Product Preview: 2025 Topps Heritage High Number

Next up in a slew of December releases is 2025 Topps Heritage High Number. Pre-orders were dropped on Topps.com a few weeks ago, in preparation for a 12/17 drop. Coincidentally this also happens to be the release date for 2025 Topps Cosmic Chrome. 

The pre-order price on 2025 Topps Heritage High number was $89.99. These did not sell-out immediately like some releases, despite the 3 big secondary sites, like Dave & Adams, Steel City, and Blowout all listed boxes for $150. I'm not sure the demand justifies this price point, but when all three can collude....

Anyway, let's take a look at the product. 

Formats:

Since we don't have an odds sheet from Topps yet, the only format that we know for sure exists is Hobby boxes, since they were pre-sold. I have also not seen blasters or megas being pre-sold by any secondary market site, so it looks like this set has gone to Hobby only.  

• 24 Packs per box; 8 cards per pack; 12 boxes per case
• In each hobby box, find:
  • 1 Autograph or Relic
  • 8 Short Print or Insert Cards
  • 8 Dark Blue Bordered Parallels
  • 6 Chrome Variation Cards
  • 2 Chrome Refractor Parallel Cards
  • 8 Light Blue Sparkle Parallels
    
  • 1 Holographic Insert

Base Set

There are 225 players on the base set checklist (Card #501-725; 701-725 are SP). Each card on this checklist also has a chrome variation. 

Base Parallels include: Bicentennial, Color of the Year, Dark Blue Border, Flip Stock, Black Border

Base Chrome Parallels include:  Refractor, Light Blue Sparkle, Blue, Green, Black, Gold, Orange, Red, Superfractor

Variations

Alternate Cartoon - 1:160 (about 2 per case)

Flipped Bat - 1:480 (1 every 20 boxes)

Image Variations - 1:96 (3 per case)

Nickname Variation - 1:480 (1 every 20 boxes) 

Throwback Uniform Variation - 1:5,196 (1 every ~18 cases)

Inserts (each insert has a Holographic Parallel)

Rookie Performers - 1:20 (1.2 per box)

Award Winners - 1:30 (9.6 per case

Perfect 10s - 1:24 (1 per box)

Bicentennial Stars - 1:20 (1.2 per box

1976 Retirees - 1:20 (1.2 per box)

Undefeated - 1:43 (6.7 per case)

Relics

HHN relic continue to be branded Clubhouse Collections. There are dual relic, there are dual, triple, and quad relics.  Parallels for the solo relics are Gold and 'Patch parallel,' which according to the odds could be the 1/1. Dual/triple/quad relics only have the Patch Parallel. 

There are also bicentennial relics, which feature players from the 1976 era like Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Rod Carew, etc. There are no parallels. 

Autographs

Real One Autos: Heritage Real One Autos continue to be some of the best autos in the hobby. They are all on-card. There are red-ink variations, which are hand-numbered to 76. There are also Black & White autos (only 17 players on the checklist). 

Wax Pack Autos: These are new to this set and are designed to look like the 1976 wax pack. Only 7 players on this checklist and they are very hard to hit with pack odds at 1:3,342 (or 1 in every 11.6 cases)

Cut Autos:  Cut Autos in this set include baseball players and celebrities. 

• Players: Catfish Hunter, Gary Carter, Lou Brock, Thurman Munson
• Celebrities: Gerald Ford, Gordie Howe, Marlon Brando, Margaret Thatcher

Auto-Relics

Clubhouse Collections Auto Relic - 1:3,119 (1 per 10.8 cases)

Flashback Auto Relic - 1:11,851 (1 per 41.1 Cases)

Bicentennial Auto Relic - 1:2,924 (1 per 10.2 Cases)

Through the Years Auto Relic - 1:9,024 (1 per 31.3 Cases)

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