hammerva Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Yeah best case scenario is that it becomes something like Leaf Pro Set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Hasn't Topps not really been TOPPS in years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 2 hours ago, odessasteps said: Hasn't Topps not really been TOPPS in years? What do you mean by that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 1 hour ago, RIPPA said: I'm not sure how exactly Topps would be able to compete even if given the chance. MLB was essentially handing themselves the license - there's no scenario where Topps can outdo that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, Tabe said: What do you mean by that? When they were taken over by Eisner . I had remembered they were either bought from bankruptcy or a hostile takeover, but i guess my memory was faulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 36 minutes ago, odessasteps said: When they were taken over by Eisner . I had remembered they were either bought from bankruptcy or a hostile takeover, but i guess my memory was faulty. I see. Yeah, he still owns them but just lost a gigantic amount of money this week. He was in the process of taking Topps public and that's now gone. He paid $385m in 2007. I'd be shocked if he could get $100m for it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 The news is so fresh in some ways there are more questions than answers, especially without an official press release on it and exactly what baseball cards will look like over the next five years. For example, right now players can still sign cards for other companies, I assume that will still be possible if Topps wanted to go that route. They just can't use the logos. The 2023 to 2025 years are vague. Still a lot to iron out. I've never been loyal to any one card company, I have a fair number of Topps Tier 1 autograph cards as I like their look/cost but beyond that I have cards from every company. I wouldn't say I am excited about the change but its too early to really know the impact until Fanatics starts making cards and we see their structure/prices/look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 This might have more of an impact to collectors than Topps frankly. Panini is the brand for people who collect NFL and NBA cards because of how they are treated like a premium product. Especially people who are investing in these cards. Almost too premium as most of their product is not even close for normal people to collect. Topps baseball doesn't really have that same level except for a few scenarios. I can't imagine that Fanatics is going to process their baseball cards one way and their football/basketball cards another way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) Time the NHL to make a deal again with O-Pee-Chee. Edited August 25, 2021 by odessasteps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 2 hours ago, odessasteps said: Time the NHL to make a deal again with O-Pee-Chee. They do. Upper Deck owns the trademark now and releases O Pee Chee sets for hockey every year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 According to JC, heritage is going to be gaving a big wrestling collectibles auction soon, including his comp copy of the wrestling trading cards put out by Norm Kitzer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 In another nail in the coffin of TOPPS I was kind of enjoying not having to deal with the 20 - 30 different parallels in wrestling cards. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 On 5/13/2021 at 11:33 AM, hammerva said: In the "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" category I kind of knew we would fuck up this sports card boom but didn't think it would be this way Good riddance. Trading cards are a loss prevention nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 I miss when they'd just paint the new uniform over the old one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Or just made "traded to..." cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 This is how god intended it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 This was predicted by many, the "Topps" name is too iconic to let die and Fanatics knew that. Smart move on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 For anyone that still sometimes collects WWE cards, the new company making cards for them (Panini) is going to try to make sure you stop. Panini got the WWE rights to start this year from Topps (Topps will have it right back in a few years), and their first release is next week. Right now the boxes are selling for about $850, and still only contain two autographs just like the Topps boxes that cost around... $60. This is what the cards look like: The big signers for the set include Austin, Batista, Undertaker, HHH, Bret Hart, and Hogan. Look, the "Prizm" name is one that sells well and there is value outside of autographs with all the parallels but it feels like just a crazy price increase for a really over-saturated market, as Topps pumped out a lot of WWE sets the last few years. I imagine there will be a lot of bad breaks for this box and I am curious to see if they can maintain this price point going forward. There will likely be retail (Target, Walmart, etc) boxes as well that will be cheaper but they will be really hard to find and probably won't have guaranteed autographs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 Honestly, Fanatics (who now own the Topps name) is doing everything it can to push out Panini completely to be the sole provider of all licensed sports cards by making offers that sports/sports associations can't refuse. Now that they have UEFA, within a few years the only major sport still with another company will be NHL, which deals with Upper Deck (Panini still has NASCAR for now also). Fanatics/Topps already made a new deal with WWE so WWE will go back to Topps as soon as their Panini contract is over. As a card collector, I don't like it. Panini deals pretty much solely with stickers, and I prefer on-card, plus I don't like the idea of one company having a monopoly of the sports card market. Companies like Leaf will still exist, selling cards without official licenses, but it isn't the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I will miss the digital Panini albums for the Euros. I presume they will still do it for the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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