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lmckenney24 said:Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
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.0 -
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).0
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tempo_n_groove said:lmckenney24 said:Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
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.0 -
lmckenney24 said:tempo_n_groove said:lmckenney24 said:Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
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.0 -
Speaking of stashed away I need to unearth all my Jackson Merrils....0
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tempo_n_groove said:lmckenney24 said:tempo_n_groove said:lmckenney24 said:Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
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.0 -
lmckenney24 said:tempo_n_groove said:lmckenney24 said:tempo_n_groove said:lmckenney24 said:Topps now sometimes gets a bad wrap, but some nice pulls in previous years…
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.0 -
Cool new pickup on the left. I had the right one already.
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tempo_n_groove said:
Cool new pickup on the left. I had the right one already.
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lmckenney24 said:tempo_n_groove said:
Cool new pickup on the left. I had the right one already.
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.0 -
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.https://youtu.be/Nbxd1qdHeLU?si=yR81JffmOWWRymMO
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."0 -
Yeah, fanatics is going to screw it all up and ruin it. In turn, that could increase the value of what we all currently have, maybe.0
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Some new pickups. I need to get a Wit Auto now. Slacking there.0
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I pretty much have all the first several GPK seriesThe Trout signature card is pretty cool8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PATres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA0 -
tempo_n_groove said:Some new pickups. I need to get a Wit Auto now. Slacking there.0
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Can someone please explain was a "break" is? I see that Fanatics has a site where you pay for a certain team, and then they open a pack?
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JOEJOEJOE said:Can someone please explain was a "break" is? I see that Fanatics has a site where you pay for a certain team, and then they open a pack?
Thanks1996: Randall's Island 2 1998: East Rutherford | MSG 1 & 2 2000: Cincinnati | Columbus | Jones Beach 1, 2, & 3 | Boston 1 | Camden 1 & 2 2003: Philadelphia | Uniondale | MSG 1 & 2 | Holmdel 2005: Atlantic City 1 2006: Camden 1 | East Rutherford 1 & 2 2008: Camden 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 (#25) | Newark (EV) 2009: Philadelphia 1, 2 & 4 2010: Newark | MSG 1 & 2 2011: Toronto 1 2013: Wrigley Field | Brooklyn 2 | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore 2015: Central Park 2016: Philadelphia 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Fenway Park 2 | MSG (TOTD) 2017: Brooklyn (RnR HOF) 2020: MSG | Asbury Park 2021: Asbury Park 2022: MSG | Camden | Nashville 2024: MSG 1 & 2 (#50) | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore 2025: Raleigh0 -
on2legs said:JOEJOEJOE said:Can someone please explain was a "break" is? I see that Fanatics has a site where you pay for a certain team, and then they open a pack?
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JOEJOEJOE said:on2legs said:JOEJOEJOE said:Can someone please explain was a "break" is? I see that Fanatics has a site where you pay for a certain team, and then they open a pack?
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