Debut]]
* Two parallels
* One Relic
* One Autograph
* One Autographed Relic


<b>June 6</b>
This is nine fewer base cards, two fewer parallels, and one fewer Relic than the previous year's product, but at the same $399.99 price.
* [[2012 Topps Series Two]]
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<b>June 18</b>
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* [[2012 Topps Tier One]]
[[2025 Bowman Draft]] is a 200-card set released January 14th, 2026. Each Hobby only Jumbo box will contain three autographs, 24 Refractors, and eleven inserts, while Super Jumbo boxes will yield five signatures, 40 Refractors, and ten inserts.
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<b>July 11</b>
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* [[2012 Topps Allen & Ginter's]]
[[2025 Select]] was released January 14th, 2026. The 300-card base set is fractured into three levels.


<b>July 25</b>
Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield twelve Prizm parallels, nine inserts, two autographs, and a game-used card.
* [[2012 Bowman Platinum]]
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<b>August 8</b>
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* [[2012 Finest]]


<b>August 22</b>
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* [[2012 Topps Chrome]]
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<b>September 2</b>
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* [[2026 Panini Three & Two]]
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<b>September 4</b>
* [[2026 Panini Prizm]]
 
<b>September 9</b>
* [[2026 Bowman Chrome]]
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<div style="background:#CDF2E0; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #ccc; text-align:left; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collector Guides</div>
* [[Buying Wax]]
* [[Collecting Cards]]
* [[Card condition]]
* [[Professional Grading]]
* [[Rookie Card|Rookie Cards]]
* [[Card storage]]
* [[Trading]]
* [[Shipping]]
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<b>Hobby News</b>
* [http://www.hobbynewsdaily.com Hobby News Daily]
* [http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com Sports Collectors Daily]


<b>Card Forums</b>
<b>Card Forums</b>
* [http://freedomcardboard.com Freedom Cardboard]
* [http://freedomcardboard.com Freedom Cardboard]
* [http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/ Blowout Forums]
* [http://www.thebenchtrading.com The Bench]
* [http://forums.collectors.com/categories.cfm?catid=11 PSA]
* [http://community.cardboardconnection.com/forums/forums.php Cardboard Connection Forum]
* [http://www.beckett.com/forums/ Beckett Forums]
* [http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/ Blowout Forum]
* [http://forums.collectors.com/categories.cfm?catid=11 Collectors Universe]
* [http://www.beckett.com/forums/ Beckett Forum]


<b>Cardblogs</b>
<b>Cardblogs</b>
* [http://www.acardboardproblem.com A Cardboard Problem]
* [http://cardboardicons.com Cardboard Icons]
* [http://baseballcardblog.blogspot.com The Baseball Card Blog]
* [http://cardjunk.blogspot.com Cardboard Junkie]
* [http://cardjunk.blogspot.com Cardboard Junkie]
* [http://mojobeardy.wordpress.com The Mojo Beard]
* [http://mojobeardy.wordpress.com The Mojo Beard]
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* [http://fanofreds.blogspot.com Nachos Grande]
* [http://fanofreds.blogspot.com Nachos Grande]
* [http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com Night Owl Cards]
* [http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com Night Owl Cards]
* [http://junkwaxgems.wordpress.com Junk Wax Gems]
* [http://collectorempire.com Uncharted Hobby]
* [http://cardsbysooz.blogspot.com Cards by Sooz]
* [http://baseballcardblog.blogspot.com The Baseball Card Blog]
* [http://bdj610bbcblog.blogspot.com bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog]
* [http://bdj610bbcblog.blogspot.com bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog]
* [http://bdj610scblogroll.blogspot.com Sports Card Blogroll]
* [http://bapple2286.wordpress.com 30-Year Old Cardboard]
* [http://firstballot.blogspot.com First Ballot Picture Cards]
* [http://firstballot.blogspot.com First Ballot Picture Cards]
* [http://joeaveragecollector.blogspot.com Joe Average Card Collector]
* [http://projectpedropc.blogspot.com Project Pedro/Cheap Wax Wednesday]
* [https://therealisticcollector.com The Realistic Collector]


<b>Trading Web Sites</b>
<b>Trading Web Sites</b>
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<b>Baseball Card Cyber Museum</b>
<b>Baseball Card Cyber Museum</b>
* [http://www.guitar9.com/bccm.html BCCM]
* [https://www.cardcybermuseum.com/ Card Cyber Museum]


<b>Radio Shows</b>
<b>Podcasts</b>
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4FgWE5nkp009mvQSOBhTBQ Hobby Hotline]
* [http://www.sportscardradio.com/index.php/stream-the-sports-card-show Sports Card Radio]
* [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cardboardconnectionradio Cardboard Connection Radio]
* [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cardboardconnectionradio Cardboard Connection Radio]
* [http://freedomcardboard.com/blog/tag/fcb-podcast FCB Podcast]


<b>Grading Companies</b>
<b>Grading Companies</b>
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* [http://www.checkoutmycards.com Check Out My Cards]
* [http://www.checkoutmycards.com Check Out My Cards]
* [http://www.ebay.com eBay]
* [http://www.ebay.com eBay]
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* [http://www.dacardworld.com Dave and Adam's]
<b>Card Tracking</b>
* [http://www.blowoutcards.com Blowout Cards]
* [http://www.pulledsuperfractorslist.com Pulled SuperFractors List]
* [http://atlsportscards.com Atlanta Sports Cards]
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* [http://www.pghsportswholesale.com Pittsburgh Sports Cards]
* [http://www.freedomcardboard.com/shop/ FCB Wax Super Store]
* [http://baseballcardshop.net Baseball Card Shop]
* [http://www.thecardkid.com The Card Kid]
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* [[Dump]]
* [[Death Bump]]
* [[Bookend]]
* [[Rag]]
* [[Hot Pack]]
* [[Azuna]]
* [[Lenticular Printing]]
* [[Sticker Dump]]
* [[Junk Wax]]
* [[Rainbow]]
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2026 Topps Pristine is a 200-card set released August 12th. Each will contain six packs of seven cards and three encased packs each yielding a autograph or autographed relic.

2026 Topps Tribute was released July 29th. As usual, each three-card pack will include either an autograph or a Relic with half of packs yielding a Relic and half either an autograph or an autographed Relic. Two of the Relics in each Hobby box will be multi-swatch.

2026 Topps Chrome is a 300-card set released July 22rd. Each Hobby box will yield one autograph while each Jumbo box will have two.

2026 Panini Immaculate was released July 15th, the first after a two year hiatus. Each six-card box is expected to yield one base card or base card parallel and five autographs or game-used cards.

2026 Finest is a 350-card set released July 8th.

In a radical restructuring of the Finest brand, for the first time, Finest will be available in retail stores. Also a fourth tier was added to the base set. The first 100 cards are "Commons". Cards #101-200 are "Uncommons." The next 100 cards are "Rares" and the final fifty cards are "Ultra Rares" -- which are Hobby only.

A standard six-pack Hobby box is expected to yield two Autographs.

2026 Donruss Elite is a 200-card set, released the week of July 3rd. This marks the first standalone Donruss/Panini Elite product in eleven years.

Each pack will contain either an insert pr a parallel, and each 20-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs.

2026 Topps Tier One was released June 24th. A box will contain one base card or base card parallel, two autographs and a relic.

2025-26 Topps Dynasty was released June 19th, 2026. As usual, each box will contain an encased autographed patch card serial-numbered to ten or fewer.

Because this product was released almost halfway into 2026, BCP does not consider it a "2025" product.

2025-26 Topps Inception is a 125-card set released exclusively to Hobby outlets on June 19th, 2026. Each seven-card box will contain four base cards, two parallels, and an autograph.

Although marketed as a "2025" set, due to the late release date, BCP does not recognize this as a 2025 product for rookie card purposes.

2025-26 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary is a 500-card set, released June 5th, 2026. The brand returns after a one-year absence. All cards are on chrome stock and are done in the style of the 1955 Topps set.

Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield four inserts and an autograph.

2026 Donruss is a 200 card set released May 27th.

2026 Bowman is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects set, released May 13th. Each Hobby box will yield one autograph and 18 inserts. Hobby Jumbo boxes will contain three autographs and 12 inserts.

2026 Topps Chrome Black is a 200-card set released April 29th. Each box contains two packs of six cards, plus one individually-wrapped encased autograph.

2025-26 Topps Definitive Collection was released April 29th, 2026.

An all "hit" product, each eight-card box will yield six on-card autographs and two Relics. Each card is serial-numbered to 50 copies or fewer.

2026 Panini Stars & Stripes Prizm was released April 3rd and features current and former members of the USA Baseball team. For the first time, the Stars & Stripes product is printed on Optichrome card stock. Each Hobby pack will contain an insert, a Prizm parallel and either an autograph or game-used card or another Prizm parallel..

2025-26 Topps Transcendent was released April 1st, 2026. Each box contains eight packs of four cards, plus ten additional cards. Each box will also contain the following:

Two Autographed Patch cards. Two Autographed Relics. Two Rookie Showcase Autographs or Rookie Showcase Autographed Patch card. Two additional autographs. A Jumbo, Dual, or Triple Patch card. One additional autograph or relic card. One SuperFractor parallel.

NOTE: Due to the late release, for rookie card purposes, BaseballCardPedia does NOT consider this a "2025" release.

2026 Topps Heritage is a 400-card set. In keeping with the brand's aesthetic, the design is based on the 1977 Topps set. Although the base set was reduced to only 400 cards, there are still 100 short-prints -- which are scattered through out the set, rather than concentrated towards the end.

Each Hobby box, which has four fewer packs, will yield an autograph, relic, or autographed relic.

2025-26 Bowman's Best was released March 11th, 2026 and consists of a 70-card base set supplemented by a 30-card Prospects set. Each pack will yield one Refractor parallel, and each 12-pack Hobby box will have four autographs.

Due to the late release of this product, BCP does not consider it a "2025" set for rookie card purposes.

2025 Topps Gilded Collection is a 200-card Chrome stock set. All base cards are serial-numbered to 99 copies. Each five card box will yield two autographs.

2025 Stadium Club is a 200-card set released February 18th, 2026. Each Hobby box will yield an autograph.

2025 Panini Prospect Edition is a 200-card set released February 18th, 2026. Each six-pack box will yield four autographs.

2025 Topps Pristine is a 300-card set to released February 12th, 2026. Each eight-card pack has three mini packs. One mini pack will contain five base cards/Refractors, the second will have either two inserts or an Autographed Relic, while the third will yield an encased card.

2026 Topps is a 700-card set released in two equal series of 350 cards. Series One was issued the week of February 13th. As usual, each 20-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic card while Hobby-exclusive jumbo boxes will yield an autograph, a game-used Relic -- down from the previous year's two.

2025 Topps Museum Collection is a 100-card set released February 6th, 2026. After years of having four packs in a Hobby box, Topps changed the format of Museum Collection to a one-pack-per box product -- not unlike Tier One, Diamond Icons, and other "hit" oriented products.

Each eight-card box will yield the following:

  • Three base cards
  • Two parallels
  • One Relic
  • One Autograph
  • One Autographed Relic

This is nine fewer base cards, two fewer parallels, and one fewer Relic than the previous year's product, but at the same $399.99 price.

2025 Bowman Draft is a 200-card set released January 14th, 2026. Each Hobby only Jumbo box will contain three autographs, 24 Refractors, and eleven inserts, while Super Jumbo boxes will yield five signatures, 40 Refractors, and ten inserts.

2025 Select was released January 14th, 2026. The 300-card base set is fractured into three levels.

Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield twelve Prizm parallels, nine inserts, two autographs, and a game-used card.

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