Did Upper Deck, Topps and Panini miss out on Olympic "Instant" cards?

Archangel1775 · 02-20-2022, 04:58 AM

Watching these Olympics made me want to see what was available for some of the important moments in these Winter Olympics. Surprisingly there is nothing out there from the main manufacturers, at least in the "Instant" moments. I wonder if the Olympics(IOC) themselves is to blame(expensive licensing) or manufacturers just weren't interested. Seems like easy money to me.

If anyone knows of any, please post.

cj828282 · 02-20-2022, 10:33 AM

Could have missed a potential market for these cards. Might have been bad timing with the Fanatics purchase and current supply chain and printing issues. Missed out on a lot of RCs!

SethMurphy · 02-23-2022, 10:37 PM

If Topps still has the licensing for these athletes they missed a huge boat without Topps Now cards. Just the cards would have sold well but if they could have added some autos like they do with baseball or certain events or athletes they would have been big. Without a base hobby release Topps now would have been really sought after I’m sure

02-20-2022, 04:58 AM	#1
Archangel1775 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cali baby! Posts: 21,506	Did Upper Deck, Topps and Panini miss out on Olympic "Instant" cards? Watching these Olympics made me want to see what was available for some of the important moments in these Winter Olympics. Surprisingly there is nothing out there from the main manufacturers, at least in the "Instant" moments. I wonder if the Olympics(IOC) themselves is to blame(expensive licensing) or manufacturers just weren't interested. Seems like easy money to me. If anyone knows of any, please post. __________________ *There are the intangibles that set someone apart from the pack.So the blur isn't your inability to see his greatness, it's merely the inability to measure it.*

02-23-2022, 10:37 PM	#3
SethMurphy Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Centerville/Erie, PA Posts: 19,408 smurf_8 sethmurphy	If Topps still has the licensing for these athletes they missed a huge boat without Topps Now cards. Just the cards would have sold well but if they could have added some autos like they do with baseball or certain events or athletes they would have been big. Without a base hobby release Topps now would have been really sought after I’m sure __________________ Twitter - @seth_murphy8 PCs - Ryan Callahan, Reggie Lewis, Funko Pops (a little), a few other things that catch my eye

02-20-2022, 10:33 AM	#2
cj828282 Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 13,966	Could have missed a potential market for these cards. Might have been bad timing with the Fanatics purchase and current supply chain and printing issues. Missed out on a lot of RCs!