The titles and content points are excellent. can I please suggest you take some time to edit your videos to add titles/break the video down into segments or your main points. I believe Shorter videos with this editing will help your channel growth and can help me synthesize your very valid points better. You blabber on too long and I lose interest looking at the background. Please look at your metrics and keep growing the channel
Completely agree. If you reduced the time to under ten minutes and was more compact in your delivery, this channel would have triple the subscribers and views
More produced this year. Also Fanatics breakers and bigger breakers are getting most of the cases, since eBay is still shutting down breakers. Few more announcements coming on configurations. 1-2 new ways to buy might be announced.
My LCS is a Gold Member. He can get how much he wants. Topps/Fanatics for over a year has been revamping the major card shops. Newer shops won’t get what they want. Not in the business long enough. Been like that since the 80’s
Honestly, I don't understand why Fanatics hasn't fully cut out other distributors yet. Fanatics, at its heart, is a distribution company. Maybe there were some contractual issues when they bought Topps, but they can easily handle distribution themselves. I think all shops that do not already have a Topps Direct account are on life support.
I'm new, but I heard on SCN podcast that the allocations are going a little differently now that Fanatics took over. Something about cards shops who have been around forever or spend X value for cases don't get as much priority as they once did just on those 2 things. They have some sort of list of things they're looking for in a shop in order to achieve that higher priority status with them.
GNR... great content as usual 😎...got back into collecting last year after a 10 year hiatus..chose chrome baseball as my re-entry into the hobby... absolutely loved it.. especially the 220 checklist and buy back promo..hell.. I even put together the entire rookie autograph set...but no way in hell am I breaking this years product...price points and increased checklist have killed the honeymoon 😱🤣...guess I'll be buying singles off of eBay 😎
The double whammy of PR and price increase at the same time was scummy. I noted the same thing you did - that I dont remember the last time a pre order wasnt sold out on topps in 24 hours. When Fanatics bought topps and said they wanted cards everywhere, people thought prices would go down. Fanatics made cards everywhere by increasing the print run while fueling their fanatical greed for money by increasing the prices to impossible amounts. How can you justify 400 for 3 (most likely $5) pitcher autos?
Oh I know it's going on; my lcs told me the same thing out here on the west coast, he only got 3 cases of series 2 jumbos, meanwhile fanatics live was ripping insane amount of cases of jumbo
@@krishdasgupta7313 that’s almost $130 an auto still! Dont tell me about the parallels you will get as well - most likely they will be the same pitchers!
People are tired of these price increases! I bought 1 hobby, the thing that can save this is if they eliminated those breakers delight boxes and put those hits back in the product
Checklist was already released and Jackson Holliday is a rookie card on Chrome along with Chourio. Skenes isn't but the others ( Yamamoto, Imanaga, etc ) are.
Imagine topps pulls a uni reverse card and chrome is insane like there’s an auto in very blaster and numbered cards go crazy. lol that would never happen 🤣
I’ve gone back to collecting and dealing with pre 1980 cards only. Seems like topps is trying to destroy a fun hobby that I’ve enjoyed for over 60 years. I stopped buying new junk. Play Ball!!!😊
Jackson Holliday is "headlining" Topps Chrome. He has both a base card and autograph in the upcoming set. Really, only Paul Skenes will be headlining Topps Chrome Update. Not sure what effect that will have on prices, but I have my doubts they are going to be going down (of course, Topps can just load a bunch of gross sticker autos of all the rookies in Chrome Update).
Prices up for a bigger set and more inserts. It was talked about at the Industry Conference. Plus the printing facility has upped wages to keep employees.
Beahahahahaha.... talk to the rumor mill......wtf.....truly unprofessional bs chatter. I don't know if this is true. I don't know how this works. ...someone in a discord said . .. go back to your bad impression of being constipated. We all know about the local card shops and the Fanatics new protocols. We don't need you to break old news.
The titles and content points are excellent. can I please suggest you take some time to edit your videos to add titles/break the video down into segments or your main points. I believe Shorter videos with this editing will help your channel growth and can help me synthesize your very valid points better. You blabber on too long and I lose interest looking at the background. Please look at your metrics and keep growing the channel
Completely agree. If you reduced the time to under ten minutes and was more compact in your delivery, this channel would have triple the subscribers and views
Chicago Cubs Starting Pitcher Shota Imanaga will be one of the pitchers in the All-Star Game! Go Cubs!⚾
Marcell Ozuna. Also, I went to go buy 2024 Chrome yesterday but didn't do it when I saw the price. Unbelievable!
Never seen a preorder still available 24 hours later. Either they had a lot available, or no one is buying at those insane prices.
Nobody buying
More produced this year. Also Fanatics breakers and bigger breakers are getting most of the cases, since eBay is still shutting down breakers. Few more announcements coming on configurations. 1-2 new ways to buy might be announced.
Basically we become gamblers now instead of collectors
So real and it’s an addiction too
My LCS is a Gold Member. He can get how much he wants. Topps/Fanatics for over a year has been revamping the major card shops. Newer shops won’t get what they want. Not in the business long enough. Been like that since the 80’s
They're even cutting distributors my guy has had accounts for years and he got cut on jumbo not hobby
Honestly, I don't understand why Fanatics hasn't fully cut out other distributors yet. Fanatics, at its heart, is a distribution company. Maybe there were some contractual issues when they bought Topps, but they can easily handle distribution themselves. I think all shops that do not already have a Topps Direct account are on life support.
I'm new, but I heard on SCN podcast that the allocations are going a little differently now that Fanatics took over. Something about cards shops who have been around forever or spend X value for cases don't get as much priority as they once did just on those 2 things. They have some sort of list of things they're looking for in a shop in order to achieve that higher priority status with them.
GNR... great content as usual 😎...got back into collecting last year after a 10 year hiatus..chose chrome baseball as my re-entry into the hobby... absolutely loved it.. especially the 220 checklist and buy back promo..hell.. I even put together the entire rookie autograph set...but no way in hell am I breaking this years product...price points and increased checklist have killed the honeymoon 😱🤣...guess I'll be buying singles off of eBay 😎
The double whammy of PR and price increase at the same time was scummy. I noted the same thing you did - that I dont remember the last time a pre order wasnt sold out on topps in 24 hours.
When Fanatics bought topps and said they wanted cards everywhere, people thought prices would go down. Fanatics made cards everywhere by increasing the print run while fueling their fanatical greed for money by increasing the prices to impossible amounts. How can you justify 400 for 3 (most likely $5) pitcher autos?
So close to 9k!
My all star rep is without a doubt going to be Shohei, hoping Will Smith gets the nod too
Oh snap im still deciding whether to buy pre sale or not by the way love the content, keep it up bud.
Oh I know it's going on; my lcs told me the same thing out here on the west coast, he only got 3 cases of series 2 jumbos, meanwhile fanatics live was ripping insane amount of cases of jumbo
Lodolo will probably be the Reds allstar. I hope Elly makes it too
Local card shop in the Mid Atlantic confirmed the issues with getting case orders completely filled. He confirmed case allocation is real
Pirates: Skeens, Keller, Reynolds for the 2024 All-Star game. #letsgobucs
You know the breakers have the other half of the inventory. I know one breaker who is getting 500 plus cases of hobby and jumbo.
Fanatics will always cater to breakers first and foremost
My god that’s insane
If that's true that's crazy.
Prices are ridiculous. 300 for one auto $450/500 for 3
And most likely you are getting a $5 relief pitcher auto who will probably get 10 innings in the major leagues!
It’s still for sale at $389 on Topps for Jumbos - didn’t sell out
@@krishdasgupta7313 that’s almost $130 an auto still! Dont tell me about the parallels you will get as well - most likely they will be the same pitchers!
It was already insanely hard to pull something good out of topps chrome, now it will be physically impossible, 300 card set is wild
Last year set was 220 players. This year its 300! Its going to be hard on set collectors!!
People are tired of these price increases! I bought 1 hobby, the thing that can save this is if they eliminated those breakers delight boxes and put those hits back in the product
Checklist was already released and Jackson Holliday is a rookie card on Chrome along with Chourio. Skenes isn't but the others ( Yamamoto, Imanaga, etc ) are.
Topps was better off not having Fanatics. There cards were easier to find before Fanatics & these online flippers started buying everything up.
Imagine topps pulls a uni reverse card and chrome is insane like there’s an auto in very blaster and numbered cards go crazy. lol that would never happen 🤣
I’ve gone back to collecting and dealing with pre 1980 cards only.
Seems like topps is trying to destroy a fun hobby that I’ve enjoyed for over 60 years. I stopped buying new junk.
Play Ball!!!😊
Elly for sure Reds rep for all star game!
Jumbo is 12 packs of 13 cards.
156 cards for $400
Jackson Holliday is "headlining" Topps Chrome. He has both a base card and autograph in the upcoming set. Really, only Paul Skenes will be headlining Topps Chrome Update. Not sure what effect that will have on prices, but I have my doubts they are going to be going down (of course, Topps can just load a bunch of gross sticker autos of all the rookies in Chrome Update).
Chrome Update will easily be 200 for hobby probably tad more
Marcell Ozuna is my vote this year! What a beast!
I'll just buy singles, f these prices
Been like this for years with me. Shit is outta control. Approaching junk wax era with production as well
If we really did it right, it should be less than 25% bought, that would have sent fanatics a message, we're fed up
I believe my all star representative for this year will be Zach Neto and Logan o’hoppe
x-rays came back negative . . . can we just friggin' relax
I’m disappointed that Topps won’t chrome them HFA cards and give us some cooler case hits.
Then it will drive the price down on the non chrome versions.
Jose Ramirez - Guardians
I got Mitch Keller getting the all-star nod
I don’t see Paul Skenes on the checklist this sucks!!!
Chrome Update
Prices up for a bigger set and more inserts. It was talked about at the Industry Conference. Plus the printing facility has upped wages to keep employees.
Can't wait to get my tigers autos!!!
Riley greene and tarik skubal will be all star bound!!
Skubal got chopped today
Once again nice update info
Judge for Yankees
Jose Ramirez! Guardians
Now llcs have to buy from other vendors then have to raise they're prices also it a joke
Ozuna, Braves.
Over production this time. Sell as much as you can.
Says the guy who don’t even open up product. How do y’all listen to this bs
U sound so miserable when you open cards 🤣🤣
Because my luck with base sets is horrible
Beahahahahaha.... talk to the rumor mill......wtf.....truly unprofessional bs chatter. I don't know if this is true. I don't know how this works. ...someone in a discord said . .. go back to your bad impression of being constipated. We all know about the local card shops and the Fanatics new protocols. We don't need you to break old news.
Why are your videos always so negative bro
I’ll be fake positive then
What's with all the negativity. You will lose me as a subscriber unless you start having 900 positive videos in a row.
Bro bro..
Yea lol if you like getting your money robbed go to those happy happy UA-camrs buddy boi🤦🏽♀️🤣
Go watch somebody else then who will bullshit and lie to you
Topps is struggling, quit acting like they aren’t
@@GripnRipSportsCards facts, keep it real. F the haters!
@@GripnRipSportsCards I got into the hobby on the worst year 🤦♂️
Elly for sure Reds rep for all star game!
I believe my all star representative for this year will be Zach Neto and Logan o’hoppe