Number of Cards
There are 12 Cubs players among the 310 cards in the 2016 Topps Archives set.Size of Cards
The size of the cards are standard-size 2 ½ x 3 ½Basic Features
2016 Topps Archives Baseball will continue to feature iconic designs from previous decades. This year's release will feature a 300-subject base set that pays tribute to the base designs from 1953, 1979, and 1991. (100 of each design). This year's base card has ten short prints. No Cubs in the SP this year.Topps' decision to develop a modern-day insert set based on the design of the very rare original set should make fans of the 1969 Topps Super edition pleased.
Topps Originals Autographs will be authentic cards from the year they were released, foil stamped and signed.
Operation Desert Shield is a 2016 Topps Archives partial parallel series, with cards 201-300 using the 1991 Topps Baseball base set design. The Operation Desert Shield cards were issued to troops in 1991, and this collection commemorates the 35th anniversary of its release.
Chicago Cubs 2016 Topps Archives Checklist
| Number | Player |
| 13 | Jason Heyward |
| 25 | Kyle Schwarber RC |
| 41 | Ryne Sandberg |
| 55 | Fergie Jenkins |
| 75 | Jon Lester |
| 150 | Kris Bryant |
| 169 | Jorge Soler |
| 173 | Billy Williams |
| 234 | Jake Arrieta |
| 248 | Anthony Rizzo |
| 268 | Carl Edwards Jr. RC |
| 299 | Hector Rondon |
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The original Topps Super Set was a big, rounded-corner, heavy-stock design card.
The best card in the 2016 Topps Archives set is this really cool autograph of Bryant.
Base set autograph
Operation Desert Shield is a 2016 Topps Archives partial parallel series, very rare and hard to get.
