First Buzz: 2023 Topps Series 2 baseball cards

[BlowoutBuzz]

Not all info here but enough to chew on for now.

First Buzz: 2023 Topps Series 2 baseball cards >> BlowoutBuzz.com

Checklist added >> https://www.blowoutcards.com/wp/wp-c...klistFinal.pdf

[mcwildcats]

Very cool that Jordan Walker officially made it in though his start has not been all that great.

[anusinha]

2 new Ohtani cards?

Wonder if outman and ohoppe make it in.

[AwesomeBrian]

More junk parallels? Grrrrrrrrreat

[StlBen]

Was not expecting Walker to make Series 2, way more hyped for this now.

[smanzari]

Originally Posted by anusinha

2 new Ohtani cards?

Wonder if outman and ohoppe make it in.

I'd wager one is the Gold Mirror SSP (Probably the Laughing one)

[MoreToppsPlease]

Originally Posted by AwesomeBrian

More junk parallels? Grrrrrrrrreat

Product contains 16 parallels.

Not coincidentally, there are also be at least 16 flagship parallel products with the same design this “product year”.

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by anusinha

2 new Ohtani cards?

Wonder if outman and ohoppe make it in.

Exactly what I was hoping...

[AwesomeBrian]

593,340 total Blue and Purple cards added. Can't wait for a Hobby box to yield a relic, blue /999 and a kick in the balls

[SupermanBrandon]

Good luck to those buying boxes...but then again, you deserve what you get. ALL of the signs are there to avoid this at all costs. Buy singles! Or open just because you love to rip. But remember, you're post rip crying won't be well received.

[Technochocolate]

Fair where fair is due - looks like Topps is cutting down on time in between debuts/transactions, and updates on cardboard. Noticed this with updated teams on Big League, now RCs making it in timely fashion.

[cbeauch87]

Wonder if Jumbo boxes will be jammed full of hits again.

[CicadaMound]

Really weird that they're adding numbered retail parallels for S2, maybe they saw how much S1 was stagnating with the bad odds and decided to juice it? There's flipperproofing it and then there's collectorproofing it.

[ThoseBackPages]

that is a great looking First Flagship Volpe!

[premium1981]

Wish they would push it back a little. They are going to kill their own Heritage release by having Series 2 release 7 days after its release. Bad timing, caused by Heritage releasing so late, but fixable by pushing this one back a couple of weeks. That Volpe does look nice for sure. Can't wait to see who else will be making it in.

[Stech36]

Originally Posted by SupermanBrandon

Good luck to those buying boxes...but then again, you deserve what you get. ALL of the signs are there to avoid this at all costs. Buy singles! Or open just because you love to rip. But remember, you're post rip crying won't be well received.

It’s pretty hard to lose money on flagship at release.

[premium1981]

Originally Posted by Stech36

It’s pretty hard to lose money on flagship at release.

Still amazes me that people don't understand this. Guess thats a good thing for those who do.

[Stech36]

Originally Posted by premium1981

Still amazes me that people don't understand this. Guess thats a good thing for those who do.

It does require a lot of work, so I get that some don’t have the time. But you can’t bash flagship for not having value just because you’re not willing to put in the effort to maximize the value.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by CicadaMound

Really weird that they're adding numbered retail parallels for S2, maybe they saw how much S1 was stagnating with the bad odds and decided to juice it? There's flipperproofing it and then there's collectorproofing it.

I think that’s it. I view each move by fanatics this year as a test to see how little they can offer and how much money they can squeeze out of something. Series 1 retail went past that equilibrium so they’re stuffing it with new parallels.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by Stech36

It does require a lot of work, so I get that some don’t have the time. But you can’t bash flagship for not having value just because you’re not willing to put in the effort to maximize the value.

You didn’t even have to work that hard with series 1 this year if you got jumbo cases at presale prices.

[clocsta2323]

The people who like sorting/listing/shipping cases of flagship should be involuntarily held for psych evals.

It's literally something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

[premium1981]

Originally Posted by Stech36

It does require a lot of work, so I get that some don’t have the time. But you can’t bash flagship for not having value just because you’re not willing to put in the effort to maximize the value.

The return on flagship per hour is greater than 99% of the hourly rates people make at their "real" jobs.

EDIT TO ADD: 99% of the people on these boards. Specifically the ones who always complain about no value and it not being worth it.

[premium1981]

Originally Posted by clocsta2323

The people who like sorting/listing/shipping cases of flagship should be involuntarily held for psych evals.

It's literally something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

If you love cards it isn't really a task. At least not for me. It becomes one down the road after you have looked at the same things over and over, but I try to get most of my new release work done within a couple of weeks. Maybe a month depending on the release and the quantity I am opening. There are also faster ways to dump bulk to cut that down even more, but obviously you lose a lot of your revenue doing that.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by premium1981

The return on flagship per hour is greater than 99% of the hourly rates people make at their "real" jobs.

Yeah, no.

Top 1% income in WV (lowest in the country) is $374,312. Assuming a 60 hour work week, that’s $120/h. You’re bringing in $120/h ripping and listing Flagship?

[premium1981]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Yeah, no.

Top 1% income in WV (lowest in the country) is $374,312. Assuming a 60 hour work week, that’s $120/h. You’re bringing in $120/h ripping and listing Flagship?

I said 99%. I was referring to these boards, not necessarily the hourly rate of the country. Maybe I should have clarified that, but I didn't think anyone would be naive enough to think it was referring to the CEOs and the Elon Musk's of the world. But here we are. You never disappoint.