The base set has 500 cards, which is 60 more than 2014. A total of 240 veterans are joined by 99 rookies. Other subsets include All-Pro and Fantasy Studs. Topp 60 ranks the best players in the league. The 2015 Topps Football set also has cards for award winners, teams, the Super Bowl and a group shot from the Rookie Premiere. Topping things off are 40 Rookie Variations and 60 Veteran Variations that use different photos.
Parallels are plentiful and revolve largely around color: Gold (#/2015), BCA Pink (#/499), STS Camo (#/399), Platinum (1/1) and Printing Plates. Exclusive to hobby and jumbo, 60th Anniversary parallels come with a foil stamp of the celebratory logo. They are numbered, appropriately enough, to 60.
The birthday theme continues with the Topps 60th Anniversary insert set. The 100-card checklist uses designs from the past six decades to create new cards of current players, rookies and retired greats.
Road to Victory (49 cards, 1:6) looks back on every Super Bowl. New Past and Present Performers (30 cards, 1:6) is a double-sided set that has a current star on the front and a retired player from the same franchise on the back.
All-Time Fantasy Legends (50 cards, 1:4) looks back at players who were fantasy studs back in the day. Fantasy Focus (50 cards, 1:4 packs) returns highlighting the top fantasy producers last year as well as rookies with the potential to do the same in 2015. Other returning basic inserts include 1,000 Yard Club (30 cards, 1:6) and 4,000 Yard Club (10 cards, 1:6).
2015 Topps Football hobby boxes promise one autograph or memorabilia card. Jumbo boxes have two autographs and an exclusive Rookie Patch card.
Among the signed inserts are Topps Autographs, Base Veteran Autographs, and Base Veteran Variation Autographs. Topps 60th Anniversary Autographs are similar to the insert set in that they use old designs. On the memorabilia side, Relics come with swatches from current and past players. Autograph Relics (#/50 or less) combine jersey swatches and ink. On the rare side of veteran gamers is In the Name Relics (1/1), which come with a letter swatch from the nameplate on the back of a jersey.
First-year players are highlighted in several hits-based inserts of their own. NFLPA Rookie Premiere Autographs feature on-card signatures and have Red Ink parallels (#/10). Rookie Premiere Dual Autographs (#/25) and Quad Autographs (#/10) come with multiple signatures. Rookie Autographs and Rookie Variation Autographs are essentially signed versions of base cards. Rookie Jumbo Patch Autographs are limited to players from the Rookie Premiere. Rookie Premiere Autographed VIP Pass cards (1/1) come with signed credentials from the event. The Ultimate Rookie Autograph Card (#/5) returns with signatures from every player at the Rookie Premiere.
Looking back at past sets are 1963 Topps Mini Rookie Autographs, 1976 Topps Rookie Autographs and 1987 Topps Super Rookie Autographs. All of these are signed on-card and serial numbered.
The jumbo box-exclusive Rookie Patch cards feature only those at the Rookie Premiere.
2015 Topps Football has five manu-relic sets. Topps 60th Anniversary Commemorative Relics (60 cards) come with a piece noting the anniversary. Parallels include Silver (#/50) and Gold (#/25). NFL Super Bowl Patch cards (#/50) have commemorative logo patches from all of the Super Bowls thus far. Quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers all have separate Fantasy Club cards that have metal pieces embedded in them. They each have Bronze (#/75), Silver (#/50) and Gold (#/25) parallels.
Every hobby and jumbo box comes with one Stamped Buyback. These are original Topps cards with an added foil stamp.
Product Configuration: Hobby - 36 packs per box, 10 cards per pack; Jumbo - 10 packs per box, 50 cards per pack
Price Point: Low-End Football Card
Target Audience: Set Builders, Rookie Collectors, Casual Collectors, Player Collectors
2015 Topps Football Hobby Box Break
1 Autograph or Memorabilia Card
12 Topps 60th Anniversary Inserts
6 Road to Victory Inserts
6 Past and Present Performers
6 1,000 Yard Club Inserts
6 4,000 Yard Club Inserts
9 Fantasy Focus Inserts
9 All-Time Fantasy Legends Inserts
1 Stamped Buyback
360 Total Cards
2015 Topps Football Jumbo Box Break
2 Autographs
1 Rookie Patch Card
1 Stamped Buyback
500 Total Cards
