New website from Josh Luber - The Evolution Continues - 3/8/22

[Pixman1]

The f word on one of the cards was crass. Embarrassing- beanie babies as cards but at least beanie babies were cute.

[Athey49]

Originally Posted by Grizzkid12

I just searched the comments to try & find one positive comment and gave up after about 5 minutes

The "creative" minds that put this thing together are legit on their own planet and not even pretending to try & put something nice together as they bend collector/investors over

This is just sad

Loved the one comment: "You could hit up the local Dennys and find better drawings on their placemats"

[CicadaMound]

Parkside Squishmallows >>> Zerocool Veefriends

[Yanks23]

Sci is doing a live with Josh on ig. Should be interesting to see reactions. My guess all bad comments blocked.

[imbluestreak23]

Just created a vid poking fun at this trash.

Dropping it tomorrow. Word needs to get out to hopefully deter this type of innovation moving forward.

The last thing we need is for sneakerhead hypebois to like this, want more of it, and that's where Fanatics puts their efforts moving forward.

[majestik101]

ZeroCoolCards Vee Friends is the worst product since Topps Project 2020

[Grizzkid12]

Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

Just created a vid poking fun at this trash.

Dropping it tomorrow. Word needs to get out to hopefully deter this type of innovation moving forward.

The last thing we need is for sneakerhead hypebois to like this, want more of it, and that's where Fanatics puts their efforts moving forward.

Post the link when it drops please

Was just searching my known Sportscard podcasts/YT channels to see if anyone was trashing it yet and "shockingly" no one was

It's almost like the well known influencers in this hobby don't want to talk bad about Fanatics & Luber out of fear that could come back to bite them. Dare I say they're in it for the *gasps MONEY

But yea, it's crazy seeing how literally every single person on the YT vid trashed it and then on the IG interview all of the positive comments were coming from well known hobby accounts (or ones that think they are).

Just like Fanatics wants us to enter a new generation of collecting with zerocool, we're entering a new generation of shilling.

Influencers publicly suck up to said company trying to get on their good side and say nice things about a crap product so that the average Joe who unfortunately follows said influencers advice goes out and buys it.

Marketing 101 I suppose, but it's kinda gross to watch on the ground floor and when it's so blatant on a turd sandwich product.

[hammertime]

Originally Posted by pskell02

4. Content of the cards aside, the design is garbage.

THIS. A million times this. Straight money grab.

[imbluestreak23]

Originally Posted by Grizzkid12

Post the link when it drops please

Was just searching my known Sportscard podcasts/YT channels to see if anyone was trashing it yet and "shockingly" no one was

It's almost like the well known influencers in this hobby don't want to talk bad about Fanatics & Luber out of fear that could come back to bite them. Dare I say they're in it for the *gasps MONEY

But yea, it's crazy seeing how literally every single person on the YT vid trashed it and then on the IG interview all of the positive comments were coming from well known hobby accounts (or ones that think they are).

Just like Fanatics wants us to enter a new generation of collecting with zerocool, we're entering a new generation of shilling.

Influencers publicly suck up to said company trying to get on their good side and say nice things about a crap product so that the average Joe who unfortunately follows said influencers advice goes out and buys it.

Marketing 101 I suppose, but it's kinda gross to watch on the ground floor and when it's so blatant on a turd sandwich product.

Just dropped it.

It is a shame. I went through the comment section of some other videos and the number of people lining up to buy this is truly fascinating.

[Kobe101]

Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

Just dropped it.

It is a shame. I went through the comment section of some other videos and the number of people lining up to buy this is truly fascinating.

Watched the video and a relatively new subscriber. Good content man!

[dantheman514]

A 1/1 has now hit eBay, listed by Probstein (which seems fitting somehow): https://www.ebay.com/itm/37397610307...=20008&mkevt=1

[Grizzkid12]

Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

Just dropped it.

It is a shame. I went through the comment section of some other videos and the number of people lining up to buy this is truly fascinating.

Holy hell what an amazing and informative review. Couldn't agree more

My only critique would be when you had that graphic up that said "SUCKS" I'd make it larger

Thanks for telling it like it is and being true to the hobby.

We need more peeps like you to get recognition in it

[Handsome Wes]

So either one of two things is going on.

One, the market is being manipulated because no one in their right mind is laying down $6K for this junk, which is what's happening on eBay. Reminds me of the "Retro Video Game Auction Scam" - companies / people are colluding with each other to artificially inflate prices.

Two, I am like Principal Skinner at the 4H Club saying "Am I so out of touch...? No, it's the children who are wrong."

[Grizzkid12]

Originally Posted by Handsome Wes

So either one of two things is going on.

One, the market is being manipulated because no one in their right mind is laying down $6K for this junk, which is what's happening on eBay. Reminds me of the "Retro Video Game Auction Scam" - companies / people are colluding with each other to artificially inflate prices.

Two, I am like Principal Skinner at the 4H Club saying "Am I so out of touch...? No, it's the children who are wrong."

High, high chance the market is being manipulated

Not sure how many of these sold at 6k or whatever, but if you're this company with all of the money (and ideas to print more and more of these as Luber already confirmed), knowing how heavily collectors are going to weigh what the secondary market does on your first release would you not allocate say $120,000 of the 1.8 million you made off this junk to set artificial sales and prop up the market?

But we wouldn't think a company who releases such an amazing, clear non-money grab kind of product like zerocool would do such things, right?

[imbluestreak23]

Originally Posted by Kobe101

Watched the video and a relatively new subscriber. Good content man!

Originally Posted by Grizzkid12

Holy hell what an amazing and informative review. Couldn't agree more

My only critique would be when you had that graphic up that said "SUCKS" I'd make it larger

Thanks for telling it like it is and being true to the hobby.

We need more peeps like you to get recognition in it

Much appreciated guys. Man, listening to folks talk about this on the interwebs is incredibly frustrating. Listening to Gary talk about VeeFriends and where the NFT world is going...there needs to be a complete delineation of cards and NFTs, and we as a hobby need new faces for the community.

[hammertime]

Someone on FB said (apparently with a straight face): "VeeFriends is going to be the new Disney". What are these people smoking.

[CicadaMound]

Originally Posted by hammertime

Someone on FB said (apparently with a straight face): "VeeFriends is going to be the new Disney". What are these people smoking.

As someone who actually follows the animation industry, that's the funniest part of the whole debacle. Where are the actual small children who will be nostalgic for this stuff? Where are the merchandising tie-ins, the cartoons, the storybooks, the fruit snacks?

Granted, the Series 2 designs are much better. If he's serious about the project he'd better hire actual animation/children's media writers though.



I wasn't kidding about the Squishmallow cards btw.

[BayAreaChris]

I am not a fan of the designs but if you’re surprised by the success then you haven’t been following culture NFTs. The comparable Veefriends NFTs are selling for huge profits and if people want the physical card to pair it with those profits, it’s no skin off their back.

The market for these cards can’t be sports card collectors. It’s the entertainment and culture market. The same people buying all the NFTs, speculating, and creating groups tied to that.

[Bcr]

I can't wait for the NFT craze to end. It should have been over a long time ago, but you have guys like Gary Vee and collectible companies pumping out this garbage that makes a ton of easy money.

[imbluestreak23]

Originally Posted by Bcr

I can't wait for the NFT craze to end. It should have been over a long time ago, but you have guys like Gary Vee and collectible companies pumping out this garbage that makes a ton of easy money.

I just listened to Gary's Full Send podcast just to hear about NFTs a bit more. The rationale and logic behind it has fallacies. He puts the criticism of NFTs exclusively on those who do not understand the technology, overlooking the fact that there are folks who don't believe it's going to take off. He also contradicts himself considerably. "NFTs are a digital flex as that's all people want to do now a days." Next sentence, "people in it for the money aren't happy and need to re-evaluate their lives."

[Zauron]

Speaking of websites, whatever happened to that guy promoting that buysportscards website?

[Bcr]

Zerocoolcards just retweeted this. And yes these are the same breakers that tried to scam the Trevor Lawrence Kaboom awhile back.

https://twitter.com/backyardbreaks_/...hRGdOODvbtEnUA

[mc1]

Originally Posted by Zauron

Speaking of websites, whatever happened to that guy promoting that buysportscards website?

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by Bcr

Zerocoolcards just retweeted this. And yes these are the same breakers that tried to scam the Trevor Lawrence Kaboom awhile back.

https://twitter.com/backyardbreaks_/...hRGdOODvbtEnUA

Wow! I just pissed myself. Can’t believe that happened. I’ve never seen anything so awesome in my life!

[imbluestreak23]

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