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Description

2018 Topps Archives was released exclusively to retail outlets the week of August 13th. The Hobby edition -- which was scheduled for released around the same time -- has been delayed until October. It is currently unclear as to why the Hobby edition was delayed.

The base set is 320 cards featuring designs from the 1959, 1977, and 1981 Topps sets.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Rack Packs
Base	320	-	?	?	?
short set	300	-	?	?	?
1959 Topps Combos	10	-	?	1:7	1:6
1977 Turn Back the Clock	10	-	?	1:14	1:6
Gimmicks	9	-	?	?	1:106
Purple	320	175	?	1:31	1:14
Silver	320	99	?	1:55	1:25
Blue	320	25	?	1:76	N/A
Gold	320	one-of-one	?	1:5428	1:2430
Signature Omission	200	-	?	SO/VEN	SO/VEN
Topps Logo Swap	100	-	?	1:215	1:96
Venezuelan	100	-	?	SO/VEN	SO/VEN
1981 Topps Future Stars	10	-	?	1:7	1:6
1993 Topps Coming Attractions	20	-	?	?	?
1993 Topps Coming Attractions Blue	20	25	?	?	?
1993 Topps Coming Attractions Gold Foil	20	one-of-one	?	?	?
The Sandlot	11	-	?	1:7	1:6
The Sandlot Green	11	99	?	1:1084	1:481
The Sandlot Blue	11	25	?	1:4294	1:1922
The Sandlot Gold Foil	11	one-of-one	?	1:105,014	1:58,536
Topps Rookie History	20	-	?	1:7	1:6
Topps Rookie History SPs	5	-	?	?	?
Topps Rookie History Purple Foil	25	150	?	1:537	1:239
Topps Rookie History Green Foil	25	99	?	1:812	1:361
Topps Rookie History Blue Foil	25	50	?	1:1616	1:717
Topps Rookie History Red Foil	25	10	?	1:8078	3659
Topps Rookie History Gold Foil	25	one-of-one	?	1:105,014	1:39,420
Fan Favorite Autographs	62	-	?	1:68	1:34
Fan Favorite Autographs Purple	62	150	?	1:535	1:269
Fan Favorite Autographs Silver	62	99	?	1:624	1:312
Fan Favorite Autographs Blue	62	25	?	1:1616	1:717
Fan Favorite Autographs Gold	62	one-of-one	?	1:47,229	1:26,280
1993 Topps Coming Attraction Autographs	20	-	?	1:2144	1:1080
1993 Topps Coming Attraction Autographs Blue	20	25	?	1:6470	1:3252
1993 Topps Coming Attraction Autographs Gold Foil	20	one-of-one	?	1:210,028	1:78,840
The Sandlot Autographs	10	-	?	1:607	1:304
The Sandlot Autographs Silver	10	99	?	1:2699	1:1362
The Sandlot Autographs Blue	10	25	?	1:9261	1:4638
The Sandlot Autographs Gold	10	one-of-one	?	1:236,142	N/A
Topps Rookie History Autographs	?	?	?	N/A	N/A
Topps Rookie History Autographs Red Foil	?	10	?	N/A	N/A
Topps Rookie History Autographs Gold Foil	?	one-of-one	?	N/A	N/A
Topps Originals	?	?	?	1:21,468	1:11,263
1993 Topps All-Stars Dual Autographs	8	25	?	1:8587	1:4280
1993 Topps All-Stars Dual Autographs Gold Foil	8	one-of-one	?	1:21,468	1:78,840

SO/VEN: Odds of finding either a Signature Omission or Venezuelan parallel: 1:108/retail packs; 1:48/rack packs.

Checklist

Base Set

1959 Design

1 Hank Aaron
2 Noah Syndergaard
3 Tom Seaver
4 Jack Flaherty RC
5 Andrew McCutchen
6 Yasiel Puig
7 Orlando Cepeda
8 Nomar Garciaparra
9 Nicky Delmonico RC
10 Lucas Giolito
11 Scott Kingery RC
12 Corey Seager
13 Larry Doby
14 Andrew Benintendi
15 Ryne Sandberg
16 Harrison Bader RC
17 Sean Manaea
18 Ozzie Albies RC
19 Austin Meadows RC
20 Cal Ripken, Jr.
21 Dallas Keuchel
22 Jordan Hicks RC
23 Don Mattingly
24 Josh Donaldson
25 Sandy Koufax
26 Jorge Polanco
27 Max Fried RC
28 Jackie Bradley, Jr.
29 Dansby Swanson
30 Honus Wagner
31 Aaron Judge
32 Miguel Cabrera
33 Justin Upton
34 Anthony Rendon
35 Greg Maddux
36 Adam Jones
37 Hoyt Wilhelm
38 Marcus Stroman
39 Adrian Beltre
40 Rafael Devers RC
41 Paul Goldschmidt
42 Brian Dozier
43 Luke Weaver
44 Luis Severino
45 Joey Gallo
46 Warren Spahn
47 Carlton Fisk
48 Jose Urena
49 Bobby Doerr
50 Shohei Ohtani RC
51 Mike Piazza
52 Avisail Garcia
53 Edwin Encarnacion
54 Odubel Herrera
55 Duke Snider
56 Aaron Nola
57 Mike Zunino
58 Whit Merrifield
59 Adam Duvall
60 Jim Thome
61 Manny Machado
62 Addison Russell
63 Blake Snell
64 Evan Longoria
65 Brian Anderson RC
66 Wade Davis
67 Charlie Blackmon
68 Will Clark
69 Gary Carter
70 Tyler Wade RC
71 Jake Odorizzi
72 Tyler Glasnow
73 Juan Soto RC
74 Anthony Banda RC
75 Giancarlo Stanton
76 Michael Conforto
77 Jameson Taillon
78 Red Schoendienst
79 Luis Castillo
80 Danny Duffy
81 Goose Gossage
82 A.J. Pollock
83 Jordan Zimmermann
84 Bernie Williams
85 Bert Blyleven
86 Christian Yelich
87 Manny Margot
88 Paul DeJong
89 Julio Teheran
90 Andrew Miller
91 Garrett Cooper RC
92 Albert Pujols
93 Justin Verlander
94 Lorenzo Cain
95 Willy Adames RC
96 Eddie Murray
97 Dee Gordon
98 Ryan Zimmerman
99 Khris Davis
100 Kris Bryant

1977 Design

101 Francisco Lindor
102 Daniel Murphy
103 Mike Moustakas
104 Chris Davis
105 Mookie Betts
106 Francisco Mejia RC
107 Richie Ashburn
108 Amed Rosario RC
109 Justin Turner
110 Matt Olson
111 Kyle Schwarber
112 Early Wynn
113 Robin Yount
114 Didi Gregorius
115 Orlando Arcia
116 Raisel Iglesias
117 Bob Feller
118 Jacob deGrom
119 Jim Bunning
120 Johnny Bench
121 Bruce Sutter
122 Nick Markakis
123 Joey Lucchesi RC
124 Nolan Arenado
125 Justin Bour
126 Don Sutton
127 Yasmany Tomas
128 Rickey Henderson
129 DJ LeMahieu
130 Brandon Belt
131 Byron Buxton
132 Chris Archer
133 Nomar Mazara
134 Stephen Strasburg
135 Nelson Cruz
136 Marcell Ozuna
137 Alex Verdugo RC
138 Brooks Robinson
139 Jose Berrios
140 Pedro Martinez
141 George Springer
142 Josh Bell
143 Carson Fulmer
144 Clint Frazier RC
145 Willie McCovey
146 Nick Williams RC
147 Enos Slaughter
148 Phil Rizzuto
149 Zack Cozart
150 Clayton Kershaw
151 Carlos Santana
152 Billy Hamilton
153 Roger Clemens
154 Andrew Stevenson RC
155 Hunter Pence
156 Jimmie Foxx
157 Alcides Escobar
158 Travis d'Arnaud
159 Tim Beckham
160 Chris Sale
161 Justin Smoak
162 Felix Hernandez
163 Tommy Pham
164 Gleyber Torres RC
165 Whitey Ford
166 Nicholas Castellanos
167 Cole Hamels
168 Tommy Lasorda
169 George Brett
170 Austin Hedges
171 Ozzie Smith
172 James McCann
173 Carlos Correa
174 Anthony Rizzo
175 Ryan McMahon RC
176 David Ortiz
177 Tim Anderson
178 Satchel Paige
179 Wil Myers
180 Dave Winfield
181 Masahiro Tanaka
182 Lou Boudreau
183 Jake Lamb
184 Teoscar Hernandez
185 Brad Ziegler
186 Austin Hays RC
187 Kevin Kiermaier
188 Tyler O'Neill RC
189 Hal Newhouser
190 Carlos Carrasco
191 Andrelton Simmons
192 Barry Larkin
193 Tyler Mahle RC
194 Jack Morris
195 Stephen Piscotty
196 Felipe Vazquez
197 Ender Inciarte
198 Walker Buehler RC
199 Corey Knebel
200 Derek Jeter

1981 Design

201 Roberto Clemente
202 Ernie Banks
203 Yoan Moncada
204 Bob Gibson
205 Buster Posey
206 Robinson Cano
207 Luiz Gohara RC
208 Starling Marte
209 Starlin Castro
210 Jonathan Schoop
211 Chance Sisco RC
212 Ronald Acuña, Jr. RC
213 Trevor Story
214 Kenley Jansen
215 Jon Gray
216 Michael Fulmer
217 Rhys Hoskins RC
218 Zack Greinke
219 Freddie Freeman
220 Yoenis Cespedes
221 Tom Glavine
222 Jose Ramirez
223 Jon Lester
224 John Smoltz
225 Kyle Seager
226 George Kell
227 Harmon Killebrew
228 Johnny Cueto
229 Chipper Jones
230 Alex Gordon
231 Ichiro
232 Joe Morgan
233 Trea Turner
234 Yadier Molina
235 Maikel Franco
236 Dustin Pedroia
237 Ryan Braun
238 Daniel Mengden
239 Tony P?rez
240 Eric Thames
241 Edgar Martinez
242 Alex Bregman
243 Matt Duffy
244 Rougned Odor
245 Monte Irvin
246 Scott Schebler
247 Lucas Sims RC
248 Wade Boggs
249 Alex Rodriguez
250 Cody Bellinger
251 Catfish Hunter
252 Ervin Santana
253 Russell Martin
254 Rod Carew
255 Randy Johnson
256 Jesse Biddle RC
257 Hunter Renfroe
258 Eddie Mathews
259 Patrick Corbin
260 Elvis Andrus
261 Matt Chapman
262 Ralph Kiner
263 Fergie Jenkins
264 Frank Thomas
265 Victor Robles RC
266 Ian Kinsler
267 Max Kepler
268 Nolan Ryan
269 Dustin Fowler RC
270 Reggie Jackson
271 Trey Mancini
272 Jose Altuve
273 Yangervis Solarte
274 Tomas Nido RC
275 Mark McGwire
276 Aaron Altherr
277 Max Scherzer
278 Sean Newcomb
279 Yu Darvish
280 J.P. Crawford RC
281 Xander Bogaerts
282 Miguel Andujar RC
283 Salvador Perez
284 Corey Kluber
285 Brandon Woodruff RC
286 Dominic Smith RC
287 Mike Soroka RC
288 Joey Votto
289 Gary Sanchez
290 Kevin Pillar
291 Matt Carpenter
292 Robin Roberts
293 Steven Matz
294 Adeiny Hechavarria
295 Bob Lemon
296 Gregory Polanco
297 Willie Stargell
298 Jose Abreu
299 Mike Trout
300 Bryce Harper

1959 Combos Design

301 Andrew Benintendi / Mookie Betts
302 Kris Bryant / Anthony Rizzo
303 Shohei Ohtani / Mike Trout
304 Aaron Judge / Giancarlo Stanton
305 Jose Abreu / Yoan Moncada
306 Eddie Rosario / Jose Berrios
307 Andrew McCutchen / Buster Posey
308 Ichiro / Dee Gordon
309 Joc Pederson / Matt Kemp / Yasiel Puig
310 Alex Bregman / Jose Altuve / Carlos Correa

1977 Turn Back the Clock Design

311 Ichiro
312 Randy Johnson
313 Albert Pujols
314 Mark McGwire
315 Mike Piazza
316 Jose Canseco
317 Nolan Ryan
318 Willie McCovey
319 Hank Aaron
320 Bob Gibson

Gimmicks

31 Aaron Judge
50 Shohei Ohtani
100 Kris Bryant
108 Amed Rosario
150 Clayton Kershaw
200 Derek Jeter
201 Roberto Clemente
202 Ernie Banks
300 Bryce Harper

Parallels

All 320 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Purple (serial-numbered to 175 copies)
Silver (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to 25 copies; Hobby and retail wax only)
Gold (one-of-one)

Signature Omission

All 200 cards from the 1959 and 1977 subsets (cards #1-#200) are available in a "Signature Omission" parallel, where the facsimile autograph has been omitted.

Topps Logo Swap

All 100 cards in the 1981 subset (cards #201-#300) are available in a "Logo Swap" parallel, where the "TOPPS" on the front is replaced with the vintage "fishhook" Topps logo.

Venezuelan

All 100 cards in the 1959 subset (cards #1-#100) are available in a Venezuelan parallel, where the backs are printed on a darker cardboard stock.

Inserts

1993 Topps Coming Attraction

Each 1993 Topps Coming Attraction is also available in the following parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Gold Foil (one-of-one)

CA-1 Shohei Ohtani
CA-2 Walker Buehler
CA-3 Clint Frazier
CA-4 Ozzie Albies
CA-5 Miguel Andujar
CA-6 Alex Verdugo
CA-7 Victor Robles
CA-8 Austin Hays
CA-9 J.P. Crawford
CA-10 Amed Rosario
CA-11 Gleyber Torres
CA-12 Ronald Acuña, Jr.
CA-13 Dustin Fowler
CA-14 Nick Williams
CA-15 Francisco Mejia
CA-16 Rhys Hoskins
CA-17 Dominic Smith
CA-18 Harrison Bader
CA-19 Jack Flaherty
CA-20 Rafael Devers

The Sandlot

The set features the stars of the seminal 1993 film The Sandlot. The set is done in the style of the 1962 Topps set and is also available in the following parallels.

Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Gold Foil(one-of-one)

SL-AM Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan
SL-BJR Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez
SL-BW Bertram Grover Weeks
SL-H Hercules
SL-HP Hamilton "Ham" Porter
SL-KD Kenny DeNunez
SL-MP Michael "Squints" Palledorous
SL-SS Scotty Smalls
SL-TIM Timmy Timmons
SL-TOM Tommy Timmons
SL-WP Wendy Peffercorn

Rookie History

Because it would be an Archives set without yet another reprint insert, right? Each card is stamped with a "Topps Rookie History" foil stamp, and some are, for some reason, short-printed. Each is also available in the following parallels, because why the hell not!

Purple Foil (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Green Foil (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Blue Foil (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Red Foil (serial-numbered to ten)
Gold Foil (one-of-one)

Jeff Bagwell
John Smoltz
Ozzie Smith
Willie McCovey
Al Kaline
Jim Palmer
Mike Piazza
Bo Jackson
Clayton Kershaw
Frank Thomas
Tom Glavine
Chipper Jones
Pedro Martinez
Bryce Harper
Reggie Jackson
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Don Mattingly
Robin Yount
Dave Winfield
Mike Trout
Roberto Clemente
Ichiro
Hank Aaron
Derek Jeter
Sandy Koufax

Coins

Two Coins were inserted into each Blaster box. A "Sky Blue" parallel for each coin is also available.

C-1 Aaron Judge
c-2 Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez
C-3 Kris Bryant
C-4 Scotty Smalls
C-5 Michael "Squints" Palledorous
C-6 Carlos Correa
C-7 Amed Rosario
C-8 Hercules
C-9 Manny Machado
C-10 Rafael Devers
C-11 Andrew McCutchen
C-12 Ozzie Albies
C-13 Max Scherzer
C-14 Victor Robles
C-15 Noah Syndergaard
C-16 Josh Donaldson
C-17 Mike Trout
C-18 Clint Frazier
C-19 Francisco Lindor
C-20 Hamilton "Ham" Porter
C-21 Buster Posey
C-22 Rhys Hoskins
C-23 Cody Bellinger
C-24 Andrew Benintendi
C-25 Shohei Ohtani

Autographs

Fan Favorite Autographs

Each Fan Favorite Autograph is also available in the following parallels.

Purple (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Silver (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Gold (one-of-one)

FFA-AJ Aaron Judge
FFA-BF Bob Friend
FFA-FL Francisco Lindor
FFA-HA Hank Aaron
FFA-HL Hector Lopez
FFA-RF Roy Face
FFA-JB Jim Bouton
FFA-SK Sandy Koufax
FFA-BEB Bert Blyleven
FFA-DK Don Kessinger
FFA-JP Jim Perry
FFA-RF Ray Fosse
FFA-RP Rico Petrocelli
FFA-SO Shohei Ohtani
FFA-CC Chris Chambliss
FFA-FM Felix Millan
FFA-TS Ted Simmons
FFA-DW Dave Winfield
FFA-GM Gary Matthews
FFA-PG Phil Garner
FFA-WW Willie Wilson
FFA-AH A.J. Hinch
FFA-AR Amed Rosario
FFA-BJ Bill James
FFA-BM Bill Madlock
FFA-BV Bobby Valentine
FFA-JLE Jim Leyland
FFA-JT John Thorn
FFA-JTO Joe Torre
FFA-MK Michael Kay
FFA-TL Tony La Russa
FFA-BH Bryce Harper
FFA-GP Gary Pettis
FFA-JA Jose Altuve
FFA-KB Kris Bryant
FFA-MB Marty Barrett
FFA-WB Wally Backman
FFA-DJ David Justice
FFA-RD Rafael Devers
FFA-TB Tom Browning
FFA-VR Victor Robles
FFA-JCO Joey Cora
FFA-JM Jose Mesa
FFA-OM Orlando Merced
FFA-RH Rhys Hoskins
FFA-TS Terry Steinbach
FFA-BA Brad Ausmus
FFA-BR Brad Radke
FFA-CJ Charles Johnson
FFA-DJ Derek Jeter
FFA-DL Derek Lowe
FFA-DR Dave Roberts
FFA-HB Homer Bush
FFA-KF Keith Foulke
FFA-LC Luis Castillo
FFA-MS Matt Stairs
FFA-MST Mike Stanton
FFA-MT Mike Trout
FFA-PN Pat Neshek
FFA-RN Robb Nen
FFA-SS Shannon Stewart
FFA-TP Troy Percival
FFA-AK Adam Kennedy H
FFA-CN Charles Nagy H
FFA-KA Kevin Appier H
FFA-ML Michael Lewis H
FFA-MTI Mike Timlin H
FFA-RA Rich Aurilia H

1993 Topps Coming Attraction Autographs

Each 1993 Topps Coming Attraction Autograph is also available in the following parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Gold (one-of-one)

CA-AH Austin Hays
CA-AR Amed Rosario
CA-AV Alex Verdugo
CA-CF Clint Frazier
CA-DF Dustin Fowler
CA-DS Dominic Smith
CA-FM Francisco Mejia
CA-GT Gleyber Torres
CA-HB Harrison Bader
CA-JC J.P. Crawford
CA-JF Jack Flaherty
CA-ND Nicky Delmonico
CA-NW Nick Williams
CA-OA Ozzie Albies
CA-RA Ronald Acuña, Jr.
CA-RD Rafael Devers
CA-RH Rhys Hoskins
CA-SO Shohei Ohtani
CA-VR Victor Robles
CA-WB Walker Buehler

The Sandlot Autographs

This is an autographed parallel of the The Sandlot insert set -- all except for Hercules. Hercules is a dog, and that would be ungainly. (Although it should be noted, 2007 Allen & Ginter Worlds Champions featured a "Paw-tograph" of a dog.)

Each card is also available in the following parallels.

Silver (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to 25 copies; Hobby only)
Gold (one-of-one)

SLA-AYYM Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan
SLA-BW Bertram Grover Weeks
SLA-DME David Mickey Evans
SLA-HHP Hamilton "Ham" Porter
SLA-KD Kenny DeNunez
SLA-MSP Michael "Squints" Palledorous
SLA-SS Scotty Smalls
SLA-TIM Timmy Timmons
SLA-TOM Tommy Timmons
SLA-WP Wendy Peffercorn
SLA-MS Karen Allen H "Mrs. Smalls"

Topps Rookie History Autographs

This set is exclusive to Hobby packs. As such, the checklist has yet to be released.

Originals Autographs

These buyback autographs are exclusive to Hobby packs. As such, the checklist has yet to be released.

1993 Topps All-Stars Dual Autographs

Each 1993 Topps All-Stars Dual Autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies and also available in a one-of-one Gold Foil parallel.

DA-AS Jose Altuve / George Springer
DA-BT Mike Trout / Kris Bryant
DA-HW Rhys Hoskins / Nick Williams
DA-PK Troy Percival / Craig Kimbrel
DA-RP Jim Palmer / Brooks Robinson
DA-RS Dominic Smith / Amed Rosario
DA-SG Tom Glavine / John Smoltz
DA-WJ Dave Winfield / Aaron Judge