Product Overview
2024 Topps Series 1 Baseball kicks off a new card season with an all-encompassing checklist that includes the standard base set and lots of different inserts, parallels, autographs and memorabilia cards. While it’s not officially part of the set, there’s also that thing called tradition that comes with every flagship Topps Baseball release.
This year, the base set is 350 cards. Veterans are joined by what should prove to be a deep rookie crop. Future Stars, League Leaders and team cards are among the subsets.
The parallels lineup is a big one and includes several exclusives:
True Photo cards should be instantly recognizable. That’s because they remove all design elements from the front leaving just a full-bleed photograph.
New First Card parallels represent the first one of that card’s production run. In the 1990s, Stadium Club First Day Issue parallels covered an entire day of printing. These 2024 Topps Baseball parallels have just one copy each and it’s the first made.
These aren’t all of the parallels. Like 2023 Topps Update, value blaster boxes come with three holiday-themed parallels. This time, Easter and spring are the inspiration. Combining to land three per blaster, these parallels include:
As far as variations go, 2024 Topps Series 1 Baseball sees the return of Golden Mirror Variations where every base card will have an SSP.
2024 marks the 35th anniversary of 1989 Topps Baseball. In keeping with flagship continuity, the set becomes the inspiration for a new set of inserts. The design sticks with the original but the cards feature a mix of current players and retired stars. Parallels include Blue (600 copies each), Black (/299), Real One (/89) that are on retro stock similar to Heritage, Gold (/75), Red (/10) and Platinum (1/1).
