First Buzz: 2023 Topps World Baseball Classic baseball cards

[The Accountant]

Gotta be careful. One of my boxes was bulging but it just had double the amount of cards (extras were all base). Someone else in the thread had one too

[The Accountant]

I absolutely love this product. The game used base cards to me are SO nice. I love unique memorabilia like those.

[yoyosh]

I'm very surprised that the lone box left at $150 is still there today

[The Accountant]

Fanatics - We need more of this. Great job delivering on this.

I opened a decent amount of boxes - Would've been better selling it all sealed but I had so much fun opening and there is the BIG HIT factor that it was hard to stop. Win win in my book

[bub838]

Originally Posted by The Accountant

Gotta be careful. One of my boxes was bulging but it just had double the amount of cards (extras were all base). Someone else in the thread had one too

Yeah, I had a pack with extra cards in it along with an international gems. It was bulging like a relic.

[Maz914]

Opened my 8 boxes from Topps today, waiting on more from DA. Love this product! Here are some of the hits, very Yoshida loaded. Not shown was both a base and IV Yoshida as well. Also had an Ohtani and Sasaki base.

[bbdut]

Originally Posted by The Accountant

Gotta be careful. One of my boxes was bulging but it just had double the amount of cards (extras were all base). Someone else in the thread had one too

That’s fair, but it’s still pretty easy to determine which boxes do not have a relic. Even if there are some false alarms due to extra cards.

[stormshadow815]

Got a couple orders in from Topps today. Hit an Alonso booklet and a Yoshida Black difractor base relic. Couple nootbar autos too. Sad that this will be it for me.

[justrun7]

I got my 4 boxes from Topps today. I wish I bought a case earlier, but I am happy with my boxes.

The Ohtani /99 and Acuna /5 were in the same box.

[Archimedes]

Originally Posted by BabaORiley

DAYUMMMMM!! Congrats Archimedes! Any of those 4 would be headliner hits by itself. Just... Wow... Seriously, congrats!

Originally Posted by premium1981

What a pair! Ohtani auto /10 and the 1/1 Sasaki! Congrats on the monsters.

Thanks very much, guys!

[anusinha]

So many sweet hits coming out of this, it reminds me of the pre covid days where there would actually be box breaks posted on the forum.

[Archimedes]

Again, special thanks to eastbayak for helping us score boxes before they blew up.

As a ripper-n-flipper this is my absolute perfect product:

1. good demand for singles,
2. value price (allows me to rip in bulk),
3. lots of cool hits/parallels (keeps it interesting),
4. limited checklist (I can work my way through it quickly without sifting through massive piles of worthless base cards).

It's rare to find products like this. It's rarer still to find products that meet these criteria and have true monster chases. This is the first time that I've ever stopped midway through a rip to buy more boxes (that was with one of my earlier Topps orders).

For the past few years, I've gotten 1 release or so that really works for me on all levels: in 2020, that was Finest Flashbacks; in 2021, that was All-Star Rookie Cup; in 2022, that was LogoFractor.

As a ripper, I prioritize fun breaks, and this was so much fun.

[Picklepete]

I have to say I have bad luck on my 3 boxes !
I know Topps won't do anything but 3 boxes & I got Vinny P. in all 3 ! WTF Topps

[glassofwater]

I missed out on this. But I made sure I didn’t miss out on bbu23. Good for Topps 2 killer products on this, and BBU23, I hope they keep it up.

[bd3d86]

Originally Posted by The Accountant

Gotta be careful. One of my boxes was bulging but it just had double the amount of cards (extras were all base). Someone else in the thread had one too

Originally Posted by bub838

Yeah, I had a pack with extra cards in it along with an international gems. It was bulging like a relic.

Anyone have regular base and Captains inserts to trade? I am 38 base short and 5 Captains inserts short of a set. Unfortunately, after 16 boxes I didn't get Ohtani in either set, so that will be the most expensive one to get. I can also trade for cards in other sets...I open quite a few products.

1 Mike Trout - USA
3 Bo Naylor - Canada
4 Kyle Glogoski - Australia
6 Elian Miranda - Nicaragua
14 Harold Arauz - Panama
16 Kyle Schwarber - USA
17 Nabil Crismatt - Colombia
18 Bobby Witt Jr. - USA
20 MJ Melendez - Puerto Rico
26 SE Woong Park - South Korea
27 Wladimir Balentien - Netherlands
28 Jose Ramos - Panama
30 Alex Verdugo - Mexico
31 Kenley Jansen - Netherlands
37 Yu Chang - Chinese Taipei
40 Taijuan Walker - Mexico
41 Francisco Lindor - Puerto Rico
42 Pablo López - Venezuela
43 Chieh-Hsien Chen - Chinese Taipei
45 Shohei Ohtani - Japan
47 Jorge Alfaro - Colombia
55 Sal Frelick - Italy
56 Javier Báez - Puerto Rico
58 Jeremy Peña - Dominican Republic
59 Julio Rodríguez - Dominican Republic
64 Gio Urshela - Colombia
67 Marek Chlup - Czech Republic
70 Dominic Fletcher - Italy
75 Joey Meneses - Mexico
78 Manny Machado - Dominican Republic
82 Otto Lopez - Canada
84 Munetaka Murakami - Japan
85 Pete Alonso - USA
88 Luis Robert Jr. - Cuba
90 Garrett Stubbs - Israel
91 Masataka Yoshida - Japan
96 Cedric Mullins - USA
99 Vinnie Pasquantino - Italy

CC-9 Trayce Thompson - Great Britain
CC-11 Sal Frelick - Italy
CC-12 Shohei Ohtani - Japan
CC-15 Randy Arozarena - Mexico
CC-18 Francisco Lindor - Puerto Rico

[njsportscardguy]

Fortunate enough to have landed/opened (8) total boxes via Topps, yet largely disappointed that I wasn't able to secure any via that NY company. Wouldn't you know it; I was at work the day these were going in & out via their website, and I don't keep my banking/financial info on my phone. Such is life, I guess. Did pretty darn good with my boxes, too! The bigger hits were:

Trout base Orange /25
Trout GU base relic Orange /25
Ohtani base variation
Acuna base variation Red /5

Ironically,...only one auto that was even remotely worthy of noting:

Alonso [napkin] jersey auto /99. The rest, were...mehhh. But, no complaints on the overall returns.

[Trueblue]

Originally Posted by njsportscardguy

Fortunate enough to have landed/opened (8) total boxes via Topps, yet largely disappointed that I wasn't able to secure any via that NY company. Wouldn't you know it; I was at work the day these were going in & out via their website, and I don't keep my banking/financial info on my phone. Such is life, I guess. Did pretty darn good with my boxes, too! The bigger hits were:

Trout base Orange /25
Trout GU base relic Orange /25
Ohtani base variation
Acuna base variation Red /5

Ironically,...only one auto that was even remotely worthy of noting:

Alonso [napkin] jersey auto /99. The rest, were...mehhh. But, no complaints on the overall returns.

That would be a stellar, victory lap worthy break for any other product. Enjoy it! Congrats

[bub838]

Do we think this will release on blowout or restock in buffalo? Just browsing eBay it looks like there’s still a lot of this yet to be opened.

[esoxwaters]

Originally Posted by bub838

Do we think this will release on blowout or restock in buffalo? Just browsing eBay it looks like there’s still a lot of this yet to be opened.

I don’t think it’s likely that you’ll see a restock anywhere. BO might get them at some point off the secondary market. I’m guessing the lack of eBay listings is due to a lot of people sitting on their singles until spring training.

[Trueblue]

A lot of solidarity on the singles market with fixed listings and a relatively conservative volume of .99 cent auctioning. That's keeping the prices up, but gotta figure that may not last with the volume being ripped and people looking to recoup.

That said, some of these are so SP that you may not be able to wait if it pops up. Interesting stuff.

[estebahn73]

I’m looking for following base cards to make a set

4, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23, 27, 33, 51, 54, 56, 60, 65, 72, 77, 78, 80, 85, 87, 95, 100

I have a lot of dupes. Whoever needs base cards to make a set please let me know. We can trade


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[BabaORiley]

Originally Posted by The Accountant

Fanatics - We need more of this. Great job delivering on this.

I opened a decent amount of boxes - Would've been better selling it all sealed but I had so much fun opening and there is the BIG HIT factor that it was hard to stop. Win win in my book

Yeah, this was truly an exceptional product. I've opened 20 boxes with another 24 coming and I've listed a grand total of one card. I'm sure I'll list more but I just thoroughly enjoy this set and I'm trying to keep my PC options open.

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by bd3d86

Best from my last batch...man I'm going to miss opening this stuff for $80 a box. My kids and I haven't had this much fun opening in awhile. Nothing super crazy to end it, but still very happy with the break! The list of pulls from all 16 of my boxes was just ridiculous...

Luis Robert orange auto #/25
Freddie Freeman variation black #/10
Roki Sasaki cracked ice #/99
Roki Sasaki green shimmer #/75
Mike Trout base relic
Francisco Lindor black #/10
Jonathan Aranda red hot auto #/5

You had a fantastic 16-box break. Thanks for sharing your results!!

Originally Posted by Archimedes

Opened 58 boxes tonight. Plenty of awesome stuff, but here's the best.

Ohtani Auto International Gems /10
Roki Sasaki 1/1
Trout ORANGE Auto Jersey /25
Soto Auto BLACK Country Debut /10
Arozarena RED International Gems /5

These are all available.

Fwiw, one of the cases I opened was absolute garbage. Just something to keep in mind.

58 box break?! That must've been a lot of fun, especially with those results. I didn't even know they had International Gem autos, and you pulled the best one.

Originally Posted by Archimedes

Again, special thanks to eastbayak for helping us score boxes before they blew up.

As a ripper-n-flipper this is my absolute perfect product:

1. good demand for singles,
2. value price (allows me to rip in bulk),
3. lots of cool hits/parallels (keeps it interesting),
4. limited checklist (I can work my way through it quickly without sifting through massive piles of worthless base cards).

It's rare to find products like this. It's rarer still to find products that meet these criteria and have true monster chases. This is the first time that I've ever stopped midway through a rip to buy more boxes (that was with one of my earlier Topps orders).

For the past few years, I've gotten 1 release or so that really works for me on all levels: in 2020, that was Finest Flashbacks; in 2021, that was All-Star Rookie Cup; in 2022, that was LogoFractor.

As a ripper, I prioritize fun breaks, and this was so much fun.

Anytime brother! I'm happy that we were all able to enjoy a great-value rip!! There's only been a few products like this over the past few years and I expect there to be less and less of these in the future, especially with the direction that Fanatics/Panini and sealed wax prices are going.

Originally Posted by bd3d86

Anyone have regular base and Captains inserts to trade? I am 38 base short and 5 Captains inserts short of a set. Unfortunately, after 16 boxes I didn't get Ohtani in either set, so that will be the most expensive one to get. I can also trade for cards in other sets...I open quite a few products.

1 Mike Trout - USA
3 Bo Naylor - Canada
4 Kyle Glogoski - Australia
6 Elian Miranda - Nicaragua
14 Harold Arauz - Panama
16 Kyle Schwarber - USA
17 Nabil Crismatt - Colombia
18 Bobby Witt Jr. - USA
20 MJ Melendez - Puerto Rico
26 SE Woong Park - South Korea
27 Wladimir Balentien - Netherlands
28 Jose Ramos - Panama
30 Alex Verdugo - Mexico
31 Kenley Jansen - Netherlands
37 Yu Chang - Chinese Taipei
40 Taijuan Walker - Mexico
41 Francisco Lindor - Puerto Rico
42 Pablo López - Venezuela
43 Chieh-Hsien Chen - Chinese Taipei
45 Shohei Ohtani - Japan
47 Jorge Alfaro - Colombia
55 Sal Frelick - Italy
56 Javier Báez - Puerto Rico
58 Jeremy Peña - Dominican Republic
59 Julio Rodríguez - Dominican Republic
64 Gio Urshela - Colombia
67 Marek Chlup - Czech Republic
70 Dominic Fletcher - Italy
75 Joey Meneses - Mexico
78 Manny Machado - Dominican Republic
82 Otto Lopez - Canada
84 Munetaka Murakami - Japan
85 Pete Alonso - USA
88 Luis Robert Jr. - Cuba
90 Garrett Stubbs - Israel
91 Masataka Yoshida - Japan
96 Cedric Mullins - USA
99 Vinnie Pasquantino - Italy

CC-9 Trayce Thompson - Great Britain
CC-11 Sal Frelick - Italy
CC-12 Shohei Ohtani - Japan
CC-15 Randy Arozarena - Mexico
CC-18 Francisco Lindor - Puerto Rico

I'm currently at work but I know I can satisfy some of your needs. Unsure as to how many and mostly the non-desired (non-big name) players though. I'll check back with you in a day or two (after work hours) for your updated list and then go through my base.

[rafibomb]

My 4 boxes weren't that great.

Autos: Meneses, Nootbar, Hernandez /99, Alonso /50
/10: Jansen, Adames
/75: Barto, Yoshida
/99: Turner
Captains: Tejada, Chang x2, Arozarena

[ksemmel]

Originally Posted by Archimedes

Opened 58 boxes tonight. Plenty of awesome stuff, but here's the best.

Ohtani Auto International Gems /10
Roki Sasaki 1/1
Trout ORANGE Auto Jersey /25
Soto Auto BLACK Country Debut /10
Arozarena RED International Gems /5

These are all available.

Fwiw, one of the cases I opened was absolute garbage. Just something to keep in mind.

Whatcha thinking on Trout and Soto?