First Buzz: 2023 Topps Cosmic Chrome MLB cards (updated)

What: 2023 Topps Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 28
Box basics: 20 packs per hobby box (12 boxes -- five autographs -- per case)
Odds: Click here
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome gets a second "galactic spin on Chrome technology" with this sophomore release in the Topps MLB lineup.

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The Basics: The 200-card base set will have an array of Refractors (see the odds link above) and will be joined by an array of insert sets that include Launched Into Orbit, Extraterrestrial Talent and Star Clusters as well as even rarer short-printed Supernova and Stella Nova die-cut cards. Also in play will be paralleled Planetary Pursuit cards that play off distances from the sun (so get out your astronomy books, baseball fans). Each box will guarantee one Nucleus Refractor, while autographs combine to be found five times per case at an original price of $249.99 from Topps.

Update (Aug. 8): This one will include four standard autos and one Extraterrestrial Talent autograph per case. ... The parallels will include standard Refractors as well as Nucleus, Aqua Equinox (/199), Blue Moon (/99), Green Space Dust (/75), Gold Interstellar (/50), Orange Galactic (/25), Black Eclipse (/10), Red Flare (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors.  ... Supernova (/100) will have Black, Red and Super parallels at same volumes as will the Stella Nova cards (one per case) which will add an Orange. Launched Into Orbit will be two per box with those parallels as well as a Gold. Joining them among the inserts will be the E.T. cards as well as the Clusters (easier finds with all five or six parallels), while Stars In The Night will be one per box and only have Eclipse, Flare and Supers. ... Autos will include Green Space Dust (/75), Gold Interstellar (/50), Orange Galactic (/25), Black Eclipse (/10), Red Flare (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors. The E.T. autos will have Gold, Orange, Black, Red and Supers. Also in play will be Launched into Orbit autos with no parallels noted.

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