First Buzz: 2025-26 Topps Chrome NBA cards

[hermanotarjeta]

Thank you sir, may I have another?

[PoPCulture]

This is bound to happen when they try to release 25 different products over the last 6 weeks of the year. Most of these being chrome products doesn’t help either. The printers never even had a chance…even with the extra hour they were able to print on the first Sunday in November lol.

[hermanotarjeta]

It’s a very effective way of making you want it even more!

Fanatics at their finest.

[oddstuff]

It's actually giving me a chance to rethink/cancel my purchase lol...

[kyle1707]

Man they struggle to do things

Well hopefully they can get ginter out next week

Won’t hold breath

[cardtrader22]

Probably wrong, but wonder if this has anything to do with them sending out the tweet about Giannis autos being in Topps Chrome and then deleting the tweet soon after.

[PoPCulture]

Originally Posted by cardtrader22

Probably wrong, but wonder if this has anything to do with them sending out the tweet about Giannis autos being in Topps Chrome and then deleting the tweet soon after.

You are overthinking Topps’ incompetence!

[mikejones]

Originally Posted by cardtrader22

Probably wrong, but wonder if this has anything to do with them sending out the tweet about Giannis autos being in Topps Chrome and then deleting the tweet soon after.

Flagship didn't meet sales. They are delaying it to sell more Flagship. They don't want people moving on to the next high yet.

[IronCladLou]

Dump all the sales into the BTC dip. They could make trillions

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by mikejones

Flagship didn't meet sales. They are delaying it to sell more Flagship. They don't want people moving on to the next high yet.

This is accurate.

[boxbuster7]

flagship didn't meet sales because its garbage

[MTBRM]

Originally Posted by oddstuff

It's actually giving me a chance to rethink/cancel my purchase lol...

Honestly may cancel mine now that I have the option lol

[ninjacookies]

Ya'll finna make a catastrophic life decision reneging those pallets of value hangers now that Gentrified Tatum, Knipple Flash, and Big Kalk are coming into generational form.

Just remember how many impoverished lives were catapulted into middle class wealth only a month after the Zion/Ja Prizm drops.

[BoSoxFan1999]

I took this opportunity to cancel 1 of my megabox orders.

[jjcan]

Originally Posted by BoSoxFan1999

I took this opportunity to cancel 1 of my megabox orders.

Actually that is probably smart. I cancelled and just reordered the Hangers only.

[auctionjmm]

I know this place is anti-Fanatics territory, but I'd say they've done surprisingly well at keeping release dates. The Topps release calendar used to be a freaking joke. There was a time where I didn't even look at release dates because I knew they would be changed 6 times. It's really the complete opposite now. Most stuff is coming out on time. A few exceptions (like this one) still happen but 2 weeks is better than 2 months which would have been normal 5 years ago.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by auctionjmm

I know this place is anti-Fanatics territory, but I'd say they've done surprisingly well at keeping release dates. The Topps release calendar used to be a freaking joke. There was a time where I didn't even look at release dates because I knew they would be changed 6 times. It's really the complete opposite now. Most stuff is coming out on time. A few exceptions (like this one) still happen but 2 weeks is better than 2 months which would have been normal 5 years ago.

This is only their second product and it’s basically the same printing template.

Let’s wait until their 19th and 20th releases before being so nice and patient.

[auctionjmm]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

This is only their second product and it’s basically the same printing template.

Let’s wait until their 19th and 20th releases before being so nice and patient.

It's been nearly 4 years. Baseball counts for something. How many baseball products have been delayed after a release date is disclosed? Not many.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by auctionjmm

It's been nearly 4 years. Baseball counts for something. How many baseball products have been delayed after a release date is disclosed? Not many.

They are pretty accurate on their release dates in general, I will give you that, especially when they announce it two weeks ahead of time.

However, they are getting to the point where products are almost 4-6 months later than their release dates from the previous year - that’s horrible.

[auctionjmm]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

They are pretty accurate on their release dates in general, I will give you that, especially when they announce it two weeks ahead of time.

However, they are getting to the point where products are almost 4-6 months later than their release dates from the previous year - that’s horrible.

If you could win a board seat for the day and ask any questions you wanted, I'm guessing you'd get an answer that satisfied you. The problem is they aren't letting the common folk look behind the curtain. That leads to all sorts of speculation or even the assumption that they are just lazy, but I'd guess the most likely explanation is that there is a backlog somewhere along the supply chain that is preventing them from keeping with the old schedule. Perhaps a business opportunity awaits you if you eventually learn which part of the chain is backed up.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by auctionjmm

If you could win a board seat for the day and ask any questions you wanted, I'm guessing you'd get an answer that satisfied you. The problem is they aren't letting the common folk look behind the curtain. That leads to all sorts of speculation or even the assumption that they are just lazy, but I'd guess the most likely explanation is that there is a backlog somewhere along the supply chain that is preventing them from keeping with the old schedule. Perhaps a business opportunity awaits you if you eventually learn which part of the chain is backed up.

It was pretty annoying when 2025 products came out before some 2024 products, but we’ll all survive.

Isn’t one more Wemby rookie year product still to be released this year?

[GuacamoleCards]

Originally Posted by ninjabum87

Steph has an awesome one too. I think honestly its just from them dropping cursive at schools. Which no big loss, but it's gonna impact this. I feel like even if I didnt know cursive if I was in the NBA I'd be developing a sick af auto just so people go "whoa cool." But I get where it gets old after a while.

I had an old sergeant major who saw me joking around that I could sign his name and suddenly I had about 300 battalion awards sitting on a desk for me to sign. Then I got done and sent those awards back to the Colonel to sign his name. And the next day that same stack of awards was on my desk with a paper with the Colonels signature to use as an example. Hands straight cramping up all day after that.

Somewhere out there hundreds of people may or may not have framed military commendations or certificates of appreciation with two signatures from me on them.

If only they had an autopen.

Steph's autograph has always looked oddly similar to Lewis Hamilton's to me... just a weird coincidence considering they don't have the same initials.

There are services that help business professionals develop an autograph. Not to be political, but I've always suspected our current President's signature was the product of design, not just happenstance.

I wonder if any professional athletes have ever considered availing themselves of these services.

[cms11]

Originally Posted by GuacamoleCards

Steph's autograph has always looked oddly similar to Lewis Hamilton's to me... just a weird coincidence considering they don't have the same initials.

There are services that help business professionals develop an autograph. Not to be political, but I've always suspected our current President's signature was the product of design, not just happenstance.

I wonder if any professional athletes have ever considered availing themselves of these services.

I'm not sure if Jordan had a professional develop his autograph, but it looks much different from his high school auto. More players should work on theirs.

[MarvelCardsFan]

Reverse dutch auction for first day sku...

What they're describing is a normal dutch auction.
Where the prices are adjusted so that all buyers pay the same price is a BLIND dutch auction.
A reverse dutch is when the roles are reversed. The buyer sets the price and continuously increases prices until seller accepts the price and makes the bid.

Crazy that the hobby continue to mess this up this terminology lol. Don't they have one econ major at Fanatics? Rant over. Feel free to correct me and bash me if I deserve it.

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by MarvelCardsFan

Reverse dutch auction for first day sku...

What they're describing is a normal dutch auction.
Where the prices are adjusted so that all buyers pay the same price is a BLIND dutch auction.
A reverse dutch is when the roles are reversed. The buyer sets the price and continuously increases prices until seller accepts the price and makes the bid.

Crazy that the hobby continue to mess this up this terminology lol. Don't they have one econ major at Fanatics? Rant over. Feel free to correct me and bash me if I deserve it.

Link to this info?

EDIT: nevermind here it is: https://ripped.topps.com/reverse-dutch-auction-guide/