


Release Date: 10-3-12
36 packs per box. 10 cards per pack.
No collection is
complete without the season-ending wrap-up found in Topps Baseball
Update Series. Featuring all of the roster moves, Rookie call-ups, and
2012 MLB All-Star Game action, 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series is the
perfect conclusion to a season of collecting.
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
- 1 Autograph or Relic per Hobby box!
- 1 Autograph and 2 Relics per HTA Jumbo box!
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
BASE CARDS
The
330-card base set includes traded players, Rookie call-ups, every 2012
MLB All-Star Game selection, the 2012 Home Run Derby participants, 5
Record Breakers cards, and 10 Rookie Debuts featuring the most exciting
Rookies of the 2012 season.
PARALLEL CARDS
- Black Parallel (330): Black-bordered cards sequentially numbered to 61. HOBBY & HTA ONLY
- Platinum Parallel (330): Platinum-bordered cards. numbered 1/1.
- Golden Moments Parallel (330): A special parallel on shimmering gold foil. Inserted 1:4.
- Wood Parallel (330): The base cards printed on wood stock. Numbered 1/1.
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Base Card Printing Plates (1,320): All 330 base cards will have their 4
printing plates inserted in the product. Numbered 1/1. HOBBY & HTA
ONLY
- Gold Silk Collection (100): Framed mini cards printed on special gold silk. Sequentially numbered to 50. HOBBY & HTA ONLY
-
Gold Parallel (990) NEW! The beloved gold parallel is back! Featuring
not only the Update Series set, every base card from Series 1 and Series
2 will also be paralleled on gold bordered cards and sequentially
numbered to 2012.
GOLDEN RELIC CARDS (1 per HTA box/1 per Hobby case)
Gold
Futures Coin Cards (5) - Rising Stars on cards with an embedded golden
coin featuring their likeness including Bryce Harper and Yu Darvish!
Numbered to each Player's jersey number.
Award Winners Gold Rings
(15) - Cards celebrating 25 Greats from throughout history and an award
they won, such as MVP or Rookie of the Year, with a specially designed
golden ring embedded in the card.
Gold Hall of Fame Plaques (15) -
Cards embedded with a golden replica of the plaques of 15 Hall of
Famers , as featured in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Solid
Gold Futures (4) - Rising Stars on cards made of a solid piece of gold
including Bryce Harper and Yu Darvish! Numbered 1/1.
Gold Engravings Reprint Cards (3) - Cards featuring an embedded golden reprint of a vintage Topps card.
INSERT CARDS
Blockbusters (30) - Cards featuring the biggest trades and signings in Baseball history. Inserted 1:4.
Golden Moments (50) - Featuring more active and retired players and a Golden Moment from their career. Inserted 1:4.
Golden
Greats (25) - Featuring 25 more of the greatest players of all time,
each with a Golden Moment highlighted on the card. Inserted 1:8.
1987 Topps Minis (50) - The continuity set from Series 1 & 2 continues with even more subjects. Inserted 1:4.
MLB ALL-STAR GAME RELIC CARDS
All-Star Stitches - Relic cards featuring swatches from the 2012 MLB All-Star Game workout jerseys of 55 All-Stars.
- All-Star Stitches Gold Parallel #'d to 50
- All-Star Stitches Platinum Parallel #'d 1 of 1
All-Star
Stitches Autographed Relics - 15 All-Stars will be featured on cards
with an All-Star relic piece and an autograph. Sequentially #'d to 25
All-Star
Jumbo Patches - 45 cards featuring over-sized patches from the 2012 MLB
All-Star Game workout jerseys. Sequentially #'d to 6. HOBBY & HTA
ONLY.
All-Star Jumbo Patches Autographs - 10 Jumbo Patch relic
cards will also feature an autograph. Sequentially #'d to 6. HOBBY &
HTA ONLY
All-Star Stitches Duals - 10 cards featuring 2012 MLB
All-Star Game selections and a relic from each subject. Sequentially #'d
to 25.
All-Star Stitches Triples - 10 cards featuring three 2012
All-Stars and a relic from each player. Sequentially #'d to 25. HOBBY
& HTA ONLY
AUTOGRAPH CARDS
Golden Moments Autographs - Over 25 autograph cards featuring active and retired players and a Golden Moment from their career.
Golden Moments Autographs Gold Parallel - A parallel of all the above cards on shimmering gold foil. Numbered to 10.
Golden
Debuts Autographs - Over 15 autograph cards featuring young,
up-and-coming stars and a Golden Moment from their rookie season.
Golden Debuts Autographs Gold Parallel - A parallel of all the above cards on shimmering gold foil. Numbered to 10.
Blockbusters
Autographs - 10 players from the insert set will have autographed
versions of their cards available. Numbered to 25.
Golden Greats Autographs - 10 of the Golden Greats will have autographed versions of their cards available. Numbered to 10.
RELIC CARDS
Golden Greats Relics - Relic versions of 15 of the Golden Greats cards Numbered to 10.
Blockbusters Relics - Relic versions of 10 of the Blockbusters inserts. Numbered to 50.
1969 Mickey Mantle Reprint Relic - Mickey Mantle's 1969 Topps card featuring a relic piece. Sequentially #'d to 69.
AUTOGRAPHED RELIC CARDS
Blockbusters Autograph Relics - Autographed relic versions of 5 of the Blockbuster inserts. Numbered to 5. HOBBY & HTA ONLY.
Golden
Greats Autograph Relics - Autographed relic versions of 5 of the Golden
Greats cards. Numbered to 5. HOBBY & HTA ONLY.
GOLDEN GIVEAWAY: UNLOCK CARDS, UNLOCK COINS & WIN PRIZES
Every code unlocks a golden chance to WIN PRIZES!
Golden Giveaway Code Card
- 10 different cards with a code for use in the Golden Giveaway! Inserted 1:6.
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Unlock exclusive die-cut cards, unlock ONE-OF-ONE gold-embedded die-cut
cards, unlock golden digital coins to collect and win prizes!
- Codes Unlock Cards And Digital Coins To Collect And Win Prizes!
GOLDEN MOMENTS DIE-CUT CHROME CARDS: Striking die-cut chrome cards featuring 100 players and their greatest Golden Moment.
- GOLD PARALLEL: Also die-cut and numbered to 99.
- ONE-OF-ONE TRULY GOLDEN MOMENTS DIE-CUT
= CHROME CARDS: A parallel of the die-cut set with a piece of real gold embedded in the card! ONE OF ONE!
One-Of-One
Gold Base Set Parallel: A parallel of the Topps Baseball Update Series
base set with a piece of real gold embedded in the card! ONE OF ONE!
Unlock Digital Gold Coins: In total 90 digital coins can be unlocked: 30 Team Coins, 30 Player Coins, 30 Retired Player Coins
Collect and Unlock Prizes
The
more unique coins unlocked the more prizes you can win. Unlock ten
unique coins and automatically qualify for a chance to win a Ken Griffey
Jr. autographed gold coin card; unlock 30 team coins, 30 player coins
or 30 retired player coins and instantly win a Willie Mays autographed
gold coin card.
PRESIDENTIAL PREDICTORS
Presidential
Predictors A special program to bring the excitement of the 2012 United
States Presidential election to life! Both candidates will have cards
for each state inserted into the product. Collectors who find these
cards will go online and enter a code for a chance to win a special
prize! Once the election is complete and each state has a winner, we
will randomly select one lucky winner for each state. To be eligible to
be selected, the code entered must be for the candidate that won that
respective state. 50 Total prizes will be given away - a special
Presidential Patch card numbered to 50 of the winner of the 2012
Presidential election.