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Hobby News · May 7, 2026

Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions 2025-26 Drops Today With 200 Cards and a Stacked Parallel Rainbow

Topps officially launches 2025-26 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions today at 11 a.m., bringing chromium parallels, autographs, and First Day Issue boxes to soccer collectors chas…

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Guides & How-To · May 6, 2026

2026 Topps Series 2 Baseball Preorder Opens May 11: 350-Card Base Set, Heavy Lumber, and Red Ink 1952 Autographs

2026 Topps Series 2 Baseball preorders open May 11, five days from today. The 350-card flagship continues numbering from Series 1, brings back Heavy Lumber and Golden Mirror Image,…

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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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Events & Recaps · May 5, 2026

Card Show Weekend Preview May 8 to 10: LA Pokemon Regionals, Hawaii TCG Expo, East Bay TCG NOW, and Collect-A-Con Cleveland

The May 8 to 10 weekend is the densest TCG show calendar of the spring. The LA Pokemon Regional Championships anchor the slate alongside the Hawaii Pokemon and TCG Expo, East Bay's…

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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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Events & Recaps · May 5, 2026

Christoffer Larsen Wins Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven for Back-to-Back Pro Tour Titles, an MTG First

Christoffer Larsen of Denmark defeated Nathan Steuer in a five-game Selesnya Landfall mirror to win Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven on May 3, becoming the first MTG player ever with…

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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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Guides & How-To · May 5, 2026

PSA and CGC Both Raised Grading Fees in Q1 2026: What Submitters Need to Know Before the Next Bulk Order

PSA raised fees 5 dollars per card in February and CGC pushed prices up across every tier in January. With Collectors Holdings facing an active antitrust class action, the timing h…

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