✹The PERENNIAL Shohei Ohtani Thread✹ - Page 1084

Trueblue · 01-25-2025, 03:19 PM

Beautiful WBCs!!

Trueblue · 01-25-2025, 03:51 PM

Got a fun rookie auto in. Shame on Goldin for not taking a picture that shows the beauty of the intended design.

dunquixote1 · 01-25-2025, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Trueblue

Got a fun rookie auto in. Shame on Goldin for not taking a picture that shows the beauty of the intended design.

That’s beautiful!

Qubits · 01-25-2025, 05:09 PM

Just got back from a trade day at one of my local card shops. I did NOT expect to run into a 2019 SCC Gold Minted but I am very happy I did.

Qubits · 01-25-2025, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Trueblue

Got a fun rookie auto in. Shame on Goldin for not taking a picture that shows the beauty of the intended design.

The rare Ohtani blowfish face while pitching instead of hitting. Very cool card.

NYRE2PECT · 01-25-2025, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Trueblue

Beautiful WBCs!!

Agree!

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Originally Posted by Trueblue

Got a fun rookie auto in. Shame on Goldin [/URL]for not taking a picture that shows the beauty of the intended design.

Bruh!

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Originally Posted by Qubits

Just got back from a trade day at one of my local card shops. I did NOT expect to run into a 2019 SCC Gold Minted but I am very happy I did.

That's sweet!

Trueblue · 01-25-2025, 05:42 PM

Thanks, guys!

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Originally Posted by Qubits

Just got back from a trade day at one of my local card shops. I did NOT expect to run into a 2019 SCC Gold Minted but I am very happy I did.

That's my favorite SC image. Glad they didn't make an on-card auto version so I didn't have to overpay

Qubits · 01-25-2025, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Trueblue

Thanks, guys!

That's my favorite SC image. Glad they didn't make an on-card auto version so I didn't have to overpay

I didn't even know I wanted this card until I saw one in person. Its just so shiny and cool

NYRE2PECT · 01-25-2025, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Qubits

The rare Ohtani blowfish face while pitching instead of hitting. Very cool card.

, that's true!

Trueblue · 01-25-2025, 06:06 PM

I know we're not high on this set here to hold it's long term value, but I scored one of these for $50. Seller honored the price. Good guy. Not all is lost in this hobby.

Bcr · 01-25-2025, 06:54 PM

2025 Topps Welcome to the Club:

3X MVP

Available January 27th, at 2:00 PM ET

Topps Welcome to the Club commemorates the game's greatest athletes joining the sporting world's most exclusive clubs. Fittingly, 2025 Topps Welcome to the Club: 3X MVP captures Shohei Ohtani's entry to the 3X MVP Club, and includes a complete checklist of MLB's 3-time MVP winners.

Just when you think there's no more milk left in the cow...

Trueblue · 01-25-2025, 07:06 PM

This is why you collect rookie year. Jeez, man.

Bcr · 01-25-2025, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Trueblue

I know we're not high on this set here to hold it's long term value, but I scored one of these for $50. Seller honored the price. Good guy. Not all is lost in this hobby.

Regardless of long term value that is a fantastic looking card. Great pickup at a reasonable price.

NYRE2PECT · 01-25-2025, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bcr

Regardless of long term value that is a fantastic looking card. Great pickup at a reasonable price.

^ x2 - a beauty!

NYRE2PECT · 01-25-2025, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bcr

2025 Topps Welcome to the Club:

3X MVP

Available January 27th, at 2:00 PM ET

Topps Welcome to the Club commemorates the game's greatest athletes joining the sporting world's most exclusive clubs. Fittingly, 2025 Topps Welcome to the Club: 3X MVP captures Shohei Ohtani's entry to the 3X MVP Club, and includes a complete checklist of MLB's 3-time MVP winners.

Just when you think there's no more milk left in the cow...

Good grief...

Rage · 01-25-2025, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Trueblue

I know we're not high on this set here to hold it's long term value, but I scored one of these for $50. Seller honored the price. Good guy. Not all is lost in this hobby.

Very nice!

Cardsandcoffee · 01-25-2025, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Trueblue

Got a fun rookie auto in. Shame on Goldin for not taking a picture that shows the beauty of the intended design.

Nice pick-up! Big fan of the Tek... its really growing on me

Cracktoast · 01-26-2025, 09:45 AM

Didn't want to make yet another Ohtani thread but is it possible that by shoving him down our throats at every turn that Topps/Fanatics will eventually kill the love the hobby has for Ohtani and we see the majority of his stuff crash and burn with the exception of the high end Rc stuff ?

theshowandme · 01-26-2025, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Didn't want to make yet another Ohtani thread but is it possible that by shoving him down our throats at every turn that Topps/Fanatics will eventually kill the love the hobby has for Ohtani and we see the majority of his stuff crash and burn with the exception of the high end Rc stuff ?

It worked out for Mantle

here2havefun · 01-26-2025, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Didn't want to make yet another Ohtani thread but is it possible that by shoving him down our throats at every turn that Topps/Fanatics will eventually kill the love the hobby has for Ohtani and we see the majority of his stuff crash and burn with the exception of the high end Rc stuff ?

I wouldn't be surprised if eventually all the Topps Now sets end up forgotten. I don't see a world where post-rookie super/red/orange/gold parallels from annual sets that have longevity and pedigree are worthless (TC, Finest, etc). As long as Ohtani has the "best player ever" aura, there's going to be real demand for low numbered cards from premium sets.

Qubits · 01-26-2025, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Didn't want to make yet another Ohtani thread but is it possible that by shoving him down our throats at every turn that Topps/Fanatics will eventually kill the love the hobby has for Ohtani and we see the majority of his stuff crash and burn with the exception of the high end Rc stuff ?

Topps/Fanatics shove overpriced wax down our throats every year but people keep gobbling it up. Ohtani will be just fine.

TBTC Baseball · 01-26-2025, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by theshowandme

It worked out for Mantle

A little shocked by these numbers myself.
According to TCDB:
Ohtani - 2013-2024 - 20,633 cards - 1719 per year (from 2018 on, it is 20,134 cards or 2,876 per year)

Mantle - 1951-2024 - 17,713 cards - 239 per year

Mike Trout - 2009-2024 - 27,017 cards - 1688 per year

Griffey - 1989-2024 - 30,012 cards - 833 cards per year.

Chipper Jones (for my own PC curiosity) - 1990-2024 - 20,733 cards - 592 cards per year.

ThoseBackPages · 01-26-2025, 10:54 AM

Fanatics killing Blacks does not help, nevermind them killing so many of the other Topps parallels

i think i am out on 2025 Ohtanis

Qubits · 01-26-2025, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

Fanatics killing Blacks does not help, nevermind them killing so many of the other Topps parallels

i think i am out on 2025 Ohtanis

My favorite flagship image of Ohtani is 2023 #17. I probably won't chase parallels of a 2025+ release unless they come out with an image I like more than that one.

ThoseBackPages · 01-26-2025, 11:30 AM

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My favorite flagship image of Ohtani is 2023 #17. I probably won't chase parallels of a 2025+ release unless they come out with an image I like more than that one.

that makes sense to me. my favorite is '22 Hitting, but i do like 2024 very much and have been chasing them in non-gem slabs

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Trueblue Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: socal Posts: 6,438	Beautiful WBCs!!

01-25-2025, 03:51 PM	#27077
Trueblue Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: socal Posts: 6,438	Got a fun rookie auto in. Shame on Goldin for not taking a picture that shows the beauty of the intended design.

01-25-2025, 05:09 PM	#27079
Qubits Member Join Date: Mar 2023 Location: South Carolina Posts: 828	Just got back from a trade day at one of my local card shops. I did NOT expect to run into a 2019 SCC Gold Minted but I am very happy I did.

01-25-2025, 06:06 PM	#27085
Trueblue Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: socal Posts: 6,438	I know we're not high on this set here to hold it's long term value, but I scored one of these for $50. Seller honored the price. Good guy. Not all is lost in this hobby.

01-25-2025, 06:54 PM	#27086
Bcr Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 2,738	2025 Topps Welcome to the Club: 3X MVP Available January 27th, at 2:00 PM ET Topps Welcome to the Club commemorates the game's greatest athletes joining the sporting world's most exclusive clubs. Fittingly, 2025 Topps Welcome to the Club: 3X MVP captures Shohei Ohtani's entry to the 3X MVP Club, and includes a complete checklist of MLB's 3-time MVP winners. Just when you think there's no more milk left in the cow...

01-25-2025, 07:06 PM	#27087
Trueblue Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: socal Posts: 6,438	This is why you collect rookie year. Jeez, man.

01-26-2025, 09:45 AM	#27093
Cracktoast Member Join Date: May 2024 Posts: 1,628	Didn't want to make yet another Ohtani thread but is it possible that by shoving him down our throats at every turn that Topps/Fanatics will eventually kill the love the hobby has for Ohtani and we see the majority of his stuff crash and burn with the exception of the high end Rc stuff ?