2021 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Hobby Box Break & Review

Collector Type: Set/Autograph/Fun Photography

The base set consists of (300) cards. Parallels include Red Foil, Black Foil, Sepia, Black & White, Blue Foil #’ed/50, 30 Years (30 copies), Rainbow Foilboard #’ed/25, First Day Issue (10 copies), Members Only (1 per case), Photographer’s Proof (1:2 cases), and Gold Rainbow Foil #’ed 1/1.

Unique photography is at the core of the Stadium Club brand. Photo variations are best identified using the small CMP code found on the back.

  • Base – #244
  • Chrome – #280
  • Photo Variation – #289
  • Rookie Design Variation – #291
  • Design Variation – #545

Chrome parallels include Refractor (1:4 boxes), Orange #’ed/99, Pearl White #’ed/30, Gold Minted (1 per case), and SuperFractor #’ed 1/1.

Autographs include Base Autographs, Base Design Variation Autographs, Chrome Autographs, Beam Team Autographs, Lone Star Signatures, Stadium Club Greats Autographs, Superstar Duos Autographs, Virtual Reality Autographs, and Oversized Base Autograph Topper.

Inserts include Beam Team, Instavision, Stadium Club Greats, Superstar Duos, Triumvirates, Virtual Reality, Oversized Base Topper, and Oversized Base Master Photo Variation Topper (1 per Blaster).

Stadium Club continues to be one of the most well-rounded products on the market. Even if your two guaranteed autographs per hobby box aren’t life altering, the great photography and simple card design drastically make up for it. Of all the Topps baseball products, I believe the photography in Stadium Club could carry this product alone without any hits. Every single box will provide you with some incredible new cards to add to your collection.

Coming later this year is 2021 Topps Stadium Club Chrome. The Chrome cards are so popular in the main Stadium Club set they will receive another product dedicated strictly to them. They truly are some of the best looking cards to come out of this product. Will we see a Sapphire Edition?

A very long time ago Topps issued special promotional cards using the Stadium Club brand during the National Sports Collectors Convention. I’d really like to see this done again. I know the Bowman Chrome cards they’ve used for the wrapper redemption program are popular, but I think the Stadium Club brand has a lot of potential too.

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY STADIUM CLUB!

Here is what I pulled:

Autos:

  • Sixto Sanchez RC Oversized Base Auto Topper #’ed/10
  • Kris Bubic RC Auto
  • Tarik Skubal RC Auto

Parallels:

  • Alex Bregman Stadium Club Chrome Refractor
  • Anthony Rendon Stadium Club Chrome
  • Joey Gallo Black Foil
  • Salvador Perez Black Foil
  • Keibert Ruiz RC Red Foil
  • Kris Bubic RC Red Foil
  • JaCoby Jones Red Foil
  • Willson Contreras Red Foil
  • Ryan Jeffers RC Red Foil
  • Cal Ripken Jr. Red Foil
  • Eloy Jimenez Red Foil

Inserts:

  • Pete Alonso Triumvirates
  • Kyle Lewis Beam Team
  • Aaron Judge/Gerrit Cole Superstar Duos
  • Ryne Sandberg Stadium Club Greats
  • Jose Canseco Stadium Club Greats
  • Fernando Tatis Jr. Virtual Reality
  • Matt Olson Virtual Reality

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