搶先看:2015 TOPPS STRATA FOOTBALL CARDS

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2015 Topps Strata Football brings with it some fairly radical changes. After three years as a lower-tier product focused largely on a cool box hit, it’s taking a more streamlined approach. Gone are the base cards, basic relics and insert cards. What’s left? Autographs.

Boxes of the hobby exclusive product now have just two cards. The first is the return of the distinct Clear Cut Autographed Relic Rookie cards. There’s also an additional autograph.


Clear Cut Autographed Relic Rookie cards cover more than 30 first-year players. These cards start with a jumbo swatch of a player-worn relic. A piece of acetate is layered over top of it with the player’s image and signature. A small die-cut window is left open so the memorabilia can be touched. No stickers were used in the making of these cards. All autographs are done directly on the acetate.

Each has several parallels, all of which are serial numbered. These include Blue, Green, Black and Gold (/25). Five different Red versions (each 1/1) come with distinct pieces of memorabilia like a glove logo, laundry tag, football piece, Nike Swoosh or team logo.

Clear Cut Dual Autograph Patch Book cards (1/1) take the concept and double everything up in a booklet format.

Inserted one per 2015 Topps Strata Football 12-box case, Strata Signature Patch cards take the same general concept of the Clear Cut Autographs with a couple of changes. These have an added acetate layer with another player image. The result is more of a floating shadowbox look. Also, there is no window to touch the memorabilia. Parallels include Red (/25) and Rivet (1/1), which can be fanned open to see each of the layers that make up the card.

Strata Autographs also come with on-card signatures. The checklist, which has more than 40 players, is a mix of rookies and veterans. Serial-numbered parallels come in five colors: Blue, Green, Black, Gold (/25) and Red (1/1).

Strata Signatures are a second case hit. These have a similar design to the Strata Signature Patch cards only without the patch. What remains is a shadowbox look for the checklist of more than 40 players. Basic versions come numbered as do the Gold (/25) and Red (1/1) parallels.
2015 Topps Strata Football at a glance:

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 2
Set size: n/a
Release date: December 23, 2015

What to expect in a box:

• Clear Cut Autographed Relic Rookie – 1
• Additional Autographs – 1