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2011-12 Playoff Prime Cuts was released by Panini on April 18, 2012. Each pack/box contains five cards, two of which are autographs and the other three game-used. Each pack contains one base cards, serial-numbered to 99 copies, or a game-used base card parallel numbered to 199 or less. Panini has marketed Prime Cuts as a year-2011 product. However since it was released in April, 2012, BCP does not consider it a "2011" product. Please note, that this set is NOT licensed by MLB Properties and does not feature any MLB logos.

2012 Topps Gypsy Queen is a 350-card set released to retail on April 15, 2012. Hobby was released on Wednesday, April 18th. Each 24-pack Hobby box is expected to yield two autographs and two "relics" and a ten-card "mini-box" containing parallels.

2012 Topps Museum Collection, a 100-card set, was released on April, 4, 2012. Museum Collection is the new name for the product previously known as Marquee. Each four-pack Hobby box is expected to yield one on-card Autograph, one Autographed Relic card, one Jumbo Relic card, and one Quad Relic card.

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The 2012 Topps Sticker Collection is a 309-sticker set that was released Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Changes from 2011 include: additions/subtractions in the current player checklist, the addition of team mascots and the lack of foil on the team logos and legends. Loose packets, which MSRP at $0.99, contain eight stickers. The 32-page album, which contains six stickers, MSRPs at $1.99.

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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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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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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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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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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. This product will feature the first Topps-issued cards of Willie Mays since 2004.

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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.