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Topps releasing two new card sets around Dodgers-Cubs 2025 MLB Tokyo Series
Fanatics Collect and Topps are launching two new trading card sets commemorating the 2025 MLB Tokyo Series between the Dodgers and Cubs at the Tokyo Dome March 18-19.
The 2025 Topps Baseball Series 1—Tokyo Game Exclusive launches on March 1, while the 2025 Topps x Murakami MLB Tokyo Series Matchup Set will be released on March 7.
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The Series 1 set ($50 mega box) will feature rare base card variations numbered to 5 and designed by Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami. The Topps x Murakami Matchup ($120 hobby box) is a 25-card set that includes parallels and autographs.
Murakami partnered with MLB and Complex to create a limited-edition collection of merchandise and trading cards through Fanatics, including exclusively designed jerseys and trading cards featuring Murakami’s vibrant colors and floral artwork.
The chase card for each set is a dual-auto redemption card of Murakami and Japanese superstar and Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani.
Series 1 will be available at a number of locations in Tokyo (the rooftop of Miyashita Park, Tokyo Dome’s Prizm Hall, and Topps experiential activation in Shibuya) and at jp.topps.com. Topps x Murakami Matchup will be available exclusively at complex.com, at Complex’s L.A. store, and at Complex pop-up locations throughout Tokyo.
Topps will have a major presence at the Tokyo Series with a three-floor interactive experiential exhit in the Shibuya district of Tokyo from March 13-16. the exhibit will combine trading cards and memorabilia, while telling the story of iconic Japanese players such as Ohtani, Yamamoto, Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki. There will also be a full floor of Ohtani memorabilia, including a base from his 50/50 game last year and a game-used bat from the 2024 World Series.
Fanatics is also offering a range of Nike MLB merchandise, including T-shirts, sweatshirts and individual player jerseys designed by Murakami ($60-$250) at Fanatics.com, MLBShop.com and Complex.com on March 7, as well as at the MLB Tokyo Series games, Dodger Stadium and Wrigley Field Clubhouse stores, and the MLB Flagship Store in New York City.
Players included will be Dodgers’ stars Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, and Cubs’ stars Shota Imanaga, Seiya Suzuki and Dansby Swanson.
