2018 Topps Archives Baseball Cards

Just got back into collecting last year with the 2019 Topps Archives. Enjoyed those so I have been buying 2018 Topps Archives. Good product. Not a Sandlot fan, so those really don’t do anything for me. After four Blaster boxes, no autographs, only one parallel card. Still enjoy the set.

I have easily bought about 10 of these boxes. I love the Archives and now am currently getting my first two of the 2019 set, so my review on this is late. I have pulled a 1/10 of Biggo auto and a Hank Aaron auto, so the other cards were bonus. I look forward to them every year.

I need to review my decision to purchase Archives in the future. I bought a hobby box (in addition to about 10 blasters and several fat packs). I am still missing 36 cards from the base set. Got 2 crappy autographs and only ONE variation, a Wade Davis no signature 1959 variation. In the meantime, I have multiples of several cards, some 7-8 multiples! Topps did a terrible job of collating these boxes. I should not have to spend MORE money to complete the base set after having spent over $300 on their product. SHAME!

Bought two boxes as I am connected to the ’81 frames. I started collecting cards when I was 10 in ’81 and almost completed that set (finally).

Average hits – I did pull three autos in one box; Leyland silver, Kennedy and Aurillia and then Steinbach and Nagy silver. No other key hits of note. But I love Archives, best set per year.

Always a must have for this collector. But I’ve had so many amazing hits throughout the Archives series as these 2018. To top it off I just pulled a Mike Trout Rookie History 1/1 Auto. I’m still shaking. Chrome was King for me as far as Topps went but Archives has pulled ahead and is solidly in the lead.

Are the Torre autos from hobby boxes misprints? They’re the only autos I can find that don’t have the usual foil “Fan Favorites” stamp on the front–there’s a printed version, but no foil. Of the few posted on eBay, none of the Torre base autos have foil–from what I can tell, the base autos for everyone else does have a foil stamp on the front (parallels vary by color). Any ideas as to the how/why the difference–or am I just simply missing something (always a possibility).

Holy crap! Just went to Walmart and looking at all the baseball product that was freshly replenished. So many choices but I could only make 1. Archives it was – and awesome choice). I grabbed the 3rd blaster from the front and pulled an Alan McClennan Sandlot auto! Wish my other Sandlot card was signed (Hercules). Gave product 4 stars as I do not know the auto/variation seedings in hobby but it looks like about 1:7 blasters for an auto of any kind.

The retail boxes had more hits than the hobby. I don’t know if it had anything to do with the delay, but I bought a few retail boxes beforehand, had several high-dollar hits. I anticipated the hobby boxes and bought 3. The only auto’s I got were all Fan Favorite nobody’s and nothing beyond that. Was hoping for some errors, variations or any kind but notta. Retail I got the Othani error, Hoskins Real One Auto, and some other 100$+ card I can’t recall atm. The boxes…All crap. Someone else mentioned that the only auto’s were Fan Favorite ones, I can concur.

Are the Sps over 300

The Sandlot cards and coins just put this set into the heavens for me. Wendy Peffercorn! Hercules!

I strong disagree with Topps stamping classic cards. I hope they stop doing this. Otherwise i think it is an interesting concept, but the price is too high given the card stock they are using.

If and when the hobby edition comes out some people are going to be upset when the price of some the Autographed cards they bought on ebay drops dramatically…

I’ve enjoyed this product in the past, so I bought two blaster boxes at Walmart. One was fine, no big hits. The second was missing its pack of coins, and when I started opening packs I realized they were short on cards – 5 or 6 per pack instead of 8, and all base cards, no inserts at all. Contacted Topps via their website two weeks ago, no response yet. Buyer beware!!!

Got this info from a very well respected local hobby owner. Release date is pushed back into October.

Topps had a deadline to meet with the large retailer (WalMart & Target). If they didn’t meet that deadline they will drop the products and Topps would be stuck with the stock. They rushed the retail blasters/packs to get them into stores.

I’ve been following this product very closely as I’ve also purchased a ton. Compared to last year there are very few rookie autographs coming out of retail. The majority are the Rookie Inserts Coming Attractions. The majority of the Archives Autos coming are are Fan Favorites non current players.

I have a feeling Hobby is going to be loaded.

Saw the first Terry Steinbach redeemed card on Ebay today which tells me the reason that the hobby edition has been delayed till late October is to get the actual signed cards in the product…

I suspect Topps keeps delaying the hobby boxes to get more of the actual autographed cards in them instead of having the send away redemption cards which to my knowledge have not been redeemed yet… which I think by the way is pure BS. If you are going to have the cards that are supposed to be in the set then don’t advertise or include them if they are not.

Dropping over $125 on a Hobby Box isn’t something I do on the regular. But I’ll make an exception when it comes to Archives. I also avoid pre-orders/pre-sells. But I made an exception for Archives this year. I figured it was close enough. A day or so later I unexpectedly found a lone blaster box at Wal-Mart. I took that as a sign that my hobby box must be on it’s way! NOPE. More delay.

I buy a healthy mix of blaster and hobby boxes. I really hope this isn’t just Topps’ way of moving more retail. Because that would just be *!#$**!

WHAT only BASE cards & 1 Insert ? Tigers Ingnored again ! RANDY ( See above ) was right . SO many reasons to have Inserts of TIGERS in this set . Especially FAN favorites . Topps is Blowing it again ! Just because they are not doing well this year , Does NOT mean there is not a BIG following . You have have lost a bunch of money I have NOT bought much this year due to lack of Tigers.

Just to let you know that I bought a blaster at Walmart and pulled a Blue Sandlot parallel…

Sandlot Signature Set is great addition to the product. Love when they put something like this in the set. Except the Wendy Peffercorn Auto the poor squiggle effort is a piece of garbage. What Marley Shelton is too busy to give more than a half second effort per card. Please….

I see now that the release date for hobby has been pushed back to October 24. Hope whatever is causing the delay is worth the wait.

I thought this was being delayed, but I picked up 3 blaster boxes at Target and a few Fat Packs. Looking forward to opening this up, I love Archives.

Topps is getting craftier with their releases I see. Unload the retail blasters in August and then release the hobby version in September after the prices on some cards have been already jacked up on the secondary (Ebay) market. I suspect many of the mail in redemption cards will have the actual signed cards in the hobby version as well.

@Mark, ugh, the same thing happened to me AND with the same Devers cards you got! Went to a show, got two blasters, and, with the exception of the inserts, the cards were all the same! VERY disappointing!

I love this set and it looks awesome again this year. I purchased a ton of blasters and packs. I have a feeling they had major problems with distribution of the cards and that’s why hobby is delayed. I’m avoiding buying any more retail.

I bought 2 blasters and got 39 doubles of same card [no variations].Only 1 was a RC [Devers]. Several of the doubles came from same box [checked all codes for variations]

Been wondering if the Terry Steinbach autograph card even exist’s. Haven’t seen any and haven’t seen any redemption card either. I know from personal experience he is a very difficult signer.

Looks like the 1981 variation code on the back is also 326. Pulled the Ernie Banks variation today. The image looks to be Banks playing first base at the tail end of his career or perhaps during an old timers game.

Not a fan of these ‘turn back the clock’ issues. Frankly they are just tacky. Hate ’em. I’ll save my dough for better sets.

What? No Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez autograph?!? Or the dog Hercules? C’mon Topps they were two of the major stars in the film. Not to mention James Earl Jones who was completely ignored.

Blasters are out and hobby is delayed. i picked up a few on ebay.

Looks like none of the old Yanks – Ruth, Gehrig, Dimaggio etc.

No love for the Tigers in the Fan Favorites autographs (Kaline must be tired of signing and Topps can’t seem to find any other Tiger stars including the 2 latest Tigers to enter the Hall of Fame, Jack Morris and Alan Trammell) and only 2 A’s, Stairs and Steinbach…

Thanks Trey, that’s disappointing but at least Soto will be in it.

is this coming out this week or in Sept?

Wait what?!!! Why did they push it back to September instead of the 15th? Anyone know why?

Finally, ’77 & ’81 get some love. I am bored with ’82 and ’83 year after year in some product or another. I CV collected lots of those as a kid and like both but it’s time for a break, although I really enjoyed the ’79 design a few years backl. Really looking forward to this as I enjoy all the years used, or would have been perfect if 1980 would have been used as it to me is the nicest looking card design of the ’80’s.

Finally a release im really looking forward to!

I see 1981 is new for the product and like to see the check list to , like the sandlot cards are great!!!

Can’t wait for this release…always a favorite!

I’m surprised by the August release date