As the first full year of the pandemic comes to an end, the hobby world is still adjusting. Is this the new normal? How long will things continue? What will change forever? At this point, it’s not just product being resold for big prices. Even the prices direct from Topps to LCSes are going up drastically. This release has gone up significantly in just the last few years, even with production way up. the odds inside have gotten much worse now, too.
This release pays tribute to the 1972 Topps release. If features cards in the style of that year, including In Action cards for some of the big stars. It also contains the usually types of variations from the previous releases. This isn’t really a hit driven product, but one relic or autograph is advertised per box. The autographs fall a lot less frequently, though. The base set includes 400 cards, with an additional 100 SPs to round out the set.
A box contains 24 packs with 9 cards per pack. Each box includes one autograph or relic, as well as a box topper of some sort. This are loose this year, rather than in their own package.
This box contained:
200 Base (50% of 400 card set)
8 Base SP (8% of 100 card set)
1 Base Black Parallel Starling Marte In Action
1 Baseball Flashbacks
1 News Flashbacks
3 The Great One
1 New Age Performer
1 Real One Autographs Tommy Pham
1 Box Topper Willson Contreras