Collector Type: Set/Christmas fans
The Topps Holiday Mega Box has become a fan favorite. I truly don’t know how the hobby made it through the holiday season without it. Scrolling through my Twitter feed all I see are people’s shopping baskets filled with these boxes.
Topps offered the 2022 Holiday Mega Box on their website for a short time before selling out. Walmart would be your best option to find a box now.
(200) cards make up the base set. Many holiday elements are added to the 2022 Topps Baseball flagship design. Parallels include Metallic (1:2), Red Metallic #’ed/99 (1:92), and Gold Metallic #’ed 1/1 (1:8,915).
Photo variations offer even more holiday items to look for. Some are easier to come by than others. I always check the CMP codes to be sure.
- Base – #811
- SP – #819 (1:7)
- Rare – #820 (1:20)
- Super Rare – #821 (1:160)
Each box contains (10) packs. You should at least find (1) SP. My favorite variation has Will Ferrell’s Buddy the Elf pictured in the bottom left corner of Shohei Ohtani’s card.
You will also find (1) relic, autograph, or autograph/relic per box. Most likely a one-color relic is what you’ll get, but much rarer hits can be pulled. This includes relics and autograph/relics of an Elf, Santa Claus, and Mrs. Claus. Consider yourself very lucky if you hit one of these. The Holiday Faux relics and autograph/relics are extremely rare.
Packaged along with the packs is a tree ornament. Parallels of the ornaments would be a fun addition some year.
The Topps Holiday Mega Box is not meant to be taken too seriously. At $24.99/box, its a cheap fun rip.
On a side note, I think Topps should make an online-exclusive set of Topps Chrome Sapphire cards featuring Christmas/holiday season characters. They would probably be a big hit. Especially if they threw in some parallels.
Here is what I pulled:
Relic:
Parallels:
- Cooper Hummel RC Metallic #27
- Emmanuel Rivera RC Metallic #20
- Cedric Mullins Metallic #86
- Max Muncy Metallic #199
- William Woods RC Metallic #127
SP Variations:
- Royce Lewis RC #94 – Christmas lights on arm
- Gabriel Arias RC #12 – Candy cane on arm
Box Topper:
Notable Rookies:
- CJ Abrams #112
- Bryson Stott #133
- Jeremy Pena #129
- Wander Franco #181
- Bobby Witt Jr. #150
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