First Buzz: 2025-26 Topps NBA basketball cards

[oldgoldy97]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

My guess is chrome jumbos will be $1500+ in short time. Good luck gents. That’s only $50/ random team spot.

When you put it that way, wow, what a deal!

In 10 years, a single player single box break at $50 will seem like a good deal, too. It’s only $50, right?

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

Looking forward to the future games Fanatics will force us to play to get any NBA product! Gouge pricing, backdoored product, marketing to make it look like every monster hit comes from a 7/11 blaster box, careless shipping, etc.

Fun times!

This 16 year financial bull run has allowed them to do that - the crypto/tsla/nvda bois have more money than they know what to do with. So why not degenerate gamble on sports cards?

YOLO, right?

Just be sure you are one of these filthy rich guys and not get caught with your pants down with no savings if you are going play the hobby like a rich guy as a poor.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

When you put it that way, wow, what a deal!

In 10 years, a single player single box break at $50 will seem like a good deal, too. It’s only $50, right?

That’s the mentality driving the degenerate breaker culture. How many breaks can you get into with one bitcoin?

You’re bound to hit a monster at $50 a pop with that kind of backing right?

I would love for fanatics to charge $1000 per jumbo box direct from their website.

[jjcan]

I watched a 1 Hobby box Ebay live break yesterday and all the teams went for $12 over, so with 30 teams I am pretty sure they made over $400+ off 1 Hobby box. Not even Jumbo.

So, yeah if that was a Jumbo, sure the teams would have sold close to double.

We are not that Far away guys.

[Asian62150]

Originally Posted by Scottish Punk

I kind of suspect that as well. There will be a lot of "1st Topps Chrome card" of player driving fomo. I don't think it will have long term staying power though. At some point, collectors will just realize it is another chrome finish set like every other year. It will come down to if the rookie class will be generational or not.

There just is more stuff being printed now than 2003 or 2009.

For other "shiny" stuff like Finest or Bowman's Best or whatever other offshoot they churn out, maybe.

But just like Prizm was king, Chrome is king. That's the base RC everyone will be chasing.

I do agree print runs will play a role to an extent. We'll see what kind of restraint Topps has. My guess for initial offering is: $250/$500 Hobby/Jumbo. But that could be wishful thinking.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by Asian62150

For other "shiny" stuff like Finest or Bowman's Best or whatever other offshoot they churn out, maybe.

But just like Prizm was king, Chrome is king. That's the base RC everyone will be chasing.

I do agree print runs will play a role to an extent. We'll see what kind of restraint Topps has. My guess for initial offering is: $250/$500 Hobby/Jumbo. But that could be wishful thinking.

That’s very wishful thinking - considering fanatics knows flagship is $250/$500, let’s see how much meat they want to leave on the bone for box flipper bois.

[Bob Ross]

Going to be cool to see Fanatics price Chrome at $1999.95 Hobby / $4699.95 Jumbo.

EQL.

[Chris P]

So I got two jumbos from the Fanatics drop and they won't arrive until mid November. Why is there such a delay in a product that is readily available?

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by Chris P

So I got two jumbos from the Fanatics drop and they won't arrive until mid November. Why is there such a delay in a product that is readily available?

They already have your money.....they don't care when you actually get the product you've ordered.

Customer service (in any company) is only as good as its customers force it to be.

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

This 16 year financial bull run has allowed them to do that - the crypto/tsla/nvda bois have more money than they know what to do with. So why not degenerate gamble on sports cards?

YOLO, right?

Just be sure you are one of these filthy rich guys and not get caught with your pants down with no savings if you are going play the hobby like a rich guy as a poor.

In the last month I've had two different people tell me that they're unemployed and then still buy cards from me...and these weren't small purchases either.

[yiguiri2002]

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

Going to be cool to see Fanatics price Chrome at $1999.95 Hobby / $4699.95 Jumbo.

EQL.

Only 5 people win boxes and no one gets a case. Secondary is at 3K/6K.

Originally Posted by Chris P

So I got two jumbos from the Fanatics drop and they won't arrive until mid November. Why is there such a delay in a product that is readily available?

It's the other way around. Why would they use their current stock to fulfill an order at MSRP when they can sell it to distributors for 50% more right now?

[IronCladLou]

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

Going to be cool to see Fanatics price Chrome at $1999.95 Hobby / $4699.95 Jumbo.

EQL.

10x right there

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by mfw13

In the last month I've had two different people tell me that they're unemployed and then still buy cards from me...and these weren't small purchases either.

My buyer (a guy I move my bulk singles to) told me he can’t buy my singles because he had no money.

Somehow, he opened a box of hobby and jumbo basketball and now he’s even more broke, lol.

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by mfw13

In the last month I've had two different people tell me that they're unemployed and then still buy cards from me...and these weren't small purchases either.

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

My buyer (a guy I move my bulk singles to) told me he can’t buy my singles because he had no money.

Somehow, he opened a box of hobby and jumbo basketball and now he’s even more broke, lol.

The Fanatics way!

[IronCladLou]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

My buyer (a guy I move my bulk singles to) told me he can’t buy my singles because he had no money.

Somehow, he opened a box of hobby and jumbo basketball and now he’s even more broke, lol.

I am 18 months sober from breaking but I am a sucker for boxes.

[eastbayak]

NOT MY CARD

1/1 Curry pulled...

damn

[ninjabum87]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

My buyer (a guy I move my bulk singles to) told me he can’t buy my singles because he had no money.

Somehow, he opened a box of hobby and jumbo basketball and now he’s even more broke, lol.

Something is telling me these fellers ain't the best decisionmakers.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

NOT MY CARD

1/1 Curry pulled...

damn

Boss, he pulled it from a box you sold to him - DOH!!!!!

[h00perstar34]

Just ripped 10 hangers. Can’t complain

4 base Flagg
Flagg clutch city sparkle
2 Flagg diamanté
Power players Flagg
Franchise fabrics demin
New applicant auto Barnhizer
Gold /2025 Dlo
1980 pink ace Bailey
Kon Gold Diamanté RC /50

[oldgoldy97]

We all know Moss is winning multiple chrome cases in the EQL. Dude is probably making the down payment on his island.

[nabzy28]

Originally Posted by mfw13

In the last month I've had two different people tell me that they're unemployed and then still buy cards from me...and these weren't small purchases either.

doom spending is real

[h00perstar34]

Anyone have a list of all the monsters hit vs left in wax?

[jfan2024]

Originally Posted by h00perstar34

Anyone have a list of all the monsters hit vs left in wax?

There are plenty of monsters yet to be hit given there are so many 1/1s of each player. For example, the triple auto 1/1 of Flagg/Harper/Knueppel may be the biggest card in the product and hasn't surfaced. I wonder if the Flagg first card 1/1 actually ends up being more than the superfractor 1/1? I wouldn't guess so, but I kind of feel like the first card is kind of the original Flagg 1/1.

Biggest hits I know of seen (there are surely more that others have seen surface):
- Flagg base 1/1
- Edgecomb base 1/1
- Lebron auto 1/1

On chrome, my take is we can't all be saving money for chrome. When direct hobby jumbo is $600+/box and secondary is 1k+/box which seems like all but a guarantee to me, this flagship paper is going to look like an absolute bargain when it's the same exact cards, just not in chrome

[bub838]

Originally Posted by Chris P

So I got two jumbos from the Fanatics drop and they won't arrive until mid November. Why is there such a delay in a product that is readily available?

It's just an estimate, sometimes they ship sooner.

[Giantrobot]

Originally Posted by h00perstar34

Just ripped 10 hangers. Can’t complain

4 base Flagg
Flagg clutch city sparkle
2 Flagg diamanté
Power players Flagg
Franchise fabrics demin
New applicant auto Barnhizer
Gold /2025 Dlo
1980 pink ace Bailey
Kon Gold Diamanté RC /50

Awesome. My buddy and I each opened two from Target, and we each had one with all parallel inserts like a hot pack. I wonder how many more were like that.