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Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan
Doesn’t seem likely that the guy Fanatics has in the charge of cards, leading the market into the future and all that BS, is going to want to make his mark by buying the already established name brands and continue doing exactly what they’ve been doing. He seems like someone with a big ego who is going to want to leave his mark.
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Yup, I also would be really curious what topps margin is by product. I can see F making maybe a base product for the masses and then focusing on lots of high end stuff that they sell direct. We already see topps doing this with topps now autos and relics, not that I would consider that high end, the focus being on the direct part.
What if F treats it more like memorabilia. It seems obvious that they would want the distributors cut, what if they also try for the secondary market cut. Instead of selling packs with a 1 of 1 Tatis laundry tag auto in it, sell it direct for 50k. What if you don't do base/chrome/sapphire for example and just make sapphire and sell it direct for 1k a box.
Again, I'm just spit balling here, but I would think they see the growth and opportunity in the very high end. If anything that's the one area that topps still underserves, their patch cards are pretty subpar. What do we really get other than transcendent which is just an auto card in a cheap frame. I think F will make a lot of stuff well outside most people's price range. They're coming from a world where its all about showing off and hyping what you got. The question is how much will they bother to make at other price points, i.e. is it worth it to set up all the manufacturing.