2017 TOPPS NOW Baseball Only Please Thread.

[wilsonj12]

Originally Posted by Mattsurewood

I just entered 12 code cards I got from a jumbo case and some random boxes, I got 2 winners, cards 159 and 311...

If anyone wanted to see a sample of the email you get when you win, here is a sample below:


Topps Now winning code card
Congratulations! You have won a 2017 Topps Now card as part of Topps's Ultimate Card Giveaway! Topps Now cards are created to celebrate the game's greatest moments throughout the season as they happen. The Topps Now card you won, your Topps Now moment, will be card number 311. Topps Now will notify you by email when card number 311 is created and shipped to you.
Topps invites you to follow all of 2017's Topps Now moments as they happen at Topps.com where new Topps Now cards are unveiled daily and where you will see which player and greatest moment will be celebrated on your Topps Now card number 311!
Thank you, Topps

What if it's a boring season and they don't make it to 311!?!

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by editorgaw

THE BIGGEST DECISION IS IF I WANT TO FLIP AGAIN THIS YEAR...I HAD NO TIME FOR MYSELF AND THE PROBLEMS THAT I ENCOUNTED. THE ONLY REASON WHY I FLIPPED 2016 WAS TO GET THE SET FOR MYSELF.
IF SOMEONE CAN CONVINCE ME I WILL DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR

Gregg...it's good for you to be active. You should so do it but stay away from relics...you should be fine

[vwnut13]

Originally Posted by wilsonj12

What if it's a boring season and they don't make it to 311!?!

What if Topps doesn't find a way to make easy money?

[editorgaw]

Originally Posted by joejoemay

gregg...it's good for you to be active. You should so do it but stay away from relics...you should be fine :d

thanks joejoe, one of the plus' of this year selling was meeting people as yourself

gregg

[ketchupman36]

I really hope the 2017 Topps Now design does not mimic the flagship design.

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by ketchupman36

I really hope the 2017 Topps Now design does not mimic the flagship design.

We have others who hope it does... ...I'd like to stay close to the same but just drop the circle at the bottom like they did on the Election cards. This would help me with my centering issues. I also think no boarders should be a staple of the line (though I like/prefer boarders on other cards). Other then that maybe just a updated logo...I know they said new season new design; and it's ok with me if it stayed the same and they just added the year.

[armstrong]

Dear Fred / Topps Now, as you are considering changing the overall design, I would really like to change the back of the card too. I agree it should have the description of what happened. I would like to add:

* a Stat line. This would be just the stats from the current year. The stat line would be active, as each card would have the updated stats for the season at that point. Why is this important? EMOTION. It bolsters the point of the card in a minor way in the beginning....but as a baseball stories progress, it calls on Topps Now investors / followers to buy....each in every card of that story...allowing them to not only follow the story, but the stats behind it. For a baseball moment, you're basically linking all the cards together of that story.

For example, having a stat line as Gary Sanchez is making his epic home run chase, BOLSTERS ALL THE GARY SANCHEZ CARDS , requiring collectors / followers to buy all the cards in that epic run.

Imagine the Kris Bryant story run with stats in the back for the season? You can even have two or three lines:

* line 1 = previous stats cumulating the season stat total to date
* line 2 = the CHANGE this card highlights (+3 hits / +5 RBI / + 4 HR)
* line 3 = the new stats after the card event.

If you change the font a bit, you can do this too. I think it works and adds value to collecting (or having to collect) more players / cards throughout the season.

[danimal875]

THANK GOD and all that is HOLY, that I will no longer have to see that horrible Topps Now thread name that ended in Yay! every single day, all day. I gave away a BGS 10 pristine Bowman Correa just trying to start a new thread and it didn't work.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

[mlbexpert]

How much do we think the discover Topps Now cards are going to affect print runs?

I had 2 code cards in my jumbo box and one of them was a winner for Card #155.

How many people are going to enter these redemption codes, never think about it again, and then have a Topps Now card sent to them when their card is printed?

Is this the end of the low print runs?

[armstrong]

Originally Posted by mlbexpert

How much do we think the discover Topps Now cards are going to affect print runs?

I had 2 code cards in my jumbo box and one of them was a winner for Card #155.

How many people are going to enter these redemption codes, never think about it again, and then have a Topps Now card sent to them when their card is printed?

Is this the end of the low print runs?

I can't imagine it being more than 10 additional cards per day. And that's if they all get submitted. I think the probability of winning a topps now card from a scratch off is 15-20% too.

[armstrong]

Dear Fred / Topps Now, please also consider having multiple topps now cards in one game. If a game is good, don't let me the topps now card to just one play. If it's warranted, have more. ty

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by danimal875

THANK GOD and all that is HOLY, that I will no longer have to see that horrible Topps Now thread name that ended in Yay! every single day, all day. I gave away a BGS 10 pristine Bowman Correa just trying to start a new thread and it didn't work.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

Now this here is funny!

[Skipscards]

Originally Posted by armstrong

I can't imagine it being more than 10 additional cards per day. And that's if they all get submitted. I think the probability of winning a topps now card from a scratch off is 15-20% too.

As long as it makes $$$ they will print it.

[joejoemay]

I think they sent out the codes knowing how many were winners for each day, and most likely it is about 10 (or some even number) as mentioned above. So all print runs will be at least 10 and I think it will be annotated in the end PR given out. Seems to make the most sense

[editorgaw]

After waiting awhile for Topps to send the Anthony Rizzo numbered to 49 there was a HUGE smudge on Anthony's face. Noway anyone would even accept it. At the same time I had a problem with The Cubs Autographed Set with a red Rizzo that they said they may not be able to replace. They tell me now they can't replace it. They are confusing 2 Different Things.
The Rizzo with a thumb smudge on his face i will not accept as is and I will contact paypal.

When talking to them about the other RIZZO they said if they can't replace the RIZZO they will just send it back but they could not tell me if they were going to replace it until the receive the card. "Do you find that Strange" Save all the trouble and let me know yes we can or no we can't..Now they say they don't have it..I am fumming

Both were sent back via prepaid FED EX label from topps. Now they tell me they only have the Rizzo with the smudge on the face which Paypal will hear about.

What is going on and I am now going to think about selling 2017 Topps Now unless they make things right. I am fumming

Gregg W

[joejoemay]

Sorry to hear about your issues Gregg...

[joejoemay]

So in the 2017 Topps Series I it seems the Topps Now (win a Topps Now card) scratch off redemptions seem to be one per box.

[armstrong]

Originally Posted by joejoemay

So in the 2017 Topps Series I it seems the Topps Now (win a Topps Now card) scratch off redemptions seem to be one per box.

And I think to scratch off and actual win a card, the success rate is 15%.

To win a topps now golden ticket, it's supposed to be 1 golden ticket per 70 cases, which is insane.

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by armstrong

And I think to scratch off and actual win a card, the success rate is 15%.

To win a topps now golden ticket, it's supposed to be 1 golden ticket per 70 cases, which is insane.

Well there is only 185 days so yes it's going to be tuff and only half in Series 1. I'm feeling positive.

Honestly if you had a 1/1 from season 1 what would it be worth and what would be the best?

Any Relics would be sweet but I don't think that's going to happen so I think the Sanchez 1st Appearance would be a great one. I say that over his SP since it's a 1/1 the PR wouldn't matter.
So most likely the best ones would be the 1/1 of #57 Colon's HR, or the Base Bryzzo card #663 or the Cubs WS Champs #665 and the Ichiro #327. All would be crazy pricy.

Hopefully it's not just the foil stamped "Rediscover Topps" but has a 1/1 on it as well.

[armstrong]

Originally Posted by joejoemay

Well there is only 185 days so yes it's going to be tuff and only half in Series 1. I'm feeling positive.

Honestly if you had a 1/1 from season 1 what would it be worth and what would be the best?

Any Relics would be sweet but I don't think that's going to happen so I think the Sanchez 1st Appearance would be a great one. I say that over his SP since it's a 1/1 the PR wouldn't matter.
So most likely the best ones would be the 1/1 of #57 Colon's HR, or the Base Bryzzo card #663 or the Cubs WS Champs #665 and the Ichiro #327. All would be crazy pricy.

Hopefully it's not just the foil stamped "Rediscover Topps" but has a 1/1 on it as well.

For me, the best 1/1 to own would either be the #341 Gary Sanchez, 1st HR or #665 Cubs World Series Champs card. Either of those as a 1/1 would be amazing.

The synergies the Topps Golden Ticket seems to be creating with Topps Series 1 and Topps Now has been really good. The Topps Series 1 people get to experience Topps Now line of cards; or can sell it to the Topps Now people to offset their case price (thus, increasing the demand for more Series 1 cases).

Topps Now people can now buy from the Series 1 people a truly unique, one of a kind, topps now card. This synergy makes it a "win - win" for both the Series 1 crowd and the Topps Now crowd.

For those synergies to maintain and continue to Series 2, and for all future releases of Topps Series 1 & 2, the Topps Now Golden Ticket cards produced MUST HAVE A 1/1 stamped on them.

Fred / Topps Now can certainly add in the "Rediscover Topps" stamp (hopefully, it's small and wrapped in a circle emblem), but, again, THEY MUST HAVE A 1/1 stamped on them.

* Series 1 crowd values the $$$ they receive, thus helping to offset the case price
* Topps NOW crowd values the "1/1" foil stamp & the uniqueness of the card
* Fred / Topps values the extra $$$$$ they receive by people buying way more cases of Topps Series 1 & 2 than they would normally.

If Fred / Topps Now does not include the "1/1", you will break the synergy, and the Topps Now crowd will not want, or pay up, for the Topps Now Golden Ticket(s).

Adding the Golden Tickets was a great idea. Here's hoping they understand the synergy that has been created; that they understand what each crowd wants, or is getting out of the synergy; and lastly, that they don't screw it up by taking, or leaving out, the THING (aka "1/1" foil stamp) that the Topps Now crowd VALUES.

[joejoemay]

Well no golden ticket in my case :-(

[ridgerider]

Are the Topps Now code cards all throughout Topps S1 distribution or hobby only?

[armstrong]

Originally Posted by ridgerider

Are the Topps Now code cards all throughout Topps S1 distribution or hobby only?

I'm almost 100% sure it's throughout the distribution....which means 1/3 - 1/2???...might not see the light of day? Or be opened after the redemption period ends?

[editorgaw]

What I would like to do with set 1

[caulaflour]

Wonderful. I just was entering codes and one came up "xxxxxxxx" is a winner. But then there's nothing I can do or anywhere I can go; it just asks me to "log in." So I log in, it takes me to my account dashboard, and then I try to go back and can't. Now the code is gone and I'm SOL? Wtf just happened??