2022 TOPPS BASEBALL FACTORY SET BREAKDOWN
e 2022 Topps Baseball factory set is the easiest way to build a complete base set. Packaged together is a nice box, it has all 660 cards from the flagship Series 1 and Series 2 sets. Depending on the version that you get, there might be some exclusives as well.
ey’re actually 663-card sets. Special variations of Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt Jr. and Spencer Torkelson were late additions to all sets. ese cards are different from the Short Print Variations found in 2022 Topps Series 2. e approach is similar to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in 2019, and Ronald Acuna Jr. and Gleyber Torres in 2018. Go back even further to 2012 and there’s Bryce Harper.
It’s not a complicated set up. It actually fixes that. e factory set means a full set without any of the legwork or extras that come with ripping packs and boxes.
HOBBY FACTORY SET
Besides the base cards, hobby versions of the box set come with five exclusive Foilboard parallels that aren’t available in packs. Each of these parallels has 390 copies.
RETAIL FACTORY SETS
Retail factory sets don’t come with the same parallels. Instead, it’s five exclusive Rookie Variations: Wander Franco, Jarren Duran, Oneil Cruz, Brandon Marsh and Shane Baz. ese cards don’t replace the base versions. Rather, the variations are a bonus much like the Foilboard parallels in hobby sets.
ere are o en a handful of store-exclusive complete sets at places like Target and Walmart that have other bonuses.
WALMART FACTORY SETS
Sets sold at Walmart have multiple potential surprises. For starters, there are the regular retail exclusives. In addition to these is a pack of five foil parallels where each card is numbered to 875. e pattern on these is different to the hobby foils.
Every third set is a full Gold Stars parallel set. Collectors can find additional parallels sets numbered to 299, 99 and 1. e trick with these is that you don’t know until you open it.
ALL-STAR GAME FACTORY SETS
Every card in these sets are essentially parallels as every card has a special All-Star Game stamp. Five All-Star inserts are also in these sets.