Wemby Prizm NBA is out. And it is brutal.

[KhalDrogo]

This might be the worst big name Prizm RC of all-time.

https://i.ibb.co/bNjffXJ/IMG-6847.jpg

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134883730862?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ac8PBoJSTyC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=5vvpXCvBQdK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[NBAicons]

Based on the thread title, I was expecting a lot worse.

[KhalDrogo]

Based on the thread title, I was expecting a lot worse.


It gets worse than a dribbling shot with an unedited background consisting of a wood floor and black curtain?

[boxbuster7]

I don't mind it

[coltsnsox07]

Eesh. It looks like a kid who went to Sears for a photo in his basketball jersey bouncing a ball.

[KhalDrogo]

Eesh. It looks like a kid who went to Sears for a photo in his basketball jersey bouncing a ball.
Or maybe he’s warming up for his 8 and under rec league?

[coltsnsox07]

PS, anyone ask that guy how he got retail prizm a month early?

[Kingofkings1281]

Someone pointed out that hideous white team name at the top of the card in the football section, and now it irritates me every time I see it.

[hermanotarjeta]

Wemby could be depicted wiping his heinie with a basketball in the locker room and the prizm bois would still overpay for breaks and psa overnight.

[Ericc5Bears]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240109/2c81940fb7944c950ff0ffed8e951ebf.jpg

Reminds me of this


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[anusinha]

I like how Curry looks like a dwarf on his card. the Wemby Prizm card looks like a Hoops card.

[ShellShock]

PS, anyone ask that guy how he got retail prizm a month early?


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53452431503_8a8eafa761_z.jpg

[oldgoldy97]

Khal just can’t stop hatin on Wemby :cry:

[dizzy4111]

Not that bad tbh

[Bosoxfan5990]

It gets worse than a dribbling shot with an unedited background consisting of a wood floor and black curtain?

It appears a photo from the same photoshoot was used for the Hoops Tribute card.

[oldgoldy97]

https://images.pristineauction.com/289/2893310/main_1696970839-Andrew-Wiggins-Signed-2014-15-Panini-Prizm-251-RC-PSA-PristineAuction.com.jpg

[KhalDrogo]

Khal just can’t stop hatin on Wemby :cry:
This is an indictment on Panini, not Wembum.

[Nomad]

I think Jalen Johnson's Prizm is about ass worst.

https://i.imgur.com/rGu7Jmvl.jpg

[yiguiri2002]

This is a hobby that pays thousands of dollars for a picture of Curry smiling.

Wemby's card is gonna be fine. Although they might have printed Prizm to the moon (again).

[yiguiri2002]

https://images.pristineauction.com/289/2893310/main_1696970839-Andrew-Wiggins-Signed-2014-15-Panini-Prizm-251-RC-PSA-PristineAuction.com.jpg

I'll never back down on saying how awful 14-15 was and how they bounced back with 15-16. Best fix of the Panini era.

[cms11]

Why is his draft picks Prizm better than his regular Prizm? SMH

[Kodiak10]

When have Prizm cards ever looked any good for rookies? lol they've always been hideous

[glassofwater]

its like panini is mad at wemby, because they cant use him in promotional material, autos etc..

[jcardstore]

I'll never back down on saying how awful 14-15 was and how they bounced back with 15-16. Best fix of the Panini era.

14-15 was easily the worst Prizm design of all time

[duron]

What stops them from using an in-game photo again? Was production started way prior to his first game?

I think the T Mac and Duncan metal universe rookies are probably the ones that still bother me the most historically. Runner-up being 95-96 Finest. The Curry is truly awful too but it’s just not my era of ripping product.

[jmarascojr]

While it's not iconic, it's definitely better than Chet's from last year (?)

[MJGOAT23]

What stops them from using an in-game photo again? Was production started way prior to his first game?

I think the T Mac and Duncan metal universe rookies are probably the ones that still bother me the most historically. Runner-up being 95-96 Finest. The Curry is truly awful too but it’s just not my era of ripping product.

Agree. this bothers me a lot. They could have one of his surreal space jam finger rolls , dunks or even a swat that would be way better than this stale studio posing crap.

$325 and counting on that 1 day auction

[dunkindutchmen]

Why does everything with Panini have to be about doing the absolute minimum?

[TSonn]

They crushed it with the Luka and Zion prizm rooks. Edwards was OK but Lamelo's was terrible. Cade's was meh. Paolo's is meh. Wemby's is meh. Basically all been pretty bad since Edwards which coincidentally was when prizm stopped being relevant since it was printed to the moon.

[Scottish Punk]

Yeah, I was expecting Marino Rivera bad. This isn't great, but doesn't feel out of place with ever other Prizm RC. Looks better than Curry Chrome RC. I don't ever expect much out of Prizm RCs as far as photo quality.

[Wings]

par for the course bub

[bloodwings19]

Not that bad tbh

That Jalen Johnson card is just mind-boggling. And the dwarf Curry is just funny.

Remember we will be seeing Prizm Hanger variation, No Huddle Variation and it won't be the the only Wemby Prizm picture cards.

[sethc1020]

Definitely not worse than the Zion Optic RC

[BabaORiley]

Someone pointed out that hideous white team name at the top of the card in the football section, and now it irritates me every time I see it.

It's the only thing I can see now. Just a brutal design flaw/oversight.

[yiguiri2002]

They crushed it with the Luka and Zion prizm rooks. Edwards was OK but Lamelo's was terrible. Cade's was meh. Paolo's is meh. Wemby's is meh. Basically all been pretty bad since Edwards which coincidentally was when prizm stopped being relevant since it was printed to the moon.

I'm OK with Paolo and Melo simply because they were actions shots. Specially Paolo's. Stationary photoshoot cards like Antman, Cade or Wemby are the worst to me - although not as bad as headshot cards.

[mc1]

They crushed it with the Luka and Zion prizm rooks. Edwards was OK but Lamelo's was terrible. Cade's was meh. Paolo's is meh. Wemby's is meh. Basically all been pretty bad since Edwards which coincidentally was when prizm stopped being relevant since it was printed to the moon.

Nah. The zion is terrible. LaMelo is much better than Zion and Edwards.

Prizm has been printed to the moon since about 18-19. Go look at pop reports if you disagree.

[bustsomewax]

Doesn't matter. It's Prizm.

[dherm360]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53452431503_8a8eafa761_z.jpg

walmart?

[Bjones27406]

Looks to be just a parallel of his hoops card. It's crazy what makes one card worth $20 and one card worth a thousand you guys are wasting y'all's money on these new cards.

[cardsin47]

Considering how long collectors have anxiously been waiting for this card to be released, and it’s potential popularity in the card market….. definitely looks the design team fell asleep at their desks on this one … ( to Khal’s point )

[Nomad]

Panini photoshop wizards consistently get the essence of players wrong their first couple seasons in the league. Makes one wish for simple photography.

[yiguiri2002]

Everyone is aware that an action photo with a nice design means this doesn't get released until April, right? Panini has screwed up (and screwed over) to the point that this is the only way to get Prizm before the All-Star break.

[GOATcards]

the Wemby is about what I would have expected from the apparently highly overrated Prizm line, and there's no excuse for the Johnson one below


I think Jalen Johnson's Prizm is about ass worst.

https://i.imgur.com/rGu7Jmvl.jpg

[SouthEastCards]

Doesn't matter. It's Prizm.

this show me the color

cant beat the photos in photogenic if youre into that

[asujbl]

I literally have never looked a card photo in my life and cared one way or another

I guess I care that designers are getting salaries for not doing anything

I’m old but I’ve never cared about anything less ever

[h00perstar34]

14-15 was easily the worst Prizm design of all time

I go against the grain, I actually like 14/15 design with the close ups, rest of card looks clean too with the colors especially

[yiguiri2002]

14-15 was easily the worst Prizm design of all time

Yep. Last 4 years have been meh and I don't think I can differentiate them from each other.

But I remember 14-15. Just awful. I'm still shocked they came back with 15-16 and 16-17, both of which are in my Top 4 Prizm designs.

[duron]

I go against the grain, I actually like 14/15 design with the close ups, rest of card looks clean too with the colors especially

I’m not a Panini / Prizm guy but I’m really surprised to hear 14-15 is on some least favorite lists.

Some Prizm years really uh, blend in with one another. Rough stuff.

[boxbuster7]

Green sold for $430 -

kinda thought it would go for more

[ninjacookies]

Only 2x more than a Lululemon raw verde.


What could possibly go wrong.


Stable Diffusion already entering phase 3 and Poopnini designers still going back to the MS Paint well.

[zeus22]

Green sold for $430 -

kinda thought it would go for more

Nothing too appealing about the Green Prizm. It's the Cracked Ice that is certainly drawing more interest & bucks even though the centering is quite off. Works very well as a "color-match"....see Luka Blue's from '18.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145543462544?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20230811123856%26meid%3Db673e648697542b8a72eb86eb3a14e7f%26pid%3D101770%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D145543462544%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DPanini&_trksid=p4375194.c101770.m146925&_trkparms=parentrq%3Af1d4dcc118c0a4f1e7f0f38dffff9030%7Cpageci%3A9e807958-af78-11ee-a806-6e7d998a4094%7Ciid%3A1%7Cvlpname%3Avlp_homepage

[hammerva]

The reality is that the card could have created with a crayon and people will sell it for a grand and get people drooling over it because it says Panini on it

[oldgoldy97]

Will look much better with Monopoly on it.

[anusinha]

400 for a base prizm wemby......... Mac Jones Rated Rookie 2.0

[ForeverToThee]

Picked up 3 blasters from Target but thought better of it and cancelled. No way they don’t print this to the moon with Wemby.

[hammerva]

400 for a base prizm wemby......... Mac Jones Rated Rookie 2.0

Well if I remember the Mac Jones card were out before we realized that he wasn't much. It was mostly based on hype and where he was playing. By the time this set comes out, Wemby has proven on the court that while he might not be Lebron he is going to be damn good

[oldgoldy97]

Picked up 3 blasters from Target but thought better of it and cancelled. No way they don’t print this to the moon with Wemby.

I picked up three. Thanks for the unintentional heads up.

These look way better than the NFL version.

[jkampis]

Walmarts are getting lots of blasters this week, though you get to pay the $5 MJ Holdings upcharge there.

Also, FWIW I saw a bunch of Prizm football blasters and megas. One local Walmart had 40 megas!

[gameissued]

Probably designed with breakers in mind for the slow reveal..
OOooh we got Spurs.. Wemby! Boooooom!

Someone pointed out that hideous white team name at the top of the card in the football section, and now it irritates me every time I see it.

[oldgoldy97]

Walmarts are getting lots of blasters this week, though you get to pay the $5 MJ Holdings upcharge there.

Also, FWIW I saw a bunch of Prizm football blasters and megas. One local Walmart had 40 megas!

Yikes!

[Nomad]

The key with value is that it has to be ubiquitous and everyone needs to think it's trash.

[duron]

Probably designed with breakers in mind for the slow reveal..
OOooh we got Spurs.. Wemby! Boooooom!

Lol, this concept alone is incredible.

[mbrahv1984]

Why does everything with Panini have to be about doing the absolute minimum?

Because they are maximizing their profits for as little investment possible due their license expiring.

[Nomad]

Bring back the 20-21 flux insert intern.

[cms11]

*ALL* of the rookies I've seen are brutal. Prizm is trash.

[boxbuster7]

Nothing too appealing about the Green Prizm. It's the Cracked Ice that is certainly drawing more interest & bucks even though the centering is quite off. Works very well as a "color-match"....see Luka Blue's from '18.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145543462544?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20230811123856%26meid%3Db673e648697542b8a72eb86eb3a14e7f%26pid%3D101770%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D145543462544%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DPanini&_trksid=p4375194.c101770.m146925&_trkparms=parentrq%3Af1d4dcc118c0a4f1e7f0f38dffff9030%7Cpageci%3A9e807958-af78-11ee-a806-6e7d998a4094%7Ciid%3A1%7Cvlpname%3Avlp_homepage

Shill city

[jfan2024]

Blasters reloaded at target if anyone is interested in an MSRP rip of a few packs

[Bcr]

Unpopular opinion

Optic > Prizm

[cms11]

Unpopular opinion

Optic > Prizm

Not sure this is an unpopular opinion.

[DiamondDonovan]

Looks like they added a new #'d (/299) parallel to the blasters...red and blue "seismic"

[bloodwings19]

Unpopular opinion

Optic > Prizm

Optic on-card auto > Prizm sticker auto. I like the Optic over Prizm, I was looking to pick up Luka Donkey Optic Holo. This is one thing I don't understand why Optic auto don't go for more than it is now.

[Bcr]

Not sure this is an unpopular opinion.

In the hobby I would say it is just based off prices and demand

[cms11]

Seriously, what is this?

https://i.ibb.co/5knqRMb/scootprizm.jpg

[anusinha]

LOL, at least Scoot sucks so no one will want the card anyway

[90skid]

$92 for 3 blasters at target. 72 cards. Probably a 1:3,000 chance of even pulling a wemby base.

[GOATcards]

Seriously, what is this?

https://i.ibb.co/5knqRMb/scootprizm.jpg

what, he doesn't play in long sleeves?

[PooleParty]

panini doesn't do the rookie photoshoot anymore, right? if they did victor wouldn't be there.

you can't really blame them for the awful pictures, they're using whatever the NBA/NBAPA gives them.

[GOATcards]

panini doesn't do the rookie photoshoot anymore, right? if they did victor wouldn't be there.

you can't really blame them for the awful pictures, they're using whatever the NBA/NBAPA gives them.

gee, the NBA doing a bang-up job promoting its brand/product

[JRX]

gee, the NBA doing a bang-up job promoting its brand/productIf that gets you upset then don't look up what the Christmas day ratings were.

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[Nomad]

Everyone deflated after IST. Next year they should schedule that for Christmas Day-ish.

[cms11]

Preorder up of this ugly stuff that people will overpay for.

https://www.target.com/p/2023-24-panini-nba-prizm-basketball-trading-card-blaster-box/-/A-90206530#lnk=sametab

[cms11]

I've decided out of principle not to buy any curtain rookies.

[tomingo0711]

Grabbed 2 blasters at my local Walmart.

Wemby Ice!!

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240111/76344eec0ebab1a5ddef17cc834893ed.jpg


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[Cavs16]

I grad a few blasters today and have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how the cards look in hand. Way better then some of the images posted on here earlier. Actually a very nice design…..honestly didn’t think I would say that.

[90skid]

LOL the one person who was first to list a cracked Ice Wemby like above on the bay didn't do a 24hr listing - still 2 days left on it - sitting at $1,025 and probably won't get paid for now because more and more are being listed by the hour (20+ out there) and they will all battle it out going lower and lower.

[Nomad]

I wait until its a buck fitty.

[yiguiri2002]

Base staying at 100 for now. Wemby is also in 4 insert sets. Blasters should stay over 50 until it cools down.

[boxbuster7]

eh...gonna crash real soon

[pyrexswerve]

$92 for 3 blasters at target. 72 cards. Probably a 1:3,000 chance of even pulling a wemby base.

I'll be exploring those odds when my packs come.
Gonna enjoy ripping with my nephew. Hoping for a cool Wemby as a die hard Spurs fan.

[Uncbuddha]

Wait for his one and one. I feel like 10 years down the road those will be the rookie card to own. Just beautiful cards. If they just had done one and one in ‘17 a one and one luka rookie would be so iconic. That ‘19 Zion would be if he hadn’t eaten away his chance at greatness. That one of one one and one black wemby will be insane.

[boxbuster7]

panini has printed the prizm brand to rubbish

[mbrahv1984]

eh...gonna crash real soon

Well that's because every release does? It's completely in line with how every release works.

[MJGOAT23]

TARGET is sold out right now

[ThatGuyPal]

Seriously, what is this?

https://i.ibb.co/5knqRMb/scootprizm.jpg

It's the local YMCA recreational weekend-warrior "I was a star in high school" fit lmao

[90skid]

This one is gonna be crazy.

https://i.imgur.com/zzRhOBV.png

Panini changed the serial # font this year, looks like poop

https://i.imgur.com/uFPzo0G.png

[fabiani12333]

Yeah, I was expecting Marino Rivera bad. This isn't great, but doesn't feel out of place with ever other Prizm RC. Looks better than Curry Chrome RC. I don't ever expect much out of Prizm RCs as far as photo quality.

https://d1w8cc2yygc27j.cloudfront.net/1653338982591734354/2457224494329817923.jpg

[Nomad]

Wow, Baseball Card Collector Dealer Investor just totally dissed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EXQ2utKKyM) on the Wemby card (mostly for price). And he is right, the black curtain and stage reeks of high school auditorium. But, as he points out, it's better than the Brock Purdy Mosaic rookie, which is missing a foot.

https://i.imgur.com/yFt1eYhl.jpg

[GOATcards]

^ Purdy card :cry:

[cms11]

My blasters are going up on eBay if they stay at ~$50 a box. No way I can get that return opening them.

[onenineeightsix]

Wemby second year Topps chrome > any panini rookie

[PooleParty]

Checklist is slowly coming out on the Panini site. Looks like they brought back the black shimmer 1/1 for FOTL this year.

[TheFrenzy]

Someone pointed out that hideous white team name at the top of the card in the football section, and now it irritates me every time I see it.

All they had to do was flip the team box and the logo and it would have been 10x better.

https://i.imgur.com/sjYZpoQ.jpg

[cms11]

Whoever said it was done for breaker drama was correct. There's no reason to make a stupid design decision like this otherwise.

[chetb]

All they had to do was flip the team box and the logo and it would have been 10x better.

https://i.imgur.com/sjYZpoQ.jpg

Man that does look way better

[mbrahv1984]

Wemby second year Topps chrome > any panini rookie

I mean, no, but if that what you like it's perfectly OK.

[onenineeightsix]

I mean, no, but if that what you like it's perfectly OK.

Just wait. Will have new rookie cup logo, classic color parallels. First chrome in 15 years, if the design is halfway decent with a good action shot it will outsell everything. These rookie premiere shots against a black background are tough.

[KhalDrogo]

Checklist is slowly coming out on the Panini site. Looks like they brought back the black shimmer 1/1 for FOTL this year.
Did anyone realize they got rid of it?

[Nomad]

Those who got the neon pink and lime green 1/1s sure did.

[fabiani12333]

Just wait. Will have new rookie cup logo, classic color parallels. First chrome in 15 years, if the design is halfway decent with a good action shot it will outsell everything. These rookie premiere shots against a black background are tough.

Hmm -- I think you make a good case. Still, the hobby is filled with unsophisticated buyers and sellers -- they primarily care about the rookie logo.

[cms11]

Just wait. Will have new rookie cup logo, classic color parallels. First chrome in 15 years, if the design is halfway decent with a good action shot it will outsell everything. These rookie premiere shots against a black background are tough.

This is the argument I make about Bird and Magic second year cards, but the RC still sells for 10x.

[oldgoldy97]

Got three blaster from Target yesterday. No Wemby. All the inserts were horribly cut. Best card was probably a Thompson cracked ice (can’t remember which twin it was).

[yiguiri2002]

Got three blaster from Target yesterday. No Wemby. All the inserts were horribly cut. Best card was probably a Thompson cracked ice (can’t remember which twin it was).

To be fair, you are more likely not to get a Wemby than to get a Wemby from 3 blasters.

[Giantrobot]

I somehow managed to pull a Wemby RC and Global Reach insert from 3 blasters. Also Cam Whitmore Cracked Ice and Green RCs and a Magic Johnson /299.

[jdbuzz44]

I picked up two rounds of (6) blasters

1st round was brutal, nothing of not (a few Wemby inserts and some less known silver RCs, 400 points)

2nd round was awesome ( Wemby Cracked ice, Wemby Silver, Irving/299)

Both the Wemby Silver and Cracked ice are pretty decently centered, no surface issues. I think i'll stop while im ahead.

Not sure yet what im going to do with both Wembys

[Nomad]

Pertaining to the CJ Stroud, its so obviously a better look that I am not surprised at all Panini goofed.