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Just released 2013 Topps Series One, which was released on Monday, January 28, 2013, is a proposed 330-card 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 recently released information about their online contest called "Million Dollar Chase". 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. 2012 Triple Threads, released by Topps on September 18, 2012, is a 154-card base set with at least 54 autographed "Rookies & Future Phenoms" subset cards each serial-numbered to 99 copies or less. Each seven card pack will yield three base cards, two parallels, one Triple Relic, and Unity Relic. One relic in each pack will be autographed. 2012 Topps Heritage Minor League, a 225-card set of minor league players, was released on September 12, 2012. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs and a relic card. 2012 Topps Chrome, a 220-card set, was released to retail outlets on August 18, 2012. It was officially released to the hobby on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs. 2012 Finest, a 100-card set, was released August 8, 2012. Each "Master Box" will contain one Autographed Rookie Refractor, one Autographed Jumbo Relic Rookie Refractor, two Finest Moments inserts, one Faces of the Franchise and Game Changers inserts, and six various Refractor parallels. Two mini-boxes per Master Box. Six packs per mini-box (MSRP: $50), five cards per pack. Hobby only. One Master box in every four cases, will be a "Hot Box" that will yeild a base refractor parallel in place of every base card. 2012 Topps Mini, a mini-sized version of the the base Topps set, was released on August 1, 2012. Boxes were availble for sale at the Topps corporate booth at the 2012 NSCC for $50. The first 100 collectors to buy a box received a five-card promo set which includes: Yu Darvish, Bryce Harper, Matt Kemp, Stephen Strasburg and Roy Halladay. Boxes are are exclusively available for sale on the Topps web site. Produced by Panini America, 2012 Triple Play is a 90-card set released August 1st, 2012 at the 2012 NSCC. Just like the Triple Play sets of the early-90s, the set is primarily geared towards children. The entire base set features computerized vector art. Please note, that this set is NOT licensed by MLB Properties and does not feature any MLB logos. 2012 Bowman Platinum, a 100-card set, was released on July 25, 2012. The 100-card base set will be supplemented by a 100-card Prospects set. Each 20-pack Hobby box is expected to yield two Autographed Prospects, one Autographed Relic, five Prospect and four Top Prospect inserts, a pair of Cutting Edge die-cut inserts, and seven base set parallels.	Ten newest articles 2024 Topps Black & White 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	Featured hobby definitions Dump Death Bump Bookend Rag Hot Pack Azuna Lenticular Printing Sticker Dump Junk Wax Rainbow All definitions
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