First Buzz: 2025-26 Topps Chrome NBA cards

[bub838]

This set just came out a couple weeks ago, and there was lost business days due to the holiday: How are there already thousands of these graded?

[Cavs16]

Cade looks like the top MVP candidate to me....boy is ballin

[h00perstar34]

Originally Posted by Cavs16

Cade looks like the top MVP candidate to me....boy is ballin

Definitely deserves way more stake in MVP race than he is getting as of now. Keeping his base and parallels in case.

[prospectorgems]

Originally Posted by bub838

This set just came out a couple weeks ago, and there was lost business days due to the holiday: How are there already thousands of these graded?

Too many people paying stupid money to get them graded fast.

[h00perstar34]

Fanatics megas back up


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[RainCityShecks]

Originally Posted by Cavs16

Cade looks like the top MVP candidate to me....boy is ballin

I've got an /25....hope he wins!

[mikejones]

Buddy got his 14 in today from Topps. Cooper is green /99.
Good break.
I have 26 coming in hopefully tomorrow. Will do a live break to see if I take a bath or get something good.


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[dlouisb1313]

Originally Posted by auctionjmm

Collation. If you open a full 64 hanger case, you'll see it. There will be one row of boxes that are loaded with color and then another row that has nothing. Even my autos were within a few boxes of each other in the same row.

As far as QC, I don't know. State lotteries don't even mix up their scratch offs. You could have 4 winning scratchers in a row followed by 12 duds even though the odds are 1:3.5. Then there's always that one chip at Chipotle that is covered in all the salt

Some folks desire a perfectly collated world but I just don't think life works that way!

About 5 years ago there were 10 people at our house for Christmas. My uncle bought 10 $10 lottery tickets, 1 for every person there. Not a single one of us won.

[prospectorgems]

Got my 15 Hangers in from Topps yesterday. Got absolutely destroyed. The only upside is I pulled several SGA base and parallels. The downside is that if SGA wins MVP I can't turn them in as I live in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin, but should have a bit more resale value as the season winds down.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by prospectorgems

Got my 15 Hangers in from Topps yesterday. Got absolutely destroyed. The only upside is I pulled several SGA base and parallels. The downside is that if SGA wins MVP I can't turn them in as I live in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin, but should have a bit more resale value as the season winds down.

https://ripped.topps.com/nba-mvp-buyback/

You can mail them in to a handful of dealers for store credit, take a look at the link.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by Cavs16

Cade looks like the top MVP candidate to me....boy is ballin

At his odds I'd just bet him to win MVP

[t6p]

Not sure if it was already mentioned, but hangers are now $50 from all of the big 3.

[J1L]

Originally Posted by t6p

Not sure if it was already mentioned, but hangers are now $50 from all of the big 3.

What are they buying them for, though…

[t6p]

Originally Posted by J1L

What are they buying them for, though…

$30 still.

[J1L]

Originally Posted by t6p

$30 still.

They gotta pump those numbers up

[Bosoxfan5990]

Opened my 8 from Fanatics yesterday.

Not much of note. I'll probably make 50% back selling, which is good in today's market.

SGA base, Kyrie Paradox, /75 purple pulsar of a nobody, and a Flagg insert refractor.

[bmf]

Originally Posted by jova888

The market will cool off and some buyers will be stuck with a card they were hoping to flip..

I don't know. This product was greatly anticipated for a long time. You could be right, but I'll take my chances to make sure I secure the cards I want.

[dunkindutchmen]

Originally Posted by bub838

This set just came out a couple weeks ago, and there was lost business days due to the holiday: How are there already thousands of these graded?

It really doesn't quite add up, does it?

When you see the Devin Carter auto /99 PSA 9 go for $6.50 or a Curry refractor PSA 9 go for $21 or even a Curry Now Loading PSA 10 go for $51...... there's no way these people are paying $75 to grade cards like this, is there?

Shenanigans from PSA again?

[bub838]

Originally Posted by dunkindutchmen

It really doesn't quite add up, does it?

When you see the Devin Carter auto /99 PSA 9 go for $6.50 or a Curry refractor PSA 9 go for $21 or even a Curry Now Loading PSA 10 go for $51...... there's no way these people are paying $75 to grade cards like this, is there?

Shenanigans from PSA again?

Could it be in person submission, walking into the HQ? I really have no idea how else they could have done it.

[dbleaman]

Not sure if this has already been addressed, if so I apologize in advance. I have opened a bunch of retail and hobby to date, and it feels like pulling a Coop regular base near impossible. There is no way that they are showing up in 1 of 300 base cards, at least for me. I would guess it’s more like 1 in every 600 base cards if not slightly more. However, Coop’s parallels do seem quite abundant in all formats. Are you guys seeing this also, or is my luck on Coop base cards just underperforming the norm? If the latter, I am going to cancel my upcoming Vegas trip.

[J1L]

Originally Posted by dbleaman

Not sure if this has already been addressed, if so I apologize in advance. I have opened a bunch of retail and hobby to date, and is it just me or is pulling a Coop regular base near impossible. There is no way that they are showing up in 1 of 300 base cards, at least for me. I would guess it’s more like 1 in every 600 base cards if not slightly more. However, Coop’s parallels do seem quite abundant in all formats. Are you guys seeing this also, or is my luck on Coop base cards just underperforming the norm?

I think it’s collation issue. There are cooper runs where he is really abundant. Saw one guy who had base cooper as the first and last card of his hanger pack

[crownand]

Originally Posted by dbleaman

Not sure if this has already been addressed, if so I apologize in advance. I have opened a bunch of retail and hobby to date, and is it just me or is pulling a Coop regular base near impossible. There is no way that they are showing up in 1 of 300 base cards, at least for me. I would guess it’s more like 1 in every 600 base cards if not slightly more. However, Coop’s parallels do seem quite abundant in all formats. Are you guys seeing this also, or is my luck on Coop base cards just underperforming the norm? If the latter, I am going to cancel my upcoming Vegas trip.

So what are you chasing hobby vs retail? Hobby for Coop autos? Retail for Coop parallels? Would you get a jumbo or 20 megas to rip? Thank you

[dbleaman]

Originally Posted by crownand

So what are you chasing hobby vs retail? Hobby for Coop autos? Retail for Coop parallels? Would you get a jumbo or 20 megas to rip? Thank you

I am opening both (whichever the store I am visiting has in stock) with the hopes of getting his auto's, numbered and parallels. It just seems that the Flagg bases are far more rare than say the likes of Rick Barry or Noah Penda base cards.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by dbleaman

Not sure if this has already been addressed, if so I apologize in advance. I have opened a bunch of retail and hobby to date, and it feels like pulling a Coop regular base near impossible. There is no way that they are showing up in 1 of 300 base cards, at least for me. I would guess it’s more like 1 in every 600 base cards if not slightly more. However, Coop’s parallels do seem quite abundant in all formats. Are you guys seeing this also, or is my luck on Coop base cards just underperforming the norm? If the latter, I am going to cancel my upcoming Vegas trip.

It's collation. I opened 32 and got four flagg base, I opened another 32 and got six Edgecombe base.

[dbleaman]

Originally Posted by bub838

It's collation. I opened 32 and got four flagg base, I opened another 32 and got six Edgecombe base.

Good to hear. I will continue to open as I can find them available. Thanks.