I’m a vintage guy, but still enjoy ripping open a hobby box every once in a while. I typically hunt for the prospect auto of the day in Bowman Chrome. And of course every year, I buy at least a blaster of Topps Heritage. This year, I upgraded to a hobby box of 2025 Topps Heritage. If you are a vintage collector who still enjoys modern baseball players and cards, Heritage can be a happy medium.
What is Topps Heritage?
In case you’re unfamiliar, Topps Heritage follows the vintage Topps journey in chronological order. For 2025, we feature the 1976 design. The base set includes 500 cards, with subsets like Record Breakers, Father and Son, League Leaders, and All-Time All-Stars. There will also be high-numbered short prints, base card parallels (like Dark Blue Bordered and Black Bordered), and base card variations (Alternate Cartoons, Flipped Bat, Nickname, Image).
What’s In a Hobby Box?
The 2025 Topps Heritage baseball hobby box is expected to contain an average of 1 Autograph or Relic card, 3 inserts, 8 high-numbered short prints, 8 base dark blue-bordered parallels, 8 base card chrome light blue sparkle parallels, and 2 Notable Americans inserts per box. Without counting, that’s about what I got in my box. The boxes retail for about $120.
I prefer autos to relics generally, and hey, at least my auto is 1) a rookie card and 2) a position player. No 3rd year pitcher auto for me, whew!
I also enjoy the homage cards featuring vintage players–though they do look a bit off in Chrome form:
Is It Worth It?
I mean, no, not generally, if we’re talking dollar value. The auto I pulled is a $10 card. If you got lucky or ripped a ton of course you would hit some cards worth the box price. But for Heritage, I just enjoy the combination of vintage flair and modern players.
I’m a sucker for Heritage, too!!!