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Topps BUNT Surges Past 2 Million Registered Players

Topps digital programs continue to grow. Topps BUNT 2015 is now available, and Topps has provided some stunning stats. For instance, Topps BUNT players have collected more than 150 million digital baseball cards since its inception.
By Tom Bartsch
APR 8, 2015

Celebrate the start of the Major League Baseball season with Topps BUNT 2015, the officially licensed Major League Baseball digital trading card app.

Topps BUNT is now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as Android devices, in the App Store and Google Play Store. Topps BUNT 2015 expands on its digital collecting experience with an updated design, easier to use interface and all‐new contests featuring real-time scoring.

BUNT delivers the innovative combination of baseball card collecting with the competitive spirit of fantasy sports. BUNT, along with Topps' other digital collecting apps, Topps HUDDLE, Topps KICK, and Topps Star Wars Card Trader, has defined a new genre of digital collection apps with more than 2 million registered players combining to unwrap more than 90 million packs of digital cards since 2012.

“Topps is continuing to deliver on the mission of revolutionizing how fans collect and interact with their favorite sports and athletes,” said Chris R. Vaccaro, director of App Production at Topps. “We’re excited to bring fans an even more interactive
experience in 2015.”

Topps BUNT 2015 also features the return of spokesperson, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim outfielder and 2014 American League MVP, Mike Trout.

“It’s pretty special to see yourself on a Topps baseball card, and being a part of Topps BUNT makes it that much more unique,” said Trout. “It’s cool knowing that when I play on the field, BUNT fans can actually score while the game is going on. Hopefully we can stack up a bunch of points together this season!”

Key Topps apps stats and info:
– Players have spent close to 2,000 year of total time playing Topps digital apps in the past 12 months.
– Topps apps sell more than one pack per second, every second of every day.
– Topps BUNT players have collected more than 150 million digital baseball cards
– Since the beginning of the 2014 season, people from more than 50 countries have purchased digital cards in Topps BUNT.

New Features in Topps BUNT 2015:
Contests: BUNT now offers the ability for fans to be grouped together to compete for rewards. Winners are determined by the total number of points earned by the cards in their decks, which they play in real-time.

Real‐time scoring: Start cards and compete just as MLB players are performing in real life. Player statistics are transformed into points based on the BUNT scoring system assigned to each statistical category.

Deck Building: Fans can construct a deck of cards that will be used to score exclusively in each league. Fans also have the option to have BUNT Auto-Build the deck, which will create a deck based on the highest scoring cards at their highest boost levels regardless of team.

Easier to Use: Streamlined interfaces and tutorials hosted by Trout make the 2015
version the most accessible of Topps BUNT yet.

Classic Topps: Relive childhood with high‐definition, digital card releases of favorite baseball legends. Pull cards of players from the 1950s through the current generation of stars.

Topps BUNT 2015 is available for free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or in the Google Play Store for Android devices. Download it now:
http://m.onelink.me/705a6246.

Topps BUNT 2015 is officially licensed by MLBAM and by the Major League Baseball Players Associations' Player Choice group licensing program.