First Buzz: 2025 Topps Archives baseball cards

[vinson24]

Originally Posted by DioBrando

I have all 9 Oquendo autos, I remember it took awhile to find one available. don't know if it was actually a sp or not

I believe one of them had to be, it took a few months for me to get one and I had been collecting the set since the day it came out. Think I missed the first one I seen on eBay but got the second one


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[Bob Ross]

2 on card autos per box at $129.99. Same price as last year.

[UMich92]

Originally Posted by mudder35

Reading these comments gave me an idea that would be in line with what people want archives to be. What if Archives featured an auto set of full roster World Series winning (or even just very impactful) teams that mattered a lot to their fan bases. They could even make them on the design of that year. As a Royals fan, a 2015 or even 2014 auto set would be awesome to put together. They could do a couple "curse breakers" sets with 2004 Red Sox and 2016 Cubs. Or they could do a "heart breakers" sets of teams like 1995 Mariners, 1982 Brewers, or even the 2025 Blue Jays in a few years. Obviously the appeal would be mostly limited to a single fan base, but I would think that it would make low end autos more desirable and valuable then normal low end autos. I could be wrong about that though.

Would other people be interested in this and what other teams would people like to see? I thought of 1997 Marlins, 2001 D- Backs, 2002 Angels, and 2005 White Sox off the top of my head.

Upper Deck did something like this with 2004 Legends Timeless Teams. The set didn't go too deep, but there were still 5+ autos from various teams which included many semi-stars and fan favorites. As a Tigers fan, I was able to pick up on card autos of players from the 1968 and 1984 World Series. Not sure why, but the set also included the 1972 and 1987 Tigers teams. In total, there are 32 unique Tigers autos of the 300 autos in the set.

[RetailChamp]

Blue Jays autos in the set:

1956 FAN FAVORITES AUTOGRAPHS
Leo Jiménez RC
Spent most of 2025 in the minors. Hit .069 (2-29) this season
Grade: D

1967 FAN FAVORITES AUTOGRAPHS
Munenori Kawasaki
This is the PERFECT inclusion for this set. He only has one other set (2013 Tribute) with an auto in Jays uniform.
Grade: A+

1984 FAN FAVORITES AUTOGRAPHS
Orelvis Martinez RC
Was released by the Blue Jays September 15
Grade: F

2011 FAN FAVORITES AUTOGRAPHS
Will Wagner RC
Traded to San Diego on July 31
Grade: D

1995 TOPPS CYBERSTATS AUTOGRAPHS
Joe Carter
Pretty sure he has been in every topps retired auto release of the past five years
Grade: B-

TOPPS ORIGINALS AUTOGRAPHS
Cecil Fielder
This is a fun one, though he is starting to pop up more and more
Grade: B+

Hate the inclusion of so many rookies, especially when an impactful guy like Addison Barger doesn't have anything out there in terms of autos. I also fully understand this checklist is probably made in the spring, just frustrating seeing the same lame rookies in every freaking product.

Echoing what someone said above, I would spend preposterous amounts of money to put together a 1992 or 1993 World Series auto checklist. Pat Borders was the freaking 1992 World Series MVP and has hardly anything in a Jays uni. Maybe someday....

[hotcalsun]

Was able to pick up 10 boxes, that was fun.

[cg5]

This is out now? Seeing alot of singles on ebay now.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by cg5

This is out now? Seeing alot of singles on ebay now.

No not yet.

I think what you are seeing is archives signature series, a buyback IP auto product.

[cg5]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

No not yet.

I think what you are seeing is archives signature series, a buyback IP auto product.

No this definitely isnt signature series, it's the actual archives

[ClevelandIC]

Originally Posted by cg5

This is out now? Seeing alot of singles on ebay now.

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

No not yet.

I think what you are seeing is archives signature series, a buyback IP auto product.

There is a special Costco Super Box that has 5 Series 2 Packs and 5 Archives packs. They are indeed out early.

[livfreely]

Originally Posted by ClevelandIC

There is a special Costco Super Box that has 5 Series 2 Packs and 5 Archives packs. They are indeed out early.

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[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by ClevelandIC

There is a special Costco Super Box that has 5 Series 2 Packs and 5 Archives packs. They are indeed out early.

Hmm, interesting.

[ClevelandIC]

Originally Posted by livfreely

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This is a picture I stole from the interwebs

[IronCladLou]

Ah coming into the time my favourite cheap boxes are available. I love me some Archives.

Especially the "fan favourites" autographs of players fans hate

[jdandns]

Here's some 2025 Archives I got from Costco Superboxes.

[corockies]

Just got home from Costco - they had 25/26 Topps Basketball megas, and 2025 Mosaic Football megas. Lame.

P.S. - Costco is usually a nightmare. It was doubly so today. I dislike the holidays.

[esoxwaters]

If anyone wants to avoid the store, Costco bundles are available online. Unlikely you'd receive them before the official release date, though.

[IronCladLou]

Why can't Costco Australia have sport cards. It would make life so much easier

[jdandns]

Just picked up 2 more boxes. Ours is running low and, unless they restock, I seriously doubt there will be any left when I go back to Costco around this time next week. If they do, I'll probably get two 2 more boxes. They're fun to open.

No "hits" for me in these, per se, but from the Archives packs, I got an Ohtani 1964 black foil parallel, and an Ohtani '07 All-Star. There are a few of the black foil parallels in the '64 design shown in my post above, but a flat bed scanner like mine can't hope to do those justice. They really pop!

In the "Flagship 2 Collection" packs, I got a Ketel Marte gold base /50 and a regular Kurtz rookie, so all in all, not bad for the 80 bucks plus tax.

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by jdandns

No "hits" for me in these, per se, but from the Archives packs, I got an Ohtani 1964 black foil parallel, and an Ohtani '07 All-Star. There are a few of the black foil parallels in the '64 design shown in my post above, but a flat bed scanner like mine can't hope to do those justice. They really pop!

I'm collecting the 1964 Black Foils.....if you're looking to trade/sell the Ohtani, PM me.....

[mudder35]

Too bad they're dumping everything all at once and over the Holiday shopping season no less, this is actually a pretty decent product...

[bub838]

Opened a couple blasters of this and was… actually pretty impressed. Cards look good, QC was good. Not bad!

[scotchtape0]

Opened 1 Hobby case and was much happier with the results than anything I opened from Chrome Update and A&G.

Highlights:
Mike Schmidt Originals Auto /35
Hyeseong Kim Auto
Wyatt Langford Auto /25
Coby Mayo Auto /50
Andres Galarraga Auto
Orlando Hernandez Auto
Terry Steinbach Auto
Kyle Seager Auto
Norichika Aoki Auto
Jimmy Rollins Auto
Mark Buehrle Auto

Non-Autos:
Aaron Judge Foilfractor 1/1
Adrian Beltre /15
Marcell Ozuna /15
Caleb Durbin /25
Vladimir Guerrero Jr Insert /25
Freddie Freeman Insert /25
Jose Altuve Insert /25
George Brett /50
Marcelo Mayer Insert /50
Nick Kurtz /75
Babe Ruth /75
Rickey Henderson /99
Don Mattingly /149
Hank Aaron Image Variation

[livfreely]

Originally Posted by scotchtape0

Opened 1 Hobby case and was much happier with the results than anything I opened from Chrome Update and A&G.

Highlights:
Mike Schmidt Originals Auto /35
Hyeseong Kim Auto
Wyatt Langford Auto /25
Coby Mayo Auto /50
Andres Galarraga Auto
Orlando Hernandez Auto
Terry Steinbach Auto
Kyle Seager Auto
Norichika Aoki Auto
Jimmy Rollins Auto
Mark Buehrle Auto

Non-Autos:
Aaron Judge Foilfractor 1/1
Adrian Beltre /15
Marcell Ozuna /15
Caleb Durbin /25
Vladimir Guerrero Jr Insert /25
Freddie Freeman Insert /25
Jose Altuve Insert /25
George Brett /50
Marcelo Mayer Insert /50
Nick Kurtz /75
Babe Ruth /75
Rickey Henderson /99
Don Mattingly /149
Hank Aaron Image Variation

Let’s see the Judge


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[jdandns]

On the heels of Topps paying homage to the 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken "FF card" with a Jackson Holliday SSP in 2024 flagship, they've called to mind another eventually corrected card from the Fleer '89 set with this Randy Johnson in 2025 Archives:



Good ol' Marble Row...

[scotchtape0]

Originally Posted by livfreely

Let’s see the Judge


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