2020 Topps Heritage Baseball Cards

Does anyone happen to know the total print runs for the action, silver team name, missing signature, nickname, error and throwback uniform variant cards? I obviously know the odds per pack, but I am curious if they are similar to the white border (50) and chrome refractor (1/5/71/571/999) numbers. Thanks.

Bought 3 megaboxes + 4 retail blasters to try to complete a base set since I love ’71 Topps. Fell 41 cards short. Based on the odds, I didn’t expect hits, so I’m not too disappointed to only get some chromes (Walker Buehler + megabox inserts) and standard high number SPs. The collation isn’t perfect, as I got 3 duplicate SPs and 3 packs with both Miggy and Kevin Kiermaier. The action shots are beautiful, but they should have used more variation for portrait backgrounds. All the Padres are standing in front of a parking lot?? The corners hold up much better than ’71 Topps, but maybe 20% are slightly off-center. If Singleton and Blyleven have their own cards in ’71, Alvarez should get one here.

Mega Boxes are what to buy for this product this year. Bought 2 mega boxes for a total of $86 and have more hits then what Ive seen pulled from a 1/2 case or more of Hobby boxes.

I usually buy Archives, Heritage, Bowman basic and Topps Chrome. Last year I spent close to $2000, this year about $200. I usually sample a few packs and hangers and blasters before I go all in. With this product this year, I have got nothing and I mean nothing. I have actually thrown all the cards away minus a few cards I liked. No SPs, no chromes, no auto…nothing. Last few years it was exciting. Might be just the luck of the draw than anything else. I do not think this set is really exciting As compared to the past few years. No more for me. Not that Bowman has gone crazy I will wait until Archives and Topps Chrome. I have a feeling Topps Chrome is going to be like Bowman….unaffordable. We shall see.

Hey Trey , I don’t mean to bother you again but I thought if anyone might know the answer to this question , it would be you . Do you have any information on how many Real One blue ink auto cards were produced of each player that had one and how many were released ? I read about the red ink and their short print # ‘s but no information on the blue . I’m guessing at 1,000 . What do you think ?

Exceptional Quality product loaded with rookies and stars. Rate 2020 Topps Heritage 5 stars. Mega box addition is exceptional for this year.

seen a lot of boxes that were missing hits. maybe 2 good boxes per case 1 being the hot box. give it 1 star

Only just now seeing these and I find it a little upsetting that Topps continues to use a lot of the exact same images for players used last year or even the year before that. I know that being an early release this year there aren’t going to be many (if any) 2020 images of the players. But even then, I’m sure they could’ve still implemented images that were never used before from late 2019. Did they not think any of us wouldn’t take notice of the reused images? C’mon Topps! In any case, that is my only main gripe with this product. And I’m hoping that Topps will refrain from this sort of practice. Otherwise, I think this year’s Heritage set is a solid overall product as it routinely is every year.

Thanks very much for clearing up my question concerning the Nico Hoerner action variation card and the dual pic card with Adbert Alzolay . I fully understood your explanation but I’m still having problems with the Topps Company and what an action variation card portrays . Because of the fact that I’m only going after Nico Hoerner cards , I believe the best way of getting all of his cards , including the much more potentially valuable Chrome ser. #d cards that are well centered and have sharp chip – free corners and edges is to just have patience and methodically hunt them down on eBay auctions . I wouldn’t even contemplate buying boxes or cases of this specific brand as it would be nothing but a exercise in futility along with throwing away a lot of money and ending up with a wagon – load of worthless cards . Thanks again Trey for coming through as usual . Jim

Very disappointing. Purchased a full hobby case, Blaster case, and have a case of the Mega Boxes arriving Monday, and thus far absolutely nothing of true value or lasting impact for me as a collector. Compared to Heritage products from previous years, this year is a waste of money and time. What a huge disappointment.

Love the idea of heritage, with vintage card stocks and all the throwbacks. My problem is what you get. I bought 4 hobby boxes and at least 10 blaster boxes to date. Not one auto, no Trout, no Tatis, no Guerrero, no Alonso. I understand they are short printed, but that’s ridiculous. Over $500 worth of product and literally nothing of value. Unless Mark Canha becomes a star……I’ve managed to get about 10 of his cards.

Bought 3 blasters, pulled Eloy Jimenez Auto! Sweet!

I am 47 and have collected Topps baseball almost exclusively throughout my life. This will be the last year I buy Topps products with the exception of a few individual cards. This year I purchased in excess of $10,000.00 in Topps hobby boxes that ran the gamut of high end and lower end products. There is no exaggeration when I say that not one of those boxes were worth the investment. Not even close. The hobby will be ruined again before long if something doesn’t change. I paid $1150 for a factory sealed case of this Heritage product and not one of the 12 boxes yielded the break even point. Only a few of the inserts were included and topps evidently doesn’t include a “case hit”. This has been the biggest disappointment to date. See ya Topps!

The retail sub-sets are a joke. You can only get them in certain stores. Scratch offs Walmart, Mini
Bazooka Target, Tattoos I found 1 at Meijer. This is a joke retail is retail just like hobby is hobby. All card shops sell hobby but if you want to build some retail sets you have to shop the world over.
Save your money and do hobby only But I must say that if you don’t get a nice hit here and there
stop wasting your money. Some day when collectors get mad enough Topps will end up with Upper Deck if you remember them. Extinct !

just opened a hobby box–possibly the worst box i’ve ever opened: 1 action card, a couple short prints, and a Judge giant card box-topper. Zero chrome, a single color patch of an mediocre player, and tons of base cards. A total waste of money. I do like the cards, but the hobby boxes don’t seem worth the gamble (there’s more value in a Panini basketball blaster). Actually, I did better with a Heritage blaster last week (an old-timer auto and a chrome). It seems like more and more Topps is stiffing the “lower end” products and only really focused on the higher end products and case breakers. I used to buy 10-25 Heritage hobby boxes, but I think I’m done with that.

Mostly true to the 1971 set. The later series of 1971 had a bunch of “action” photos which morphed into the “In Action” cards the following year, so we should have gotten a few game action shots, but that is a minor complaint That is partially compensated by the action variations. 2020 Heritage captures the feel and mood of the 1971 set pretty well. Curious if the Bazooka are limited to 250 each as in the past.

Bad hanger boxes…

The hanger boxes are a bust. Bought 4 boxes, 2 boxes had 0 inserts, other 2 had 1-2 inserts. No relics, no Actions, no autos, no nothing! Just base cards…I’m done with these!

Total crap shoot product. Watched four boxes opened at the local. Beyond bad so I thought I could do better. Hit a few short prints and jersey card worth $2.00 Almost a total waste of $100. Not my cup of tea and I won’t be buying any more.

Ripped a hobby box and pulled 🔥🔥🔥
Tatis JR relic
Gavin Lux action SP
Choo white border /50
’71 Barry Bonds buyback

so why all the bellyaching people?

I just opened my yearly case of Heritage and I realize some years are better than others, but this year, I spent close to $1000 and did not even complete one single regular sub-set….not even the “Flashbacks”. By the numbers, I realize you cannot get all 100 SPs in a case (which I think Topps should fix by adding one extra SP in four of the boxes), but in the past I have at least finished most all of the standard sub-sets. Up until last year, I was always able to finish a standard master set.
For $1000 you should be able to complete a standard master set, meaning all 500 regular cards, “New Age Performers”, both “Flashbacks” and “Then and Now”.
With all of that said, I still had fun opening the case. I guess the hopes would be for the values to hold higher for the sub-set cards, but I doubt that will happen.
For the product itself, I LOVE Heritage and love the 1971 set, so it was a great issue…..just wish they could let you finish a standard master set like you could a couple years ago.

Just bought a pack, nice looking cards. No team photos or manager cards, that sucks. Instead of using athletics & diamonds on cards, just use a’s & d’backs. Too many short prints & insert cards, short print cards should be about 10%. Overall good product.

forgot the rating, 5 stars.

As a collector from ’71, its an outstanding set.

Hey Trey , can you tell me what the difference is between the #121 Nico Hoerner base card and the # 121 variation action image is ? I like this set overall but this specific card has me confused . All the #121 Nico Hoerner cards on eBay are supposedly action image variation cards but he is just standing there with a bat on his shoulder in an empty stadium in a picture pose . Doesn’t look like any action image to me . Would appreciate any help on this specific issue . Loads of inserts in this set , as usual . Why doesn’t the Topps Company just call them what they are , pack fillers ?

Busted a case yesterday and was not disappointed. 10 Actions including Bichette, Soto, Bellinger & Trout. 1 Acuna Silver Team Name. 1 Mookie Betts Flip Stock. 10 relics including Rizzo, Betts, Syndergaard, Ryu, Tatis Jr, Verlandr gold & Trout. Only 3 autos – Seth Brown, Aquino & Bichette. Giving 5 stars based on my experience.

Watched a couple case openings last night and just was bored out of my mind. The lack of parallels, 2 autographs out of an entire case, non numbered relics. Wait for high number to come out, it was more fun.

Great set, But why is 335 Sean Murphy not listed as a Rookie. He has a Rookie in series 1 why not in Heritage? Quality Control Fail?

Couple things:

-Don’t love the main RC’s aren’t SP’s. Did this in ’17 and was awesome.

-SP list is ok; not great. A fair amount of stars not in this. Better than 2018 when they used a bunch of no names but not the strongest list either.

-No base Chrome’s /999? Not a fan if true.

-No RC mini’s on checklist? Hopefully this is an error.

-Both Aquino & Alvarez are card #54? Misprint on checklist or did Topps really give two rook’s the same card number? Interested to see.

Doing a case either way but hoping these, “other surprises” create some real value as the items listed above (outside of numbering on RC’s) isn’t great news.

I bought my first baseball cards in 1961, so I’m a real old-timer. And back in the day, I always despised the multi-player rookie cards.

So what does Heritage do? They put non-rookies on multi-player rookie cards. I don’t care if it’s a player’s first card, if he’s not a rookie, he doesn’t belong on a rookie card!

Examples: Aristides Aquino of the Reds had over 200 at bats last year. Not a rookie!

Bubba Starling of the Royals: 186 at bats. Not a rookie!

Jordan Yamamoto of the Marlins pitched 78 2/3 innings in 2019. Not a rookie in 2020!

Come on, get rid of cards “Playoff” cards, put non rookies on their own cards, and put real rookies on the rookie cards!

Absolutely love these. Will be buying several hobby boxes.

Looks really good. I like the multi-player rookie cards.

Can’t wait. Favorite product each year. Love the card stock and inserts.

Love vintage cards and the whole concept of Heritage, but I never get my money’s worth. I bought at least 6 hobby boxes over the years and never pulled an auto so I’m done wasting money on this product. And I can only imagine what a disaster the corners will be with the black border!

Unlike the original, no facsimile autograph on the card. Because of this, it should not be called Heritage but rather Topps Old School Flawed Imitation.

Topps teased “plus other surprises.”

Oh boy this is not going to go well. When topps ”surprises” collectors the collectors lose and they lose big.