First Buzz: 2020 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by pryantexas

Heritage or Archives needs to go away
Gypsy Queen or Ginter needs to go away
Opening Day or Big League needs to go away

Disagree with having either Heritage/Archives go away....there's a lot of affection in the hobby for Topps' classic designs. However, I would really like to see and Archives-style product using some of Topps' non-baseball designs (like the Throwback Thursday sets).

Agree that both GQ and Ginter have run their course....they've both been around ten years now, and the designs have become increasingly derivative and boring. Name a single design from either product that you can look at and tell me instantly what year it is from.

Opening Day should disappear, since it's really just another version/parallel of flagship. Big League should stay, since it's low-end and a different design than flagship.

[marl1220]

Originally Posted by pryantexas

Heritage or Archives needs to go away
Gypsy Queen or Ginter needs to go away
Opening Day or Big League needs to go away

This years Big League looks like the cat's ass! Can't wait to get mine.

[fulltritty]

Originally Posted by pryantexas

Heritage or Archives needs to go away
Gypsy Queen or Ginter needs to go away
Opening Day or Big League needs to go away

I would definitely vote to keep Heritage, GQ, and Opening Day. The other 3 can gladly go away.

I understand the concept of Big League being cheap for kids, but a better design would go a long way. They just look like boring garbage.

[majestik101]

Originally Posted by pryantexas

Heritage or Archives needs to go away
Gypsy Queen or Ginter needs to go away
Opening Day or Big League needs to go away

Only one I like anymore from that list is Archives. Mostly because I like the various designs and inserts.

The others have run their course. Especially GQ. It's been terrible the last few years and each year the checklist gets weaker. To add insult to injury, even if by some miracle you do manage to pull something nice, the card will have little to no secondary market value.

[wood minis]

I'm in agreement with a lot of what's said here.

I miss the minis and love the on card autographs.

Even without the minis I've done some numbered sets.

Last year it was the blue chrome /150s and the year before the blue /150s for the entire set.

Not doing anything with GQ this year. Business shut down in NY as non-essential with a hard to see end in sight so timing just off.

I've been feeling for awhile that Topps needs to discontinue a few of these releases. I've been collecting A&G and GQ since they started. This might be the year I pass completely, except for the wood minis of course.

[bd3d86]

Busted a case and it was BRUTAL besides 2 cards. I got a Bo Bichette auto and that was nice, but then I had a redemption....

My son and I saved it for last and slow rolled it....


Logo Swap Autograph Parallel of......










Miles Mikolas....


What a letdown. Luckily I had a surprise in the box topper packs:

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Chrome Refractor auto #/25


It definitely didn't save the case, but I felt a little better after getting that.

[bd3d86]

Also, looking for some cards to finish a set:

Base: 3, 44, 45, 54, 73, 74, 91, 120, 138, 154, 162, 181, 198, 216, 236, 247, 253, 260, 283, 292

SP's: 302, 306, 310, 312, 313, 314, 315, 317, 319, 320


Willing to trade or buy if the price is right.

[ThoseBackPages]

none today

[chezball]

Originally Posted by pryantexas

Heritage or Archives needs to go away
Gypsy Queen or Ginter needs to go away
Opening Day or Big League needs to go away

No one is going to agree on heritage, as far as the others couldn't care less.

[Gurds]

Was in a case break tonight that my LCS did. Ended up with the Blue Jays. Hit probably 5 Bichette base, a chrome base and a handful of his inserts too.

Also ended up hitting a Bichette base auto and a Bichette B&W auto /50

I'll take it! I think that will keep me from buying any boxes of this stuff.

[yrocks2001]

I saw two breaks tonight that could be considered insane

Case Break one had
Robert logo swap auto
Yordan blue auto
Bichette Auto
Tatis Bazooka auto
Hoerner auto

Case Break two had
3 auto patch books (Tatis, Astudillo, Flaherty)
Ohtani black and white auto
Vlad Jr auto Jersey
Mike Yaz game used base auto
Yordan auto
Brendan McKay mini black and white auto


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[cardzzz]

All I saw tonight was the $4.99 Hangers at a lone Target and those were on a end cap with Opening Day product near candy.

[KUHawk]

Originally Posted by yrocks2001

I saw two breaks tonight that could be considered insane

Case Break one had
Robert logo swap auto
Yordan blue auto
Bichette Auto
Tatis Bazooka auto
Hoerner auto

Case Break two had
3 auto patch books (Tatis, Astudillo, Flaherty)
Ohtani black and white auto
Vlad Jr auto Jersey
Mike Yaz game used base auto
Yordan auto
Brendan McKay mini black and white auto


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That first case looks familiar

[yrocks2001]

Originally Posted by KUHawk

That first case looks familiar

Yes it does! There's also a unbelievable case in the box breaks section. Seems like some of these cases run really hot while others not so much.

[Stech36]

Originally Posted by yrocks2001

Yes it does! There's also a unbelievable case in the box breaks section. Seems like some of these cases run really hot while others not so much.

Definitely. I watched two in a row from a breaker yesterday.

First case didn’t have one autograph worth more than $20, most $10 or less.

It did have a gerritt Cole super in the box toppers though. Along with a blue of Alvarez and Bichette.

Second case had a Rickey Henderson auto, nothing else of note.

[PDCCollectibles]

Originally Posted by yrocks2001

Yes it does! There's also a unbelievable case in the box breaks section. Seems like some of these cases run really hot while others not so much.

Same thing happens with every release as far as case 'runs' go….I'm just soured these days on GQ..I used to love it with the mini's, attainable SP sets, etc. Now the variations are plenty and fall flat in my opinion...

[ThoseBackPages]

ive not checked, but i believe the 2020 release DOES contain the RCs that people want, unlike pretty much any other GQ release (due to it being released so early in the calendar year)

[UCCF]

Originally Posted by yrocks2001

Yes it does! There's also a unbelievable case in the box breaks section. Seems like some of these cases run really hot while others not so much.

I saw two case breaks yesterday. Aside from a Gleyber auto relic, really nothing of note. Some base rookie autos, one red parallel, a couple of gold chromes.

Nothing like either of those cases. I can't imagine pulling 3 booklets in one case.

[UCCF]

Originally Posted by pryantexas

Heritage or Archives needs to go away
Gypsy Queen or Ginter needs to go away
Opening Day or Big League needs to go away

If we're dumping products, don't leave out the high end:

Diamond Icons or Definitive
Museum or Triple Threads
Tier One or Tribute
Gold Label or Finest
Dynasty or Luminaries

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by UCCF

If we're dumping products, don't leave out the high end:

Diamond Icons or Definitive
Museum or Triple Threads
Tier One or Tribute
Gold Label or Finest
Dynasty or Luminaries

Can we dump all of them except Finest?

[glassofwater]

I was bored I bought wanted to open something they had cellos. I just threw 100 bucks in. The trash pure garbage. If you see those 4.99 boxes grab them you get t better cards then the cellos.

[crazy4kinsler]

I think Gold Label could be redone. Every time I'd go into the LCS, and they'd have an open mini box, the big thick pack would be missing. So I knew the hit had been pulled. Therefore, I passed. Need to do something different to make it not so obvious where the lone hit is IMO.

Originally Posted by UCCF

If we're dumping products, don't leave out the high end:

Gold Label or Finest

[Skeely]

I have seen some REALLY good cases of this stuff being broken. I have watched at least 8 cases total get broken live of this and ive seen a 1/1 lineup card, two booklets, two trout autos, two vlad autos, three bichette autos,three tatis autos, three acuna autos, and a bunch of the bazooka back autos /25 and a jacob degrom superfractor. Maybe its just what I have been watching but every case I have seen produced more money worth of cards than the case price. I have hated this product in the past but the auto checklist is stacked and there are a lot of unique cards. I wouldn't sleep on this product reselling for more than its currently at now for the first time in like forever. Just my opinion.

[UCCF]

Originally Posted by crazy4kinsler

I think Gold Label could be redone. Every time I'd go into the LCS, and they'd have an open mini box, the big thick pack would be missing. So I knew the hit had been pulled. Therefore, I passed. Need to do something different to make it not so obvious where the lone hit is IMO.

Yeah, it's definitely not a product you can sell by the pack. I'm surprised they would even try.

I like Gold Label in general - framed autos, the three tiers of cards plus parallels, and it's not crazy expensive. But I just think Topps makes way too many different products every year.

I could be happy with flagship, a couple of medium range things, and maybe one high end. Do we really need 20 different releases to chase every year? (Not to mention all of the online only stuff, the new Topps Now cards every day, etc.)

[JeffG1954]

Originally Posted by pryantexas

Heritage or Archives needs to go away
Gypsy Queen or Ginter needs to go away
Opening Day or Big League needs to go away

If any of those go away they will have to be replaced with something.....Topps has a contract that forces them to product xx amount of products each year. Would you rather have a continuation of a product line that kind of sucks, or a new product line that kind of sucks?