I'm seeing a lot of people commenting how baseball has had photoshops for years. That's entirely missing the point. This is a program designed to quickly commemorate a moment with a picture from said moment. Using an old picture and marketing it as if it happened in the last week is deceptive and goes against the premise of Topps Now.
its weird to me that people still dont seem to understand that topps is a for profit company. they aint your friend people. they want your money and they do what is necessary to extract it from your pocket. stop treating topps like they want the best for you or the hobby
The only plausible reason for Topps/Fanatics to use a stock image here is to gain a headstart in the rush to production, because I know for a fact, due to my day job, that photos from the major wire services (Assoc. Press, Getty and USA Today) are available as soon as 45 minutes after the start of the game for Topps to use. (Pregame photos are available even sooner). And Topps would have access to at least a few dozen photos of the key players (starting QB’s for example) by the end of day, from that day’s game. The NFL would use the Associated Press images. Ditto for NBA. For MLB it would be Getty. Panini has access to to all 3 wire services most likely.
That is BS. Last year Topps now cards used to be $5 and $4 for bulk. This cheap card was $12.99. All topps now base rookies sell for about $2 even for the best players. I used to buy almost every rookie card but refuse to buy any cards for a penny over $5.
This is a bad look by Fanatics. Real bad. Thanks for sharing and as someone that has never bought a Topps Now product, why would I now? Until next time...
like right now it looks like Calab Williams doesnt even have a card in the new score, if this is true i wonder if he will even have a card in any panni products
Hasn't there been enough examples of modern product giving people the run around? This is a very interesting example but how many do we need to learn not to buy this crap?
The more properties they get and the more sets they make the quality will fall. Printing 100's of sets a year between all properties means rushing and cutting corners.
NEO - I have some SGC 10's of Jhonkensy Noel Topps Now -first HR in first AB coming if your interested? I also ordered some Topps Now Emmanual Clase - Cleveland All Time Saves leader coming (ungraded) lmk.... no charge for you
This sucks - as a bears fan bought 5 of the caleb Williams cards. Going to keep 1 and use the others as Bows on top of my nephews Christmas presents. Assumed it was a shot from the game which I attended. Really cheap and crappy. Just freeze a shot from the video and use that, the autos are redemptions so they didn't need them ahead of time.
If you don't like the same pose then don't buy the card. Who cares if the background and the uniforms are different but yet the pose is the same. That's awesome of Topps for continuing cost-cutting moves by stealing the getty images of your fan-favorite players
Of course the cards are photoshop. They're in action using their pro uniforms right after their 1st game already. The season just started. IF they have to photoshop the cards anyways to remove the NFL team branding. They might as well use photos that already exist so they can rush to print.
Fanatics is trash ... Sad they don't have the patience to wait until then to produce Topps now and Topps products. They have no shame. I distain for Fanatics is making it tough for me to stay in this hobby.
You kept coming close to saying it but didn’t explicitly… it’s fraud! Selling a card of a specific event with a photo that is not accurate, is product misrepresentation aka fraudulent.
Topps recycling images is nothing new. They do it in almost every set or use the same image in multiple sets or even multiple years. One example, CJ Abrams in Topps Holiday "22, '23, and then the same image for Abraams in '23 Series 1 Future Stars. 😂 Nothing new here.
In general, Topps/Fanatics produces Topps Now cards 5 days a week. So and so 1st HR, 1st hit, 1st win, triple double, you name it. I’ve only purchased 3 Topps Now cards ever, Albert Pujols 700 HR, Aaron Judge 62HR and Curry, LeBron, KD Olympic card. Topps/Fanatics is over saturating the market with these Topps Now cards.
That's pretty crappy send me get any real cards that aren't photoshopped now we know what's going to happen to this hobby we should know if it's a real card a real picture or a Photoshop picture wouldn't you think I'd like to know
I'm seeing a lot of people commenting how baseball has had photoshops for years. That's entirely missing the point. This is a program designed to quickly commemorate a moment with a picture from said moment. Using an old picture and marketing it as if it happened in the last week is deceptive and goes against the premise of Topps Now.
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its weird to me that people still dont seem to understand that topps is a for profit company. they aint your friend people. they want your money and they do what is necessary to extract it from your pocket. stop treating topps like they want the best for you or the hobby
💯 correct. They bought a monopoly of all licenses to do just that.
Well Topps needs to understand that their customers are for value people. No value...no money
I love topps now, but it is super BS how much they have raised the prices. They have basically doubled the price of most of the cards.
Unfortunately, Someone has to pay for all the M&A done by Fanatics to acquire licenses.
The only plausible reason for Topps/Fanatics to use a stock image here is to gain a headstart in the rush to production, because I know for a fact, due to my day job, that photos from the major wire services (Assoc. Press, Getty and USA Today) are available as soon as 45 minutes after the start of the game for Topps to use. (Pregame photos are available even sooner). And Topps would have access to at least a few dozen photos of the key players (starting QB’s for example) by the end of day, from that day’s game. The NFL would use the Associated Press images. Ditto for NBA. For MLB it would be Getty. Panini has access to to all 3 wire services most likely.
100% agree with your assessment. Topps Now - shame….shame… shame
That is BS. Last year Topps now cards used to be $5 and $4 for bulk. This cheap card was $12.99. All topps now base rookies sell for about $2 even for the best players. I used to buy almost every rookie card but refuse to buy any cards for a penny over $5.
#ToppsNotNow
#FanaticsYesterday
Can't trust Fanatics and now can't trust Topps. Wonder how these cards would grade with PSA?
They are 1 in the same
This is a bad look by Fanatics. Real bad. Thanks for sharing and as someone that has never bought a Topps Now product, why would I now? Until next time...
like right now it looks like Calab Williams doesnt even have a card in the new score, if this is true i wonder if he will even have a card in any panni products
Photo shop hot packs, Lmao
This doesnt surprise me. Topps reused pictures from year to year all the time back in the 60's & 70's
Almost ordered... Glad I didn't. This is a bridge too far
Hasn't there been enough examples of modern product giving people the run around? This is a very interesting example but how many do we need to learn not to buy this crap?
The thing is it won't matter, there will always be sheep that are sheeping towards this product
The more properties they get and the more sets they make the quality will fall. Printing 100's of sets a year between all properties means rushing and cutting corners.
NEO - I have some SGC 10's of Jhonkensy Noel Topps Now -first HR in first AB coming if your interested? I also ordered some Topps Now Emmanual Clase - Cleveland All Time Saves leader coming (ungraded) lmk.... no charge for you
Agreed NEO…”now” means current, the present or very recent. This is called a bait and switch in more slimy and grift-like businesses. .
This sucks - as a bears fan bought 5 of the caleb Williams cards. Going to keep 1 and use the others as Bows on top of my nephews Christmas presents. Assumed it was a shot from the game which I attended. Really cheap and crappy. Just freeze a shot from the video and use that, the autos are redemptions so they didn't need them ahead of time.
If you don't like the same pose then don't buy the card. Who cares if the background and the uniforms are different but yet the pose is the same. That's awesome of Topps for continuing cost-cutting moves by stealing the getty images of your fan-favorite players
Of course the cards are photoshop. They're in action using their pro uniforms right after their 1st game already. The season just started.
IF they have to photoshop the cards anyways to remove the NFL team branding. They might as well use photos that already exist so they can rush to print.
Yay topps. Yay fanatics… card world is now saved. Everything is rosey from now on…
Fanatics is trash ... Sad they don't have the patience to wait until then to produce Topps now and Topps products. They have no shame. I distain for Fanatics is making it tough for me to stay in this hobby.
You kept coming close to saying it but didn’t explicitly… it’s fraud! Selling a card of a specific event with a photo that is not accurate, is product misrepresentation aka fraudulent.
Money grab
Could be sued for this false advertisement
Shameful.
Topps recycling images is nothing new. They do it in almost every set or use the same image in multiple sets or even multiple years. One example, CJ Abrams in Topps Holiday "22, '23, and then the same image for Abraams in '23 Series 1 Future Stars. 😂 Nothing new here.
Big difference in a set and Topps Now
wow this is embarassing
I would rather have it photoshopped and have team jerseys rather than college jerseys
They just use an image from the game and photo shop the logos
@@NEO_Cards_Comics what's it cost 1500 to fly a photographer out and back I think they got to spend the money and do it with the big time guys.
They don’t even need to do that they just use a wire service
In general, Topps/Fanatics produces Topps Now cards 5 days a week. So and so 1st HR, 1st hit, 1st win, triple double, you name it. I’ve only purchased 3 Topps Now cards ever, Albert Pujols 700 HR, Aaron Judge 62HR and Curry, LeBron, KD Olympic card. Topps/Fanatics is over saturating the market with these Topps Now cards.
That's pretty crappy send me get any real cards that aren't photoshopped now we know what's going to happen to this hobby we should know if it's a real card a real picture or a Photoshop picture wouldn't you think I'd like to know