First Buzz: 2025-26 Topps Chrome NBA cards

[IronCladLou]

Originally Posted by kyle1707

Talking about price.

Topps and all the big dist are going to raise the prices as high as they can

Until all the dumbasses go broke …. It’s been 5 years. Still has no happened

Topps sells marvel and lilo and stitch base cards for 500-800 a box .. and people think it’s a deal

They know there cliental is slow …. They are going to make 10 thousand hobby cases and price it all to the moon

They don’t give a truck about value .. as long as the can rail you

Let the big China/SE Asian fishes keep paying up

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Boxes can always be available to everybody…..















…..at the right price for fanatics.

They should probably just start at $10,000 per box and give “everyone a fair shot”.

No matter the starting price, group breakers will need to buy up boxes at higher prices to ensure their businesses don't get undercut -- Topps know this.

[Asian62150]

Originally Posted by kyle1707

Talking about price.

Topps and all the big dist are going to raise the prices as high as they can

Until all the dumbasses go broke …. It’s been 5 years. Still has no happened

Topps sells marvel and lilo and stitch base cards for 500-800 a box .. and people think it’s a deal

They know there cliental is slow …. They are going to make 10 thousand hobby cases and price it all to the moon

They don’t give a truck about value .. as long as the can rail you

Topps and Fanatics better learn from the sneaker world how quickly things can change.

[fabiani12333]

Fanatics has got breakers and dealers by the balls. What are they going to do -- hurt their businesses by refusing to play Fanatics' games? I don't think so.

It's what happens when there is a monopoly and only one supplier.

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by dantheman514

You cannot really believe this; their only interest is to increase their profits. They are a business, and that is their goal. Let's say you personally have 1,000 boxes to sell. Would you sell the 1,000 boxes for exactly $1,000.00 a box EQL style, or would you sell them for anywhere in the $1,500.00 to $3,500.00 range each Dutch style? You could probably at least double your profits ($2,000/box) if you went with the Dutch style, so of course you would want to maximize your profits. Why would Topps stick with the EQL if Panini has successfully utilized the Dutch style for years?

Obviously, the answer would be to publicly sell via Dutch auction with a floor price of $1,000.00 -- why not give the general public a chance to buy at a higher price? It's not just about Topps being greedy -- it's about letting the market decide what a product should sell for and not just selling directly to pre-approved dealers at preset prices.

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by mossoholic

They have run EQL for close to a year and a half. Counting boxes and cases separate there has probably been around 90 or so EQL launches. They ran a grand total of 1 dutch auction.

The EQL sales were very limited drops. They were a way to create FOMO. You weren't supposed to actually get product -- only give the appearance of a fair process and to set initial pricing.

With Dutch auction, Topps is committed to actually providing a large supply of product and letting anyone buy it. The objective is to sell for higher prices to anyone who is willing to pay.

[coolstar]

I have about $200 of store credit from the recent eTopps program closure, and I’m debating whether to use it on hanger boxes or mega boxes. I understand that the hanger box offers better value in terms of cost per card, but I’m concerned that it may mostly contain base cards. The mega box, on the other hand, may gives me at least a chance at better inserts and parallels, even though the odds are slim.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by Asian62150

Topps and Fanatics better learn from the sneaker world how quickly things can change.

Legacy value in shoes is very compressed. Nike retros practically everything and the shoes all degrade over time. It is not a market for anything but short term speculation. Cards are very different. And the gambling aspect alone will allow wax to continue to thrive.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Legacy value in shoes is very compressed. Nike retros practically everything and the shoes all degrade over time. It is not a market for anything but short term speculation. Cards are very different. And the gambling aspect alone will allow wax to continue to thrive.

Would sneaker blind boxes be a successful business venture?

[Bob Ross]

Time to buy?

[oldgoldy97]

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

Time to buy?

Gotta pay to play!

[oldgoldy97]

It might be time to invest in card supply companies. The amount of incoming speckle dot wave refractor TC Bol Bols, Jabari Smiths and Oso Ighodaros being sleeved is gonna be wicked!

[oldgoldy97]

[BoSoxFan1999]

Megas, blasters, and hangers are "sold out" according to Topps' website. Guessing they just artificially marked them as sold out for the time being?

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by BoSoxFan1999

Megas, blasters, and hangers are "sold out" according to Topps' website. Guessing they just artificially marked them as sold out for the time being?

Yeah they pulled them. Can't have them sitting like that.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Would sneaker blind boxes be a successful business venture?

Already a thing
https://kith.com/blogs/discover/marv...IOrf-GVCwToZSC

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by bub838

Already a thing
https://kith.com/blogs/discover/marv...IOrf-GVCwToZSC

BOOM!

Box flipper bois able to fund their pet food expenses by flipping these blind boxes to sneaker breakers??!!??

[bss83]

Originally Posted by BoSoxFan1999

Megas, blasters, and hangers are "sold out" according to Topps' website. Guessing they just artificially marked them as sold out for the time being?

It's just ending the presale until the release date, at which point they'll be available again.

[nbahobbyaddict]

Originally Posted by bss83

It's just ending the presale until the release date, at which point they'll be available again.

When is the release date? And will China get the product early?

[Tonic3]

It's weird that the FDI "auction" is sort of buried on the website. You'd think they'd be advertising it on the front page. I had to go looking for it. Very odd

Edit: Not that it matters as I'm not touching this at those prices. I was just curious

[BoSoxFan1999]

A Topps CSR reached out to me to confirm I wanted to cancel one of my megabox orders, which I did. So only 10 megas instead of 20 for me to be disappointed about soon. Lol

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by Tonic3

It's weird that the FDI "auction" is sort of buried on the website. You'd think they'd be advertising it on the front page. I had to go looking for it. Very odd

Edit: Not that it matters as I'm not touching this at those prices. I was just curious

Because even they're embarrassed by this

[prospectorgems]

Originally Posted by Tonic3

It's weird that the FDI "auction" is sort of buried on the website. You'd think they'd be advertising it on the front page. I had to go looking for it. Very odd

Edit: Not that it matters as I'm not touching this at those prices. I was just curious

Yes that is odd especially since it starts in less than 2 hours. I found it as well after digging. Just like you, just more curious than anything to see how much people overpay.

[BoSoxFan1999]

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

Because even they're embarrassed by this

Impossibru!!

[peterose4hof]

Predictions for the price it sells out at?

I'll say $1750.