First Buzz: 2023 Topps Chrome MLB cards (will update) ... TacoFractors on the way! - Page 21

slogue2 · 07-26-2023, 02:42 PM

So I think the mini diamond rookie autos in Breaker's Delight SKU are out of 23 or 24. Helps that they are only found in that format and makes the calculation a bit easier. Wish they'd just serial number it to take out the guesswork, but such is life. Based on calcs below:

Legend SuperfractorAutos (Breaker's Delight Exclusive) - 1:859 boxes/packs. 14 subjects. 12,026 total packs/boxes. That puts Rookie Auto Mini Diamond (129 players assuming it follows normal rookie auto subject list. That's a BIG assumption for calc purposes) at 23.3 with them falling 1:4 boxes/packs.

Youthquake Superfractor (Breaker's Delight Exclusive) - 1:246 boxes/packs. 50 subjects. 12,300 total packs/boxes. That puts the Rookie Auto Mini Diamond of 23.83 per player.

crownand · 07-26-2023, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BayAreaChris

Back now at $150. Up from $135. Dang!

Hah! You lose!! Hah hah!

DJP73 · 07-26-2023, 03:01 PM

Anyone have link for mega boxes. Thanks

rentz · 07-26-2023, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DJP73

Anyone have link for mega boxes. Thanks

fantatics has them but says preorder 60bucks

Jwax13 · 07-26-2023, 04:46 PM

One #d card and a $5 auto in my hobby box. Topps Chrome is back baby!

Whodatdog · 07-26-2023, 05:31 PM

Well, i stopped at my LCS to get a hobby box or 2, but with them charging just shy of $200, nahhh, i aint doing it.

Stech36 · 07-26-2023, 05:32 PM

Bought a hobby and jumbo… very good reminder that Topps chrome is brutal.

At least the quality is much better this year.

crownand · 07-26-2023, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by stech36

bought a hobby and jumbo… very good reminder that topps chrome is brutal.

prepare for slaughter!

DeegsHobby · 07-26-2023, 05:37 PM

Feel like I've seen some steals on singles of top rookies like Carrol, Henderson, Walker, Jung, Yoshida so far.

Always fun to see what goes on with the new release and how high or low sellers price stuff at.

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no10pin · 07-26-2023, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DeegsHobby

Feel like I've seen some steals on singles of top rookies like Carrol, Henderson, Walker, Jung, Yoshida so far.

Always fun to see what goes on with the new release and how high or low sellers price stuff at.

Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

The problem is, we won't know for awhile how many different products those base cards are going to appear in. I think there's more 2022 Topps Chrome Wander RCs than there are 89 Upper Deck Griffeys.

Funkster · 07-26-2023, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by slogue2

So I think the mini diamond rookie autos in Breaker's Delight SKU are out of 23 or 24. Helps that they are only found in that format and makes the calculation a bit easier. Wish they'd just serial number it to take out the guesswork, but such is life. Based on calcs below:

Legend SuperfractorAutos (Breaker's Delight Exclusive) - 1:859 boxes/packs. 14 subjects. 12,026 total packs/boxes. That puts Rookie Auto Mini Diamond (129 players assuming it follows normal rookie auto subject list. That's a BIG assumption for calc purposes) at 23.3 with them falling 1:4 boxes/packs.

Youthquake Superfractor (Breaker's Delight Exclusive) - 1:246 boxes/packs. 50 subjects. 12,300 total packs/boxes. That puts the Rookie Auto Mini Diamond of 23.83 per player.

Who is ripping the breakers delight? Didnt even look like Layton was.

slogue2 · 07-26-2023, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Funkster

Who is ripping the breakers delight? Didnt even look like Layton was.

A few different folks on Loupe were doing case breaks and selling personal boxes. OPC_baseball being the one I was buying my personals from.

Greenbee · 07-26-2023, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by slogue2

So I think the mini diamond rookie autos in Breaker's Delight SKU are out of 23 or 24. Helps that they are only found in that format and makes the calculation a bit easier. Wish they'd just serial number it to take out the guesswork, but such is life. Based on calcs below:

Legend SuperfractorAutos (Breaker's Delight Exclusive) - 1:859 boxes/packs. 14 subjects. 12,026 total packs/boxes. That puts Rookie Auto Mini Diamond (129 players assuming it follows normal rookie auto subject list. That's a BIG assumption for calc purposes) at 23.3 with them falling 1:4 boxes/packs.

Youthquake Superfractor (Breaker's Delight Exclusive) - 1:246 boxes/packs. 50 subjects. 12,300 total packs/boxes. That puts the Rookie Auto Mini Diamond of 23.83 per player.

Are you saying mini diamonds are short printed to 23 or 24? I just hit a Volpe auto mini diamond out of a breakers delight box.

slogue2 · 07-26-2023, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Greenbee

Are you saying mini diamonds are short printed to 23 or 24? I just hit a Volpe auto mini diamond out of a breakers delight box.

23 or 24 hinges on the MAJOR ASSUMPTION that all 129 rookies signed their Mini Diamond cards and are part of that checklist. I watched a bunch of those boxes ripped this morning and saw a ton of not so highly sought after names with Mini Diamond autos, so I don’t feel awful about making the assumption that that parallel’s checklist mirrors the full rookie auto checklist.

Frankp2311 · 07-26-2023, 06:42 PM

Any opinion on hobby vs jumbos yet?

csokn · 07-26-2023, 07:11 PM

My jumbo box. Not pictured are probably $60 in Ohtani buybacks.

NHRonin · 07-26-2023, 07:15 PM

Bought one hobby for $135.

Harper refractor out of 75. Spencer Street regular auto. None of the big name rookies even in a regular card.

h00perstar34 · 07-26-2023, 07:48 PM

FYI bjs has $100 fanatics giftcards on sale for $70 in stores. Will go a long way to making chrome buys more manageable!!!!

You’ll have to wait a week or more to get them, but at least you’ll save a few Hundo!

Greenbee · 07-26-2023, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by slogue2

23 or 24 hinges on the MAJOR ASSUMPTION that all 129 rookies signed their Mini Diamond cards and are part of that checklist. I watched a bunch of those boxes ripped this morning and saw a ton of not so highly sought after names with Mini Diamond autos, so I don’t feel awful about making the assumption that that parallel’s checklist mirrors the full rookie auto checklist.

Ok thanks. So they definitely are short printed. I think most people don't realize that this year.

slogue2 · 07-26-2023, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Greenbee

Ok thanks. So they definitely are short printed. I think most people don't realize that this year.

No problemo. These are approximate numbers, so it could vary. I dove in to look because of the Corbin Carroll auto I hit. So I’m hoping my math is accurate

Jolten Joe · 07-26-2023, 08:03 PM

My first impression after opening my 2 boxes. The Prism cards are easy to miss because laying flat the design doesn't show up. You really have to do the whole breaker wave it around in every direction under a really bright light at just the right angle same goes for refractors since they are no longer labeled as refractors like years past. Overall condition is much better but there are the occasional OC card 1 of which in my box was an Ohtani but thanks to the buyback it doesn't matter.

Admittedly I haven't looked at any kind of checklist so a couple nice surprises for me were what appear to be a Silver Wave /75 and Green Wave /99 type design. I was under the impression Greens were retail exclusives.

zworykin · 07-26-2023, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jolten Joe

My first impression after opening my 2 boxes. The Prism cards are easy to miss because laying flat the design doesn't show up. You really have to do the whole breaker wave it around in every direction under a really bright light at just the right angle same goes for refractors since they are no longer labeled as refractors like years past. Overall condition is much better but there are the occasional OC card 1 of which in my box was an Ohtani but thanks to the buyback it doesn't matter.

Admittedly I haven't looked at any kind of checklist so a couple nice surprises for me were what appear to be a Silver Wave /75 and Green Wave /99 type design. I was under the impression Greens were retail exclusives.

There are only a handful of retail exclusives - base card X-fractor, sepia and pink refractors (non-numbered); base card purple sonar refractor (/275); Topps in Technicolor insert green (/99); and rookie auto green (/99).

Greenbee · 07-26-2023, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by slogue2

No problemo. These are approximate numbers, so it could vary. I dove in to look because of the Corbin Carroll auto I hit. So I’m hoping my math is accurate

congrats on the Carroll - that is huge

slogue2 · 07-26-2023, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Greenbee

congrats on the Carroll - that is huge

Right back at ya on the Volpe!

Jolten Joe · 07-26-2023, 08:22 PM

So after looking at cardboard connection apparently the /75 wave card is supposedly a Blue Wave but it dang sure looks silver to me.

07-26-2023, 02:42 PM	#501
slogue2 Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 2,035	So I think the mini diamond rookie autos in Breaker's Delight SKU are out of 23 or 24. Helps that they are only found in that format and makes the calculation a bit easier. Wish they'd just serial number it to take out the guesswork, but such is life. Based on calcs below: Legend SuperfractorAutos (Breaker's Delight Exclusive) - 1:859 boxes/packs. 14 subjects. 12,026 total packs/boxes. That puts Rookie Auto Mini Diamond (129 players assuming it follows normal rookie auto subject list. That's a BIG assumption for calc purposes) at 23.3 with them falling 1:4 boxes/packs. Youthquake Superfractor (Breaker's Delight Exclusive) - 1:246 boxes/packs. 50 subjects. 12,300 total packs/boxes. That puts the Rookie Auto Mini Diamond of 23.83 per player. __________________ https://myslabs.to/sea_logu

07-26-2023, 05:37 PM	#509
DeegsHobby Member Join Date: Feb 2023 Posts: 47 DeegsHobby	Feel like I've seen some steals on singles of top rookies like Carrol, Henderson, Walker, Jung, Yoshida so far. Always fun to see what goes on with the new release and how high or low sellers price stuff at. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk __________________ Collector of GREEN and GOLD Oakland A's Chrome Auto's Player PC: Yoenis Cespedes, Eric Chavez, Rickey Henderson https://linktr.ee/DeegsHobby

07-26-2023, 07:11 PM	#516
csokn Member Join Date: May 2021 Posts: 52	My jumbo box. Not pictured are probably $60 in Ohtani buybacks. Last edited by csokn; 07-26-2023 at 07:17 PM.

07-26-2023, 03:01 PM	#503
DJP73 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Woodbridge Va Posts: 2,799 djp73	Anyone have link for mega boxes. Thanks

07-26-2023, 04:46 PM	#505
Jwax13 Member Join Date: Dec 2022 Posts: 285	One #d card and a $5 auto in my hobby box. Topps Chrome is back baby!

07-26-2023, 05:31 PM	#506
Whodatdog Member Join Date: Apr 2021 Posts: 130	Well, i stopped at my LCS to get a hobby box or 2, but with them charging just shy of $200, nahhh, i aint doing it.

07-26-2023, 05:32 PM	#507
Stech36 Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Westminster, MD Posts: 9,537 Stech36	Bought a hobby and jumbo… very good reminder that Topps chrome is brutal. At least the quality is much better this year.

07-26-2023, 06:42 PM	#515
Frankp2311 Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,270	Any opinion on hobby vs jumbos yet?

07-26-2023, 07:15 PM	#517
NHRonin Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Southern NH Posts: 1,245 roninent1 Roninent1	Bought one hobby for $135. Harper refractor out of 75. Spencer Street regular auto. None of the big name rookies even in a regular card.

07-26-2023, 07:48 PM	#518
h00perstar34 Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 4,732	FYI bjs has $100 fanatics giftcards on sale for $70 in stores. Will go a long way to making chrome buys more manageable!!!! You’ll have to wait a week or more to get them, but at least you’ll save a few Hundo!

07-26-2023, 08:03 PM	#521
Jolten Joe Banned - PBM Join Date: Dec 2022 Posts: 1,666	My first impression after opening my 2 boxes. The Prism cards are easy to miss because laying flat the design doesn't show up. You really have to do the whole breaker wave it around in every direction under a really bright light at just the right angle same goes for refractors since they are no longer labeled as refractors like years past. Overall condition is much better but there are the occasional OC card 1 of which in my box was an Ohtani but thanks to the buyback it doesn't matter. Admittedly I haven't looked at any kind of checklist so a couple nice surprises for me were what appear to be a Silver Wave /75 and Green Wave /99 type design. I was under the impression Greens were retail exclusives.

07-26-2023, 08:22 PM	#525
Jolten Joe Banned - PBM Join Date: Dec 2022 Posts: 1,666	So after looking at cardboard connection apparently the /75 wave card is supposedly a Blue Wave but it dang sure looks silver to me.