2015 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Hobby Box

2015 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball marks the brand's 10th anniversary with a 350-card base set of veterans, rookies, public figures and non-baseball champions. Each hobby box holds 24 packs of 7 cards, with one mini buyback and two full-size buybacks.

The 350-card base set closes with 50 short-printed card numbers. Mini parallels cover all 350 subjects, with Allen & Ginter Back, Black-Bordered, No Number limited to 50, Flag Back hand-numbered to 25, hobby-only Wood numbered 1 of 1 and framed printing plates. Partial parallels add hobby-only Metal cards numbered to 3 and framed Cloth cards numbered to 10.

The anniversary theme runs through the checklist: cards from the first three years of the brand are bought back and stamped with a 10th Anniversary logo, framed autograph buybacks are numbered to 10, and a 10th Anniversary parallel of the full base set is numbered to 10. Autograph content includes framed minis signed on-card by MLB stars and more than 30 non-baseball athletes, champions and personalities, plus 20 cut signatures of political and historical figures numbered 1 of 1.

Hobby-only Rip Cards, 100 sequentially numbered cards of MLB stars, can be kept intact or torn open for an exclusive inside, such as a 1-of-1 Artist's Original painting on a mini card or a Mini Exclusive numbered 351-400, and Double Rip and Mini Rip Cards add further hidden layers. Red-ink autographs are hand-numbered to 10. Relics come in three designs, with no two of the same design in one box, and 50 hobby-only book cards are numbered to 10.

Highlights

• 24 packs per box, 7 cards per pack

• 1 mini buyback and 2 full-size buybacks per hobby box

• 350-card base set with 50 short prints

• Framed on-card mini autographs and 1-of-1 cut signatures

• Hobby-only Rip, Double Rip and Mini Rip Cards

• 10th Anniversary parallel of the full base set numbered to 10

Box configuration

Product breakdown

Base Cards

• 350 veterans, rookies, public figures, and non-baseball champions. The last 50 card numbers are short-printed and inserted 1:2 packs.

Mini Parallel Cards (350)

• Mini Parallel - A miniature version of the base cards.

• Allen & Ginter Back - Featuring an Allen & Ginter logo back.

• Allen & Ginter Black-Bordered

• Allen & Ginter No Number - Limited to 50

• Allen & Ginter Flag Back - Featuring a specially created Allen & Ginter flag parallel back and hand-numbered to 25.

• Allen & Ginter Wood - Hand-numbered 1 of 1. HOBBY ONLY

• Printing Plates - Featuring all four plates used to print every mini parallel and mini exclusive card. Framed and numbered 1 of 1. HOBBY ONLY

• Mini Parallel Pack An exclusive mini pack featuring 5 red mini parallel cards of the base set. 1 Per Hobby Case.

Partial Parallel Cards (150)

• Allen & Ginter Metal - Printed on actual metal stock. Sequentially numbered to 3. HOBBY ONLY

• Allen & Ginter Cloth Cards - Printed on cloth and framed. Sequentially numbered to 10. HOBBY ONLY

10th Anniversary Celebration

• Allen & Ginter Mini Buybacks

• Cards from the first three years will be bought back and stamped with the 10th Anniversary logo. 1 per box HOBBY ONLY

• Allen & Ginter Buyback Autographs

• Mini cards of players will be bought back, signed, stamped with the 10th Anniversary logo, and framed in a special 10th Anniversary frame. Hand-numbered to 10.

Allen & Ginter Autograph Buybacks

• Framed autographs from previous releases will be bought back, stamped with the 10th Anniversary logo, and reframed in a special 10th Anniversary frame. Numbered to 10.

• 10th Anniversary Parallel

• The entire base set will be paralleled with the addition of the 10th Anniversary logo. Numbered to 10

Allen & Ginter Full-Size Buybacks

• Cards from the first three years of Topps Allen & Ginter will be bought back and stamped with the 10th Anniversary logo. 2 per box HOBBY ONLY

Autographed Cards

• Allen & Ginter Autographs

• Framed mini cards featuring on-card autographs from MLB superstars, and over 30 other non-baseball athletes, champions, and personalities.

• Cut Signatures

• 20 cards featuring certified cut signatures of political and historical figures. Numbered 1 of 1.

RIP CARDS (Hobby Only)

• 100 cards featuring MLB stars, sequentially numbered and HOBBY ONLY. Keep it or RIP it? The choice is yours. If you rip it, inside you'll find one of the following:

• Artist's Originals

• 30 actual, original, 1-of-1 paintings on a mini card and only found in Rip Cards.

Allen & Ginter Red Autographs

• On-card autographs from some of the autograph subjects, signed in red and hand-numbered in red to 10.

• Allen & Ginter Mini Exclusives

• 50 cards numbered 351-400 and found only in Rip Cards, these are mini-card variations of players' base cards.

Allen & Ginter Mini Wood Exclusives

• A wood parallel of the mini exclusives. Numbered 1 of 1.

• Allen & Ginter Mini Metal Exclusives

• A metal parallel of the mini exclusives. Numbered to 3.

Double Rip Cards

• These limited edition RIP cards can be ripped on both sides. Inside, you'll find one of the RIP card exclusive inserts, or a special insert available ONLY in Double RIP cards

• Allen & Ginter Red Autograph Buybacks

• Red autographs from throughout Ginter's history will be bought back and stamped with the "10th Anniversary" logo. Double Rip Card exclusive.

And returning this year...

Mini Rip Cards

• Hidden inside the Double Rip Card could be another, smaller Rip Card. Inside this card you could find a Mini Mini Parallel Card of one of the 400 base subjects, including Mini Exclusives, or a redemption card for a full set of Framed Relic cards. Numbered.

Relic Cards

• Allen & Ginter Relics

• Once again, Allen & Ginter will feature three different relic card designs. One will be a framed mini card featuring relics from over 40 MLB superstars. Two other designs will feature full-sized relics from more MLB stars, as well as the other Champions and Personalities. No box will contain two of the same relic design.

• BOOK CARDS

Allen & Ginter Book Cards

• 50 book cards that will be either single-player autograph relic cards or dual-player autograph cards. Numbered to 10. HOBBY ONLY

Inserts

• Full-Sized Inserts

• Allen & Ginter Framed Originals

• 100 framed original Allen & Ginter buybacks. Numbered 1 of 1. HOBBY ONLY

Starting Points

• 100 cards focusing on MLB stars and their debuts in the Bigs.

• Ancient Armory

• See the weapons used by soldiers and warriors of the past.

• Menagerie of the Mind

• Mythological creatures

• What Once Would Be

• This is the Future the Past expected

• What Once Was Believed

• Some ideas fall out of favor.

• Great Scott

• Some of the greatest scientific discoveries in history.

• Starting Points are inserted 1:2 PACKS while all other full-sized inserts are a combined 1:2 PACKS.

Mini Inserts

• First Ladies

• Highlighting First Ladies from throughout history.

• Hoist the Black Flag

• The scourges of the high seas.

• Magnates, Barons, & Tycoons

• Captains of industry

• Birds of Prey

• They rule the skies.

• Mythological Menaces

• Taunters and tempters from stories from around the world.

• A World Beneath Our Feet

• Bugs

• Overall insertion rate for mini inserts is 1:5 packs.

Box Loaders Hobby Only

• Pride of the People Cabinet Box Loaders

• Cabinet-sized cards featuring monuments from around the world.

• Over-sized Reprints Cabinet

First part of the manufacturer's checklist; the full checklist is longer.

Good to know

• Sealed box: the cards inside are inserted at random by the manufacturer. The configuration, checklist and odds are Topps'; no particular card, player, parallel or autograph is promised.

• Older products can include redemption, contest or online-code cards whose manufacturer deadlines have passed; they may no longer be redeemable.