Product Details

2023-24 Topps Cosmic Chrome Basketball takes things into outer space with lots of otherworldly designs and themes. It has some similar vibes as another over-the-top line from that rose to prominence in the late ’90s — Metal Universe. Only this time, like a lot of modern releases, it comes with a Chrome spin. Like its baseball counterpart, there are many levels to the checklist. While autographs can be found, they’re not a guaranteed box hit.

2023-242 Topps Cosmic Chrome Basketball Checklist Overview

The 200-card base set highlights active veterans, retired stars and some rookies (yes, that includes Victor Wembanyama). Like 2023-24 Topps Chrome Basketball, this isn’t an NBA-licensed set so there aren’t any team logos. Instead of focusing on typical action shots, the design uses lots of design elements. Shapes, neon colors, angles — they’re all in play. This carries over to the customary Chrome Refractors. Sure. there are colors, but many mix with different background patterns as well:

Refractors
Nucleus Refractors
Pink Galaxy Refractors
Aqua Equinox Refractors
Blue Moon Refractors
Green Space Dust Refractors
White Hole Refractors
Gold Interstellar Refractors
Orange Galactic Refractors
Black Eclipse Refractors
Red Flare Refractors
Superfractors

Autographs and Other Inserts

Signatures come in three different styles: Cosmic Chrome Autographs, Milky Way Marks and Equinox Autographs. Each comes with long odds. Not only is there not an autograph in every box, but it’s possible you might not find one in a case. The trade off is the inclusion of signers who aren’t in Panini products at the moment like Wembanyama, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Brandon Miller. Inserts keep with the big designs and space themes. Among them is Planetary Pursuit, a set that starts at the sun. Rather than the usual parallels, all 10 players in this set get a different card for each planet in the solar system. Rarity is based on its distance from the sun. So Mercury and Venus are more common than Neptune and Pluto.

The 2023-24 Topps Cosmic Chrome Basketball checklist has some extremely scarce inserts, none more than Cosmic Dust. These carry 1:2,401 pack odds, which is one in about every 120 hobby boxes. Factor in the 20 players available and individual cards are scarce. Cosmic Heroes is another rare insert at 1:267 packs. As far as those that can be expected in every box, there’s Galaxy Greats (1:5 packs), Extraterrestrial Talents (1:6 packs), Launched Into Orbit (1:6 packs), and Star Clusters (1:10 packs).

2023-24 Topps Cosmic Chrome Basketball Breakdown:

Cards per pack: Hobby – 4
Packs per box: Hobby – 20
Boxes per case: Hobby – 12
Set size: 200 cards
Release date 2025-01-07