Title: 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball: Licensed Return After 2008-09
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Exploring the latest licensed release from Topps Chrome Basketball, offering rare finds for collectors.
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Discover the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball set, the first licensed full release since 2008-09, featuring exclusive inserts and SSPs in hobby and retail formats.
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What’s New
The 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball collection is the brand's first licensed full release since the 2008-09 season. Topps has introduced a range of case hits and super short print (SSP) inserts available in both hobby and retail versions, providing collectors with opportunities to uncover rare cards. Interestingly, retail formats feature more SSPs than hobby, and these elusive inserts have sparked significant interest and rapid sales in secondary markets since the 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 featured in all box types, with certain ones exclusive to hobby or retail
- Odds for prominent SSPs and case hits are outlined for each format
Key Inserts & Parallels
Hobby-Exclusive Inserts
- Rock Stars: Die-cut cards showcasing top players and rookies. Odds: 1:295 hobby packs, 1:147 jumbo packs, 1:14 breaker’s delight packs. Not assured per case.
- Radiating Rookies: Highlights 10 rookies from the 2025 draft class with a radiating streaks design and special 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 vivid Refractor finish, featuring current stars, rookies, and Hall of Famers. Found in value blaster, mega, Fanatics mega, and hanger boxes.
Autographs & Relics
Information on autographs and memorabilia cards has not been provided in the available details.
Collector Notes
- The 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball is the first fully licensed release since the 2008-09 season
- Case hits and SSPs are available in both hobby and retail, with some exclusives
- Retail formats offer more SSPs than hobby
- Rock Stars are die-cut and inspired by a 1990s insert set
- Radiating Rookies boast a distinctive background and a special Topps Chrome atom logo
- Inserts' odds are clearly specified for each format
- SSP inserts have been in high demand and have sold quickly on secondary markets
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