Ryan Cracknell

Nanaimo

Beckett Hobby Editor (https://t.co/OS1QrTmp47). Friendly sports cards collector & stuff. 80s child, grew up in the '90s. Sorry, I don't know what it's worth.

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2024-25 Bowman Chrome Sapphire University Basketball Checklist

1 week ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2024-25 Bowman Chrome Sapphire University Basketball leaves Cooper Flagg, Sarah Strong, Dylan Harper and dozens of other collegiate standouts looking blue. A souped up and slimmed down version of the main Bowman Chrome University set, the checklist includes exclusive parallels and limited edition inserts. Hobby boxes, which have just 32 total cards spread across eight packs, deliver one autograph. The Sapphire base set is the same as Bowman Chrome.
2025 Panini Contenders PFL Checklist, Box Info, Release Date

1 week ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2025 Panini Contenders PFL takes the longstanding card brand into a new place. But there’s still some familiarity, both in its structure and some of the fighters on the checklist. Like Contenders releases in other sports, autographs are a major focus. Hobby boxes have four signed cards, which averages out to one per pack. One of the hallmarks of Contenders is its inspiration — tickets. This is clear in the base set, which uses the Season Ticket name.
2024-25 Panini Prizm EuroLeague Basketball Checklist

1 week ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2024-25 Panini Prizm EuroLeague Basketball takes a familiar formula and applies it to part of the sport’s global reach. From rainbows to autographs to premier chase inserts, all the Prizm cornerstones are covered on the checklist. Hobby boxes promise one autograph. There are also a handful of inserts and more than a dozen Prizms parallels. The 200-card base set includes both current and past EuroLeague players.
2025 Topps Decades 1990s UEFA Club Competitions Checklist

1 week ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2025 Topps Decades 1990s UEFA Club Competitions channels the colorful trends and players that helped shaped the century’s end. Each six-pack box includes an autograph and three parallels numbered to 99 or fewer copies. Topps is big on diving into their vault and bringing out old designs with current players. 2025 Topps Decades 1990s isn’t such a release. The designs are all new, inspired by bright colors and bold lines. As for players, they’re throwbacks as well.
2024-25 Bowman Best University Basketball Checklist

1 week ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2024-25 Bowman Best University Basketball brings some flash and pizzazz to the current collegiate hoops scene. Like Bowman Chrome, it’s done on chromium stock. There are other similarities like ample autographs and Refractors. But what stands out here are the big looks found throughout the entire checklist. Hobby boxes promise four total autograph cards, which averages out to one per pack. The 100-card base set is all either active NCAA players or prospects from the international scene.
2024 Topps Midnight Football Checklist

2 weeks ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2024 Topps Midnight Football is kind of a hybrid of Cosmic Chrome and Inception. Like Cosmic, it uses chromium stock, albeit with a focus on dark designs over the traditional metallic. There’s also the celestial themes, although these are a little closer to home. As for Inception, it’s the bold and abstract designs that may generate a similar vibe for some. Midnight is a hits-centric product as well with three autographs in every seven-card box. The base set is 100 cards.
2025 Donruss NASCAR Racing Checklist, Box Info, Release Date

2 weeks ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2025 Donruss NASCAR racing can be viewed as the sport’s flagship release. Moderately priced and with a large and varied checklist, there’s something for virtually all types of collectors. This includes autographs and memorabilia cards, which combine to land three per hobby box. The first lap on the checklist is the base set. Consisting of 100 cards, this includes seven Rated Rookies highlighting top young drivers.
2025 Bowman Mega Box Baseball Checklist

2 weeks ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2025 Bowman Mega Box Baseball is a condensed version of the main 2025 Bowman Baseball release, both in its configuration and checklist. Once again, the actual boxes combine packs of basic Bowman with a couple of exclusive Mega packs that have cards not available anywhere else. The foundation of the 2025 Bowman Mega Box Baseball exclusives are stylized versions of 50 standard base cards and 50 Chrome Prospects.
2025 Score Football Checklist, Hobby Box Breakdown, Details

3 weeks ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2025 Score Football — the start of a new NFL card season. The long-running, entry-level product returns with lots of rookies, a deep roster of inserts and a hobby set-up that offers lots of autographs. Hobby boxes stick with a more jumbo format, at least by modern standards, with 10 packs of 20 cards. Four autographs are among the expectations in each box. Although the first, this is likely to be one of the largest base sets of any mainstream 2025 football card product.
2024 Topps Signature Class Football Checklist

3 weeks ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

As one can imagine, 2024 Topps Signature Class Football puts a big focus on autographs. But there’s a lot more to the checklist as well between its base set and many levels of other inserts. Hobby boxes offer the highest concentration of ink with an average of one autograph card per pack. The base set totals 200 cards. The first 60 are mostly retired stars with a couple of young current QBs that Fanatics has deals with. Rookies make up the balance, going deep into the season’s draft class.