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Hobby News · May 6, 2026

NoPSAMay Update: Six Days In, Alternative Grader Volume Up 15% and PSA 10 Premiums Are Softening

The NoPSAMay boycott is reshaping the grading market in real time. eBay PSA slab listings are down 10 to 20%, SGC and TAG submission volume is up roughly 15%, and PSA 10 premiums o…

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Hobby News · May 6, 2026

2026 Panini Ring Royalty MLW Wrestling Drops Today With Two Autos Per Box and Blank Slate Case Hits

Panini's Ring Royalty MLW release lands today, May 6, with a one-pack hobby format that guarantees two autographs per box. Portrait Signatures pairs current MLW talent with legenda…

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Hobby News · May 6, 2026

2025-26 Upper Deck SPx Hockey Releases Today: Rookie Holograms, Cold Steel Signatures, and the Top Rookies to Chase

SPx Hockey lands today with a 165-card base set, four rookies per box, and a tight Rookie Hologram subset numbered as low as 1/1. Here is the rookie checklist breakdown plus the au…

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Hobby News · May 6, 2026

2025 Topps 30 Years of Toy Story Hits Hobby Today With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Mel Brooks Autographs

Topps drops its biggest licensed pop-culture release in years today, May 6. The 100-card 30 Years of Toy Story set delivers one autograph or sketch per box plus a signer list that …

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Hobby News · May 5, 2026

2026 Topps Chrome UFC Drops May 8 With 200-Card Set, Hot Pink and Lime Green Retail Parallels, and Fight Night Flashback Inserts

2026 Topps Chrome UFC hits the hobby Friday, May 8, with a 200-card base set, two on-card autographs per hobby box, and the brand-new Fight Night Flashback insert. Hobby boxes are …

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Hobby News · May 5, 2026

NoPSAMay Boycott Begins: Collectors Pause Submissions Over Fees, Delays, and the December 2025 Buyback Scandal

NoPSAMay launched May 1 as a grassroots boycott of PSA grading submissions through the entire month. Five days in, alternative grader volume is up roughly 15 percent and PSA 10 pre…

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Hobby News · May 5, 2026

2025 Topps Chrome Platinum Baseball Pre-Orders Open Today: 1955 Bowman Design Reimagined With 500-Card Base and City Variations

Topps Chrome Platinum Baseball pre-orders go live today at 12 PM ET, reimagining the iconic 1955 Bowman design across a 500-card base set with on-card autographs, refractor paralle…

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Hobby News · May 5, 2026

May the 4th: 2025 Topps Star Wars Masterwork Pre-Orders Open Today for the Line's 10th Anniversary

Topps drops the 10th anniversary Star Wars Masterwork pre-order today at 12 PM ET. Mark Hamill, Samuel L. Jackson, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt headline a 96-signer hard-signed autogra…

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Hobby News · May 2, 2026

MTG Marvel Super Heroes Locks June 26 Release as 2026 Calendar Crowds Toward The Hobbit, Reality Fracture, and Star Trek

Wizards confirmed Magic: The Gathering Marvel Super Heroes for June 26, 2026, with prerelease June 19. Here is the rest of the locked 2026 calendar, why The Hobbit ships without a …

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Hobby News · May 2, 2026

2026 Bowman Baseball Drops May 13: Ethan Holliday Headlines as Anime Returns and Crystallized Inserts Debut

Bowman Baseball is the prospect-collector event of the year, and 2026 brings Ethan Holliday, Roman Anthony, and Colson Montgomery to the 1st Bowman Chrome class. Here is the box co…

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Hobby News · May 2, 2026

NoPSAMay Boycott Officially Begins: Inside the Collector Reform Push and Where Submissions Are Going

May 1 marked the start of NoPSAMay, the first calendar-pegged collector boycott of PSA grading in years. Here is what the movement is demanding, where submissions are being routed,…

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Hobby News · May 2, 2026

Mega Evolution Chaos Rising Prerelease Window Begins May 9: Inside the Build and Battle Box

Pokemon TCG players can crack open Mega Evolution Chaos Rising two weeks before the May 22 wide release. Here is what is in the Build and Battle Box, the foil promo lineup, and the…

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