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Set of the Month

2002 Topps Archives was a retro themed set manufactured and distributed by Topps in 2002. Like the previous year's set, the cards were reprints were of previous Topps releases. However, the set was built around players' best years rather than rookie years.

The 200-card base set features major stars and Hall of Famers. Topps changed the backs of most of the cards to include the stats from that selected year. Also, in many of the cards, the text was changed to reflect the best year rather than using the original verbiage. For example Ryne Sandberg's card is a reprint of his 1990 Topps card but includes his stat line from 1990.

Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield one autograph and one "Relic" card.

Previous Sets of the Month

1987 Donruss The Rookies - 2002 Topps American Pie - 1994 Flair - 2004 SPx - 1998 Topps Stars - 2003 Flair - 2012 Topps Heritage - 2000 Black Diamond Rookie Edition - 2004 Skybox LE - 2005 Topps Pristine Legends - 1987 Leaf - 2000 Pacific Invincible - 2005 Timeless Treasures - 1987 K-Mart - 2000 Ultimate Victory - 2009 Ultimate Collection - 2004 Topps Traded & Rookies - 2005 SP Authentic - 1993 Donruss
Just Released

2021 Bowman Draft is a 200-card set released December 31th. Each Hobby only Jumbo box will contain three autographs, 24 Refractors, and eleven inserts, while Super Jumbo boxes will yield five signatures and 40 Refractors.

2021 Panini Flawless is an 75-card set released December 24th. 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.

2021 Panini Elite Extra Edition was released December 24th. As usual, the product focuses on recent draft picks and prospects, and can be seen as Panini's answer to Bowman Draft.

Each base card is serial-numbered to 999 copies. Each five-pack Hobby box will yield two game-used memorabilia cards, eight autographs, and five Optic parallels.

2021 Topps Dynasty was released December 22nd. As usual, each box will contain an encased autographed patch card serial-numbered to ten or fewer.

2021 Bowman Inception is a 100-card set released exclusively to Hobby outlets December 17th. This is the first Bowman Inception set in five years. Each seven-card box will contain four base cards, two parallels, and an autograph.

2021 Panini Contenders is a 214-card set released December 17th. Each Hobby pack contains four inserts, three Optic parallels and an autograph.

2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Chrome is a chromium-stock partial-parallel of the first 300 cards in the 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter set, released December 15th. Just like the regular A&G product, each pack contains one mini-sized parallel.

2021 Topps Chrome Black is a 100-card set released December 8th. Despite the name, Chrome Black features an original design and is not a parallel brand.

Each four-card box will yield two base cards, one Refractor parallel serial-numbered to 199 copies or fewer, and one autograph.

We estimate that 71,300 boxes were produced and that each base card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 357 copies -- an increase in production of over 55% compared to the previous year's product.

2021 Stadium Club Chrome was released November 17th. AS with the previous year's product, the first 300 cards are a full parallel of the 2021 Stadium Club base set, with an extra 100 cards tacked-on and exclusive to the Chrome product.

Each fourteen-pack Hobby box will yield ten inserts, four Refractor parallels, and one autograph.

2021 National Treasures was released by Panini November 12th. As usual, every card is autographed and/or a memorabilia card serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.

2021 Panini Chronicles is a 50-card set released November 5th. As with previous iterations of this product, Chronicles features an original base set along with inserts based off other Panini brands. Each six-pack Hobby box will contain three autographs and a game-used memorabilia card.

2021 Topps Archives was released the week of November 5th. The base set is 300 cards featuring designs from throughout Topps's 70 years of baseball. For the first time since the brand's relaunch in 2012, the base set will not have any short-prints. Each 24-pack Hobby box will continue to yield two autographs.

2021 Triple Threads is a 100-card set in released October. Each seven-card Hobby pack will contain three base cards, two parallels serial-numbered to 299 copies or fewer, one Relic card serial-numbered to 36 copies or fewer, and either an autograph or autographed relic serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.

2021 Topps Update is a 330-card set released October 13th -- about a month earlier than usual.

2021 Topps Heritage Minor League is a 220-card set released October 27th. Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs.

Because Minor League Baseball was not played in 2020, for the first time in this product's history, there are no Relic cards (manufactured or otherwise).

2021 Panini Mosaic is a 289-card set released October 20th. Yet another chromium-stock product (Panini's fifth so far this year), each Hobby box is expected to yield five Silver Prizm parallels, two Red parallels, and three autographs.

2021 Bowman Transcendent was released October 20th. Only 100 sets were produced.

Each factory set contains the following:

  • One, 50-card base set or a 50-card base image variation set, serial-numbered to 50 copies.
  • 30 Transcendent Autographs.
  • One, one-of-one, Icons Deco Gold Autograph.
  • One, one-of-one, Alec Bohm Through the Years Autograph.
  • One, one-of-one, Wander Franco Through the Years Autograph.
  • One, one-of-one, 1989 Bowman SuperFractor Autograph.
  • One, one-of-one, 1955 Bowman Oversized Cut Signature.
  • A VIP Experience Invitation.

2021 Topps Five Star was released October 20th. All cards are autographed, and each box will contain two.

2021 Donruss Optic was released October 6th -- about a month and a half later than usual. As usual, Optic is a 207-card chromium-stock take on the 2021 Donruss set. Each 20-pack Hobby box will yield 20 inserts 10 parallels, and a pair of autographs.

Randomly seeded "Hot Boxes" will yield five autographs, or one serial-numbered parallel per pack.

"First off the Line" boxes were made available exclusively through paniniamerica.net. These boxes contain three autographs per box (one of which will be serial-numbered to 35 copies or fewer), a Pandora parallel serial-numbered to 99 in each pack, and a Cracked Ice parallel serial-numbered to seven per box.

2021 Spectra is a 182-card set released by Panini on October 1st. This is the product's debut as a stand-alone set in baseball, although it has appeared as an insert in Panini Chronicles, as well as other sports.

All cards are printed on a thick-gauge chromium cardstock. Each four-card pack will yield an autograph and a game-used card.

2021 Topps Gold Label is a 300-card set released October 1st. As with the Gold Label sets of the late-90s, the set features 100 different players on three different "Class" cards: 1, 2, and 3. Unfortunately, the holo-foil plastic cardstock the brand was known for in the 90s was not used -- regular paper stock was used instead.

Each box will yield one Framed Autograph.

2021 Bowman Sterling is a 51-card set supplemented by a 50-card "Prospects" set, released September 29th. As with previous Bowman Sterling sets, each pack will contain an autograph.

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  7. 2024 Topps 50/50: Shohei Ohtani
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