First Buzz: 2025 Topps Chrome football cards

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by yoyosh

It’s obscene.
Yes, retail has hits.
But it’s all been watered down towards oblivion.

Instead of red/black/gold/etc, we now have:
-red
-red wave
-red prism
-red geometric
-black
-black wave
-black prism
-black geometric
-gold
-gold wave
-gold prism
-gold geometric

X1000(glitter, sand, raywave, whatever)

That's nothing unusual though....that's what Fanatics has done to EVERY product!

Topps Heritage baseball cards had 23 parallels this year.....five years ago they had only six.

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by setcards

https://youtu.be/urolZey6BV8?si=i_KrMMBp24KQfy29

Smh

Good grief this stuff is brutal with a 400 card checklist.

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by setcards

https://youtu.be/urolZey6BV8?si=i_KrMMBp24KQfy29

Smh

Never fast forwarded a video so much.

[Chris P]

Originally Posted by setcards

https://youtu.be/urolZey6BV8?si=i_KrMMBp24KQfy29

Smh

Is there a reason this guy has the product before it was even put on sale this past Friday?

[livfreely]

Originally Posted by Chris P

Is there a reason this guy has the product before it was even put on sale this past Friday?

To show us how brutal it’s going to be?

Ain’t no way I’m paying $20 for a Matthew Stafford base


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[Asian62150]

Originally Posted by Brobocop

The issue is that both suck because the leagues don't care. Rather than have more than one company be allowed to make cards, they chose to have exclusives instead which has allowed these companies to fully take advantage of people. I can still remember how much better things were in the NFL and NHL world when you had more than one company making licensed cards.

But, that ship has long sailed, and we are left to the wolves as collectors.

I don't really understand why the leagues made that decision.

Do the league really make more money giving the license to one company rather than give it to two or three?

I understand that the respective Players Associations own some piece of the pie now, but couldn't that have been negotiated into all licenses?

Seems shortsighted, but I'm also not a labor negotiator.

[Brobocop]

Originally Posted by Asian62150

I don't really understand why the leagues made that decision.

Do the league really make more money giving the license to one company rather than give it to two or three?

I understand that the respective Players Associations own some piece of the pie now, but couldn't that have been negotiated into all licenses?

Seems shortsighted, but I'm also not a labor negotiator.

I’d imagine they can charge more for one license than they can for two separate ones.

[rmw10]

Originally Posted by Asian62150

I don't really understand why the leagues made that decision.

Do the league really make more money giving the license to one company rather than give it to two or three?

I understand that the respective Players Associations own some piece of the pie now, but couldn't that have been negotiated into all licenses?

Seems shortsighted, but I'm also not a labor negotiator.

Yes, because the companies are paying a ton of money for the right to be the only producer - more than the NFL/NFLPA/players would make if there were multiple producers. That's why Panini won the exclusive back when they got it, and Fanatics just upped the ante far beyond what Panini would have ever been able to do.

[clocsta2323]

$3200 start for dutch auction thats wild

[hairysasquatch]

Originally Posted by clocsta2323

$3200 start for dutch auction thats wild

Insane

[Brobocop]

Originally Posted by clocsta2323

$3200 start for dutch auction thats wild

[thenightman]

Originally Posted by clocsta2323

$3200 start for dutch auction thats wild

Not for breakers. They're salivating.

[BayAreaChris]

Originally Posted by livfreely

To show us how brutal it’s going to be?

Ain’t no way I’m paying $20 for a Matthew Stafford base


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I think that’s cause the MVP buy back.

[mossoholic]

Originally Posted by clocsta2323

$3200 start for dutch auction thats wild

As long as the floor is low enough a higher starting price is better for the buyer. Which somehow the majority of this hobby doesn't get as there is endless complaining about auction starting prices being high.

What's hilarious is Im reading people saying this will sell out around $3,000. I guess these are the same breakers we are talking about that were dumb enough to make sure Panini Honors FOTL sold out at $1700ish a month ago and the vast majority of them lost money or are holding a big bag there.

How can anyone think this is equal to let alone worth more than Topps Chrome Basketball FDI which is around $2500 a box?

If you're going to argue for those FDI cards, 2024 Prizm Deca Football FOTL had as good of exclusive cards as any football product ever with a class that was red hot. Pretty much anyone that wasn't a breaker that sold breaks right away lost money on that product buying during the auction no matter what price you bought at. I don't know if a single box sold on any platform for higher than the sell out price.

Because Topps has made it very tough to follow what the FDI cards are, haven't all these FDI cards so far just been straight numbered to something like /7 and /15? There have been no 1/1 chase cards in any of these either, correct? If so that obviously that limits the value.

Wonder how Topps was able to mention what the FDI cards were for the soccer release last week but mysteriously can't have them yet again for a more popular release.

[Siberian13]

In for 10 cases

[chinesefoosball]

nevermind

[phil]

dropping $100 every 2 minutes

[OneBuck]

I remember back in the good ol' days when I could get a FOTL box for the srp of a regular hobby box. That was fun.

[premium1981]

Originally Posted by phil

dropping $100 every 2 minutes

Love the faster clock.

[premium1981]

Gone at $2,800 per?

[fm8418]

Sold out

[chinesefoosball]

SOld out at $2800

[cbeauch87]

No chance I was touching this drop.

[premium1981]

My target price was around $1,800. So close!

[phil]

so is this supposed to sell for 3x Jumbo price on ebay?