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Ok, I've done internet research and browsed through here thoroughly. I found nothing. So I figure one of the knowledgeable people here might know....Is Topps doing a Gyspy Queen baseball card set in 2023? If so, any clue as to the release date? In Beforetimes, it was usually towards the end of March, but then it was delayed to summer during COVID, and now I can find no mention of the set anywhere....

(The Gypsy Queens are the only non-vintage cards I buy before the Topps base factory set comes out, so I'm eager to know if I'll have 300 cards to play with. Or do I finally have to give in and buy Allen and Ginter...?)

Thanks in advance. 

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I've done some searching myself and found nothing. I wouldn't count out that they won't be released. Topps is so far behind in most releases. The 2022 Topps Allen & Ginter Chrome Baseball set is to be released in March, but I'll believe it when I see it. Last years Topps Holiday set was a bit of a mystery and then it showed up out of the blue.

We'll get GQ eventually, I'm sure.  Topps doesn't even know what it's 2023 schedule looks like

Sounds to me like they should scale back releases or some of the extras until they can get a schedule back on track.  I think other companies have had this problem too and need to do the same.  Isn't like some hockey releases like 2 years behind schedule?

Gypsy Queen is cancelled for this year.

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?p=18732281#post18732281

Beckett today put out a list of Topps products that won't be issued in 2023.  The products include Opening Day, and 1st Edition.  I copied the link below.

https://www.beckett.com/news/these-topps-baseball-products-wont-be-back-in-2023-tom-brady-baseball-autographs-will/

Upper Deck is the absolute worst with product being late or delayed. Just look at the calendar on Cardboard Connection and you’ll see how many things are still TBD from last year.

1st edition was canceled?  They’re selling it for $360/box

https://www.topps.com/cards-collectibles/2023-topps-series-1-baseball-1st-edition.html

The proprietor of the card store I frequent said that Topps has started sending out information on products that will soon be available much closer to the expected release date lately. Think he said 2 weeks. He seemed to be of the mindset that they aren't announcing stuff until closer to actual release dates now, but I can't confirm that, nor did he seem to be certain of this from my understanding.

They probably meant Bowman 1st Edition.