MORE: Ranking the 13 best sets of the Junk Wax Era Now, speculation is rampant that Topps could figure into the future, somehow. There is not yet a name for the new company under the Fanatics umbrella that will produce and distribute these trading cards, and Topps as a company is available for acquisition. The deal to take the company public fell apart when Thursday's news broke. Maybe Fanatics buys Topps and uses the infrastructure — employees, printing presses, distribution networks, auto/relic acquisition, etc. — already in place to make it a seamless transition.