First Buzz: 2025-26 Topps NBA basketball cards

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Hopefully they will do a heritage set with red ink autos that will be cost sensitive ($90-$125 range) per hobby box.

Thats how you build a following, not play pricing games with the public that only excites the middle men and soothes the gamblers.

On rare occasions, you're right.

Heritage red ink autos would be absolute FIRE!!!

[IronCladLou]

My local trying to sell hobby for $315 a box lol.

Also I decided to buy 10 Mosaic Megas for the price of one hobby box and each mega worked out cheaper than the value box.

I might open this one day. Still no closer

[IronCladLou]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

On rare occasions, you're right.

Heritage red ink autos would be absolute FIRE!!!

Flagg red ink would be a sick card

[Ehawk89]

Opened 12 boxes of fanatics blasters. Only 3 boxes had rookie logo holes parallels. The rest were loaded with vets.

[mikejones]

I ripped 6 boxes of fanatics. 1 box had patch /10, wembanyama blue /150, and gold /2025. Others were meh. Next best card was probably flagg insert glitter. For the price, these are the best rip. I like the fanatics exclusive holo parallels. So much better than the tip off from the regular blasters.

I have more coming in. Looking forward to ripping those.

[eastbayak]

Per tracking, my 9 Fanatics boxes were delivered today. Looking forward to ripping them tonight!

[Turborush]

Opened 3 of my fanatics blasters, saving the other 9 for Christmas. Somehow, I hit a Gold Auto /50 of Cooper Flagg. It has some damage. Should I send it back to topps for a replacement? And what is the timing on something like that?

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by Turborush

Opened 3 of my fanatics blasters, saving the other 9 for Christmas. Somehow, I hit a Gold Auto /50 of Cooper Flagg. It has some damage. Should I send it back to topps for a replacement? And what is the timing on something like that?

Hot damn, congratulations! Sorry to hear about the damage though.

Just know that if you send it back, they might replace it with another card(s) of "equal" value (and they decide what's of equal value).

[beavers]

Originally Posted by beavers

Mine were just delivered to my house. I will open them after work. Got absolutely blasted on my 2 hobby boxes.

I will be back after I open them to complain that I should have bought singles.

Wow, absolutely smoked. Only 2 numbered cards in my 3 fanatics blasters. Tatum /2025 and Tristan Da Silva /2025. No mem, no autos. 1 Flagg base, 1 flagg 8-bit. And a Wemby 8-bit. All Topps logo cards were no name vets.

I am officially done with flagship. Between 2 hobby, 3 fanatics blasters, 4 hangers, and 2 retail blasters my best cards were the Tatum /2025, Nolan Traore auto, and a team card /25.

[Turborush]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

Hot damn, congratulations! Sorry to hear about the damage though.

Just know that if you send it back, they might replace it with another card(s) of "equal" value (and they decide what's of equal value).

Thank you. It was so fun to open that with my kids. Good to know on the replacement. I think it’s enough damage to take the risk.

[bsavidge83]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Hopefully they will do a heritage set with red ink autos that will be cost sensitive ($90-$125 range) per hobby box.

Thats how you build a following, not play pricing games with the public that only excites the middle men and soothes the gamblers.

I didn't even consider this. Man that's a good call. Heritage basketball would be a dream for me.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by bsavidge83

I didn't even consider this. Man that's a good call. Heritage basketball would be a dream for me.

I think it would be a hit amongst collectors! Something that the breakers hate breaking and full of the features in baseball that we love - action and throwback variations, all on-card autos, a chrome parallel with limited colors and a set that is challenging but doable with short prints.

Perhaps start with 1957-58 topps and go from there?

The breaker crowd would dog on it but I think it would be fantastic - anything that riles them up would be a good thing. All skus would be affordable and best of all always available.

[njsportscardguy]

My first-of-three, (3) box Fanatics exclusives, arrived today. Previous to this, I'd busted a full sleeve of hangers from my local WM,...3 loose hangers from GameStop,...and 12 hangers from WM.com. All of that (excluding the Fanatics exclusive) more or less yielded; SQUADOOSH! A Utah Jazz team gold #/2025 , Michael Porter diamante orange #/25 and basically nothing else of note, worth mentioning. Conversely, from the 3 exclusive blasters, I hit: a RC napkin swatch/jersey, Drake Powell RC auto, Edgecombe logofoil, Edgecombe sandglitter(?), SAC team card gold #/2025,...and quite a few other "small goodies" including THREE Flagg true RCs!

The Fanatics blasters definitely seem to offer more bang for your buck. At least, relative to other retail SKUs; minus Megas (obviously). In fact, personally speaking, they offer so much fun, that I took the liberty to contact my rep this evening, and ordered a [relatively-speaking] cheap,...40 box blaster case to rip! Based on the average returns that I've seen from Hobby & Jumbos, I'd MUCH RATHER rip 40 of these,...if for nothing more than the sheer "rip volume", while still having an outside-shot at pulling a decent,...few-hundred to couple thousand dollars card,...than ripping 5 Hobby or 2 1/2 Jumbo boxes and almost certainly.....getting the snot beat outta' ya', financially/ROI wise.

[njsportscardguy]

Originally Posted by Turborush

Opened 3 of my fanatics blasters, saving the other 9 for Christmas. Somehow, I hit a Gold Auto /50 of Cooper Flagg. It has some damage. Should I send it back to topps for a replacement? And what is the timing on something like that?

Congrats on that WHOPPER of a [retail] pull! Which Flagg auto was it...? True RC auto? Insert?

Kindly post a pic, if you may.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by Turborush

Opened 3 of my fanatics blasters, saving the other 9 for Christmas. Somehow, I hit a Gold Auto /50 of Cooper Flagg. It has some damage. Should I send it back to topps for a replacement? And what is the timing on something like that?

It's been a while since I've sent a damage request in but it was taking around 4 weeks door to door. It being a brand new product I would expect receiving another Flagg auto.

[Tonic3]

12 Fanatics Value boxes - only the high highlights. Tons of inserts, parallels, and base of all the rookies I’m not mentioning.

Autos: Jarred Vanderbilt redemption auto (80/81 auto), Kris Murray Notch Signatures
Topps Foil parallels: LeBron, Edgecombe RC, Flagg RC, Giannis
Pink Holofoil (PR 830): Jalen Green, Jalen Johnson
Aqua Holofoil (PR 200): Wembanyama

[eastbayak]

Ripped my 9 fanatics boxes. Lots of fun IMO!

Autos: Franz Wagner + Derik Queen
Coby White golden mirror
VJ Clutch Call Shimmer
Gold /2025: Brandin P, Scottie B, Kyle K
Pink shimmer: Cavaliers
Bunch of Flagg and VJ base rookie and inserts

[beens75]

Originally Posted by Turborush

Opened 3 of my fanatics blasters, saving the other 9 for Christmas. Somehow, I hit a Gold Auto /50 of Cooper Flagg. It has some damage. Should I send it back to topps for a replacement? And what is the timing on something like that?

Topps is usually pretty good with damage replacements. The turn around time is usually very quick, at least compared to Panini. I have had them remake the card. I have had them give me something of equal value. I think I have done this 4 or 5 times. On a card like a Flagg auto, I'd imagine you'd do pretty well.

[oldgoldy97]

Five hangers.

Nothing of note

Still no Wemby base (but 2 Coops and a VJ).

[TimBuckTwo]

So BOs new Hobby Box price at $219 (lower then the $299) looks good but is still $100 or more from where this shizzle should be.

[bustsomewax]

I pulled the Egor Demin 45th FoilFractor 1/1 Auto from Fanatics Exclusive Blaster last night.

I see the Maxine Reynaud of the same card sold for $4k.

If anyone has any serious leads on a buyer, I will pay a finders fee. Thanks.

[bankdawg]

3 Fanatics blasters, did really good
2 gold /2025 vets
1 blue /150 myles turner
woven wonders relcis Jaylen Clark
gold auto /50 Ben Sheppard
Aqua Tre Johnson
1 flagg base
2 VJ base
lebron power players foil
webmy 8bit foil

[h00perstar34]

Originally Posted by bustsomewax

I pulled the Egor Demin 45th FoilFractor 1/1 Auto from Fanatics Exclusive Blaster last night.

I see the Maxine Reynaud of the same card sold for $4k.

If anyone has any serious leads on a buyer, I will pay a finders fee. Thanks.

Congrats! That’s a huge card.

[jfan2024]

Originally Posted by bustsomewax

I pulled the Egor Demin 45th FoilFractor 1/1 Auto from Fanatics Exclusive Blaster last night.

I see the Maxine Reynaud of the same card sold for $4k.

If anyone has any serious leads on a buyer, I will pay a finders fee. Thanks.

Congrats! Very jealous as an active Demin buyer and Nets fan this wasn't in my fanatics boxes. Unfortunately, this card is way out my price range, I thought I was a big shot at gold autos /50...that's not the same stratosphere as 1/1 though

[bustsomewax]

Originally Posted by h00perstar34

Congrats! That’s a huge card.

Thank you.