2026 Topps Chrome VeeFriends Pre-Orders Open Today on EQL With Mr Beast as the Headline Card
Topps opens the EQL queue at noon Eastern on Tuesday, May 12 for the 2026 Topps Chrome VeeFriends release shipping June 10. The big headline this year is the first ever trading card of Jimmy MrBeast Donaldson inside the new Content Condors Creators insert. Hobby boxes are $239.99 MSRP and the VeeFriends NFT holder presale follows on May 14.
VeeFriends Goes Chrome Again, and the EQL Queue Opens at Noon Eastern
The hobby is getting a noon-Eastern jolt on Tuesday, May 12. Topps officially opens pre-orders for 2026 Topps Chrome VeeFriends at 12:00 PM ET through its EQL queue line system, the same lottery-style storefront the company has been leaning on for its biggest hyped drops. Boxes do not ship until June 10, but today is the day collectors get their shot at securing a hobby box through the official channel before resellers price-gouge the secondary market.
What Is In the Box
The second installment of Gary Vaynerchuk's collectible characters on chromium stock comes with the format the hobby has come to expect from Topps Chrome:
- Hobby boxes at \$239.99 MSRP, plus Mega and Value Blaster configurations
- An exclusive Sapphire Edition hobby format
- A 200-card base set built around Gary Vee's cast of alliteratively named characters
- Insert sets including Chalkboard, Neon Lights, and Content Condors Creators
Mr Beast Headlines the Creator Class
The marquee headline pull for this year's set is the first ever trading card of Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson, dropping inside the new Content Condors Creators insert. Topps and VeeFriends have made the YouTuber the face of the creator-economy crossover this year, and presale buzz has already pushed the card to the top of the want lists on social media.
How the Drop Works
Today's EQL raffle is open to everyone with a Topps account, and entries are accepted across a defined window before randomized winning slots are assigned. VeeFriends NFT holders get their own dedicated presale on May 14, so if you are not a holder, today is your best path to a confirmed hobby allocation at MSRP.
"This is the same EQL playbook Topps used for the 2025 Chrome VeeFriends drop, and last year's queue closed faster than collectors expected. If you want in at MSRP, enter today and do not assume there will be a second window."
Who Should Care About This Drop
Three different collector buckets are going to be watching today's queue:
- Crossover collectors chasing the first MrBeast trading card
- Topps Chrome chasers who flip refractor and Superfractor parallels for trade or resale
- VeeFriends NFT holders deciding whether to use today's raffle or wait for the May 14 holder presale
Whatever bucket you fall into, get the EQL entry in before lunch on the east coast. If you miss this window, the next clean shot at a Hobby box will be after June 10, and historically that has meant paying secondary-market premium.