Topps out---Fanatics in

[Aston14]

Originally Posted by notoriousrmb

With no distributors, how will they get product?

LCS's will be the next to go.

Fanatics has everything in place to be the one stop shop. They have retail stores, they have online distribution models.

Its going to be the Walmart of trading cards.

They will get their product directly from Fanatics. Breakers have helped drive the current boom. Fanatics doesn’t want to kill it, they just want to cut out the middle man and take the margins for themselves.

[Cavaliercards]

Originally Posted by Doodlegrass

As a fanatics employee- I can’t disclose what dept or my position - but this is exciting and great designs/ideas are already in the works for the boomers that will refuse to buy because they blindly follow a company that ran out of ideas a decade+ ago

Cant wait to see what they bring forth am happy to have them enter into the market.

Welcome!!!

[notoriousrmb]

Originally Posted by Doodlegrass

As a fanatics employee- I can’t disclose what dept or my position - but this is exciting and great designs/ideas are already in the works for the boomers that will refuse to buy because they blindly follow a company that ran out of ideas a decade+ ago

Alienating a major client base is not a good start.

You say "blindly follow", others may say "brand loyalty".

[Stech36]

Originally Posted by Aston14

They will get their product directly from Fanatics. Breakers have helped drive the current boom. Fanatics doesn’t want to kill it, they just want to cut out the middle man and take the margins for themselves.

I guarantee you Fanatics prices are anything but reasonable. For customers or distributors/shops

[Prox3]

They are getting Football and Basketball as well

[notoriousrmb]

Originally Posted by whitmm

Pretty sure most breakers aren't getting products from distributors unless they are attached to a store already

I'm talking real, established breakers.

Not some kid on youtube opening his botted blasters at a 400% markup.

[Soxfanguy]

Just saw this

Holy ****

What does this mean for Topps values?

[ewokpelts]

Originally Posted by Doodlegrass

As a fanatics employee- I can’t disclose what dept or my position - but this is exciting and great designs/ideas are already in the works for the boomers that will refuse to buy because they blindly follow a company that ran out of ideas a decade+ ago

Wow. You shine those brass balls much?!

[Baseball Fury]

Fanatics has become the Walmart for anything sports related.

[daviswr7]

Star Wars?

[ClipsandVols]

Originally Posted by Doodlegrass

As a fanatics employee- I can’t disclose what dept or my position - but this is exciting and great designs/ideas are already in the works for the boomers that will refuse to buy because they blindly follow a company that ran out of ideas a decade+ ago

You come across as a chode. Not really doing Fanatics any favors.

Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

[Doodlegrass]

Originally Posted by smanzari

Shots Fired! Its like switching to Pepsi after drinking Coke for 25+ years - it can look nice AF but its initially going to look like a polished turd to me TBH

But then Pepsi Crystal comes out and you’re hooked

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by notoriousrmb

I'm talking real, established breakers.

Not some kid on youtube opening his botted blasters at a 400% markup.

They'll just buy from Fanatics. Fanatics will have no problem supplying breakers with all of the product they need

[Cavaliercards]

Originally Posted by daviswr7

Star Wars?

Brought to by Fanatics

Same with F1

[Ray27Ray52]

Originally Posted by Doodlegrass

As a fanatics employee- I can’t disclose what dept or my position - but this is exciting and great designs/ideas are already in the works for the boomers that will refuse to buy because they blindly follow a company that ran out of ideas a decade+ ago

If this is true, which it isn't, congrats on losing a customer . Smooth move random low level employee janitor guy.

[ottobord]

Whoever is buying a Highland Mint Field of Dreams Bronze coin for $29.99 on Fanatics we all thank you for the crap that the sports cards collectors will be getting.

[Soxfanguy]

Does this help or hurt the value of Topps cards you think?

[Doodlegrass]

Originally Posted by ewokpelts

Wow. You shine those brass balls much?!

I love the hate from people who don’t understand the behind the scenes work into procuring things like this - it’s not the 80s anymore - not only are the unions more demanding but athletes also are way more concerned with image than ever before and that comes at a premium more often than not.
Keep it coming though!

[BBases31]

Originally Posted by Doodlegrass

As a fanatics employee- I can’t disclose what dept or my position - but this is exciting and great designs/ideas are already in the works for the boomers that will refuse to buy because they blindly follow a company that ran out of ideas a decade+ ago

The biggest reason I think everyone will be skeptical is because a new company with no care for tradition in the industry is very likely to follow the Panini model and make a billion disco prizm elephant spider parallels and run the presses like crazy. Especially to satisfy the much increased price they are paying for the license.

[SupermanBrandon]

I also may or may not work at Fanatics. Based on what I know…the products will look like shiny futuristic garbage.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[kyle121592]

Originally Posted by Doodlegrass

I love the hate from people who don’t understand the behind the scenes work into procuring things like this - it’s not the 80s anymore - not only are the unions more demanding but athletes also are way more concerned with image than ever before and that comes at a premium more often than not.
Keep it coming though!

By procurement you mean just throwing the most money on the table?

[Cardboard Dawg]

Originally Posted by Doodlegrass

As a fanatics employee- I can’t disclose what dept or my position - but this is exciting and great designs/ideas are already in the works for the boomers that will refuse to buy because they blindly follow a company that ran out of ideas a decade+ ago

I hope this is true and we can all eat crow. Combine that with reasonable pricing and easier to get fresh wax and it could be a home run.

[Cavaliercards]

Originally Posted by BBases31

The biggest reason I think everyone will be skeptical is because a new company with no care for tradition in the industry is very likely to follow the Panini model and make a billion disco prizm elephant spider parallels and run the presses like crazy. Especially to satisfy the much increased price they are paying for the license.

Same thing Topps has done and Upper Deck has done.

[Cavaliercards]

Does Amazon still have a deal with Fanatics?

[Doodlegrass]

Originally Posted by Ray27Ray52

If this is true, which it isn't, congrats on losing a customer . Smooth move random low level employee janitor guy.

I will personally be ok with that, as it won’t affect my paycheck in any way. And yes, the janitor at fanatics made up a story about being employed there.

But more importantly - you’re the type of person that looks down on people who don’t rank higher than executive and that says a lot - the service industry gets dumped on entirely too much, you flip off your garbage man too?