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Set of the Month 2009 Kellogg's Japan is a set of six "rulers" produced for the Japanese market. Each ruler measures fifteen centimeters and features lenticular printing of the player "in action." Unlike the previous two year's Kellogg's Japan sets, these "cards" do not have the Upper Deck branding. Previous Sets of the Month 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 - 1990 Bazooka - 1999 Skybox Molten Metal - 1994 Stadium Club - 1983 Topps Stickers - 2002 Playoff Piece of the Game - 2012 Topps Update - 2000 Greats of the Game
Just Released 2024 Topps Chrome Update is a 200-card set released in November 13th. As with previous iterations of this product, it is an abbreviated chromium-stock rendition of the Topps Update set. 2024 Stadium Club is a 300-card set released November 6th. Each Hobby box will yield a pair of autographs. 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter is a 350-card set, released the week of October 30th. As usual, each 24-pack Hobby box will include three of the following: Autographs, Relics, Rip Cards, or A&G Originals. 2024 Topps Update is a 350-card set released October 16th. You know the deal. 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome is a 200-card set released October 11th. Each 20-pack Hobby box will contain three Refractors and eleven inserts. Every third box will yield an autograph. 2024 Bowman Sterling is a 50-card set supplemented by a 50-card "Prospects" set, released October 9th. As with previous Bowman Sterling sets, each pack will contain an autograph. 2024 Topps Five Star was released September 27th. All cards are autographed, and each box will contain two. 2024 Bowman Chrome was released September 11th with a 100-card base set supplemented by a 100-card Prospects set. Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield a pair of autographs. For the fifth consecutive year, HTA Choice boxes are available which contain three autographs and nothing else. 2024 Topps Pro Debut is a 200-card Minor League set released September 6th. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield four autographs. 2024 Panini Boys of Summer is a 100-card set released August 28th. Each eight-card box will yield one game-used card and three autographs. 2024 Topps Pristine is a 300-card set to be released August 23th. Each ten-card pack has three mini packs. One mini pack will contain seven base cards/Refractors, the second will have either two inserts or an Autographed Relic, while the third will yield an encased card. 2024 Finest is a 300-card set released August 7th. For the first time since 1997, Finest will have a tiered base set. The first 100 cards are "Commons". Cards #101-200 are "Uncommons" and are seeded at the rate of one-per-pack. The final 100 cards are "Rare" and come one in every third pack. A six-pack Hobby box is expected to yield: Six Uncommon base cards Two Rare base cards Six Refractor parallels. Eight inserts Two Autographs. 2024 Donruss is a 200 card set released August 5th. 2024 Topps Museum Collection is a 100-card set to be released July 31st. As usual each five-card pack will contain one autograph or game-used Relic. Each four pack Hobby box will yield the following: Four parallels One insert Two Relics (one of which is a Quad Relic) One Autograph One Autographed Relic	Newest Pages 1995 Fleer Panini Stickers 2001 Fleer Atelier Brushstrokes 2001 Upper Deck Ichiro Tribute to 51 2001 Upper Deck Team Sets 1995 Topps Legends of the '60s 1995 Finest Bronze 2024 Topps Gilded Collection 1983 Gardner's Topps Brewers 1983 Gardner's Brewers Preload	Collector Guides Buying Wax Collecting Cards Card condition Professional Grading Rookie Cards Card storage Trading Shipping
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-[[2004 Upper Deck Vintage]] is a 500-card set release in two series. The first 450 cards were issued as part of the Vintage series on February 02, 2004. The final 150 cards in the Vintage series (cards #301-#450) are short-printed and seeded into packs at varying levels.
+[[2009 Kellogg's Japan]] is a set of six "rulers" produced for the Japanese market. Each ruler measures fifteen centimeters and features lenticular printing of the player "in action." Unlike the previous two year's Kellogg's Japan sets, these "cards" do not have the Upper Deck branding.
-The last 50 cards in the set (cards #451-#500) are known as the Update Series and were distributed exclusively as a factory set inside Hobby boxes of 2004 Upper Deck Series Two. Each Series Two Hobby box came with an unmarked and shrink-wrapped Update Set box from one of four possible 2004 Upper Deck early-season products: Vintage, Reflections, Play Ball, and SP Game Used Patch. Collectors had to break the shrink wrap to figure out which set they received; however, about two-thirds of the sets were Vintage.
-[[1997 Bowman's Best]]
 <h4>Previous Sets of the Month</h4>
-[[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]] - [[1990 Bazooka]] - [[1999 Skybox Molten Metal]] - [[1994 Stadium Club]] - [[1983 Topps Stickers]] - [[2002 Playoff Piece of the Game]] - [[2012 Topps Update]] - [[2000 Greats of the Game]] - [[1998 Stadium Club]] - [[1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes]]  - [[2004 Upper Deck Play Ball]] - [[2012 Topps Heritage]] - [[1983 Topps Traded]] - [[1990 K-Mart]]</td>
+[[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]] - [[1990 Bazooka]] - [[1999 Skybox Molten Metal]] - [[1994 Stadium Club]] - [[1983 Topps Stickers]] - [[2002 Playoff Piece of the Game]] - [[2012 Topps Update]] - [[2000 Greats of the Game]]</td>
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-[[2024 Topps Chrome Black]] is a 100-card set released April 17th. Each four-card box will yield two base cards, one Refractor parallel serial-numbered to 199 copies or fewer, and one autograph.
+[[2024 Topps Chrome Update]] is a 200-card set released in November 13th. As with previous iterations of this product, it is an abbreviated chromium-stock rendition of the Topps Update set.
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-[[2024 Topps Heritage]] is a 500 card set.  In keeping with the brand's aesthetic, the design is based on the [[1975 Topps]] set.
+[[2024 Stadium Club]] is a 300-card set released November 6th. Each Hobby box will yield a pair of autographs.
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-The first 500 cards were issued as part of the Heritage Series and was released April 10th.  Each Hobby box will, as usual, yield a relic, an autograph or an autographed relic.
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+[[2024 Topps Allen & Ginter]] is a 350-card set, released the week of October 30th. 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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-[[2024 Topps Sterling]] was released April 3rd. Each two-card box contains two autographed game-used cards serial-numbered to 25 copies or less with every fourth box yielding a one-of-one.
+[[2024 Topps Update]] is a 350-card set released October 16th. You know the deal.
-We estimate that 1000 cases were produced. While this is more than double the previous year's product, the number of boxes in a case was cut in half from eight to four, leading to an overall slight production increase.
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-[[2023 Panini Elite Extra Edition]] was released March 27th, 2024.  As usual, the product focuses on recent draft picks and prospects, and can be seen as Panini's answer to Bowman Draft.
+[[2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome]] is a 200-card set released October 11th. Each 20-pack Hobby box will contain three Refractors and eleven inserts. Every third box will yield an autograph.
-Each five-pack Hobby box will yield two game-used memorabilia cards and eight autographs.
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-[[2023-24 Topps Transcendent]] was released March 27th, 2024.  Each box contains ten packs of four cards.  Each box will also contain the following:
+[[2024 Bowman Sterling]] is a 50-card set supplemented by a 50-card "Prospects" set, released October 9th. As with previous Bowman Sterling sets, each pack will contain an autograph.
-* 20 Gold Framed Autographs –- all serial-numbered to 20 copies or fewer, two of which are ones-of-one.
-* Ten Autographed Patch cards.
-* Ten Rookie Showcase Autographs or Rookie Showcase Autographed Patch cards.
-* One, one-of-one Through the Years Autograph.
-* One, one-of-one 1959 Autographed SuperFractor.
-* One, one-of-one Jumbo Autographed Patch Book card.
-* One, one-of-one Oversized Cut Signature.
-* One invitation to a VIP meet-and-greet.
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-[[2024 Topps Big League]] is a 310-card set released March 27th.  The base set is tiered into five levels, with the scarcest ten-card Legendary tier packed out as case hits.
+[[2024 Topps Five Star]] was released September 27th. All cards are autographed, and each box will contain two.
-Each eight-card pack will yield one tiered base card and an insert.
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-[[2024 Topps Tribute]] was released March 27th. 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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-[[2023-24 Topps Dynasty]] was released March 22nd, 2024. As usual, each box will contain an encased autographed patch card serial-numbered to ten or fewer.
+[[2024 Bowman Chrome]] was released September 11th with a 100-card base set supplemented by a 100-card Prospects set. Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield a pair of autographs.
-Because this product was released so far into 2024 -- almost a full month after 2024 Topps Series One -- BCP does not consider it a "2023" product.
+For the fifth consecutive year, HTA Choice boxes are available which contain three autographs and nothing else.
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-[[2023 Bowman Inception]] is a 100-card set released exclusively to Hobby outlets March 22rd, 2024. Each seven-card box will contain four base cards, two parallels, and an autograph.
+[[2024 Topps Pro Debut]] is a 200-card Minor League set released September 6th. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield four autographs.
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-[[2023 Topps Five Star]] was released February 21st, 2024. All cards are autographed, and each box will contain two.
+[[2024 Panini Boys of Summer]] is a 100-card set released August 28th. Each eight-card box will yield one game-used card and three autographs.
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-[[2024 Topps]] Series One is a 350-card set issued the week of February 14th.  As usual, each 24-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, and a manufactured "relic."
+[[2024 Topps Pristine]] is a 300-card set to be released August 23th.  Each ten-card pack has three mini packs.  One mini pack will contain seven 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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-[[2023 Topps Luminaries]] was released February 7th, 2024. Each box contains one autographed card serial-numbered to fifteen copies or fewer.
+[[2024 Finest]] is a 300-card set released August 7th.
+For the first time since 1997, Finest will have a tiered base set. The first 100 cards are "Commons". Cards #101-200 are "Uncommons" and are seeded at the rate of one-per-pack. The final 100 cards are "Rare" and come one in every third pack.
+A six-pack Hobby box is expected to yield:
+* Six Uncommon base cards
+* Two Rare base cards
+* Six Refractor parallels.
+* Eight inserts
+* Two Autographs.
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-[[2023 Topps Diamond Icons]] was released January 31st, 2024. As usual, each ten-card box will contain: one Relic, seven autographs, and a pair of autographed Relics. Every other box will yield a cut signature. All cards are serial-numbered to 25 copies or fewer.
+[[2024 Donruss]] is a 200 card set released August 5th.
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-[[2023 Panini Flawless]] is an 40-card set released February 7th, 2024. Each ten-card box will yield one jewel-encrusted base card or parallel serial-numbered to 20 copies or fewer, two game-used cards, and seven autographs.
+[[2024 Topps Museum Collection]] is a 100-card set to be released July 31st.  As usual each five-card pack will contain one autograph or game-used Relic.  Each four pack Hobby box will yield the following:
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+* Four parallels
-[[2023 Stadium Club]] is a 300-card set released January 24, 2024.  Stadium Club was originally scheduled for release on October 18th, but was delayed three months.  Each Hobby box will yield a pair of autographs, an oversized boxloader, and a Chrome parallel.
+* One insert
+* Two Relics (one of which is a Quad Relic)
+* One Autograph
+* One Autographed Relic
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-<b>May 8</b>
+<b>November 22</b>
-* [[2024 Bowman]]
+* [[2024 Topps Gilded Collection]]
+<b>December 4</b>
+* [[2024 Bowman Draft]]
+<b>December 6</b>
+* [[2024 Panini Prizm]]
+<b>Decenber 11</b>
+* [[2024 Topps Definitive Collection]]
+<b>December 19</b>
+* [[2024 Triple Threads]]
+<b>December 27</b>
+* [[2024 Topps Luminaires]]
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