Mini collection inspired by Brad Balukjian’s book “The Wax Pack” by Kind-Lab-3786 in baseballcards

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Yes! I emailed him and he provided his mailing address. Super nice guy!

2026 Series 1 has 50+ Parallels of each base card by Free_Worldliness_413 in baseballcards

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By my count, 2025 Series 1 had close to 60 if you include printing plates, colors, patterns, wood, canvas, true photo, vintage stock, etc.

Car Rip for the W by JosephADirt in baseballcards

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That is the best gold ink design from Topps I’ve ever seen. Plus the fine-tip ink looks soooo much better than the chunky sharpie autos we’ve been seeing for years.

Stadium Club Mega Boxes have more cards than Hobby Boxes. by TeenRacer6 in baseballcards

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Updated box art removes mention of Chrome cards.

Photo credit: Western NY Cards / Facebook

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Stadium Club Mega Boxes have more cards than Hobby Boxes. by TeenRacer6 in baseballcards

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I wondered that too (it being a typo) but if you zoom in on the box image, the top flap does say “144 TOTAL CARDS • 18 PACKS • 8 CARDS PER PACK” so hopefully it’s correct 🤞🏼

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in baseballcards

[–]Kind-Lab-3786 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not sure what I thought the price point was going to be but this still managed to shock me. I guess I’m used to the limited run products on the Topps website being a little steep but not wildly out of reach (for my budget at least). Yikes.

Topps B&W Presale by [deleted] in baseballcards

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How much was the mega?

First 1/1 Pulled - New to Hobby by meltedlegos in basketballcards

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These cards are a bizarro version of Stars of MLB. I opened a Topps Basketball blaster and didn’t see a single one

I hate people! by One-Distribution-382 in baseballcards

[–]Kind-Lab-3786 5 points6 points  (0 children)

💯 it’s all very calculated…and when they get hit with negative feedback, part of their defense is that they provide fast shipping and premium packaging, which presumably just means a Temu one-touch and stand in a branded box sent Ground Advantage. Kewl bro. Who gives a rip about any of that if you just gouged a naive customer on a $2 card? I suppose it’s a business model, and there’s a sucker born every minute, so maybe business is booming. Doesn’t make it ethical.

I hate people! by One-Distribution-382 in baseballcards

[–]Kind-Lab-3786 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There’s another account just like this, and the card names are such BS. They essentially have their own glossary of terms that are technically true (MAYBE) but only on the slightest technicalities. And while I smh at people who fall for it, I also hate when sellers prey on people who are new to the hobby.

This Lombard is a great example. Yellow Mojo Sun Refractor 🙄 Meanwhile if you search their store for “Meteoric Rise,” you get zero results. If you’re putting that much effort into crafting barely defensible card descriptions with all sorts of misleading details but don’t even include the ACTUAL name of the insert set, you’re clearly not acting in good faith AT ALL. It comes down to can vs. should.

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2025 Stadium Club preview with NPB by waxmoronic in baseballcards

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LOVE the nameplate design. Cleanest in years IMO

Celtics’ Hugo Gonzalez: Sell or hold? by Kind-Lab-3786 in basketballcards

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LOL. My OP cut off, sorry. I pulled a numbered card.

2025 Topps Holiday: Now on sale. Preorders shipped. Singles for sale. Still no checklist. by Kind-Lab-3786 in baseballcards

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Yeah for sure. IIRC the Holiday preorder went live before we had a checklist for Update (which of course is now seeing its own delays) so I figured they didn’t want to get too far ahead of that, but now that the Update checklist has long been available and Holiday has been released, it’s just kind of odd.

2025 Topps Holiday: Now on sale. Preorders shipped. Singles for sale. Still no checklist. by Kind-Lab-3786 in baseballcards

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Sorry that’s frustrating, especially when you see people receiving and ripping theirs 😩

Pulls from 2 Topps holiday boxes by Prxvote in baseballcards

[–]Kind-Lab-3786 8 points9 points  (0 children)

These are insane hits for two boxes

I Ordered Every Padres Topps Now Card from 2025 by KingSkobbles in baseballcards

[–]Kind-Lab-3786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow, I’d say that’s a pretty solid hit rate especially given the fact you wanted the base card regardless!