Follow Up: 2013 Topps Football

Topps has released additional images and information regarding the upcoming 2013 Topps Football release. The set will be released in August and hobby boxes will include 36 10-card packs and one hit while jumbo hobby boxes will contain 10 50-card packs and two autographs. The big theme for the release is “Legends”, with a majority of the inserts focusing on legends as well as future legends.

 

The base set will consist of 375 total cards, 265 veterans and 110 rookies. There will be parallels and photo variations. The parallels announced so far: Gold (#/2013), Pink/Breast Cancer Awareness (#/399), Military Appreciation/Camo (#/399), Black (#/58- Hobby only), Platinum (1/1) and Printing Plates (1/1- Hobby only). I would also expect colored retail parallels. The photo variations for the veterans will be from a legendary play, game or milestone that they accomplished during the 2012 season. There will be some rookie variations but Topps did not elaborate any further.

Sneak Peek: 2013 Topps Football

Yesterday Topps released three preview images from the upcoming 2013 Topps Football on Twitter, if it is on the same release schedule as the 2012 Topps Football set look for an August 2013 release date. But there was another, unexpected and surprising, announcement that will be grabbing people’s attention. Susan Lulgjuraj, the most awesome Beckett editor (sorry Chris), posted up some information she came across on Topps’ website and on their Facebook page, information that has since been removed by Topps.

 

It appears that Turkey Red will be returning to football, and like the recent baseball release it will be available only online through the Topps Online Store. On their Facebook page there was a picture of an uncut sheet of the Turkey Red Football cards along with a message saying that they will be available online this month. Until more information is finally announced it is to early to determine what to expect.

 

Here is the link to Susan’s Turkey Red Football post: LINK

 

Until then… Here are some previews of the 2013 Topps Football release.

This is an interesting design, when you look at the team logo it is floating on a white mist that resembles a football, something that was also done with the 2012 Football design, but it took me a second to catch that beneath the logo is a face mask and then you realize that the logo is centered over what may actually be a mouth guard. I like it, the design is pretty slick but unfortunately it does not work as well on the horizontal cards.