NEW DELHI: World’s leading trading card company Topps has announced the launch of its latest international range of collectable card sets for the first time in India –
This will further strengthen its network presence in the trading card sector. Topps, which earlier this year became an official licensing partner of UEFA EURO 2024 by signing José Mourinho as its ambassador and ‘sticker manager’, has launched its international range of collectable cards in India this month.
This range will be available for the first time in Indian market with a range varying from UEFA to Formula 1 products to even Star Wars.
The new official licensed team sets will have sets from big clubs like FC Barcelona, Liverpool FC, FC Bayern Munich, Juventus & Atletico Madrid, while the UEFA Champions League Finest range will focus on superior quality cards with autographs and collectable relics of top players like Erling Haaland, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The launch also has a collection of the F1 flagship 2022 Collectable Cards which include premium autographs of all the top 20 drivers.
The Star Wars – The Mandalorian collection is also a part of the international range being introduced in the Indian market for the first time. This range is a celebration of seasons 1 and 2 of the hit Star Wars show and features new ‘Concept Art’ cards, ‘Comic Covers’, ‘Tools of the Bounty Hunter’ along with 6 Topps Crystal cards to collect. This collection also features “ultra-rare” autograph cards from Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon), Nick Nolte (Kuiil), Carl Weathers (Greef Karga), Taika Waititi (IG-11), Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett) and Omid Abtahi (Dr Pershing).
The cards are available to purchase in India on the official Topps India website. The official licensed team sets & the Star Wars collection became available from the last week of June whereas the UEFA Champions League Finest & the F1 – Flagship 2022 collections will be available from the third week of July to purchase in the Indian market. With the successful launch in the U.S., U.K., Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Japan, and Brazil, the products are making their appearance for the first time in the Indian market.
Announcing the launch, Pravin Kalnawat, head of Business and Operations at Topps India said: “Football & F1 have always had a huge fan following among the Indian youth whereas Star Wars is an international phenomenon, and we have all seen the craze for it over the years. We are delighted to bring our Indian audiences closer than ever to their favourite sports & sci-fi personalities through our wide international range of Collectable Cards. Over the last few years, we have seen our collections doing well in the Indian market and we couldn’t have been happier to bring another all-important international sports & entertainment range to India. We’re very excited to see the reactions of our customers on finding some of the rare collectibles of all time football and F1 greats in these ranges. We are confident that the new product range will not only be liked by millions but will also let them connect with their favourite stars more closely”.
New official licensed team sets
UEFA Champions League Finest
F1TM – Flagship 2022
Star Wars – The Mandalorian
