Nestled between the Super Bowl on February 9th and the start of Spring Training on February 17th is another major milestone of the sports and hobby calendar – the release of Topps Series 1 cards to collectors.
This is something of a hobby holiday, kicking off the new year of collecting with new rookie cards, new designs, and just lots of “new”.
But what is new in 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball? What are the release formats? What are the hits? And are these worth circling on the calendar?
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2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball went available for pre-sale on Topps.com on Monday, January 13th, at 12:00 PM ET. The release date for 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball is scheduled for February 12, 2025 (subject to change).
Hobby boxes of 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball contain 20 packs per box. Each pack contains 12 cards per pack. There are 12 hobby boxes per hobby case.
Hobby boxes contain 1 autograph or relic card per Hobby box. The pre-sale price on Topps.com for hobby boxes is $89.99. Sales on the secondary market have been at around $125.
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Jumbo boxes of 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball contain 10 packs per box. Each Jumbo pack contains 40 cards per pack. There are 6 Jumbo boxes per jumbo case.
Jumbo boxes contain 3 hits, including at least 1 autograph card. Jumbo boxes are pre-selling for $179.99. Secondary market sales have been in the $180-200 range.
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Mega boxes of 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball contain 16 packs per box. Each Mega pack contains 14 cards per pack. Mega boxes contain exclusive 1990 Topps Baseball foilboard inserts. Mega boxes are pre-selling for $49.99 on Topps.com. Sales on the secondary market have been in the $75-90 range.
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Silver Packs are back as box toppers for Hobby Boxes (1 pack per box) and Jumbo Boxes (2 packs per box).
Retail products, including Value boxes and hangers, will return, although details are not yet available.
The base set for 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball consists of 350 cards. The checklist consists of rookies and major league veterans.
Topps recently shared the design of 2025 Topps on social media, to mixed reviews. Check out our recent article on the design for more details.
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Parallels are a big part of the fun in 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball, with an extended rainbow of parallels, plus foil and 1/1 First Card parallels, representing the “first card off the line”.
Parallels include:
Golden Image Variation exist for every card in the set. These SSP cards leverage the base set design but have alternate images.
Player Number Variations exist for 25 cards from the base set. Hobby exclusive.
Dancing Dodgers Variations features 10 cards featuring the World Champion Dodgers celebrating.
Inserts are a big part of 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball, as they have been with Topps Flagship products for many years.
Insert sets include:
2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball celebrates the 35th anniversary of 1990 Topps. The colored borders of 1990 Topps will get their nostalgic moment in the sun.
1990 Topps Baseball brings 100 subjects to the 1990 design, with a range of current players and great players of the past.
1990 Topps Baseball Chrome offers up chrome versions of the 1990 Topps Baseball offering. Exclusive to Silver Packs.
1990 Topps was never one of my favorite designs, and it’s downright shocking to this long-time collector that they were released 35 years ago.
Various Parallel versions of the insert offerings are also available.
Memorabilia items are one of the hits in 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball, with each hobby box having either a relic or autograph, and Jumbo boxes having 1 autograph and 2 relics on average.
1990 Topps Baseball Relics brings the 1990 design to 98 subjects, each with a relic.
City Connect Swatch Collection brings us 36 cards with relics from a player’s City Connect uniform.
In the Name Relics feature name relics for select players. Player may appear on more than one of the 65 cards in the set.
Major League Material consists of 82 cards, each with a relic of a current player.
Major League Material Dual brings us two players with two relics. Pairs are typically teammates, but there are a few other themes sprinkled in as well.
Real One Relics bring the Real One concept to 28 cards, each with a relic.
Rickwood Relic Collection shines a spotlight on the MLB game played at historic Rickwood Field, with 16 cards with relics from the game.
Autographs, which are guaranteed one per Jumbo with each hobby box containing either a relic or an autograph, are among the biggest hits in 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball. While flagship Topps isn’t all about the autographs, they are a popular part of the offering.
1990 Topps Baseball Autographs offer up autographs on cards that feature the junk wax era 1990 Topps design. Checklist is a mix of 201 current stars, rookies, and greats of the past. Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Black (/10), Red (/5) and Platinum (1/1) parallels are also available.
1990 Topps Baseball Chrome Autographs are Silver Pack exclusives that bring the chrome to the 1990 Topps Baseball Autographs. Features 98 cards.
2025 Topps Baseball Flagship Autograph Patch brings us 71 cards with a relic and an autograph. Exclusive to hobby and jumbo packs.
Baseball Stars Autographs return with a mix of 102 players past and present. Blue (/150), Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Black (/10), Red (/5) and Platinum (1/1) parallels are also available.
Dual Baseball Stars Autographs include two players and two autographs per card, and are numbered out of only 10 copies each. Set consists of 44 cards.
Triple Baseball Stars Autographs bring three autographs per card with a mix of players past and present. 40 cards per set.
Flagship Real One Autographs are new for 2025, but a familiar Topps staple. 47 cards make up the set. Parallels include Gold Foil (/50), Orange Foil (/25), Black Foil (/10), Red Foil (/5) and Foilfractor (1/1).
City Connect Swatch Collection Auto Relics combine a swatch from the player’s City Connect uniform and an autograph. 24 cards make up the set. Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Black (/10), Red (/5) and Platinum (1/1) parallels also available.
Fanatics Authentic Redemptions are exclusive to Fanatics boxes and bring us autographs of 29 stars of the past and present.
Rickwood Auto Relic Collection bring relics from the Rickwood Field game along with autos. Parallels include Orange (/25), Black (/10), Red (/5) and Platinum (1/1).
Heavy Lumber Autograph Relics are another tough pull with only 10 copies per card. 23 card set.
Major League Material Autographs 50 cards from the relic set getting the autograph treatment.
Major League Material Dual Autographs brings the ink to 19 cards from the relic set, with two signatures and two relics per card.
Rickwood Autograph Relic Collection features 11 cards from the relic set with autographs, celebrating the game played at the famous Negro League field.
Signature Tunes Dual Autographs features 3 cards with a music theme, pairing a player with a music theme.
The Big Hurt Autographs features 25 cards, all with autographs of “The Big Hurt”, Hall of Famer Frank Thomas.
2025 Topps Series 1 represents the start of the new collecting year and the return of the most popular set for another year. But are they a good candidate to buy-and-hold unopened?
Let’s take a look at recent comp prices for hobby boxes from the last few years to see what they can suggest about the potential for 2025.
| Year | Recent Hobby Box Comp Price |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $90 |
| 2024 | $120-150 |
| 2023 | $70-75 |
| 2022 | $50-55 |
| 2021 | $45-60 |
Prices from the last few years are a bit all over the place, with the prices of wax constantly rising. This makes it a little tough to make a determination. As a flagship, lower-cost product, these feel like a product to open, not to hoard.
What about in terms of singles? Generally speaking, this is a lower-cost, higher print run product that isn’t really the best investment option.
That being said, some of the rarer autographs and parallels will offer the opportunity to pay for the box and more, but these are of course tough pulls.
Every product has pros and cons when deciding whether to purchase or break them. What are some of the pros and cons of 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball?
Pros
Cons
2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball represents more than just a product drop. It signifies the start of a new collecting year, and sets the tone (and design) for many of the products to follow in 2025.
The product offers a low-cost box that should make for a varied and enjoyable break, although these cards probably aren’t the best investment option.
What’s your take on 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball? Looking to break a box? Buying into a break? Buying singles? Or are you passing on this product? Tell us about it at CardLines on Twitter.
The baseball card collecting calendar has certain milestones. Many revolve around Topps Flagship design, which has an outsized influence on the hobby.
That is because the design carries across so many products: Topps Flagship Series 1, 2, and Update, plus Chrome, Sapphire, Gilded, and other sets released throughout the year.
Today, Topps announced one of those annual hobby milestones: the public release of the 2025 Topps design. But what exactly happened?
What is the 2025 Topps design? How are collectors reacting? And what other hobby milestones were teased out today? Let’s explore how the hobby reacted when the 2025 Topps design was released.
As they have for several seasons (see 2023 and 2024), Topps took to social media to tease collectors about the 2025 Topps design, which is home to 63 rookies in Series 1.
Topps also announced the release date for 2025 Topps Series 1, which will drop on Wednesday, Feb. 12. This date tends to be another hobby milestone, kicking off a new baseball and collecting season. Check back for more coverage of Topps Series 1 here on Cardlines soon.
The 2025 Topps design, which we now have several views of (at least the card front) is a departure from the 2024 Topps design, which was a departure from many recent Topps releases.
White borders return in place of 2024’s black borders. The team name appears vertically on the left-hand side of the card, along with a “pipe” design element.
The player’s name is at the bottom, as is the player’s position. Instead of a standard “P” or “1B” for a player position, there’s a baseball diamond with the player’s position marked with a colored dot.
The design has elements that remind some of prior Topps designs like 1982 and 2019 Topps.
The release of a new Topps design caused a ripple of activity across the hobby. As expected with anything design-related, opinions vary.
Some collectors love the 2025 Topps design. Some hate it. Most fall somewhere in the middle. Based on monitoring opinions across the internet, the majority opinion seems to be that the design is “fine, but uninspired.”
While the photography has received some favorable reviews and some design elements seem popular, many collectors don’t love the team and player names, which they say are hard to read.
The player position indicator is the least popular design element of the 2025 design. This is new and different, for sure, but early opinions don’t seem favorable.
Maybe that design element will grow on collectors and become a regular part of upcoming designs, or maybe they’ll become a one-and-done experiment that people will look back on for years with a shake of their heads.
The release of the 2025 Topps design is the first significant hobby milestone of 2025. The design has been greeted with a mixed bag of reactions.
What’s your thoughts on the 2024 Topps design? Love it? Hate it? Not sure? Think it’ll grow on you? Let us know at card_lines on Twitter.
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