Title: 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball: A Historic Licensed Return Since 2008-09
Subtitle: Discover the Exciting Features of the Latest Topps Chrome Basketball Set
Meta Description: Explore the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball release, the first licensed set since 2008-09, featuring rare SSP inserts and case hits in both hobby and retail formats.
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What’s New
The 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball collection represents the brand's first fully licensed release since the 2008-09 season. This edition includes a wide range of case hits and super short print (SSP) inserts available in both hobby and retail versions, ensuring collectors have ample opportunities to uncover rare cards. Interestingly, retail formats offer more SSPs than hobby versions, and these rare inserts have sparked significant interest, leading to brisk sales on secondary markets since their launch.
Configuration at a Glance
- Hobby boxes: 240 packs per case
- Jumbo boxes: 96 packs per case
- Breaker’s delight boxes: 8 packs per case
- Retail formats: value blaster boxes (280 packs per case), mega boxes (140 packs per case), Fanatics mega boxes (140 packs per case), hanger boxes (64 packs per case)
- Case hits and SSP inserts are included in all box types, with some exclusives to either hobby or retail
- Odds for prominent SSPs and case hits are detailed for each format
Key Inserts & Parallels
Hobby-Exclusive Inserts
- Rock Stars: Die-cut cards showcasing top athletes and rookies. Odds: 1:295 hobby packs, 1:147 jumbo packs, 1:14 breaker’s delight packs. Not guaranteed per case.
- Radiating Rookies: Highlights 10 rookies from the 2025 draft class. Features a radiating streaks design and a unique Topps Chrome atom logo. Odds: 1:2,179 hobby packs, 1:434 jumbo packs, 1:160 breaker’s delight packs.
Retail-Exclusive Inserts
- Fanatical: Borderless cards with a vibrant Refractor finish, presenting current stars, rookies, and Hall of Famers. Found in value blaster, mega, Fanatics mega, and hanger boxes.
Autographs & Relics
Information regarding autographs and memorabilia cards is not provided in the current details.
Collector Notes
- The 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball marks the first fully licensed release since the 2008-09 season
- Case hits and SSPs are available across both hobby and retail, with some exclusives
- Retail formats contain more SSPs than hobby editions
- Rock Stars are die-cut and inspired by a 1990s insert series
- Radiating Rookies have a distinctive background and a special Topps Chrome atom logo
- Odds for inserts are clearly outlined for each format
- SSP inserts have experienced high demand and swift sales on secondary markets
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