✨📅 Hot Trading Cards & Year-End Collector Events!

Welcome to Hobby Hype! 2025 is almost here, thanks for joining us.

⌛ Here’s your 30 second hobby rundown:

WWE fans got 1st off the Line 2024 Panini Flawless on December 26—it’s packed with premium autographs and memorabilia. For Baseball collectors, 2024 Bowman’s Best Baseball lands today. For the hoopers, 2023-24 Topps Cosmic Chrome Basketball dropped (it looks pretty fire).

Football fans, you’re spoiled this week with 2024 Panini Absolute Football (Kaboom! inserts, anyone?) and 2024 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Football. Anyone pick these up?

Looking ahead, December 31 brings 2024 Bowman Best University Football for the college stars, and January 6 starts 2025 strong with 2023-24 Panini National Treasures NBA.

Whether you’re ripping packs or chasing singles, this lineup is stacked! 👊✨

🆕 New Product Releases This Week

• December 26, 2024:

  • 🤼 1st off the Line 2024 Panini Flawless WWE

    An ultra-premium WWE release with exclusive FOTL parallels, autographs, and stunning memorabilia cards.

• December 27, 2024:

  • ⚾ 2024 Bowman's Best Baseball
    Combines top prospects, rookies, and veterans with beautiful designs and hard-signed autographs.

  • 🏀 2023-24 Topps Cosmic Chrome Basketball
    A cosmic-themed basketball set featuring colorful designs and star-packed checklists.

  • 🏈 2024 Panini Absolute Football
    Includes iconic Kaboom! inserts, rookie cards, and memorabilia with a focus on football’s rising talent.

  • 🏈 2024 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Football
    Features the latest NFL draft picks in college uniforms with signature Prizm parallels and autographs.

• December 31, 2024:

  • 🏈 2024 Bowman Best University Football
    Spotlights college football stars with autographs and refractors showcasing their university careers.

• January 6, 2025:

  • 🏀 2023-24 Panini National Treasures NBA
    A premier basketball release featuring patch autographs, logo cards, and high-end memorabilia for collectors.

Arena Club is dropping these grails in slab packs today. Go check them out! We’ll have a Hobby Hype exclusive discount code soon.

⚾ Ruby Baseball - Shohei Ohtani 2018 Topps Chrome Rookie Auto. Gold Ref. PSA 10

🏈 Ruby Football - $25,000 of Sealed Wax!

🏀 Ruby Basketball - Luka Doncic 2018 Panini Select Zebra Prizm

🎉 IRL Events

• December 27–28, 2024:

  • Sports Card Show
    Location: American Legion Post 44, 711 State Street, Newburgh, IN
    Details: Over 50 tables, free admission.
    Contact: Neil Johnson, 812-483-3064.

• December 28, 2024:

  • Trumbull Cards Show
    Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1734 Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull, CT
    Details: Local card show featuring various vendors.

  • The Newark Sports Card Show
    Location: Newark Moose Lodge, 235 W. National Drive, Newark, OH
    Details: Regional card show with multiple dealers.

  • Statesville Sportscards, Memorabilia, and Pokemon Show
    Location: Statesville Civic Center, 300 South Center Street, Statesville, NC
    Details: Event featuring sports cards, memorabilia, and Pokémon items.

• December 28–29, 2024:

  • Front Row Card Show – Phoenix
    Location: Renaissance Phoenix/Glendale Hotel, 9495 W. Entertainment Blvd, Glendale, AZ
    Details: Over 500 tables, $10–$15 admission, kids free.
    Contact: [email protected].

💎 Collector's Corner

Mythical Island Spotlight

The Pokémon TCG has recently expanded with the release of Mythical Island on December 17, 2024. This expansion introduces over 80 new cards. Notable additions feature Mew EX, Aerodactyl EX, and Celebi EX, along with new full-art cards like Dedenne, Vaporeon, and Marshadow. There are some solid art cards and powerful EX cards in this set.

💡 Collector Tip of the Week:

Check the card’s corners before buying! Bent or whitened corners are one of the easiest card flaws to spot. And they can significantly reduce your card’s grade.

🗳️ Weekly Poll:

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