2020 Topps NOW

[tolrobb]

The Braves auto set seems like a no brainer even if you don't have a coupon. I picked up a Cubs one too, can't really go wrong on the auto and I have these coupons to use.

[prodigylush]

Just received my (20) Luis Robert Card #177 and received my first ever numbered version: blue /49. Very pleased.

[Skodie1]

Originally Posted by okumeister

I hope Marlins make it to the Postseason.
I doubt they will have an auto set, but even a base set would be enough.

Definitely agreed that would be awesome as hell. Also I wonder if it will sell even less than the Opening Day set of 34.

[cj828282]

I can't believe that the leading candidate for the NL ROY has not one TN card this season. Can't tell if Cronenworth is a call up or RC but it appears he is a call up. He has no cards at all this year that I can find except digital.

[Gamecock]

I bought 4 Cubs and 4 Braves in hopes to get all the autos. Was thinking this was going to be Pache's first Now Auto but i forgot about the call up card last month. Oh well. Got a ton of points ready for post season autos if these teams make a run.

[Fsegaud]

Originally Posted by Skodie1

Definitely agreed that would be awesome as hell. Also I wonder if it will sell even less than the Opening Day set of 34.

If they clinch a spot during the weekend and have no autographs, it could be low due to such a short window to purchase. But I think Sixto Sanchez will help boost the PR as I expect him in the set if they make it.

[tolrobb]

Originally Posted by Gamecock

I bought 4 Cubs and 4 Braves in hopes to get all the autos. Was thinking this was going to be Pache's first Now Auto but i forgot about the call up card last month. Oh well. Got a ton of points ready for post season autos if these teams make a run.

Each team only has 2 auto possibilities, I think if you buy 2 you are guaranteed both.

[Gamecock]

Originally Posted by tolrobb

Each team only has 2 auto possibilities, I think if you buy 2 you are guaranteed both.

Crap. I miss read that. I though you had to buy 2 to guarantee one. Welp, maybe ill have some color to move...

[Vegemight]

Originally Posted by cj828282

I can't believe that the leading candidate for the NL ROY has not one TN card this season. Can't tell if Cronenworth is a call up or RC but it appears he is a call up. He has no cards at all this year that I can find except digital.

Well, the post season sets do have the "Subject List *subject to change*" wording, so perhaps we will see someone booted from the current list (?Clevinger if his biceps keeps him out of the post season) to make way for Cronenworth?

Surely Topps wouldn't pass up the opportunity to sell a few more Padres sets?

[Middies31985]

Bummed there is no auto set for the Indians.

I'm new this year to Topps Now... I've been receiving them and I am shocked by the quality of the cards. Are these worth grading? Received my 10 Roberts today and thought nearly every one would grade a 10. I've always wanted a black label and that might be the easiest way lol.

[Vegemight]

Originally Posted by Middies31985

Bummed there is no auto set for the Indians.

I'm new this year to Topps Now... I've been receiving them and I am shocked by the quality of the cards. Are these worth grading? Received my 10 Roberts today and thought nearly every one would grade a 10. I've always wanted a black label and that might be the easiest way lol.

If you like the cards, and are a fan of the protection that grading provides then go ahead, but if you think you are going to list them on Ebay and buy a new car with the proceeds I'd suggest holding off.

The baseball market is heavily tilted towards, and invested in, the pack released Bowman and Topps 'flagship' products, including the Chrome releases.

Topps Now remains a semi-niche product that has some keen devotees, and also many critics. Prices for the 'base' Now cards do not reach the level of the mainstream products, despite the number of cards printed being substantially less.

For example, a PSA 10 Mike Trout 2017 Topps Chrome White Jersey Refractor recently sold for $124.99. There are 222 of these that have been graded PSA 10.

A PSA 10 2017 Topps Now #146 Mike Trout 'Youngest to 150 HRs' card sold for $29.99. This card has a total print run of 1,222, and 46 have been graded, with 40 achieving a PSA 10.

A PSA 10 Mike Trout 2016 Topps Chrome 'Jumping' Refractor sold for $136. There are 180 of these graded PSA 10.

A 2016 Topps Now Off-Season 'MVP award' card (OS31A) sold for $15.39. This card had a print run of 1,488, with 23 PSA 10s out of 26 graded.

I know this is a cherry picked small sample size, but I doubt you will find many (or any) exceptions to this pricing reality - Flagship & Chrome >> Topps Now.

[quackhead]

Originally Posted by Vegemight

Well, the post season sets do have the "Subject List *subject to change*" wording, so perhaps we will see someone booted from the current list (?Clevinger if his biceps keeps him out of the post season) to make way for Cronenworth?

Surely Topps wouldn't pass up the opportunity to sell a few more Padres sets?

I totally missed the "subject to change" part. You are right, if they can switch out someone like Nola auto for Cronenworth auto, that set would sell out easily.

[yotaro4444]

Postseason Team Set...Estimating the remaining sales period, it seems that 2 players will be offered to Auto Subject in the future. Similar to ATL and CHC.

[Platman]

Originally Posted by Middies31985

Bummed there is no auto set for the Indians.

I'm new this year to Topps Now... I've been receiving them and I am shocked by the quality of the cards. Are these worth grading? Received my 10 Roberts today and thought nearly every one would grade a 10. I've always wanted a black label and that might be the easiest way lol.

The Tribe has had good fortune and that translated to a lot of Indians Topps opportunities in past years. So much so it appears they are kinda signed out. Which is a shame, but lemonade from the lack of sigs is once the Tribe advances in the playoffs at that point you'll start to see sigs and relics.

So right now you can save cash and wait for really meaningful cards. Not to say I haven't bought one per team for this odd 2020 Season, but I didn't have to go deep on cards so soon in postseason.

For some, sales is a big part of this, but good for them if that's how they spend their time. Nice to enjoy a card for what it is instead of having to dish off metrics like they are trying to justify themselves on Shark Tank. Go Tribe!

[hzw5wi]

Trying to get some parallels of a single card up now. I wonder if it makes more sense to place multiple orders instead of taking e.g. a 20 card bundle. If I hit parallels in the past, it was max. one card regardless if I bought a 5/10/20 bundle. Any other guesses?

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by cj828282

I can't believe that the leading candidate for the NL ROY has not one TN card this season. Can't tell if Cronenworth is a call up or RC but it appears he is a call up. He has no cards at all this year that I can find except digital.

They don't have his rights...a lot of Call Up this year are like that. Blame it on the pandemic.

[okumeister]

Originally Posted by hzw5wi

Trying to get some parallels of a single card up now. I wonder if it makes more sense to place multiple orders instead of taking e.g. a 20 card bundle. If I hit parallels in the past, it was max. one card regardless if I bought a 5/10/20 bundle. Any other guesses?

I've had 5 card bundle with 2 parallels, while some 20 card bundles with zero or just 1 parallel.
It's very random, and I'd say that your chances should still be higher by buying the 20 card bundle, though with the $50 difference between 5 card bundle and 20 card bundle, you might be able to pick up few singles of such parallels on eBay instead.

[eldavojohn]

Originally Posted by okumeister

I've had 5 card bundle with 2 parallels, while some 20 card bundles with zero or just 1 parallel.
It's very random ...

Yeah I mean it's almost like they're doing what they could never ever do with packs: actual random insertion.

I've gotten three purple parallels of 6k+ PRs from Luis Robert from buying about 300 cards.

I bought one 20 pack of nelson cruz and hit the 1/1 as well as seven other parallels. Print run has A LOT to do with it, as it should.

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by hzw5wi

Trying to get some parallels of a single card up now. I wonder if it makes more sense to place multiple orders instead of taking e.g. a 20 card bundle. If I hit parallels in the past, it was max. one card regardless if I bought a 5/10/20 bundle. Any other guesses?

I posed this question on facebook (a project 2020 page guy got 4 #151's including the 1/1 and the /5 on a 20 card buy). I bought 160 in two buys the 100 buy got 5 parallels a /10, 2 /25's and 2 /49's the 60 lot got 2 /25's and 2 /49's My 100 buys on Trout were worse by far...

I though it odd but not impossible that I didn't get any of the lower numbered ones besides the 10 (so I am not complaining), just found it crazy lucky for the guy buying a 20 lot to get what he got on a big (1648) print run card.
I bough just shy of 10% of the PR and got just under 10% of the parallels (9) so the odds do seem to work. Just not the lower numbers...buying 20 of all since the beginning I've gotten a fair number of lower ones but the blues I'm swamped with them...except for the big cards. I get shut out on then regularly like every one else.

I'd say buy early and often on a card you want some low numbers on but even that isn't promising you much. It does seem to be done computerized by order numbers.

[richo]

I bought 10 Nick Madrigal Call up, circa 1300 PR. Got 2 parallels, 1 blue and 1 purple. Went in for another 10 of the White Sox hitting back to back HRs, circa 800 print run, just 1 blue. Think it’s luck of the draw.

[eldavojohn]

Originally Posted by joejoemay

I though it odd but not impossible that I didn't get any of the lower numbered ones besides the 10 (so I am not complaining), just found it crazy lucky for the guy buying a 20 lot to get what he got on a big (1648) print run card.

You also must remember that on the forums, people self select their reporting. Someone buying only twenty cards and hitting five parallels may seem unlikely. But if you distribute 199 parallels randomly, surely one group of twenty will more often than not get that lopsided allocation. What you're not seeing are the twenty card lots that got NO parallels. If I filled out a post on here for ever lot of 20 Luis Robert cards I got without a parallel, there'd be 12 posts of me going "Whomp whomp no parallel" ... and someone hitting three parallels wouldn't seem that odd -- you'd see me without parallels.

It may seem odd but it's not given our self selection in reporting to each other as collectors.

[hzw5wi]

Originally Posted by joejoemay

I'd say buy early and often on a card you want some low numbers on but even that isn't promising you much. It does seem to be done computerized by order numbers.

Thank you all for sharing. I haven't thought about timing at all. I'll consider next time. For today, its too late with a remainder of 15 min. I only placed 1 order early, the others a few minutes ago. I went with multiple orders and all options. 5/10/20 and the multi card bundle (bc of the checklist). Hope I got the base sold close to cost and hope to get 4-5 parallels. I expect the print run to be at 400-600.

[VinnyH]

I ordered 100 Robert #177 and the invoice has two sections, one shows 99 cards and the other shows 1 with 19/25 written in. Not bad but seems like packers decide what orders get parallels. I guess that sounds random but frankly I had figured on maybe 2 parallels out of the 100. (PR is high at 4K+)
Not complaining, happy to get the 19/25 but posting to show it’s not totally random. I also thought I’d get 5 20 card boxes like the smaller orders I’ve gotten in the past. Got 3 with 25, 1 with 24, and a separate box with the 19/25.
Packers are in charge,
Vinny
PS: sold 80 so the rest are pretty much profit

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by eldavojohn

You also must remember that on the forums, people self select their reporting. Someone buying only twenty cards and hitting five parallels may seem unlikely. But if you distribute 199 parallels randomly, surely one group of twenty will more often than not get that lopsided allocation. What you're not seeing are the twenty card lots that got NO parallels. If I filled out a post on here for ever lot of 20 Luis Robert cards I got without a parallel, there'd be 12 posts of me going "Whomp whomp no parallel" ... and someone hitting three parallels wouldn't seem that odd -- you'd see me without parallels.

It may seem odd but it's not given our self selection in reporting to each other as collectors.

I bought 100 of the Luis all at once and got 1 /49 I get there are plenty out there with 20 card buys with no parallels. Just trying to hammer down if there is a best time and quantity to buy is all...I think going with the 5 buys of 20 vs 100 in a lot might yield better results, but as you said I could have just got 5 shipments with no parallels. I'm not upset by how it's going, I'm doing well enough but that guys hit (a 1/1 and 1/5 with two others in a 20 buy) is crazy lucky.

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by VinnyH

I ordered 100 Robert #177 and the invoice has two sections, one shows 99 cards and the other shows 1 with 19/25 written in. Not bad but seems like packers decide what orders get parallels. I guess that sounds random but frankly I had figured on maybe 2 parallels out of the 100. (PR is high at 4K+)
Not complaining, happy to get the 19/25 but posting to show it’s not totally random. I also thought I’d get 5 20 card boxes like the smaller orders I’ve gotten in the past. Got 3 with 25, 1 with 24, and a separate box with the 19/25.
Packers are in charge,
Vinny
PS: sold 80 so the rest are pretty much profit

My packing lists are combined on most...though some of the larger orders 100 of a single card come like you say. Either way, I love the parallels...they have changed this up quite a bit and with base cards having 90 less cards it has made some base cards very scarce very quick...actually sold a non-Faucci for over $100 today. Topps Now is looking like the cash cow I always said it would be...and even if it ain't I still love collecting them.