First Buzz: 2025 Topps T205 baseball cards

[hundley]

Even before it was announced I had been actively hoping that Topps would branch off the T206 line into the other neat tobacco sets, so this was totally a set made specifically for my niche tastes. This was really the only set I really wanted a couple boxes of this year, so I went out of my way to have my order in at 12:01. Got zero, even though I can clearly see countless people got two separate winning raffle entries.

Fair®

[lseecon]

Sucks fanatics is doing a product like this eql. the true collectors get shut out. hopefully with the less than stellar rookie class the resale will be modest and boxes will hover around msrp. i got four single boxes but really wanted a few of the full hobby boxes for my sealed collection.

[JECpsu]

Originally Posted by JECpsu

I'm still on the "picking winners" screen for my 1 carton entry. I think this usually means I'm SOL if winners are already seeing their notice?

Thought I'd actually win this won (now at a 5 EQL losing streak).

Weird, I got the email and notification from Topps around 9PM EST that I won my 1 carton entry. Seems like way after notices went out one way or the other. I'll never understand this system.

[phil]

Originally Posted by JECpsu

Weird, I got the email and notification from Topps around 9PM EST that I won my 1 carton entry. Seems like way after notices went out one way or the other. I'll never understand this system.

they may be reselling cancelled orders (?)

[Americards]

I entered all 3 and got selected to buy the case!

[RainCityShecks]

Glad I saved my EQL luck for something else, by not entering for a product I was 'kind of' interested in.

[Rememberthepast]

When do these ship?

[Americards]

Originally Posted by Rememberthepast

When do these ship?

April 2026




Ha ha. No clue

[notfast]

Originally Posted by Americards

April 2026




Ha ha. No clue

Any update on release date?

I have a t205 Cobb back run and wanted to do the 2025 version.

[JECpsu]

Topps Spotlight hasn't even shipped yet & this is behind that!

[BlowoutBuzz]

Originally Posted by ronzo

I started collecting the 205 master set when it came out as well, as a kid the value was great in picking up huge lots of minis on ebay. I'm currently sitting at 2633/2777 (94.81%) on the complete master set (excluding the Bazooka backs).

I actually just set up most of my rarest minis on some 3D printed stands I designed for them, so it's fitting to see this post pop up today!

It definitely has its good inclusions and quirks to collect ... I'm just saying it wasn't a widespread hit back then otherwise it likely would have continued.

[cfern023]

Originally Posted by scotchtape0

Funny because T206 was great for me last year and I still have sales on base cards from that release.

What’s strange to me is that Topps is using EQL on this when last year it took a considerably long time for T206 to sell out in a normal Topps website release.

Honestly last years release has upset me alot. I've yet to see an american beauty piazza. I get the 1/1 and the auto- but the American Beauty?!!

[scotchtape0]

T205 comes out tomorrow. It's frustrating that Fanatics still hasn't released odds on a lot of the variations. Last year we got complete odds for T206 the same day of the presale... are we just supposed to assume that print runs for this year's T205 are the same for blank backs and wood stocks? I have no clue how to determine rarity on any of the image variations, design variations and SPs. Hopefully we will get more information or else it will be very difficult to determine scarcity.

[kyle1707]

Originally Posted by phil

someone listed a single box on ebay for $250, someone (or Fanatics) trying to create FOMO no doubt

Blowout has last years at like 350

No idea how they sell half there inventory

[ATLSevarb]

Just opened my carton. Fun rip, as always. Hit a Mathewson back (1/1) Ketel Marte, and my auto was Tony Oliva. Also two woods, an Eisenhower first pitch and a Buxton gold leaf.

Sadly, no No-caps or city connections.

[MotorboatJones]

First Single Box :





Still have 4 single boxes and 2 cartons to open. Nice start

[ClevelandIC]

I ripped 10 Boxes and pulled a nice array of parallels and decided to run the math!

[theplasticman]

Originally Posted by ClevelandIC

I ripped 10 Boxes and pulled a nice array of parallels and decided to run the math!

Thank you!

[scotchtape0]

I ripped 10 cartons + 10 more boxes.

Autos (13): James Wood, Jacob Wilson, Lowder, Alcantara, Hinds, Norby, Whitcomb, Malloy, Langford, Billy Wagner, Trevor Hoffman & Scott Rolen (x2)

City Connects (2): Witt & PCA

ASG Hats (7): Jeter, Ortiz, Mookie (x2), Elly, Merrill, Ketel Marte

Design Variations (7): Rollie Fingers, Billy Wagner, Bobby Abreu, Tim Hudson, Andruw Jones, Brenton Doyle, Brian Roberts

Blank Backs (8): Jackie Robinson, Cowser, Schmidt, Pasquantino, Ober, Pedroia, Cease, Oliva

No Christy Mathewson backs sadly
No missing hat variations

I’ll have to add details on the better parallels later. Best I hit though was a James Wood Drum back (approx. 5 PR)

QC was significantly worse than last year’s T206 release. Too many OC cards, too many surface blemishes.

[notfast]

Originally Posted by scotchtape0

I ripped 10 cartons + 10 more boxes.

Autos: James Wood, Jacob Wilson, Lowder, Alcantara, Hinds, Norby, Whitcomb, Malloy, Langford, Billy Wagner, Trevor Hoffman & Scott Rolen (x2)

City Connects: Witt & PCA

ASG Hats: Jeter, Ortiz, Mookie (x2), Elly, Merrill

No Christy Mathewson backs sadly
No missing hat variations

I’ll have to add details on the better parallels later. Best I hit though was a James Wood Drum back (approx. 5 PR)

QC was significantly worse than last year’s T206 release. Too many OC cards, too many surface blemishes.

Any cobbs?

[scotchtape0]

Originally Posted by notfast

Any cobbs?

If you are talking about Cobb backs, there aren’t any in T205, just Mathewson backs. I don’t think I hit any rare Cobb cards though

[prospectorgems]

Can anyone tell me what this is? I busted 30 boxes and this type of variation (3 in total) came out of the same mini box. I can't find anything on the checklist that references these. The backs look exactly the same as the base.

Oh, i see Topps has it on their odds checklist. Looks like a Base Design Variation.

[Ajax1723]

Originally Posted by prospectorgems

Can anyone tell me what this is? I busted 30 boxes and this type of variation (3 in total) came out of the same mini box. I can't find anything on the checklist that references these. The backs look exactly the same as the base.

Same thing happened to me too. I opened over a case of cartons and got 3 of these, all in the same mini-box. They refer to these as "Design variations", no other info other than that. I would have to assume pretty SSP, maybe like the blank backs.

[MotorboatJones]

Originally Posted by Ajax1723

Same thing happened to me too. I opened over a case of cartons and got 3 of these, all in the same mini-box. They refer to these as "Design variations", no other info other than that. I would have to assume pretty SSP, maybe like the blank backs.

Likewise. I opened 5 single boxes and I got a total of 3 of these design variations…all in the same box. One pack in that box had 1 and the next pack had 2. They all were in the normal variation spot (top 2 cards of the pack).

[MotorboatJones]

Also, I believe every card in the base set has a design variation (so 300 subjects). Interested to know how rare they are. Maybe around same as a cycle back.