This Week, KAWS collaborates with Human Made for the third time this year, Kith drops their latest Kith Treats collection, this time with Trix cereal, and Panini closes out 2021 with several sets across multiple sports including 2021 Illusions Football, 2021 Panini Donruss Soccer, 2021 Topps Gallery Baseball, plus more. Read up on all of the week’s biggest trading cards and collectible releases below.
KAWS x Human Made
KAWS and the Japanese fashion brand Human Made came together for their third and final collaboration of 2021 over the weekend. The main pieces in the collection included a varsity jacket, pants, a hat, and two limited edition collectible pillows. Of the two KAWS x Human Made pillows, one featured the Human Made Mallard and the other the Human Made Storm Cowboy logo. Each pillow comes with KAWS’ signature Xs marking out the eyes, with the words “HUMAN MADE” printed in bubble letters on one side, and “KAWS MADE” in a matching script on the other.
The KAWS x Human Made Pillows released on December 18th at 11AM JST for a retail price of $116 each.
Kith Treats for Trix Collection
On Saturday, the Kith Treats for Trix collection dropped on kithtreats.com. The collection included several collectibles such as a cereal bowl, a puzzle, an enamel pin set, and a commuter cup, in addition to a handful streetwear pieces. Each item in the collection featured Kith branding as well as imagery of the classic Trix Rabbit.
2021 Panini Illusions Football
Using a ‘90s inspired dual image card design for the base set, 2021 Panini Illusions Football brings together the best of the past and present of the NFL for one of the last releases of 2021. The base set is home to 100 cards featuring rookies, veteran stars, and former standouts. Sticker autographs and memorabilia cards can also be found including rookie specific subsets like First Impressions and Rookie Reflections for members of the 2021 NFL Rookie Class like Trevor Lawrence, Mac Jones, Justin Fields, Ja’Marr Chase, and more.
The 2021 Panini Illusions Football Hobby Box holds five cards per pack, and 10 packs per box. On average, you will add three autographs, two memorabilia cards, five limited print run color variation parallels, and ten Acetate inserts or parallels to your NFL card collection. You can look for 2021 Panini Illusions Football Hobby Boxes starting on December 24th at online and local trading card hobby shops.
2021-22 Panini Donruss Soccer Road to Qatar
The FIFA World Cup is only 11 months away, and to prepare for the event 2021-22 Panini Donruss Soccer provides a preview of the players and countries to look for at the prestigious tournament. The base set is made up of 200 cards, including 25 Rated Rookies, and features a “Road to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022” stamp on each card. Sticker autographs, and relics will also be included in the set in addition to several classic inserts such as the comic book-inspired Marvels cards, and hobby-favorite Kaboom! cards.
The 2021-22 Panini Donruss Soccer Road to Qatar Hobby Box is loaded with 30 cards per pack, and 12 packs per box. Each box will add one autograph, one relic, 72 Optic Base cards, 12 Optic limited print run color parallels, and 60 additional inserts or parallels to your collection on average. You can look for 2021-22 Panini Donruss Soccer Road to Qatar Hobby Boxes starting on December 22nd at online and local trading card hobby shops.
2021 Topps Dynasty Baseball
One of the highest-end MLB sets of the year, 2021 Topps Dynasty Baseball is made up of nothing but encased autographs. Each card in the set is numbered to ten copies or less and includes some of the game’s biggest stars such as Mike Trout, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bryce Harper, and more.
Each 2021 Topps Dynasty Baseball Hobby Box comes with one encased autograph or cut signature card. 2021 Topps Dynasty Baseball will be released on December 22nd at online and local trading card hobby shops.
2021-22 Topps NHL Sticker Collection
While Upper Deck holds the exclusive licensing rights for producing NHL cards, Topps continues to carry the NHL Sticker license and they are back with the official 2021-22 Topps NHL Sticker Collection. The set is absolutely massive with a 670 card base set made up of 372 player cards, and Season Highlight cards for each NHL team making up the remainder of the set. A variety of insert sets are also available including Ice Tags, Net Savings, NHL Reverse Retro, among many more.
The 2021-22 Topps NHL Sticker Collection Box contains five stickers per pack, and 50 packs per box. The 2021-22 Topps NHL Sticker Collection will become available on December 22nd on the Topps website, as well as online and local trading card hobby shops.
2021 Topps Star Wars Stellar Signatures
Continuing with tradition, 2021 Topps Star Wars Stellar Signatures are once again the highest end dropping this year for the celebrated franchise. While several more sets with larger print runs were released this year such as Topps Chrome Star Wars, and The Mandalorian Season 2 set, only 100 total boxes of 2021 Topps Star Wars Stellar Signatures are being produced with each box containing 100 Full Art Card reprints, and 40 cards featuring premium on card autographs from several cast members including Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, and more. Each box also holds one framed sketch card featuring a one-of-one piece of artwork that captures some of the most iconic moments from a galaxy far, far away.
The 100 boxes in the 2021 Topps Star Wars Stellar Signature set will be released on December 22nd at various online card shops for around $12,000 a box.
2021 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball
2021 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball focuses on rising talent as it utilizes top prospects across several leagues to create its lineup. Each base set card is limited to 999 copies, with 17 different color variation parallels available for each player in the set. Additionally, you can find rare inserts such as Pulse or Passing the Torch, as well as autographs and memorabilia cards from top talents in college, the Minor Leagues, and the Dominican Prospect League.
The 2021 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball Hobby Box holds five cards per pack, and five packs per box. Inside you will hit eight autographs, two memorabilia cards, and five Optichrome cards from the College Ticket Optic or Elite Extra Edition Optic subsets. 2021 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball will release on December 24th at online and local trading card hobby shops.
2021 Panini Flawless Baseball
2021 Panini Flawless Baseball brings with it one of the most premium MLBPA sets of the year. Although cards are devoid of MLB logos or trademarks, the set offers a “hits” only experience made up of on-card autographs, memorabilia cards, and limited print run Gem Cards that include stones on the face of the card.
The 2021 Panini Flawless Baseball Hobby Box contains ten cards total, seven autographs, two memorabilia cards, and one Gem base card or Gem color variation parallel. 2021 Panini Flawless Baseball Hobby Boxes will hit shelves on December 24th at online and local trading card hobby shops.
2021 Topps Gallery Baseball
2021 Topps Gallery Baseball Mega Boxes will start appearing on shelves of Walmart stores this week, but the exact time will vary by location. The set combines players from baseball’s past and present and includes several autographs.
The 2021 Topps Gallery Baseball Mega Box holds five cards per pack, and 20 packs per box with each box promising two autograph cards each. You can start looking for 2021 Topps Gallery Baseball Mega Boxes starting on December 20th.
2021 Topps WWE Wrestling
2021 Topps WWE Wrestling is composed of wrestlers from RAW, SmackDown, and NXT. Aside from the 200 card Base Set, the lineup includes inserts, autographs, and relics, including the extremely rare, Locker Room Veteran Autograph Book cards that feature cards that open like a box and hold autographs from multiple stars.
The 2021 Topps WWE Wrestling Hobby Box comes with seven cards per pack, and 24 packs per box. Each box is home to two hits on average with at least one of those hits coming in the form of an autograph. 2021 Topps WWE Wrestling cards will be released on December 22nd at online and local trading card hobby shops.
