Topps Heritage 2009 celebrates 1960s horizontal design

2009 Topps Heritage Baseball celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1960 set, the last set that featured all cards in horizontal design.
There are 500 cards in the set with 426-500 being short-printed. There should be should be one autograph or relic card in each hobby box. Autograph cards feature signatures on the cars. The bulk of the signatures are from players whose final year was 1960, but there are signed cards of five stars from 1960 and five active players. There are also 10 cards signed by a retired player and active player from the same franchise. Those are hand-numbered to 25. The same also signed 60 cards in red ink. Every $3 pack has a stick of gum. There are 24 packs to a hobby box. Here are the details:
BASIC CARDS (1-500)
Regular Cards (425 subjects) White-back stock, NO FOILS, NO UV
Veterans, Prospects, Rookies (will be September 2008 call-ups) in the 1960 Topps Design. The All-Rookie Team appears on a special design from #316-325.
7 World Series Highlights (385-391)
11 Combos (Scattered)
32 Sport Topps Magazine 2008 Rookie Stars (117-148)
16 Team Cards (Scattered)
16 Managers (Alphabetically from 212-227)
20 Sport Topps Magazine ’08 All-Star Selections (End of set)
16 Team Coach Combos featuring 3 or 4 coaches each (455-470)
High Numbered Short-printed cards (75) – Inserted 1:3 Gray-back stock.
PARALLELS
Chrome Parallel of 100 cards in Chrome technology with white borders sequentially numbered in foil to 1960.
Chrome Refractor Parallel of 100 cards in Chrome Refractor technology with white borders sequentially numbered in foil to 560.
Black Bordered Chrome Parallel of 100 cards in Chrome Refractor technology with black borders sequentially numbered in foil to 60.
INSERT CARDS
New Age Performers: (15) Top current players whose performances have eclipsed the giants of the past. (1:15)
Then and Now: (10) Statistical comparison of a 1960 player vs. 2008 player. These should be the leaders in the following categories: HR, RBI, BA, SB, BB, ERA, SO, W, INN, SHO (1:15)
Baseball Flashbacks: (10) Flashback highlights from the 1960 season (1:12)
News Flashbacks: (10) World news moments from 1960 (1:12)
AUTOGRAPHS
(Note: We will be printing the 2009 Topps Heritage High-Number Autograph Cards at the same time to facilitate signing.)
Real One Autographs
Retired and active players sign 200 of their cards with a blue pen. Subjects will be players that appeared for the last time on a Topps card in 1960. Will also include 5 1960 stars and 5 active players.
PLAYERS WILL BE SIGNING ON-CARD. NO STICKERS.
Real One Dual Autographs
10 cards signed by a retired and active player from the same franchise. Hand-numbered to 25.
PLAYERS WILL BE SIGNING ON-CARD. NO STICKERS. HOBBY ONLY
Real One Special Edition
The same retired and active subjects as above will sign 60 cards with a red pen. Hand-numbered to 60.
PLAYERS WILL BE SIGNING ON-CARD. NO STICKERS.
Clubhouse Collection Autograph Relics (10) Single uniform and bat relic cards to be autographed by active and retired players. Hand-numbered to 25.
Flashbacks Autographs (5) Retired subjects will autograph 25 cards featuring a highlight from their 1960 season. Hand-numbered to 25.
Flashback Autographed Stadium Relics (5)
Retired subjects will autograph 25 of cards featuring a relic piece and a highlight from their 1960 season. Hand-numbered to 25.
NEW Clubhouse Collection Dual Autograph Relics (5) A retired and an active player from the same franchise each featuring a relic piece and an on-card autograph. Hand-numbered to 10. HOBBY ONLY
1960 Cut Signatures (10) Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente, Ted Williams, and other stars. All 1/1.
RELIC CARDS
Clubhouse Collection (40) - Single uniform and bat relic cards of active and retired stars.
Clubhouse Collection Dual Relic (5) - Dual uniform and bat relic cards featuring a player from 1960 matched with a current player from the same franchise. Hand-numbered to 60.
Flashback Stadium Relics (10) – Stadium relics matched with a player and his highlight from the 1960 season in that stadium.
Dual Flashback Relics (5) – Two retired subjects from rival teams featuring two different stadium relics and their respective highlights from the 1960 season in those stadiums. Hand-numbered to 10.
RETAIL EXCLUSIVE
Target Mayo Exclusive (10) – Ten superstar subjects on the classic 1895 N300 Mayo design. Mini cards. Different subjects than Wal-Mart. 1:4 packs.
Wal-Mart Mayo Exclusive (10) – Ten superstar subjects on the classic 1895 N300 Mayo design. Mini cards. Different subjects than Target. 1:4 packs.
BOX LOADERS
Advertising Panels (Box Loaders) Parallels that are included as 3-card strips with an advertisement back. 1 per box. HOBBY ONLY
1960 Topps Originals (Box Loaders) Original cards inserted and foil stamped in 1-card penny packs. INSERTION RATE WILL BE BASED ON TOTAL NUMBER OF HOBBY BOXES SOLD. 1:2 boxes. HOBBY ONLY
PACKAGING
Box
Graphics should be the same as the original 1960 box.
Wrap
Wax pack style wrap will contain a wrapped piece of gum. Graphics should be the same as the original 1960 wrap.
GUM will be included in every pack.
8 cards
$3/pack SRP
24 packs per box / 12 boxes per case