This week, the vintage-inspired 2020-21 Donruss Optic Basketball finally drops after several delays, and Australia’s Cherry™ debuts its Cherry Picked Basketball re-pack exclusively on StockX. Read about all of these Trading Card releases and more in the latest issue of The Rip.
2020-21 Panini Donruss Optic Basketball
2020-21 Donruss Optic Basketball continues the tradition of utilizing this year’s Donruss card design and adding a chromium finish. The base set checklist includes 200 total cards, with 150 stars and veterans, and 50 Rated Rookies. Hobby boxes include twelve exclusive color-variation parallels including the sought-after Optic Holo. The inserts include the annual The Rookies checklist, with other options including Lights Out, Star Gazing, plus more. Most of the top rookies like LaMelo Ball and Anthony Edwards are featured on the Rated Rookies signatures checklist as well.
The 2020-21 Donruss Optic Basketball Hobby Box comes with four cards per pack, and 20 packs per box. You can expect to hit one autograph in each box and a combination of 20 inserts or limited print run parallels. This year’s set will also include the lower price point retail boxes like blasters and mega boxes as well.
2020-21 Donruss Optic Hobby Boxes release on September 17th at local and online trading card hobby shops. Retail products are expected to start appearing on shelves of Targets and Walmarts around this same time.
Cherry Picked DropX
Melbourne-based Cherry™ has quickly established itself as one of the most popular card shops in the hobby, and now they are giving you the chance to find some of the most sought-after and high-value cards in the market through their exclusive Cherry Picked DropX on StockX. This round of Cherry Picked packs marks its basketball debut. The cards included in the checklist include key rookie cards or variants, hot short print inserts, patch autographs, and more. Top hits include an Anthony Davis Prizm Rookie, Rui Hachimura Flawless Rookie Patch Auto, Ja Morant Noir Rookie Auto, Jayson Tatum Spectra Rookie Patch Auto, Trae Young Spectra Rookie Patch Auto, and a Stephen Curry National Treasures Patch Auto. You even have the opportunity to pull a graded 1986 Michael Jordan Fleer Rookie #57 valued between $7,000 and $8,000.
Each Cherry Picked pack comes hand-packed with one buyback trading card, graded or slabbed in a one-touch case. In addition to the iconic Jordan rookie, the rest of the checklist is made up of some of the best current, past, and future basketball stars. The Cherry Picked DropX also comes at the extremely affordable price of $99 per pack, making this one of the best deals in trading cards this year. The Cherry Picked DropX is set to take place on September 20th at 7 PM EDT (or if you’re down under, September 21st at 9 AM AEST), so make sure to mark your calendars because only 1,500 packs are available and they will go quick.
2020-21 Upper Deck Allure Hockey
After being delayed for over a month from the original release date, 2020-21 Upper Deck Allure Hockey marks the follow-up to the debut set that was released during the 2019-20 season. The base set is made up of 150 cards including 70 NHL veterans, 30 rookies, and 50 short print rookies. Autographs in the set come in the form of stickers that have been affixed to the cards, and jersey relics are also included.
The 2020-21 Upper Deck Allure Hockey Hobby Box comes with eight cards per pack, and eight packs per box. On average, you will add one autograph, two color-variation parallels, five inserts, eight base parallels, and eight short print rookie cards to your collection. The 2020-21 Upper Deck Allure Hockey Hobby Box releases on September 15th at local and online trading card hobby shops.
2021 Topps Star Wars Battle Plans
2021 Topps Star Wars Battle Plans is a bit more of a focused Star Wars trading card set than we are used to seeing from Topps, as each card highlights moments from various battles seen in the Star Wars cinematic universe. The base set is made up of 100 cards that cover ten notable Star Wars battles. Autograph subsets are also part of the checklist including from Hollywood A-listers such as Ewan McGregor and Samuel L. Jackson.
The 2021 Topps Star Wars Battle Plans Hobby Box comes with eight cards per pack, and 24 packs per box. You will typically receive one autograph, one additional hit in the form of an autograph, sketch, or relic card, 24 parallels, and 24 inserts in each box. The 2021 Topps Star Wars Battle Plans Hobby Box releases on September 17th and can be found at local and online trading card hobby shops.
