2023-24 Topps Chrome

Back in action, 2023-24 Topps Chrome Basketball marks the brand's return after a long break. Hobby boxes contain two autographs. There are also Breaker's Delight boxes and several Retail formats.VO

Priced at $269.99, Topps.com Hobby box presales released on August 5 and sold out quickly. Increasing to $299.99 per box, the release day Hobby sales from Topps are made via EQL raffle.VO

A top collecting option of the 1990s and 2000s, Topps Chrome Basketball was last seen as an insert in the flagship 2009-10 Topps Basketball release. The last standalone product came the year before via 2008-09 Topps Chrome Basketball.VO

Another choice is 2023-24 Topps Chrome Sapphire Basketball.VO

The 2023-24 Topps Chrome Basketball checklist is filled with talent from the past, present and future of the league, offering the first Topps Chrome cards of Anthony Edwards, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jalen Brunson, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Kyrie Irving and Kawhi Leonard.VO

While team and league logos aren't shown on the cards, the set has official NBPA (National Basketball Players Association) licensing. This allows for greater coverage of current players since Panini still holds the NBA card exclusive.VO

Signers include LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama and many others.VO

The base set for 2023-24 Topps Chrome Basketball features 190 cards with a robust Refractor rainbow.VO

Retail formats have a few exclusives and the Geometric parallels are only found in Breaker's Delight boxes. The one-of-one SuperFractor edition is available in all formats.VO

As for the inserts, 2023-24 Topps Chrome Basketball supplies many designs that revisit the past.VO

Among the most common choices, the insert lineup offers Coast to Coast (1:4 Hobby packs), Destiny (1:6 Hobby packs) and Finesse (1:5 Hobby packs).VO

Dedicated to the current elite of the league, Season's Best (1:12 Hobby packs) is another returning line.VO

In addition, Youthquake (1:8 Hobby packs) highlights rookies and other young talent.VO

Retail-only inserts include DNA, Film Study, Power Boosters, Roundball Royalty and Sudden Impact.VO

Short prints add to the chase in 2023-24 Topps Chrome Basketball with Exposé (1:486 Hobby packs), Helix (1:486 Hobby packs), Let's Go (1:486 Hobby packs), Radiating Rookies (1:486 Hobby packs), Rock Stars (1:369 Hobby packs) and Superfly (1:372 Hobby packs).VO

Topps revealed that the Exposé, Let’s Go and Rock Stars sets are each limited to under 100 copies.VO

According to the odds issued by Topps, the 2003-04 LeBron James Time Machine Refractor card is one of the toughest pulls in the entire product at 1:11,862 Hobby packs.VO

Closing things out, the 2023-24 Topps Chrome Basketball checklist works in a few signed sets.VO

The Base Chrome Autographs series includes Victor Wembanyama and more top names.VO

The pack odds especially list Gold Refractor parallels of LeBron James in the base Chrome Autograph set, averaging 1:29,061 Hobby packs. James also has 2003-04 Time Machine Red Refractor Autographs (1:116,242 Hobby packs).VO

More signers, including Wemby, arrive in 1972 Topps Autographs (1:51 Hobby packs) and Certified Rookie Autographs (1:14 Hobby packs).VO

Retail formats are also home to exclusives, such as Certified Autographs and Future Stars Autographs.VO