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Originally Posted by BigSeph
If anyone can get ahold of distributors who have this, are they saying they have plenty in stock or they are out?
Talked to some breakers today who said they couldn't get any more HH# if they wanted to, their distributors are totally out.
Has anybody calculated the total print run of cases yet based on odds?
Also love this stuff, awesome checklist all around. Wish there were more autos than relics but there's still value in the variations.
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this is how it works, distributors take pre-orders months back based on what is ordered by folks; Topps requires them to turn in orders usually around 4 months in advance
hardly anyone ordered this, so that is why distributors are out
most distributors do NOT order more than what they pre-sell as they don't want to get stuck
if they do, they may add 10% or extra if it's a high in-demand product
which this was not, nor was it a grp brk type product
BUT all of those distributors could have re-ordered ANY time from Topps (as long as they are on good terms), as of Friday Topps still had some left, in fact my distributor re-ordered Tuesday (since I was the only one who pre-bought from him and I told him he would need more, and he started getting emails/calls); then he re-ordered again on Wednesday AND a 3rd time on Friday
on Wednesday there was nearly 500 cases left, on Friday less than 100
sometimes distributors say they are out because they are holding it, or have some in transit and think price will increase (as it has and will)
just because a distributor does not have any does not mean there is not plenty around
this product was not over-produced but it was not that low either, not for an 'update' type 'later-year' 'non-chrome' non-prospect' product
there were several other products this year that had less production
I know places it can still be ordered and BO too will have more, so it's around
this is why everyone should have a relationship with at least 1 distributor or more, and also why to pre-order so you get in around 6-8% above cost at release not 25-33% above and later
but it can go the opposite way as well, so some choose not to pre-buy, I get that
anyone who has followed heritage high knows how great it is, and this year was going to rock, no one, no one knew the checklist (even though small) would be this amazing, with most autos not being sp at all
there were so many rc they could have had in the auto checklist along with the top 5-10 guys, but they didn't they made most all solid then added strong hof and current autos to boot
in past you would see some semi-star current guys for fillers, but not this time
outstanding product all around, helps to have super hot rc class, and autos that don't fall every box, etc
ok, i am done, lol