2023 Topps Series 1 MLB Baseball Blaster Box

Product Details

 

2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball offers collectors another year of the popular MLB product with a new primary design.

As is the case every card season, this design is ultimately a huge deal as it is will be featured across many Topps sets in 2023.

Arriving in the first few months of the new year, part one of the flagship set helps officially kick off the MLB collecting season.

 

2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball Base / Parallels

Keeping to the recent tradition, the 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball checklist stays with the 330-card base set that covers rookies, Future Stars, League Leaders and team cards.

This main set is anchored by Juan Soto at the #1 spot.

Look for a similar parallel rainbow to past years, including several exclusives.

2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball Base Parallel Breakdown

 

The Hobby-only Clear version, numbered to 10 copies, is back to highlight 100 subjects from the main set.

Debuting in 2023 across all three flagship sets (Series 1, Series 2 and Update Series), the Golden Mirror Image Variation line offers short-printed image swaps of the entire base set. Yes, 330 image variations.

• View the 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball Variations Guide

2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball Inserts

Giving collectors a fresh selection, the 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball inserts come with many new choices. 2022’s Greatest Hits celebrates noteworthy plate appearances, while All Aces takes a die-cut foilboard approach to top pitchers of today and yesterday.

One-Two Punch is also for the pitchers, honoring some of the standout starting duos. The focus turns to the bat and basepath in Welcome to the Club, which pays tribute to 30/30, 40/40, and 20/20/20 members.

For each of these inserts, there are Blue, Black (#/299), Gold (#/75), Red (#/10), and Platinum (1/1) editions. Select insert subjects also have low-numbered Autographs (#/25 or less).

On top of that, 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball continues the annual look back at Topps' design history. This time, 1988 Topps Baseball takes center stage for its 35th anniversary.

For these '88-styled cards, the parallels consist of Blue (600 copies), Black (#/299), Gold (#/75), Red (#/10), and Platinum (1/1), plus the all-new "The Real One" parallel, which is printed on "Heritage-style" stock and numbered to 88 copies.

Still going, the "limited quantity" inserts add a new chase aspect. AKA displays nicknames for top players.

Heavy Lumber works with top hitters and a woodgrain design.

Fans of the Home Run Challenge are in luck as the promo set continues for another season of predicting dingers and winning prizes. The Derby Duel promo is also back.

• View full details for the 2023 Topps Home Run Challenge promotion. 

Retail-exclusive options include Stars of the MLB (1 per Retail pack) and Chrome Stars of the MLB (1:10 Retail packs), each with Red (#/70), Black (#/25) and Platinum (1/1) parallels.

Unannounced inserts include Hidden Gems and Home Field Advantage.

2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball Autographs

Moving to the hits, autograph cards remain a key part of the 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball checklist.

The Baseball Stars Autographs line boasts on-card autographs for past and present players.

Other signed versions include 1988 Topps Baseball Autographs, Baseball Stars Dual Autographs (#'d), Postseason Performance Autographs (#/50 or less) and World Series Champion Autographs (#/50 or less).

The one-of-one Cut Signature set is just for the legends of the game.

2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball Relics / Auto Relics

On the memorabilia side, 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball delivers a variety of relic cards.

Familiar options include 1988 Topps Baseball Relics, Major League Material, Postseason Performance Relics (#/99 0r less) and World Series Champion Relics (#/99 0r less). There are also one-of-one In the Name Relics jersey nameplate letter cards exclusive to Hobby/HTA boxes.

Look for Hobby-exclusive manufactured relics that average one per HTA Jumbo box or one per Hobby case. City Connect Patch has hat logos for 30 top names, while Patchwork of the Past opts for a throwback style covering 25 current stars with retro team logos. Limited Autograph versions are numbered to 25 copies or less.

Retail fans also get in on the manufactured relics via Blaster-only Team Logo Patch. Falling one per Blaster, the 50-card set covers all 30 MLB teams with exclusive commemorative patches.

The standard auto-relic hits are all capped at 50 copies (or less), including Major League Material Autographs, Postseason Performance Auto Relics, Topps Reverence Auto Patch (Hobby/HTA only), and World Series Champion Auto Relics.

2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball Sketch / Topper

Wrapping up the Hobby content, the one-of-one Sketch cards showcase hand-drawn artwork. These are only found in Hobby and HTA Jumbo boxes.

The Oversized 1988 Topps League Leaders Boxloader cards add limited on-card autograph versions.

2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball Silver Packs Promo

That leaves the Hobby-only Silver Packs promotion supplying exclusive Chrome cards.

Hobby boxes contain one silver pack and HTA Jumbo boxes have two packs.

2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball Flagship Design

Keeping with the recent trend, 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball delivers a third consecutive year with a traditional border. Collectors will also likely appreciate that the names appear to be relatively easy to read. Many fans know that this is not always the case.

However, the nameplate gets an overhaul, packing a lot into the bottom portion of the card. The most obvious element here is the secondary portrait-style image, which has not been used since 2003.

The headshot-in-the-corner design may remind collectors of the 1983 and 1984 looks.

This new design for 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball also includes a large team logo in the nameplate background, along with the team name and position notation in addition to the player's name.