First Buzz: 2025 Leaf In The Game Used Sports cards

BlowoutBuzz · 12-17-2025, 12:12 PM

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majestik101 · 12-17-2025, 12:39 PM

NGL, some of these cards don't look half bad.

I'm still not going to buy a box, and even the singles are going to be stupid pricey from the rippers and flippers trying to recoup their money, but some of them look about as good as Immaculate

PuddleMonkey · 12-18-2025, 12:36 AM

Why do all the pre-release images from Topps, Leaf, etc the last few years feature a weird "blue" auto that looks nothing like the actual blue on cards? A nice new blue autograph looks good but this fake dark oxidized version makes no sense to use for promotional purposes.

Tom Oates · 12-18-2025, 01:02 AM

Yeah, a lot of those “autos” look like they were printed with a 3D printer.

cfern023 · 12-19-2025, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

Why do all the pre-release images from Topps, Leaf, etc the last few years feature a weird "blue" auto that looks nothing like the actual blue on cards? A nice new blue autograph looks good but this fake dark oxidized version makes no sense to use for promotional purposes.

Copies from contracts they had signed by the athlete used for production. Typically it's their rookie / first contract they digitized and reuse for mockups or "foil autos"

PuddleMonkey · 12-19-2025, 09:50 PM

I think I have one of Joe Carter's Topps contracts somewhere around here.

PuddleMonkey · 12-19-2025, 10:25 PM

I knew I wasn't crazy.

Triple B · 12-22-2025, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

I knew I wasn't crazy.

That's amazing.

Signed,

A lifelong Jays fan.

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12-17-2025, 12:39 PM	#2
majestik101 Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Socially Distanced Posts: 45,526 majestik101	NGL, some of these cards don't look half bad. I'm still not going to buy a box, and even the singles are going to be stupid pricey from the rippers and flippers trying to recoup their money, but some of them look about as good as Immaculate

12-18-2025, 12:36 AM	#3
PuddleMonkey Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 4,844	Why do all the pre-release images from Topps, Leaf, etc the last few years feature a weird "blue" auto that looks nothing like the actual blue on cards? A nice new blue autograph looks good but this fake dark oxidized version makes no sense to use for promotional purposes.

12-18-2025, 01:02 AM	#4
Tom Oates Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,997 OATES	Yeah, a lot of those “autos” look like they were printed with a 3D printer.

12-19-2025, 09:50 PM	#6
PuddleMonkey Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 4,844	I think I have one of Joe Carter's Topps contracts somewhere around here.

12-19-2025, 10:25 PM	#7
PuddleMonkey Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 4,844	I knew I wasn't crazy.