Non-Sports Retail Releases

[BobCollects]

Please share any information about current and upcoming non-sports retail releases. It can be hard to keep track of which sets are getting a retail release and if there are any retail exclusives.

Below is a list of non-sports retail releases I've read about. When possible, I'll include information about retail exclusives and links to the Blowout thread about the set.


2024 Non-Sports Retail Releases

• 2024 Topps Garbage Pail Kids GPK Kids at Play (2/16/2024) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Yellow Border Cards, Ill-Influencers Insert Set, Puzzle Sketch Cards, and Panoramic Sketch Cards
• 2024 Upper Deck Marvel Platinum (3/13/2024) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Blue Surge Base Parallel Cards
• 2024 Upper Deck Marvel Annual 2022-2023 (5/8/2024) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Blue Parallel Cards
• 2024 Upper Deck Fleer Ultra Wolverine (7/3/2024) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Yellow Foil Base Set Parallels #/90 [Upper Deck Store only?]
• 2024 Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings Volume 2, Series 2 (7/24/2024) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Red Supernova Parallel Cards
• 2024 SkyBox Marvel Masterpieces XL (8/7/2024) - Blaster Box with Exclusive Canvas High Series Black Foil Parallel Cards
• 2024 Topps Star Wars Chrome (8/9/2024) - Value/Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Blaster Raywave Refractors
• 2024 Upper Deck Marvel Metal Universe Avengers (8/28/2024) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Yellow Parallel Cards
• 2024 Ian Friedman Enterprises Craniacs Series 1 (8/30/2024) - Blaster Box
• 2023-24 Marvel Annual (10/9/2024) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Blue Parallel Cards
• Marvel Studios Series 1 Disney+ (10/16/2024) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Dazzlers Green & Jumbos Parallel Cards

Promotional

• Topps Trading Card Day 2024 Garbage Pail Kids (8/3/2024)

Upcoming

• 2024 Dynamite Entertainment Transformers 40th Anniversary Trading Cards (11/6/2024) - Blaster Box with 1 Special Oversized Transformers Box Topper Card; Hanger Box with 1 Special Edition Foil Card
• 2024 Upper Deck Fleer Retro Looney Tunes (12/18/2024) - Blaster Box
• 2023 Upper Deck Halo Legacy Collection (12/27/2024) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Weapon Drop, War Machine, and Discover Parallels

2023 Non-Sports Retail Releases

• 2022 Upper Deck Marvel Studios WandaVision Trading Cards (1/18/2023) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Yellow Parallel Cards
• 2022 Upper Deck Marvel Studios The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Trading Cards (2/15/2023) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Yellow Parallel Cards
• 2023 Topps Garbage Pail Kids GPK Goes on Vacation (2/22/2023) - Retail Tin
• 2022 Upper Deck Marvel Fleer Ultra Avengers (3/8/2023) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Orange Parallel Cards (#/549) and Ultra Stars Insert Set
• 2023 Upper Deck 2021-22 Marvel Annual Trading Cards (4/5/2023) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Blue Parallel Cards
• 2023 Upper Deck Marvel Studios Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (4/19/2023) - Blaster Box with Retail Exclusive Blue Parallel Cards (#/73) and Retail Exclusive Night Adventures Gold Auto Blue Parallel Cards (#/5)
• 2023 Cardsmiths Street Fighter Trading Cards Series 1 (05/31/2023) - Hanger Box sold at GameStop, other stores?
• 2023 Topps Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (05/31/2023) - Blaster Box with Exclusive Manufactured Patch Cards
• 2022 Upper Deck Marvel Allure (06/01/2023) - Blaster Box with Exclusive Yellow Taxi and Pink (#/23) Parallel Cards
• 2023 Topps Star Wars Chrome (06/09/2023) - Blaster Box with Exclusive Black Wave Parallel Cards (Topps); Blaster Box with Exclusive Purple Wave Parallel Cards (Target, Other Retailers)
• 2023 Cardsmiths Bob Ross Trading Cards Series 1 (06/14/2023) - Hanger Box sold at GameStop, other stores?
• 2023 Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings Volume 2 Series 1 (07/19/2023) - Blaster Box with Exclusive Red Supernova Parallel Cards, Exclusive Flipped FX Purple #/10 Parallel Cards
• Upper Deck Funko Pop Marvel Infinity Saga (07/??/2023) - Boxes sold at Hot Topic, Target, GameStop, other stores?
• 2023 Zerocool Stranger Things Season 4 (08/09/2023) - Blaster Box
• 2023 Topps Star Wars Flagship (08/11/2023) - Blaster Box with Exclusive Gold Base Card Parallels
• 2023 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Chrome Series 6 (08/30/2023) - Blaster/Value Box with Exclusive Atomic Refractor Parallels
• 2023 Upper Deck Marvel Studios Loki (09/07/2023) - Blaster Box with Exclusive Orange Parallel Cards
• 2023 Cardsmiths Currency Trading Cards Series 2 (10/20/2023) - Hanger Box sold at GameStop, other stores?
• 2023 Cardsmiths Killer Klowns From Outer Space Trading Cards Series 1 (11/15/2023) - Hanger Box sold at GameStop, other stores?
• 2023 Upper Deck Blizzard Entertainment Legacy Collection (11/22/2023) - Blaster Box with Exclusive Horde and Molten Core Base Parallel Cards
• 2023 Upper Deck Marvel Studios Spider-Man: No Way Home (12/20/2023) - Blaster Box with Exclusive Red & Blue Foil Base Set/Ensemble Parallel Cards

2022 Non-Sports Retail Releases

• 2021 Panini Fortnite Series 3 (3/23/2022) - Mega Box, Fat Pack, Blaster Box
• 2021 Upper Deck Star Wars Bounty Hunters (6/8/2022) - Blaster Box
• 2022 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Book Worms (7/27/2022) - Retail Display Box, Walmart Mega Box, Walmart Toy Aisle Mega Box
• 2021 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Chrome Series 4 (8/24/2022) - Value/Blaster Box
• 2021 Upper Deck Marvel Spider-Man Metal Universe (8/24/2022?) - Blaster Box
• 2022 Topps Star Wars The Book of Boba Fett (12/9/2022) - Blaster Box
• 2022 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Chrome Series 5 (12/23/2022) - Value/Blaster Box, Hanger Box

Promotional

• 2022 Topps International Trading Card Day (8/6/2022) - Garbage Pail Kids Packs

2021 Non-Sports Retail Releases

• 2021 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Food Fight (2/24/2021) - Value/Blaster Box, Retail Display Box, Value/Fat Pack
• 2021 Upper Deck Marvel Ages (March 2021?) - Blister Pack with 12 Cards
• 2021 Topps Star Wars The Mandalorian Season 2 (6/23/2021) - Blaster Box; Retail Exclusive Commemorative Metal Button Cards Autograph Variation
• 2021 Topps Star Wars Battle Plans (9/15/2021) - Blaster Box
• 2021 Upper Deck Space Jam: A New Legacy (11/10/2021) - Blaster Box; Retail Exclusive Ready To Jam inserts and Base Set Neon Blue Parallel

Promotional

• Marvel Heroes Reborn - Cello Pack of 10 Cards
• Parkside Levi's 501 Day Originals - Packs of 8 Cards
• Upper Deck Marvel Legends Series - GameStop Exclusive, Packs of 4 Cards
• The Suicide Squad Promo Cards - Packs with 2 Cards Packaged in Select Boxes of Splat Hair Dye

I'll add any additional information others want to contribute.

With contributions from: finfangfan

[finfangfan]

Under promotional… there was also the recent Suicide Squad set packed in specially marked packages of Splat hair dye.

[Whodatdog]

James Bond Villains and Henchmen is due to release this week on 9-22

[glen87]

Originally Posted by Whodatdog

James Bond Villains and Henchmen is due to release this week on 9-22

this is coming out in a retail form?

[Whodatdog]

Originally Posted by glen87

this is coming out in a retail form?

Uhh no, ignore it, I misread post.

[BobCollects]

Originally Posted by finfangfan

Under promotional… there was also the recent Suicide Squad set packed in specially marked packages of Splat hair dye.

That has to be one of the strangest cross promotions I've ever seen. Who is going to buy a dozen boxes of hair dye in the hopes of collecting the entire set of cards? Nobody dyes their hair that much, right? I've added it to the list, thanks.

[finfangfan]

Originally Posted by BobCollects

That has to be one of the strangest cross promotions I've ever seen. Who is going to buy a dozen boxes of hair dye in the hopes of collecting the entire set of cards? Nobody dyes their hair that much, right? I've added it to the list, thanks.

Yeah… it is a weird one but I guess they were going for the Harley Quinn fan base. I think one of the strangest in recent years was the Hanes Underwear Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 set that had a HUGE checklist and something like 5 cards a pack with parallels and super rare auto cards (including Stan Lee).

[chilly55]

Originally Posted by finfangfan

Under promotional… there was also the recent Suicide Squad set packed in specially marked packages of Splat hair dye.

Not unusual at all, at least to those of us who collect Baseball.

Fruit of the Loom in 1993 teamed with Fleer.
Milkbone Dog Biscuits team with Upper Deck in 1993
Kraft Cheese had several sets between 1993-1995
Mr. Turkey sandwich meats had a set in 1992
Jimmy Dean had sets betwen 1990-1995
Cracker Jacks had multiple sets in a 20 year span
Mootown Cheese snacks in 1992
Proctor & Gamble in 1992
Ralston Purina Dog Food in 1984
Even Wonderbread had a couple.

The point is, I actually wish more non-sport sets would venture out in to the "weird". I'm a fan of weird and unusual sets because they tend to use photo's not seen in your regular sets. The Milkbone set showed the ballplayers with their dogs. Cool stuff.

Bill

[BobCollects]

Originally Posted by finfangfan

Yeah… it is a weird one but I guess they were going for the Harley Quinn fan base. I think one of the strangest in recent years was the Hanes Underwear Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 set that had a HUGE checklist and something like 5 cards a pack with parallels and super rare auto cards (including Stan Lee).

I've been collecting the Hanes/Walmart GOTG Vol. 2 promo set for the past year or so. The packs that came with Hanes underwear had four cards and a VUDU code card. Walmart also packaged 5-card packs with exclusive GOTG Vol. 2 DVD/Blu-ray combo sets.

Anyway, after spending way too much money I have almost the entire base set, most of the three insert sets, and maybe half the two parallel sets. No sign of any of the memorabilia cards or the auto cards. The most mindboggling thing is that Walmart had a completely separate exclusive GOTG Vol. 2 retail set. That's three total sets for the movie counting the hobby set.

Originally Posted by chilly55

The point is, I actually wish more non-sport sets would venture out in to the "weird". I'm a fan of weird and unusual sets because they tend to use photo's not seen in your regular sets. The Milkbone set showed the ballplayers with their dogs. Cool stuff.

I love weird promotional sets, too.

[jdandns]

Here are some examples of the Splat "Suicide Squad" cards.




I bought 2 bottles and got a dupe of the Amanda Waller.

As for the Hanes "GoTG", I bought 4 packages (t-shirts & boxer briefs, TMI?) to get the cards.
Here's what they yielded:

[BobCollects]

Retail blaster boxes of 2021 Upper Deck Space Jam: A New Legacy trading cards are out. I've added them to the list in the first post. Blaster boxes contain 5 packs of 6 cards each. There are two retail exclusives: a Ready to Jam insert set and a Neon Blue Parallel base set.

Upper Deck is selling these for $24.99 with a limit of two per household. I don't see these at Blowout but its competitors have them priced at $39.95. I can't find listings at Target or Walmart but Walmart has a third party seller offering boxes for $42.99.

According to Cardboard Connection, hobby boxes don't go on sale until February 9, 2022.

[HiltonL]

Wasn't there also a Star Wars/Little Debbies (Cosmic Cakes iirc) promotion a couple of years ago?

If you go back far enough, Wonder Bread had both Star Wars and Close Encounters. I ate a lot of Wonder Bread as a kid

[finfangfan]

Originally Posted by BobCollects

Retail blaster boxes of 2021 Upper Deck Space Jam: A New Legacy trading cards are out. I've added them to the list in the first post. Blaster boxes contain 5 packs of 6 cards each. There are two retail exclusives: a Ready to Jam insert set and a Neon Blue Parallel base set.

Upper Deck is selling these for $24.99 with a limit of two per household. I don't see these at Blowout but its competitors have them priced at $39.95. I can't find listings at Target or Walmart but Walmart has a third party seller offering boxes for $42.99.

According to Cardboard Connection, hobby boxes don't go on sale until February 9, 2022.

Nice find! In for 2.

[BipolarBear]

LeBron in the Tune Squad uniform is easily the best auto card he's ever done

[Rictor]

Originally Posted by HiltonL

Wasn't there also a Star Wars/Little Debbies (Cosmic Cakes iirc) promotion a couple of years ago?

If you go back far enough, Wonder Bread had both Star Wars and Close Encounters. I ate a lot of Wonder Bread as a kid

I'm jealous, I never got any name brand stuff. My mom took us to the Nickels Bakery Thrift Store to get super cheap generic bread and knock off snack cakes. We also went to Aldi and Kroger each week to buy their respective generics.

[HiltonL]

Originally Posted by Rictor

I'm jealous, I never got any name brand stuff. My mom took us to the Nickels Bakery Thrift Store to get super cheap generic bread and knock off snack cakes. We also went to Aldi and Kroger each week to buy their respective generics.

Back in the cave-people era when I was a kid, my mom took me to the Wonder/Hostess thrift shop here in Seattle. Fruit pies 5/$1 Yes Please!!

Those were the days. There is no more Wonder/Hostess thrift shop in Seattle.

[Rictor]

5/$1.00 would have been expensive compared to Nickels pricing, LOL. I think we paid 10 cents for a 4-pack of generic Twinkies. We were too poor for McDonalds, we went to Scotty's, where the burgers were similar but about 10 cents cheaper. We also got them plain without cheese because a cheeseburger was 35 cents while a hamburger was 25 cents. We'd take them home and put the cheese on there ourselves. Generic Kroger brand processed cheese...no Kraft for us.

Getting back on topic, Fortnite Series 3 is coming soon.

[BobCollects]

I popped in to Walmart today on a whim after getting my hair cut and saw two Space Jam: A New Legacy blaster boxes on a shelf in the collectibles aisle. This may be the first non-sports I've seen in the wild since Star Wars The Mandalorian: Journey of the Child last year.

To be fair, I rarely go to Walmart or Target. Maybe three times this year total.

[BobCollects]

Walmart.com has mini blasters (five packs) of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trading cards in stock at $10.48 apiece:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Wars...ards/680060998

The listing clearly states "Sold and shipped by Walmart.com" so I guess someone found a case of these in a storeroom somewhere.

I stopped by the closest Walmart to me this morning thinking maybe whoever stocks the trading cards had random stuff to put out at the end of the year. Fully 1/3 of the collectibles aisle is now beef jerky. Everything else was a mix of Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh. And one discounted Star Wars: Rogue One Series 1 fat pack.

[BobCollects]

Bumping this back up for 2022. I've updated the first post with information about retail releases for Fortnite Series 3, Star Wars Bounty Hunters, Garbage Pail Kids, and more.

[CicadaMound]

Parkside Squishmallows Series 1 have been released in retail stores (seen them in Target and Walmart), just loose packs from hobby boxes. I've seen eBay listings for hanger boxes too, which seem to just be one pack in a hanger box.

There's an active Kickstarter campaign for a Mark Spears Monsters Halloween Edition Trading Card Series, which says

These cards will be on sale at Amazon and Walmart as well as certain retail outlets who chose to carry them this Halloween. If you are a store who wishes to carry them, contact me for wholesale inquires.

I didn't see anything about retail exclusives in the campaign.

[CicadaMound]

If food issues count, there's a supplemented kids' fruit purée called Fruit Friends with box panel cards from Frozen, Minions, Spider-Man, Toy Story and Jurassic World out in Walmart now.

Also there were boxes of Eggo Waffles with Mandalorian card panels at some point, but I've only seen them stocked once.

[Scifi Cards]

This week we should see Garbage Pail Kids Chrome hit stores.

Marvel Metal Universe Spider-Man is supposed to also have a retail release at Wal-Mart and Target. But no word on if it will hit this week like hobby or if it hits later. First Marvel retail release in ages.

Ed

[BobCollects]

I saw GPK Chrome blasters and GPK Book Worms mega boxes at Walmart last week. Spider-Man Metal Universe blasters were up at Target.com earlier today and already sold out.

I've added 2022 Topps Star Wars The Book of Boba Fett blaster boxes to the list. The set is scheduled for release on 12/9/2022.

[BobCollects]

It's rough out there for non-sports retail. The collectibles aisle at the Walmart closest to me is restocked weekly. I stopped by this morning and there are tons of basketball, football, baseball, and soccer cards plus plenty of Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, and Digimon cards. All I saw for non-sports was one GPK Chrome blaster and one GPK Book Worms mega box. I don't know if Spider-Man Metal blasters were ever stocked.