Hot Take on Topps/Fanatics
 

As bad as their monopoly is shaping up to be, I still don't miss Poopnini. :coffee:

[QUOTE=hairysasquatch;20225039]As bad as their monopoly is shaping up to be, I still don't miss Poopnini. :coffee:[/QUOTE]
For me nothing had changed. I was priced out then and I’m priced out now. I am not going to pay $6,000 for 12 autos of linemen.

Hot take: I don't really care.

It's all about group breaking now -- not about collectors.

2020+ Poopnini was really bad but before that Poopnini will probably be better than Topps unless people start demanding better quality.

[QUOTE=Fenway55;20225060]For me nothing had changed. I was priced out then and I’m priced out now. I am not going to pay $6,000 for 12 autos of linemen.[/QUOTE]

Same. The box prices are ridiculous. Singles only in the offseason is all I can do

I appreciate circa 2000's UD/Donruss etc that much more.

I have only been collection a few years and bought very very little last year as i didnt see much worthy of the cost. I will pick up a few singles this summer, but i am not shelling rediculous money for boxes of crap. I collect some chargers and jets so i will continue to pick those up. The 27 draft may be worthy of a little investment, but we will see.

Panini [B]did [/B]have a TON of issues.

Panini [B]did not[/B] funnel ~90% of in demand hobby product to their own breaking platform.

[QUOTE=yoyosh;20225574]Panini [B]did [/B]have a TON of issues.

Panini [B]did not[/B] funnel ~90% of in demand hobby product to their own breaking platform.[/QUOTE]

I won't even argue against this point. I still don't miss Poopnini.

Poopnini is literally the dumbest “insult” on the planet unless you’re a child

That’s all

I don’t care about any of this

Panini designs >>>>> Topps designs

[QUOTE=Siberian13;20225384]Same. The box prices are ridiculous. Singles only in the offseason is all I can do[/QUOTE]
Agreed. I’ll get Patriot complete sets, including a couple levels of refractor parallels. Save myself thousands of dollars in the process.

[QUOTE=Fenway55;20225060]For me nothing had changed. I was priced out then and I’m priced out now. I am not going to pay $6,000 for 12 autos of linemen.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Siberian13;20225384]Same. The box prices are ridiculous. Singles only in the offseason is all I can do[/QUOTE]

Agreed and Agreed but to be honest only buying singles of anything past 2020 in rare cases. I've shifted all my buying activates to singles basically 2018 or older.

[QUOTE=sethc1020;20227090]Agreed and Agreed but to be honest only buying singles of anything past 2020 in rare cases. I've shifted all my buying activates to singles basically 2018 or older.[/QUOTE]

Covid made the mess even messier

I have not collected an active player for over 3 years.

dont care about panini or fanatics/topps.

[QUOTE=sethc1020;20227090]Agreed and Agreed but to be honest only buying singles of anything past 2020 in rare cases. I've shifted all my buying activates to singles basically 2018 or older.[/QUOTE]

Me as well. Haven't bought a case of football since 2015. I do miss it, but the prices are just too high for me.

I am going to miss Score the most. 4 autos per box at a very reasonable price - and a good percentage were quality autos.

Will be interesting now to see how they handle having products from every license being printed at the same time. See if they can keep up (Spoiler, they already can't)

Saw some stuff from the Topps summit...

It's just more cartoon cards.

Cartoon cards, credit cards, automated kiosks that tell you whats possible to get in a box (As opposed to posting parallels/odds on the box or pack itself like they used to). Lots of fluff.

[QUOTE=AwesomeBrian;20230274]Cartoon cards, credit cards, automated kiosks that tell you whats possible to get in a box (As opposed to posting parallels/odds on the box or pack itself like they used to). Lots of fluff.[/QUOTE]

I think I'm going to shift to vintage.

[QUOTE=hairysasquatch;20230281]I think I'm going to shift to vintage.[/QUOTE]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/aOWCs1X.gif[/img]

[QUOTE=Boo;20230312][img]https://i.imgur.com/aOWCs1X.gif[/img][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=hairysasquatch;20230281]I think I'm going to shift to vintage.[/QUOTE]

Vintage football sucks compared to baseball, that's the issue

[QUOTE=hairysasquatch;20230281]I think I'm going to shift to vintage.[/QUOTE]

Hey, Early Panini is almost 20 years old... Close enough to be vintage for some!

this isnt a hot take. it is a bad take.