✅ Set Overview — What’s the Deal? The 2025-26 release is essentially Topps’ return to major licensed NBA “Chrome” land (which they haven’t done in a full way for a long time). The brand is back and flashy. From checklist previews: The base set is about 299 cards in the Chrome version (rookies +…

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🏀 What’s the Set & Why It Matters This is a return of Topps to officially-licensed NBA cards (their first full basketball release since 2009-10). The Times of India+2Topps+2 Release date: October 23, 2025 for the hobby format. Topps Ripped Format: Hobby Box (12 cards per pack, 20 packs per box) according to checklist spotlight.…

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. 🎁 Release Date & Format Facts Release date: October 30, 2025. Mark your calendar. “Yes, Santa, I want new basketball cards.” Chasing Majors+2Topps+2 Formats visible so far: Mega BOX (10 packs, 10 cards per pack) in the hobby channel. Chasing Majors+1 Countdown Calendar version: 24 packs per box, 4 cards per pack. Topps+1 Various…

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🗂 2024 Rookie Royalty WNBA — Overview Each box has 2 cards per pack, 1 pack per box Beckett+2Panini America+2 Guaranteed hits:  • 1 autograph (on-card) from Caitlin Clark or Angel Reese Beckett+2Panini America+2  • 1 insert card from the Downtown or Kaboom! insert sets (featuring other WNBA talents) Checklist Insider+2Beckett+2 Autographs come from multiple…

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          The Full Story: 1986 Fleer vs. 1984 Star #101 Michael Jordan Cards Grab your PSA holders and settle in—this is the collector’s deep dive you’ve been waiting for, straight from someone who’s traded stories over card tables, jittered over mistakes, and chased these beauties with caffeine-fueled determination. 1986-87 Fleer #57…

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Introduction: When Panini Dropped the Hobby’s Mic Imagine being a collector in 2012. The NBA is stacked with talent. We’ve got LeBron deep in his Miami Heat reign, Kobe still putting on Mamba clinics, and a rookie class that looks like it was handpicked by the cardboard gods: Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie…

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Intro: When Card Collecting Went Luxe If trading cards were luxury cars, 2003 Exquisite would be a blacked-out Rolls-Royce Phantom—sumptuous, rare, and leaving the rest of the hobby in its dust. Debuting in the 2003–04 season, Upper Deck went all-in on premium. These cards came in wooden boxes, just five cards each, with serial numbering,…

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🌌 The Hobby Context – Why Star Company Even Happened Alright, picture this: It’s the early 80s. Topps, who had been producing NBA cards for years, taps out after 1981–82. No more Bird, Magic, Dr. J, or rookies in packs. For three long seasons (’82–83, ’83–84, and ’84–85), there’s no licensed NBA trading card product…

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