First Buzz: 2025-26 Topps NBA basketball cards - Page 30

eastbayak · 10-23-2025, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Ross

I cashed out Hobby and Jumbos to the same place.

Nice!!

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Originally Posted by yiguiri2002

Quick question to people thinking about holding: why? What's the upside on Flagship being 300+ in the long term when there's so much out there?

If I decide to hold any of my boxes, it's not because I expect these to appreciate, it's because I like the uniqueness of this product.

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Originally Posted by spurs50fan

Only thing that intrigues me is those autos, especially photoshoot and duals, may hold some long term appeal

Yeah, there's some nice autos in the product. Hopefully, the big ones are on-card.

hermanotarjeta · 10-23-2025, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

The saddest part of this is, this will be the easiest NBA release we ever get from Fanatics.

Looking forward to it!

For sure.

eastbayak · 10-23-2025, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

The saddest part of this is, this will be the easiest NBA release we ever get from Fanatics.

Looking forward to it!

Haha you're probably right about that.

jkampis · 10-23-2025, 03:19 PM

I priced the boxes $175-$320 at my shop, and I'm $70 cheaper for hobby and $120 cheaper for jumbo than my nearest competition in Huntsville and Birmingham. That's some crazy price gouging.

Boredlawyer · 10-23-2025, 03:22 PM

I had seven jumbos, sold five and have two left.

Trying to do mental gymnastics to convince myself to open one.

~8/300 base checklist guys would be nice parallel hits; think odds of hitting a base parallel #'d /99 or less were about 60% of jumbo boxes. So less than a 1.5% chance of hitting a desirable, low numbered base name, and even then, a Steph to 99 doesn't cover your box cost.

Flagg Silver Pack Odds are 1:10 jumbos, so only ~$8 EV without factoring in parallels.

No one seems to care too much for the Golden Mirrors.

Case hits - Hardwood, Class of 25, All Kings, fell something like a combined one per case. Probably need to hit one of these to have any chance of breaking even, less a low, low parallel hit or a gigantic auto.

Would be a really fun break at $150, and probably not a terrible deal at $230 or whatever the release was from Topps, but $350-375 is just waaaaay too much above my napkin-mathed EV to open.

Bob Ross · 10-23-2025, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jkampis

I priced the boxes $175-$320 at my shop, and I'm $70 cheaper for hobby and $120 cheaper for jumbo than my nearest competition in Huntsville and Birmingham. That's some crazy price gouging.

I appreciate you fighting back and not being in on the fix.

Well done.

cjmccreary · 10-23-2025, 03:33 PM

Sold my All Kings Flagg for $1500 after letting it sit for 24 hours, then one goes for $3500 a few hours later.

Just gonna tell myself it's a case of eBay shenanigans. Guess that's my only choice at this point.

hermanotarjeta · 10-23-2025, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by kipgen

Which ones?

Most all of them, even Flagg rookies since yesterday, LOL.

IronCladLou · 10-23-2025, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

The saddest part of this is, this will be the easiest NBA release we ever get from Fanatics.

Looking forward to it!

Lol the truth

Wait until most people go a year on EQL 0/40

eastbayak · 10-23-2025, 03:40 PM

I wasn't aware that the Fanatics exclusive blaster boxes might also contain the following:

Pretty sweet haha.

Asian62150 · 10-23-2025, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by eastbayak

I wasn't aware that the Fanatics exclusive blaster boxes might also contain the following:

Pretty sweet haha.

Bronny...smh.

eastbayak · 10-23-2025, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Asian62150

Bronny...smh.

On the bright side, autographed Curry jersey and Wemby basketball.

eastbayak · 10-23-2025, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkampis

I priced the boxes $175-$320 at my shop, and I'm $70 cheaper for hobby and $120 cheaper for jumbo than my nearest competition in Huntsville and Birmingham. That's some crazy price gouging.

Nice prices given that there's buy offers of $155-$325 for them.

Asian62150 · 10-23-2025, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by eastbayak

On the bright side, autographed Curry jersey and Wemby basketball.

Yeah those are cool. To be fair, 75% of things from that list are pretty nice. But if you're a Lakers fan, you gotta be disappointed in the selection, considering all the Laker greats.

Giantrobot · 10-23-2025, 03:53 PM

Opened 7 blasters over three locations (4 Wal-Mart, 2 and 1 at seperate hobby shops)-

2 Flagg RCs
2 Flagg 8-Bit inserts
3 Edgecombe RCs
1 Edgecombe Clutch City
2 Harper RCs
2 Harper Generation Now
1 Harper 8-Bit
2 Bailey RCs
1 Bailey Clutch City

Gold /50 Carmelo
Green /99 D Murray
Marcus Smart GU jersey

I’ll take that over the average hobby box I’ve seen

eastbayak · 10-23-2025, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Asian62150

Yeah those are cool. To be fair, 75% of things from that list are pretty nice. But if you're a Lakers fan, you gotta be disappointed in the selection, considering all the Laker greats.

Haha true, should've been LeBron.

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Originally Posted by Giantrobot

Opened 7 blasters over three locations (4 Wal-Mart, 2 and 1 at seperate hobby shops)-

2 Flagg RCs
2 Flagg 8-Bit inserts
3 Edgecombe RCs
1 Edgecombe Clutch City
2 Harper RCs
2 Harper Generation Now
1 Harper 8-Bit
2 Bailey RCs
1 Bailey Clutch City

Gold /50 Carmelo
Green /99 D Murray
Marcus Smart GU jersey

I’ll take that over the average hobby box I’ve seen

Thought Golds were supposed to be out of 2025 only to realize there's a variety of Golds (/50 and /2025) and there's a shitload of other parallels lol.

Four types of base 1/1s?! Wowzers.

beavers · 10-23-2025, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by eastbayak

I wasn't aware that the Fanatics exclusive blaster boxes might also contain the following:

Pretty sweet haha.

That’s actually really awesome. I would be over the moon for many of those things out of a blaster. Bet prices on those blasters get interesting

jfan2024 · 10-23-2025, 04:13 PM

They do these for baseball fanatics blasters too, doesn't seem to mean much if anything at all. I just think of these as some extra 1/1s that nobody ever sees or pulls

IronCladLou · 10-23-2025, 04:17 PM

FOMO is getting to me seeing everyone party whilst I am being strong

hermanotarjeta · 10-23-2025, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giantrobot

Opened 7 blasters over three locations (4 Wal-Mart, 2 and 1 at seperate hobby shops)-

2 Flagg RCs
2 Flagg 8-Bit inserts
3 Edgecombe RCs
1 Edgecombe Clutch City
2 Harper RCs
2 Harper Generation Now
1 Harper 8-Bit
2 Bailey RCs
1 Bailey Clutch City

Gold /50 Carmelo
Green /99 D Murray
Marcus Smart GU jersey

I’ll take that over the average hobby box I’ve seen

This might be the way to go.

MarvelCardsFan · 10-23-2025, 04:30 PM

Jumbo with 2 autos. Really good box.
https://youtu.be/7gAgnTHiIO8

Kyle213 · 10-23-2025, 04:36 PM

Bought the Mavs in a hobby case break for $400. Figured if I was going to spend that on some boxes, may as well just shoot for a Flagg. Well, not an auto, but…

Jaypers · 10-23-2025, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by beavers

This will be an interesting one to watch. One of the top rookie cards in the product. Any guesses where it ends?

https://ebay.us/m/RksgPe

Already over $14K.

hermanotarjeta · 10-23-2025, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaypers

Already over $14K.

Yikes, what happens when his actual topps chrome superfractor, and sapphire and mega and cosmic and gilded and finest and etc ….come out?

metsandweezer · 10-23-2025, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by eastbayak

I wasn't aware that the Fanatics exclusive blaster boxes might also contain the following:

Pretty sweet haha.

Where/When do these go live?

10-23-2025, 04:13 PM	#743
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10-23-2025, 04:36 PM	#747
Kyle213 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 890 Kylem213 Kyle213	Bought the Mavs in a hobby case break for $400. Figured if I was going to spend that on some boxes, may as well just shoot for a Flagg. Well, not an auto, but… __________________ In-Progress Set: 2001 Donruss Significant Signatures Football- 90% Complete (45/50)

10-23-2025, 03:19 PM	#729
jkampis Member Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,463	I priced the boxes $175-$320 at my shop, and I'm $70 cheaper for hobby and $120 cheaper for jumbo than my nearest competition in Huntsville and Birmingham. That's some crazy price gouging.

10-23-2025, 03:22 PM	#730
Boredlawyer Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,102	I had seven jumbos, sold five and have two left. Trying to do mental gymnastics to convince myself to open one. ~8/300 base checklist guys would be nice parallel hits; think odds of hitting a base parallel #'d /99 or less were about 60% of jumbo boxes. So less than a 1.5% chance of hitting a desirable, low numbered base name, and even then, a Steph to 99 doesn't cover your box cost. Flagg Silver Pack Odds are 1:10 jumbos, so only ~$8 EV without factoring in parallels. No one seems to care too much for the Golden Mirrors. Case hits - Hardwood, Class of 25, All Kings, fell something like a combined one per case. Probably need to hit one of these to have any chance of breaking even, less a low, low parallel hit or a gigantic auto. Would be a really fun break at $150, and probably not a terrible deal at $230 or whatever the release was from Topps, but $350-375 is just waaaaay too much above my napkin-mathed EV to open.

10-23-2025, 03:33 PM	#732
cjmccreary Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 712 sportsfixcards cjmccreary	Sold my All Kings Flagg for $1500 after letting it sit for 24 hours, then one goes for $3500 a few hours later. Just gonna tell myself it's a case of eBay shenanigans. Guess that's my only choice at this point.

10-23-2025, 03:40 PM	#735
eastbayak Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 16,211 eastbayak	I wasn't aware that the Fanatics exclusive blaster boxes might also contain the following: Pretty sweet haha.

10-23-2025, 03:53 PM	#740
Giantrobot Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 4,843	Opened 7 blasters over three locations (4 Wal-Mart, 2 and 1 at seperate hobby shops)- 2 Flagg RCs 2 Flagg 8-Bit inserts 3 Edgecombe RCs 1 Edgecombe Clutch City 2 Harper RCs 2 Harper Generation Now 1 Harper 8-Bit 2 Bailey RCs 1 Bailey Clutch City Gold /50 Carmelo Green /99 D Murray Marcus Smart GU jersey I’ll take that over the average hobby box I’ve seen

10-23-2025, 04:17 PM	#744
IronCladLou Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,593 eightytwopolly	FOMO is getting to me seeing everyone party whilst I am being strong

10-23-2025, 04:30 PM	#746
MarvelCardsFan Member Join Date: Nov 2024 Posts: 18	Jumbo with 2 autos. Really good box. https://youtu.be/7gAgnTHiIO8