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2013 Topps Gypsy Queen, a 350-card set, was released on April 3, 2013. As in previous years, each Hobby box will yield two autographs and two relic cards. Hobby boxes contain 24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack including a mini parallel in every pack.

2013 Topps Stickers was released to retail outlets on March 13, 2013. Each packet contains eight stickers and fifty packets come inside a retail box. The complete set consists of 315 stickers, which includes 245 current players, 15 World Series highlights, a team logo sticker for every team and 25 retired players. The 32-page album comes with 6 stickers.

2013 Topps Opening Day 2013 Topps Opening Day is a 220-card set released to retail outlets on March 18, 2013. As usual, the product is a stripped-down version of the flagship with an insert in every pack. The complete set consists of 220 base cards of current players. A parallel set in blue sparkle is in included this year with each card serial numbered to 2013.

2013 Topps Heritage, a 500-card set, was released to retail outlets on Wednesday, February 27th. The hobby version is scheduled for release on Monday, March 4, 2013.

2012-13 Panini National Treasures was released on February 27, 2013. Each case contains four boxes and each box contains one eight-card pack. The base set consists of 225 total cards, 150 base cards and 75 rookies.

2013 Topps Turkey Red is a 100-card set released exclusively to the shoptopps.com website. It was available for sale only on February 11th and 18th. The first orders were received approximately on February 21, 2013. Each 11-card box will contain one serial-numbered sticker autograph. Based an early extrapolation figures, some people believe 5,000-6,000 packs (boxes) were produced.

2013 Topps Series One, which was released on Monday, January 28, 2013, is a 330-card base set. As with previous year's Topps Flagship sets, each Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic card, while HTA boxes will contain an autograph, a Relic and a manufactured "Relic". For 2013, Topps announced several promotions including a wrapper redemption, a "Million Dollar Chase", "Spring Fever Collection" redemption cards and more.

2012 Donruss Elite Extra Edition is a 200-card set released the week of January 21, 2013. The final 100 cards make up an autographed Prospects subset. Each 20-pack Hobby box is expected to yield six autographs, with randomly seeded "Hot Boxes" containing ten autographs. Despite Panini's MLBPA license, this product does not feature active Major League players and is not licensed.

2012 Panini USA Baseball is a 66-card factory set distributed exclusively to Hobby outlets the week of November 21, 2012. The set contains the entire 21-man rosters for the Collegiate, 18U, and 15U USA National Teams. Each factory set contains a full set plus two game-used cards and seven autographs.

2012 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects, a 55-card set (supplemented by a 165 card Draft Picks "insert" set), was released on Wednesday, November 28th, 2012. BDP&P will follow a similar format as in years past; however, for the first time, it will be available in the popular HTA-exclusive jumbo pack format. Also, for the first time since the mid-2000s, BDP&P will be released exclusive to Hobby outlets. Each wax box will contain one Autographed Chrome Card, and HTA boxes three.

2012 Panini Signature is a 150-card set released the week of November 14th, 2012. Each six-card box contains three autographs.

2012 Panini Cooperstown is a 170-card set released the week of November 14th, 2012. As the name suggests, all cards in the product are of members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The last 20 cards in the base set are short-printed.

The product features the first certified autographed cards of notable announcers and sports writers.

2012 Topps Five Star is a 80-card set. The most expensive card set Topps has ever produced, each six-card box contains a serial-numbered base card, a "relic," three autographs (all on-card), and an autographed relic.

2012 Topps Heritage High Numbers, a 100-card extension to Heritage, was made available for pre-order on October 17, 2012. Sets will begin shipping on November 6, 2012. This set is only available from ShopTopps.com, Topps' online store. Each set, which is limited to 1000 sets, costs $99.95. Each set includes either a Red or Blue Ink autograph.

2012 Bowman Chrome, a 220-card set supplemented with a 110-card Prospects insert set, was scheduled to be released to the hobby on October 17th, 2012, however some hobby cases and boxes surfaced on Friday, October 12. Retail was spotted for sale as early as October 14th. As in past years, every 18-pack Hobby box will contain an autograph. New for 2012, every third Hobby box will contain a second autograph. Based on extrapolation, approximately 6,027 hobby cases were produced.

2012 Topps Update, a 330-card set, was released on Monday, October 1, 2012. As in recent years, Update will include 55 rookies, various All-Star Game and season highlight cards, and cards of some players who had changed teams during the 2012 season. Each 36-pack Hobby box is scheduled to include either an autograph or relic card, and each 10-pack Home Team Advantage-exclusive Jumbo box will yield one autograph, a Relic, and a manufactured "Relic" insert. Like recent Topps flagship releases, short-print variations and super short-prints are also seeded into packs.