2024 GPK Battle of the Bands - Green Day

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by nephinfan

After I purchased the 6 boxes, I had the same thought about 2 cases. You're absolutely right about loose boxes. I'm right up there with you on the luck factor with those. At first, I was really hesitant to buy as much as I ended up buying, but GD has been my favorite band since the very beginning, so I thought, "How often is something Green Day themed like this coming around again?", and I had to go for it.

Haha, the bolded convinced me to purchase 7 loose boxes (I planned to match you at 6 but decided to go with 7, my favorite number, to hopefully add some extra luck for the rip).

[nephinfan]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

Haha, the bolded convinced me to purchase 7 loose boxes (I planned to match you at 6 but decided to go with 7, my favorite number, to hopefully add some extra luck for the rip).

I was really wanting to work in a "When I Come Around" reference there, but couldn't quite get it to work. Haha! I hope that extra box brings you "triple" the luck!

[eldavojohn]

Originally Posted by ATLOTP

after opening that product I sent them an email telling them it was the worst product I ever opened

It was a product designed to open one or two of the tiny boxes. The problem was that the printer must have read 100,000 boxes instead of 100 cases because they ain't ever running out of that product ... and that's at the height up of the hobby ...

[crdbored]

Originally Posted by TimBuckTwo

10 boxes for me. What the hell. Topps Ripped has more info on the set.

There are 1/1s.

25 Triple autos, 5 American Idiot triples.

https://ripped.topps.com/how-to-coll...nds-green-day/

"The set also includes ten different parallels, giving collectors a colorful and layered chase filled with rare and low-numbered finds."

Yikes, I hope you get at least one numbered per box. Looks like why this is still in stock. Seems like they printed lots of this.

Overall, looks like a fun set for Green Day fans.

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by eldavojohn

Well I hope everyone does exceptionally well on this ... I'm starting to feel a little responsible for making this post lol and hope nobody gets bit by this one. I almost bought a few boxes twice but the memory of spending a few Gs on a product that is still in stock two+ years later kept me from pulling the trigger.

I'm actually thankful that you posted about it because I might've missed it otherwise.

For the first time in a long time, I actually don't care about "ROI" (it certainly helps that GPK wax is much more affordable than sports cards wax). Obviously, I still want to pull the chase cards but I'm genuinely excited to put together the 100-card base set.

[hotcalsun]

Originally Posted by crdbored

"The set also includes ten different parallels, giving collectors a colorful and layered chase filled with rare and low-numbered finds."

Yikes, I hope you get at least one numbered per box. Looks like why this is still in stock. Seems like they printed lots of this.

Overall, looks like a fun set for Green Day fans.

Been pretty common with these sort of products, the GPK x MLB, and others. Basically usually 8 base, 1-insert, and 1-parallel per pack. Once we know the most common parallel -- /149 or whatever, the pack / box / cases produced will be calculated by someone on this thread.

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by nephinfan

I was really wanting to work in a "When I Come Around" reference there, but couldn't quite get it to work. Haha! I hope that extra box brings you "triple" the luck!

Hahaha, wouldn't it be awesome if we both hit triple autos? Regardless, I'm sure we'll still have the time of our lives

Appreciate it, I wish you the best of luck with your boxes too!

[nephinfan]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

Hahaha, wouldn't it be awesome if we both hit triple autos? Regardless, I'm sure we'll still have the time of our lives

Appreciate it, I wish you the best of luck with your boxes too!

Haha! Well done! Both of us hitting the Triple would be an amazing outcome! Let's hope that's the case, but either way, I agree that this one example where I don't care about the ROI. This one is all about the fun factor.

Now we just have to twiddle our thumbs just for a bit until Topps releases this to us.

[bustsomewax]

You guys don't find it odd that the product page makes no mention of Box guarantees, like every other GPK release...

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by nephinfan

Haha! Well done! Both of us hitting the Triple would be an amazing outcome! Let's hope that's the case, but either way, I agree that this one example where I don't care about the ROI. This one is all about the fun factor.

Now we just have to twiddle our thumbs just for a bit until Topps releases this to us.

100%!

Haha, I don't know about you but I'll be listening to a lot more Green Day until then

[eldavojohn]

Originally Posted by bustsomewax

You guys don't find it odd that the product page makes no mention of Box guarantees, like every other GPK release...

Everything about this was odd ... the only normal thing was that I felt like I was getting ripped off as I put boxes into my cart

Look, if you've got some limited release like that weird Dune release -- go ahead and tell me the day before you release it ... but I saw this on the homepage and saw that the year dated on the product is 2024 and was just super confused when I saw the size of the checklist ... very large print run, you would think there would be a very large media push, yeah? I guess the Cactus Jack Chrome also was a surprise to me so maybe they just want to reward the people who are checking the site every day ... if you have enough releases, that could work but you'd think something like this would be aimed at bringing in Green Day fans to the hobby?

[finfangfan]

I had fun with the last GPK/MLB set but will be sitting this one out. If you are a fan, I guess you should be happy this one isn’t selling out quickly. Does seem like an overprinted set that could sit for awhile.

[crdbored]

This format reminds me of the rolling stones set that dropped in the megabox format.

Wonder if this will be a wider release you'll find in retail stores. Don't see anything about online exclusive on the page and this is just a pre-order.

[PrinceVegeta]

Originally Posted by crdbored

This format reminds me of the rolling stones set that dropped in the megabox format.

Wonder if this will be a wider release you'll find in retail stores. Don't see anything about online exclusive on the page and this is just a pre-order.

Hobby stores will get product.

[jdandns]

Originally Posted by TimBuckTwo

Will they restock case on the 27th? Or are preorders all they produce?

If it's the same as with the regular baseball cards they do pre-orders for, there will be more boxes available on the 27th, but they'll cost a little more, probably $84.99.

[bustsomewax]

Originally Posted by PrinceVegeta

Hobby stores will get product.

Are you saying Shops are getting this Greenday, 100%?

[nephinfan]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

100%!

Haha, I don't know about you but I'll be listening to a lot more Green Day until then

Definitely!

[bub838]

Pass for me, looks like they printed a lot of it and 10 parallels is nuts.

[jdandns]

Green Day is coming up on the end of their world tour for their 14th album. They have some dates in South America through mid September, then wrap it all up with 4 U.S. dates spanning Sept. 21st-30th. Final stop is the Yaamava' Resort & Casino theater in San Bernadino, CA (where, as it happens, they are, this very night, giving a winner of a two-month contest a copy of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman).

The other tour stops are Chicago, Dana Point (CA), and Ocean City (MD). I was thinking maybe they'd have some of the cards for sale at the merch table, like Post Malone had those Topps PostyFest cards for sale at his concert, but with so few dates left on the tour, so that seems unlikely.

[dunquixote1]

There’s almost no indicators of the print run. Until odds come out it’s totally unknown. There are occasional sets the drop with lower print runs that stay in stock - like the WBC set.

[LondonGames]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

I'm actually thankful that you posted about it because I might've missed it otherwise.

For the first time in a long time, I actually don't care about "ROI" (it certainly helps that GPK wax is much more affordable than sports cards wax). Obviously, I still want to pull the chase cards but I'm genuinely excited to put together the 100-card base set.

Likewise. Thank you for posting. I took a blind dive, but happy I did. It's the first product in a while I thought actually looked great.

[hotcalsun]

Single boxes now sold out. Will be interesting to see what this ends up being.

[ricebellypanda]

Seems quite largely printed for such a niche product

[eldavojohn]

Originally Posted by ricebellypanda

Seems quite largely printed for such a niche product

I guess we'll know on August 27, 2025 when they release the rest of the non-presale allocation.

[dunquixote1]

Originally Posted by ricebellypanda

Seems quite largely printed for such a niche product

How do you know this? People keep making stuff up like they have some sort of inside knowledge.

You could be right. But don't state it like you know. There's absolutely zero indicators of the production run. Everything anyone says regarding production is a total assumption and guess. I'd actually argue that the sell out pace on this indicates a smaller print run...but who the hell knows?