@tempo_n_groove Talk to me about this one in your post. That looks like the S2 SP but with a vintage stock logo?
Edit: I see you have a few. Were they also in S2?
The clean pants and white long sleeved SP is in series 2 only. This one is from the update. Almost similar pose which I thought was dumb. But yes this is the Vintage stock /99.
I wanted to clarify this more. The image above is the update, its the same pic for all of the variants. The Update SP is the mullet. The SSP is him holding a bat.
This is the SP from Series 2. Its the ONLY version from series 2.
Oh cripes I didn’t realize those images were so similar. (I am not at all a fan of the whole SP RC in S2 but also RC in Update move they pull.)
@tempo_n_groove Talk to me about this one in your post. That looks like the S2 SP but with a vintage stock logo?
Edit: I see you have a few. Were they also in S2?
The clean pants and white long sleeved SP is in series 2 only. This one is from the update. Almost similar pose which I thought was dumb. But yes this is the Vintage stock /99.
I wanted to clarify this more. The image above is the update, its the same pic for all of the variants. The Update SP is the mullet. The SSP is him holding a bat.
This is the SP from Series 2. Its the ONLY version from series 2.
Oh cripes I didn’t realize those images were so similar. (I am not at all a fan of the whole SP RC in S2 but also RC in Update move they pull.)
Topps likes to throw in an easter egg sometimes. Like the NNO Vlad rc or the late edition Ohtani. Series 2 can be fun like that when they have an SP rc hunt.
Funny story about the Witt. Buddy of mine and i went to the National in Atlantic City. I was searching for 3 cards and didnt find any of them there. The prices were inflated so we decided to rip some new product. We went to Dave and Adams and they gave us cash deals on boxes so we bought 6. He 2 and me 4. We got 5 SP's from those boxes. Witt, Mountcastle, Jackie Robinson, Abrahms and Jrod. I was pissed because I wanted the Jrod. It was a $1300 card in a PSA 10. My buddy and I graded them and we got all 10's back. I implored him to sell that Jrod. He held tight. He sold it last year for a buck20... I kept the Witt. Glad I did.
If you go to my IG it's all about sporstcards. ckscardworld
@tempo_n_groove Talk to me about this one in your post. That looks like the S2 SP but with a vintage stock logo?
Edit: I see you have a few. Were they also in S2?
The clean pants and white long sleeved SP is in series 2 only. This one is from the update. Almost similar pose which I thought was dumb. But yes this is the Vintage stock /99.
I wanted to clarify this more. The image above is the update, its the same pic for all of the variants. The Update SP is the mullet. The SSP is him holding a bat.
This is the SP from Series 2. Its the ONLY version from series 2.
Oh cripes I didn’t realize those images were so similar. (I am not at all a fan of the whole SP RC in S2 but also RC in Update move they pull.)
Topps likes to throw in an easter egg sometimes. Like the NNO Vlad rc or the late edition Ohtani. Series 2 can be fun like that when they have an SP rc hunt.
Funny story about the Witt. Buddy of mine and i went to the National in Atlantic City. I was searching for 3 cards and didnt find any of them there. The prices were inflated so we decided to rip some new product. We went to Dave and Adams and they gave us cash deals on boxes so we bought 6. He 2 and me 4. We got 5 SP's from those boxes. Witt, Mountcastle, Jackie Robinson, Abrahms and Jrod. I was pissed because I wanted the Jrod. It was a $1300 card in a PSA 10. My buddy and I graded them and we got all 10's back. I implored him to sell that Jrod. He held tight. He sold it last year for a buck20... I kept the Witt. Glad I did.
If you go to my IG it's all about sporstcards. ckscardworld
Check me out.
Great stuff, Chris!
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Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
Those autos are great. Were you lucky enough to get them sent from Topps or did you pick them up from someone?
Pulled from random packs. The Corbin Carroll is 4/5 and that dual is a 1/1.
Have pulled several other good autos. Do it with my sons, who is a sr. In HS. Kid has loved it since he was a little kid. Glad he still does.
Nice! How about the Soto Topps Now? I’m hoping Topps sends those out to regular collectors and not just breakers.
That was in a pack too. # of out 99 I think.
Awesome. I’ve bought a bunch of Topps Now for my personal collection. Glad to see the autos make their way to the little guys too. Someday… 😂
They definitely do. We have scored several others like George Springer, Dale Murphy ect. It’s a crapshoot. Just opened the Bowman box today. Some decent rookie cards and Bowman 1sts
Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
Topps Now can be fun but it's also a cash grab for them. I mean they are making a Pope card and they made a Fauci card and a Bernie Sanders card w the mittens. So there's that lol. Glad you hit something.
What form of Bowman did you open? I stopped buying the boxes when they ballooned up in price about 5 years ago. Last box i bought and opened from Topps was the 2023 chrome update and got killed on it. Got 2 boxes and pulled 6 autos from the Jumbos and hit 6 pitcher autos... Imagine how happy I was for that... I said , yeah, let me open some new product! So. I pick my battles now, lol. I have had a bunch of fun with WNBA and Football cards. But I don't open much of either.
What did you hit in the Bowman? I will usually enter a few breaks for it.
Topps Now is especially awesome if something interesting happens at a game you attend. I've been taking my son to games for a couple years and I've been fortunate enough to put a couple Topps Now cards next to the ticket stub in an album (Ohtani vs. Yoshida, Jackson Holliday's debut).
Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
Topps Now can be fun but it's also a cash grab for them. I mean they are making a Pope card and they made a Fauci card and a Bernie Sanders card w the mittens. So there's that lol. Glad you hit something.
What form of Bowman did you open? I stopped buying the boxes when they ballooned up in price about 5 years ago. Last box i bought and opened from Topps was the 2023 chrome update and got killed on it. Got 2 boxes and pulled 6 autos from the Jumbos and hit 6 pitcher autos... Imagine how happy I was for that... I said , yeah, let me open some new product! So. I pick my battles now, lol. I have had a bunch of fun with WNBA and Football cards. But I don't open much of either.
What did you hit in the Bowman? I will usually enter a few breaks for it.
The two Topps Now were from playoff team packs that guaranteed an auto. So, it was a crap shoot what player we would get but took the risk. We tend to stay away as of late.
We did the 2025 Bowman Hobby Box. Got some decent pulls (Charlie Condon 1st/RC, Roki RC, several others and a shit auto). The draw for bowman are the Bowman 1sts and RCs. Some of these guys you may not know now but can hit on them later. Definitely a risk but we do it yearly.
Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
Topps Now can be fun but it's also a cash grab for them. I mean they are making a Pope card and they made a Fauci card and a Bernie Sanders card w the mittens. So there's that lol. Glad you hit something.
What form of Bowman did you open? I stopped buying the boxes when they ballooned up in price about 5 years ago. Last box i bought and opened from Topps was the 2023 chrome update and got killed on it. Got 2 boxes and pulled 6 autos from the Jumbos and hit 6 pitcher autos... Imagine how happy I was for that... I said , yeah, let me open some new product! So. I pick my battles now, lol. I have had a bunch of fun with WNBA and Football cards. But I don't open much of either.
What did you hit in the Bowman? I will usually enter a few breaks for it.
The two Topps Now were from playoff team packs that guaranteed an auto. So, it was a crap shoot what player we would get but took the risk. We tend to stay away as of late.
We did the 2025 Bowman Hobby Box. Got some decent pulls (Charlie Condon 1st/RC, Roki RC, several others and a shit auto). The draw for bowman are the Bowman 1sts and RCs. Some of these guys you may not know now but can hit on them later. Definitely a risk but we do it yearly.
Yep I take all my 1sts and stash them away unless they are a top 100 pipeline player.
I did the Topps Now Astros WS team where u were guaranteed an auto. Of course I got the worst one of the bunch at the time, George Springer, lol. Last time I did that.
Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
Topps Now can be fun but it's also a cash grab for them. I mean they are making a Pope card and they made a Fauci card and a Bernie Sanders card w the mittens. So there's that lol. Glad you hit something.
What form of Bowman did you open? I stopped buying the boxes when they ballooned up in price about 5 years ago. Last box i bought and opened from Topps was the 2023 chrome update and got killed on it. Got 2 boxes and pulled 6 autos from the Jumbos and hit 6 pitcher autos... Imagine how happy I was for that... I said , yeah, let me open some new product! So. I pick my battles now, lol. I have had a bunch of fun with WNBA and Football cards. But I don't open much of either.
What did you hit in the Bowman? I will usually enter a few breaks for it.
The two Topps Now were from playoff team packs that guaranteed an auto. So, it was a crap shoot what player we would get but took the risk. We tend to stay away as of late.
We did the 2025 Bowman Hobby Box. Got some decent pulls (Charlie Condon 1st/RC, Roki RC, several others and a shit auto). The draw for bowman are the Bowman 1sts and RCs. Some of these guys you may not know now but can hit on them later. Definitely a risk but we do it yearly.
Yep I take all my 1sts and stash them away unless they are a top 100 pipeline player.
I did the Topps Now Astros WS team where u were guaranteed an auto. Of course I got the worst one of the bunch at the time, George Springer, lol. Last time I did that.
Haha, funny, I got a Springer too. Luckily, the Topps Now Auto’s are all numbered, which is a little nicer.
Trying to dump that 1/1 scientist/Brett Baty, but Baty sucks so hard to sell.
Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
Topps Now can be fun but it's also a cash grab for them. I mean they are making a Pope card and they made a Fauci card and a Bernie Sanders card w the mittens. So there's that lol. Glad you hit something.
What form of Bowman did you open? I stopped buying the boxes when they ballooned up in price about 5 years ago. Last box i bought and opened from Topps was the 2023 chrome update and got killed on it. Got 2 boxes and pulled 6 autos from the Jumbos and hit 6 pitcher autos... Imagine how happy I was for that... I said , yeah, let me open some new product! So. I pick my battles now, lol. I have had a bunch of fun with WNBA and Football cards. But I don't open much of either.
What did you hit in the Bowman? I will usually enter a few breaks for it.
The two Topps Now were from playoff team packs that guaranteed an auto. So, it was a crap shoot what player we would get but took the risk. We tend to stay away as of late.
We did the 2025 Bowman Hobby Box. Got some decent pulls (Charlie Condon 1st/RC, Roki RC, several others and a shit auto). The draw for bowman are the Bowman 1sts and RCs. Some of these guys you may not know now but can hit on them later. Definitely a risk but we do it yearly.
Yep I take all my 1sts and stash them away unless they are a top 100 pipeline player.
I did the Topps Now Astros WS team where u were guaranteed an auto. Of course I got the worst one of the bunch at the time, George Springer, lol. Last time I did that.
Haha, funny, I got a Springer too. Luckily, the Topps Now Auto’s are all numbered, which is a little nicer.
Trying to dump that 1/1 scientist/Brett Baty, but Baty sucks so hard to sell.
Dual player autos can be brutal. There are Bryce Harper and Kris Bryant dual autos. That used to be a monster card. Now Bryant kills the value, lol.
Cool new pickup on the left. I had the right one already.
Hell yeah. Did you pull those or purchase?
If I pulled these I would be playing the lotto, lol. I had a wild hair to collect every version of a card Trout had in 22 Heritage. I came across the red patch on ebay in 22 I believe. Thought it was cool. Fast forward to last week and the white 1/25 goes up for auction. No way I'm letting this slip through my hands.
So both ebay purchases. There is an Ohtani Trout bat card numbered 1/25 that I might buy too.
Having a goal or quest has really made collecting fun for me. Between Witt and Trout now It's a lot of fun.
I'm pretty adamant about Fanatics destroying the sports card hobby. They are going to weed out whomever they don't deem fit to make them money.
Watch this blog. This guy is pretty good and does one a day about the sports card world. I wrote this on one of his other blogs and have posted this before about fanatics. I think I did on here too.
I wrote this on one of your previous posts 9 days ago and needs repeating... "I have been saying this ever since Fanatics took over licensing. They do not care about dealers or hobby shops unless you are making them money. Fanatics is bullying shops and breakers into becoming fanboys of their brand. They are directly targeting shops because they can't control the vintage market so they will control the distribution of new product to eliminate that facet from them and either make them conform or go out of business. They want absolute control of where the money goes. Fanatics is also mad that they weren't given the rights to The National. This is the whole reason for Fanatics Fest. They want to make sure everything cardboard related goes through them. You will see more card shops go out of business because of them.
Just say no to Fanatics. I won't step foot in a Fanatics Fest ever."
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Funny story about the Witt. Buddy of mine and i went to the National in Atlantic City. I was searching for 3 cards and didnt find any of them there. The prices were inflated so we decided to rip some new product. We went to Dave and Adams and they gave us cash deals on boxes so we bought 6. He 2 and me 4. We got 5 SP's from those boxes. Witt, Mountcastle, Jackie Robinson, Abrahms and Jrod. I was pissed because I wanted the Jrod. It was a $1300 card in a PSA 10. My buddy and I graded them and we got all 10's back. I implored him to sell that Jrod. He held tight. He sold it last year for a buck20... I kept the Witt. Glad I did.
If you go to my IG it's all about sporstcards. ckscardworld
Check me out.
What form of Bowman did you open? I stopped buying the boxes when they ballooned up in price about 5 years ago. Last box i bought and opened from Topps was the 2023 chrome update and got killed on it. Got 2 boxes and pulled 6 autos from the Jumbos and hit 6 pitcher autos... Imagine how happy I was for that... I said , yeah, let me open some new product! So. I pick my battles now, lol. I have had a bunch of fun with WNBA and Football cards. But I don't open much of either.
What did you hit in the Bowman? I will usually enter a few breaks for it.
We did the 2025 Bowman Hobby Box. Got some decent pulls (Charlie Condon 1st/RC, Roki RC, several others and a shit auto). The draw for bowman are the Bowman 1sts and RCs. Some of these guys you may not know now but can hit on them later. Definitely a risk but we do it yearly.
I did the Topps Now Astros WS team where u were guaranteed an auto. Of course I got the worst one of the bunch at the time, George Springer, lol. Last time I did that.
Trying to dump that 1/1 scientist/Brett Baty, but Baty sucks so hard to sell.
So both ebay purchases. There is an Ohtani Trout bat card numbered 1/25 that I might buy too.
Having a goal or quest has really made collecting fun for me. Between Witt and Trout now It's a lot of fun.
Watch this blog. This guy is pretty good and does one a day about the sports card world. I wrote this on one of his other blogs and have posted this before about fanatics. I think I did on here too.
I wrote this on one of your previous posts 9 days ago and needs repeating... "I have been saying this ever since Fanatics took over licensing. They do not care about dealers or hobby shops unless you are making them money. Fanatics is bullying shops and breakers into becoming fanboys of their brand. They are directly targeting shops because they can't control the vintage market so they will control the distribution of new product to eliminate that facet from them and either make them conform or go out of business. They want absolute control of where the money goes. Fanatics is also mad that they weren't given the rights to The National. This is the whole reason for Fanatics Fest. They want to make sure everything cardboard related goes through them. You will see more card shops go out of business because of them. Just say no to Fanatics. I won't step foot in a Fanatics Fest ever."