Heritage is back for 2024, this time paying tribute to the 1975 Topps release. The release follows the standard format we’ve come to expect, with flashback inserts featuring baseball and general news events from 1975, as well as an assortment of relics and autographs. There is one major change this year, which some say is a brilliant idea to push more people in to completing their sets.
In past releases, the base card SPs were an extension of the base numbering, recently filling card numbers 401-500. This year, however, that’s been changed. SPs this year, are card number 1 to 100. The feeling is that it’s easy to skip the high numbers, but a set will likely feel incomplete if you do not have the first hundred cards.
A hobby box contains 24 packs with 9 cards per pack, and advertises one relic or autograph per box. The relics fall much more commonly.
We’re back with the first release for 2024, with the Flagship offering. Prices are up a bit, and contents are down more. The base design appears highly influenced by the 1986 release, with some updated flair. The base set is also up to 350 cards for this year. Continuing on with recent years, this release features an insert set tribute to the 1989 Topps baseball set, including cards in the special silver packs.
The hit count in a jumbo box remains the same, but the overall card count is down. This release contains ten packs with forty cards per pack, including one autograph and two relic cards. At the same time as content goes down, it seems production continues to increase.
While the time frame of the release is a bit later than we became accustomed to, the Heritage High Number release is still the standard components we’ve come to expect. It picks up right where the first release left off, containing cards 501-700, with an additional 25 SPs running to 725.
A box contains 24 packs with 9 cards per pack. The configuration advertises one autograph or relic per box, along with a box toppers.
The second series of 206 showed up for pre-order with just a few hours notice. While it may not have been obvious when it was going to come, it seemed pretty likely after the first release was called low series.
This series has an additional 150 base cards, with much the same configuration as the first release. One major change is there is no Opening Day version of the base cards, but it is replaced by All Star Background cards. Otherwise, this release largely extends the lower series, including the possibility of autographs of 205 cards.
Once again, each both contains four packs with ten cards per pack. There is no guaranteed autograph in each box.
Following fairly closely on the feels of the update release, we see Topps Holiday hit the shelves. It’s a fairly simple release with limited parallels and lots of holiday themed Short Prints. The short prints can sometimes be tricky to spot, as they may be something as simple as a candy cane bat, or hidden presents.
The base set consists of 200 cards, with a large number of Variant short prints. A box advertises ten packs with ten cards per pack, but that varies if there is a relic in the pack. Each box includes one relic or autograph, along with a die-cut ornament.
