First Buzz: 2025-26 Topps Finest basketball cards
 

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Will pricing be in line with Chrome, or do we expect it to come in a bit lower since most seem to see Chrome as a tier higher?

Anyways. To me, ifs not finest if it doesn’t have the cello peel lol.

Classic designs.

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Just more AI slop. All of these releases look the same.

Awful.

[QUOTE=dinodino;20152701]Will pricing be in line with Chrome, or do we expect it to come in a bit lower since most seem to see Chrome as a tier higher?

Anyways. To me, ifs not finest if it doesn’t have the cello peel lol.[/QUOTE]

In baseball they price Finest right between Flagship Chrome hobby and jumbos. So baseball this year was 200/400 for chrome and $300 for Finest.

That would put basketball Finest in the $500ish range, but with the way the market is going, who knows.

[QUOTE=dinodino;20152701]Will pricing be in line with Chrome, or do we expect it to come in a bit lower since most seem to see Chrome as a tier higher?

Anyways. To me, ifs not finest if it doesn’t have the cello peel lol.[/QUOTE]

Lower than chrome.

Still way too high for any individual to open for fun.

Hahaha they realized to not promote the base card design because it is absolutely awful, a few of those inserts are decent, but overall a really, really poor effort on Finest...unfortunate. But hopefully Topps Chrome singles will go down a bit once this releases and I can stay focused there...

Why can't this company make nice looking cards? This is some type of social experiment to see how hideous they can make a product and still sell out.

[QUOTE=PrinceVegeta;20152973]Why can't this company make nice looking cards? This is some type of social experiment to see how hideous they can make a product and still sell out.[/QUOTE]

Appears so.

They either rehash old designs or let Grok make new ones.

It's probably been stated before but it doesn't matter who's making the cards, the dissatisfiers are the same. Mostly because it will sell regardless...

Is that a Tatum Die Cut? Hope the price of these won’t be astronomical like Topps Chrome.

[QUOTE=spurs50fan;20153000]It's probably been stated before but it doesn't matter who's making the cards, the dissatisfiers are the same. Mostly because it will sell regardless...[/QUOTE]

No one ever said no to free money!

Sincerely,

Box flippa bois

Over under 1000 a box ?

Looks just as bad as Midnight and Three. God help us all.

All the designs are so damn busy! Awful execution :(

[QUOTE=kyle1707;20153294]Over under 1000 a box ?[/QUOTE]



under but limit 2 boxes and you will have to fight to get those :rolleyes:

And here I was hoping for 1995-96 Tribute designs or at least cards with the finest coating.

[QUOTE=hobbytime;20153450]And here I was hoping for 1995-96 Tribute designs or at least cards with the finest coating.[/QUOTE]

wait for finest flashbacks, bet that’s next

Some of these design look like a middle-school art project.

[QUOTE=glassofwater;20153453]wait for finest flashbacks, bet that’s next[/QUOTE]

Following this in Baseball since 2020 when they started this. If basketball has this, the collectors especially the older fans who collected then, will eat that product up.

[QUOTE=glassofwater;20153453]wait for finest flashbacks, bet that’s next[/QUOTE]

Start with 93-94 and on. Would be nice!

[QUOTE=jprk31;20153010]Is that a Tatum Die Cut? Hope the price of these won’t be astronomical like Topps Chrome.[/QUOTE]

Psa 4 if they're die cuts. The design looks horrible and nothing like finest. Kind of makes you appreciate topps chrome more.

[QUOTE=mikejones;20153702]Psa 4 if they're die cuts. The design looks horrible and nothing like finest. Kind of makes you appreciate topps chrome more.[/QUOTE]

Topps chrome will be the best looking product for the rest of the year’s releases.

The designs for their unlicensed stuff last couple years were pretty mediocre. Hope was they'd improve & honestly they seemed to in some insert sets in Topps & Topps Chrome. We'll see how these look in person - mock ups always look bad.

I see they've been putting the new Gemini model to work, along with the one immigrant they hired to code out these new designs.

God, words cannot describe how much I absolutely HATE this company