2026 Topps Chrome Premier League

lakesidez · 01-06-2026, 01:32 PM

I was able to grab a few before they sold out, odd how really Topps did not announce this release a ton, but the Anime cards I am sure will be highly sought after.

$189.99 was the hobby price per box.

https://www.topps.com/pages/topps-chrome-premier-league

YayNJ · 01-06-2026, 02:35 PM

The anime cards are a complete joke. The Panini ones are cringe enough as it is, but these plumb the depths of laughably shite even further.

the whole set is to be fair.. beyond minimal effort, it looks cheap and nasty and the inserts are garish.

It's turd. Anyone paying big money for anything from this set isn't right in the head. It's only going to get worse if people still keep buying this like zombies.

mfw13 · 01-06-2026, 03:00 PM

Ridiculously overpriced junk....i.e. the new normal from Fanatics....

Mitch · 01-09-2026, 10:44 AM

It's not a good set, but I'll be after Fulham as usual. Will aim for a few Josh King at /25 or under and then a Dempsey/McBride dual. Still feel the price is too high though. The insers are nightmare stuff. The Heartbreaker? Crikey.

YayNJ · 01-09-2026, 11:44 AM

just think how effortlessly beautiful it used to be ... and £75 a box.

mikee1186 · 01-09-2026, 12:03 PM

I don’t know who they have working on insert names and designs, but they need a complete rethink. Awful stuff.

dubsea · 01-09-2026, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YayNJ

just think how effortlessly beautiful it used to be ... and £75 a box.

It's really a shame they off'ed SCC. One of the last sets that consistently looked pretty dang good. You could see it starting to taper off with the 24/25 release but I still feel like SCC was the only set that gave me the feels of 17 chrome.

I really dont understand the decision to keep merlin and kill SCC.

phil · 02-05-2026, 12:07 PM

can't even buy it today if you wanted to so content is irrelevant

beavers · 02-05-2026, 01:18 PM

Topps/Fanatics strike again!

“ In an effort to meet production deadlines and get Dowman into this product, his non-autographed cards were printed on foil board instead of Chrome.

For anyone who finds these rare cards and wants to exchange them, we will offer a 1-for-1 replacement for the Chrome version.

The autograph cards included in packs are Chrome as intended.”

dubsea · 02-05-2026, 02:32 PM

I saw this on Soccercards HQ insta today:

"I do have the odds for EPL chrome so there will be a review later today. There's ~6400 hobby CASES, ~275,000 blasters, ~300,000 tin packs, ~1200 breakers delight CASES, ~83,000 Hangers and ~19,000 Logo fractor packs so yea safe to say there's enough of this to go around."

Welcome to junk wax part 2. Those numbers are INSANE for a single league product. Some of the prices being asked by breakers for PYP breaks are absolute insanity.

YayNJ · 02-05-2026, 03:49 PM

bloody hell.. that's mental

Sijavy · 02-06-2026, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dubsea

I saw this on Soccercards HQ insta today:

"I do have the odds for EPL chrome so there will be a review later today. There's ~6400 hobby CASES, ~275,000 blasters, ~300,000 tin packs, ~1200 breakers delight CASES, ~83,000 Hangers and ~19,000 Logo fractor packs so yea safe to say there's enough of this to go around."

Welcome to junk wax part 2. Those numbers are INSANE for a single league product. Some of the prices being asked by breakers for PYP breaks are absolute insanity.

Yes, I got similar info, but my FAVORITE (U.S. spelling) is the fact every single base card has (wait for it).....

...3,389 parallels. PER CARD.

I watched a break. Best cards were an Estevao auto /25, case hit Bale (which was promptly cast aside), a Declan Rice SSP (although what does that even mean in this f'ing set)....and a DCL /5 (for the dirty Lids fan on this thread).

The autos were all average.

Crazy and worthless. I would anticipate the case value, if you don't hit an Estevao auto, to be about 25%.

The breaker exclaimed "We've opened 7 cases and no superfractor"

mikee1186 · 02-06-2026, 11:09 AM

$300 at my LCS

dubsea · 02-06-2026, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sijavy

Yes, I got similar info, but my FAVORITE (U.S. spelling) is the fact every single base card has (wait for it).....

...3,389 parallels. PER CARD.

I watched a break. Best cards were an Estevao auto /25, case hit Bale (which was promptly cast aside), a Declan Rice SSP (although what does that even mean in this f'ing set)....and a DCL /5 (for the dirty Lids fan on this thread).

The autos were all average.

Crazy and worthless. I would anticipate the case value, if you don't hit an Estevao auto, to be about 25%.

The breaker exclaimed "We've opened 7 cases and no superfractor"

Yea, I saw that parallel count info too. Absolutely bonkers.

One of the main soccer breakers in the US put out a list of their top 10 rookie chases for the product. #2 is Max Dowman who apparently only has a total of 91 base cards and 91 autos, (so next to impossible to hit with this print run) and #1 is Estevao (with an "RC" logo on his card), who's ACTUAL RC was in 2023 Select a few years ago.

All these things considered, it seems this product has no backbone to prop it up for any notable amount of time. What are the speculators (er...."prospectors") chasing? Especially considering that we're about to get flooded with WC and other product in the coming months.

Id be shocked if these boxes were not well under $200 on the secondary market in a few months time.

mfw13 · 02-06-2026, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dubsea

All these things considered, it seems this product has no backbone to prop it up for any notable amount of time. What are the speculators (er...."prospectors") chasing? Especially considering that we're about to get flooded with WC and other product in the coming months.

Id be shocked if these boxes were not well under $200 on the secondary market in a few months time.

The speculators are idiots following influencers who know next to nothing about soccer....

These boxes should have been under $100 at release.....

phil · 02-07-2026, 07:17 AM

Like everything else Fanatics is presumably holding back a huge portion of the print run trying to create the impression of scarcity and artificial FOMO to hold the price up.

YayNJ · 02-07-2026, 07:51 AM

wtf is a 'frozenfractor'

just seen one on ebay of Dominic Calvert-Lewin... $2,500 BIN

but seriously.... frozenfractor? it's another 1/1..

ricebellypanda · 02-07-2026, 11:46 AM

Frozenfractor has been around for many years.. It's just a /5

chinesefoosball · 02-09-2026, 01:27 AM

Interesting threads on Reddit about how rare even the base Max Dowman card is. 1:16,257 hobby packs and 186 total Dowman cards (base + parallels) produced across the entire product. Just nuts. Have any people who have been around a while seen something like this before?

dubsea · 02-09-2026, 02:45 PM

I guess it's because it was a rush job by fanatics to include him in the product since they needed SOMETHING to try to prop it up for the gamblers. Not only that, supposedly they are also printed on paper stock despite having the Topps Chrome logo on them. I guess Topps will exchange them for the actual chrome version if customers request.

This news is still not shared actively by breakers who are charging huge $$ for the Dowman spot despite it being nearly impossible to hit.

Cant make this #@#@#@#@ up.

(Re: Frozenfractor, I agree it's just another parallel that pumps the print run. Note how they have the true color AND the color wave for basically every variant now. It's bonkers. (That said, as a Chelsea and Cole Palmer fan.....I would not mind having one of those. But certainly not for the 4 figures they will undoubtedly command)

Sijavy · 02-10-2026, 08:37 AM

Watched another break yesterday.

The main story was that "customers" i.e. these speculators are PISSED.

I don't blame them. The Dowman issue is a big one, but this was also a "Breaker's Delight" product, so 6 packs, of around 15 cards.

So, maybe 90 cards in a case, and a case retails around $879

The was a Cantona auto /10, and THREE (count them) Hudson Odoi autos.
A Saka case hit, couple of other half decent cards.

Oh, sorry, did I say case. I meant a BOX. So a case of this sh*t is north of $5,000...

There are 300+ spots, so even the odds of hitting one card is limited.

mfw13 · 02-10-2026, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sijavy

Watched another break yesterday.

The main story was that "customers" i.e. these speculators are PISSED.

The should be pissed....at themselves.

It's not exactly a secret that 90% of what Fanatics releases these days is overpriced s**t.

SkolVikesCards · 02-10-2026, 12:42 PM

While I agree with much of the hate this product is receiving here.. the one upside is the physical quality of the cards themselves. Feels like they’re on much better stock than UCC chrome stock of last 2 years. Not quite as nice as older Merlin and chrome, but a step closer

YayNJ · 02-10-2026, 02:19 PM

What a weird cope that is lol

dubsea · 02-10-2026, 04:40 PM

hahaha. Nicer card stock! Lol. that is hilarious. Can you imagine "I dropped huge money on this case, didnt hit anything, but it's all good because I have a whole bunch of worthless cards BUT THEY ARE ON thicker stock!"

To be honest, it seems Fanatics cant see the forrest thru the trees. Do they not realize the long term viability of this trajectory is not sustainable. Do they have no awareness of the junk wax era? Man, if I was a breaker or card shop getting strong armed by Fanatics just so I can get some allocation and see the path they are traveling, Id jump off that ship pretty quickly.

01-09-2026, 11:44 AM	#5
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,558 hanelcocards	just think how effortlessly beautiful it used to be ... and £75 a box. Last edited by YayNJ; 01-09-2026 at 11:48 AM.

02-10-2026, 08:37 AM	#21
Sijavy Member Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: Burlington, NJ Posts: 128 Sijavy	PL Chrome break Watched another break yesterday. The main story was that "customers" i.e. these speculators are PISSED. I don't blame them. The Dowman issue is a big one, but this was also a "Breaker's Delight" product, so 6 packs, of around 15 cards. So, maybe 90 cards in a case, and a case retails around $879 The was a Cantona auto /10, and THREE (count them) Hudson Odoi autos. A Saka case hit, couple of other half decent cards. Oh, sorry, did I say case. I meant a BOX. So a case of this sh*t is north of $5,000... There are 300+ spots, so even the odds of hitting one card is limited.

02-10-2026, 12:42 PM	#23
SkolVikesCards Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,547 tamerms	While I agree with much of the hate this product is receiving here.. the one upside is the physical quality of the cards themselves. Feels like they’re on much better stock than UCC chrome stock of last 2 years. Not quite as nice as older Merlin and chrome, but a step closer __________________ Always selling on ebay! tamerms PC Everton & Iliman Ndiaye 2020 Prizm Draft Hockenson Rainbow 24/26 Need /10, 1/1

01-06-2026, 01:32 PM	#1
lakesidez Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 6,796	2026 Topps Chrome Premier League I was able to grab a few before they sold out, odd how really Topps did not announce this release a ton, but the Anime cards I am sure will be highly sought after. $189.99 was the hobby price per box. https://www.topps.com/pages/topps-chrome-premier-league __________________ Twitter @sportscardguys My collection: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAowdx

01-06-2026, 02:35 PM	#2
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,558 hanelcocards	The anime cards are a complete joke. The Panini ones are cringe enough as it is, but these plumb the depths of laughably shite even further. the whole set is to be fair.. beyond minimal effort, it looks cheap and nasty and the inserts are garish. It's turd. Anyone paying big money for anything from this set isn't right in the head. It's only going to get worse if people still keep buying this like zombies. Last edited by YayNJ; 01-06-2026 at 03:09 PM.

01-06-2026, 03:00 PM	#3
mfw13 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 17,926	Ridiculously overpriced junk....i.e. the new normal from Fanatics....

01-09-2026, 10:44 AM	#4
Mitch Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 993	It's not a good set, but I'll be after Fulham as usual. Will aim for a few Josh King at /25 or under and then a Dempsey/McBride dual. Still feel the price is too high though. The insers are nightmare stuff. The Heartbreaker? Crikey.

01-09-2026, 12:03 PM	#6
mikee1186 Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: TN Posts: 2,179 mikee1186	I don’t know who they have working on insert names and designs, but they need a complete rethink. Awful stuff.

02-05-2026, 12:07 PM	#8
phil Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,855	can't even buy it today if you wanted to so content is irrelevant

02-05-2026, 01:18 PM	#9
beavers Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,356	Topps/Fanatics strike again! “ In an effort to meet production deadlines and get Dowman into this product, his non-autographed cards were printed on foil board instead of Chrome. For anyone who finds these rare cards and wants to exchange them, we will offer a 1-for-1 replacement for the Chrome version. The autograph cards included in packs are Chrome as intended.”

02-05-2026, 02:32 PM	#10
dubsea Member Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 118	I saw this on Soccercards HQ insta today: "I do have the odds for EPL chrome so there will be a review later today. There's ~6400 hobby CASES, ~275,000 blasters, ~300,000 tin packs, ~1200 breakers delight CASES, ~83,000 Hangers and ~19,000 Logo fractor packs so yea safe to say there's enough of this to go around." Welcome to junk wax part 2. Those numbers are INSANE for a single league product. Some of the prices being asked by breakers for PYP breaks are absolute insanity.

02-05-2026, 03:49 PM	#11
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,558 hanelcocards	bloody hell.. that's mental

02-06-2026, 11:09 AM	#13
mikee1186 Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: TN Posts: 2,179 mikee1186	$300 at my LCS

02-07-2026, 07:17 AM	#16
phil Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,855	Like everything else Fanatics is presumably holding back a huge portion of the print run trying to create the impression of scarcity and artificial FOMO to hold the price up.

02-07-2026, 07:51 AM	#17
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,558 hanelcocards	wtf is a 'frozenfractor' just seen one on ebay of Dominic Calvert-Lewin... $2,500 BIN but seriously.... frozenfractor? it's another 1/1..

02-07-2026, 11:46 AM	#18
ricebellypanda Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 555 ricebellypanda_cards	Frozenfractor has been around for many years.. It's just a /5

02-09-2026, 01:27 AM	#19
chinesefoosball Member Join Date: Jan 2026 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 56	Interesting threads on Reddit about how rare even the base Max Dowman card is. 1:16,257 hobby packs and 186 total Dowman cards (base + parallels) produced across the entire product. Just nuts. Have any people who have been around a while seen something like this before?

02-09-2026, 02:45 PM	#20
dubsea Member Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 118	I guess it's because it was a rush job by fanatics to include him in the product since they needed SOMETHING to try to prop it up for the gamblers. Not only that, supposedly they are also printed on paper stock despite having the Topps Chrome logo on them. I guess Topps will exchange them for the actual chrome version if customers request. This news is still not shared actively by breakers who are charging huge $$ for the Dowman spot despite it being nearly impossible to hit. Cant make this #@#@#@#@ up. (Re: Frozenfractor, I agree it's just another parallel that pumps the print run. Note how they have the true color AND the color wave for basically every variant now. It's bonkers. (That said, as a Chelsea and Cole Palmer fan.....I would not mind having one of those. But certainly not for the 4 figures they will undoubtedly command)

02-10-2026, 02:19 PM	#24
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,558 hanelcocards	What a weird cope that is lol

02-10-2026, 04:40 PM	#25
dubsea Member Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 118	hahaha. Nicer card stock! Lol. that is hilarious. Can you imagine "I dropped huge money on this case, didnt hit anything, but it's all good because I have a whole bunch of worthless cards BUT THEY ARE ON thicker stock!" To be honest, it seems Fanatics cant see the forrest thru the trees. Do they not realize the long term viability of this trajectory is not sustainable. Do they have no awareness of the junk wax era? Man, if I was a breaker or card shop getting strong armed by Fanatics just so I can get some allocation and see the path they are traveling, Id jump off that ship pretty quickly.