Footy Stars which traditionally is a product for collectors of all ages has a very limited Hobby release in 2026. Limited to only 8400 boxes of 18 packs per Hobby box this release is for the more seasoned collector.

The Footy Stars Hobby release features a number of the insert sets which also appear in the Footy Stars Retail release. However all insert sets in Hobby are all individually numbered.

Insert sets exclusive to the Hobby release are Luminous Hobby (180 cards in the set and numbered to #850), Octane Diecut - Gold (162 / #315), AFL Milestones (106/#250), Etched (180/#145), BOOM Lava (126 / #140), Footy Stars Hobby Green (180 / #60), Mercury Hobby (108 / #85), Next Gen (90 / #99), and Royalty (90 / #99).

There are also the Brownlow Medal, Premiership, Coleman Medal, Norm Smith Medal and Rising Star Platinum Predictors all return and are individually numbered to 60 only.

Also featured in Hobby is the Silver Blend Refractor featuring star from each team and there are also 22 Autographed cards numbered to #40 exclusive to Hobby.