First Buzz: 2025-26 Topps Chrome NBA cards

[bankdawg]

now that he's injuried I'm pulling Jokic base and refractors left and right.

3 megas from A walmart today had a glass canvas Lebron and SGA paradox

[kwamebrown]

Originally Posted by bub838

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

Blez was breaking live onsite at PSA HQ on release day. If you hit a card that was a case hit or numbered to /10 or less then it qualified for free grading. I asked how long it would take to get the cards back and he said 1-2 weeks. I think there were multiple breakers onsite at PSA on release day.

[njsportscardguy]

My 4th hanger from today's combined-shipments from Fanatics, Topps, & Target was a definite winner, and...strictly from an odds standpoint; HUGE!

Dirk base pulsar
Hield gold pulsar 01/50
Edgecombe base
Edgecombe Paradox

edit - besides the above,...the noteworthy cards from first, 8 were: Flagg Sleek Finishers. BoD Donovan Mitchell /99, Lebron refractor, & Shaq pulsar. A+ results, imo.

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EDIT #2: - next, 12 boxes; is there any grade-acknowledgement,....BELOW, an F...?!!? I shart you, not! Don't think I pulled a single, card.... ~$5+!!

[anusinha]

Originally Posted by kwamebrown

Blez was breaking live onsite at PSA HQ on release day. If you hit a card that was a case hit or numbered to /10 or less then it qualified for free grading. I asked how long it would take to get the cards back and he said 1-2 weeks. I think there were multiple breakers onsite at PSA on release day.

Dude, the pop report is full of crap like Steven Adams negative refractor.... thats what, a $2 card?

[bub838]

Originally Posted by kwamebrown

Blez was breaking live onsite at PSA HQ on release day. If you hit a card that was a case hit or numbered to /10 or less then it qualified for free grading. I asked how long it would take to get the cards back and he said 1-2 weeks. I think there were multiple breakers onsite at PSA on release day.

Ahhh ok, that makes some sense.

[Bob Ross]

Big 3 all over $2k for jumbo boxes now.

Good times.

[yoyosh]

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

Big 3 all over $2k for jumbo boxes now.

Good times.

Buy price went up from 1250 yest to 1400 today

[kwamebrown]

Originally Posted by anusinha

Dude, the pop report is full of crap like Steven Adams negative refractor.... thats what, a $2 card?

Yea, it was a special promo they were running on release day. You could opt out and choose not to get the card graded for a $40 credit instead.
The promo for Blez was for case hits and cards numbered to 10 or less though. I don't know what's going on with grading common cards.

[RainCityShecks]

Can't wait to see how much Chrome NBA Sapphire runs. I'll guess 599 per box w/ 1 guaranteed auto.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by RainCityShecks

Can't wait to see how much Chrome NBA Sapphire runs. I'll guess 599 per box w/ 1 guaranteed auto.

[crownand]

Anyone else in line all day lol!

[premium1981]

Originally Posted by RainCityShecks

Can't wait to see how much Chrome NBA Sapphire runs. I'll guess 599 per box w/ 1 guaranteed auto.

If its below $1k I would be shocked. And the second it hits the secondary market, it will double at whatever price it released at. You are going to see prices you haven't seen before when it hits.

[IronCladLou]

Originally Posted by premium1981

If its below $1k I would be shocked. And the second it hits the secondary market, it will double at whatever price it released at. You are going to see prices you haven't seen before when it hits.

Bingo. Bloodbath

[Bob Ross]

No chance it’s $599. The suits will put it at $999.99, watch

[jprk31]

What happens if Luka wins the MVP. He is not on the checklist. I wonder if he will be on Topps Chrome Update and would that product still part of the MVP buyback program.

[J1L]

Originally Posted by jprk31

What happens if Luka wins the MVP. He is not on the checklist. I wonder if he will be on Topps Chrome Update and would that product still part of the MVP buyback program.

My guess is fanatics will rig the mvp voting so Luka wins so they can double the price of update. #DynamicPricing

[Stackfan]

10 hangers. Best hits:

Yang /399 pink
Shai base pulsar
Jokic go time silver
Flagg instinct base

Nothing else worth mentioning. 20 silver/pulsar parallels , 18 scrubs, 1 rookie and Shai. Bunch of vet inserts. 1 numbered card, no auto. Can’t say I’m surprised. I’m in the no Flagg boat too, but hit about 3-4ea of the other top rookies.

[dinodino]

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.

I was feeling the same way. 26 blasters from 4 different batches, 2 megas from the same batch and 2 blasters from the same batch. No base flaggs or shais….

I understand it may be collation but I’m not rich enough to keep trying lol

[comicbooksgo]

I could be off on these numbers a tad *the GF got me sick and my head is foggy.
Total I have opened:
25 hangers
7 megas
6 blasters
Didn't hit a base Flagg until the last 2 blasters and they each had one. Knowing how collation is, I bet the 3 blasters I left have 3 Flaggs.

[RainCityShecks]

20 total Hangers (5 Best Buy, 15 LA Clippers team store).

1 Coop, 1 VJ, 2 Kon, 1 SGA all base

Herro Let's Go /275 (sorry, Go Time not Let's Go)
NAW /50
VJ Activators /299

Egor Demin Future Stars Autograph
Dylan Harper FS green auto /99

Dylan Harper case hit Advisory

[bub838]

Received a Topps order of 32 hangers, stopped after a dozen. Just terrible.

Then opened 30 from Best Buy
4 cooper base
2 cooper refractor inserts
Carmelo /50 gold pulsar
Giannis Patented
VJ Edgecombe /50 gold pulsar

[h00perstar34]

Think I’ve opened roughly 180-190 of these so far, based on the amount of pulsars I have.

Got 174 in from Topps and fanatics today. Boy was it fun breaking 23 boxes down

Opened 0.

38 more coming from target. Hoping to find more in wild, but not expecting it!

Also got a sealed blaster case of 40 in from fanatics as well. Assuming if you order 40 blasters or 20 megas they’ll come as sealed cases.

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[RainCityShecks]

Originally Posted by premium1981

If its below $1k I would be shocked. And the second it hits the secondary market, it will double at whatever price it released at. You are going to see prices you haven't seen before when it hits.

Originally Posted by IronCladLou

Bingo. Bloodbath

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

No chance it’s $599. The suits will put it at $999.99, watch

If it's at 1K, I'm so far out it's not even funny. Dutch auction I bet now that I'm thinking about it. What a nightmare.

[Bruin7]

Originally Posted by jprk31

What happens if Luka wins the MVP. He is not on the checklist. I wonder if he will be on Topps Chrome Update and would that product still part of the MVP buyback program.

100% Update will be included to the MVP program. They know the way things look that it’ll be Luka or Shai.

I think Sapphire will be $899 per box. Any cheaper wouldn’t make sense given what hobby has done. Sold my Jumbo box last night for 2k. It’ll probably go up a bit more but whatever.

[Coach Ditka]

What did Topps initially have jumbo at during pre-order? $600ish?