2025 Topps Chrome Marvel

[SouthEastCards]

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Introducing Marvel Chrome 2025 – the ultimate collectible for the iconic Marvel Comics brand.

The 200-card base set features all your favourites from Spider-Man and Hulk to Iron Man and Captain America, plus 1st Appearance cards for new Marvel icons such as Kid Juggernaut and Amaranth. There are also special “Clawed Chrome” base card variations, with Wolverine claw marks cutting through the cards.

Inserts include “X-Men Giant-Size 50th Anniversary”, celebrating 50 years since the comic that reignited the X-Men. You can also find “Future Stars”, “Marvel Icons”, “Marvel Anniversaries” and “The New Avengers 20th Anniversary” in every hobby box.

The guaranteed case hit is rotated between an array of incredible inserts, including individual, dual, triple and quad facsimiles, “Topps Patrimony”, “Indestructible”, plus more. The popular Shadowbox cards are part of Marvel Chrome 2025, over four different themes, including “50 Years Of Nightcrawler” and “Air Marvel”. “Marvel Reflections” is also part of the case hit rotation, featuring five unique pieces of original art on stunning Chrome tech.

“The One And Only” makes its first appearance in Marvel Chrome and this is the only way you can find a Chrome card of Loki, Elektra, Spider-Punk, Doctor Strange and The Punisher in the entire collection.

You can also look for a diamond card celebrating the 60th anniversary of Reed and Sue’s wedding, including a special confetti refractor. There’s also an autograph relic of The New Avengers 20th anniversary, featuring pieces of the original comic and Steve McNiven autographs. Look for relic cards of Marvel Zombies 20th Anniversary and X-Men Giant-Size 50th Anniversary, plus rare sketch cards from incredible artists.

Marvel Comic Book artist and writer autograph cards are also back for 2025, with one guaranteed inside every case. Also keep an eye on more Frank Miller sketch cards.

Guaranteed 4 numbered parallels per box, 6 refractors per box.

Hobby boxes will contain 12 packs per box, 6 cards per pack

https://www.topps.com/pages/topps-chrome-marvel

Preorders on 20th May and this time in the US too following the acquisition of the license so the secondary market will fall in line with other US IP releases.

[finfangfan]

No surprise. I do think some of the secondary appeal of the 2024 set was the somewhat limited nature of it being dropped on Topps UK. US collectors still could get it but it was a bit of a workaround. This set will be way more accessible, and secondary probably won’t go as nuts.

[glorbgorb]

The only surprise to me is that they announce it 4 days before pre-orders. Is this just how Topps does it?

[YayNJ]

there's fake character signatures

*barf*

[premium1981]

No surprise. I do think some of the secondary appeal of the 2024 set was the somewhat limited nature of it being dropped on Topps UK. US collectors still could get it but it was a bit of a workaround. This set will be way more accessible, and secondary probably won’t go as nuts.

The UK nonsense was a pain. And the worst thing about buying from them, is ebay is trying to build that network over there that isn't really established yet. So you end up with a lot of garbage sellers who cancel or don't know how to ship. I bought a box last year that was sent in a bubble mailer. As you can imagine it ended up being a bit mangled by the time it got here. It no longer had the shape that Topps originally intended. And ebay does not hold anyone over the accountable for anything. Glad this one is a US release finally and I agree, it should be readily available and not have crazy secondary prices. My family has talked about a Disney cruise on the newest ship that has the Marvel theme going for it. It would be fun to take some of this and let my son open it while cruising the seas.

[DynaEtch]

Yippee…I guess. At least with this new Marvel paradigm I’m saving a boatload, and my wallet is thanking me.

[cmixer]

^ back to Fank Miller sketch cards.
Is this the only artist included?

[glorbgorb]

And how limited, and will they all be Daredevil-related again?

(His cards were VERY lackluster, but I know it's going on name recognition at some point...)

[SouthEastCards]

^ back to Fank Miller sketch cards.
Is this the only artist included?

theres more this time judging by the description

[crdbored]

Getting ready to buy one of the 200 boxes that will be available on the Topps site.

[finfangfan]

“Look for relic cards of Marvel Zombies 20th Anniversary and X-Men Giant-Size 50th Anniversary”

Are these comic cuts? Or some type of manufactured relic?

[glorbgorb]

Are these comic cuts? Or some type of manufactured relic?

This is the company putting out fake autos of characters. I'd guess they are manufactured relics.

[dd316]

^ back to Fank Miller sketch cards.
Is this the only artist included?

plus rare sketch cards from incredible artists.

Unless they got Frank to do 20,000 sketch cards... :D

[notoriousrmb]

Only 12 packs per box? Hope the price reflects that.

[Erndog]

Little dissapointed there is only 1 autograph per case. Guess it all depends on price point.

[Scottish Punk]

Looking forward to seeing a box break. I was thinking about getting some of the base or an interesting insert to chase. Not looking all that promising so far. Captain America looks pretty good.

[YayNJ]

Little dissapointed there is only 1 autograph per case. Guess it all depends on price point.

they aren't even real autographs, so does it really matter?

marketing fake autos as a product hit really is the bottom of the barrel

[superpham4]

they aren't even real autographs, so does it really matter?

marketing fake autos as a product hit really is the bottom of the barrel

Marvel Comic Book artist and writer autograph cards are also back for 2025, with one guaranteed inside every case.

[Erndog]

they aren't even real autographs, so does it really matter?

marketing fake autos as a product hit really is the bottom of the barrel

Re-read the sell sheets... says artists and writers autos 1 per case.

[DynaEtch]

Also interesting how Topps is using that very impel 1990 Marvel Universe-esque design for that Wolverine. Makes you wonder what other 90s designs are fair game to be mimicked by topps even though Upper Deck owns the fleer brand (and many thought only they could use the retro designs). Unless this is just considered different enough.

[finfangfan]

Also interesting how Topps is using that very impel 1990 Marvel Universe-esque design for that Wolverine. Makes you wonder what other 90s designs are fair game to be mimicked by topps even though Upper Deck owns the fleer brand (and many thought only they could use the retro designs). Unless this is just considered different enough.

Marvel did a few covers in the old impel style a couple of years ago. So I’m not sure that Upper Deck has exclusivity on that particular design.

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[dd316]

they aren't even real autographs, so does it really matter?

marketing fake autos as a product hit really is the bottom of the barrel

Well the real Captain America is too busy to sign.

I don't know why people crap on these so much. Yes, they're fake. Of course they're fake. How is it any different than other hits that aren't autographs? It's a card that is a tough pull no matter what's on it.

[Brobocop]

Well the real Captain America is too busy to sign.

I don't know why people crap on these so much. Yes, they're fake. Of course they're fake. How is it any different than other hits that aren't autographs? It's a card that is a tough pull no matter what's on it.

Agreed. Would rather have a fake auto like this than a manufactured film cell or whatever else garbo Upper Deck would throw in as hits. Cool, a manufactured letter "U" with a photo of The Punisher on it.

[finfangfan]

I actually had fun spelling out R-O-C-K-E-T back in the day. I actually just subbed that set to COMC. It was a quirky idea and at least they didn’t not did it once and didn’t drive it into the ground like some other inserts (like stax).

[Brobocop]

I actually had fun spelling out R-O-C-K-E-T back in the day. I actually just subbed that set to COMC. It was a quirky idea and at least they didn’t not did it once and didn’t drive it into the ground like some other inserts (like stax).

That's fine, it's not the worst collectible, just that if I were opening a box, I'd rather get a fake auto than a random letter or a comic corner or whatever else Upper Deck would do. I remember getting the letter E and a shadowbox card in a box of Marvel Premier.

[Bob Ross]

EQL.

Fun.

[oldgoldy97]

Price guess? Or was it already announced? I don’t see it.

[finfangfan]

Reading last year’s thread it looks like that one came in at £180/box which is like $240. So probably higher than that unless this year is significantly watered down vs last year.

[crdbored]

Here's what Topps posted:

2025 Marvel Comics Chrome (Pre-Order)
Tues. 5/20 - 12PM EST
6 cards per pack, 12 packs per box
4 numbered parallels per box
Hobby Box: $239.99

Topps posted a mockup of blasters. 10x! :flex:
https://x.com/Topps/status/1924498225353887803?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Blasters could be fun if they include the majority of Hobby parallels.

[Bob Ross]

Does that say $239.99?

[Scottish Punk]

Does that say $239.99?

You don't want to pay $3 per card? Considering 48 of the 72 will just be base commons worth a quarter.

[finfangfan]

Hope to find blasters in the wild. I’m guessing GameStop might be getting this in as it appears they have recently upped their trading card assortment.

[YayNJ]

$240 a box looooooool

[glorbgorb]

Agreed. Would rather have a fake auto like this than a manufactured film cell or whatever else garbo Upper Deck would throw in as hits. Cool, a manufactured letter "U" with a photo of The Punisher on it.

So by that logic you would be ok with manufactured film cells or a Punisher "U" as long as they were rare hits?

[Brobocop]

So by that logic you would be ok with manufactured film cells or a Punisher "U" as long as they were rare hits?

Nope, give me the fake auto over the other one since I never said anything rarity to begin with.

[ricebellypanda]

240 a box is pretty much what 2024 was at in UK

[kyle1707]

Im a big pmg marvel buyer and have really enjoyed upper deck marvel for years

It’s only been a couple of Topps products. But I have zero interest

Same thing happened with Star Wars

[crdbored]

240 a box is pretty much what 2024 was at in UK

$240 for the pre-order.
Wait for it to actually release at a 10%+ increase than pre-order price.

With more parallels and bigger print run. :flex:

[Erndog]

$240 for 4 parallels? For real?

[Yanks23]

it is crazy that licensed kakawow marvel you cant give away with fake autos also and tons of color but topps chrome will be reselling for $400 a box since no one will get eql boxes and breakers will pump the crap out of this.

[ricebellypanda]

kakawow is also like 2-3 numbered that are mostly very high #...

[kyle1707]

it is crazy that licensed kakawow marvel you cant give away with fake autos also and tons of color but topps chrome will be reselling for $400 a box since no one will get eql boxes and breakers will pump the crap out of this.

Fanatics is really good at what they do

Polishing dirds

[PurplesaurusRex]

it is crazy that licensed kakawow marvel you cant give away with fake autos also and tons of color but topps chrome will be reselling for $400 a box since no one will get eql boxes and breakers will pump the crap out of this.


At this point people are just paying for the name Topps. What so special about chrome again? Is there anything here you can't find in a hundred other sets?

[Yanks23]

At this point people are just paying for the name Topps. What so special about chrome again? Is there anything here you can't find in a hundred other sets?

Yes I agree. It is just sad that this is now the future of marvel with topps fanatics. Chrome Chrome and more Chrome. I will have to go back and collect some other ud sets that I didn't before.

[Xiarmadillo]

240 a box is pretty much what 2024 was at in UK

the initial pricing was 120 pound per box (sapphire was 320)
that equates to about 140 USD at the time (now its 160 USD)

No thanks but you do you I mean there are people buying the 24 release at $600+ to bust for hits....(LOL)

[ricebellypanda]

120 GBP? Are you sure? I saw it at 185 GBP/215 EURO.

[Xiarmadillo]

120 GBP? Are you sure? I saw it at 185 GBP/215 EURO.

The first time it was up it was at 120 GBP. No idea why now it says 185 even though it has sold out for a long time, maybe they had a 2nd wave on the webstore at higher price

edit: Funny enough on the Topps Runfair EQL website it list as 215....they definitely jacked up prices

[Xiarmadillo]

Btw my personal thought on Topps/Fanatics is to stay away from sealed for a bit if you are into that. They are absolutely milking /pumping the book on revenue/earnings growth for the IPO, whose window is shortening. Products are getting worse/more watered down at higher prices (EVEN higher) and there are currently enough speculative demand to buy it up, but as we all know spec demand is future supply....so

[peterose4hof]

EQL is live for those who are interested.

[ricebellypanda]

4000 Blasters stocked and sold out in under 5 mins

[cardrcomeback]

damn i didn't know blasters would be available too. I would've bought a few. Anyone going for a hobby box or will this come down in price?

[peterose4hof]

4000 Blasters stocked and sold out in under 5 mins

How much were they?

[ricebellypanda]

How much were they?

They were $30

[oldgoldy97]

How much were they?

$29.99.

[finfangfan]

I wonder if blasters will pop up at GameStop/Walmart/Target this week too?

[PrinceVegeta]

How much were they?

29.99 and you could order 50

[Yanks23]

cant wait for flippers to try to sell blasters for $50 each on ebay. i see they have some exclusive lava stuff and iron man card but i wonder how much of # color you can hit in them.

[crdbored]

I wonder if blasters will pop up at GameStop/Walmart/Target this week too?

Probably not, this was a Topps pre-sale.
Product releases June 16, 2025 according to the blaster description.

Topps just got an interest free loan from everyone.

[peterose4hof]

29.99 and you could order 50

No wonder they sold out so quick.

[Bob Ross]

International Topps sites sold out fast on Hobby boxes.

[Brobocop]

If this was priced how WWE Chrome was, I would have gone for some. Above $200 is insane to me.

[Yanks23]

I put in for boxes but never won eql yet so don't think I will. I figured I could flip a few to lower my cost on 1 to open.

[notoriousrmb]

Biggest disappointment is that the images are just more recycled art, much of which UD has been using for years.

I've spent too much on Marvel in my life and one lesson I learned is that new art sells, reused comic snips do not.

Would have been a buy at 120, I'll let others fight over it at 240.

[crdbored]

Biggest disappointment is that the images are just more recycled art, much of which UD has been using for years.

I've spent too much on Marvel in my life and one lesson I learned is that new art sells, reused comic snips do not.

Would have been a buy at 120, I'll let others fight over it at 240.

Worst part is, $240 is the bottom floor. These boxes will be $400+ in no time.
and blasters are up on ebay for under $90+ lol

[eldavojohn]

I don't know why people crap on these so much. Yes, they're fake. Of course they're fake. How is it any different than other hits that aren't autographs? It's a card that is a tough pull no matter what's on it.

For me it enters the uncanny valley territory of appearing as something that it is not -- I clearly know it's not but why do this as the core concept of the card? I'm weirdly okay with the medallions and stamps from Masterwork but I can think of two similar feelings of revulsion I have had collecting cards:

Panini (and to a lesser extent Topps) using "event worn relics" as relics in their cards. Like the tablecloth at Manny Machado's signing (https://www.topps.com/products/tablecloth-relic-to-49-manny-machado-signing-mlb-topps-now-reg-card-st-1b) or some of the jumbo relics Panini used in National Treasures hockey that were just of jerseys they had the player put on briefly.

Star Wars (was it Jedi Legacy) using source material relics for Ewoks & Chewie ... IIRC the fibers were from some costume shop in LA or something that provided the material to make the costumes. C'mon.

Sure, those cards were all still rare but man, I would so much rather have a 1/10 Green PMG or Jambalaya or even a Chrome Gold Refractor /50 than Storm's "signature" being the cool thing about the card. If it works for others, more power to them but seems bizarre to me. Maybe it will grow on me? IDK.

[Yanks23]

No luck email just received. Hopefully some of you guys got picked.

[eldavojohn]

No luck email just received. Hopefully some of you guys got picked.

Same here We’re sorry, you were not selected to purchase 2025 Marvel Comics Chrome® - Hobby Box - Sealed Case - Pre-Order

Oh well, skipping this one then.

[Yanks23]

I'm sure all the fanatics live breakers will have case to open.

[fsu2007]

Got 5 boxes

[ricebellypanda]

Saw a few people win the 5 boxer

[PrinceVegeta]

Biggest disappointment is that the images are just more recycled art, much of which UD has been using for years.

I've spent too much on Marvel in my life and one lesson I learned is that new art sells, reused comic snips do not.

Would have been a buy at 120, I'll let others fight over it at 240.

Resell will be $400-500 doesn't matter what we think. Fanatics is proving to be very good with controlling prices and products

[rice71]

I didn’t get picked.

[meandsharon11]

I’ll stick with Marvel Masterpieces 92 Platinum.

[Bob Ross]

I'm sure all the fanatics live breakers will have case to open.

You mean 100 cases each.

Don't forget: Fanatics released only 1.4% of the entire print run of Royalty tennis to the general public.

[IndySportsCards]

put in for 5, did not win the lottery :(

[ricebellypanda]

Blasters selling on ebay for $90...

[greatgradegrate]

Blasters selling on ebay for $90...

Marvel card collectors scare me.

[LittleJimmies]

Blasters selling on ebay for $90...

Two blasters have sold. The $79 sale could be real, but the $98 sale when plenty of boxes are available for $20 cheaper is suspicious to say the least.

[holohoard]

The full checklist is out (https://holohoard.com/blog/2025/05/topps-chrome-marvel-2025-checklist-every-card-insert-hero/) (took the PDF and made it in human readable format here (https://holohoard.com/blog/2025/05/topps-chrome-marvel-2025-checklist-every-card-insert-hero/))

And some analysis for anyone interested.... :coffee:


Most Featured Characters in the Set
Character Number of Appearances
Iron Man 15
Spider-Man 11
Black Cat 5
Ghost-Spider 5
Captain America 4

** Both Iron Man and Spider-Man appear in nearly every major subset – from Base Set to Facsimile Autograph, Value Box Exclusives, and The One and Only.

Insert List by Card Count
Insert Set Name Number of Cards
Base Set (Characters) 200
Marvel Anniversaries 30
Marvel Icons 10
X-Men Giant Size 50th Anniversary 10
Future Stars 8
The New Avengers 20th Anniversary 10
Avengers Infinity 6
Indestructible 10
60 Years of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1
Marvel Comics Facsimile Autograph Cards 15
Marvel Comics Facsimile Dual Autograph Cards 4
Marvel Comics Facsimile Triple Autograph Cards 4
Marvel Comics Facsimile Quad Autograph Card 1
Mask Off – Facsimile Autograph Edition 5
Golden Anniversaries 5
Topps Patrimony 5
Air Marvel 10
50 Years of Nightcrawler 5
35 Years of Ghost Rider 5
Classic Comic Book Covers 10
Marvel Reflections 5
The One and Only 5
Marvel Comic Book Artist and Writer Chrome Autos 10
Relic Cards 3
Autograph Relic 1
Iron Man Gold (Value Box Exclusives) 10

You can find the full thing in a more readable format here: https://holohoard.com/blog/2025/05/topps-chrome-marvel-2025-checklist-every-card-insert-hero/

[crdbored]

You mean 100 cases each.

Don't forget: Fanatics released only 1.4% of the entire print run of Royalty tennis to the general public.

This is ridiculous. It's no wonder why Boxes shoot up in price hours after release.
Fanatics has been doing this to then jack up their own prices through their distribution or
boxes will go up on the Fanatics site to match secondary prices they caused. SMH.

[ricebellypanda]

The full checklist is out (https://holohoard.com/blog/2025/05/topps-chrome-marvel-2025-checklist-every-card-insert-hero/) (took the PDF and made it in human readable format here (https://holohoard.com/blog/2025/05/topps-chrome-marvel-2025-checklist-every-card-insert-hero/))

And some analysis for anyone interested.... :coffee:


Most Featured Characters in the Set
Character Number of Appearances
Iron Man 15
Spider-Man 11
Black Cat 5
Ghost-Spider 5
Captain America 4

** Both Iron Man and Spider-Man appear in nearly every major subset – from Base Set to Facsimile Autograph, Value Box Exclusives, and The One and Only.

Insert List by Card Count
Insert Set Name Number of Cards
Base Set (Characters) 200
Marvel Anniversaries 30
Marvel Icons 10
X-Men Giant Size 50th Anniversary 10
Future Stars 8
The New Avengers 20th Anniversary 10
Avengers Infinity 6
Indestructible 10
60 Years of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1
Marvel Comics Facsimile Autograph Cards 15
Marvel Comics Facsimile Dual Autograph Cards 4
Marvel Comics Facsimile Triple Autograph Cards 4
Marvel Comics Facsimile Quad Autograph Card 1
Mask Off – Facsimile Autograph Edition 5
Golden Anniversaries 5
Topps Patrimony 5
Air Marvel 10
50 Years of Nightcrawler 5
35 Years of Ghost Rider 5
Classic Comic Book Covers 10
Marvel Reflections 5
The One and Only 5
Marvel Comic Book Artist and Writer Chrome Autos 10
Relic Cards 3
Autograph Relic 1
Iron Man Gold (Value Box Exclusives) 10

You can find the full thing in a more readable format here: https://holohoard.com/blog/2025/05/topps-chrome-marvel-2025-checklist-every-card-insert-hero/

Cool info thank you

[Bob Ross]

I don't see the odds yet to figure out how much was made.

[notoriousrmb]

This is ridiculous. It's no wonder why Boxes shoot up in price hours after release.
Fanatics has been doing this to then jack up their own prices through their distribution or
boxes will go up on the Fanatics site to match secondary prices they caused. SMH.

Fanatics knows they can take advantage of addicts, they will slowly release supply well under demand and many people out there simply cannot help themselves and will buy it anyways at any price.

Sure, some can afford it, but most cannot and will just run that credit card debt even higher to make sure they are one of the chosen few to get that Fanatics box.

[LittleJimmies]

Two blasters have sold. The $79 sale could be real, but the $98 sale when plenty of boxes are available for $20 cheaper is suspicious to say the least.

Looks like the attempted $98 blaster pump didn't work, they aren't moving at $60.

[finfangfan]

I’m heading to a Walmart and GameStop today on my day off. I will report back if I see these blasters in the wild.

[Ionopsis]

I’m heading to a Walmart and GameStop today on my day off. I will report back if I see these blasters in the wild.


Doesn't release until June 16

[oldgoldy97]

Doesn't release until June 16

Gonna be waiting there a long time.

[finfangfan]

Gonna be waiting there a long time.

June 16 is only 3 weeks away and the blasters should be pretty plentiful in the wild. Better alternative than paying current breaker prices.

GameStop is actually becoming a pretty decent trading card location. The woman that runs my local GameStop said they really ramped up their offerings over the last few months and they have seen strong interest in people submitting cards to be graded through them as well. If nothing else at least it’s another bricks and mortar outlet to check out beyond Walmart/Target if you don’t have a dedicated local trading card store.

[finfangfan]

The employee at my GameStop mentioned they will have both hobby boxes ($249.99) and value boxes ($29.99). I will probably try to buy a box or two. The item can’t be reserved for preorder though (at least at my store). So I guess I just wait in line when the store opens on the 16th… which seems a bit nerdy! lol.

[Erndog]

Topps posted some pictures of the Frank Miller sketches today on IG. Quite a few of them at least.

[DynaEtch]

Topps posted some pictures of the Frank Miller sketches today on IG. Quite a few of them at least.

Looks like sketches in marvel are going back to the original concept of sketch circa late 90s…like actually quick rough sketches, vs polished works of art more recently. At least from what I’m seeing in this release.

They’ll still sell fine because it’s Frank Miller -drawn and a hard chase in the product. It’s almost analogous to an auto, in the sense of whatever the art even looks like, it’s still done by him. Also with lots of sports coming in to do their thing with this product…the sketches will be treated as big hits regardless whether they even know who Frank Miller is or not, or anything about sketches. Not that I’m buying any of the Marvel Chrome…I’ll happily look at this from a distance.

[greatgradegrate]

Looks like sketches in marvel are going back to the original concept of sketch circa late 90s…like actually quick rough sketches, vs polished works of art more recently. At least from what I’m seeing in this release.

Besides Miller's, you've seen other sketches that are glorified doodles?

Honestly be shocked if the regular sketches are outside of the norm (some meh, some good, some great, but all higher effort than 2 min remarques).

[DynaEtch]

Besides Miller's, you've seen other sketches that are glorified doodles?

Honestly be shocked if the regular sketches are outside of the norm (some meh, some good, some great, but all higher effort than 2 min remarques).

I’m not following the topps sets that closely. I vaguely remember from the first Marvel Chrome set it was only Miller sketches? Is that still the case or are there non-Millers in this one?

Yea if Topps is getting some of sketch artists from the UD era then I wouldn’t expect doodles.

[glorbgorb]

Much like the first Topps release with Miller, these leave a lot to be desired. The name alone will get them some attention, but those samples Topps showed off--and I say this with all due respect--are quite awful.

[bball2026]

Should have my boxes delivered tmw from the Topps drop. Anyone else excited about this or is this an pass?

[eldavojohn]

Should have my boxes delivered tmw from the Topps drop. Anyone else excited about this or is this an pass?

No choice but to pass lol

[finfangfan]

This also hits GameStop on Monday.

[ricebellypanda]

This also hits GameStop on Monday.

Do you know the SKU?

[finfangfan]

Do you know the SKU?

What’s funny is that 99.99% of the time I would say no to this because I never know the sku of any card product. However, she actually printed me out a sheet of June Gamestop card products when I joined and I DO actually have the SKUs!

Hobby box… $249.99 sku 426197
Value box… $29.99 sku 426196

I couldn’t preorder but look like I should be able to get a box if FF yesterday was any indication.

[ricebellypanda]

What’s funny is that 99.99% of the time I would say no to this because I never know the sku of any card product. However, she actually printed me out a sheet of June Gamestop card products when I joined and I DO actually have the SKUs!

Hobby box… $249.99 sku 426197
Value box… $29.99 sku 426196

I couldn’t preorder but look like I should be able to get a box if FF yesterday was any indication.

Sorry for the extra questions but how did you know they would have it on Monday? I went to a gamestop last week and the guy told me he doesn't see any on the way to their store

[NJMane]

What’s funny is that 99.99% of the time I would say no to this because I never know the sku of any card product. However, she actually printed me out a sheet of June Gamestop card products when I joined and I DO actually have the SKUs!

Hobby box… $249.99 sku 426197
Value box… $29.99 sku 426196

I couldn’t preorder but look like I should be able to get a box if FF yesterday was any indication.

I bet the price gets changed prior to release. Fanatics Reps were reaching out at $299.99/box. They are usually spot on for release day pricing (but it is the wild west right now with pricing so anything is possible)

[finfangfan]

Sorry for the extra questions but how did you know they would have it on Monday? I went to a gamestop last week and the guy told me he doesn't see any on the way to their store

Same printout I pulled the sku. There is a disclaimer *dates subject to change*. Also I believe not all GameStops are designated card stores. Does your GameStop have a cube display with other trading card boxes?

[armyml]

wrong thread

[finfangfan]

So far it’s just been pre-release stuff hitting which is why you haven’t seen much

Topps website is advertising the June 16 date, so I think it’s a safe bet GameStop will have these as well. https://www.topps.com/pages/topps-chrome-marvel

I’m guessing they printed quite a bit of this.

https://i.imgur.com/B9yWSDx_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand

[ricebellypanda]

I saw the Wolverine die cut - really really cool

[crdbored]

So far it’s just been pre-release stuff hitting which is why you haven’t seen much

Topps website is advertising the June 16 date, so I think it’s a safe bet GameStop will have these as well. https://www.topps.com/pages/topps-chrome-marvel

I’m guessing they printed quite a bit of this.



2025 chrome has 19 base parallels compared to 13 in 2024.
Plus all the inserts.

There are blasters so that already means larger print.
No odds yet, so won't know until release.

[PrinceVegeta]

Hope we have a decent chance at elq, would rip this at 300 but not a penny higher

[glassofwater]

I just saw a blaster opening.. these look amazing i like the call pack to 1990 marvel. Are these printed in Italy? They seem to be Merlin stock. if you opened or held merlin before you know what i mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXnQ1sga4U

[armyml]

I just saw a blaster opening.. these look amazing i like the call pack to 1990 marvel. Are these printed in Italy? They seem to be Merlin stock. if you opened or held merlin before you know what i mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXnQ1sga4U

I've never opened Merlin but I've opened about 10 blasters of this. Card stock is VERY high quality. Cards feel heavy and nice in hand and I noticed hardly any print lines.

[meandsharon11]

It’s not Marvel Masterpieces Platinum 92…………

[Bob Ross]

The Clawed die cuts look awesome. Super unique.

[finfangfan]

I am looking forward to this tomorrow. Plan is to hit up GameStop at open and pick up one hobby box and one blaster. I will post my results tomorrow… and let you know if I get shut out. I highly doubt it will sell out quickly but who knows?

[orion9578]

The Clawed die cuts look awesome. Super unique.

As much as I want to hate the repetitive Topps Chrome releases...The Clawed die cuts do look pretty cool, just not nearly as cool as the Reflections. I think it's only a 5 card set, if I remember right. Probably chase one down once a ton has been opened and prices crash(compared to current asking prices, at least) :)

[finfangfan]

As much as I want to hate the repetitive Topps Chrome releases...The Clawed die cuts do look pretty cool, just not nearly as cool as the Reflections. I think it's only a 5 card set, if I remember right. Probably chase one down once a ton has been opened and prices crash(compared to current asking prices, at least) :)

I think it’s a parallel for the full base set with 4 variations of each..

Hobby Variations: Base Clawed Chrome /20; Clawed Chrome Black Refractor /10; Clawed Chrome Red Refractor /5; Clawed Chrome SuperFractor 1/1..

[ricebellypanda]

I've heard clawed is a thick card and not a flimsy parallel. Hope that means it'll grade well

[finfangfan]

Did you get things squared away with your GameStop to pick up a box today?

[ricebellypanda]

Did you get things squared away with your GameStop to pick up a box today?

Nobody picked up my call lol. I'll call them today when they open

[bub838]

Nobody picked up my call lol. I'll call them today when they open

The two Gamestops by me have never answered my call.

[finfangfan]

Went at open to mine and she said guy would be unpacking 60 boxes of shipments today (not just trading cards) . She said to call back at 4.
However price appears to be $349 now for a box so I might balk at that price. Blasters are still $29.99.

Oh well.

[ricebellypanda]

Went at open to mine and she said guy would be unpacking 60 boxes of shipments today (not just trading cards) . She said to call back at 4.
However price appears to be $349 now for a box so I might balk at that price. Blasters are still $29.99.

Oh well.

$349 at gamestop??? awful...

[finfangfan]

Yeah. I was kind of disappointed on whole experience tbh. When I went a few weeks ago she seemed all enthused and I signed up for the pro membership. Now seeing how poorly they run things, I will just stick to buying online. lol.

[orion9578]

I think it’s a parallel for the full base set with 4 variations of each..

Hobby Variations: Base Clawed Chrome /20; Clawed Chrome Black Refractor /10; Clawed Chrome Red Refractor /5; Clawed Chrome SuperFractor 1/1..

Yeah, I saw a numbered one listed last night. I'll just stick to a base set(they look like refractors to me, not what I'd consider base). The only base currently up, that I see, is a Thanos at $4,999.99 OBO... :doh: I think I'll hold off till a bunch has been opened. Last time I saw the Star Wars versions of the same card, they were in the few hundred dollar range. I'm in no rush :D

[eldavojohn]

EQL is up: https://launches.topps.com/en-US/launch

[finfangfan]

$299 hobby box os $50 cheaper than what my GameStop person told me. So good luck fellas! I don’t think the blasters would be worth it tbh.

[RainCityShecks]

What's BO's buy price on this?

[nextlevel10]

Based on the buy prices by the big companies and how much they’re charging out of the gate, the secondary prices on this will be shooting up quickly.

[TimBuckTwo]

What's BO's buy price on this?

BO is 575 on this.

Is this still a buy at Gamestop? As many as you can find?

[crdbored]

Topps finally put up the odds. :flex:

Calculated some raw numbers using the more straightforward odds.
These are not exact. Feel free to correct!

Using the hobby exclusive Clawed Variation Super odds here's what I got for hobby.
629,400 hobby packs -> 52,450 boxes -> 4,370 cases

629,400 total hobby packs / 3303 (base super odds) -> 190.55 base superfractors in hobby

Using the super odds of blaster x 10 which is what's left if there are 190 supers in hobby.

1,255,330 blaster packs -> 179,332.85 boxes -> 4,483.32 cases

Blaster odds could be off. You can calculate using the blaster exclusive /25 but that's slightly more math. :coffee:

[mossoholic]

BO is 575 on this.

Is this still a buy at Gamestop? As many as you can find?

LOL. BO is not $575 on this. No one is. No one is even at $500. You can get hobby boxes on ebay for under $400. There are bigger offers for cases because hardly anyone seems to have them.

[bub838]

odds
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/2015/1805/files/Marvel_Chrome_2025_Odds.pdf?v=1750074385

I'm getting 13k hobby cases, can someone else check that?

[ricebellypanda]

odds
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/2015/1805/files/Marvel_Chrome_2025_Odds.pdf?v=1750074385

I'm getting 13k hobby cases, can someone else check that?

I get about 4,370 hobby cases

[finfangfan]

I get about 4,370 hobby cases

Dang… have fun opening! 🤣

[PrinceVegeta]

I get about 4,370 hobby cases

And can't even get a few boxes at msrp..

[Bob Ross]

This whole release has FanaticsLive/BO/DA/etc. backdoor special written all over it.

[Brobocop]

I put in for two boxes on EQL but will not be heartbroken to get denied.

[finfangfan]

I’m now like 50/50 whether or not I call GameStop to see if it arrived in the shipment today. If they had it when I went there this morning I probably still would have bought. The set seems nice enough, but I think it’s probably better off to go the singles route (as with most sets lately).

[RainCityShecks]

BO is 575 on this.

Is this still a buy at Gamestop? As many as you can find?

That's likely their sell price to the consumer. Buy price likely closer to 400+ based on the other two.

[Bob Ross]

My case result is in, loss of course.

I have a suspicion not one person won a case(s).

[yoyosh]

My case result is in, loss of course.

I have a suspicion not one person won a case(s).

shockingly, I also did not "win" a case

[solt0131]

I put in for two cases and got zero.

[ricebellypanda]

I know somebody who won a case so they're very lucky. I lost at all 3 of the draws (including fanatics)

[Archangel1775]

Wait, aren't these all Topps Chrome "Rookies". :)

[ricebellypanda]

Wait, aren't these all Topps Chrome "Rookies". :)

No they had 2024 Topps Chrome Marvel

[eldavojohn]

Wait, aren't these all Topps Chrome "Rookies". :)

I would guess the majority of them appeared in 2024 (https://www.blowoutcards.net/images/ss/24tpmvlchrNScl.pdf).

[Brobocop]

Missed out on the two boxes I tried to win, darn but not darn.

[PrinceVegeta]

I know somebody who won a case so they're very lucky. I lost at all 3 of the draws (including fanatics)

Couldn't even find it on fanatics or lids this time. Guess I didn't know how to properly search lol

[RainCityShecks]

Winner winner NO CHICKEN DINNER for me - lost on my 5 boxes.

That's 4 (EQL) L's in a row.....should be able to get something sometime soon!

[finfangfan]

It’s crazy how popular this stuff is. I mean the set is okay but doesn’t really strike me as something that would sell out so quickly and have GameStop even jacking up pricing.

I hope I don’t breakdown and buy blasters… but probably will next time I’m out and they are around. lol.

[FatButcher]

Not many box openings posted, but found this on Youtube:https://youtu.be/wJrq32pByBs?si=4NUp34g-lTiMdFbF

At the 12:15 mark Thanos Claw die cut shows up. It looks pretty great honestly. I can't get my hands on this, but for those who do the cards look pretty cool.

[kyle1707]

Broken record. But just watched a box opened

$587 is so bad ..

[Bob Ross]

It’s crazy how popular this stuff is.

It's simply because Fanatics made it impossible for 99% of buyers to get this at the ask price. They are purposely funneling everyone to Fanatics Live where the bozos on there have literally unlimited cases to open.

[RainCityShecks]

It's simply because Fanatics made it impossible for 99% of buyers to get this at the ask price. They are purposely funneling everyone to Fanatics Live where the bozos on there have literally unlimited cases to open.

I mean, that's not going to work on me. I have zero interest in Fanatics Live. I still have my 50 dollar credit though.......maybe if I get aced out of Cosmic Chrome again (MSRP) I'll use it there

[glorbgorb]

Wait, so for base cards there are 22 parallels? Good lord.

[RainCityShecks]

Oh man. During the EQL, the other two were buying hobby at 400 and 425. Now those products have disappeared from their buy list. Feels like a crypto pump.

One still has a buy price for cases of 4800 (selling for 7K to the public). Hmmmm, I guess always buy cases when able?

[Archangel1775]

Not many box openings posted, but found this on Youtube:https://youtu.be/wJrq32pByBs?si=4NUp34g-lTiMdFbF

At the 12:15 mark Thanos Claw die cut shows up. It looks pretty great honestly. I can't get my hands on this, but for those who do the cards look pretty cool.

Thats a nice design

[TimBuckTwo]

LOL. BO is not $575 on this. No one is. No one is even at $500. You can get hobby boxes on ebay for under $400. There are bigger offers for cases because hardly anyone seems to have them.

Ah and moss pops up were there is possible money to be made. Check their site dbag. They may not be selling but that's what it says. Now back to playing in the road with your things.

[Archangel1775]

Thats a nice design


and just like that I'm not interested. Someone listed one at $14,000. Not that it would go for that price but I've never seen so many $5,000+ asking prices in such a short span since release. I'd rather buy a few dozen Red PMG's from Upper Deck releases. I recall Green PMG's running $1000 for your standard character the first week of release and dropping slowly as the market flowed.

[FatButcher]

Ah and moss pops up were there is possible money to be made. Check their site dbag. They may not be selling but that's what it says. Now back to playing in the road with your things.

Not to defend moss, but his comment was in regards to the buy price they have, not the sale prices they are listing it at. That is the context of those comments.

You may have jumped the gun to get the chance to toss an insult out there.

[Archangel1775]

Fanatics really needs an ePack site.

[Brobocop]

Fanatics really needs an ePack site.

Why hire people to do that when you can just funnel them to Fanatics Live?

[nextlevel10]

The buy prices didn’t “disappear”, the number they wanted slowly got lower throughout the day because people were taking them up on their offer after they won the EQL or received their Topps orders. Boxes are flying off eBay this evening, the buy offers will probably be back at some point.

[mossoholic]

Ah and moss pops up were there is possible money to be made. Check their site dbag. They may not be selling but that's what it says. Now back to playing in the road with your things.

Not to defend moss, but his comment was in regards to the buy price they have, not the sale prices they are listing it at. That is the context of those comments.

You may have jumped the gun to get the chance to toss an insult out there.

Yeah the bum still has it out for me 5 years later because I wouldn't pay him some ridiculous amount to be a middle man on a TMall purchase that would have taken minutes of his time. He wanted me to pay around double what the boxes/cases cost on a product that had been in stock for over a week and was still in stock at that time. On top of that he expected me to pay thousands of dollars Paypal gift to someone I'd never bought from. I politely declined. I didn't just stop messaging or back out of a deal and stop responding or give some bs reason why I couldn't pay like almost everyone does now. Ever since then it's every single time he has to say something derogatory to me for no reason. He's a piece of garbage.

[PrinceVegeta]

..............

[bub838]

I just saw a blaster opening.. these look amazing i like the call pack to 1990 marvel. Are these printed in Italy? They seem to be Merlin stock. if you opened or held merlin before you know what i mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXnQ1sga4U

Based on the style of the serial numbers I think you're correct on them being printed in Italy. Nice catch.

[cypher]

$600 a box what a bunch of marks

[YayNJ]

I just saw a blaster opening.. these look amazing i like the call pack to 1990 marvel. Are these printed in Italy? They seem to be Merlin stock. if you opened or held merlin before you know what i mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXnQ1sga4U

The last Merlin release, the quality had dropped off a cliff.

[999ghosts]

I have been collecting for 20+ years but with these prices I am pretty much priced out, that's if you can even get a box. What happened that skyrocketed the prices like this and who is buying? You need to remortgage your house to get a set together...

OK, rant over!

[PumpnDumpling]

Ah and moss pops up were there is possible money to be made. Check their site dbag. They may not be selling but that's what it says. Now back to playing in the road with your things.

Are you telling moss to kill himself?! Much akin to saying take a short walk off a long pier!? KYS?! TDS?! :)!

[Brobocop]

I have been collecting for 20+ years but with these prices I am pretty much priced out, that's if you can even get a box. What happened that skyrocketed the prices like this and who is buying? You need to remortgage your house to get a set together...

OK, rant over!

Rant on I say. This is ridiculous. I'm pricing myself out. I know what things cost prior to COVID and Fanatics taking over. This product should be $200 a box, max, but I get how supply and demand works.

Anyone buying this, hope you have fun opening and collecting.

[Scottish Punk]

I looked at a couple of box openings. It was just a big meh for me. Nowhere near the price and hype. Cards looked ok. Little bit of a throwback to the Impel sets. For this style of cards, I am just keeping the 90/91 Impel sets on my want list it pick up cards of superheroes. I have seen some upper deck sets with nicer art as well.

[dd316]

These releases are really bringing out the best in people.

[Bob Ross]

These releases are really bringing out the best in people.

When Fanatics and Uncle Rubes make it impossible for people to buy at retail, this is what happens.

[eldavojohn]

When Fanatics and Uncle Rubes make it impossible for people to buy at retail, this is what happens.

Yeah if I'm at Target and I happen to see a blaster for $30 or less, I'll buy one or two. Can't really justify anything else here.

I don't play but I found myself preordering Magic The Gathering Marvel's Spider-Man Bundle instead of paying through the nose on this release ... maybe I'll get in to X-Men Finest '97 since that is getting lower and lower?

[RainCityShecks]

The buy prices didn’t “disappear”, the number they wanted slowly got lower throughout the day because people were taking them up on their offer after they won the EQL or received their Topps orders. Boxes are flying off eBay this evening, the buy offers will probably be back at some point.

OK, so this is how it generally cycles? Big 3 fill their perceived need, eBay offloads a ton for even less, then maybe prices creep back up? Seems logical for a product that appeared to be high demand (and maybe still is). Interesting.

I'm still sitting on a bunch of 23/24 Baskeltball sapphire that I thought was gold when I won it from EQL.............probably just take teh L and let the kiddos bust it

[finfangfan]

The good news is that in today’s hobby you can still find great deals on secondary. As much as I love to break wax, at some point it makes sense to just sit it out and buy secondary PC cards for cheap. You definitely stretch your dollar farther, you just no longer have chance to pull that big lottery hit that drives a lot of the thrill in the hobby.

[crdbored]

The good news is that in today’s hobby you can still find great deals on secondary. As much as I love to break wax, at some point it makes sense to just sit it out and buy secondary PC cards for cheap. You definitely stretch your dollar farther, you just no longer have chance to pull that big lottery hit that drives a lot of the thrill in the hobby.

This is the way.
With the expanded checklist, the big names will be harder to hit but plenty of secondary characters will hit ebay.
First couple of weeks sales will be hot but they'll come down just like 2024 singles came down.
Sealed is another issue. Those likely won't go down.

The current trend is sealed goes up but singles do not.

[TimBuckTwo]

Are you telling moss to kill himself?! Much akin to saying take a short walk off a long pier!? KYS?! TDS?! :)!

He is in Amish country. If he can't get out of the way of horse and buggy that's on him.

[kyle1707]

Regardless if it’s 400 or 575

It’s still a massive rip off

I hope fanatics drowns in there license fees for baseball basketball football Star Wars and marvel

Cards look nice though. But I can’t stomach paying 500 for a box and get 60 dollars in cards

I know the new wave of bro hams is cool with that. And ROI does not matter and it’s all breaking so who cares

I watch people at lcs every week opening boxes for 400-800 dollars that are so bad

[PurplesaurusRex]

I have been collecting for 20+ years but with these prices I am pretty much priced out, that's if you can even get a box. What happened that skyrocketed the prices like this and who is buying? You need to remortgage your house to get a set together...

OK, rant over!



The best thing to do is focus on other releases and come back to this in 6 months. Upper Deck dumped quite a bit of product last year, some with amazing original art.

[IndySportsCards]

This set is amazing.

[greatgradegrate]

This can't be right, right -- someone paid multiple thousands of dollars for a fake Spidey auto -- to /50?!!

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

[Scifi Cards]

I wonder how the authenticity guarantee will work. This says "Auto" but it's printed on, so will it fail? Should a seller be required to disclose it's a facsimile auto?

[finfangfan]

I wonder how the authenticity guarantee will work. This says "Auto" but it's printed on, so will it fail? Should a seller be required to disclose it's a facsimile auto?

lol… that is interesting. It’s an authentic card with a fake Spider-man auto. I guess it will pass, but it’s a weird one for sure.

[dd316]

I wonder how the authenticity guarantee will work. This says "Auto" but it's printed on, so will it fail? Should a seller be required to disclose it's a facsimile auto?

My Spidey Sense is tingling...

[Chrominator]

Not many box openings posted, but found this on Youtube:https://youtu.be/wJrq32pByBs?si=4NUp34g-lTiMdFbF

At the 12:15 mark Thanos Claw die cut shows up. It looks pretty great honestly. I can't get my hands on this, but for those who do the cards look pretty cool.

Wow, that card^ is awesome :flex:

[bub838]

I wonder how the authenticity guarantee will work. This says "Auto" but it's printed on, so will it fail? Should a seller be required to disclose it's a facsimile auto?

They go by the checklist, and the checklist notes them as facsimile. It'll pass no problem as long as everything else is good.

[notoriousrmb]

I just don't understand the hype for a product that uses the exact same images as Upper Deck's releases the last year or two. There's nothing new here except the fake autos and chrome. Maybe in 2025 that's all it takes?

[ricebellypanda]

The top hits are pretty cool. SSP inserts/clawed etc

[Chrominator]

I just don't understand the hype for a product that uses the exact same images as Upper Deck's releases the last year or two. There's nothing new here except the fake autos and chrome. Maybe in 2025 that's all it takes?

Me neither.

Find it very odd and lazy af...

[finfangfan]

Me neither.

Find it very odd and lazy af...

The licensor controls the images used. It’s the same reason that even UD recycled images in multiple sets.

[Chrominator]

The licensor controls the images used. It’s the same reason that even UD recycled images in multiple sets.

Yeah, I figured that.

[finfangfan]

GameStop has it up on their website now. It rose another $100 from the quote the manager gave me on Monday morning. Price is $449 a box or $427 for members. Blasters are still $30. They must stink if they stayed at their price when hobby boxes were initially showing in GameStops system at $249. One product almost doubled while the other stats still.

[ricebellypanda]

GameStop has it up on their website now. It rose another $100 from the quote the manager gave me on Monday morning. Price is $449 a box or $427 for members. Blasters are still $30. They must stink if they stayed at their price when hobby boxes were initially showing in GameStops system at $249. One product almost doubled while the other stats still.

Saw that. Pretty insane

[finfangfan]

They must have made a ton of blasters. I bet we see them at Walmart/Target this weekend.

[ricebellypanda]

They must have made a ton of blasters. I bet we see them at Walmart/Target this weekend.

I calculated blasters to be around 169k printed so... yeah each retailers should get a decent amount.

[finfangfan]

I calculated blasters to be around 169k printed so... yeah each retailers should get a decent amount.

Dang… Topps is really cashing in, if true. I think I calculated $15 million gross at the $249 original price just for hobby boxes. And your blaster estimate is another $5 million gross on top of that. Not too shabby!

[IndySportsCards]

I pulled an Orange Lava Moon Knight /25 and an Iron Fist black /10 out of blasters.

[FatButcher]

I pulled an Orange Lava Moon Knight /25 and an Iron Fist black /10 out of blasters.

How many did you open?

I've watched a few blasters and seen nothing but the yellow lava unnumbered and gold iron man inserts in each blaster.

[ricebellypanda]

How many did you open?

I've watched a few blasters and seen nothing but the yellow lava unnumbered and gold iron man inserts in each blaster.

Really? I Ripped 10 blasters and 7 of them had a numbered

[FatButcher]

Really? I Ripped 10 blasters and 7 of them had a numbered

Wow, I must have just stumbled onto a rough cross section of blasters. Anything close to a 70% rate would make the $30 cost much more palatable.

[Chrominator]

I pulled an Orange Lava Moon Knight /25 and an Iron Fist black /10 out of blasters.

Dang!

From a sealed case?

[prospectorgems]

Got a Black Cat Hidden Gems from a break. So far haven't seen any other listed, hopefully they are more rare in Marvel than in baseball.

[FatButcher]

Got a Black Cat Hidden Gems from a break. So far haven't seen any other listed, hopefully they are more rare in Marvel than in baseball.

They are pretty rare in baseball, given relative production of the overall product, so rarer would be pretty much 5-10 on the pr.

[unreal13]

Finally had to buy in this morning after sitting on the sidelines all week watching people pull some amazing cards. Bought what was left of a pack out, the last box they had, and hit this among 4 other nice #'d cards. It was in a pack all by itself -

50 Years of Nightcrawler Red Wave /5 Shadowbox case hit

https://i.ibb.co/XZBw1PJn/New-Project-18-11.png (https://imgbb.com/)
https://i.ibb.co/CFHV5Dr/New-Project-19-1.png (https://imgbb.com/)

[Brobocop]

Dave and Adams on Fanatics Live have boxes on discount for $599.

What happened to the hobby I love lol.

[finfangfan]

Dave and Adams on Fanatics Live have boxes on discount for $599.

What happened to the hobby I love lol.

I guess Fanatics is beginning the 10x-ing of the nonsports hobby. Wonder if any of this buzz will generate interest in the older UD Marvel stuff or if it’s just confined to the breaker movement which tends to just be drawn to the shiny and new.

Are people seeing renewed interest in the 2024 Topps UK Marvel stuff now? That seems to be the closest parallel.

I went to Walmart today and they didn’t have these blasters but they did still have some of the leftover UD Marvel Blasters (beginnings, annual, and the weird MCU set they dropped toward the end).

[Brobocop]

I guess Fanatics is beginning the 10x-ing of the nonsports hobby. Wonder if any of this buzz will generate interest in the older UD Marvel stuff or if it’s just confined to the breaker movement which tends to just be drawn to the shiny and new.

Are people seeing renewed interest in the 2024 Topps UK Marvel stuff now? That seems to be the closest parallel.

I went to Walmart today and they didn’t have these blasters but they did still have some of the leftover UD Marvel Blasters (beginnings, annual, and the weird MCU set they dropped toward the end).

It would generate buzz IF these people opening this were actually collecting this stuff. The people buying up singles for pennies on the dollar probably already have the stuff from the Upper Deck days.

[Scottish Punk]

It would generate buzz IF these people opening this were actually collecting this stuff. The people buying up singles for pennies on the dollar probably already have the stuff from the Upper Deck days.

I am not that plugged in to the Marvel card market. I am in the Star Wars though. I used to buy and get excited about Star Wars releases. Masterworks, Galactic files, Chrome. Now there is those sets and a handful of others. All with pretty much the same base checklist. The problem you run into is that you run into the same stock photos over and over. Even if you are a Yoda collector, I don't know how you get excited about another 10 sets with 10 parallels every year. I get Marvel characters can pull from different artists. Does a Spiderman collector get excited about another set using similar photos?

This goes to your thought. If you have been a Marvel collector and have a bunch of character cards from various Upper Deck sets and likely the complete Impel sets from 1990 and 91. Do the base cards of this set move the needle? I think people are real excited because it is chrome. There will be multiple Chrome sets every year going forward, so that "newness" is going to wear off quickly.

[armyml]

After Topps/Fanatics limited allocations to most stores to 1 case or nothing of hobby, they did a 24 hour one time offer yesterday for another case. It was something like 5400 for the case. I wouldn't expect Hobby prices to crater anytime soon.

[crdbored]

The modern trend continues, sealed goes up and most singles will not.

Too much hype around this set with the Topps Chrome sports bois jumping on breaking looking for the big names.

The positive is that lots of singles will hit the market with people looking to offload their hits. Definitely a time for singles collectors.
Rough times for people who enjoyed buying boxes at a reasonable price.

[EscapePlan]

Is the Wolverine art on the base card actually Venom fusing with Wolverine or something?

[PurplesaurusRex]

I am not that plugged in to the Marvel card market. I am in the Star Wars though. I used to buy and get excited about Star Wars releases. Masterworks, Galactic files, Chrome. Now there is those sets and a handful of others. All with pretty much the same base checklist. The problem you run into is that you run into the same stock photos over and over.


The art itself is not really that important anymore. It's all about the parallel number.


Is the Wolverine art on the base card actually Venom fusing with Wolverine or something?


Yep, the "first appearance" of that art on card was the Spider-man metal series. It gives weight to the theory that Marvel only provides a handful of approved clip art for a specific character, no matter what company is making their cards.

[oldgoldy97]

Got my sole blaster today.

Refractors of Cadet Marvel and Omega
Yellow Lava of Ikaris and Strong Guy
Ironman Red Lazer Iceman /100

[Scottish Punk]

The art itself is not really that important anymore. It's all about the parallel number.



So, just like the sports card market. Ever increasing parallels and manufacturerd scarcity.

[Chrominator]

Got my sole blaster today.

Refractors of Cadet Marvel and Omega
Yellow Lava of Ikaris and Strong Guy
Ironman Red Lazer Iceman /100

This^ sounds cool...

[bub838]

Opened a couple blasters today, nothing of note except the quality of the cards really is outstanding, like Merlin and Japanese Topps Chrome NPB. These were definitely printed in Italy.

[PurplesaurusRex]

So, just like the sports card market. Ever increasing parallels and manufacturerd scarcity.


Yep, makes me want to stop buying new boxes all together haha. That 50 years shadowbox posted above looks great, but it's not something I need right this instant.

[glorbgorb]

My pc character has a base card. That means there are, by my count, 23 cards to chase.

And out of those there are two /10s, three /5s, and two 1/1s. It's almost as bad as Leaf at this point.

[premium1981]

So, just like the sports card market. Ever increasing parallels and manufacturerd scarcity.

All sections of the card world has exploded with growth and popularity. If they didn’t increases parallels and print runs a box would cost $2,000. Then you would complain they didn’t make enough and boxes cost too much. Which way do you prefer it? Or do you want to live in fantasy land where all boxes are cheap and all contents are amazing? That doesn’t exist and never will.

[Scottish Punk]

All sections of the card world has exploded with growth and popularity. If they didn’t increases parallels and print runs a box would cost $2,000. Then you would complain they didn’t make enough and boxes cost too much. Which way do you prefer it? Or do you want to live in fantasy land where all boxes are cheap and all contents are amazing? That doesn’t exist and never will.

Nope, you can cut down on the parallels and increase the print runs and just make them harder to hit. Yes, you will get more complaints of not having less "hits" in the box. Box prices aren't going to be cheap no matter what anymore, unless a total crash of the market. Breakers are going to keep boxes inflated for the foreseeable future anyways. Also, 95% stuff isn't going to be worth much long term anyways in either scenario. The one positive about all the parallels, we get more choices to collect. There is a tipping point though, when somebody is presented too many choices, it is actually a detriment and turnoff.

[unreal13]

Spider-man Indestructible I-1 Red Lazer /5 just sold for $7,500

[finfangfan]

Topps seems to be doing really well with the Marvel license so far. I wonder how long it will take for things to cool down?

I also want to see how extensive their auto list is for something like the Fantastic Four movie set (assuming that movie does well). I thinj the actor autos in something like that could explode with the sports guys that are new to opening Marvel since Topps took over.

[IndySportsCards]

Dang!

From a sealed case?

I have no idea, just bought a couple off the shelf. I assume they came in a sealed case.

[eldavojohn]

Topps seems to be doing really well with the Marvel license so far. I wonder how long it will take for things to cool down?

I would offer up the explanation that they are doing "okay" on the grounds that Marvel Card collectors seem to thirst for a set at some given rate higher than DC but lower than Baseball. Probably on par with Star Wars?

My point is, they seem to be pretty restrained on releases which is an easy path to success with such a demand. Even when UD went nuts and released sets too close to other sets ... what was it Gems in 2016 and Women of Marvel in 2024? Or in general too many sets like that, they landed poorly but strangely eventually found some value. Sure, the Shang Chi set was DOA and should remain DOA but ... let's hold the accolades until Topps is forced to release Wandavision Season 2 one month after Antman & The Wasp: The Hungry Caterpillar.

[glorbgorb]

Well, I think the difference is Topps bros will buy anything looking for those SuperFractors, so they will buy up whatever actual Marvel collectors will leave behind from the MCU stuff that (likely) won't do as well.

[finfangfan]

Yeah… I don’t know if they are being restrained or it is just taking a while to get things up and running after the acquisition of the Marvel license. UD has been slow cranking out DC products too, so it could just be the calm before the storm for both properties with new companies.

[unreal13]

I pulled an Orange Lava Moon Knight /25 and an Iron Fist black /10 out of blasters.

Really nice, love hearing about hits like that out of blasters. 3 out of my 4 blasters had a #'d card, one being an Orange Lava Samurai Venom /25.

[eldavojohn]

Yeah… I don’t know if they are being restrained or it is just taking a while to get things up and running after the acquisition of the Marvel license. UD has been slow cranking out DC products too, so it could just be the calm before the storm for both properties with new companies.

Well I work for a very large retailer and while UD's Series One/Series Two efforts were pretty terrible, I would stay far far away from any DC offerings from UD ... if DC Annual is any indicator of how things are going to go down. I used to really enjoy picking up a few blasters of Marvel Annual despite not even being a real hardcore Marvel reader ... the blue mirror parallels always looked nice -- if there were a few manufacturing defects.

For Topps the real question is: What will be the replacements for PMGs?

[glorbgorb]

For Topps the real question is: What will be the replacements for PMGs?

They have the SuperFractor. That takes care of mutiple levels of PMG, if you ask me (only bolstered by the Topps breakers), what with the 22 parallels.

I do wonder, though, if that's why 2025 Chrome has the weird (in my opinion) Clawed Chrome parallels. Maybe that's their answer? While PMGs were generally base set parallels, they were almost a parallel subset on their own.

[eldavojohn]

They have the SuperFractor. That takes care of mutiple levels of PMG, if you ask me (only bolstered by the Topps breakers), what with the 22 parallels.

I do wonder, though, if that's why 2025 Chrome has the weird (in my opinion) Clawed Chrome parallels. Maybe that's their answer? While PMGs were generally base set parallels, they were almost a parallel subset on their own.

Yeah, that's true. The thing is that I chased PMGs back in like 2015 ... it was fun. No way I'm chasing a superfractor -- other people can lose their shirts over that impossibility.

To better rephrase the question: Will a running concept arise that will fill that weirdly popular slot that PMGs filled? I'm sure Topps is ready to say "oh yeah, we got that covered, people are going to _love_ the wolvie slash cards and that's PMG". But what I'm curious about is will the secondary adopt something as the fun new PMG?

The Clawed Chrome parallels feel closer to a Jambalaya than PMG to me ... but only time will tell how they shake out. I have yet to hold one in hand so my opinion ain't worth much right now.

[chrispy987]

Won the EQL on fanatics. Just received this e-mail. Ouch. They literally were able to decide how many to make available for the drop.

We're sorry, unfortunately the item shown below that you recently ordered, is out of stock. We've removed this item from your order and issued a refund of $317.99. We will credit the payment method you used to make your purchase. For gift card payments, you will be emailed a new electronic gift card within 24 hours.

[premium1981]

Nope, you can cut down on the parallels and increase the print runs and just make them harder to hit. Yes, you will get more complaints of not having less "hits" in the box. Box prices aren't going to be cheap no matter what anymore, unless a total crash of the market. Breakers are going to keep boxes inflated for the foreseeable future anyways. Also, 95% stuff isn't going to be worth much long term anyways in either scenario. The one positive about all the parallels, we get more choices to collect. There is a tipping point though, when somebody is presented too many choices, it is actually a detriment and turnoff.

So you solution is to make fewer hits while boxes remain expensive? How does that make anything better? There are two parts to value. Cost and contents. You are making one worse and it doesn’t change the other. Not a lot of sense making going on in that scenario.

[finfangfan]

Won the EQL on fanatics. Just received this e-mail. Ouch. They literally were able to decide how many to make available for the drop.

We're sorry, unfortunately the item shown below that you recently ordered, is out of stock. We've removed this item from your order and issued a refund of $317.99. We will credit the payment method you used to make your purchase. For gift card payments, you will be emailed a new electronic gift card within 24 hours.

Wow… that’s lousy. Looks like one of the deeper pockets made Topps a bigger offer to get more product.

[eldavojohn]

Won the EQL on fanatics. Just received this e-mail. Ouch. They literally were able to decide how many to make available for the drop.

We're sorry, unfortunately the item shown below that you recently ordered, is out of stock. We've removed this item from your order and issued a refund of $317.99. We will credit the payment method you used to make your purchase. For gift card payments, you will be emailed a new electronic gift card within 24 hours.

I always say "nothing will surprise me with fanatics" but ... wow. They're basically a Seinfeld bit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2GmGSNvaM) now.

[unreal13]

A few of my nicer hits that have come in so far

https://i.ibb.co/Swg23Cs2/20250625-114223-1.jpg (https://ibb.co/DfFNR2VN)

[finfangfan]

That one has a big scratch in it! ��

[Brobocop]

A few of my nicer hits that have come in so far

https://i.ibb.co/YBpFwxK6/20250625-114223.jpg (https://ibb.co/ZzWp70w3)

Please grade that claw parallel, I would love to know how they grade the surface.

[nabzy28]

Won the EQL on fanatics. Just received this e-mail. Ouch. They literally were able to decide how many to make available for the drop.

We're sorry, unfortunately the item shown below that you recently ordered, is out of stock. We've removed this item from your order and issued a refund of $317.99. We will credit the payment method you used to make your purchase. For gift card payments, you will be emailed a new electronic gift card within 24 hours.

I would have to venture a guess, from the opportunistic business/strategic planning side of myself - if I were them, I'd absolutely be putting aside a percentage of every product run they make. Let this stuff marinate for years in a vault. Start releasing a case here and there, years from now, at whatever the 'local card shop' (owned by Brady/Fanatics/Dick's/whoever) at heavily attended in-shop exclusive drops. Capture all that growth and plaster it all over your social media. Hire me, Fanatics. We'll 20x this.

[unreal13]

Such a cool looking card in person

https://i.ibb.co/3yvFR978/20250626-104139-1-1.png (https://ibb.co/nsB1PNbV)
https://i.ibb.co/5W8wkhzg/20250626-104410-1.png (https://ibb.co/3yNQvm89)


Please grade that claw parallel, I would love to know how they grade the surface.

I'll see what I can do :D

[cdizz]

My son stopped by Gamestop and they had Marvel blasters for $30, so of course we had to rip. First one produced this guy.

565421

Against my better judgement, ripped a hobby box and was surprised with a clawed /10, these cards really are super nice in hand.

565422

[chris_ac]

Ventured into a full case group break PYC for 1/5 the price of a box and walked away with a parallel. High #'d but at least it's a parallel that matches the character:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54626043516_ceea7fa11c_n.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2re7KAu)

[eldavojohn]

Ventured into a full case group break PYC for 1/5 the price of a box and walked away with a parallel. High #'d but at least it's a parallel that matches the character:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54626043516_ceea7fa11c_n.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2re7KAu)

Congrats! I luckily got 4 blasters from a big box retailer online late night restock and they arrived last weekend. I cracked them and hit this which I listed on ebay and it sold in a few hours, really surprised at how much these are commanding:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/F1QAAeSwyY9oYEtM/s-l1600.webp

[LittleJimmies]

Congrats! I luckily got 4 blasters from a big box retailer online late night restock and they arrived last weekend. I cracked them and hit this which I listed on ebay and it sold in a few hours, really surprised at how much these are commanding:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/F1QAAeSwyY9oYEtM/s-l1600.webp

Very cool card, but a /399 parallel going for $180 is truly absurd. Great to be able to hit a card like that, sell it, and then just pick it up down the road for $25.

[eldavojohn]

Very cool card, but a /399 parallel going for $180 is truly absurd. Great to be able to hit a card like that, sell it, and then just pick it up down the road for $25.

I don't think it will ever get down to $25 ... maybe $50. I think that people are overvaluing these color/web match parallels. So being the first card on the checklist + spider man + web parallel ... well, some folks think that will make it an iconic card. Maybe, idk, that's for them to decide.

Is it absurd? Sure, the hobby's been absurd for like five years now though ... at some point it's the new normal.

[LittleJimmies]

I don't think it will ever get down to $25 ... maybe $50. I think that people are overvaluing these color/web match parallels. So being the first card on the checklist + spider man + web parallel ... well, some folks think that will make it an iconic card. Maybe, idk, that's for them to decide.

Is it absurd? Sure, the hobby's been absurd for like five years now though ... at some point it's the new normal.

Non-sports hasn't been absurd like this though, this is the new Fanaticsized non-sports world. Spider-man /399 parallels from Marvel Platinum, one of the best Marvel sets ever, go for $5-10 shipped. This is manufactured hype and FOMO to the n'th degree.

[YayNJ]

I don't think it will ever get down to $25 ... maybe $50. I think that people are overvaluing these color/web match parallels. So being the first card on the checklist + spider man + web parallel ... well, some folks think that will make it an iconic card. Maybe, idk, that's for them to decide.

Is it absurd? Sure, the hobby's been absurd for like five years now though ... at some point it's the new normal.

even $50 bucks for /399

anyone entertaining this nonsense needs smashing round the face with a large fish.

[Chrominator]

even $50 bucks for /399

anyone entertaining this nonsense needs smashing round the face with a large fish.

if only this was on epack, then we'd know right away 🤣

[blackandgold]

Are the blasters worth picking up?

[Chrominator]

Are the blasters worth picking up?

Yeah, I'd say so. Have you seen some in the wild?

[unreal13]

Ventured into a full case group break PYC for 1/5 the price of a box and walked away with a parallel. High #'d but at least it's a parallel that matches the character:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54626043516_ceea7fa11c_n.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2re7KAu)

Nice man, hit a couple #'d Miles myself

https://i.ibb.co/YBXXjc8T/20250701-155453.jpg (https://ibb.co/r233yxMf)


Are the blasters worth picking up?

If you can get them for $30 at GameStop or snipe an online restock at Target then I'd say go for it. I get why people would pass at $50+.

I've watched 3 cases of blasters opened and have opened another half case myself. So far 23-25 boxes out of 40 contained a hit on all 3 full cases. 18-20 of the hits were numbered /199 or higher with the majority being /399. 2 of the 3 cases contained a Galactic Legends and 1 orange lava /25 and the other case just had 2 orange lavas. All 3 cases had a /10 and 1 case had an auto.

Maybe too much info, but basically if you hit a Galactic Legends, auto, orange lava or anything numbered /100 or less out of a couple blasters then you did way better than average. Your average blaster is either going to have nothing at all or maybe a /399.